Senate Bill 3531
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Small Business Relief From Communicable Disease Induced Economic Hardship Act of 2020
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Mar 18, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3531
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 Senate 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.
March 18, 2020
03/18/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
03/18/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Feb 9, 2022 1:25:27 AM