I 
113TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2474 
To transfer funds to the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund 
to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to improve 
the microenterprise technical assistance and capacity building grant pro-
gram, to establish an Office of Youth Entrepreneurship in the Small 
Business Administration, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 20, 2013 
Mr. RICHMOND (for himself, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. 
PAYNE, Mr. CA´RDENAS, Mr. RUSH, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. 
ENYART, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. CHU, Mr. CLAY, Mr. LEWIS, 
and Ms. CLARKE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Financial Services, and in addition to the Committees on 
Small Business and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be sub-
sequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of 
such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To transfer funds to the Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund to increase the availability of credit 
for small businesses, to improve the microenterprise tech-
nical assistance and capacity building grant program, 
to establish an Office of Youth Entrepreneurship in the 
Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Community Lending 
and Small Business Jobs Act of 2013’’. 
TITLE I—SMALL BUSINESS LEG- 
UP ACT OF 2013 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business Lend-
ing to Entrepreneurs for Growth in Underserved Popu-
lations Act of 2013’’ or the ‘‘Small Business Leg-Up Act 
of 2013’’. 
SEC. 102. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Families and small businesses in under- 
served areas have for generations been unable to ac-
cess affordable credit. 
(2) The financial crisis of 2008 only served to 
exacerbate efforts by entrepreneurs to access capital 
for the purpose of creating jobs and improving eco-
nomic outcomes in the community. 
(3) Small business investments revitalize com-
munities by creating jobs but also contributing to 
the local tax base, which helps finance investments 
in schools, hospitals, infrastructure, and public safe-
ty. 
(4) The Community Development Financial In-
stitutions Fund is well placed to make careful, tar-
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geted investments in community development finan-
cial institutions for the purposes of improving eco-
nomic outcomes for underserved families across 
America. 
(5) Providing the Community Development Fi-
nancial Institutions Fund with a robust capital infu-
sion will make efficient use of taxpayer dollars, by 
leveraging Federal investment for the purpose of 
small business lending. 
SEC. 103. TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM SMALL BUSINESS 
LENDING FUND TO THE CDFI FUND. 
(a) UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.—On the date of the expi-
ration of the investment authority described under section 
4109(a) of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, the Sec-
retary shall transfer all unobligated funds in the Small 
Business Lending Fund to the Community Development 
Financial Institutions Fund. 
(b) PROCEEDS.—Section 4103(b)(3) of the Small 
Business Jobs Act of 2010 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(3) 
PROCEEDS
TRANSFERRED
TO
CDFI 
FUND.—All funds received by the Secretary in con-
nection with purchases made pursuant to paragraph 
(1), including principal, interest payments, dividend 
payments, and proceeds from the sale of any finan-
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