House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Expanding Access to Affordable Credit for Small Businesses Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMay 23, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 23, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 3604.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. DONALDS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 87, May 23, 2023, Page H2546):Art. 1, Sec. 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To authorize the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to license lending institutions to make loans under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, and for other purposes.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 23, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
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- Statement length
- 241 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 3604, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/3604
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- July 24, 2024
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
1 cosponsor — 1 Democrat
1 of 1 cosponsors (100%) are from the other party.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.