# 116-hr-6475: To amend the Small Business Act to expand eligibility for the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

116-hr-6475, To amend the Small Business Act to expand eligibility for the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes., is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX); status Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-6475
- Congress: 116
- Title: To amend the Small Business Act to expand eligibility for the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- Introduced: 2020-04-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9] (D-TX)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

This bill expands eligibility for the Paycheck Protection Program, through which the Small Business Administration may temporarily guarantee certain loans to small businesses during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, to include (1) financial businesses primarily engaged in the business of lending, and (2) legal gambling businesses.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Perlmutter, Ed [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- WM. CLAY (D-MO), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] (D-MS), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-12] (D-NY), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gonzalez, Vicente [D-TX-34] (D-TX), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sherman, Brad [D-CA-32] (D-CA), 2020-04-24T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-8015: Delivering for America Act
- 116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020
- 116-hr-6820: Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020
- 116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act
- 116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act
- 116-hr-1980: Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-6475 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/6475)

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- [116-hr-7197: RESTAURANTS Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7197)
- [116-hr-6820: Emergency Rental Assistance and Rental Market Stabilization Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6820)
- [116-hr-2420: National Museum of the American Latino Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2420)
- [116-hr-2382: USPS Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-2382)
- [116-hr-1980: Smithsonian Women’s History Museum Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1980)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6475 (as of 2025-11-18).