Civil Rights Legislation. All businesses receiving SBA assistance must agree not to discriminate in any business practice, including employment practices and services to the public, on the basis of categories cited in 13 C.F.R., Parts 113, and 117 of SBA Regulations. This includes making their goods and services available to handicapped clients or customers. All businesses receiving assistance will be required to display the “Equal Employment Opportunity Poster” prescribed by SBA. These laws require SBA to aggressively collect any fee payments which become delinquent. SBA must obtain your taxpayer identification number when you apply for assistance. If you receive a SBG guarantee, and do not pay the related fee assistance, SBA may take one or more of the following actions: - Report the status of your payment delinquency to credit bureaus - Hire a collection agency to collect your fee - Offset your income tax refund or other amounts due to you from the Federal Government - Suspend or debar you or your company from doing business with the Federal Government - Refer your fee to the Department of Justice or other attorney for litigation - Foreclose on collateral or take other action permitted If you are an alien who was in this country illegally since before January 1, 1982, you may have been granted lawful temporary resident status by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service pursuant to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-603). For five years from the date you are granted such status, you are not eligible for financial assistance from the SBA in the form of a loan or guaranty under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act unless you are disabled or a Cuban or Haitian entrant. When you sign this document, you are making the certification that the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 does not apply to you, or if it does apply, more than five years have elapsed since you have been granted lawful temporary resident status pursuant to such 1986 legislation.
Civil Rights Legislation. All businesses receiving SBA assistance must agree not to discriminate in any business practice, including employment practices and services to the public, on the basis of categories cited in 13 C.F.R., Parts 113 and 117 of SBA Regulations. This includes making the business’ goods and services available to handicapped clients or customers. All businesses receiving assistance will be required to display the “Equal Employment Opportunity Poster” prescribed by SBA.
Civil Rights Legislation. All businesses receiving SBA financial assistance must agree not to discriminate in any business practice, including employment practices and services to the public, on the basis of categories cited in 13 C.F.R., Parts 112, 113, and 117 of SBA Regulations. This includes making their goods and services available to handicapped clients or customers. All business borrowers will be required to display the "Equal Employment Opportunity Poster" prescribed by SBA. The Federal Equal Credit Opportunity Act prohibits creditors from discriminating against credit applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, marital status or age (provided that the applicant has the capacity to enter into a binding contract); because all or part of the applicant's income derives from any public assistance program, or because the applicant has in good faith exercised any right under the Consumer Credit Protection Act. The Federal agency that administers compliance with this law concerning this creditor is the Federal Trade Commission, Equal Credit Opportunity, Washington, D.C. 20580. The Executive Order charges SBA with administering its loan programs in a manner that will result in effective enforcement of the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Act and other environmental protection legislation. SBA must, therefore, impose conditions on some loans. By acknowledging receipt of this form and presenting the application, the principals of all small businesses borrowing $100,000 or more in direct funds stipulate to the following: SBA Form 1244 ( -18) Previous editions obsolete Page 9 of 13 If you are an alien who was in this country illegally since before January 1, 1982, you may have been granted lawful temporary resident status by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services pursuant to the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99- 603). For five years from the date you are granted such status, you are not eligible for financial assistance from the SBA in the form of a loan or guaranty under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act unless you are disabled or a Cuban or Haitian entrant. When you sign this document, you are making the certification that the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 does not apply to you, or if it does apply, more than five years have elapsed since you have been granted lawful temporary resident status pursuant to such 1986 legislation. Borrowers using SBA funds for the construction or rehabilitation ...
