To permit payments for certain business software or cloud computing services as allowable uses of a loan made under the Paycheck Protection Program of the Small Business Administration.

Bill: 116-hr-8620
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Scott, David [D-GA-13]
Introduced: 2020-10-16
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Computers and information technology

Government lending and loan guarantees

Infectious and parasitic diseases
Latest action: action_date: 2020-10-16
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-10-16
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill expands allowable and forgivable uses of a loan made pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program, enacted to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to include payment for any business software or cloud computing service that facilitates certain business operations or processes.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 8620 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 16, 2020 Mr. David Scott of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To permit payments for certain business software or cloud computing services as allowable uses of a loan made under the Paycheck Protection Program of the Small Business Administration.

1. Additional eligible expenses (a) Allowable use of PPP loan Section 7(a)(36)(F)(i) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(F)(i) ) is amended— (1) in subclause (VI), by striking and at the end; (2) in subclause (VII), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and (3) by adding at the end the following: (VIII) covered operations expenditures, as defined in section 1106(a) of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9005(a) ). . (b) Loan forgiveness Section 1106 of the CARES Act ( 15 U.S.C. 9005 ) is amended— (1) in subsection (a)— (A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (8) as paragraphs (4) through (9), respectively; (B) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following: (3) the term covered operations expenditure means a payment for any business software or cloud computing service that facilitates business operations, product or service delivery, the processing, payment, or tracking of payroll expenses, human resources, sales and billing functions, or accounting or tracking of supplies, inventory, records and expenses; ; and (C) in paragraph (8), as so redesignated— (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking and at the end; and (ii) by adding at the end the following: (E) covered operations expenditures; and ; (2) in subsection (b), by adding at the end the following: (5) Any covered operations expenditure. ; (3) in subsection (d)(8), by inserting any payment on any covered operations expenditure, after rent obligation, ; (4) in subsection (e)— (A) in paragraph (2), by inserting payments on covered operations expenditures, after lease obligations, ; and (B) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting make payments on covered operations expenditures, after rent obligation, ; and (5) in subsection (h), by inserting payments on covered operations expenditures, after lease obligations, each place it appears.