To temporarily extend participation in the 8(a) program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes.

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7586 To temporarily extend participation in the 8(a) program of the Small Business Administration, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 13, 2020 Mr. EVANS (for himself and Mr. SPANO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To temporarily extend participation in the 8(a) program of the Small Business Administration, 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. EXTENSION OF PARTICIPATION IN 8(a) PRO- 3 GRAM. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small 5 Business Administration shall ensure that a small busi- 6 ness concern participating in the program established 7 under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 8 637) on or before March 13, 2020, may elect to extend 9 such participation by a period of 1 year, regardless of 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:00 Aug 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7586.IH H7586 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7586 IH whether such concern previously elected to suspend par- 1 ticipation in such program pursuant to guidance of the 2 Administrator. 3 (b) EMERGENCY RULEMAKING AUTHORITY.—Not 4 later than 15 days after the date of enactment of this sec- 5 tion, the Administrator shall issue regulations to carry out 6 this section without regard to the notice requirements 7 under section 553(b) of title 5, United States Code. 8 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 03:00 Aug 07, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7586.IH H7586 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS