I ask for its first reading. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will read the title of the bill for the first time. The assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 5297) to create the Small Business Lending Fund Program to direct the Secretary of the Treasury to make capital investments in eligible institutions in order to increase the availability of credit for small businesses, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives for small business job creation, and for other purposes.
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