[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4069 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4069

 To amend the Small Business Act to provide that Major League Baseball 
 franchises will be prohibited from receiving loans under the Paycheck 
Protection Program under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 25, 2020

  Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
   referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Small Business Act to provide that Major League Baseball 
 franchises will be prohibited from receiving loans under the Paycheck 
Protection Program under certain circumstances, 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 ``Support Baseball in Communities 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN ASSISTANCE.

    (a) Paycheck Protection Program.--Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
                            ``(vii) Limitation for major league 
                        baseball teams.--Notwithstanding any other 
                        provision of this paragraph, if Major League 
                        Baseball reduces the number of Minor League 
                        Baseball teams that are affiliated with a Major 
                        League Baseball team, no Major League Baseball 
                        team shall be eligible to receive a covered 
                        loan.''.
    (b) CARES Act Programs.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or regulation, if Major League Baseball reduces the number of Minor 
League Baseball teams that are affiliated with a Major League Baseball 
team, no Major League Baseball team shall be eligible to receive 
assistance under any program carried out under--
            (1) title IV of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136); or
            (2) any of the amendments made by that title.
    (c) Retroactive Effect.--This section, and the amendments made by 
this section, shall take effect as if enacted on the date of enactment 
of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
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