I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6897 
To expand the waiver of affiliation rules for certain business concerns with 
more than 1 physical location, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2020 
Mr. CICILLINE (for himself and Mr. SENSENBRENNER) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business 
A BILL 
To expand the waiver of affiliation rules for certain business 
concerns with more than 1 physical location, 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 ‘‘Local News and Emer-
gency Information Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION 
PROGRAM. 
Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 
U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘business concern that em-
ploys’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘business 
concern that— 
‘‘(I) employs’’; 
(B) in subclause (I), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(II) is assigned a North Amer-
ican Industry Classification System 
code beginning with 511110, 515112, 
or 515120 at the time of disbursal 
shall be eligible to receive a covered 
loan for business expenses of the busi-
ness concern that are associated with 
an individual physical location of that 
business concern, provided that— 
‘‘(aa) the proceeds of the 
loan are used to support expenses 
associated with the continued 
provision of local news, informa-
tion, content, or emergency infor-
mation; and 
‘‘(bb) at the time of dis-
bursal, the individual physical lo-
cation does not exceed the size 
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standard established by the Ad-
ministrator for the applicable 
code.’’; 
(2) in clause (iv)— 
(A) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in subclause (III), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(IV) an individual physical loca-
tion of a business concern that, as of 
the date on which the covered loan is 
disbursed, is assigned a North Amer-
ican Industry Classification System 
code beginning with 511110, 515112, 
or 515120 and does not exceed the 
size standard established by the Ad-
ministrator for the applicable code, 
provided that, as a condition of the 
waiver under this subclause, the busi-
ness concern shall not pay, distribute, 
or otherwise provide the covered loan 
or any portion of the covered loan to 
any other entity other than the indi-
vidual physical location that is the in-
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tended recipient of the covered loan.’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(vii) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN BUSI-
NESS CONCERNS.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—A business 
concern that is assigned a North 
American Industry Classification Sys-
tem Code beginning with 511110, 
515112, or 515120 at the time of dis-
bursal of a covered loan and is a 
franchisee or affiliate of or owned or 
controlled by a parent company or an 
investment company, or management 
thereof, shall be treated as an inde-
pendent, non-affiliated entity upon 
certification to the Administrator that 
the request for the covered loan is 
necessary to support expenses associ-
ated with the continued provision of 
local news, information, content, or 
emergency information. 
‘‘(II) REPORT.—The Adminis-
trator and the Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall submit to the Committee on 
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Small Business and Entrepreneurship 
of the Senate, the Committee on 
Small Business of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Congressional 
Oversight 
Commission 
established 
under section 4020 of division B of 
the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136) a report regarding covered loans 
made to business concerns described 
in subclause (I).’’. 
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