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Union Calendar No. 186 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3661 

[Report No. 116–234] 

To support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserve, and 

for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 10, 2019 

Mr. KIM (for himself and Mr. BURCHETT) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Small Business 

OCTOBER 15, 2019 

Additional sponsors: Mr. SCHNEIDER, Ms. FINKENAUER, Mr. BALDERSON, 

Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. CROW, Ms. KENDRA S. HORN of Oklahoma, Ms. 

UNDERWOOD, and Mr. HARDER of California 

OCTOBER 15, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 

and ordered to be printed 


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A BILL 

To support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard 

and Reserve, and for other purposes. 


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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 ‘‘Patriotic Employer 

5 Protection Act of 2019’’. 

6 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF LOAN ASSISTANCE AND DEFERRAL 

7 ELIGIBILITY TO RESERVISTS BEYOND PERI8 ODS OF MILITARY CONFLICT. 

9 (a) SMALL BUSINESS ACT AMENDMENTS.—Section 

10 7 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636) is amend11 ed— 

12 (1) in subsection (b)(3)— 

13 (A) in subparagraph (A)— 

14 (i) by striking clause (ii); 

15 (ii) by redesignating clause (i) as 

16 clause (ii); 

17 (iii) by inserting before clause (ii), as 

18 so redesignated, the following: 

19 ‘‘(i) the term ‘active service’ has the mean20 ing given that term in section 101(d)(3) of title 

21 10, United States Code;’’; and 

22 (iv) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, 

23 by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

24 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

25 ‘‘being ordered to active military duty during a 


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1 period of military conflict’’ and inserting ‘‘being 

2 ordered to perform active service for a period of 

3 more than 30 consecutive days’’; 

4 (C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘ac5 tive duty’’ each place it appears and inserting 

6 ‘‘active service’’; and 

7 (D) in subparagraph (G)(ii)(II), by strik8 ing ‘‘active duty’’ and inserting ‘‘active service’’; 

9 and 

10 (2) in subsection (n)— 

11 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

12 ‘‘ACTIVE DUTY’’ and inserting ‘‘ACTIVE SERV13 ICE’’; 

14 (B) in paragraph (1)— 

15 (i) by striking subparagraph (C); 

16 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

17 (A) and (B) as subparagraphs (B) and 

18 (C), respectively; 

19 (iii) by inserting before subparagraph 

20 (B), as so redesignated, the following: 

21 ‘‘(A) ACTIVE SERVICE.—The term ‘active 

22 service’ has the meaning given that term in sec23 tion 101(d)(3) of title 10, United States 

24 Code.’’; 


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1 (iv) in subparagraph (B), as so redes2 ignated, by striking ‘‘ordered to active duty 

3 during a period of military conflict’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘ordered to perform active serv5 ice for a period of more than 30 consecu6 tive days’’; and 

7 (v) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

8 ‘‘active duty’’ each place it appears and in9 serting ‘‘active service’’; and 

10 (C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘ac11 tive duty’’ each place it appears and inserting 

12 ‘‘active service’’. 

13 (b) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by sub14 section (a)(1) shall apply to an economic injury suffered 

15 or likely to be suffered as the result of an essential em16 ployee being ordered to perform active service (as defined 

17 in section 101(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code) for 

18 a period of more than 30 consecutive days who is dis19 charged or released from such active service on or after 

20 the date of enactment of this Act. 

21 (c) SEMIANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

22 after the date of enactment of this Act, and semiannually 

23 thereafter, the President shall submit to the Committee 

24 on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Com25 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee 


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1 on Small Business and the Committee on Appropriations 

2 of the House of Representatives a report on the number 

3 of loans made under the Military Reservist Economic In4 jury Disaster Loan program and the dollar volume of 

5 those loans. The report shall contain the subsidy rate of 

6 the disaster loan program as authorized under section 7(b) 

7 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) with the 

8 loans made under the Military Reservist Economic Injury 

9 Disaster Loan program and without those loans included. 

10 (d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

11 Section 8(l) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(l)) 

12 is amended— 

13 (1) by striking ‘‘The Administration’’ and in14 serting the following: 

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administration’’; 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘(as defined in section 

17 7(n)(1))’’; and 

18 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(2) DEFINITION OF PERIOD OF MILITARY CON20 FLICT.—In this subsection, the term ‘period of mili21 tary conflict’ means— 

22 ‘‘(A) a period of war declared by the Con23 gress; 

24 ‘‘(B) a period of national emergency de25 clared by the Congress or by the President; or 


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1 ‘‘(C) a period of a contingency operation, 

2 as defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United 

3 States Code.’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 186 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3661 

[Report No. 116–234] 

A BILL 

To support entrepreneurs serving in the National 

Guard and Reserve, and for other purposes. 

OCTOBER 15, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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