S.Amdt. 1940

SA 1940. Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Ms. Ernst) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4049, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2021 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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SEC. ___. SMALL BUSINESS LOANS FOR NONPROFIT CHILD CARE
PROVIDERS.

Section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(10) Nonprofit child care providers.--
``(A) Definition.--In this paragraph, the term `covered
nonprofit child care provider' means an organization--
``(i) that--

``(I) is in compliance with licensing requirements for
child care providers of the State in which the organization
is located;
``(II) is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a)
of such Code; and
``(III) is primarily engaged in providing child care for
children from birth to compulsory school age;

``(ii) for which each employee and regular volunteer
complies with the criminal background check requirements
under section 658H(b) of the Child Care and Development Block
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858f(b)); and
``(iii) that may--

``(I) provide care for school-age children outside of
school hours or outside of the school year; or
``(II) offer preschool or prekindergarten educational
programs.

``(B) Eligibility for loan programs.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of this subsection, a covered nonprofit child
care provider shall be deemed to be a small business concern
for purposes of any program under this Act or the Small
Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) under
which--
``(i) the Administrator may make loans to small business
concerns;
``(ii) the Administrator may guarantee timely payment of
loans to small business concerns; or
``(iii) the recipient of a loan made or guaranteed by the
Administrator may make loans to small business concerns.''.
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