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[H.R. 5333 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 388
118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5333

                          [Report No. 118-469]

To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to exclude from the 
   limit on leverage certain amounts invested in smaller enterprises 
 located in rural or low-income areas and small businesses in critical 
               technology areas, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 1, 2023

  Mr. Meuser (for himself and Ms. Scholten) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business

                             April 26, 2024

Additional sponsors: Mr. Davis of North Carolina, Mr. Alford, Mrs. Kim 
of California, Mr. Nunn of Iowa, Mr. Luetkemeyer, Ms. Davids of Kansas, 
 Mr. Gottheimer, Mr. Barr, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Garbarino, Mrs. Houchin, 
              Mr. Donalds, Mr. LaLota, and Mr. Fitzpatrick

                             April 26, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
    [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on 
                           September 1, 2023]


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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to exclude from the 
   limit on leverage certain amounts invested in smaller enterprises 
 located in rural or low-income areas and small businesses in critical 
               technology areas, and for other purposes.


 


    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Investing in All of America Act of 
2023''.

SEC. 2. SBIC MAXIMUM LEVERAGE EXCLUSION.

    (a) Definitions.--Section 103(9) of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 662(9)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;
            (2) in subparagraph (B)(iii)--
                    (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``established 
                prior to October 1, 1987'';
                    (B) in subclause (II)--
                            (i) by striking ``or'' and inserting ``,''; 
                        and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, or a foundation, 
                        endowment, or trust of a college or 
                        university'' after ``pension plan''; and
                    (C) in subclause (III), by striking the semicolon 
                at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) does not include any funds obtained directly 
                or indirectly from any Federal, State or local 
                government or any government agency or instrumentality, 
                except for funds described in subclauses (I) through 
                (III) of subparagraph (B)(iii), for the purpose of 
                approval by the Administrator of any request for 
                leverage.''.
    (b) In General.--Section 303(b)(2) of the Small Business Investment 
Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 683(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``300'' and 
        inserting ``200'';
            (2) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) in the heading--
                            (i) by inserting ``or rural'' after ``low-
                        income''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``or critical technology 
                        areas'' after ``geographic areas'';
                    (B) in clause (i)--
                            (i) by striking ``(i) In calculating'' and 
                        inserting the following:
                            ``(i) In general.--Except as provided in 
                        clause (iii), in calculating'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``or companies'' after 
                        ``of a company'';
                            (iii) by striking ``subparagraph (A)'' and 
                        inserting ``subparagraphs (A) and (B)'';
                            (iv) by striking ``equity'';
                            (v) by striking ``the company in a smaller 
                        enterprise'' and all that follows and inserting 
                        the following: ``the company or companies in--
                                    ``(I) a smaller enterprise located 
                                in a low-income geographic area (as 
                                defined in section 689 of this title) 
                                or in a rural area; or''; and
                            (vi) by adding at the end the following new 
                        subclause:
                                    ``(II) a small business concern in 
                                an area of critical technology (as 
                                defined in section 4801 of title 10, 
                                United States Code) vital to 
                                maintaining the national security of 
                                the United States.'';
                    (C) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:
                            ``(ii) Limitation.--While maintaining the 
                        limitation of subparagraph (A)(i) and 
                        consistent with a leverage determination ratio 
                        issued pursuant to section 301(c), the 
                        aggregate amount excluded for a company or 
                        companies under clause (i) from the calculation 
                        of the outstanding leverage of such company or 
                        companies for the purposes of subparagraphs (A) 
                        and (B) may not exceed the lesser of 50 percent 
                        of the private capital of such company or 
                        companies or $125,000,000.''; and
                    (D) by amending clause (iii) to read as follows:
                            ``(iii) Prospective applicability.--An 
                        investment by a licensee is eligible for 
                        exclusion from the calculation of outstanding 
                        leverage under clause (i) only if such 
                        investment is made by such licensee after the 
                        date of enactment of the Investing in All of 
                        America Act of 2023.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(E) Annual adjustment.--The Administrator shall 
                adjust the dollar amounts described in subparagraphs 
                (A) and (B)--
                            ``(i) on the date of the enactment of this 
                        subparagraph, by a percentage equal to the 
                        percentage (if any) by which the Consumer Price 
                        Index (all items; United States city average), 
                        as published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
                        increased during the period--
                                    ``(I) beginning on December 18, 
                                2015, and ending on the date of the 
                                enactment of this subparagraph, for 
                                subparagraph (B); and
                                    ``(II) beginning on June 21, 2018, 
                                and ending on the date of the enactment 
                                of this subparagraph, for subparagraph 
                                (A); and
                            ``(ii) on the date that is one year after 
                        the date of the enactment of this subparagraph, 
                        and annually thereafter, by a percentage equal 
                        to the percentage (if any) by which the 
                        Consumer Price Index (all items; United States 
                        city average), as published by the Bureau of 
                        Labor Statistics, increased during the one-year 
                        period preceding the date of the adjustment 
                        under this clause.''.
    (c) Report.--Not later than June 30 of the first year beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall submit to 
the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and 
the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a 
report on the results of the exclusion under subparagraph (C) of 
section 303(b)(2) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 
U.S.C. 683(b)(2)), as amended by subsection (a), including the economic 
activity generated and jobs directly and indirectly created by the 
exclusion.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 388

118th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5333

                          [Report No. 118-469]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to exclude from the 
   limit on leverage certain amounts invested in smaller enterprises 
 located in rural or low-income areas and small businesses in critical 
               technology areas, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             April 26, 2024

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed