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Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Part B · Chapter 14B — Small Business Investment Program

§ 694c. Revolving fund for surety bond guarantees

Statutory text

(a)

There is created within the Treasury a separate fund for guarantees which shall be available to the Administrator without fiscal year limitation as a revolving fund for the purposes of this part. All amounts received by the Administrator, including any moneys, property, or assets derived by him from his operations in connection with this part, shall be deposited in the fund. All expenses and payments, excluding administrative expenses, pursuant to operations of the Administrator under this part shall be paid from the fund.

(b)

Such sums as may be appropriated to the Fund to carry out the programs authorized by this part shall be without fiscal year limitation.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 85–699 title IV § 412 · 72 Stat. 689

    Enacted · 15 U.S.C. § 694c

    Pub. L. 85–699, title IV, § 412, as added Pub. L. 93–386, § 6(a)(4), Aug. 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 747

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 85–699, title IV, § 412, as added Pub. L. 93–386, § 6(a)(4), Aug. 23, 1974, 88 Stat. 747

  2. Pub. L. 94–305 title I § 113 · 90 Stat. 663

    Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 694c

    Pub. L. 94–305 substituted “$56,500,000” for “$35,000,000”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 94–305 substituted “$56,500,000” for “$35,000,000”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 113. increase authorized capital of surety bond guarantees Section 412 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 15 USC 694c. is amended by striking out “$35,000,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$56,500,000”’.

  3. Pub. L. 95–14 § 4 · 91 Stat. 25

    Substituted · 15 U.S.C. § 694c

    Pub. L. 95–14 substituted “$110,000,000” for “$56,500,000”

    Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 95–14 substituted “$110,000,000” for “$56,500,000”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 4. surety bond guarantees Section 412 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 15 USC 694c. is amended by striking out “$56,500,000” and by inserting in lieu thereof “$110,000,000”.

  4. Pub. L. 95–89 title I § 105 · 91 Stat. 553

    Changed · 15 U.S.C. § 694c

    Pub. L. 95–89 prohibited payment of administrative expenses from the fund and deleted provisions which authorized: a $110,000,000 appropriation of capital for the fund; and payment during the fiscal year into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, from the fund, of interest on the cumulative amount of appropriations available as capital to the fund less the average undisbursed cash balance in the fund during the year

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 95–89 prohibited payment of administrative expenses from the fund and deleted provisions which authorized: a $110,000,000 appropriation of capital for the fund; and payment during the fiscal year into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, from the fund, of interest on the cumulative amount of appropriations available as capital to the fund less the average undisbursed cash balance in the fund during the year.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 105. Section 412 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 412. “fund There is hereby created within the Treasury a separate fund for guarantees which shall be available to the Administrator without fiscal year limitation as a revolving fund for the purposes of this part. All amounts received by the Administrator, including any moneys, property, or assets derived by him from his operations in connection with this part, shall be deposited in the fund. All expenses and payments, excluding administrative expenses, pursuant to operations of the Administrator under this part shall be paid from the fund. Moneys in the fund not needed for the payment of current operating expenses or for the payment of claims arising under this part may be invested in bonds or other obligations of, or tends or other obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by, the United States; except that moneys provided as capital for the fund shall not be so invested.”.

  5. Pub. L. 96–302 title I § 111 · 94 Stat. 833

    Repealed · 15 U.S.C. § 694c

    Pub. L. 96–302 repealed investment of idle funds provision, which is covered in section 694–2 of this title

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 96–302 repealed investment of idle funds provision, which is covered in section 694–2 of this title.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 111. The last sentence of section 412 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 is repealed. 15 USC 694c. 15 USC 694–2.

  6. Preferred Surety Bond Guarantee Program Act of 1988

    Pub. L. 100–590 title II § 208 · 102 Stat. 2989

    1. Amended · 15 U.S.C. § 694c

      Pub. L. 100–590 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

    2. Added · 15 U.S.C. § 694c

      Pub. L. 100–590 added subsec. (b)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 100–590 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 208. REVOLVING FUND. Section 412 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 694c) is amended)— (1) by inserting “(a)” before “There”, and (2) by adding at the end of subsection (a), the following new subsection: “(b) Such sums as may be appropriated to the Fund to carry out the programs authorized by this part shall be without fiscal year limitation.”.

    Effective date note
    Amendment by Pub. L. 100–590 effective on expiration of 180 days after Nov. 3, 1988, see section 209 of Pub. L. 100–590, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendment note under section 694b of this title.

6 of 7 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments1976–1988 · 4 rounds

1988

Pub. L. 100–590 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

1980

Pub. L. 96–302 repealed investment of idle funds provision, which is covered in section 694–2 of this title.

1977

Pub. L. 95–89 prohibited payment of administrative expenses from the fund and deleted provisions which authorized: a $110,000,000 appropriation of capital for the fund; and payment during the fiscal year into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, from the fund, of interest on the cumulative amount of appropriations available as capital to the fund less the average undisbursed cash balance in the fund during the year.

Pub. L. 95–14 substituted “$110,000,000” for “$56,500,000”.

1976

Pub. L. 94–305 substituted “$56,500,000” for “$35,000,000”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 100–590 effective on expiration of 180 days after , see section 209 of Pub. L. 100–590, set out as an Effective and Termination Dates of 1988 Amendment note under section 694b of this title.

Effective Date of 1980 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–302 effective , see section 507 of Pub. L. 96–302, set out as a note under section 631 of this title.

Effective Date of 1977 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 95–89 effective , see section 106 of Pub. L. 95–89, set out as a note under section 633 of this title.

Credits

1974–1988 · 6 acts
  1. 1974Pub. L. 85–699, title IV, § 412, as added Pub. L. 93–386, § 6(a)(4), , 88 Stat. 747
  2. 1976amended Pub. L. 94–305, title I, § 113, , 90 Stat. 667
  3. 1977Pub. L. 95–14, § 4, , 91 Stat. 25
  4. 1977Pub. L. 95–89, title I, § 105, , 91 Stat. 556
  5. 1980Pub. L. 96–302, title I, § 111, , 94 Stat. 837
  6. 1988Pub. L. 100–590, title II, § 208, , 102 Stat. 3009.
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(Pub. L. 85–699, title IV, § 412, as added Pub. L. 93–386, § 6(a)(4), , 88 Stat. 747; amended Pub. L. 94–305, title I, § 113, , 90 Stat. 667; Pub. L. 95–14, § 4, , 91 Stat. 25; Pub. L. 95–89, title I, § 105, , 91 Stat. 556; Pub. L. 96–302, title I, § 111, , 94 Stat. 837; Pub. L. 100–590, title II, § 208, , 102 Stat. 3009.)

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