CFR > Title 13 - Business Credit and Assistance > CHAPTER I—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION > PART 120—BUSINESS LOANS > SUBPART K—Establishment of an SBA Direct Loan Program for Systemically Important Secondary Market Broker-Dealers (SISMBD Loan Program) (§120.1800 to §120.1900) > 120.1801—Program purpose.

120.1801—Program purpose.

Section 509 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) authorizes SBA to temporarily make direct loans to broker-dealers to ensure the continued operation of the SBA Secondary Market for 7(a) small business loans guaranteed by SBA. Such broker-dealers are referred to in the Recovery Act as Systemically Important SBA Secondary Market Broker-Dealers.