To amend the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 with respect to funding available for fiscal year 2015 for certain general business loans authorized under the Small Business Act, to amend the Small Business Act to modify loan limitations, and for other purposes.

To amend the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 with respect to funding available for fiscal year 2015 for certain general business loans authorized under the Small Business Act, to amend the Small Business Act to modify loan limitations, and for other purposes. 1. Amendments to funding available to the Small Business Administration to make section 7 (a) (a) Section 7 (a) The third proviso under the heading Small Business Administration—Business Loans Program Account Public Law 113–235 $18,750,000,000 $23,500,000,000 (b) Loan limitations Section 7(a)(1) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(1) (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) by striking No financial assistance (i) In general No financial assistance ; and (B) by adding at the end the following: (ii) Liquidity On and after October 1, 2015, the Administrator may not guarantee a loan under this subsection if the lender determines that the borrower is unable to obtain credit elsewhere solely because the liquidity of the lender depends upon the guaranteed portion of the loan being sold on the secondary market. ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (C) Lending limits of lenders On and after October 1, 2015, the Administrator may not guarantee a loan under this subsection if the sole purpose for requesting the guarantee is to allow the lender to exceed the legal lending limit of the lender. . (c) Reporting (1) Definitions In this subsection— (A) the term Administrator (B) the term business loan 15 U.S.C. 636(a) (C) the term cancellation (D) the term net dollar amount of business loans (2) Requirement During the 3-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a quarterly report regarding the loan programs carried out under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(a) (A) for the fiscal year during which the report is submitted and the 3 fiscal years before such fiscal year— (i) the weekly total dollar amount of business loans; (ii) the weekly total dollar amount of cancellations; and (iii) the weekly net dollar amount of business loans— (I) for all business loans; and (II) for each category of loan amount described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of section 7(a)(18) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(18) (B) for the fiscal year during which the report is submitted— (i) the amount of remaining authority for business loans, in dollar amount and as a percentage; and (ii) estimates of the date on which the net dollar amount of business loans will reach the maximum for such business loans based on daily net lending volume and extrapolations based on year-to-date net lending volume, quarterly net lending volume, and quarterly growth trends; (C) the number of early defaults (as determined by the Administrator) during the quarter covered by the report; (D) the total amount paid by borrowers in early default during the quarter covered by the report, as of the time of purchase of the guarantee; (E) the number of borrowers in early default that are franchisees; (F) the total amount of guarantees purchased by the Administrator during the quarter covered by the report; and (G) a description of the actions the Administrator is taking to combat early defaults administratively and any legislative action the Administrator recommends to address early defaults.

Summary: This bill amends the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2015 to increase from $18.75 billion to $23.5 billion the FY2015 funding available to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for general business loans authorized under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act. The bill prohibits the SBA from guaranteeing a loan on and after October 1, 2015, if: the lender determines that the borrower is unable to obtain credit elsewhere solely because the lender's liquidity depends upon the guaranteed portion of the loan being sold on the secondary market, or the sole purpose for requesting the guarantee is to allow the lender to exceed its legal lending limit. The bill also requires the SBA to submit quarterly reports to Congress regarding the loan programs carried out under this section.