H.R. 3836: SBA Loan Paperwork Reduction Act of 2012
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H.R. 3836: SBA Loan Paperwork Reduction Act of 2012
112th Congress · introduced 2012-01-27 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2012-01-27 · official record
- Who proposed it: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-36] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
SBA Loan Paperwork Reduction Act of 2012
Plain summary
SBA Loan Paperwork Reduction Act of 2012 - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) to carry out a Small Loan Advantage Program in the same manner as, and as a replacement for, the SBA Small Loan Advantage loan initiative. (Under the loan initiative, SBA lenders make partially guaranteed, lower-dollar small business loans which often benefit businesses in underserved areas or markets.) Makes pilot program loan guarantee percentage limits inapplicable to the Small Loan Advantage Program.
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Official text
SBA Loan Paperwork Reduction Act of 2012
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Sponsor: Rep. Hahn, Janice [D-CA-36] · 0 cosponsors
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- Ballot initiative
- A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr3836.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>
Record fed-us-cong112-hr3836 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112