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HR 6037 112th Congress House

Small Business Lending for Jobs Act of 2012

Official title: To include focusing on credit availability in the mission of each Federal banking regulator, to provide insured depository institutions with certain amortizati… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To include focusing on credit availability in the mission of each Federal banking regulator, to provide insured depository institutions with certain amortization authority and authority to include allowances for loan and lease losses when calculating the institution's capital, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 27, 2012 See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Accounting and auditingAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresBank accounts, deposits, capitalBanking and financial institutions regulation
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Business investment and capitalCongressional oversightConsumer Financial Protection BureauConsumer creditCredit and credit marketsDepartment of the TreasuryFederal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)Federal Reserve SystemGovernment studies and investigationsNational Credit Union AdministrationPerformance measurement
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Passed House
Passed Senate
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Became law
Oct 1, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.
Jun 27, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Jun 27, 2012
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H4076)
Jun 27, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 1, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Business Lending for Jobs Act of 2012 - Directs federal banking agencies to focus upon: (1) facilitating credit availability to customers of insured depository institutions, and (2) using regulatory policies and procedures that promote credit availability in a safe and sound manner in order to assist insured depository institutions to provide such credit and thus encourage business development and employment.

Prohibits federal banking agencies from requiring or pressuring insured depository institutions to provide particular kinds of credit or on particular terms.

Directs each federal banking agency to report to Congress an implementation plan addressing such foci.

Establishes the Credit Availability Council to coordinate federal banking agency efforts in facilitating credit availability to insured depository institution customers.

Authorizes an insured depository institution with assets of less than $10 billion, for purposes of capital calculation under the Financial Institutions Examination Council's Consolidated Reports of Condition and Income, to choose to amortize any loss or write-down, on a quarterly straight-line basis over a seven-year period, which it has incurred with respect to: (1) a loan secured by commercial real estate, or (2) other real estate owned.

Directs the federal banking agencies to promulgate regulations permitting an insured depository institution to include all of its allowance for loan and lease losses when computing capital for purposes of satisfying risk-based capital requirements.


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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6037: Small Business Lending for Jobs Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6037/
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"H.R. 6037: Small Business Lending for Jobs Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6037/.
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H.R. 6037, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6037/.
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