HR-3540 : Still Just a Bill

Ensuring Safe Capital Access for All Small Businesses Act of 2019

This bill removes cannabis from the schedule of controlled substances, and it prohibits the Small Business Administration from declining to provide certain small business loans to an eligible entity solely because it is a cannabis-related legitimate business or service provider.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2019-07-30CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.House committee actions
2019-07-19CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.House committee actions
2019-07-16CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.House committee actions
2019-06-28CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2019-06-27IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-06-27IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-06-27IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-06-27IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-06-27IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Natural Resources, Agriculture, and the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.House floor actions
2019-06-27IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

Nydia M. Velázquez [D] (NY-7)
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Policy Area :

Commerce
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  • Business investment and capital
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Small business
  • State and local finance

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