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HR 6550 116th Congress House Finance and Financial Sector Administrative law and regulatory procedures Bank accounts, deposits, capital Cardiovascular and respiratory health Credit and credit markets Disaster relief and insurance Emergency medical services and trauma care Infectious and parasitic diseases National Credit Union Administration Small business

Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID–19 Crisis Act of 2020

Introduced: May 5, 2020 Introduced by: Sherman, Brad Democratic · California See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Apr 17, 2020
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Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act of 2020

This bill temporarily provides credit unions with an exception to limits on outstanding member business loans. Specifically, for a three-year period, loans used for recovery from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency do not count towards this limit.

What's happening now April 17, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 30
All 30 Democratic 16 Republican 4
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Fletcher, Lizzie
Texas · Aug 25, 2020
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Aguilar, Pete
California · May 5, 2020
 D
Correa, J. Luis
California · May 5, 2020
Eshoo, Anna
· May 5, 2020
Lowenthal, Alan
· May 5, 2020
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · May 5, 2020
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 5, 2020
Schrader, Kurt
· May 5, 2020
Trone, David
· May 5, 2020
Brown, Anthony
· Apr 22, 2020
 R
Calvert, Ken
California · Apr 22, 2020
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Apr 22, 2020
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Apr 22, 2020
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Apr 22, 2020
 D
Ruiz, Raul
California · Apr 22, 2020
 D
Bonamici, Suzanne
Oregon · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Brownley, Julia
California · Apr 17, 2020
Cook, Paul
· Apr 17, 2020
Demings, Val
· Apr 17, 2020
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Apr 17, 2020
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Garamendi, John
California · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Gonzalez, Vicente
Texas · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Hayes, Jahana
Connecticut · Apr 17, 2020
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Apr 17, 2020
 R
LaMalfa, Doug
California · Apr 17, 2020
Napolitano, Grace
· Apr 17, 2020
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 17, 2020
Pascrell, Bill
· Apr 17, 2020
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Van Drew, Jefferson
New Jersey · Apr 17, 2020
YOUNG, DON
· Apr 17, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6550: Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID–19 Crisis Act of 2020. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6550/
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"H.R. 6550: Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID–19 Crisis Act of 2020." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6550/.
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H.R. 6550, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6550/.
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