,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hfbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #af1        
#bjbj,mr4 ,david ,scott of ,georgia     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,small   
,business  ,a ,,bill  ,to permit        
payments for certain business software  
or cloud computing services as allowable
 uses of a loan made under the ,paycheck
 ,protection ,program of the ,small     
,business ,administration4  #a4         
,additional eligible expenses  7a7      
,allowable use of ,,ppp loan ,section   
#g7;a77#cf77;,f77i7 of the ,small       
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fcf7;a77#cf77;,f77i77 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subclause 7,,vi71 by striking and at
 the end2  7#b7 in subclause 7,,vii71 by
 striking the period at the end and     
inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding at 
the end the following3  7,,viii7 covered
 operations expenditures1 as defined in 
section #aajf7;a7 of the ,,cares ,act   
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ijje7;a774  4  7b7 ,loan

 forgiveness ,section #aajf of the      
,,cares ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ijje7 is   
amended-- 7#a7 in subsection 7a7-- 7,a7 
by redesignating paragraphs 7#c7 through
 7#h7 as paragraphs 7#d7 through 7#i71  
respectively2  7,b7 by inserting after  
paragraph 7#b7 the following3  7#c7 the 
term covered operations expenditure     
means a payment for any business        
software or cloud computing service that
 facilitates business operations1       
product or service delivery1 the        
processing1 payment1 or tracking of     
payroll expenses1 human resources1 sales
 and billing functions1 or accounting or
 tracking of supplies1 inventory1       
records and expenses2  2 and  7,c7 in   
paragraph 7#h71 as so redesignated-- 7i7
 in subparagraph 7,c71 by striking and  
at the end2 and  7ii7 by adding at the  
end the following3  7,e7 covered        
operations expenditures2 and  2  7#b7 in
 subsection 7b71 by adding at the end   
the following3  7#e7 ,any covered       
operations expenditure4  2  7#c7 in     

subsection 7d77#h71 by inserting any    
payment on any covered operations       
expenditure1 after rent obligation12    
7#d7 in subsection 7e7-- 7,a7 in        
paragraph 7#b71 by inserting payments on
 covered operations expenditures1 after 
lease obligations12 and  7,b7 in        
paragraph 7#c77;,b71 by inserting make  
payments on covered operations          
expenditures1 after rent obligation12   
and  7#e7 in subsection 7h71 by         
inserting payments on covered operations
 expenditures1 after lease obligations1 
each place it appears4