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.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 19, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Mar 19, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Committees of jurisdiction
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