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HR 4185 112th Congress House Commerce Air quality Climate change and greenhouse gases Energy efficiency and conservation Energy storage, supplies, demand Environmental technology Government lending and loan guarantees Manufacturing Small business

Small Business Clean Energy Financing Act of 2012

Introduced: March 8, 2012 Introduced by: Matsui, Doris O. Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Mar 8, 2012
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Business Clean Energy Financing Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to establish a program to guarantee loans of small businesses that manufacture a clean energy technology in the United States.

Requires the Administrator, to the extent practicable, to carry out the program in a manner similar to the SBA 7(a) general business loan program.

What's happening now March 8, 2012

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Mar 20, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4185: Small Business Clean Energy Financing Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4185/
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"H.R. 4185: Small Business Clean Energy Financing Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4185/.
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H.R. 4185, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4185/.
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