Jumpstart HOUSE Act of 2016
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Jumpstart Housing Opportunities Utilizing Small Enterprises Act of 2016 or the Jumpstart HOUSE Act of 2016
This bill amends the State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 2010 to extend for an additional eight fiscal years the State Small Business Credit Initiative to assist participating states to give collateral support and other innovative credit access and guarantee initiatives for small businesses and manufacturers.
The bill also prescribes allocations of federal funds to participating states.
The Department of the Treasury may award, on a competitive basis, up to a total of $1 billion in two tranches, according to specified criteria, to participating states and consortiums of participating states for use: (1) for making federal contributions to, or for the account of, an approved state program; or (2) as collateral for a qualifying loan or swap funding facility.
Small businesses receiving funds from a participating state may use them to:- develop, acquire, construct, rehabilitate, maintain, operate, or manage projects for affordable housing for low- or moderate-income households;
- cover any contribution, matching amount, or non-federal share required in connection with any other federal grant or assistance program to provide such housing; or
- purchase foreclosed properties and property being sold by a state or local government, but only for the use of such properties for such housing.
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Cite this page
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5144: Jumpstart HOUSE Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5144/
"H.R. 5144: Jumpstart HOUSE Act of 2016." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5144/.
H.R. 5144, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-5144/.
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