H.R. 2831 — Introduced in House

I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2831 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 10, 2025Mr. Crow (for himself, Mr. Bacon, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Carson, Mr. Case, Mr. Casten, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Craig, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Foster, Mr. Garbarino, Ms. Houlahan, Mrs. Kim, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Mullin, Ms. Norton, Mr. Obernolte, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Peters, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Schneider, Ms. Scholten, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Veasey, and Ms. Johnson of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to increase the maximum loan amount for certain loans. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Energy Loan Enhancement Act. 2. Increase in certain maximum loan amounts (a) In general Section 502(2)(A) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(2)(A)) is amended— (1) in clause (iv), by striking $5,500,000 and inserting $10,000,000; and (2) in clause (v), by striking $5,500,000 and inserting $10,000,000. (b) Report Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall submit to Congress a report that details, for the year covered by the report, the industries and geographic areas with respect to which the Administrator has made loans under clauses (iv) and (v) of section 502(2)(A) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(2)(A)), as amended by subsection (a).