Equal Shot Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4474 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4474 To promote fair and equal treatment by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration with respect to certain firearms industry applicants for assistance, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 16, 2025 Mr. Williams of Texas (for himself, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Langworthy, Mr. Downing, Mr. Ellzey, Mrs. Bice, Mr. Gill of Texas, Mr. Collins, Mr. Alford, Ms. Van Duyne, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Wied, Mr. Fitzgerald, Mrs. Biggs of South Carolina, Mr. Crenshaw, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. Luna, Mr. Walberg, Mr. Ezell, Ms. Tenney, Mr. Tiffany, Mrs. Wagner, Mr. Carter of Georgia, Mr. Bean of Florida, Mr. Moore of Alabama, Mr. Womack, Mr. Rulli, Mr. Evans of Colorado, Mr. McDowell, and Mr. Meuser) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To promote fair and equal treatment by the Administrator of the Small Business Administration with respect to certain firearms industry applicants for assistance, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Equal Shot Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN FIREARMS INDUSTRY APPLICANTS FOR ASSISTANCE BY THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION. The Administrator of the Small Business Administration may not adopt any policy, practice, guidance, or directive that discriminates against an otherwise eligible applicant for financial assistance under the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 661 et seq.), including an applicant for a loan or loan guarantee, solely because such a