Keeping Our Promise to Small Businesses Act
Summary
Keeping Our Promise to Small Businesses Act This bill provides additional funding to the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the Paycheck Protection Program, which was established to assist small businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. Specifically, the bill provides the additional funding for the cost of processing loan applications that were submitted on or before May 4, 2021; and providing guaranteed loans to eligible entities that apply on or before May 31, 2021, have no more than 100 employees, and are located in a state with an unemployment rate of at least 6%. In guaranteeing the new loans, the SBA must give a preference to entities that are women-, minority-, or veteran-owned.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
May 2021
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced May 18, 2021
Last action May 18, 2021
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Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
2
Key actions
0
Committee
1
May 18, 2021
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
upper
May 18, 2021
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Jacky Rosen
DDemocratic
Co
Brian Schatz
DDemocratic
Co
Jeff Merkley
DDemocratic
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