Support Baseball in Communities Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4069 To amend the Small Business Act to provide that Major League Baseball franchises will be prohibited from receiving loans under the Paycheck Protection Program under certain circumstances, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 25, 2020 Mr. DAINES introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation A BILL To amend the Small Business Act to provide that Major League Baseball franchises will be prohibited from re- ceiving loans under the Paycheck Protection Program under certain circumstances, 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 ‘‘Support Baseball in 4 Communities Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN ASSISTANCE. 6 (a) PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.—Section 7 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:03 Jul 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4069.IS S4069 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4069 IS 636(a)(36)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 1 lowing: 2 ‘‘(vii) LIMITATION FOR MAJOR 3 LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAMS.—Notwith- 4 standing any other provision of this para- 5 graph, if Major League Baseball reduces 6 the number of Minor League Baseball 7 teams that are affiliated with a Major 8 League Baseball team, no Major League 9 Baseball team shall be eligible to receive a 10 covered loan.’’. 11 (b) CARES ACT PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding any 12 other provision of law or regulation, if Major League 13 Baseball reduces the number of Minor League Baseball 14 teams that are affiliated with a Major League Baseball 15 team, no Major League Baseball team shall be eligible to 16 receive assistance under any program carried out under— 17 (1) title IV of the CARES Act (Public Law 18 116–136); or 19 (2) any of the amendments made by that title. 20 (c) RETROACTIVE EFFECT.—This section, and the 21 amendments made by this section, shall take effect as if 22 enacted on the date of enactment of the CARES Act (Pub- 23 lic Law 116–136). 24 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:03 Jul 05, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4069.IS S4069 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS