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407344 2025 12 01 House Committee On Small Business Celebrates Five Att1

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The reported version of H. R. 3174 in the 119th Congress, a bill to increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers, Union Calendar No. 182 with Report No. 119–224. The bill was introduced May 1, 2025 by Mr. Williams of Texas, referred to the Committee on Small Business, and reported with an amendment on August 15, 2025. Section 2 amends Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632) to define a small manufacturer. Section 3 amends Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act to raise loan limits for small manufacturers, including $7,500,000 and $9,000,000 limits and a $10,000,000 limit under paragraph (14). Section 4 amends the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 by striking $5,500,000 and inserting $10,000,000.

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                                                                                                                         Union Calendar No. 182
                                                                        119TH CONGRESS
                                                                           1ST SESSION
                                                                                                             H. R. 3174
                                                                                                               [Report No. 119–224]

                                                                              To increase loan limits for loans made to small manufacturers, and for
                                                                                                           other purposes.




                                                                                      IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                                                       MAY 1, 2025
                                                                           Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to
                                                                                             the Committee on Small Business

                                                                                                    AUGUST 15, 2025
                                                                        Additional sponsors: Mr. MEUSER, Mr. MORAN, Mr. GOLDMAN of Texas, Mr.
                                                                            WIED, Mr. DOWNING, Mr. FINSTAD, Mr. ELLZEY, Mr. JACK, Mr.
                                                                            LALOTA, Ms. KING-HINDS, Ms. VAN DUYNE, and Mr. SCHMIDT

                                                                                                      AUGUST 15, 2025
                                                                            Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole
                                                                                  House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
                                                                                     [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
                                                                                      [For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 1, 2025]




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                                                                                                                  A BILL
                                                                                      To increase loan limits for loans made to small
                                                                                          manufacturers, and for other purposes.




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                                                                          1              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
                                                                          2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
                                                                          3     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

                                                                          4              This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Made in America Manu-
                                                                          5 facturing Finance Act’’.
                                                                          6     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

                                                                          7              Section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)
                                                                          8 is amended by adding at the end the following:
                                                                          9              ‘‘(gg) SMALL MANUFACTURER.—The term ‘small man-
                                                                        10 ufacturer’ means a small business concern—
                                                                        11                        ‘‘(1) the primary business of which is classified
                                                                        12               in sector 31, 32, or 33 of the North American Indus-
                                                                        13               trial Classification System; and
                                                                        14                        ‘‘(2) all of the production facilities of which are
                                                                        15               located in the United States.’’.
                                                                        16      SEC. 3. SMALL BUSINESS ACT LOAN LIMITS FOR SMALL

                                                                        17                              MANUFACTURERS.

                                                                        18               Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
                                                                        19 636(a)) is amended—
                                                                        20                        (1) in paragraph (3)—
                                                                        21                                  (A) in subparagraph (A)—
                                                                        22                                         (i) by inserting ‘‘except as provided in
                                                                        23                                  subparagraph (B),’’ before ‘‘if the total’’;




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                                                                          1                                         (ii)       by        striking            ‘‘would       exceed
                                                                          2                                 $3,750,000’’ and inserting the following:
                                                                          3                                 ‘‘would exceed—
                                                                          4                                         ‘‘(i) $3,750,000’’;
                                                                          5                                         (iii) in clause (i), as so designated, by
                                                                          6                                 striking ‘‘, except as provided in subpara-
                                                                          7                                 graph (B);’’ and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
                                                                          8                                         (iv) by adding at the end the following:
                                                                          9                                         ‘‘(ii) in the case of a borrower that is
                                                                        10                                  a small manufacturer, $7,500,000 (or if the
                                                                        11                                  gross          loan          amount               would        exceed
                                                                        12                                  $10,000,000);’’; and
                                                                        13                                  (B) in subparagraph (B)—
                                                                        14                                          (i)       by         striking            ‘‘would       exceed
                                                                        15                                  $4,500,000’’ and inserting the following:
                                                                        16                                  ‘‘would exceed—
                                                                        17                                          ‘‘(i) $4,500,000’’;
                                                                        18                                          (ii) in clause (i), as so designated, by
                                                                        19                                  striking ‘‘section 7(a)(14) for export pur-
                                                                        20                                  poses; and’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (14)
                                                                        21                                  for export purposes; or’’; and
                                                                        22                                          (iii) by adding at the end the fol-
                                                                        23                                  lowing:




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                                                                        24                                          ‘‘(ii) in the case of a borrower that is
                                                                        25                                  a small manufacturer, $9,000,000 (or if the


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                                                                          1                                 gross           loan          amount               would        exceed
                                                                          2                                 $10,000,000), of which not more than
                                                                          3                                 $8,000,000 may be used for working capital,
                                                                          4                                 supplies, or financings under paragraph
                                                                          5                                 (14) for export purposes; and’’; and
                                                                          6                       (2) in paragraph (14)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘than
                                                                          7              $5,000,000.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘than—
                                                                          8                                                  ‘‘(I) except as provided in sub-
                                                                          9                                         clause (II), $5,000,000; or
                                                                        10                                                   ‘‘(II) in the case of a loan made
                                                                        11                                          to              a           small               manufacturer,
                                                                        12                                          $10,000,000.’’.
                                                                        13      SEC. 4. SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT ACT OF 1958 LOAN

                                                                        14                              LIMITS FOR SMALL MANUFACTURERS.

                                                                        15               Section 502(2)(A)(iii) of the Small Business Invest-
                                                                        16 ment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696(2)(A)(iii)) is amended
                                                                        17 by striking ‘‘$5,500,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$10,000,000’’.




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                     Union Calendar No. 182
119TH CONGRESS
   1ST SESSION      H. R. 3174
              [Report No. 119–224]
                                                                                            H3174
                  A BILL
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  To increase loan limits for loans made to small
      manufacturers, and for other purposes.
                  AUGUST 15, 2025
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  and ordered to be printed
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