I 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4102 
To amend the Small Business Act to establish a loan program to assist 
and provide incentives for manufacturers to reinvest in making products 
in the United States, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 28, 2012 
Mr. ISRAEL introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to establish a loan pro-
gram to assist and provide incentives for manufacturers 
to reinvest in making products in the United States, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Bring the Jobs Home 
Loan Act of 2012’’. 
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SEC. 2. SMALL MANUFACTURER DOMESTIC PRODUCTION 
LOAN PROGRAM. 
The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating section 45 as section 46; 
and 
(2) by inserting after section 44 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 45. SMALL MANUFACTURER DOMESTIC PRODUCTION 
LOAN PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of the Bring the Jobs Home 
Loan Act of 2012, the Administrator shall establish a loan 
program to assist certain small business concerns to begin 
producing, in the United States, products that the con-
cerns otherwise import. 
‘‘(b) LOAN AUTHORITY.—In carrying out the pro-
gram established under subsection (a), the Administrator 
may make a loan to a small business concern involved in 
manufacturing (as determined by the Administrator) to 
assist the concern to— 
‘‘(1) make facility and equipment changes nec-
essary for the concern to begin producing, in the 
United States, a product that the concern is import-
ing from a foreign country at the time the loan is 
made; or 
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‘‘(2) provide training to employees of the con-
cern necessary for the concern to begin producing, 
in the United States, such a product. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible for a loan under 
subsection (b), a small business concern shall submit to 
the Administrator an application at such time, in such 
form, and containing such information as the Adminis-
trator may require. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 2 years 
after a small business concern receives a loan under 
this section, the concern shall submit to the Admin-
istrator a report describing— 
‘‘(A) the facility and equipment changes 
made or training provided with loan funds; and 
‘‘(B) the progress made by the concern in 
producing, in the United States, a product that 
the concern was importing from a foreign coun-
try at the time the loan was made. 
‘‘(2) USE OF REPORTS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Administrator may con-
sider the information submitted by a small business 
concern in a report under paragraph (1) in deter-
mining whether to provide to the concern— 
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‘‘(A) an additional loan under this section; 
or 
‘‘(B) loan assistance under any other pro-
gram of the Administration. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATION.—The Administrator may not make 
a loan under this section if the cost of the loan (as deter-
mined by the Administrator) is greater than 5 percent of 
the total amount made available to the Administrator for 
the cost of making loans under this section for the fiscal 
year in which the loan is made.’’. 
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