Title: Spurring Business in Communities Act of 2017
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Spurring Business in Communities Act of 2017
This bill amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to:

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4111 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4111

   To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve the 
number of small business investment companies in underlicensed States, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 24, 2017

Mrs. McMorris Rodgers introduced the following bill; which was referred 
                   to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to improve the 
number of small business investment companies in underlicensed States, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Spurring Business in Communities Act 
of 2017''.

SEC. 2. IMPROVING THE NUMBER OF SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT COMPANIES IN 
              UNDERLICENSED STATES.

    The Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) 
is amended--
            (1) in section 103 (15 U.S.C. 662)--
                    (A) in paragraph (18)(E), by striking ``and'' at 
                the end;
                    (B) in paragraph (19), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(20) the term `underlicensed State' means a State in 
        which the number of licensees per capita is less than the 
        median number of licensees per capita for all States, as 
        calculated by the Administrator.'';
            (2) in section 301(c) (15 U.S.C. 681(c))--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) shall give first priority to an applicant 
                that is located in an underlicensed State with below 
                median financing, as determined by the 
                Administrator.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (4)(B)--
                            (i) by striking clause (i);
                            (ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) and 
                        (iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 
                        and
                            (iii) by amending clause (i), as so 
                        redesignated, to read as follows:
                            ``(i) is located in a State that--
                                    ``(I) is not served by a licensee; 
                                or
                                    ``(II) is an underlicensed State; 
                                and''; and
            (3) in section 308(g) (15 U.S.C. 687(g))--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``and 
                        licensing'' after ``financing'';
                            (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) 
                        through (J) as subparagraphs (E) through (L), 
                        respectively; and
                            (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (B) 
                        the following:
            ``(C) Steps taken by the Administration to improve the 
        number of licensees in underlicensed States.
            ``(D) The Administration's plans to support States that 
        seek to increase the number of licensees in the State.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(E) the geographic dispersion of licensees in each State 
        compared to the population of the State, identifying 
        underlicensed States.''.
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