Senate Bill 4954
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Simplifying PPP Forgiveness Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Dec 3, 2020
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
4954
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
This bill revises the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), to simplify the application process for loan forgiveness and to establish or certify an online calculator that allows loan recipients to (1) estimate the amount of forgiveness for which they are eligible, and (2) assist with their loan forgiveness applications.
December 3, 2020
12/03/2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
12/03/2020
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Jan 11, 2023 1:43:50 PM