,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ajdg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #be1    
#bjba,mr4 ,marshall 7for himself1 ,mr4  
,hickenlooper1 and ,ms4 ,ernst7         
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 allow      
certain ranchers and farmers categorized
 as partnerships to use an alternative  
calculation for a maximum loan amount   
under the paycheck protection program1  
and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,ppp ,flexibility for ,farmers and     
,ranchers ,act4  #b4 ,partnership       
paycheck protection program loan        
calculation as farmer or rancher  7a7   
,in general ,section                    
#g7;a77#cf77,v77i77,i7 of the ,small    
,business ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4           
#fcf7;a77#cf77,v77i77,i77 is amended by 
inserting is a partnership1 after       

independent contractor14  7b7 ,effective
 date2 ,applicability  7#a7 ,in general 
,except as provided in paragraph 7#b71  
the amendment made by subsection 7a7    
shall be effective as if included in the
 ,,cares ,act 7,public ,law #aaf-acf2   
#acd ,stat4 #bha7 and shall apply to any
 loan made pursuant to section          
#g7;a77#cf7 of the ,small ,business ,act
 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcf7;a77#cf77 before1  
on1 or after the date of enactment of   
this ,act1 including forgiveness of such
 a loan4  7#b7 ,exclusion of loans      
already forgiven ,the amendments made by
 subsection 7a7 shall not apply to a    
loan made pursuant to section           
#g7;a77#cf7 of the ,small ,business ,act
 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #fcf7;a77#cf77 for which
 the borrower received forgiveness      
before the date of enactment of this    
,act under section #aajf of the ,,cares 
,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ijje74