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S. 957, Veterans Entrepreneurship Act 1 (May 28, 2015)

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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                             COST   ESTIMATE

                                                                    May  28, 2015


                                    S.  957
                       Veterans  Entrepreneurship Act

 As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
                                on April 23, 2015


Under current law, the Small Business Administration (SBA) waives payment of a
guarantee fee for certain loans made under the agency's 7(a) loan guarantee program to
veterans, military reservists, and their spouses that operate small businesses. S. 957 would
make this pilot program permanent. The bill also would direct the agency to provide three
reports to the Congress on matters related to the SBA's services to veterans and military
reservists.

In fiscal year 2015, the subsidy cost for the SBA's 7(a) program, that is, the estimated
long-term cost to the government for loan guarantees calculated on a net-present-value
basis, is zero. Based on information from the SBA, CBO expects that extending the
program to waive fees for certain 7(a) loans to veterans would not affect the program's
subsidy cost because the agency has discretion to adjust other fees authorized under the
program to maintain an overall subsidy rate for the program of zero. CBO estimates that
implementing S. 957 would have an insignificant effect on discretionary costs to meet the
reporting requirements under the bill. Enacting S. 957 would not affect direct spending or
revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply.

S. 957 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded  Mandates Reform Act and would not affect the budgets of state, local, or tribal
governments.

The CBO  staff contact for this estimate is Susan Willie. The estimate was approved by
Theresa Gullo, Assistant Director for Budget Analysis.

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