[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3661 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 3661
To support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserve, and
for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 10, 2019
Mr. Kim (for himself and Mr. Burchett) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Small Business
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A BILL
To support entrepreneurs serving in the National Guard and Reserve, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Patriotic Employer Protection Act of
2019''.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF LOAN ASSISTANCE AND DEFERRAL ELIGIBILITY TO
RESERVISTS BEYOND PERIODS OF MILITARY CONFLICT.
(a) Small Business Act Amendments.--Section 7 of the Small Business
Act (15 U.S.C. 636) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(3)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) by striking clause (ii);
(ii) by redesignating clause (i) as clause
(ii);
(iii) by inserting before clause (ii), as
so redesignated, the following:
``(i) the term `active service' has the meaning
given that term in section 101(d)(3) of title 10,
United States Code;''; and
(iv) in clause (ii), as so redesignated, by
adding ``and'' at the end;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``being
ordered to active military duty during a period of
military conflict'' and inserting ``being ordered to
perform active service for a period of more than 30
consecutive days'';
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``active
duty'' each place it appears and inserting ``active
service''; and
(D) in subparagraph (G)(ii)(II), by striking
``active duty'' and inserting ``active service''; and
(2) in subsection (n)--
(A) in the subsection heading, by striking ``Active
Duty'' and inserting ``Active Service'';
(B) in paragraph (1)--
(i) by striking subparagraph (C);
(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and
(B) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively;
(iii) by inserting before subparagraph (B),
as so redesignated, the following:
``(A) Active service.--The term `active service'
has the meaning given that term in section 101(d)(3) of
title 10, United States Code.'';
(iv) in subparagraph (B), as so
redesignated, by striking ``ordered to active
duty during a period of military conflict'' and
inserting ``ordered to perform active service
for a period of more than 30 consecutive
days''; and
(v) in subparagraph (D), by striking
``active duty'' each place it appears and
inserting ``active service''; and
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``active
duty'' each place it appears and inserting ``active
service''.
(b) Applicability.--The amendments made by subsection (a)(1) shall
apply to an economic injury suffered or likely to be suffered as the
result of an essential employee being ordered to perform active service
(as defined in section 101(d)(3) of title 10, United States Code) for a
period of more than 30 consecutive days who is discharged or released
from such active service on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
(c) Semiannual Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, and semiannually thereafter, the President shall
submit to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Small
Business and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives a report on the number of loans made under the Military
Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and the dollar volume
of those loans. The report shall contain the subsidy rate of the
disaster loan program as authorized under section 7(b) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)) with the loans made under the Military
Reservist Economic Injury Disaster Loan program and without those loans
included.
(d) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--Section 8(l) of the Small
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637(l)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``The Administration'' and inserting the
following:
``(1) In general.--The Administration'';
(2) by striking ``(as defined in section 7(n)(1))''; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) Definition of period of military conflict.--In this
subsection, the term `period of military conflict' means--
``(A) a period of war declared by the Congress;
``(B) a period of national emergency declared by
the Congress or by the President; or
``(C) a period of a contingency operation, as
defined in section 101(a) of title 10, United States
Code.''.
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