1. Short title

This Act may be cited as the "504 Program Level Flexibility Act".

2. Authority to increase amount of commitments to qualified State or local development companies

Section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 697) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

(j) Authority To increase amount of commitments to qualified State or local development companies -

(1) In general - Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and with respect to fiscal year 2027 and each fiscal year thereafter, if the Administrator determines that the amount of commitments by the Administrator to guarantee loans authorized under this section for a fiscal year could exceed the limit on the total amount of commitments the Administrator may make for those loans under this Act, an appropriations Act, or any other provision of law, the Administrator may make commitments for those loans for that fiscal year in an aggregate amount equal to not more than 115 percent of that limit.

(2) Notice required before exercising authority - Not later than 30 days before the date on which the Administrator intends to exercise the authority under paragraph (1), the Administrator shall submit notice of intent to exercise the authority to—

(A) the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and

(B) the Committee on Small Business and the Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(3) Limitation - The Administrator shall not exercise the authority under paragraph (1) more than once during any fiscal year.

October 9, 2026Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed