H.R. 3709 · 119th Congress

Advancing the Mentor-Protégé Program for Small Financial Institutions Act

Introduced on Jun 4, 2025 by Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3). Latest action (May 13, 2026): Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Stage
Passed one chamber
Introduced
Jun 4, 2025
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Finance and Financial Sector
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 to establish a Financial Agent Mentor-Protégé Program within the Department of the Treasury, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Corporate finance and management
  • Employment and training programs
  • Financial services and investments

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House, Jul 15, 2025). Public domain.

Advancing the Mentor-Protégé Program for Small Financial Institutions Act

This bill establishes the Financial Agent Mentor-Protégé Program within the Department of the Treasury. The program provides participating minority and rural depository institutions and small financial institutions with mentorship from large financial institutions or from financial agents designated by Treasury. This mentorship prepares protégé institutions to improve service capacity or to perform as financial agents for the federal government.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Joyce BeattyD-OH-3Sponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jun 4, 2025Introduced in House
  2. Jun 4, 2025Introduced in House
  3. Jun 4, 2025 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
  4. Jun 10, 2025 · HouseCommittee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
  5. Jun 10, 2025 · HouseOrdered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 50 - 1.
  6. Jul 15, 2025Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-205.
  7. Jul 15, 2025 · HouseReported (Amended) by the Committee on Financial Services. H. Rept. 119-205.
  8. Jul 15, 2025 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 168.
  9. May 12, 2026 · HouseMr. Hill (AR) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  10. May 12, 2026 · HouseConsidered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H3356-3357)
  11. May 12, 2026 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3709.
  12. May 12, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3356)
  13. May 12, 2026 · HouseOn motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3356)
  14. May 12, 2026 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  15. May 13, 2026 · SenateReceived in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. American Bankers Association5 reports
    $12.5M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN BANKERS ASSOCIATIONAI match · 100%
  2. INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY BANKERS OF AMERICA5 reports
    $7.9M reported (all issues)
  3. AMERICAN FINTECH COUNCIL2 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  4. CREDIT UNION NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, INC.2 reports
    $2.4M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.