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S. 1901 114th Congress Senate

Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2015

Official title: A bill to help small businesses access capital and create jobs by reauthorizing the successful State Small Business Credit Initiative.

Introduced: July 30, 2015 See on congress.gov
Commerce AppropriationsBusiness investment and capitalCredit and credit marketsGovernment lending and loan guarantees
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ManufacturingSmall businessState and local finance
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Jul 30, 2015
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 30, 2015
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action July 30, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2015

Amends the Small Business Jobs 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.

Prescribes allocations of federal funds to participating states.

Authorizes the Department of the Treasury to 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.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5144 Jumpstart HOUSE Act of 2016
  • HR 5672 Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2016
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jul 30, 2015
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Jul 30, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1901: Small Business Access to Capital Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-1901/
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