US Congress Senate Bill 2487 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: Introduced on June 18 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-06-18 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Pending: Senate Small Business And Entrepreneurship Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Access to Capital, Access to Opportunity Act - Amends the Small Business Act to increase from $50,000 to $100,000 the maximum amount of a loan under the microloan program. Authorizes the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to use amounts made available for administrative expenses to carry out the direct and guaranteed loan programs to pay for any costs associated with these increases. Requires the Administrator to develop and adopt outcome-oriented standards to measure the microloan program's performance, including the recommendations provided in the SBA Office of Inspector General Memorandum ROM-10-10, "SBA's Administration of the Microloan Program under the Recovery Act," issued December 28, 2009. Authorizes the Administrator to educate individuals, including owners and operators of small businesses and aspiring entrepreneurs, about the microloan program.

Access to Capital, Access to Opportunity Act

Sen. Deb Fischer [R-NE]

Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-06-18	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/senate-bill/2487/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/s2487/BILLS-113s2487is.pdf