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HR 6818 116th Congress House Commerce Business expenses Cardiovascular and respiratory health Emergency medical services and trauma care Government lending and loan guarantees Infectious and parasitic diseases Small business Temporary and part-time employment Wages and earnings

To amend the CARES Act to provide for the prioritization of applications from certain small businesses seeking Payroll Protection Program loans through the Small Business Administration.

Introduced: May 12, 2020 Introduced by: Green, Al Democratic · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
May 12, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Small Business Administration, in making loan guarantees under the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to guarantee that employers with 25 or fewer employees shall receive at least 50% of all loan dollars.

What's happening now May 12, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · May 12, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6818: To amend the CARES Act to provide for the prioritization of applications from certain small businesses seeking Payroll Protection Program loans through the Small Business Administration.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6818/
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"H.R. 6818: To amend the CARES Act to provide for the prioritization of applications from certain small businesses seeking Payroll Protection Program loans through the Small Business Administration.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6818/.
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H.R. 6818, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6818/.
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[H.R. 6818: To amend the CARES Act to provide for the prioritization of applications from certain small businesses seeking Payroll Protection Program loans through the Small Business Administration.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6818/)
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