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S 2146 101th Congress Senate Commerce Disaster loans Droughts Small business

A bill to clarify the authority of the Small Business Administration to make disaster assistance loans to small businesses in case of disasters determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.

Introduced: February 20, 1990 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.
Feb 20, 1990
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to make disaster assistance loans to small business concerns within drought disaster areas, without regard to whether such a concern's economic loss is directly related to agricultural production losses.

Imposes a civil penalty for wrongful misapplication of loan proceeds.

What's happening now February 20, 1990

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · May 16, 1990
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2146: A bill to clarify the authority of the Small Business Administration to make disaster assistance loans to small businesses in case of disasters determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.. 101st Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-2146/
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"S. 2146: A bill to clarify the authority of the Small Business Administration to make disaster assistance loans to small businesses in case of disasters determined by the Secretary of Agriculture.." 101st Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-2146/.
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S. 2146, 101st Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/101-S-2146/.
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