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Ensuring Safe Capital Access for All Small Businesses Act of 2019

Introduced: June 27, 2019 Introduced by: Velázquez, Nydia M. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 30, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jul 19, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jul 16, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Jun 28, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jun 27, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 27, 2019
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Safe Capital Access for All Small Businesses Act of 2019

This bill removes cannabis from the schedule of controlled substances, and it prohibits the Small Business Administration from declining to provide certain small business loans to an eligible entity solely because it is a cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider.

What's happening now July 30, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3884 Related bill MORE Act of 2020
  • S 2227 Related bill MORE Act of 2019
 Bill text 1 version

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3540: Ensuring Safe Capital Access for All Small Businesses Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3540/
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"H.R. 3540: Ensuring Safe Capital Access for All Small Businesses Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3540/.
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H.R. 3540, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3540/.
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[H.R. 3540: Ensuring Safe Capital Access for All Small Businesses Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-3540/)
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