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immediately paused, and SBA and any other agencies providing financial disbursements—such as 7(a) loans, SBIR

Defense Industrial Association and has led the charge on a variety of issues on Capitol Hill, including SBIR

innovation, focusing on the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer (SBIR

focused on expedited small business post-COVID economic recovery, loan forgiveness and grant funding, SBIR

Defense Industrial Association and has led the charge on a variety of issues on Capitol Hill, including SBIR

Small Business Administration’s (SBA’s) Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) Diversification and As of Aug. 17, private market fund managers can apply for SBIC licenses designed for investing in American The two new SBIC licenses – the “Accrual SBIC” and the “Reinvestor (Fund-of-Funds) SBIC” – expand the SBIC program network of private market financing partners and the SBA’s reach to historically underserved Last year, SBICs invested $8 billion in more than 1,500 companies that created and sustained more than

quickly took to helping organize and mobilize his fellow Californian members around key issues like SBIR

number of extraordinary wins, including: A 3-year reauthorization of Small Business Research Innovation (SBIR SBIR has been enormously successful in delivering necessary federal research while bolstering the small

and pursuits, including securing critical reauthorizations for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR

S. 2521, the SBIC Advisory Committee Act of 2022 | Introduced by Chair Cardin and Sen. recommendations for increasing demographic and geographic diversity in SBA’s Small Business Investment Company (SBIC advisory committee would be required to submit a report to Congress with recommendations on how to expand SBIC For some context, in 2021, SBICs made 1,063 investments in small businesses, of which only 55, or five