,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhaf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ab1 #bjbj,mr4  
,gonzalez of ,ohio 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,joyce of ,ohio1 ,mr4 ,la,hood1 ,mrs4   
,murphy of ,florida1 and ,mr4 ,wenstrup7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on ,small
 ,business  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the    
,,cares ,act to provide additional time 
for employers to maximize their loan    
forgiveness under the paycheck          
protection program1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,promoting          
,flexibility for ,small ,business       
,owners ,act4  #b4 ,additional time to  
maximize loan forgiveness under the     
paycheck protection program ,section    
#aajf of the ,,cares ,act 7,public ,law 
#aaf-acf7 is amended-- 7#a7 in          
subsection 7a77#c71 by striking the     
#h-week period beginning on and         
inserting the following3 the #ab-week   
period beginning on the date that is the

 earlier of-- 7,a7 the date selected by 
the borrower2 or  7,b7 the date that is 
#cj days after  2 and  7#b7 in          
subsection 7d77#e7-- 7,a7 in            
subparagraph 7,b7-- 7i7 in clause       
7i77,,ii71 by striking ,june #cj1 #bjbj 
and inserting ,july #ca1 #bjbj2 and     
7ii7 in clause 7ii77,,ii71 by striking  
,june #cj1 #bjbj and inserting ,july    
#ca1 #bjbj2 and  7,b7 by adding at the  
end the following new subparagraph3     
7,c7 ,extension  7i7 ,in general ,the   
,administrator1 in coordination with the
 ,secretary of the ,treasury1 may extend
 the deadlines described in clauses     
7i77,,ii7 and 7ii77,,ii7 of subparagraph
 7,b7 for entities within certain       
industry categories1 as determined by   
the ,administrator in accordance with   
the ,north ,american ,industry          
,classification ,system codes4  7ii7    
,criteria ,when making a determination  
whether to extend a deadline under      
clause 7i71 the ,administrator shall    
consider-- 7,i7 the restrictions on the 

operations of the industry category     
imposed by ,federal1 ,state1 or local   
governments based on ,,covid-#ai2       
7,,ii7 industry category revenue as     
compared to industry category revenue at
 the same time in prior years2  7,,iii7 
unemployment levels in the industry     
category as compared to unemployment    
levels in the industry category in prior
 years2 and  7,,iv7 such other criteria 
as determined by the ,administrator1 in 
consultation with the ,secretary of the 
,treasury1 to be appropriate4  4