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H.R. 4111 · 102nd Congress · enacted

Small Business Credit and Business Opportunity Enhancement Act of 1992

Became Public Law No: 102-366.

Latest official action 1992-09-04 · Enacted

The bill, briefly

Small Business Credit and Business Opportunity Enhancement Act of 1992 - Title I: Improved Access to Credit - Subtitle A: Section 7(A) Guaranteed Loan Program - Small Business Credit Crunch Relief Act of 1992 - Amends the Small Business Act to limit the amount of deferred participation loans authorized by such Act to the net amount of loan principal which is guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA) (not including any amount which is not guaranteed). Declares that such loans are available for a national program, but restricts to ten percent of annual authorizations SBA use of such funds for special or pilot programs directed to identified sectors of the small business community or to specific geographic regions. Authorizes deferred participation loans and other financings in FY 1992 through 1994, including general business loans, pollution control loan guarantees, and development company loans and debenture guarantees. Directs the Administrator of the SBA, when practicable, to: (1) accord preference to small business concerns which use or purchase equipment and supplies produced in the United States; and (2) encourage small business concerns receiving such assistance to purchase such equipment and supplies. Subtitle B: Microloan Demonstration Program Amendments - Microlending Expansion Act of 1992 - Directs the Administrator, in selecting intermediaries to particip…

Congressional Research Service · 1992-08-11

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