LIFE NOW Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3709 To increase the eligibility of nonprofit organizations for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 13, 2020 Mrs. LOEFFLER (for herself, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. ROUNDS, and Mr. CRAMER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship A BILL To increase the eligibility of nonprofit organizations for loans under the Paycheck Protection Program, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Limiting Infant Fatal- 4 ity and Empowering Nonprofit Organization Workforces’’ 5 or the ‘‘LIFE NOW Act’’. 6 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:59 May 30, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3709.IS S3709 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3709 IS SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION 1 PROGRAM. 2 (a) ELIGIBILITY OF ALL NONPROFIT ORGANIZA- 3 TIONS FOR LOANS.—Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small 4 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(D)) is amended— 5 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘nonprofit organi- 6 zation,’’ each place that term appears; 7 (2) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘nonprofit organi- 8 zation,’’; and 9 (3) by striking clause (vi) and inserting the fol- 10 lowing: 11 ‘‘(vi) ELIGIBILITY FOR NONPROFIT 12 ORGANIZATIONS.—During the covered pe- 13 riod, any nonprofit organization shall be el- 14 igible to receive a covered loan.’’. 15 (b) PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS.— 16 Section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 17 636(a)(36)) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 18 lowing: 19 ‘‘(S) PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR 20 ABORTIONS.— 21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro- 22 vided in clause (ii), no entity, including an 23 affiliate, subsidiary, successor, or clinic 24 thereof, that provides abortions shall be el- 25 igible to receive a covered loan. 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:59 May 30, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3709.IS S3709 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 3709 IS ‘‘(ii) EXCEPTIONS.—Clause (i) shall 1 not apply to— 2 ‘‘(I) a hospital, as defined in sec- 3 tion 1861(e) of the Social Security 4 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(e)); or 5 ‘‘(II) an abortion described in 6 section 507(a) of division A of the 7 Further Consolidated Appropriations 8 Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94).’’. 9 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:59 May 30, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3709.IS S3709 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS