US Congress House Bill 6897 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 21-4)
Status: Introduced on May 15 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-05-15 - Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Pending: House Small Business Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Expands the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to include certain newspaper publishers, radio stations, and television broadcasters. Specifically, such a media purveyor is eligible to receive a paycheck protection loan if (1) the individual physical location that applies for the loan does not exceed Small Business Administration size standards (up to 1,000 employees for newspaper publishers and $41.5 million in gross receipts for radio and television broadcasters); and (2) the proceeds of the loan are used to support the continued provision of local news, information, content, or emergency information. Such a recipient may not remit any portion of a paycheck protection loan to any entity other than the individual physical location that is the loan's intended recipient.

Local News and Emergency Information Act of 2020

Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]	Rep. James Sensenbrenner [R-WI]	Rep. Henry Cuellar [D-TX]	Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee [D-TX]
Rep. Vicente Gonzalez [D-TX]	Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick [R-PA]	Rep. Terri Sewell [D-AL]	Rep. Gil Cisneros [D-CA]
Rep. John Larson [D-CT]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Val Demings [D-FL]
Rep. Harley Rouda [D-CA]	Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD]	Rep. Charlie Crist [D-FL]	Rep. Eric Swalwell [D-CA]
Rep. Steve King [R-IA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Robin Kelly [D-IL]	Rep. Peter Visclosky [D-IN]
Rep. John Garamendi [D-CA]	Rep. Angela Craig [D-MN]	Rep. Ilhan Omar [D-MN]	Rep. Tom O'Halleran [D-AZ]
Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-05-15	House	Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
2020-05-15	House	Introduced in House

SB3718 (Same As) 2020-05-13 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6897/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/hr6897/BILLS-116hr6897ih.pdf