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handle is hein.crs/govespy0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Small Business Administration's Continuity of Pandemic Program Oversight March 6, 2025 Since the implementation of COVID-19 pandemic relief programs, Congress has expressed interest in the oversight of these programs. Oversight has been conducted by both the Small Business Administration's (SBA's) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) as well as the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee (PRAC). Congress created PRAC through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act (P.L. 116-136) to conduct and support oversight of the federal government's pandemic response. PRAC is scheduled to sunset on September 30, 2025. Among Inspectors General removed from their positions in January was SBA Inspector General (IG) Hannibal Mike Ware, sworn in May 24, 2018, following his confirmation by the U.S. Senate during the first Trump Administration. IG Ware's tenure coincided with the initial rollout of SBA's pandemic relief programs, which have obligated over $950 billion. For more information about the removal of IGs, see CRS In Focus IF11546, Removal ofInspectors General: Rules, Practice, and Considerations for Congress. Congress may be interested in the continuity of pandemic relief program oversight in light of IG Ware's removal and the forthcoming sunset of PRAC. SBA's Pandemic Response SBA's implemented pandemic relief through various programs including: * the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which offered forgivable loans up to $10 million; * COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs), which offered an expanded version of one of SBA's existing disaster loan programs; * Emergency EIDL Advances, which offered COVID EIDL applicants $1,000 per employee, up to $10,000, for use while SBA processed EIDL applications, and which did not require repayment; Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN12521 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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