[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 10328 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 10328
To amend the Small Business Act to provide no-collateral express loans
for qualified career law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 10, 2026
Mr. Bresnahan (for himself, Mr. Patronis, Mr. Meuser, and Ms. King-
Hinds) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Small Business
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A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to provide no-collateral express loans
for qualified career law enforcement officers, 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 ``Badge-to-Business Act''.
SEC. 2. EXPRESS LOANS FOR QUALIFIED CAREER LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.
Section 7(a)(31) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(31))
is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
``(I) Qualified career law enforcement officers.--
``(i) In general.--Except as provided in
clause (ii), the Administrator may not collect
a guarantee fee described in paragraph (18) in
connection with a loan made under this
paragraph to a qualified career law enforcement
officer on or after January 1, 2027.
``(ii) Exception.--The Administrator may
waive the requirements of clause (i) if the
cost to the Administration of making such loans
is greater than zero for a fiscal year, and
such cost is directly attributable to the cost
of guaranteeing such loans.
``(iii) Qualified career law enforcement
officer defined.--In this subparagraph, the
term `qualified career law enforcement officer'
means an individual who, at the time of
application for an express loan, has completed
not less than 10 years of service as a career
law enforcement officer (as defined in section
1709 of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe
Streets Act of 1968 (34 U.S.C. 10389)) and--
``(I) if currently employed as a
career law enforcement officer, is not
the subject of a pending criminal
investigation or administrative
proceeding involving alleged misconduct
relating to the individual's official
duties; or
``(II) if separated from service,
was not, at the time of such
separation, the subject of a pending
criminal investigation or
administrative proceeding involving
alleged misconduct relating to the
individual's official duties.''.
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