Seeds for Soldiers Act
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Seeds for Soldiers Act - Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), using loan authority under the Small Business Act, to make loans to small businesses owned and controlled by veterans. Allows such loans to be made for any business purpose, including the refinancing of outstanding business debt. Defers loan principal payments for one year after loan issuance. Prohibits the total amount outstanding and committed to a borrower from exceeding $3 million. Provides conditions under which the Administrator may participate in SBA-guaranteed loans to such businesses, including collection of a loan guarantee fee. Terminates the loan authority at the end of 2005.
Directs the Administrator to make grants to small business development centers to enable such centers to provide to veterans a program of assistance that includes training in a vocational or technical trade and entrepreneurial assistance in establishing and operating a small business that provides services in such trade. Provides a minimum grant amount of $500,000.
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3483: Seeds for Soldiers Act. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3483/
"H.R. 3483: Seeds for Soldiers Act." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3483/.
H.R. 3483, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-3483/.
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