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H.R. 2987 (119th): Capping Excessive Awarding of SBLC Entrants Act or the CEASE Act

Capping Excessive Awarding of SBLC Entrants Act or the CEASE Act This bill limits the number of for-profit small business lending companies that are authorized make 7(a) loans to not more than 16 at any time.

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Recorded summary

The bill, titled the Capping Excessive Awarding of SBLC Entrants Act (CEASE Act), would limit the number of for-profit small business lending companies authorized to make 7(a) loans to no more than 16 at any time.

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Theological note: The bill concerns stewardship of federal lending authority and whether small business access to credit is distributed fairly and honestly. Scripture's concern for just weights, against favoritism toward the well-connected, and for the flourishing of honest labor makes the allocation of lending privileges a relevant question. The measure itself is a prudential matter of program administration rather than a direct moral act.

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Roll 154 · 5-Jun-2025 4:55 PM · On Motion to Recommit · Failed

Yea 201 · Nay 212 · Other 19

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Roll 155 · 5-Jun-2025 5:01 PM · On Passage · Passed

Yea 214 · Nay 198 · Other 20

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