,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bdhg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ah1     
#bjad ,mrs4 ,fischer 7for herself and   
,mr4 ,scott7 introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,small ,business   
and ,entrepreneurship  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,small ,business ,act to      
increase the maximum loan limits under  
the microloan program1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,access to ,capital1
 ,access to ,opportunity ,act4  #b4     
,definitions ,in this ,act-- 7#a7 the   
terms ,administration and ,administrator
 mean the ,small ,business              
,administration and the ,administrator  
thereof1 respectively2  7#b7 the term   
microloan program means the program     
established under section #g7m7 of the  
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fcf7m772 and  7#c7 the term small      
business concern has the meaning given  
the term under section #c of the ,small 

,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcb74    
#c4 ,maximum loan limits under microloan
 program  7a7 ,in general ,section #g7m7
 of the ,small ,business ,act 7#ae      
,u4,s4,c4 #fcf7m77 is amended-- 7#a7 in 
paragraph 7#a77;,b77iii71 by striking   
#ej1jjj and inserting #ajj1jjj2  7#b7 in
 paragraph 7#c77;,e71 by striking       
#ej1jjj each place that term appears and
 inserting #ajj1jjj2 and  7#c7 in       
paragraph 7#aa77;,b71 by striking       
#ej1jjj and inserting #ajj1jjj4  7b7    
,funding ,the ,administrator may use    
amounts made available to the           
,administrator for administrative       
expenses to carry out the direct and    
guaranteed loan programs to pay for any 
costs associated with the amendments    
made under subsection 7a74  #d4         
,adoption of outcome-oriented           
performance measures ,not later than    
#ahj days after the date of enactment of
 this ,act1 the ,administrator shall    
develop and adopt outcome-oriented      
standards to measure the performance of 

the microloan program1 including the    
recommendations provided in the ,office 
of the ,inspector ,general of the       
,administration ,memorandum             
,,rom-#aj-aj1 ,,sba's ,administration of
 the ,microloan ,program under the      
,recovery ,act1 issued ,december #bh1   
#bjji4  #e4 ,education on the microloan 
program ,section #g7m77#a77;,b7 of the  
,small ,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4    
#fcf7m77#a77;,b77 is amended-- 7#a7 in  
clause 7ii71 by striking and at the end2
  7#b7 in clause 7iii71 by striking the 
period at the end and inserting 2 and2  
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      
following3  7iv7 to educate individuals1
 including owners and operators of small
 business concerns and aspiring         
entrepreneurs1 about the microloan      
program4  4