S. 3709, LIFE NOW Act
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Senate bill 3709 of the 116th Congress, 2D Session, is the LIFE NOW Act, a bill to increase the eligibility of nonprofit organizations for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program, and for other purposes. Loeffler introduced it on May 13, 2020 with Lankford, Rounds, and Cramer, and it was referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. During the covered period, any nonprofit organization shall be eligible to receive a covered loan. Under a section titled Prohibition on Funding for Abortions, no entity, including an affiliate, subsidiary, successor, or clinic thereof, that provides abortions shall be eligible to receive a covered loan, with exceptions for a hospital and for an abortion described in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020.
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“S. 3709, LIFE NOW Act.”
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 3709
To increase the eligibility of nonprofit organizations for loans under the
Paycheck Protection Program, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MAY 13, 2020
Mrs. LOEFFLER (for herself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. ROUNDS, and Mr. CRAMER)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
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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25 thereof, that provides abortions shall be el-
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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