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H.R. 2712 117th Congress House

Ensuring Safe Capital Access for All Small Businesses Act of 2021

Official title: To ensure that certain loan programs of the Small Business Administration are made available to cannabis-related legitimate businesses and service providers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 20, 2021 Introduced by: Nydia M. Velázquez Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 117th Congress (2021–2022) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 19, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Jun 15, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Jun 11, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Apr 21, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Apr 20, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, the Judiciary, Natural Resources, and Agriculture, 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.
Apr 20, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action October 19, 2021

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Ensuring Safe Capital Access for All Small Businesses Act of 2021

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3617 MORE Act
  • S 4591 Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 9
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Mace, Nancy
South Carolina · Mar 11, 2022
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Apr 20, 2021
Newman, Marie
· Apr 20, 2021
Perlmutter, Ed
· Apr 20, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2712: Ensuring Safe Capital Access for All Small Businesses Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2712/
MLA
"H.R. 2712: Ensuring Safe Capital Access for All Small Businesses Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2712/.
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H.R. 2712, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2712/.
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[H.R. 2712: Ensuring Safe Capital Access for All Small Businesses Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2712/)
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