S. 967: CLEAR SBA Act
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S. 967: CLEAR SBA Act
114th Congress · introduced 2015-04-15 · Commerce · Latest: By Senator Vitter from Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship filed written report. Report No. 114-267.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2015-04-15 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · 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. 114-267. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
CLEAR SBA Act
Plain summary
Communicating Lender Activity Reports from the Small Business Administration Act or the CLEAR SBA Act This bill amends the Small Business Act to define "covered loan" as a loan made or debenture issued under the Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 by a private individual or entity. The bill requires the Small Business Administration to make publicly available on its website a Lender Activity Index (i.e., a user-friendly database of specified information relating to lenders making these loans). The SBA shall: (1) include in the database information relating to covered loans made during FY2009-FY2015, and (2) incorporate information related to such loans on an ongoing basis.
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] · 4 cosponsors
Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 967, Communicating Lending Activity Reports from the Small Business Administration Act (2015-05-15)
Cosponsors on this site
Deb Fischer (R-NE), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Gary C. Peters (D-MI)
Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] reported raising $176,810 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.
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- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114s967.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/s>
Record fed-us-cong114-s967 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114