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H.R. 6907, RELIEF for Main Street Act

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H. R. 6907 was introduced in the House of Representatives on May 15, 2020 by Mr. Kildee and other members and referred to the Committee on Small Business. The bill may be cited as the RELIEF for Main Street Act. Section 2 establishes the Small Business Local Relief Program in the Department of the Treasury to allocate resources to States, units of general local government, and Indian Tribes to provide assistance to eligible entities. Of the amounts made available, $35,000,000,000 goes to States and units of general local government, $15,000,000,000 to States, and $500,000,000 to the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Indian Tribes. The bill appropriates $50,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2020.

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                                                                       116TH CONGRESS
                                                                          2D SESSION
                                                                                                             H. R. 6907
                                                                       To establish a program in the Department of the Treasury to allocate funds
                                                                           to States, units of general local government, and Indian Tribes to provide
                                                                           assistance to certain small businesses, and for other purposes.




                                                                                     IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                                                        MAY 15, 2020
                                                                       Mr. KILDEE (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. EVANS, and Mr. UPTON) in-
                                                                           troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small
                                                                           Business




                                                                                                                 A BILL
                                                                       To establish a program in the Department of the Treasury
                                                                          to allocate funds to States, units of general local govern-
                                                                          ment, and Indian Tribes to provide assistance to certain
                                                                          small businesses, 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. SHORT TITLE.

                                                                         4              This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Recharge and Em-
                                                                         5 power Local Innovation and Entrepreneurs Fund for Main
                                                                         6 Street Act’’ or the ‘‘RELIEF for Main Street Act’’.




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                                                                         7     SEC. 2. SMALL BUSINESS LOCAL RELIEF PROGRAM.

                                                                         8              (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:


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                                                                         1                        (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
                                                                         2              trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
                                                                         3              ness Administration.
                                                                         4                        (2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
                                                                         5              ty’’—
                                                                         6                                 (A) means a privately held business entity
                                                                         7                        or nonprofit organization that—
                                                                         8                                         (i) employs—
                                                                         9                                                  (I) not more than 20 full-time
                                                                       10                                          equivalent employees; or
                                                                       11                                                   (II) if the entity or organization
                                                                       12                                          is located in a low-income community,
                                                                       13                                          not more than 50 full-time equivalent
                                                                       14                                          employees;
                                                                       15                                          (ii) has experienced a loss of revenue
                                                                       16                                  as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic,
                                                                       17                                  according to criteria established by the
                                                                       18                                  Secretary; and
                                                                       19                                          (iii) with respect to such an entity or
                                                                       20                                  organization that receives assistance from
                                                                       21                                  a small business emergency fund, satisfies
                                                                       22                                  additional requirements, as determined by
                                                                       23                                  the State, unit of general local government,




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                                                                         1                                 tablished the small business emergency
                                                                         2                                 fund; and
                                                                         3                                 (B) includes an individual who operates
                                                                         4                        under a sole proprietorship, an individual who
                                                                         5                        operates as an independent contractor, and an
                                                                         6                        eligible self-employed individual if such an indi-
                                                                         7                        vidual has experienced a loss of revenue as a re-
                                                                         8                        sult of the COVID–19 pandemic, according to
                                                                         9                        criteria established by the Secretary.
                                                                       10                         (3) ELIGIBLE SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL.—
                                                                       11               The term ‘‘eligible self-employed individual’’ has the
                                                                       12               meaning given the term in section 7(a)(36)(A) of the
                                                                       13               Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(A)).
                                                                       14                         (4) ENTITLEMENT                         COMMUNITY.—The                  term
                                                                       15               ‘‘entitlement community’’ means a metropolitan city
                                                                       16               or urban county, as those terms are defined in sec-
                                                                       17               tion 102 of the Housing and Community Develop-
                                                                       18               ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302).
                                                                       19                         (5) FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES.—
                                                                       20                                  (A) IN          GENERAL.—The                      term ‘‘full-time
                                                                       21                         equivalent employees’’ means a number of em-
                                                                       22                         ployees equal to the number determined by di-
                                                                       23                         viding—




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                                                                       24                                          (i) the total number of hours of serv-
                                                                       25                                  ice for which wages were paid by the em-


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                                                                         1                                 ployer to employees during the taxable
                                                                         2                                 year; by
                                                                         3                                         (ii) 2,080.
                                                                         4                                 (B) ROUNDING.—The number determined
                                                                         5                        under subparagraph (A) shall be rounded to the
                                                                         6                        next lowest whole number if not otherwise a
                                                                         7                        whole number.
                                                                         8                                 (C) EXCESS HOURS NOT COUNTED.—If an
                                                                         9                        employee works in excess of 2,080 hours of
                                                                       10                         service during any taxable year, such excess
                                                                       11                         shall not be taken into account under subpara-
                                                                       12                         graph (A).
                                                                       13                                  (D) HOURS OF SERVICE.—The Secretary,
                                                                       14                         in consultation with the Secretary of Labor,
                                                                       15                         shall prescribe such regulations, rules, and
                                                                       16                         guidance as may be necessary to determine the
                                                                       17                         hours of service of an employee, including rules
                                                                       18                         for the application of this paragraph to employ-
                                                                       19                         ees who are not compensated on an hourly
                                                                       20                         basis.
                                                                       21                         (6) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian Tribe’’
                                                                       22               has the meaning given the term ‘‘Indian tribe’’ in
                                                                       23               section 102 of the Housing and Community Devel-




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                                                                         1                        (7) LOW-INCOME COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘low-
                                                                         2              income community’’ has the meaning given the term
                                                                         3              in section 45D(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of
                                                                         4              1986.
                                                                         5                        (8) MINORITY.—The term ‘‘minority’’ has the
                                                                         6              meaning given the term in section 1204(c)(3) of the
                                                                         7              Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and En-
                                                                         8              forcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1811 note).
                                                                         9                        (9) MINORITY-OWNED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘mi-
                                                                       10               nority-owned entity’’ means an entity—
                                                                       11                                  (A) more than 50 percent of the ownership
                                                                       12                         or control of which is held by not less than 1
                                                                       13                         minority; and
                                                                       14                                  (B) more than 50 percent of the net profit
                                                                       15                         or loss of which accrues to not less than 1 mi-
                                                                       16                         nority.
                                                                       17                         (10) NONENTITLEMENT AREA; STATE; UNIT OF
                                                                       18               GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—

                                                                       19                                  (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in
                                                                       20                         subparagraph (B), the terms ‘‘nonentitlement
                                                                       21                         area’’, ‘‘State’’, and ‘‘unit of general local gov-
                                                                       22                         ernment’’ have the meanings given those terms
                                                                       23                         in section 102 of the Housing and Community




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                                                                         1                                 (B) STATE.—For purposes of subpara-
                                                                         2                        graphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii) of subsection (c)(1),
                                                                         3                        the term ‘‘State’’ means any State of the
                                                                         4                        United States.
                                                                         5                        (11) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Program’’ means
                                                                         6              the Small Business Local Relief Program established
                                                                         7              under this section.
                                                                         8                        (12)        SECRETARY.—The                           term         ‘‘Secretary’’
                                                                         9              means the Secretary of the Treasury.
                                                                       10                         (13) SMALL BUSINESS EMERGENCY FUND.—
                                                                       11               The term ‘‘small business emergency fund’’ means a
                                                                       12               fund or program—
                                                                       13                                  (A) established by a State, a unit of gen-
                                                                       14                         eral local government, an Indian Tribe, or an
                                                                       15                         entity designated by a State, unit of general
                                                                       16                         local government, or Indian Tribe; and
                                                                       17                                  (B) that provides or administers financing
                                                                       18                         to eligible entities in the form of grants, loans,
                                                                       19                         or other means in accordance with the needs of
                                                                       20                         eligible entities and the capacity of the fund or
                                                                       21                         program.
                                                                       22                         (14)         WOMEN-OWNED                        ENTITY.—The              term
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                                                                         1                                 (A) more than 50 percent of the ownership
                                                                         2                        or control of which is held by not less than 1
                                                                         3                        woman; and
                                                                         4                                 (B) more than 50 percent of the net profit
                                                                         5                        or loss of which accrues to not less than 1
                                                                         6                        woman.
                                                                         7              (b) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the
                                                                         8 Department of the Treasury the Small Business Local Re-
                                                                         9 lief Program, the purpose of which is to allocate resources
                                                                       10 to States, units of general local government, and Indian
                                                                       11 Tribes to provide assistance to eligible entities and organi-
                                                                       12 zations that assist eligible entities.
                                                                       13               (c) FUNDING.—
                                                                       14                         (1) FUNDING TO STATES, LOCALITIES, AND IN-
                                                                       15               DIAN TRIBES.—

                                                                       16                                  (A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made
                                                                       17                         available to carry out the Program under sub-
                                                                       18                         section (h), the Secretary shall allocate—
                                                                       19                                          (i) $35,000,000,000 to States and
                                                                       20                                  units of general local government in ac-
                                                                       21                                  cordance with subparagraph (B)(i);
                                                                       22                                          (ii) $15,000,000,000 to States in ac-
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                                                                       24                                          (iii) $500,000,000 to the Secretary of
                                                                       25                                  Housing and Urban Development for allo-


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                                                                         1                                 cations to Indian Tribes in accordance with
                                                                         2                                 subparagraph (B)(iii).
                                                                         3                                 (B) ALLOCATIONS.—
                                                                         4                                         (i) FORMULA FOR STATES AND UNITS
                                                                         5                                 OF     GENERAL              LOCAL           GOVERNMENT.—Of

                                                                         6                                 the amount allocated under subparagraph
                                                                         7                                 (A)(i)—
                                                                         8                                                  (I) 70 percent shall be allocated
                                                                         9                                         to entitlement communities in accord-
                                                                       10                                          ance with the formula under section
                                                                       11                                          106(b) of the Housing and Commu-
                                                                       12                                          nity Development Act of 1974 (42
                                                                       13                                          U.S.C. 5306(b)); and
                                                                       14                                                   (II) 30 percent shall be allocated
                                                                       15                                          to States, for use in nonentitlement
                                                                       16                                          areas, in accordance with the formula
                                                                       17                                          under section 106(d)(1) of the Hous-
                                                                       18                                          ing and Community Development Act
                                                                       19                                          of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(d)(1)).
                                                                       20                                          (ii) RURAL                 BONUS           FORMULA     FOR

                                                                       21                                  STATES.—The Secretary shall allocate the

                                                                       22                                  amount           allocated             under           subparagraph
                                                                       23                                  (A)(ii) to States, for use in nonentitlement




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                                                                         1                                 and Community Development Act of 1974
                                                                         2                                 (42 U.S.C. 5306(d)(1)).
                                                                         3                                         (iii) COMPETITIVE AWARDS TO INDIAN
                                                                         4                                 TRIBES.—

                                                                         5                                                  (I) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary
                                                                         6                                         of Housing and Urban Development
                                                                         7                                         shall allocate to Indian Tribes on a
                                                                         8                                         competitive basis the amount allocated
                                                                         9                                         under subparagraph (A)(iii).
                                                                       10                                                   (II) REQUIREMENTS.—In making
                                                                       11                                          allocations under subclause (I), the
                                                                       12                                          Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
                                                                       13                                          velopment shall, to the greatest extent
                                                                       14                                          practicable, ensure that each Indian
                                                                       15                                          Tribe that satisfies requirements es-
                                                                       16                                          tablished by the Secretary of Housing
                                                                       17                                          and Urban Development receives such
                                                                       18                                          an allocation.
                                                                       19                                  (C)         STATE          ALLOCATIONS                    FOR   NON-

                                                                       20                         ENTITLEMENT AREAS.—

                                                                       21                                          (i) EQUITABLE ALLOCATION.—To the
                                                                       22                                  greatest extent practicable, a State shall
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                                                                       24                                  under clauses (i)(II) and (ii) of subpara-
                                                                       25                                  graph (B) on an equitable basis.


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                                                                         1                                         (ii) DISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS.—
                                                                         2                                                  (I) DISCRETION.—Not later than
                                                                         3                                         14 days after the date on which a
                                                                         4                                         State receives amounts for use in a
                                                                         5                                         nonentitlement                   area          under   clause
                                                                         6                                         (i)(II) or (ii) of subparagraph (B), the
                                                                         7                                         State shall—
                                                                         8                                                           (aa) distribute the amounts,
                                                                         9                                                  or a portion thereof, to a unit of
                                                                       10                                                   general local government located
                                                                       11                                                   in the nonentitlement area or an
                                                                       12                                                   entity designated thereby, that
                                                                       13                                                   has established or will establish a
                                                                       14                                                   small business emergency fund,
                                                                       15                                                   for use under paragraph (2); or
                                                                       16                                                            (bb) elect to reserve the
                                                                       17                                                   amounts, or a portion thereof, for
                                                                       18                                                   use by the State under paragraph
                                                                       19                                                   (2) for the benefit of eligible enti-
                                                                       20                                                   ties located in the nonentitlement
                                                                       21                                                   area.
                                                                       22                                                   (II) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is
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                                                                       24                                          uting amounts under subclause (I), in
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                                                                         1                                         nonentitlement area in which a unit of
                                                                         2                                         general local government or an entity
                                                                         3                                         designated thereby has established a
                                                                         4                                         small business emergency fund, a
                                                                         5                                         State should, as quickly as is prac-
                                                                         6                                         ticable, distribute amounts to that
                                                                         7                                         unit of general local government or
                                                                         8                                         entity, respectively, as described in
                                                                         9                                         item (aa) of that subclause.
                                                                       10                                          (iii) TREATMENT                       OF       STATES     NOT

                                                                       11                                  ACTING AS PASS-THROUGH AGENTS UNDER

                                                                       12                                  CDBG.—The                   Secretary              shall       allocate
                                                                       13                                  amounts to a State under this paragraph
                                                                       14                                  without regard to whether the State has
                                                                       15                                  elected to distribute amounts allocated
                                                                       16                                  under section 106(d)(1) of the Housing
                                                                       17                                  and Community Development Act of 1974
                                                                       18                                  (42 U.S.C. 5306(d)(1)).
                                                                       19                         (2) USE OF FUNDS.—
                                                                       20                                  (A) IN GENERAL.—A State, unit of general
                                                                       21                         local government, entity designated by a unit of
                                                                       22                         general local government, or Indian Tribe that
                                                                       23                         receives an allocation under paragraph (1),




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                                                                       24                         whether directly or indirectly, may use that al-
                                                                       25                         location—


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                                                                         1                                         (i) to provide funding to a small busi-
                                                                         2                                 ness emergency fund established by that
                                                                         3                                 State (or entity designated thereby), that
                                                                         4                                 unit of general local government (or entity
                                                                         5                                 designated thereby), that entity designated
                                                                         6                                 by a unit of general local government, or
                                                                         7                                 that Indian Tribe (or entity designated
                                                                         8                                 thereby), respectively;
                                                                         9                                         (ii) to provide funding to support or-
                                                                       10                                  ganizations that provide technical assist-
                                                                       11                                  ance to eligible entities; or
                                                                       12                                          (iii) subject to subparagraph (B), to
                                                                       13                                  pay for administrative costs incurred by
                                                                       14                                  that State (or entity designated thereby),
                                                                       15                                  that unit of general local government (or
                                                                       16                                  entity designated thereby), that entity des-
                                                                       17                                  ignated by a unit of general local govern-
                                                                       18                                  ment, or that Indian Tribe (or entity des-
                                                                       19                                  ignated thereby), respectively, in estab-
                                                                       20                                  lishing and administering a small business
                                                                       21                                  emergency fund.
                                                                       22                                  (B) LIMITATION.—A State, unit of general
                                                                       23                         local government, entity designated by a unit of




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                                                                       24                         general local government, or Indian Tribe may
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                                                                         1                        ceived under paragraph (1) for a purpose de-
                                                                         2                        scribed in subparagraph (A)(iii) of this para-
                                                                         3                        graph.
                                                                         4                                 (C) OBLIGATION DEADLINES.—
                                                                         5                                         (i) STATES.—Of the amounts that a
                                                                         6                                 State              elects               under                  paragraph
                                                                         7                                 (1)(C)(ii)(I)(bb) to reserve for use by the
                                                                         8                                 State under this paragraph—
                                                                         9                                                  (I) any amounts that the State
                                                                       10                                          provides to a small business emer-
                                                                       11                                          gency fund under subparagraph (A)(i)
                                                                       12                                          of this paragraph shall be obligated by
                                                                       13                                          the small business emergency fund for
                                                                       14                                          expenditure not later than 74 days
                                                                       15                                          after the date on which the State re-
                                                                       16                                          ceived the amounts from the Sec-
                                                                       17                                          retary under clause (i) or (ii) of para-
                                                                       18                                          graph (1)(A); and
                                                                       19                                                   (II) any amounts that the State
                                                                       20                                          chooses to provide to an organization
                                                                       21                                          under subparagraph (A)(ii) of this
                                                                       22                                          paragraph, or to use to pay for ad-
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                                                                       24                                          (A)(iii) of this paragraph, shall be ob-
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                                                                         1                                         not later than 74 days after the date
                                                                         2                                         on which the State received the
                                                                         3                                         amounts from the Secretary under
                                                                         4                                         clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (1)(A).
                                                                         5                                         (ii) ENTITLEMENT                        COMMUNITIES.—

                                                                         6                                 Of the amounts that an entitlement com-
                                                                         7                                 munity receives from the Secretary under
                                                                         8                                 paragraph (1)(B)(i)(I)—
                                                                         9                                                  (I) any amounts that the entitle-
                                                                       10                                          ment community provides to a small
                                                                       11                                          business emergency fund under sub-
                                                                       12                                          paragraph (A)(i) of this paragraph
                                                                       13                                          shall be obligated by the small busi-
                                                                       14                                          ness emergency fund for expenditure
                                                                       15                                          not later than 74 days after the date
                                                                       16                                          on which the entitlement community
                                                                       17                                          received the amounts; and
                                                                       18                                                   (II) any amounts that the entitle-
                                                                       19                                          ment community chooses to provide to
                                                                       20                                          an organization under subparagraph
                                                                       21                                          (A)(ii) of this paragraph, or to use to
                                                                       22                                          pay for administrative costs under
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                                                                       24                                          graph, shall be obligated by the enti-
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                                                                         1                                         not later than 74 days after the date
                                                                         2                                         on which the entitlement community
                                                                         3                                         received the amounts.
                                                                         4                                         (iii)          NONENTITLEMENT                          COMMU-

                                                                         5                                 NITIES.—Of              the amounts that a unit of
                                                                         6                                 general local government, or an entity des-
                                                                         7                                 ignated thereby, located in a nonentitle-
                                                                         8                                 ment area receives from a State under
                                                                         9                                 paragraph (1)(C)(ii)(I)(aa)—
                                                                       10                                                   (I) any amounts that the unit of
                                                                       11                                          general local government or entity
                                                                       12                                          provides to a small business emer-
                                                                       13                                          gency fund under subparagraph (A)(i)
                                                                       14                                          of this paragraph shall be obligated by
                                                                       15                                          the small business emergency fund for
                                                                       16                                          expenditure not later than 60 days
                                                                       17                                          after the date on which the unit of
                                                                       18                                          general local government or entity re-
                                                                       19                                          ceived the amounts; and
                                                                       20                                                   (II) any amounts that the unit of
                                                                       21                                          general local government or entity
                                                                       22                                          chooses to provide to a support orga-
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                                                                       24                                          this paragraph or to use to pay for
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                                                                         1                                         graph (A)(iii) of this paragraph shall
                                                                         2                                         be obligated by the unit of general
                                                                         3                                         local government or entity for expend-
                                                                         4                                         iture not later than 60 days after the
                                                                         5                                         date on which the unit of general local
                                                                         6                                         government or entity received the
                                                                         7                                         amounts.
                                                                         8                                 (D)          RECOVERY                    OF            UNOBLIGATED

                                                                         9                        FUNDS.—If               a State, entitlement community,
                                                                       10                         other unit of general local government, entity
                                                                       11                         designated by a unit of general local govern-
                                                                       12                         ment, or small business emergency fund fails to
                                                                       13                         obligate amounts by the applicable deadline
                                                                       14                         under subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall re-
                                                                       15                         cover the amount of those amounts that remain
                                                                       16                         unobligated, as of that deadline.
                                                                       17                                  (E) COLLABORATION.—It is the sense of
                                                                       18                         Congress that—
                                                                       19                                          (i) an entitlement community that re-
                                                                       20                                  ceives amounts allocated under paragraph
                                                                       21                                  (1)(B)(i)(I) should collaborate with the ap-
                                                                       22                                  plicable local entity responsible for eco-
                                                                       23                                  nomic development and small business de-




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                                                                         1                                 istering a small business emergency fund;
                                                                         2                                 and
                                                                         3                                         (ii) States, units of general local gov-
                                                                         4                                 ernment (including units of general local
                                                                         5                                 government located inside and outside non-
                                                                         6                                 entitlement areas), and Indian Tribes that
                                                                         7                                 receive amounts under paragraph (1) and
                                                                         8                                 are located in the same region should col-
                                                                         9                                 laborate in establishing and administering
                                                                       10                                  small business emergency funds.
                                                                       11               (d) SMALL BUSINESS EMERGENCY FUNDS.—With
                                                                       12 respect to a small business emergency fund that receives
                                                                       13 funds from an allocation made under subsection (c)—
                                                                       14                         (1) if the small business emergency fund makes
                                                                       15               a loan to an eligible entity with those funds, the
                                                                       16               small business emergency fund may use amounts re-
                                                                       17               turned to the small business emergency fund from
                                                                       18               the repayment of the loan to provide further assist-
                                                                       19               ance to eligible entities without regard to the termi-
                                                                       20               nation date described in subsection (i); and
                                                                       21                         (2) the small business emergency fund shall
                                                                       22               conduct outreach to eligible entities that are less
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                                                                       24               the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat.
                                                                       25               281) and the amendments made by that Act, includ-


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                                                                         1              ing minority-owned entities, businesses in low-in-
                                                                         2              come communities, businesses in rural and Tribal
                                                                         3              areas, and other businesses that are underserved by
                                                                         4              the traditional banking system.
                                                                         5              (e) INFORMATION GATHERING.—
                                                                         6                        (1) IN GENERAL.—When providing assistance
                                                                         7              to an eligible entity with funds received from an allo-
                                                                         8              cation made under subsection (c), the entity pro-
                                                                         9              viding assistance shall—
                                                                       10                                  (A) inquire whether the eligible entity is—
                                                                       11                                          (i) in the case of an eligible entity
                                                                       12                                  that is a business entity or a nonprofit or-
                                                                       13                                  ganization, a women-owned entity or a mi-
                                                                       14                                  nority-owned entity; and
                                                                       15                                          (ii) in the case of an eligible entity
                                                                       16                                  who is an individual, a woman or a minor-
                                                                       17                                  ity; and
                                                                       18                                  (B) maintain a record of the responses to
                                                                       19                         each inquiry conducted under subparagraph
                                                                       20                         (A), which the entity shall promptly submit to
                                                                       21                         the applicable State, unit of general local gov-
                                                                       22                         ernment, or Indian Tribe.
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                                                                         1              (f) REPORTING.—
                                                                         2                        (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after
                                                                         3              the date on which a State, unit of general local gov-
                                                                         4              ernment, or Indian Tribe initially receives an alloca-
                                                                         5              tion made under subsection (c), and not later than
                                                                         6              14 days after the date on which that State, unit of
                                                                         7              local government, or Indian Tribe completes the full
                                                                         8              expenditure of that allocation, that State, unit of
                                                                         9              general local government, or Indian Tribe shall sub-
                                                                       10               mit to the Secretary a report that includes—
                                                                       11                                  (A) the number of recipients of assistance
                                                                       12                         made available from the allocation;
                                                                       13                                  (B) the total amount, and type, of assist-
                                                                       14                         ance made available from the allocation;
                                                                       15                                  (C) to the extent applicable, with respect
                                                                       16                         to each recipient described in subparagraph
                                                                       17                         (A), information regarding the industry of the
                                                                       18                         recipient, the amount of assistance received by
                                                                       19                         the recipient, the annual sales of the recipient,
                                                                       20                         and the number of employees of the recipient;
                                                                       21                                  (D) to the extent available from informa-
                                                                       22                         tion collected under subsection (e), information
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                                                                         1                        ties, minorities, women, and women-owned enti-
                                                                         2                        ties;
                                                                         3                                 (E) the zip code of each recipient described
                                                                         4                        in subparagraph (A); and
                                                                         5                                 (F) any other information that the Sec-
                                                                         6                        retary, in the sole discretion of the Secretary,
                                                                         7                        determines to be necessary to carry out the
                                                                         8                        Program.
                                                                         9                        (2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—As soon as is prac-
                                                                       10               ticable after receiving each report submitted under
                                                                       11               paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make the infor-
                                                                       12               mation contained in the report, including all of the
                                                                       13               information described in subparagraphs (A) through
                                                                       14               (F) of that paragraph, publicly available.
                                                                       15               (g) RULES AND GUIDANCE.—The Secretary, in con-
                                                                       16 sultation with the Administrator, shall issue any rules and
                                                                       17 guidance that are necessary to carry out the Program, in-
                                                                       18 cluding by establishing appropriate compliance and report-
                                                                       19 ing requirements, in addition to the reporting require-
                                                                       20 ments under subsection (f).
                                                                       21               (h) APPROPRIATION.—There are appropriated to the
                                                                       22 Secretary for fiscal year 2020, out of amounts in the
                                                                       23 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $50,500,000,000 to




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                                                                       25 the termination date described in subsection (i).


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                                                                         1              (i) TERMINATION.—The Program, and any rules and
                                                                         2 guidance issued under subsection (g) with respect to the
                                                                         3 Program, shall terminate on the date that is 1 year after
                                                                         4 the date of enactment of this Act.
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