[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 561 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 561

  To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
  issue rules or guidance on the ability of borrowers to use economic 
      injury disaster loan proceeds for covered worker protection 
                 expenditures, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2021

Mr. Lieu (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Suozzi, Mr. Case, Miss Rice 
 of New York, and Ms. Craig) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to 
  issue rules or guidance on the ability of borrowers to use economic 
      injury disaster loan proceeds for covered worker protection 
                 expenditures, 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 ``Reopen Small Businesses Safely 
Act''.

SEC. 2. USE OF ECONOMIC INJURY DISASTER LOAN PROCEEDS FOR COVERED 
              WORKER PROTECTION EXPENDITURES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 10 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Small Business 
Administration shall issue such rules or guidance necessary to ensure 
that a borrower of a loan made under section 7(b)(2) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)) may use the proceeds of such loan 
for covered worker protection expenditures (as defined in section 7A(a) 
of the Small Business Act).
    (b) Applicability.--This Act shall apply to a loan made under 
section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2))--
            (1) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act; or
            (2) before the date of the enactment of this Act that is in 
        repayment on such date of the enactment.
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