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§639b Oversight

Title 15 › Chapter 14A— AID TO SMALL BUSINESS › § 639b

Last updated Apr 3, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Administrator must respond to data or information requests from the Comptroller General of the United States within 15 days (or later if the Comptroller General allows). If the Administrator cannot meet that deadline, they must send the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the House Committee on Small Business a notice before the deadline that explains in detail why they cannot comply. No later than 120 days after December 27, 2020, and at least twice each year after that until two years after December 27, 2020, the Administrator and the Secretary of the Treasury must testify before those same two congressional small business committees about how the law is being carried out.

Full Legal Text

Title 15, §639b

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(a)(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), on and after December 27, 2020, the Administrator shall comply with any data or information requests or inquiries made by the Comptroller General of the United States not later than 15 days (or such later date as the Comptroller General may specify) after receiving the request or inquiry.
(2)If the Administrator is unable to comply with a request or inquiry described in paragraph (1) before the applicable date described in that paragraph, the Administrator shall, before such applicable date, submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives a notification that includes a detailed justification for the inability of the Administrator to comply with the request or inquiry.
(b)Not later than the date that is 120 days after December 27, 2020, and not less than twice each year thereafter until the date that is 2 years after December 27, 2020, the Administrator and the Secretary of the Treasury shall testify before the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Committee on Small Business of the House of Representatives regarding implementation of this Act and the amendments made by this Act.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in subsec. (b), probably means title III of div. N of Pub. L. 116–260, Dec. 27, 2020, 134 Stat. 1993, known as the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act. For complete classification of title III to the Code, see

Short Title

of 2020 Amendment note set out under section 9001 of this title and Tables. Codification Section was enacted as part of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act, and not as part of the Small Business Act which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective on Dec. 27, 2020, and applicable to loans and grants made on or after Dec. 27, 2020, see section 348 of Pub. L. 116–260, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2020 Amendment note under section 636 of this title. Definition of “Administrator” “Administrator” means the Administrator of the Small Business Administration, see section 302 of Pub. L. 116–260, set out as a note under section 9001 of this title.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 639b

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 3, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60