Microloan Improvement Act of 2021
Summary
Microloan Improvement Act of 2021 This bill revises the microloan program through which the Small Business Administration (SBA) provides, through designated intermediaries, certain financial assistance to small businesses. Specifically, the bill authorizes an intermediary to offer a line of credit to a small business, and it increases the average amount for loans from an intermediary to participating small businesses that makes the intermediary eligible for a reduced interest rate on SBA loans. The bill also places limits on the repayment term for a microloan, and it prohibits the SBA from imposing any additional limitation on the term for repayment of a microloan. Further, the SBA must (1) reserve 15% of new loan funds that are made available for disbursement as microloans to designated underutilized states and make the remaining 85% available for any state, (2) establish a process for an intermediary to provide the major credit reporting agencies with information about a borrower that is relevant to credit reporting, and (3) include information regarding equitable distribution of loan funds in its annual report.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2021
Committee Review
Apr 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
President
Introduced Mar 2, 2021
Last action Apr 19, 2021
Floor votes · House Apr 15, 2021
How they voted
397–16
Passed · 16 other
Total votes 429
Apr 15, 2021
D
Democratic217
97% Yea
R
Republican212
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
1
Committee
2
Apr 19, 2021
Committee
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
upper
Apr 15, 2021
Lower · Passed
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 397 - 16 (Roll no. 114).(text: 04/14/2021 CR H1765)
lower
Mar 2, 2021
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
lower
Mar 2, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 8 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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