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<meta><dc:title>Public Law 115–187: To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase the amount of leverage made available to small business investment companies.</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2018-06-21</dc:date>
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<preface><centerRunningHead>PUBLIC LAW 115–187—JUNE 21, 2018</centerRunningHead>

<dc:type>Public Law</dc:type><docNumber>115–187</docNumber>
<congress value="115">115th Congress</congress>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize12" style="-uslm-lc:I658005">An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I658011">To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase the amount of leverage made available to small business investment companies.<sidenote><p class="centered fontsize8" id="xc37bc934-e837-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658076"><approvedDate date="2018-06-21">June 21, 2018</approvedDate></p><p class="centered fontsize8" id="xc37bc935-e837-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658076">[<ref href="/us/bill/115/hr/2333">H.R. 2333</ref>]<?GPOvSpace 08?></p></sidenote></officialTitle>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I658120"><i>  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</i></enactingFormula><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc37bc936-e837-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180">Small Business Investment Opportunity Act of 2017.</p></sidenote>
<section id="d308640e85" identifier="/us/pl/115/187/s1" style="-uslm-lc:I658146"><num class="bold" value="1">SECTION 1. </num><sidenote><p class="leftAlign firstIndent0 fontsize8" id="xc37bc937-e837-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658180"><ref href="/us/usc/t15/s661">15 USC 661 note</ref>.</p></sidenote><heading>SHORT TITLE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  This Act may be cited as the “<shortTitle role="act">Small Business Investment Opportunity Act of 2017</shortTitle>”.</content></section>
<section id="d308640e100" identifier="/us/pl/115/187/s2" role="instruction" style="-uslm-lc:I658141"><num class="fontsize12" value="2">SEC. 2. </num><heading>INDIVIDUAL SBIC LEVERAGE LIMIT INCREASE.</heading><content style="-uslm-lc:I658120">  Section 303(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (<ref href="/us/usc/t15/s683/b/2/A/ii">15 U.S.C. 683(b)(2)(A)(ii)</ref>) <amendingAction type="amend">is amended</amendingAction> by <amendingAction type="delete">striking</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$150,000,000</quotedText>” and <amendingAction type="insert">inserting</amendingAction> “<quotedText>$175,000,000</quotedText>”.</content></section>
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<actionDescription style="-uslm-lc:I658030">Approved</actionDescription> <date date="2018-06-21">June 21, 2018</date>.</action>
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658031"><inline class="underline">LEGISLATIVE HISTORY</inline>—<ref href="/us/bill/115/hr/2333">H.R. 2333</ref>:</heading>
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<headingText style="-uslm-lc:I658032">HOUSE REPORTS:</headingText> ┐No. <ref href="/us/hrpt/115/215">115–215</ref> (<committee>Comm. on Small Business</committee>).
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<heading style="-uslm-lc:I658032">CONGRESSIONAL RECORD:</heading>
<subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658033">Vol. 163 (2017):</subheading>
<p class="indentUp2 firstIndent-1" id="xc37bf048-e837-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658034">July 24, considered and passed House.</p><subheading style="-uslm-lc:I658033">Vol. 164 (2018):</subheading>
<p class="indentUp2 firstIndent-1" id="xc37bf049-e837-11f0-bc57-ad3ac4b1618c" style="-uslm-lc:I658034">June 5, considered and passed Senate.</p></note>
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