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H.R. 7740, MICRO Business Success Act

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H.R. 7740, the MICRO Business Success Act, was introduced in the House of Representatives on July 23, 2020 by Mr. Chabot and referred to the Committee on Small Business. It would have the Small Business Administrator reserve not less than $20,000,000,000 of unobligated amounts for guaranteed loans under section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act for recipients with 10 or fewer employees. It also changes a microloan figure from $6,000,000 to $10,000,000 and adds assistance for these businesses to the Small Business Development Center provisions.

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                                                                       116TH CONGRESS
                                                                          2D SESSION
                                                                                                            H. R. 7740
                                                                       To prioritize support for small business concerns with 10 or fewer employees
                                                                           by setting aside funds and increasing access to funding and other assist-
                                                                           ance, and for other purposes.




                                                                                     IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                                                       JULY 23, 2020
                                                                               Mr. CHABOT introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                                                                                                Committee on Small Business




                                                                                                                 A BILL
                                                                       To prioritize support for small business concerns with 10
                                                                          or fewer employees by setting aside funds and increasing
                                                                          access to funding and other assistance, 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 ‘‘Microbusiness Im-
                                                                         5 provement and Coronavirus Recovery Opportunities for
                                                                         6 Business Success Act of 2020’’ or the ‘‘MICRO Business




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                                                                         1     SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESS CONCERNS WITH

                                                                         2                             10 OR FEWER EMPLOYEES.

                                                                         3              (a) PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM FUNDING AL-
                                                                         4     LOTMENT.—With respect to unobligated amounts for the

                                                                         5 cost of guaranteed loans as authorized under section
                                                                         6 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
                                                                         7 636(a)(36)) that are available on the date of the enact-
                                                                         8 ment of this Act, the Small Business Administrator shall
                                                                         9 reserve not less than $20,000,000,000 of such amounts,
                                                                       10 or            if      the        total       of    such             amounts             is   less   than
                                                                       11 $20,000,000,000, such total, for the cost of guaranteed
                                                                       12 loans made under such section to recipients with 10 or
                                                                       13 fewer employees.
                                                                       14               (b) MICROLOAN PROGRAM LOANS.—Section 7(m) of
                                                                       15 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(m)) is amended—
                                                                       16                        (1) in paragraph (3)(C), by striking ‘‘and
                                                                       17               $6,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘and $10,000,000’’; and
                                                                       18                        (2) in paragraph (4), by striking subparagraph
                                                                       19               (E).
                                                                       20               (c) DEVELOPMENT COMPANY ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
                                                                       21      MENT OBJECTIVE.—Section 501(d)(3) of the Small Busi-

                                                                       22 ness Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695(d)(3)) is
                                                                       23 amended—
                                                                       24                        (1) in subparagraph (K), by striking the ‘‘or’’




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                                                                       25               at the end;


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                                                                         1                       (2) in subparagraph (L), by striking the period
                                                                         2              at the end and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and
                                                                         3                       (3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
                                                                         4              paragraph:
                                                                         5                                 ‘‘(M) expansion of small business concerns
                                                                         6                       with 10 or fewer employees.’’.
                                                                         7              (d) SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AS-
                                                                         8     SISTANCE.—Section 21(c)(3) of the Small Business Act

                                                                         9 (15 U.S.C. 648(c)(3)) is amended—
                                                                       10                        (1) in subparagraph (T), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
                                                                       11               the end;
                                                                       12                        (2) in first subparagraph (U), by striking the
                                                                       13               period at the end and inserting a semicolon;
                                                                       14                        (3) by redesignating the second subparagraph
                                                                       15               (U) as subparagraph (V);
                                                                       16                        (4) in subparagraph (V), as so redesignated, by
                                                                       17               striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’;
                                                                       18               and
                                                                       19                        (5) by adding the following new subparagraph:
                                                                       20                                  ‘‘(W) assisting small business concerns
                                                                       21                        with 10 or fewer employees by, in addition to
                                                                       22                        the foregoing, providing—
                                                                       23                                         ‘‘(i) information on, and assistance




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                                                                       24                                  with, obtaining financing;




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                                                                         1                                        ‘‘(ii) information on financial record
                                                                         2                                 keeping;
                                                                         3                                        ‘‘(iii) business management advice on
                                                                         4                                 topics including daily operations and staff-
                                                                         5                                 ing; and
                                                                         6                                        ‘‘(iv) technical assistance.’’.
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