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S. 1690, Keeping Our Promise to Small Businesses Act

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S. 1690, the Keeping Our Promise to Small Businesses Act, is a bill introduced in the Senate on May 18, 2021 by Ms. Rosen and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Its stated purpose is to provide direct appropriations for processing applications for the paycheck protection program. Section 2 appropriates such sums as may be necessary for the cost of processing applications for loans under paragraph (36) or (37) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act that were submitted on or before May 4, 2021. It also appropriates $5,000,000,000, for the cost of guaranteed loans to eligible entities that submit an application on or before May 31, 2021 and have not more than 100 employees, among other conditions.

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                                                                     117TH CONGRESS
                                                                        1ST SESSION
                                                                                                            S. 1690
                                                                       To provide direct appropriations for processing applications for the paycheck
                                                                                       protection program, and for other purposes.




                                                                                 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
                                                                                                     MAY 18, 2021
                                                                        Ms. ROSEN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
                                                                                         to the Committee on Appropriations




                                                                                                               A BILL
                                                                       To provide direct appropriations for processing applications
                                                                      for 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 ‘‘Keeping Our Promise
                                                                       5 to Small Businesses Act’’.
                                                                       6     SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS FOR PAYCHECK PROTECTION

                                                                       7                             PROGRAM.

                                                                       8              (a) APPROPRIATIONS.—There is appropriated, out of
                                                                       9 amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to



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                                                                       1                        (1) such sums as may be necessary under the
                                                                       2              heading ‘‘Small Business Administration—Business
                                                                       3              Loans Program Account, CARES Act’’ for the cost
                                                                       4              of processing applications for loans under paragraph
                                                                       5              (36) or (37) of section 7(a) of the Small Business
                                                                       6              Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) that were submitted on or
                                                                       7              before May 4, 2021; and
                                                                       8                        (2) $5,000,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Small
                                                                       9              Business Administration—Business Loans Program
                                                                     10               Account, CARES Act’’ for the cost of guaranteed
                                                                     11               loans under paragraph (36) or (37) of section 7(a)
                                                                     12               of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) pro-
                                                                     13               vided to eligible entities that—
                                                                     14                                  (A) submit an application for such a loan
                                                                     15                         on or before May 31, 2021;
                                                                     16                                  (B) have not more than 100 employees;
                                                                     17                         and
                                                                     18                                  (C) are located in a State that, as of
                                                                     19                         March 1, 2021, had an unemployment rate of
                                                                     20                         not less than 6 percent.
                                                                     21               (b) PREFERENCE.—In guaranteeing loans using
                                                                     22 amounts appropriated under subsection (a)(2), the Admin-
                                                                     23 istrator of the Small Business Administration shall give




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                                                                       1 a preference to eligible entities that are women-, minority-
                                                                       2 , or veteran-owned.
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