H.R. 7211, LIFE NOW Act
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H.R. 7211, the LIFE NOW Act, is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on June 15, 2020 by Mr. Hice of Georgia. Its stated purpose is to increase the eligibility of nonprofit organizations for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program. Section 2 amends section 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small Business Act by striking nonprofit organization from clauses (i) and (v) and by striking clause (vi) and inserting a new clause (vi), Eligibility for Nonprofit Organizations, which applies during the covered period.
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“H.R. 7211, LIFE NOW Act.”
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 7211
To increase the eligibility of nonprofit organizations for loans under the
Paycheck Protection Program, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 15, 2020
Mr. HICE of Georgia (for himself, Mr. BANKS, Mr. CARTER of Georgia, Mr.
COLLINS of Georgia, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. CURTIS, Mr. FLORES, Mr.
GOSAR, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. MOONEY
of West Virginia, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. YOHO, Mr. ALLEN, and Mr.
FERGUSON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Small Business
A BILL
To increase the eligibility of nonprofit organizations for loans
under the Paycheck Protection Program, 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 ‘‘Limiting Infant Fatal-
5 ity and Empowering Nonprofit Organization Workforces’’
6 or the ‘‘LIFE NOW Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION
2 PROGRAM.
3 (a) ELIGIBILITY OF ALL NONPROFIT ORGANIZA-
4 TIONS FOR LOANS.—Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small
5 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(D)) is amended—
6 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘nonprofit organi-
7 zation,’’ each place that term appears;
8 (2) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘nonprofit organi-
9 zation,’’; and
10 (3) by striking clause (vi) and inserting the fol-
11 lowing:
12 ‘‘(vi) ELIGIBILITY FOR NONPROFIT
13 ORGANIZATIONS.—During the covered pe-
14 riod, any nonprofit organization shall be el-
15 igible to receive a covered loan.’’.
16 (b) PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS.—
17 Section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
18 636(a)(36)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
19 lowing:
20 ‘‘(S) PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR
21 ABORTIONS.—
22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro-
23 vided in clause (ii), no entity, including an
24 affiliate, subsidiary, successor, or clinic
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26 igible to receive a covered loan.
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1 ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—Clause (i) shall
2 not apply to—
3 ‘‘(I) a hospital, as defined in sec-
4 tion 1861(e) of the Social Security
5 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(e)); or
6 ‘‘(II) an abortion described in
7 section 507(a) of division A of the
8 Further Consolidated Appropriations
9 Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94).’’.
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