7(a) Loan Agent Oversight Act This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to submit an annual report containing specified information related to 7(a) loan agents. These agents provide fee-based referral and loan application services related to the SBA's 7(a) Program. Under the 7(a) Program, the SBA provides loans and loan guarantees to small business borrowers who cannot obtain credit elsewhere on reasonable terms and conditions. The required report must include (1) the number and type of agents assisting applicants for 7(a) loans, (2) the number of fraudulent loans made for which an applicant used the services of a 7(a) agent, and (3) the number and aggregate dollar value of referral fees paid to 7(a) agents.
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Ordered to be Reported Without Recommendation by the Yeas and Nays: 22 - 0.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 76.
Reported by the Committee on Small Business. H. Rept. 118-99.
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7(a) Loan Agent Oversight Act
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| Updated: 6/5/2023
7(a) Loan Agent Oversight Act This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to submit an annual report containing specified information related to 7(a) loan agents. These agents provide fee-based referral and loan application services related to the SBA's 7(a) Program. Under the 7(a) Program, the SBA provides loans and loan guarantees to small business borrowers who cannot obtain credit elsewhere on reasonable terms and conditions. The required report must include (1) the number and type of agents assisting applicants for 7(a) loans, (2) the number of fraudulent loans made for which an applicant used the services of a 7(a) agent, and (3) the number and aggregate dollar value of referral fees paid to 7(a) agents.
Congressional oversightFraud offenses and financial crimesGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigations