H.R. 6779 (116th Congress) — Ineligibility requirements based on criminal record for the Paycheck Protection Program
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H.R. 6779, a bill of the 116th Congress, 2nd Session, introduced in the House of Representatives on May 8, 2020 by Ocasio-Cortez (for herself and Waters) and referred to the Committee on Small Business. It is a bill to specify the ineligibility requirements based on illegal activity or criminal record applicable to the Paycheck Protection Program and certain emergency relief programs under the CARES Act. Section 1, headed treatment of certain minor, low-risk criminal violations, applies existing ineligibility requirements for intermediaries to any person applying for a covered loan. It directs the Administrator to update the interim final rule and bars additional ineligibility requirements based on illegal activity or criminal records.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6779
To specify the ineligibility requirements based on illegal activity or criminal
record applicable to the Paycheck Protection Program and certain emer-
gency relief programs under the CARES Act, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 8, 2020
Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ (for herself and Ms. WATERS) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
A BILL
To specify the ineligibility requirements based on illegal activ-
ity or criminal record applicable to the Paycheck Protec-
tion Program and certain emergency relief programs
under the CARES Act, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MINOR, LOW-RISK
4 CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS.
5 Section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15
6 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) is amended by adding at the end the
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1 ‘‘(T) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN MINOR,
2 LOW-RISK CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS.—
3 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The ineligibility
4 requirements based on illegal activity appli-
5 cable to intermediaries (as defined under
6 subsection (m)(11)) in effect on the day
7 before the date of enactment of this sub-
8 paragraph shall apply to any person apply-
9 ing to receive a covered loan.
10 ‘‘(ii) UPDATED RULEMAKING.—The
11 Administrator shall update the interim
12 final rule issued by the Administrator to
13 carry out this paragraph to reflect the re-
14 quirements of this subparagraph, and may
15 not establish any additional ineligibility re-
16 quirements for applicants based on illegal
17 activity or criminal records other than
18 those required by clause (i).’’.
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