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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6343 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to provide 
economic injury grants for small business concerns affected by the 
COVID–19 pandemic, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2020 
Mr. ESPAILLAT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To require the Administrator of the Small Business Adminis-
tration to provide economic injury grants for small busi-
ness concerns affected by the COVID–19 pandemic, and 
for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Small Business 
COVID–19 Recovery Grants Act of 2020’’. 
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SEC. 2. ECONOMIC INJURY GRANTS FOR SMALL BUSINESS 
CONCERNS. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration shall provide grants to eligible small 
business concerns that have suffered a substantial eco-
nomic injury (as defined in section 7(b)(2) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)), directly or indirectly, 
as a result of the public health emergency declared be-
cause of COVID–19. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF ELIGIBLE SMALL BUSINESS 
CONCERN.—In this section, the term ‘‘eligible small busi-
ness concern’’ means a small business concern (as defined 
under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
632)) or an independent contractor. 
(c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—A grant provided under 
this section shall be in an amount that is not more than 
$100,000. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible small business con-
cern that receives a grant under this section may use the 
grant funds to address the direct effects of the COVID– 
19 pandemic, including— 
(1) providing paid sick leave to employees un-
able to work; 
(2) maintaining payroll to retain employees dur-
ing business disruptions or substantial slowdowns; 
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(3) meeting increased costs to obtain materials 
unavailable from the original source of the eligible 
small business concern due to interrupted supply 
chains; 
(4) making payments under a lease or mortgage 
loan related to a place of operation of the small busi-
ness concern; 
(5) repaying obligations that cannot be met due 
to revenue losses; and 
(6) other expenses as deemed appropriate by 
the Administrator. 
(e) APPLICATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible small business 
concern desiring a grant under this section shall 
submit to the Administration an application at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such informa-
tion as the Administration may require. 
(2) STANDARDS.—The Administrator shall es-
tablish minimum qualifying standards to ensure that 
applicants adversely impacted by the effects of 
COVID–19 pandemic receive funds expeditiously 
under this section. 
(f) PROCEDURES.—The Administrator shall establish 
procedures to verify and document compliance with the re-
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quirements under this section in order to prevent waste, 
fraud, and abuse of funds awarded under this section. 
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000,000 to the 
Administrator to carry out this section. 
(h) EMERGENCY RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Within 15 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration shall 
issue rules to carry out this section. 
(2) NOTICE.—Notice requirements of section 
553(b) of title 5, United States Code, shall not apply 
to any issuance of rules under paragraph (1). 
(i) REPORT.—Not later than March 31, 2022, the 
Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall 
submit to Congress a report that includes— 
(1) the number of grants made under this sec-
tion, disaggregated by the number of grants made— 
(A) in an amount less than or equal to 
$20,000; 
(B) in an amount greater than $20,000 
but less than or equal to $40,000; 
(C) in an amount greater than $40,000 
but less than or equal to $60,000; 
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(D) in an amount greater than $60,000 
but less than or equal to $80,000; and 
(E) in an amount greater than $80,000 
but less than or equal to $100,000; 
(2) the average amount of an award; 
(3) an analysis of the program established 
under this section and recommendations for im-
provement; 
(4) the average time from receipt of an applica-
tion to approval of grant under this section; and 
(5) the average time from approval of grant to 
disbursement of grant funds. 
(j) TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out 
grants under this section shall terminate on September 30, 
2021. 
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