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    <item congress="119" measure-type="hr" measure-number="5763" measure-id="id119hr5763" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2025-12-12" update-date="2026-01-16">
        <title>Main Street Parity Act</title>
        <summary summary-id="id119hr5763v07" currentChamber="HOUSE" update-date="2026-01-16">
            <action-date>2025-12-12</action-date>
            <action-desc>Reported to House</action-desc>
            <summary-text><![CDATA[<p><strong>Main Street Parity Act</strong></p><p>This bill lessens the financing requirements for certain Small Business&nbsp;Administration loans to small businesses for plant acquisition, construction, conversion, or expansion, including the acquisition of land.&nbsp;Specifically, the bill reduces the amount of equity a borrower must provide&nbsp;by 5% of the total cost for loans for limited or single-purpose properties.</p>]]></summary-text>
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