504 Program Level Flexibility Act

Bill: 117-hr-4844
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Newman, Marie [D-IL-3]
Introduced: 2021-07-29
Policy area: Commerce
Latest action: action_date: 2021-07-29
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-07-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>504 Program Level Flexibility Act</b></p> <p>This bill authorizes the Small Business Administration (SBA), upon a determination that the amount of its commitments to guarantee 504 loans could exceed the authorized limit, to guarantee up to 115% of that limit. Such loans, made through SBA community partners and certified by the SBA, provide long-term, fixed rate financing for major fixed assets that promote business growth and job creation.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4844 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 29, 2021 Ms. Newman introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to allow the Administrator of the Small Business Administration the authority to increase amount of commitments to qualified State or local development companies, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the 504 Program Level Flexibility Act . 2. Authority to increase amount of commitments to qualified State or local development companies Section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 ( 15 U.S.C. 697 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: (j) Authority To increase amount of commitments to qualified State or local development companies (1) In general Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and with respect to fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, if the Administrator determines that the amount of commitments by the Administrator to guarantee loans authorized under this section for a fiscal year could exceed the limit on the total amount of commitments the Administrator may make for those loans under this Act, an appropriations Act, or any other provision of law, the Administrator may make commitments for those loans for that fiscal year in an aggregate amount equal to not more than 115 percent of that limit. (2) Notice required before exercising authority (A) In general Not later than 30 days before the date on which the Administrator intends to exercise the authority under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall submit notice of intent to exercise the authority to— (i) the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and (ii) the Committee on Small Business and the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. (B) Exception Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect to fiscal year 2021. (3) Limitation The Administrator shall not exercise the authority under paragraph (1) more than once during any fiscal year. .