Small Business Administration Franchise Loan Transparency Act of 2015
Sponsored By: Representative Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
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Summary
Small Business Administration Franchise Loan Transparency Act of 2015 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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Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5]
MN • D
Cosponsors
JOHN CONYERS
MI • D
Sponsored 9/18/2015
Rep. Huffman, Jared [D-CA-2]
CA • D
Sponsored 9/18/2015
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 9/29/2015
Rep. Connolly, Gerald E. [D-VA-11]
VA • D
Sponsored 10/8/2015
Rep. McCollum, Betty [D-MN-4]
MN • D
Sponsored 10/26/2015
Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
FL • D
Sponsored 2/29/2016
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 3/10/2016
Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
AZ • D
Sponsored 3/14/2016
Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3]
VA • D
Sponsored 3/23/2016
Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10]
NJ • D
Sponsored 12/1/2016
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