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H.R. 6348 · 115th Congress · enacted

Small Business ACE Act

Became Public Law No: 115-371.

Latest official action 2018-12-21 · Enacted

The bill, briefly

Small Business Access to Capital and Efficiency Act or the Small Business ACE Act (Sec. 2) This bill amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to revise the loan amount above which a real estate appraisal is required for the commercial real property securing a Certified Development Company loan. Specifically, the bill ties the amount to the federal banking regulator appraisal threshold. (Currently, an appraisal is required for a loan of more than $250,000.)

Congressional Research Service · 2018-12-21

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed

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No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.

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Politicians behind the bill

Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.

1 of 1 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.

UNITED POSTMASTERS AND MANAGERS OF AMERICA POLITICAL FUND$10,000

John R. Curtis · Sponsor · $10,000

Official PAC record
AMERICANS FOR RESPONSIBLE INNOVATION LTD. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (ARI PAC)$9,000
1-800 CONTACTS, INC. PAC$8,500
SUNRUN INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SUNRUN PAC)$7,500
AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION PAC$7,000

John R. Curtis · Sponsor · $5,000

Dwight Evans · Cosponsor · $2,000

Official PAC record
SALT RIVER VALLEY WATER USERS' ASSOCIATION POLITICAL INVOLVEMENT COMMITTEE ( SRPPIC)$6,500
ARRAY DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$6,000
ALTICOR, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE ALTIPAC$5,000
AMERICAN AIR LIQUIDE HOLDINGS INC PAC$5,000
AMERICAN CHEMISTRY COUNCIL PAC$5,000
AMERICAN CRYSTAL SUGAR COMPANY POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY & MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES P E O P L E$5,000

Dwight Evans · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$5,000

Dwight Evans · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION, PUBLIC OWNERSHIP OF ELECTRIC RESOURCES PAC$5,000
AMERICAN SUGAR CANE LEAGUE OF USA, INC PAC$5,000
COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL 13000$5,000

Dwight Evans · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
CRH AMERICAS, INC. PAC$5,000
EDWARDS LIFESCIENCES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (A.K.A. EDWARDS PAC)$5,000
FOREVER YOUTH ORGANIZATION UTILIZING A NEW GENERATION PAC$5,000
GILEAD SCIENCES INC HEALTHCARE POLICY PAC$5,000
HALLIBURTON COMPANY PAC$5,000
IN THE ARENA PAC$5,000
INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS LOCAL 98 COMMITTEE ON POLITICAL EDUCATION$5,000

Dwight Evans · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
IUOE OPERATING ENGINEERS$5,000

Dwight Evans · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
MACHINISTS NON PARTISAN POLITICAL LEAGUE OF THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS & AEROSPACE WORKERS$5,000

Dwight Evans · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
NATSO INC. NATSO PAC$5,000
NELNET INC PAC (NELNET PAC)$5,000
PLUMBERS UNION LOCAL 690 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000

Dwight Evans · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
S. C. JOHNSON & SON, INC POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
SAFARI CLUB INTERNATIONAL PAC (SCI-PAC)$5,000
SPECIALTY EQUIPMENT MARKET ASSOCIATION & PERFORMANCE RACING, INC. PAC (SEMA & PRI PAC)$5,000
THE HOME DEPOT INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$5,000
TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE$5,000

Dwight Evans · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB$5,000

Dwight Evans · Cosponsor · $5,000

Official PAC record
ZURICH HOLDING COMPANY OF AMERICA, INC. COMMITTEE FOR GOOD GOVERNMENT (Z-PAC, ZURICH PAC)$5,000
ATLAS AIR WORLDWIDE HOLDINGS, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$4,000
DOW INC. PAC (DOWPAC)$4,000
NEW LEAF ENERGY, INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (NEW LEAF ENERGY PAC)$4,000
TENASKA INC EMPLOYEES POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$4,000
ALASKA AIR GROUP INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE$3,500

The largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.

What happened after enactment?

Dated agency-reported implementation and uptake measures are shown with their scope. They do not by themselves establish causal success. If no evidence is listed, the outcome is not established.

Measured outcome: not established

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