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    <constitutionalAuthorityStatementText><![CDATA[<pre>[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 12, 2020)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [<a href="https://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]By Mr. GREEN of Texas:H.R. 6818.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Commerce Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause 3--providesCongress with the power to regulate commerce with foreignnations and among the states, including the use of thechannels of interstate commerce, the instrumentalities ofinterstate commerce, or persons or things in interstatecommerce.Necessary and Proper Clause: Article 1, Section 8, clause18--allows Congress the power to make all laws that arenecessary and proper for executing its enumerated powers andall other powers vested by the Constitution in the U.S.Government.[Page H1993]</pre>]]></constitutionalAuthorityStatementText>
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        <fullName>Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9]</fullName>
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        <fullName>Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>This bill requires the Small Business Administration, in making loan guarantees under the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to guarantee that employers with 25 or fewer employees shall receive at least 50% of all loan dollars.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>To amend the CARES Act to provide for the prioritization of applications from certain small businesses seeking Payroll Protection Program loans through the Small Business Administration.</title>
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      <text>Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.</text>
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