HR 471 · 115th Congress · Commerce

Small Business Administration Franchise Loan Transparency Act of 2017

Introduced 2017-01-12· Sponsored by Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
2
Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection.(2017-01-25)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Small Business Administration Franchise Loan Transparency Act of 2017 This bill requires a franchisor, except one with a franchise in the lodging industry, to disclose in the required Federal Trade Commission disclosure document: the average first-year revenue for all franchise locations for each of the preceding five years of operation; the number of franchise locations that went out of business or were sold by the franchisee during the first year of operation for each such period; and the average revenues for all locations of the franchise for each such period, aggregated to show the top 25%, middle 50%, and the bottom 25% of revenue. Any financial information relating to the performance of any franchise's location provided by the franchisor, or its representatives, to the lender for the purpose of qualifying the loan, must be disclosed to the prospective franchisee borrower.…

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Cosponsors (4)

4 Democrats