H.R. 4340 · 111th Congress
Main Street Survival Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Artur Davis
- Introduced
- 2009-12-16
- Latest action
- 2009-12-16 · Introduced in House
Summary
Main Street Survival Act - Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should encourage financial institutions that have received federal financial support to maintain historic levels of lending to small and medium-sized businesses.
Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a three-year Main Street Revolving Loan Fund Program to provide temporary loans to businesses with less than 1,000 full-time equivalent employees.
Establishes in the Treasury a revolving loan fund to implement the Program.
Permits a business to use a Main Street revolving loan to finance the cost of certain operations, but prohibits the use of it to expand its operations significantly. Limits the term of such a loan to nine months, and the maximum total amount of loans to a particular business in any fiscal year to $1 million.