[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 194 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S7929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 4419. Ms. ROSEN (for herself, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Duckworth, and Mr. 
Rubio) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 
3867 submitted by Mr. Reed and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 
4350, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military 
activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and 
for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe 
military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the end of subtitle D of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 844. SMALL BUSINESS LOANS FOR NONPROFIT CHILD CARE 
                   PROVIDERS.

       Section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(10) Nonprofit child care providers.--
       ``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `covered 
     nonprofit child care provider' means an organization--
       ``(i) that--

       ``(I) is in compliance with licensing requirements for 
     child care providers of the State in which the organization 
     is located;
       ``(II) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 
     Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) 
     of such Code; and
       ``(III) is primarily engaged in providing child care for 
     children from birth to compulsory school age;

       ``(ii) for which each employee and regular volunteer 
     complies with the criminal background check requirements 
     under section 658H(b) of the Child Care and Development Block 
     Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858f(b)); and
       ``(iii) that may--

       ``(I) provide care for school-age children outside of 
     school hours or outside of the school year; or
       ``(II) offer preschool or prekindergarten educational 
     programs.

       ``(B) Eligibility for loan programs.--Notwithstanding any 
     other provision of this subsection, a covered nonprofit child 
     care provider shall be deemed to be a small business concern 
     for purposes of any program under this Act or the Small 
     Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) under 
     which--
       ``(i) the Administrator may make loans to small business 
     concerns;
       ``(ii) the Administrator may guarantee timely payment of 
     loans to small business concerns; or
       ``(iii) the recipient of a loan made or guaranteed by the 
     Administrator may make loans to small business concerns.''.
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