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S 3541 116th Congress Senate Commerce Cardiovascular and respiratory health Disaster relief and insurance Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee benefits and pensions Government lending and loan guarantees Infectious and parasitic diseases Small business Wages and earnings Worker safety and health

A bill to modify requirements relating to small business disaster loans made in response to COVID-19, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 19, 2020 Introduced by: Baldwin, Tammy Democratic · Wisconsin See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Mar 19, 2020
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill establishes certain measures related to small business disaster loans made in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

Specifically, the bill authorizes the Small Business Administration to forgive the outstanding principal balance of a small business disaster loan made in response to COVID-19 if the borrower maintains all of its employees at full pay and benefits throughout the duration of the declared national emergency. The bill also raises the maximum amount for a disaster loan made in response to COVID-19, and it waives the requirement that a borrower demonstrate an inability to obtain credit elsewhere.

What's happening now March 19, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3541: A bill to modify requirements relating to small business disaster loans made in response to COVID-19, and for other purposes.. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3541/
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"S. 3541: A bill to modify requirements relating to small business disaster loans made in response to COVID-19, and for other purposes.." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3541/.
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S. 3541, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-3541/.
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