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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7619 

To amend the Small Business Act and the CARES Act to include rental 

payments for certain business-related items in the paycheck protection 

program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 16, 2020 

Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina (for himself and Ms. FINKENAUER) introduced 

the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act and the CARES Act 

to include rental payments for certain business-related 

items in the paycheck protection program, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Expanding Assistance 

5 to Farmers Act of 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF RENTAL PAYMENTS ON CERTAIN 

2 BUSINESS-RELATED ITEMS IN THE PAY3 CHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM. 

4 (a) PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.—Section 

5 7(a)(36)(F)(i) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 

6 636(a)(36)(F)(i)) is amended— 

7 (1) in subclause (VI), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 

8 end; 

9 (2) in subclause (VII), by striking the period at 

10 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub12 clause: 

13 ‘‘(VIII) rental payments made by 

14 an agricultural enterprise (as defined 

15 in section 18(b)) on property used 

16 solely for such agricultural enterprise, 

17 which shall include payments for 

18 equipment (including tractors, com19 bines, forage harvesters, planters, 

20 sprayers, hay rakes and wagons, field 

21 equipment, irrigation equipment, 

22 tools, and supplies), land, and build23 ings.’’. 

24 (b) FORGIVEABLE EXPENSES.— 

25 (1) COVERED RENTAL PAYMENTS MADE BY AN

26 AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISE.—Section 1106(a) of 


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1 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amend2 ed— 

3 (A) in paragraph (7)(D), by striking 

4 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

5 (B) in paragraph (8), by striking the pe6 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

7 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

8 paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(9) the term ‘covered rental payments made 

10 by an agricultural enterprise’ means rental payments 

11 made pursuant to an agreement in force before Feb12 ruary 15, 2020, by an agricultural enterprise (as de13 fined in section 18(b) the Small Business Act (15 

14 U.S.C. 647(b)) on property used solely for such agri15 cultural enterprise, which shall include payments for 

16 equipment (including tractors, combines, forage har17 vesters, planters, sprayers, hay rakes and wagons, 

18 field equipment, irrigation equipment, tools, and 

19 supplies), land, and buildings.’’. 

20 (2) DEFINITION OF EXPECTED FORGIVENESS

21 AMOUNT.—Section 1106(a)(7) of the CARES Act 

22 (Public Law 116–136) is amended— 

23 (A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

24 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 


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1 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

2 subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(E) covered rental payments made by an 

4 agricultural enterprise; and’’. 

5 (3) FORGIVENESS.—Section 1106(b) of the 

6 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended by 

7 adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 

8 ‘‘(5) Covered rental payments made by an agri9 cultural enterprise.’’. 

10 (4) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1106 

11 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amend12 ed— 

13 (A) in subsection (e)— 

14 (i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘pay15 ments on covered mortgage obligations, 

16 payments on covered lease obligations, and 

17 covered utility payments’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘payments described under subsection (b) 

19 (other than payroll costs)’’; and 

20 (ii) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking 

21 ‘‘, make interest payments’’ and all that 

22 follows through ‘‘or make covered utility 

23 payments’’ and inserting ‘‘or make pay24 ments described under subsection (b)’’; 

25 and 


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1 (B) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘pay2 ments for payroll costs, payments on covered 

3 mortgage obligations, payments on covered 

4 lease obligations, or covered utility payments’’ 

5 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘payments 

6 described under subsection (b)’’. 

7 (5) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 1106 of 

8 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), is amended 

9 by striking ‘‘covered lease’’ each place such term ap10 pears and inserting ‘‘covered rent’’. 

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