House Bill 6040
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Small Business Relief From Communicable Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced in House on Feb 28, 2020
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
6040
Congress
116
Policy Area
Commerce
Commerce
Primary focus of measure is business investment, development, regulation; small business; consumer affairs; competition and restrictive trade practices; manufacturing, distribution, retail; marketing; intellectual property. Measures concerning international competitiveness and restrictions on imports and exports may fall under Foreign Trade and International Finance policy area.
No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Small Business Relief From Communicable Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2020
This bill expands the definition of a disaster for which the Small Business Administration (SBA) may provide disaster loans to small business concerns to include communicable diseases for which the government issues a travel alert or travel warning, and it authorizes the SBA to make interest free disaster loans to small businesses affected by a disaster for which the government issues a public health emergency.
February 28, 2020
02/28/2020
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
02/28/2020
Introduced in House
Public Record
Record Updated
Mar 2, 2022 4:13:00 PM