S. 1546 — Ensuring Small Businesses Can Export Act of 2015

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Ensuring Small Businesses Can Export Act of 2015

This bill declares that it is the policy of this Act:

that, should the statutory authority for the export loan programs administered by the Export-Import Bank of the United States lapse, the Small Business Administration (SBA) shall serve the Bank's small business clients under existing statutory authority of the Small Business Act;
to create an SBA Export Credit Insurance Program similar to the Bank's; and
to ensure that small business exporters are served by SBA programs.

The bill also amends the Small Business Act to require the SBA to establish a program to provide insurance for the exports of small businesses, including insurance against nonpayment by international buyers.

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2015-06-10
Introduced in Senate
2015-06-10
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Ensuring Small Businesses Can Export Act of 2015

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