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PPP Extension Act of 2021

Public Law 117-6 · H.R. 1799 · 117th Congress · began in the House

Signed by Joe Biden (D) on Mar 30, 2021 · Commerce

Sponsor: Rep. Carolyn Bourdeaux (D-GA-7)

Cosponsors (101): Rep. Young Kim,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 415 yea, 3 nay415–3
  • SenateRecorded vote: 92 yea, 7 nay92–7
Data notes

The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

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.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 117th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 415 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

415 yea3 nay11 present or did not vote

ProEstablishmentAnti
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(216)

Republicans who voted yea(199)

Data notes

The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 79 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Related bills

3 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.

  • H.R. 1840Related bill

    To amend the Small Business Act and the CARES Act to extend the covered period for the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

  • S. 723Identical bill

    PPP Extension Act of 2021

  • S. 815Related bill

    PPP Extension Act of 2021

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Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 25 actions.

  1. Mar 30, 2021Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 117-6.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. Mar 26, 2021FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  4. Mar 25, 2021FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  5. FloorFloor · Passed Senate, under the order of 3/24/2021, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 92 - 7. Record Vote Number: 140.Senate roll call 140
  6. FloorFloor · Motion to waive all applicable budgetary discipline with respect to the measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 64 - 36. Record Vote Number: 139. (CR S1797)Senate roll call 139
  7. FloorFloor · Point of order under section 404(a) of S.Con. Res. 13, 111th Congress, against the measure raised in Senate.
  8. FloorFloor · Measure laid before Senate by motion.
  9. FloorFloor · Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
  10. FloorFloor · Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S1792)
  11. Mar 24, 2021FloorFloor · Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S1746)
  12. FloorFloor · Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 4. Record Vote Number: 136. (CR S1746)Senate roll call 136
  13. Mar 18, 2021FloorFloor · Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S1641)
  14. FloorFloor · Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S1641)
  15. CalendarCalendar · Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 11.
  16. Mar 17, 2021CalendarCalendar · Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
  17. Mar 16, 2021FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  18. FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 3 (Roll no. 80).House roll call 80
  19. FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
  20. FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  21. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1799.
  22. FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
  23. FloorFloor · Ms. Velazquez moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
  24. Mar 11, 2021CommitteeCommittee · Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
  25. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in House
Data notes

Every action the Library of Congress lists for the bill, from introduction to signing, plus the dated committee hearings. The source lists many steps twice (the chamber’s own entry and the Library of Congress copy, or a presidential and a became-law entry with the same words); those are shown once. Amendments are listed in their own section.

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Amendments

8 amendments offered to the bill, with the last recorded step of each.

Where each amendment ended up

  • S.Amdt. 1409SenateSen. Tim ScottR-SC· offered Mar 25, 2021No vote recorded

    Mar 25, 2021: Senate amendment submitted

    Offered, no vote recorded

  • S.Amdt. 1408SenateSen. Lisa MurkowskiR-AK· offered Mar 24, 2021No vote recorded

    Mar 24, 2021: Senate amendment submitted

    Offered, no vote recorded

  • S.Amdt. 1406SenateSen. Roger MarshallR-KS· offered Mar 24, 2021No vote recorded

    Mar 24, 2021: Senate amendment submitted

    Offered, no vote recorded

  • S.Amdt. 1405SenateSen. Marco RubioR-FL· offered Mar 24, 2021Rejected

    To establish appropriate limitations on the Administrator of the Small Business Administration establishing new priorities for processing lender applications.

    Mar 25, 2021: Amendment SA 1405 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 138.

    Rejected

  • S.Amdt. 1404SenateSen. James RischR-ID· offered Mar 24, 2021No vote recorded

    Mar 24, 2021: Senate amendment submitted

    Offered, no vote recorded

  • S.Amdt. 1403SenateSen. Roger MarshallR-KS· offered Mar 24, 2021No vote recorded

    Mar 24, 2021: Senate amendment submitted

    Offered, no vote recorded

  • S.Amdt. 1402SenateSen. James LankfordR-OK· offered Mar 24, 2021No vote recorded

    Mar 24, 2021: Senate amendment submitted

    Offered, no vote recorded

  • S.Amdt. 1401SenateSen. John KennedyR-LA· offered Mar 23, 2021Rejected

    To prohibit paycheck protection program loans and second draw loans for applicants convicted of a felony in relation to a riot or civil disorder during the 2-year period preceding the date of the application.

    Mar 25, 2021: Amendment SA 1401 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 52. Record Vote Number: 137.

    Rejected
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Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.

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Official record

The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.