---identifier: "/us/cfr/t13/s120.376"source: "ecfr"legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"title: "13 CFR § 120.376 - Special requirements."title_number: 13title_name: "Business Credit and Assistance"section_number: "120.376"section_name: "Special requirements."chapter_name: "SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION"part_number: "120"part_name: "BUSINESS LOANS"positive_law: falsecurrency: "2026-03-24"last_updated: "2026-03-24"format_version: "1.1.0"generator: "[email protected]"authority: "15 U.S.C. 634(b) (6), (b) (7), (b) (14), (h), and note, 636(a), (h) and (m), 650, 687(f), 696(3) and (7), and 697(a) and (e); sec. 521, Pub. L. 114-113, 129 Stat. 2242; sec. 328(a), Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182."regulatory_source: "61 FR 3235, Jan. 31, 1996, unless otherwise noted."cfr_part: "120"---
Identifier
/us/cfr/t13/s120.376
Currency
2026-03-24
Positive Law
No
Updated
2026-03-24
Chapter
Small Business Administration
Authority
15 U.S.C. 634(b) (6), (b) (7), (b) (14), (h), and note, 636(a), (h) and (m), 650, 687(f), 696(3) and (7), and 697(a) and (e); sec. 521, Pub. L. 114-113, 129 Stat. 2242; sec. 328(a), Pub. L. 116-260, 1... 15 U.S.C. 634(b) (6), (b) (7), (b) (14), (h), and note, 636(a), (h) and (m), 650, 687(f), 696(3) and (7), and 697(a) and (e); sec. 521, Pub. L. 114-113, 129 Stat. 2242; sec. 328(a), Pub. L. 116-260, 134 Stat. 1182.
# 120.376 Special requirements.The following special conditions apply (otherwise, 7(a) loan eligibility criteria apply):(a) The Associate Administrator for Business Development may waive the direct loan administrative ceiling of $150,000, and raise it to $750,000.(b) The SBA portion of a guaranteed loan must not exceed $750,000.(c) The interest rate on a guaranteed loan shall be the same as on 7(a) guaranteed business loans. The interest rate on a direct loan shall be one percent less than on a regular direct loan.(d) For a direct loan or SBA's portion of an immediate participation loan, SBA shall subordinate its security interest on all collateral to other debt of the applicant.[61 FR 3235, Jan. 31, 1996, as amended at 74 FR 45753, Sept. 4, 2009]