Title 15 › Chapter 116— CORONAVIRUS ECONOMIC STABILIZATION (CARES ACT) › Subchapter III— ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AND ASSISTANCE TO SEVERELY DISTRESSED SECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY › Part A— Coronavirus Economic Stabilization › § 9063
All authority to make new loans, loan guarantees, or other investments under this part ends on December 31, 2020, unless the law says otherwise. Loans or loan guarantees that were already active under the listed parts of the program on that date can be changed or reworked, but they cannot be forgiven. If a loan from a specific part of the program is changed, its total term cannot be stretched past five years from the original start date. After December 31, 2020, the Federal Reserve and its banks may not make new loans or buy assets through any program that is the same as a program in which the Treasury made an investment, except that the Main Street Lending Program may buy a participation in a loan submitted to its lender portal by December 14, 2020 if the participation is bought by January 8, 2021 and on the same terms as when it was submitted. The Federal Reserve cannot change program terms or move money into new programs, but it may modify individual eligible loans or assets to protect taxpayers if the change is for a single eligible borrower or asset and is needed to avoid default costs. The Treasury fund under 31 U.S.C. 5302 may be used as allowed, but it cannot be used to recreate those same programs, except the Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility is allowed.
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15 U.S.C. § 9063
Title 15 — Commerce and Trade
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Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60