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H.R. 6504 112th Congress House

Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2012

Official title: To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to provide for increased limitations on leverage for multiple licenses under common control, and for other purposes.

Introduced: December 7, 2012 See on congress.gov
Commerce Business investment and capitalGovernment lending and loan guaranteesSmall business
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 Everywhere this bill has been 10 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 19, 2012
Received in the Senate.
Dec 18, 2012
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Dec 18, 2012
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 359 - 36, 1 Present (Roll no. 629). (text: CR H6838)
Dec 18, 2012
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H6852-6853)
Dec 18, 2012
At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Chabot objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was withdrawn.
Dec 18, 2012
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6504.
Dec 18, 2012
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H6838-6840)
Dec 18, 2012
Mr. Chabot moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
Sep 21, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Sep 21, 2012
Introduced in House
 Votes taken on this bill 1
DateChamberWhat was voted onResultYes–No
Dec 18, 2012 House · vote #629 On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass Passed 359–36 See who voted →
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 Latest action December 19, 2012

Received in the Senate.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2012 - Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase from $225 million to $350 million the maximum amount of outstanding leverage to be made available by the Small Business Administration (SBA) to two or more commonly controlled small business investment companies not under capital impairment.

 Bill text 3 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Dec 11, 2012
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Dec 7, 2012
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Dec 7, 2012
Richmond, Cedric
· Dec 7, 2012
Schrader, Kurt
· Dec 7, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6504: Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2012. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6504/
MLA
"H.R. 6504: Small Business Investment Company Modernization Act of 2012." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6504/.
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H.R. 6504, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-6504/.
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