I 112th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4102 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 28, 2012 Mr. Israel introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to establish a loan program to assist and provide incentives for manufacturers to reinvest in making products in the United States, and for other purposes.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Bring the Jobs Home Loan Act of 2012.

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Small manufacturer domestic production loan program

The Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) is amended— (1)by redesignating section 45 as section 46; and (2)by inserting after section 44 the following:

45.

Small manufacturer domestic production loan program

(a)

Establishment

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of the Bring the Jobs Home Loan Act of 2012, the Administrator shall establish a loan program to assist certain small business concerns to begin producing, in the United States, products that the concerns otherwise import. (b)

Loan authority

In carrying out the program established under subsection (a), the Administrator may make a loan to a small business concern involved in manufacturing (as determined by the Administrator) to assist the concern to— (1)make facility and equipment changes necessary for the concern to begin producing, in the United States, a product that the concern is importing from a foreign country at the time the loan is made; or (2)provide training to employees of the concern necessary for the concern to begin producing, in the United States, such a product. (c)

Applications

To be eligible for a loan under subsection (b), a small business concern shall submit to the Administrator an application at such time, in such form, and containing such information as the Administrator may require. (d)

Reports

(1)

Requirement

Not later than 2 years after a small business concern receives a loan under this section, the concern shall submit to the Administrator a report describing— (A)the facility and equipment changes made or training provided with loan funds; and (B)the progress made by the concern in producing, in the United States, a product that the concern was importing from a foreign country at the time the loan was made. (2)

Use of reports

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Administrator may consider the information submitted by a small business concern in a report under paragraph (1) in determining whether to provide to the concern— (A)an additional loan under this section; or (B)loan assistance under any other program of the Administration. (e)

Limitation

The Administrator may not make a loan under this section if the cost of the loan (as determined by the Administrator) is greater than 5 percent of the total amount made available to the Administrator for the cost of making loans under this section for the fiscal year in which the loan is made.

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