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Version 01 · Reported to Senate with amendment(s) · Sep 10, 2013
Communicating Lender Activity Reports from the Small Business Administration Act or CLEAR SBA Act - Amends the Small Business Act to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make publicly available a user-friendly database of information relating to lenders making loans under such Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.
Requires the Administrator to: (1) include in the database information on such loans made during FY2009-FY2013, and (2) incorporate information relating to such loans on an ongoing basis.
Prohibits the Administrator from requiring lenders to submit additional information or to otherwise increase burdens on lenders in order to comply with this Act.
Expresses the sense of Congress that no additional funds should be made available to carry out this Act.
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Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] · D–LA
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 169.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Landrieu with amendments. With written report No. 113-91.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Reported by Senator Landrieu with amendments. With written report No. 113-91.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 113-309.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1712-1713)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1712)
Introduced in Senate
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