HR 6789 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID–19 Crisis Act of 2020

Fact sheet

Latest action · May 8, 2020 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedMay 8, 2020
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID-19 Crisis Act of 2020

This bill eases certain restrictions on credit unions regarding liquidity and lending.

The bill extends waivers applicable to National Credit Union Administration Central Liquidity Facility membership and credit-extension restrictions through December 31, 2021. These waivers currently expire on December 31, 2020. (The National Credit Union Administration Central Liquidity Facility serves as a lender to credit unions that are experiencing certain liquidity shortfalls.)

The bill also temporarily provides credit unions with an exception to limits on outstanding member business loans. Specifically, a loan does not count towards this limit if (1) it is used for recovery from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency, (2) it is made by an insured credit union that has received a specified soundness rating, (3) it is made during a specified time period, and (4) it does not threaten the safety and soundness of the insured credit union.

Cosponsors 18

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from May 8, 2020 to Oct 16, 2020, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalMay 8, 2020
R-PABrian K. FitzpatrickOriginalMay 8, 2020
D-MDDavid J. TroneOriginalMay 8, 2020
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalMay 8, 2020
D-CAJ. Luis CorreaOriginalMay 8, 2020
R-NJJefferson Van DrewOriginalMay 8, 2020
D-COJoe NeguseOriginalMay 8, 2020
D-CAMaxine WatersOriginalMay 8, 2020
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalMay 8, 2020
D-TXVicente GonzalezOriginalMay 8, 2020
D-NHAnn M. KusterJul 27, 2020
D-OREarl BlumenauerJul 27, 2020
D-CTJahana HayesJul 27, 2020
D-ORKurt SchraderJul 27, 2020
D-MOWm. Lacy ClayJul 27, 2020

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 8, 2020Introduced in House
  2. May 8, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 3676Access to Credit for Small Businesses Impacted by the COVID–19 Crisis Act of 2020Identical billMay 11, 2020

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. May 8, 2020Introduced in House

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