H.R. 1799: PPP Extension Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-03-11 · Commerce · Latest: Became Public Law No: 117-6.

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Where it came from: introduced 2021-03-11 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Bourdeaux, Carolyn [D-GA-7] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 6 recorded votes in our records. Latest: Senate vote 137 (2021): On the Amendment, HR1799 (2021-03-25), Amendment Rejected. See all
Where it stands now: Became Public Law No: 117-6. (final step reached)
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Official title

PPP Extension Act of 2021

Plain summary

PPP Extension Act of 2021 This bill extends the Paycheck Protection Program, established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019), through June 30, 2021. Currently, the program is set to expire on March 31, 2021. For the final 30 days of the program (i.e., from June 1 until June 30), the Small Business Administration may only process applications submitted prior to June 1, and it may not accept any new loan applications. The bill excludes the budgetary effects of this bill from PAYGO scorecards under the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 and from Senate PAYGO scorecards.

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Official text

PPP Extension Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Bourdeaux, Carolyn [D-GA-7] · 101 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: CBO’s Estimate of the Budgetary Effects of H.R. 1799, the PPP Extension Act of 2021 (2021-03-16); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 1799, the PPP Extension Act of 2021 (2021-03-16)

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Young Kim (R-CA), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Claudia Tenney (R-NY), Angie Craig (D-MN), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Ted Budd (R-NC), Daniel Meuser (R-PA), Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC), Dwight Evans (D-PA), Pete Stauber (R-MN), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), David Kustoff (R-TN), Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR), Darrell Issa (R-CA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL), Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY), Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Ed Case (D-HI), Deborah K. Ross (D-NC), Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Nikema Williams (D-GA), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Adam Smith (D-WA), Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY), Grace Meng (D-NY), Bill Foster (D-IL), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Adriano Espaillat (D-NY), Tom Emmer (R-MN), Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL), Chris Pappas (D-NH), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Peter Welch (D-VT), Stacey E. Plaskett (D-VI), Steven Horsford (D-NV) and 41 more.

Recorded votes

House roll call 80 (2021): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR1799 (2021-03-16): Passed
Senate vote 136 (2021): On the Cloture Motion, HR1799 (2021-03-24): Cloture Motion Agreed to
Senate vote 137 (2021): On the Amendment, HR1799 (2021-03-25): Amendment Rejected
Senate vote 138 (2021): On the Amendment, HR1799 (2021-03-25): Amendment Rejected
Senate vote 139 (2021): On the Motion, HR1799 (2021-03-25): Motion Agreed to
Senate vote 140 (2021): On Passage of the Bill, HR1799 (2021-03-25): Bill Passed

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Public Law)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-117hr1799.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/117/hr>

Record fed-us-cong117-hr1799 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117