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<dc:title>119 HR 9691 IH: 7(a) Program Risk Oversight Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2026-07-14</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 9691</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20260714">July 14, 2026</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="V000081">Ms. Velázquez</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HSM00">Committee on Small Business</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Small Business Act to modify the annual report of the Office of Credit Risk Management, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="H9862379D482D4AE996F4CA216FCD837A" style="OLC"> 
<section id="HF00C6E23009842DB90FBB328B24CD29D" 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>7(a) Program Risk Oversight Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="H77470150B38349B2935188A2654B12FE" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Modifications to annual report of the Office of Credit Risk Management</header> <subsection id="H3A51F312A174400095C470E0695BEEBA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47(h) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/657t">15 U.S.C. 657t(h)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="HB7951ADFB3FE456B8F56BE0AEAEAA71C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text> <subparagraph id="H2EEA588F707F4048BFBAB60D0C719699"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by inserting before the semicolon the following: <quote>, and the program risk set forth separately by the type of loan guaranteed under such section</quote>;</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H9C05D5FBF1EC440CBA35B9F04BD7B113" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (J) as subparagraphs (H) through (N), respectively;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H366FF9BAFE1442ABB49DE230020535CF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:</text> 
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<subparagraph id="HCCC5E8A2B07F4416B60F376E927F5F0F"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the program risk for loans guaranteed under section 7(a), set forth separately for the year covered by the report by such loans with a dollar value of—</text> <clause id="H9A58B3CB869444FBB06F1A1251D524D2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>less than or equal to $50,000;</text></clause> 
<clause id="H82F970B9FF60426CBB0E942B83579F09"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>greater than $50,000 and less than or equal to $250,000;</text></clause> <clause id="H4A7206EA76E84519B4A3067A11BB3E14"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">greater than $250,000 and less than or equal to $350,000;</text></clause> 
<clause id="HE19EC49CA2D24C3E8435C15C114D60F3"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">greater than $350,000 and less than or equal to $500,000;</text></clause> <clause id="H8E11FC0A09004100A4097F1E79C41B10"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">greater than $500,000 and less than or equal to $1,000,000; and</text></clause> 
<clause id="HC09FA9A51835403F86E4857F06526ED7"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">greater than $1,000,000 and less than or equal to $5,000,000;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4D1AE293F3CC4CE1B3A1328578BC44CC"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the program risk for loan guarantees made under section 7(a), set forth separately for the year covered by the report for loans that were originated—</text> 
<clause id="H39F26916C5F64C71924E5BFC1ED82A23"><enum>(i)</enum><text>less than one year before the date of submission of the report;</text></clause> <clause id="HCD171AA14EE449D9819460855CD93276"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>at least one year, but not more than two years before such date; and</text></clause> 
<clause id="H47B7DEC519CD421DAAB557E472D77FEA"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>more than two years before such date;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H104ED6C9569F4A9BB119ABEFABB9FC3F"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of program risk for loan guarantees made under section 7(a), set forth separately for the year covered by the report for loans that were originated to—</text> 
<clause id="HFF65AADD7DC1427DB4C3CB4C93FF5720"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a borrower that uses such loan to open a business;</text></clause> <clause id="HEBEE718EBBF74B08A8BDE2685B0643A0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a borrower not described in clause (i) that is a business concern that has been in operation for less than or equal to two years before the date of origination; and</text></clause> 
<clause id="H08011EF18BCC4375B9E2B3676F26799A"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a borrower that is a business concern that has been in operation for more than two years on the date of origination;</text></clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H487BDAF598B14FEE8AE74C88B32AA525" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(G)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an analysis of the program risk for loans made under section 7(a), set forth separately for the year covered by the report for loans that were originated by—</text> 
<clause id="H93FC5AE87CFE44C5A928800F785FB40F"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a bank holding company (as defined in section 2 of the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1841">12 U.S.C. 1841</external-xref>));</text></clause> <clause id="HE06F005DC4644A7CA786019CF6941A9E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an insured credit union (as defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1752">12 U.S.C. 1752</external-xref>));</text></clause> 
<clause id="HECF9062BAD3540E4A25062A08B1AE66B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a State credit union (as defined in such section 101) for which insurance is provided by a private deposit insurer (as defined in section 43(e)(4) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1831t">12 U.S.C. 1831t(e)(4)</external-xref>));</text></clause> <clause id="H6367E611DCB04D66A30AF0095BC76694"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a small business lending company (as defined in section 3), including a Community Advantage Small Business Lending Company (as defined in section 120.10 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation)); and</text></clause> 
<clause id="H95FAE8D5516A42159DD770E173455093"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a non-Federally regulated lender;</text></clause></subparagraph> <after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H784A96FDD4D74FDDBB32F055DFA35A70"> <enum>(D)</enum> <text>in subparagraph (H) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C)</quote> and inserting <quote>subparagraphs (A) through (G)</quote>;</text>
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<subparagraph id="H733E940F5E5B4E02A9B040299F76A506" commented="no"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by amending subparagraph (J) (as so redesignated) to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HE572E3134CC044B4BE77518F742C5B88" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H8648645D78E54023824D9A823562AB76" commented="no"><enum>(J)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number and total dollar amount of purchases by the Administrator of the principal and interest of loans guaranteed under section 7(a) that are in default, the total dollar amount of collections recovered on such purchases, and the number and total dollar amount of charge-offs for such purchases, set forth separately by the type of institution that originated the loan as described in subparagraph (G);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HFA55077DBFED42F9BB23697048F7EA0B"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (M) (as so redesignated), by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H1215161E63884FAD9BC616781F2696E9"> <enum>(G)</enum> <text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (N) (as so redesignated), by striking the period at the end; and</text>
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<subparagraph id="H64F65D0DAFCD475D88D95DA29C50C9BF"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9AF80AC54C634C9EBC85A3E17837B991" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HE3BF4A743B4246D783C17B3957EF241F"><enum>(O)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of the enforcement actions described in subparagraphs (K) and (L), the number of such actions taken for fraud;</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H16D980F79F8847ECB0C4C8214C01ECC5"><enum>(P)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">of the civil monetary penalties assessed under subparagraph (N), the number of such penalties assessed for fraud;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7EEA10D0FBBE48689880DA980CEC95D7" commented="no"><enum>(Q)</enum><text>the number and total dollar amount of loans guaranteed under section 7(a) that are between 31 and 59 days past due, deferred, or delinquent, set forth separately by the type of institution that originated the loan as described in subparagraph (G) of this section; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HAB5F125F2B5342C9808AE8E25F106361"><enum>(R)</enum><text>the number and total dollar amount of loans guaranteed under section 7(a) that the Administrator has determined to have been made fraudulently, set forth separately by the type of institution that originated the loan as described in subparagraph (G) of this section.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HBBD585F20F3B4705881E1DACDB2FCFB9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> 
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<paragraph id="H6A2E8F01AA914E38A0E5B62E763551F9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Availability of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall make available to the public on a website of the Administration the report required under paragraph (2) not later than 7 days after the Director submits such report to Congress.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HEB413CADA037428E84A3CAC9405AFF30"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Technical amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 47(d) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/657t">15 U.S.C. 657t(d)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>premise</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>premises</quote>.</text></subsection></section> 
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