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H.R. 6037: To prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business Administration from directly making loans under the 7(a) loan program, and for other purposes.

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H.R. 6037: To prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business Administration from directly making loans under the 7(a) loan program, and for other purposes.

117th Congress · introduced 2021-11-18 · Commerce · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-11-18 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. 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.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

To prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business Administration from directly making loans under the 7(a) loan program, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

This bill prohibits the Small Business Administration from directly making a loan under the 7(a) Program, which authorizes loans and loan guaranties to small businesses that meet certain requirements.

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What does this mean? (plain words)

Official text

To prohibit the Administrator of the Small Business Administration from directly making loans under the 7(a) loan program, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Luetkemeyer, Blaine [R-MO-3] · 38 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Roger Williams (R-TX), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY), Young Kim (R-CA), Beth Van Duyne (R-TX), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL), Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), Pete Sessions (R-TX), Lance Gooden (R-TX), Mike Bost (R-IL), Burgess Owens (R-UT), Ted Budd (R-NC), William R. Timmons IV (R-SC), Warren Davidson (R-OH), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Bryan Steil (R-WI), Michael Guest (R-MS), Trent Kelly (R-MS), David Kustoff (R-TN), Tracey Mann (R-KS), W. Gregory Steube (R-FL), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Ben Cline (R-VA), Michael Cloud (R-TX), Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX), Mark E. Amodei (R-NV), H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA), Robert J. Wittman (R-VA), Mike Flood (R-NE)

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr6037 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117