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S 2496 114th Congress Senate Commerce Congressional oversight Government lending and loan guarantees Small business

Help Small Businesses Access Affordable Credit Act

Introduced: February 3, 2016 Introduced by: Coons, Christopher A. Democratic · Delaware See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Feb 3, 2016
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Help Small Businesses Access Affordable Credit Act

This bill amends the Small Business Act to authorize the Small Business Administration (SBA), if demand for commitments for authorized general business loans exceeds the limit on the total amount of commitments the SBA may make for such loans, to make such commitments up to 110% of that limit.

The SBA may not exercise this authority until specified congressional committees have approved.

What's happening now February 3, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Mar 10, 2016
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Murphy, Christopher
Connecticut · Mar 2, 2016
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Risch, James E.
Idaho · Feb 3, 2016
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Feb 3, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2496: Help Small Businesses Access Affordable Credit Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2496/
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"S. 2496: Help Small Businesses Access Affordable Credit Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2496/.
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S. 2496, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2496/.
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