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<item congress="114" measure-type="hr" measure-number="6112" measure-id="id114hr6112" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2016-09-21" update-date="2016-11-09">
<title>CLEAR SBA Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id114hr6112v00" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2016-11-09">
<action-date>2016-09-21</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Communicating Lender Activity Reports from the Small Business Administration Act or the CLEAR SBA Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends <his> the Small Business Act to define &quot;covered loan&quot; as a loan made or debenture issued under the Act or the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 by a private individual or entity.</p> <p>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 covered loans).</p> <p>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.</p>]]></summary-text>
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