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HR 8620 116th Congress House Commerce Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies Cardiovascular and respiratory health Computers and information technology Government lending and loan guarantees Infectious and parasitic diseases

To permit payments for certain business software or cloud computing services as allowable uses of a loan made under the Paycheck Protection Program of the Small Business Administration.

Introduced: December 15, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Oct 16, 2020
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill expands allowable and forgivable uses of a loan made pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program, enacted to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to include payment for any business software or cloud computing service that facilitates certain business operations or processes.

What's happening now October 16, 2020

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 1 Republican 1
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Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Dec 15, 2020
 R
Loudermilk, Barry
Georgia · Dec 15, 2020
Woodall, Rob
· Dec 15, 2020
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8620: To permit payments for certain business software or cloud computing services as allowable uses of a loan made under the Paycheck Protection Program of the Small Business Administration.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8620/
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"H.R. 8620: To permit payments for certain business software or cloud computing services as allowable uses of a loan made under the Paycheck Protection Program of the Small Business Administration.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8620/.
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H.R. 8620, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8620/.
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[H.R. 8620: To permit payments for certain business software or cloud computing services as allowable uses of a loan made under the Paycheck Protection Program of the Small Business Administration.](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-8620/)
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