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To amend the Small Business Act to provide that certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations are eligible for loans under the paycheck protection program, and for other…

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To amend the Small Business Act to provide that certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations are eligible for loans under the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

Introduced: July 16, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Jun 29, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill expands the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to encompass chambers of commerce and certain destination marketing organizations with 300 or fewer employees.

What's happening now June 29, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1 Republican 4
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Roy, Chip
Texas · Jul 23, 2020
Hagedorn, Jim
· Jul 16, 2020
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Weber, Randy K. Sr.
Texas · Jul 16, 2020
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Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Jul 16, 2020
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Case, Ed
Hawaii · Jul 9, 2020
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Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Jul 9, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7397: To amend the Small Business Act to provide that certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations are eligible for loans under the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7397/
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"H.R. 7397: To amend the Small Business Act to provide that certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations are eligible for loans under the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7397/.
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H.R. 7397, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7397/.
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[H.R. 7397: To amend the Small Business Act to provide that certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations are eligible for loans under the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-7397/)
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