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<dc:title>118 HR 8581 IH: Disaster Loan Forgiveness Act</dc:title>
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<dc:date>2024-05-31</dc:date>
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<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code><congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">H. R. 8581</legis-num><current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber><action display="yes"><action-date date="20240531">May 31, 2024</action-date><action-desc><sponsor name-id="B001285">Ms. Brownley</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HSM00">Committee on Small Business</committee-name></action-desc></action><legis-type>A BILL</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To amend the Small Business Act to provide for cancellation or repayment for certain Small Business Administration disaster loans, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body id="HB0AA3980786B4F3B933353FC3BBF06CB" style="OLC">
<section id="HBA03EF98C7194468B201C8915255DC23" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Disaster Loan Forgiveness Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section id="HD12D04B938F34D879DE1E04D7D1E8E9F" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header>Cancellation or repayment for certain Small Business Administration disaster loans</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/636">15 U.S.C. 636(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> 
<paragraph id="H471B182196ED4A1D8613DD07E1B03A9E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating the second paragraph (16) (relating to statute of limitations) as paragraph (17); and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H613DC40E27274618B5D264662AFBA47B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (17), as so redesignated, the following new paragraph:</text> 
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<paragraph id="HCB1A01CBA87C4A76BF56A52E3B4604E8"><enum>(17)</enum><header>Cancellation or repayment for certain loans</header> 
<subparagraph id="H31B73FCBDB3E44F3A3AD096E4DF2EC8B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Administrator may cancel or repay an amount described under subparagraph (B) of the balance of interest and principal due on a loan made under paragraph (1)(A) for a borrower described in such subparagraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H636110084FA9498DB88AD69DD5088AEC"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amounts</header><text>The amounts described under this paragraph are as follows:</text> 
<clause id="H284F6786E9F44B5EBA86113FAE17D91E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>With respect to borrower who is an individual—</text> <subclause id="H2847893A2AAA46789A252D73EAAA3ED8"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with an income less than or equal to 400 percent of the poverty line applicable to the borrower's family size as determined in accordance with section 673(2) of the Community Services Block Grant Act, 100 percent of such balance; and</text></subclause> 
<subclause id="H64FA9E643FE34C99A7E5965E448B7C4E"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">with an income greater than 400 percent of such poverty line and less than $250,000, 50 percent of such balance.</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="H4508DE471C2244A6A9E2295DB7F545AD"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>With respect to a borrower that is a small business concern or a small nonprofit organization (as defined by the Administrator), not more than 50 percent of such balance.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section> 
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