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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7792 

To amend the Small Business Act to prohibit abortion providers from receiving a covered loan under the paycheck protection program, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 27, 2020 

Mr. MARSHALL (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. MOONEY of West Virginia, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LATTA, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. GRIFFITH, Mr. BISHOP of North Carolina, Mr. WATKINS, Mr. DUNCAN, Mr. 

ADERHOLT, Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina, Mr. BUDD, Mr. KUSTOFF

of Tennessee, Mr. DAVID P. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. COLLINS of Georgia, 

Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. KEVIN HERN of Oklahoma, Mr. JOHN W. ROSE of 

Tennessee, Mr. KING of Iowa, and Mr. HICE of Georgia) introduced the 

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

A BILL 

To amend the Small Business Act to prohibit abortion providers from receiving a covered loan under 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 ‘‘Abortion Providers 

5 Loan Elimination Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 

4 Security Act (Public Law 116–136) disqualified af5 filiations from applying for and receiving loans 

6 through the paycheck protection program. 

7 (2) Section 7(a)(36)(D)(vi) of the Small Busi8 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 7(a)(36)(D)(vi)), as added by 

9 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security 

10 Act, established that affiliation rules apply to non11 profits for the purpose of determining whether a 

12 nonprofit has 500 or fewer employees. 

13 (3) Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 

14 a national organization with central control over its 

15 affiliates and which has nearly $2,000,000,000 in 

16 assets and 16,000 employees, improperly applied for, 

17 and received $80,000,000 in loans through the pay18 check protection program. 

19 SEC. 3. PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a)(36) of the Small 

21 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) is amended by add22 ing at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(T) PROHIBITION ON COVERED LOANS

24 FOR ABORTION PROVIDERS.— 

25 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro26 vided in clause (ii), no individual or entity 


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1 that provides abortions shall be eligible to 

2 receive a covered loan. 

3 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—Clause (i) shall 

4 not apply to— 

5 ‘‘(I) a hospital, as defined in sec6 tion 1861(e) of the Social Security 

7 Act; or 

8 ‘‘(II) an entity that exclusively 

9 provides abortions described in section 

10 507(a) of the Further Consolidated 

11 Appropriations Act, 2020.’’. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

13 this section shall be effective as if included in the enact14 ment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136). 

15 SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT. 

16 Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Small Busi18 ness Administration shall conduct an investigation and 

19 submit to Congress a report on the number of covered 

20 loans made to the Planned Parenthood Federation of 

21 America pursuant to section 7(a)(36) of the Small Busi22 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) and to other individuals 

23 or entitities that provide abortions. 

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