,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dbah  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,july #bj1     
#bjbj,mr4 ,tillis introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,banking1
 ,housing1 and ,urban ,affairs  ,a      
,,bill  ,to temporarily prevent emerging
 growth companies from losing their     
status during the ,,covid-#ai pandemic1 
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,coronavirus ,,egc ,extension ,act4  #b4
 ,extension of emerging growth company  
designation  7a7 ,in general ,any issuer
 that was an emerging growth company    
during the entire period beginning on   
,march #ac1 #bjbj1 and ending on the    
date of enactment of this ,act shall be 
deemed an emerging growth company until 
the later of-- 7#a7 the date that is #a 
year after the date of enactment of this
 ,act2  7#b7 the end of the incident    
period for the emergency declared by the
 ,president under section #eja7;b7 of   

the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster     
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eaia7;b77 with respect  
to the ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai      
7,,covid-#ai72 and  7#c7 the date on    
which the issuer would cease being an   
emerging growth company absent the      
application of this section4  7b7       
,definitions ,in this section1 the terms
 emerging growth company and issuer have
 the meanings given those terms in      
section #c of the ,securities ,exchange 
,act of #aicd 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #gh;c74