<?xml version="1.0"?>
<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="billres.xsl"?>
<!DOCTYPE bill PUBLIC "-//US Congress//DTDs/bill.dtd//EN" "bill.dtd">
<bill bill-stage="Introduced-in-Senate" public-private="public">
	<form>
		<distribution-code display="yes">II</distribution-code>
		<congress>112th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>S. 681</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber>
		<action>
			<action-date date="20110330">March 30, 2011</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="S245">Ms. Snowe</sponsor> introduced the
			 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
			 <committee-name committee-id="SSSB00">Committee on Small Business and
			 Entrepreneurship</committee-name></action-desc>
		</action>
		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title>To provide greater accountability in the Small Business
		  Lending Fund.</official-title>
	</form>
	<legis-body>
		<section id="id5D7ED77A519A43178EC7C2B3E24231A4" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the
			 <quote><short-title>Greater Accountability in the Lending
			 Fund Act of 2011</short-title></quote>.</text>
		</section><section id="id80D1AB827E6D45B48485494C517B34C0"><enum>2.</enum><header>Repayment
			 deadline under the Small Business Lending Fund Program</header>
			<subsection id="idBB1616BE38774025A8301CE616B7DE1E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4103(d)(5)(H)
			 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 4741 note) is amended—</text>
				<paragraph id="id4BF2948AE9DB4C528151928B784B0FF1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in clause
			 (i)—</text>
					<subparagraph id="id931682E592F24A8AABCEC6F1FCDAA67B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subclause (I),
			 by striking <quote>; or</quote> and inserting a period;</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54CEA48E8B904D899CE340564505F6FA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
			 subclause (II); and</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id766D24AF881D4C3E8528D144012979AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>will—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>be repaid</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>will be repaid</quote>;</text>
					</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id941506294BB84B7CBAB52209054391DB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
			 clause (ii); and</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph id="id32A642F48FFA47D88A54D4B1F21AF742"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>that—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>includes,</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>that includes,</quote>.</text>
				</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idC48E82213A10416C944B70A2491351EF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date;
			 applicability; savings clause</header>
				<paragraph id="id57438A74DAE346F3A62158888D960A20"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effective date;
			 applicability</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall—</text>
					<subparagraph id="idA69497AC0D3C451AB0E25ABE471163C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>take effect on
			 the date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idBA63C281F052464282C475003F89AF41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>apply to any
			 investment made by the Secretary of the Treasury under the Small Business
			 Lending Fund Program established under section 4103(a)(2) of the Small Business
			 Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 4741 note) (in this subsection referred to as the
			 <quote>Program</quote>) on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
					</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idFB80864513114303BFEE3C099408C822"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Savings
			 clause</header><text>Notwithstanding the amendments made by this section, an
			 investment made by the Secretary of the Treasury under the Program before the
			 date of enactment of this Act shall remain in full force and effect under the
			 terms and conditions under the investment.</text>
				</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id9223A640F76D404F8E60A9E19645A3C1"><enum>3.</enum><header>Small Business
			 Lending Fund sunset</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
			 4109 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 4741 note) is
			 amended—</text>
			<paragraph id="id071E00B82B634A07AF628ED4C259636A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
			 (b), by inserting <quote>and shall be limited by the termination date in
			 subsection (c)</quote> before the period at the end; and</text>
			</paragraph><paragraph id="idEDE4C5E44DF6457DA61D70DF1B6FAD4F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
			 end the following:</text>
				<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id2B2B98018BD84BFD87CBB646C1633CF5" style="OLC">
					<subsection id="id20F95006A3484BE1B32E897C6F377B9B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Termination of
				Program</header>
						<paragraph id="idB5D07AA1F6E74E3A88E59B5F311CF4CD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Investments</header><text>On
				and after the date that is 15 years after the date of enactment of this Act,
				the Federal Government may not own any preferred stock or other financial
				instrument purchased under this subtitle or otherwise maintain any capital
				investment in an eligible institution made under this subtitle.</text>
						</paragraph><paragraph id="idC3BB84092DBC440AA5E978076A893652"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Authorities</header><text>Except
				as provided in subsection (a), all the authorities provided under this subtitle
				shall terminate 15 years after the date of enactment of this
				Act.</text>
						</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
			</paragraph></section><section id="id17E21B49B6244E499C8B34C964FED01D"><enum>4.</enum><header>Small business
			 lending fund trigger</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
			 4109 of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 4741 note), as amended
			 by section 3, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
			<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6B2D1128A8CF41C78F6EFF9143253D76" style="OLC">
				<subsection id="idECA2FB4C955249A38DB8B82C917135C9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>FDIC
				receivership</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary
				may not make any purchases, including commitments to purchase, under this
				subtitle if the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is appointed receiver of
				5 percent or more of the number of eligible institutions that receive a capital
				investment under the
				Program.</text>
				</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
		</section><section id="id45EA6695C19E40399BF9F695A93FF8A4"><enum>5.</enum><header>Small Business
			 Lending Fund limitation</header>
			<subsection id="id9E8C819A13CD4F14B3816F7537018BE9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4103(d) of
			 the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 4741 note) is amended—</text>
				<paragraph id="id50D33A73C7BF421B80FDB6B1D29BC9D4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>, less the amount of any CDCI investment and any CPP investment</quote>
			 each place it appears;</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph id="idA894BF4C58264091AC082275E65A5E82"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
			 paragraph (7);</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph id="id2CF1BC46204D4577A5E4DCBE6AFB2FF0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by redesignating
			 paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) as paragraphs (7), (8), and (9), respectively;
			 and</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph id="id8A7185C147EB482E82A4A78D75D3FA80"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the
			 end the following:</text>
					<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9ACA289EDD5B48CB897DAB5455173096" style="OLC">
						<paragraph id="id1DED64876FE0419181726D5E40725127"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Prohibition on
				TARP participants participating in the Program</header><text>An institution in
				which the Secretary made a investment under the CPP, the CDCI, or any other
				program established by the Secretary under the Troubled Asset Relief Program
				established under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C.
				5201 et seq.) shall not be eligible to participate in the
				Program.</text>
						</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
				</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idBE2001B60E0A4508A4B2E331B83ED09A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date;
			 applicability; savings clause</header>
				<paragraph id="id6EFB7922695346F387CDCB4AEC321E64"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Effective date;
			 applicability</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall—</text>
					<subparagraph id="id6FE73D498159409E889157BCC88A72AF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>take effect on
			 the date of enactment of this Act; and</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idDC1E523AEE49489E8EB94297BEC3B650"><enum>(B)</enum><text>apply to any
			 investment made by the Secretary of the Treasury under the Small Business
			 Lending Fund Program established under section 4103(a)(2) of the Small Business
			 Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 4741 note) (in this subsection referred to as the
			 <quote>Program</quote>) on or after the date of enactment of this Act.</text>
					</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF69EAC9B20D54BDAB61236FDAA70B8B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Savings
			 clause</header><text>Notwithstanding the amendments made by this section, an
			 investment made by the Secretary of the Treasury under the Program before the
			 date of enactment of this Act shall remain in full force and effect under the
			 terms and conditions under the investment.</text>
				</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id3DE6ADB8B20C4F7DA1FA80138C90B201"><enum>6.</enum><header>Private
			 investments under the Small Business Lending Fund Program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4103(d)(3) of the Small Business
			 Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 4741 note) is amended—</text>
			<paragraph id="idB2BD6F70F16D47A49AF2EDC261ACF584"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph
			 heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">matched</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
			</paragraph><paragraph id="idDE8DA392FCBD4390B1CDC5817FDE8D5F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
			 (B)(i), by striking <quote>both under the Program and</quote>.</text>
			</paragraph></section><section id="id2F0864E7200E44FEA78926982D20FC81"><enum>7.</enum><header>Approval of
			 regulators</header>
			<subsection id="idB14F8D7E6AF74B319A74FB38F1D5EF97"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
			 general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 4103(d)(2) of
			 the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 4741 note) is amended—</text>
				<paragraph id="id46346FD4B61F4EF2B2ED7A2D4DE27FEE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph
			 heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Consultation with</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
			 <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Approval
			 of</header-in-text></quote>;</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph id="id90F7E1A64CE8442EAB9C91A64E66304F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the matter
			 preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>the Secretary shall</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>the Secretary may not make a purchase under this subtitle
			 unless</quote>;</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph id="id13852396A7F441E1B8281C3430AA871F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subparagraph
			 (A)—</text>
					<subparagraph id="id8BBAA9A9F41B4E73BECD317360552EF1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>consult with</quote>; and</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA418C9DF19DE45BDA4EDE547FC0FCF0C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>to determine whether the eligible institution may receive</quote> and
			 inserting <quote>determines that, based on the financial condition of the
			 eligible institution, the eligible institution should receive</quote>;</text>
					</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id53836B2B681C4C1EB4C0103D4EC2A093"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subparagraph
			 (B)—</text>
					<subparagraph id="id7E291797602D4BF2AD2F0E80C1AD824E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>consider any views received from</quote>; and</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE54A4FFE852C47599DBF2FEB82D1CCAD"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>regarding the financial condition of the eligible institution</quote>
			 and inserting <quote>determines that, based on the financial condition of the
			 eligible institution, the eligible institution should receive such capital
			 investment</quote>; and</text>
					</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id519E5FB0188B4A439A4729DE3507F2AB"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in subparagraph
			 (C)—</text>
					<subparagraph id="id1ECB245B15094E1FA599C0850795A82A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>consult with</quote>; and</text>
					</subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1B62F3D88BDA4E37A9BBE2501169302B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting
			 <quote>determines that, based on the financial condition of the eligible
			 institution, the eligible institution should receive such capital
			 investment</quote> before the period at the end.</text>
					</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDcd568346eec34cc28d34f5db5e858455"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
			 amendments</header><text>Section 4103(d)(3)(A) of the Small Business Jobs Act
			 of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 4741 note) is amended—</text>
				<paragraph id="ID8daf2a6eda454a30aa9774beed88a0ab"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>to be consulted under paragraph (2) would not otherwise
			 recommend</quote> and inserting <quote>required to make a determination under
			 paragraph (2) does not approve</quote>;</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph id="ID57f97988e41e4f1b9fe9bd182f5db962"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>to be so consulted</quote>; and</text>
				</paragraph><paragraph id="ID07abaee59e8d4091af6d7c7279b31dd4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
			 <quote>to be consulted would recommend</quote> and insert <quote>would
			 approve</quote>.</text>
				</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idE480BC9FE69D4605A18CCDD13E48060E"><enum>8.</enum><header>Benchmark for
			 small business lending</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
			 4103(d)(5)(A)(ii) of the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 4741 note)
			 is amended by striking <quote>for the 4 full quarters immediately preceding the
			 date of enactment of this Act</quote> and inserting <quote>during calendar year
			 2007</quote>.</text>
		</section></legis-body>
</bill>
