,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #ciib  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ag1     
#bjbj,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,scott of ,south ,carolina1 and ,mr4    
,rubio7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,small ,business and     
,entrepreneurship  ,a ,,bill  ,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 program1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,eligibility for chambers
 of commerce and destination marketing  
organizations for loans under the       
paycheck protection program ,section    
#g7;a77#cf77;,d7 of the ,small ,business
 ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcf7;a77#cf77;,d77
 is amended-- 7#a7 in clause 7v71 by    
inserting or whether an entity described
 in clause 7vii7 employs not more than  
#cjj employees1 after clause 7i77,i712  
and  7#b7 by adding at the end the      

following3  7vii7 ,eligibility for      
certain chambers of commerce and        
destination marketing organizations     
7,i7 ,in general ,during the covered    
period-- 7aa7 any chamber of commerce   
that is described in section            
#eja7;c77#f7 of the ,internal ,revenue  
,code and that is exempt from taxation  
under section #eja7;a7 of such ,code    
shall be eligible to receive a covered  
loan if the chamber of commerce employs 
not more than #cjj employees2 and  7bb7 
any destination marketing organization  
shall be eligible to receive a covered  
loan if the destination marketing       
organization employs not more than #cjj 
employees and-- 7,,aa7 is described in  
section #eja7;c7 of the ,internal       
,revenue ,code and is exempt from       
taxation under section #eja7;a7 of such 
,code2 or 7,,bb7 is a quasi-governmental
 entity or is a political subdivision of
 a ,state or local government1 including
 any instrumentality of those entities4 
7,,ii7 ,rule of construction ,nothing in

 this clause shall be construed to      
provide eligibility for trade           
associations for covered loans4  4