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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Jun 10, 2015
Ensuring Small Businesses Can Export Act of 2015
This bill declares that it is the policy of this Act:
that, should the statutory authority for the export loan programs administered by the Export-Import Bank of the United States lapse, the Small Business Administration (SBA) shall serve the Bank's small business clients under existing statutory authority of the Small Business Act;
to create an SBA Export Credit Insurance Program similar to the Bank's; and
to ensure that small business exporters are served by SBA programs.
The bill also amends the Small Business Act to require the SBA to establish a program to provide insurance for the exports of small businesses, including insurance against nonpayment by international buyers.
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Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] · R–LA
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Introduced in Senate
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