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Small Businesses and COVID-19: Relief and

Assistance Resources



Updated July 28, 2020
This CRS Insight presents selected websites and CRS products potentially relevant to small businesses
that are directly affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID- 19) pandemic and seeking economic
relief and assistance.
For an analysis of the small business provisions in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
(CARES) Act, enacted on March 27, 2020, see CRS Report R46284, COVID-19 Relief Assistance to
Small Businesses: Issues and Policy Options.
For businesses interested in supporting COVID-19 mobilization efforts, see CRS Insight Ni 1419,
COVID-19: Selected Federal Resources for Businesses Seeking to Assist with Research and
Manufacturing Efforts.
For a list of CRS products related to COVID-19, see the CRS COVID-19 Resources page.


Selected Resources

Small Business Administration
The Small Business Administration's (SBA's) Coronavirus (COVID-19) resource page provides
information on new assistance programs, such as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) (a loan program
established by the CARES Act). PPP loans may be forgiven under certain conditions. The SBA briefly
stopped accepting new PPP loan applications on April 15, 2020, before restiming on April 27, 2020,
following enactment of the PPP and the Health Care Enhancement Act. A subsequent bill extended the
PPP loan period from June 30, 2020 to August 8, 2020.
SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) are low-interest loans available to eligible small businesses;
the CARES Act also established the Emergency EIDL Grant program to provide EIDL advance payments
of up to $10,000, which do not need to be repaid. The SBA stopped accepting COVID-1 9-related EIDL
and Emergency EIDL grant applications on April 15, 2020, because the SBA was approaching its disaster
loan assistance credit subsidy limit. The SBA began accepting new EIDL and Emergency EIDL grant
applications on a limited basis on May 4, 2020, to accommodate agricultural businesses that were

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