Main Street Lending Improvement Act of 2020 This bill revises the Main Street Lending Program, a Federal Reserve lending facility established to provide COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) related business loans. Specifically, the bill (1) allows financial institutions to collect interest on the entirety of certain smaller loans if a participation in the loan is sold to the special purpose vehicle established under the program, and (2) requires the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to establish a help line to address lender-specific questions. The special purpose vehicle must purchase 99% of the interest in a loan participation originated by certain financial institutions. Additionally, certain financial institutions must receive automatic preapproval for loans under the program.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Finance and Financial Sector
Accounting and auditingBank accounts, deposits, capitalBankruptcyCorporate finance and managementCredit and credit marketsDepartment of the TreasuryFederal Reserve SystemGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHousing finance and home ownershipInterest, dividends, interest ratesSmall business
Main Street Lending Improvement Act of 2020
USA116th CongressS-4655| Senate
| Updated: 9/22/2020
Main Street Lending Improvement Act of 2020 This bill revises the Main Street Lending Program, a Federal Reserve lending facility established to provide COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) related business loans. Specifically, the bill (1) allows financial institutions to collect interest on the entirety of certain smaller loans if a participation in the loan is sold to the special purpose vehicle established under the program, and (2) requires the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston to establish a help line to address lender-specific questions. The special purpose vehicle must purchase 99% of the interest in a loan participation originated by certain financial institutions. Additionally, certain financial institutions must receive automatic preapproval for loans under the program.
Accounting and auditingBank accounts, deposits, capitalBankruptcyCorporate finance and managementCredit and credit marketsDepartment of the TreasuryFederal Reserve SystemGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHousing finance and home ownershipInterest, dividends, interest ratesSmall business