[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3994 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3994

 To prohibit participation of persons convicted of certain felonies in 
 programs of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 9, 2023

   Ms. Van Duyne (for herself, Mr. Bean of Florida, and Mr. Alford) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Small Business

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prohibit participation of persons convicted of certain felonies in 
 programs of the Small Business Administration, 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 ``Stop Funding Rioters Act''.

SEC. 2. PERSONS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN FELONIES INELIGIBLE FOR SMALL 
              BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ASSISTANCE.

    No person convicted of an offense relating to a misdemeanor or 
felony assault of a law enforcement officer, or convicted of a felony 
for actions during or in connection with a riot that resulted in the 
destruction of a small business concern (as defined in section 3 of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)), shall be eligible to receive any 
assistance from or through, or participate in, any program administered 
by the Small Business Administration.
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