CDFI Crisis Fund Act
Summary
CDFI Crisis Fund Act This bill establishes the CDFI National Crisis Fund. The fund is authorized to make grants to community development financial institutions (CDFIs) providing financial products as emergency assistance to small businesses and low-income populations in certain circumstances. Furthermore, the fund is triggered by certain emergency declarations, including the COVID-19 emergency period; certain disaster declarations; a specified increase in a statewide unemployment rate; or a specified increase in the nationwide unemployment rate. Specified amounts in the fund are set aside for grants to Native and minority CDFIs. The Government Accountability Office must report on the impact of the fund and provide recommendations.
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
May 2022
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Introduced May 9, 2022
Last action May 9, 2022
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May 9, 2022
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
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May 9, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
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Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
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Bernard Sanders
IIndependent
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Chris Van Hollen
DDemocratic
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Dianne Feinstein
DDemocratic
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Elizabeth Warren
DDemocratic
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Jeff Merkley
DDemocratic
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Kirsten E. Gillibrand
DDemocratic
Co
Mark R. Warner
DDemocratic
Co
Martin Heinrich
DDemocratic
Co
Richard Blumenthal
DDemocratic
Co
Ron Wyden
DDemocratic
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