Small Business Relief From Communicable Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2020 2020-02-28 Introduced in House Small Business Relief From Communicable Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2020

This bill expands the definition of a disaster for which the Small Business Administration (SBA) may provide disaster loans to small business concerns to include communicable diseases for which the government issues a travel alert or travel warning, and it authorizes the SBA to make interest free disaster loans to small businesses affected by a disaster for which the government issues a public health emergency.

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