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Investing in All of America Act of 2025Section 2 › Proposal

A cap on how much may be left out

To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to exclude from the limit on leverage certain amounts invested in smaller enterprises located in rural or low-income areas and small businesses in critical technology areas, and for other purposes, section 2, Sec. 2. Written by .

A cap on how much may be left out

The document says “may notWho acts: CongressHow: statuteSec. 2 in the PDF
What the document says

“"(ii) Limitation.--While maintaining the limitation of subparagraph (A)(i) and consistent with a leverage determination ratio issued pursuant to section 301(c), the aggregate amount excluded for a company or companies under clause (i) from the calculation of the outstanding leverage such company or companies for the purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B) may not exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the private capital of such company or companies or $125,000,000."”

To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to exclude from the limit on leverage certain amounts invested in smaller enterprises located in rural or low-income areas and small businesses in critical technology areas, and for other purposes, Sec. 2

Rewrites clause (ii) of section 303(b)(2)(C) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 as a limitation. As rewritten, the aggregate amount excluded for a company or companies under clause (i) may not exceed the lesser of 50 percent of their private capital or $125,000,000, while the limitation of subparagraph (A)(i) is maintained and consistent with a leverage determination ratio issued pursuant to section 301(c).

What the document actually says

“"(ii) Limitation.--While maintaining the limitation of subparagraph (A)(i) and consistent with a leverage determination ratio issued pursuant to section 301(c), the aggregate amount excluded for a company or companies under clause (i) from the calculation of the outstanding leverage such company or companies for the purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B) may not exceed the lesser of 50 percent of the private capital of such company or companies or $125,000,000."”

To amend the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 to exclude from the limit on leverage certain amounts invested in smaller enterprises located in rural or low-income areas and small businesses in critical technology areas, and for other purposes, Sec. 2
That sentence, in plain words

There is a cap on what may be left out. It is half of the firm's own private money. Or it is 125 million dollars. The lower of the two is the cap.

What this is about

The cap covers one firm or a group of linked firms. The other limits in the law still hold. A ratio set under another part of that law applies as well.

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The document does not define this

The inserted words read "the outstanding leverage such company or companies", with no preposition between "leverage" and "such". The site quotes the clause as printed and does not supply a reading of it.

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