Sabata yatha, Komiti Yamabizinesi Ang'onoang'ono Yanyumba idapereka zosintha zomwe zikuyembekezeredwa kwanthawi yayitali pamabizinesi ang'onoang'ono omwe amathandizidwa ndi boma. Lamuloli, HR 3854, Small Business Financing and Investment Act, limaphatikizapo zinthu zingapo kuti zikhale zosavuta kuti ogwira ntchito paulendo ndi eni mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono apulumuke pakugwa kwachuma. M'kalata yake yotsimikizira, ASTA idayamika wapampando wa Small Business Committee a Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) chifukwa chophatikiza mubilu pulogalamu yatsopano ya Capital Backstop, yomwe ingalole a Small Business Administration (SBA) kuti alembe, kutseka, ndikubweza ngongole nthawi zina. - zomwe ASTA yakhala ikufuna kuyambira Novembala 2008.
ASTA yagwira ntchito ndi Komiti Yamalonda Ang'onoang'ono, Small Business Administration, ndi makomiti ena a Congression kuti alimbikitse malamulo omwe angachotse zolepheretsa kupeza ngongole za federal. Mu December 2008, ASTA inalembera gulu la kusintha la Obama Administration ndi Congress kupempha kuti SBA apatsidwe mphamvu zowonjezera kubwereketsa mabizinesi ang'onoang'ono omwe alibe ndalama. ASTA yalimbikitsanso njira zomwe zingachepetse zovuta zamakalata kwa omwe akupempha ngongole, kuchepetsa ndalama zoyendetsera ntchito, ndikufupikitsa njira yovomerezera ngongole.
Kuphatikiza pa kuthandizira pakusintha kwa ngongole za SBA, ASTA yavomereza malamulo oti awonjezere kuchotsera misonkho pamabizinesi ang'onoang'ono oyambitsa bizinesi ndi bilu kuti apange "cheki-bokosi" kuchotsera ndalama zogulira kunyumba.
Ngakhale kuti palibe tsiku lomwe lalengezedwa kuti livote, HR 3854 ikuyembekezeka kuvoteredwa ndi Nyumba Yoyimilira yonse chaka chisanathe.
