A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide that certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations are eligible for loans under the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

Bill: 116-s-3992
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX]
Introduced: 2020-06-17
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Government lending and loan guarantees

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Small business

Tax-exempt organizations

Travel and tourism

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2020-06-17
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-06-17
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p>This bill expands the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to encompass chambers of commerce and certain destination marketing organizations with 300 or fewer employees.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3992 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES June 17, 2020 Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina , and Mr. Rubio ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to provide that certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations are eligible for loans under the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

1. Eligibility for chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations for loans under 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 (v), by inserting or whether an entity described in clause (vii) employs not more than 300 employees, after clause (i)(I), ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (vii) Eligibility for certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations (I) In general During the covered period— (aa) any chamber of commerce that is described in section 501(c)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code and that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code shall be eligible to receive a covered loan if the chamber of commerce employs not more than 300 employees; and (bb) any destination marketing organization shall be eligible to receive a covered loan if the destination marketing organization employs not more than 300 employees and— (AA) is described in section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code; or (BB) is a quasi-governmental entity or is a political subdivision of a State or local government, including any instrumentality of those entities. (II) Rule of construction Nothing in this clause shall be construed to provide eligibility for trade associations for covered loans. .