Tuesday, January 5, 2021
On Sunday, December 27, 2020, President Donald Trump signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (the “Act”). The Act combines a $1.4 trillion omnibus appropriations bill for the Federal Government for Fiscal Year 2021 and $900 billion of relief in response to the SARS-CoV-2 (“COVID-19”) pandemic.
The Act extends several critical CARES Act programs that had been due to expire on December 31, 2020, including the Paycheck Protection Program (the “PPP”) and unemployment assistance. It also clarifies rules and procedures developed by the various governmental agencies that implemented the CARES Act during the summer and fall of 2020. Finally, it adds a few new programs that may be of assistance to certain hospitality employers.
Contributing authors: Diana Kim, Kaitlyn M. Baietto
Certain provisions of the Coronavirus/COVID-19 economic stimulus legislation are subject to the issuance of government regulations and other government action; thus, certain details regarding the legislation may be clarified or added.
On December 27, 2020, a new relief bill was passed into law intended to provide much-needed economic support to assist businesses in making it through this winter. The bill, known as the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021” (Act), allocates over $284 billion in funding to the Small Business Administration (SBA)‒Business Loans Program Account, which covers several relief programs. One of the programs is the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was first introduced under the CARES Act
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On December 27, the President signed the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (Act) addressing changes to the rules regarding PPP loans, including making a supplemental PPP loan available to many PPP borrowers and increasing the types of business expenses that can be forgiven.
Among many other changes discussed in detail below, the Act provides the following key changes in regard to the PPP program:
– Funding to allow the hardest-hit small businesses to receive a second forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan (Second Draw Loan).