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. Debt Collection Act of 1982 Deficit Reduction of 1984 (31 U.S.C. 3701 et seq. and other titles) 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 Immigrations Reform and Control Act of 1986 (Pub. L. 99-603) 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. Executive Order 12549, Debarment and Suspension (2 C.F.R. 2700)
