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HR 6475 116th Congress House Commerce Bank accounts, deposits, capital Business expenses Cardiovascular and respiratory health Credit and credit markets Emergency medical services and trauma care Gambling Government lending and loan guarantees Infectious and parasitic diseases Small business

To amend the Small Business Act to expand eligibility for the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 24, 2020 Introduced by: Green, Al Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Apr 10, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill expands eligibility for the Paycheck Protection Program, through which the Small Business Administration may temporarily guarantee certain loans to small businesses during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, to include (1) financial businesses primarily engaged in the business of lending, and (2) legal gambling businesses.

What's happening now April 10, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 3
CLAY, WM.
· Apr 24, 2020
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Apr 24, 2020
Perlmutter, Ed
· Apr 24, 2020
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Apr 24, 2020
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Apr 24, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6475: To amend the Small Business Act to expand eligibility for the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6475/
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"H.R. 6475: To amend the Small Business Act to expand eligibility for the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6475/.
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H.R. 6475, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6475/.
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