TRUTH Act

Bill: 116-hr-6782
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Phillips, Dean [D-MN-3]
Introduced: 2020-05-08
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Appropriations

Banking and financial institutions regulation

Business expenses

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Credit and credit markets

Economic performance and conditions

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Government ethics and transparency, public corruption

Government information and archives

Government lending and loan guarantees

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Minority and disadvantaged businesses

Small business

Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation

Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

Wages and earnings

Women in business
Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-28
text: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 269 - 147 (Roll no. 113).

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Small Business Transparency and Reporting for the Underbanked and Taxpayers at Home Act or the TRUTH Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Small Business Administration (SBA) to make information regarding economic relief measures implemented in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) publicly available.</p> <p>Specifically, with respect to the Paycheck Protection Program and economic injury disaster loans and emergency grants, the SBA must publish (1) the identity of each recipient of assistance and an explanation of the decision-making process underlying such disbursal; (2) the number of employees of each recipient and the date on which such assistance was disbursed; (3) an identification of each lender or intermediary through which assistance was disbursed; and (4) the amount of assistance disbursed to small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, women, and veterans. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6782 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 8, 2020 Mr. Phillips (for himself, Mr. Correa , Ms. Schakowsky , Ms. Roybal-Allard , Mr. Malinowski , Ms. Spanberger , Mr. Gottheimer , Mr. Garamendi , Mr. Sablan , Ms. McCollum , and Ms. Haaland ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To require the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to submit a report on recipients of assistance under the paycheck protection program and the economic injury disaster loan program, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Small Business Transparency and Reporting for the Underbanked and Taxpayers at Home Act or the TRUTH Act . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The President has not nominated and the Senate has yet to confirm a Special Inspector General for Pandemic Response as was required by the CARES Act. (2) The CARES Act and Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act were the largest outlay of taxpayer money in the history of the United States. (3) The American people demand and deserve responsible stewardship. 3. Sense of Congress It is the sense of Congress that the Small Business Administration must provide immediate transparency over all areas of its administration of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan program (EIDL). 4. Report Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business Administration shall make publicly available, in an online format that is sortable and searchable for key words and downloadable (to the extent technically practicable), the following information with respect to the paycheck protection program and the economic injury disaster loan program: (1) An identification of each recipient of assistance from funds appropriated under the CARES Act ( Public Law 116–136 ) or the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act ( Public Law 116–139 ). (2) An explanation of the decision-making processes under which such funds were disbursed. (3) The number of employees of each entity that received such assistance. (4) The date on which such assistance was disbursed. (5) An identification of each lender or intermediary through which such assistance was disbursed. (6) The amount of assistance provided to small business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals (as defined in section 8(d)(3)(C) of the Small Business Act ( 15 U.S.C. 637(d)(3)(C) )), small business concern owned and controlled by women (as defined under section 3(n) of such Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632(n) )), and small business concern owned and controlled by veterans (as defined in section 3(q) of such Act ( 15 U.S.C. 632(q) )).