[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7473 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7473

     To ensure continued appropriations for certain Small Business 
  Administration programs during a Government shutdown in fiscal year 
                     2024, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 28, 2024

Mr. Schiff (for himself, Mr. Thanedar, Mrs. Foushee, and Mr. Castro of 
    Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Appropriations

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                                 A BILL


 
     To ensure continued appropriations for certain Small Business 
  Administration programs during a Government shutdown in fiscal year 
                     2024, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Funding Small Businesses During 
Shutdown Act''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PROGRAMS 
              DURING A GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN.

    There are appropriated for fiscal year 2024, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, during any period of a lapse 
in discretionary appropriations with respect to the Small Business 
Administration during such fiscal year beginning on or after the date 
of the enactment of this section, for any 30-day period of such lapse 
(and on a pro-rated basis if such lapse is less than 30 days) to pay 
for the salaries and expenses necessary to continue servicing any loans 
made under--
            (1) $500,000 for loans made under subsection (m) of section 
        7 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m));
            (2) $2,916,666,667 for loans made under subsection (a) of 
        section 7 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a));
            (3) $1,250,000,000 for loans made under title V of the 
        Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.); 
        and
            (4) $13,775,000 for administrative expenses to carry out 
        the loan program under subsection (m) of section 7 of the Small 
        Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)).
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