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<item congress="116" measure-type="s" measure-number="3709" measure-id="id116s3709" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2020-05-13" update-date="2020-06-11">
<title>LIFE NOW Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id116s3709v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2020-06-11">
<action-date>2020-05-13</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Limiting Infant Fatality and Empowering Nonprofit Organization Workforces or the LIFE NOW Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).</p> <p>Specifically, the bill expands the program to encompass any nonprofit organization regardless of size, and it strikes the affiliation requirements applicable to nonprofit organizations and veterans organizations.</p> <p>The bill also makes any entity that provides abortions ineligible to receive a paycheck protection loan. An exception is allowed for abortions performed at hospitals or if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest or endangers the life of the mother.</p>]]></summary-text>
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