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117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1411 
To amend the Small Business Act to allow certain ranchers and farmers 
categorized as partnerships to use an alternative calculation for a max-
imum loan amount under the paycheck protection program, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 26, 2021 
Mr. HAGEDORN (for himself, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. NEWHOUSE, Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, 
Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. LAMALFA, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. ARRINGTON, Mr. 
MEUSER, Mr. BACON, Ms. STEFANIK, Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. 
BAIRD, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. ROGERS of Alabama, 
Mr. KELLY of Mississippi, Mr. KUSTOFF, Mr. UPTON, Mr. TURNER, Ms. 
TENNEY, Mr. MANN, Mr. ISSA, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. BALDERSON, 
Mr. ALLEN, Mrs. FISCHBACH, Mr. SESSIONS, Mr. CARTER of Texas, Mr. 
PFLUGER, Mr. TIMMONS, Mrs. KIM of California, Mr. CLINE, Mrs. 
MCCLAIN, Mr. MURPHY of North Carolina, Mr. ROUZER, Mr. VALADAO, 
Mr. ROSE, Mr. JACKSON, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. FEENSTRA, 
Mr. EMMER, Mr. ROSENDALE, Mr. HERN, Mr. BABIN, Mr. GIBBS, Ms. 
VAN DUYNE, Mr. STEWART, Mr. JOYCE of Pennsylvania, Mr. KELLER, 
Mr. DONALDS, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, and Mr. BENTZ) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To amend the Small Business Act to allow certain ranchers 
and farmers categorized as partnerships to use an alter-
native calculation for a maximum loan amount under 
the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes. 
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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 ‘‘PPP Flexibility for 
Farmers and Ranchers Act’’. 
SEC. 2. PARTNERSHIP PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM 
LOAN CALCULATION AS FARMER OR RANCH-
ER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a)(36)(V)(i)(I) of the 
Small Business Act (as amended by the Economic Aid to 
Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act 
(Public Law 116–260)) is amended by inserting ‘‘is a 
partnership,’’ after ‘‘independent contractor,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall be effective as if included in the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 281) and shall 
apply to any loan made pursuant to section 7(a)(36) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) 
before, on, or after the date of enactment of this 
Act, including forgiveness of such a loan. 
(2) EXCLUSION
OF
LOANS
ALREADY
FOR-
GIVEN.—The amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall not apply to a loan made pursuant to section 
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7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(36)) for which the borrower received forgive-
ness before the date of enactment of this Act under 
section 1106 of the CARES. 
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