Title: Local Chamber, Tourism, and 501(c)(6) Protection Act of 2020
Policy area: Commerce

Summary:
Local Chamber, Tourism, and 501(c)(6) Protection Act of 2020
This bill modifies the Paycheck Protection Program implemented by the Small Business Administration in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) to include certain entities and exclude certain individuals.
Specifically, the bill expands the program to encompass organizations with 300 or fewer employees that (1) operate under section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code (other than a professional football league), or (2) are a destination marketing organization engaged in promoting communities and facilities to businesses and leisure travelers.
The bill also narrows the definition of payroll costs under the program to exclude any compensation of an employee who is a registered lobbyist from the calculation for loan amounts or for allowable uses of funds provided under the program.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6697 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6697

   To amend the Small Business Act to expand the Paycheck Protection 
       Program for certain organizations, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 5, 2020

Mr. Pappas (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Cisneros, and Mr. Steube) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Small Business Act to expand the Paycheck Protection 
       Program for certain organizations, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Local Chamber, Tourism, and 
501(c)(6) Protection Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.

    Section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (viii)(II)--
                            (i) in item (dd), by striking ``or'' at the 
                        end;
                            (ii) in item (ee), by striking ``; and'' at 
                        the end and inserting ``; or''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                                            ``(ff) any compensation of 
                                        an employee who is a registered 
                                        lobbyist under the Lobbying 
                                        Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
                                        U.S.C. 1601 et seq.);'';
                    (B) in clause (ix), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(x) the term `covered business 
                        organization' means an organization (other than 
                        a professional football league) that--
                                    ``(I) is described in section 
                                501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code 
                                of 1986 or is a destination marketing 
                                organization (without regard to whether 
                                such organization is described in such 
                                section); and
                                    ``(II) has 300 or fewer employees; 
                                and
                            ``(xi) the term `destination marketing 
                        organization' means a non-profit entity, a 
                        State, or a political subdivision of a State 
                        (including any instrumentality of such 
                        entities) engaged in marketing and promoting 
                        communities and facilities to businesses and 
                        leisure travelers through a range of 
                        activities, including--
                                    ``(I) assisting with the location 
                                of meeting and convention sites;
                                    ``(II) providing travel information 
                                on area attractions, lodging 
                                accommodations, and restaurants;
                                    ``(III) providing maps; and
                                    ``(IV) organizing group tours of 
                                local historical, recreational, and 
                                cultural attractions.''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                            ``(vii) Inclusion of covered business 
                        organizations.--During the covered period, a 
                        covered business organization shall be eligible 
                        to receive a covered loan.''.
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