I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7792 
To amend the Small Business Act to prohibit abortion providers from receiv-
ing 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 Vir-
ginia, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LATTA, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. ALLEN, Mr. GRIF-
FITH, 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 pro-
viders from receiving a covered loan under the paycheck 
protection program, 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 ‘‘Abortion Providers 
Loan Elimination Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
Security Act (Public Law 116–136) disqualified af-
filiations from applying for and receiving loans 
through the paycheck protection program. 
(2) Section 7(a)(36)(D)(vi) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 7(a)(36)(D)(vi)), as added by 
the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security 
Act, established that affiliation rules apply to non-
profits for the purpose of determining whether a 
nonprofit has 500 or fewer employees. 
(3) Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 
a national organization with central control over its 
affiliates and which has nearly $2,000,000,000 in 
assets and 16,000 employees, improperly applied for, 
and received $80,000,000 in loans through the pay-
check protection program. 
SEC. 3. PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a)(36) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(T) PROHIBITION
ON
COVERED
LOANS 
FOR ABORTION PROVIDERS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), no individual or entity 
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that provides abortions shall be eligible to 
receive a covered loan. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—Clause (i) shall 
not apply to— 
‘‘(I) a hospital, as defined in sec-
tion 1861(e) of the Social Security 
Act; or 
‘‘(II) an entity that exclusively 
provides abortions described in section 
507(a) of the Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall be effective as if included in the enact-
ment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136). 
SEC. 4. INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORT. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Small Busi-
ness Administration shall conduct an investigation and 
submit to Congress a report on the number of covered 
loans made to the Planned Parenthood Federation of 
America pursuant to section 7(a)(36) of the Small Busi-
ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) and to other individuals 
or entitities that provide abortions. 
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