To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program to allow small business concerns to purchase certain commodities futures, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program to allow small business concerns to purchase certain commodities futures, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers. The main policy domain is Finance, Government Operations, Energy.
Who Benefits and How
financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, financial institutions, investors, and borrowers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Helping Small Businesses To Hedge Risk and Insure against Volatile Expenses Act or the Helping Small Businesses...
- Section id33c97728de7044c89797d979f7d597b5: 2. Definitions In this Act: The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Small Business Administration. The terms Commission, commodity, commodity...
- Section idbda5e935968b4af986abb5ec5091058e: 3. Helping Small Businesses Thrive Program Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall, in consultation with the...
- Section id0824fa51a6864303814400e5b474bfc3: 4. Assisting small businesses transacting in commodity futures markets The Administrator, in accordance with the other provisions of this subsection, shall...
- Section id06c33affb2fc4d9c9f96fc98670bb380: 5. Reports Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Small Business and...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program to allow small business concerns to purchase certain commodities futures, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.
Key Policy Areas
Finance, Government Operations, Energy
Primary Purpose
This bill, To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to establish a program to allow small business concerns to purchase certain commodities futures, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting financial institutions, investors, and borrowers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- financial institutions, investors, and borrowers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMrs. Shaheen (for herself and Mr. Cassidy) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "administrator_of_sba"
- → Administrator of the Small Business Administration
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
Key Definitions
Terms defined in this bill
the Helping Small Businesses Thrive Program established under section 3(a). The term resource partners means— small business development centers
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