S. 552: Small Business Investment Capital Company Act of 2015
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S. 552: Small Business Investment Capital Company Act of 2015
114th Congress · introduced 2015-02-24 · Commerce · Latest: By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 114-265.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-02-24 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 114-265. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Small Business Investment Capital Company Act of 2015
Plain summary
Small Business Investment Company Capital Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) Amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase from $225 million to $350 million the maximum amount of outstanding leverage to be made available by the Small Business Administration to two or more commonly controlled small business investment companies not under capital impairment.
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Official text
Small Business Investment Capital Company Act of 2015
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · 4 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 552, Small Business Investment Capital Company Act of 2015 (2015-05-29)
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Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] reported raising $3.9 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to Senate with amendment(s))
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s552.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s552 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114