To amend the Small Business Act to provide that certain chambers of commerce and destination marketing organizations are eligible for loans under the paycheck protection program, and for other purposes.

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7397.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. SPANO, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 166, No. 119, June 29, 2020, Page H2672):
  Article 1, Section 8
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record June 29, 2020 ↗

  Evidence

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  20 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 7397, 116th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/hr/7397

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 20, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

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  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.

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