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H.R. 6312 116th Congress House

COVID–19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020

Official title: To provide relief from COVID-19 for small business concerns, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 19, 2020 Introduced by: Nydia M. Velázquez Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Mar 19, 2020
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 Latest action March 19, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

COVID-19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020

This bill establishes measures to support small businesses impacted by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, the SBA must

  • temporarily make or guarantee loans for specified uses to small businesses in a state or territory with a case of COVID-19, up to 50% of which may be forgiven;
  • pay the principal, interest, and associated fees owed on certain small business loans for a six-month period;
  • provide grants to small businesses suffering substantial economic injury because of COVID-19;
  • provide grants to small business development centers, women's business centers, and chapters of the Service Corps of Retired Executives for specified purposes;
  • reimburse grant recipients under the State Trade Expansion Program for an amount of losses related to COVID-19;
  • provide SBA resources and services in the 10 most commonly spoken languages, other than English, in the United States, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, and Korean.

In addition, the SBA may make economic injury disaster loans to small businesses in response to COVID-19 and waive certain requirements on such loans.

The bill also

  • temporarily increases guarantee amounts and loan sizes for certain SBA loans, temporarily waives or reduces certain fees on SBA loans, and permanently waives the guarantee fee on SBA loans for veterans;
  • revises the Microloan Program;
  • provides additional leverage for small businesses affected by COVID-19;
  • reestablishes the New Markets Venture Capital Program; and
  • requires a federal agency to provide additional performance time to small business contractors and to pay such contractors regardless of delay due to COVID-19.
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  • HR 6367 Entrepreneurial Development COVID–19 Response Act of 2020
  • HR 6268 SBA Business Stabilization Direct Loan Program Act of 2020
  • HR 6291 Microloan Emergency Assistance Act of 2020
  • HR 6303 Increasing Access to Capital Act of 2020
  • HR 6304 Small Business Repayment Relief Act of 2020
  • HR 6307 Easing Disruption for America’s Small Contractor Act of 2020
  • HR 6341 Small Business Relief Guaranteed Loan Program Act of 2020
  • HR 6342 SBIC Capital Infusion Act of 2020
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ENGEL, ELIOT
· Mar 23, 2020
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Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Mar 23, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6312: COVID–19 Relief for Small Businesses Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6312/
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