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Promoting Flexibility for Small Business Owners Act

Introduced: May 12, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
May 12, 2020
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Promoting Flexibility for Small Business Owners Act

This bill extends certain deadlines related to loan forgiveness that are applicable to a loan recipient under the Paycheck Protection Program, which was established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, the bill extends by at least one month the covered period during which a loan recipient must spend the loan to be eligible for loan forgiveness. The bill also extends by one month the deadline for a small business to rehire employees or eliminate salary or wage reductions to be eligible for loan forgiveness.

The bill authorizes the Small Business Administration, after considering specified criteria, to further extend the deadline for rehiring employees or eliminating salary or wage reductions for entities within certain industry categories.

What's happening now May 12, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
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Joyce, David P.
Ohio · May 12, 2020
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LaHood, Darin
Illinois · May 12, 2020
Murphy, Stephanie
· May 12, 2020
Wenstrup, Brad
· May 12, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6816: Promoting Flexibility for Small Business Owners Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6816/
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"H.R. 6816: Promoting Flexibility for Small Business Owners Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6816/.
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H.R. 6816, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6816/.
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