[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4446 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4446

 To waive affiliation rules under the paycheck protection program for 
Tribal business concerns with the same employer identification number, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 2020

Mr. Bennet (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced 
the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 
                 on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

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                                 A BILL


 
 To waive affiliation rules under the paycheck protection program for 
Tribal business concerns with the same employer identification number, 
                        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 ``Tribal Business Access to PPP Act''.

SEC. 2. WAIVER OF AFFILIATION RULES UNDER THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION 
              PROGRAM FOR TRIBAL BUSINESS CONCERNS WITH SAME EIN.

    Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(36)(D)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (v), by striking ``, veterans organization, 
        or Tribal business concern'' and inserting ``or veterans 
        organization''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(vii) No affiliation between tribal 
                        business concerns based on shared ein.--During 
                        the covered period, for purposes of determining 
                        eligibility for a covered loan, affiliation 
                        shall not be found under section 121.103 of 
                        title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, or any 
                        successor regulation, between Tribal business 
                        concerns described in section 31(b)(2)(C) based 
                        solely on a shared employer identification 
                        number.''.
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