The Secretary shall-
There is hereby appropriated to the Secretary, out of funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,500,000,000 to carry out the Program, including to pay reasonable costs of administering the Program.
The authorities and duties of the Secretary to implement and administer the Program shall terminate at the end of the 7-year period beginning on March 11, 2021.
During the 1-year period beginning on March 11, 2021, the Secretary may enter into contracts without regard to any other provision of law regarding public contracts, for purposes of carrying out this chapter.
Of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2021 to carry out the Program, $500,000,000 may be used by the Secretary to-
12 U.S.C. § 5708
AMENDMENTS2021-Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 117-2, §3301(a)(1)(F), substituted "March 11, 2021" for "September 27, 2010".Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 117-2, §3301(d), added subsec. (e).
STATUTORY NOTES AND RELATED SUBSIDIARIES
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 2021 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 117-2 applicable with respect to funds appropriated under section 3301 of Pub. L. 117-2 and funds appropriated on and after Mar. 11, 2021, see section 3301(g) of Pub. L. 117-2 set out as a note under section 5701 of this title.
- Program
- The term "Program" means the State Small Business Credit Initiative established under this chapter.
- Secretary
- The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Treasury.
- State program
- The term "State program" means a State capital access program or a State other credit support program.
- State
- The term "State" means any State, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, American Samoa, or the United States Virgin Islands or any federally recognized Indian tribe, as defined by the Secretary of the Interior under section 5131(a) of title 25.