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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6602 
To provide assistance under programs relating to COVID–19 of the Small 
Business Administration to cannabis businesses and their service pro-
viders, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 23, 2020 
Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself, Mr. PERLMUTTER, Mr. CROW, Ms. LEE of 
California, Mr. DEFAZIO, Ms. SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. TLAIB, Mr. YOUNG, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. NEGUSE, Ms. HAALAND, Ms. DEGETTE, Mr. 
HUFFMAN, Ms. DELBENE, Ms. PORTER, Ms. JAYAPAL, and Ms. 
GABBARD) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To provide assistance under programs relating to COVID– 
19 of the Small Business Administration to cannabis 
businesses and their service providers, and for other pur-
poses. 
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 ‘‘Emergency Cannabis 
Small Business Health and Safety Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION 
PROGRAM. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a busi-
ness shall not be ineligible for assistance under section 
7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(36)) on the basis that the business is a cannabis- 
related legitimate business or a service provider. 
SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY FOR ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER 
LOANS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a busi-
ness shall not be ineligible for assistance under section 
7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)) 
on the basis that the business is a cannabis-related legiti-
mate business or a service provider. 
SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY FOR ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER 
LOANS EMERGENCY GRANTS. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a busi-
ness shall not be ineligible for emergency EIDL grants 
under section 1110 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136) on the basis that the business is a cannabis-related 
legitimate business or service provider. 
SEC. 5. RULE FOR THE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
AND ITS EMPLOYEES. 
With respect to providing a loan, emergency advance, 
or loan guarantee to a cannabis-related legitimate business 
or service provider within a State, political subdivision of 
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a State, or Indian country that allows the cultivation, pro-
duction, manufacture, sale, transportation, display, dis-
pensing, distribution, or purchase of cannabis pursuant to 
a law or regulation of such State, political subdivision, or 
Indian Tribe that has jurisdiction over the Indian country, 
as applicable, the Small Business Administration and the 
officers, directors, and employees of the Small Business 
Administration, may not be held liable pursuant to any 
Federal law or regulation solely for providing a loan or 
a loan guarantee to a cannabis-related legitimate business 
or a service provider in carrying out the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116–127) or the 
CARES Act (Public Law 116–136). 
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) CANNABIS.—The term ‘‘cannabis’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘marihuana’’ in section 102 
of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802). 
(2) CANNABIS PRODUCT.—The term ‘‘cannabis 
product’’ means any article which contains cannabis, 
including an article which is a concentrate, an edi-
ble, a tincture, a cannabis-infused product, or a top-
ical. 
(3) CANNABIS-RELATED
LEGITIMATE
BUSI-
NESS.—The term ‘‘cannabis-related legitimate busi-
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ness’’ means a manufacturer, producer, or any per-
son that— 
(A) engages in any activity described in 
subparagraph (B) pursuant to a law established 
by a State or a political subdivision of a State, 
as determined by such State or political subdivi-
sion; and 
(B) participates in any business or orga-
nized activity that involves handling cannabis or 
cannabis products, including cultivating, pro-
ducing, manufacturing, selling, transporting, 
displaying, dispensing, distributing, or pur-
chasing cannabis or cannabis products. 
(4) INDIAN COUNTRY.—The term ‘‘Indian coun-
try’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
1151 of title 18, United States Code. 
(5) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 102 of 
the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 
1994 (25 U.S.C. 479a). 
(6) MANUFACTURER.—The term ‘‘manufac-
turer’’ means a person who manufactures, com-
pounds, converts, processes, prepares, or packages 
cannabis or cannabis products. 
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(7) PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘producer’’ means a 
person who plants, cultivates, harvests, or in any 
way facilitates the natural growth of cannabis. 
(8) SERVICE
PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘service 
provider’’— 
(A) means a business, organization, or 
other person that— 
(i) sells goods or services to a can-
nabis-related legitimate business; or 
(ii) provides any business services, in-
cluding the sale or lease of real or any 
other property, legal or other licensed serv-
ices, or any other ancillary service, relating 
to cannabis; and 
(B) does not include a business, organiza-
tion, or other person that participates in any 
business or organized activity that involves han-
dling cannabis or cannabis products, including 
cultivating, producing, manufacturing, selling, 
transporting, displaying, dispensing, distrib-
uting, or purchasing cannabis or cannabis prod-
ucts. 
(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, Puerto 
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Rico, and any territory or possession of the United 
States. 
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