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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 522 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To ensure equal treatment for certain faith-based organizations in certain |
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| 6 | 6 | | Small Business Administration programs. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY16, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | ANN(for himself, Mr. SCHMIDT, and Mr. BABIN) introduced the |
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| 11 | 11 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To ensure equal treatment for certain faith-based organiza- |
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| 14 | 14 | | tions in certain Small Business Administration programs. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fair Assistance and 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Impartial Treatment of Help In Small Business Act’’ or 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | the ‘‘FAITH in Small Business Act’’. 6 |
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| 23 | 23 | | •HR 522 IH |
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| 24 | 24 | | SEC. 2. ENSURING EQUAL TREATMENT FOR CERTAIN 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | FAITH-BASED ORGANIZATIONS IN CERTAIN 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION PRO-3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | GRAMS. 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | The proposed rule of the Small Business Administra-5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | tion titled ‘‘Ensuring Equal Treatment for Faith-Based 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Organizations in SBA’s Loan and Disaster Assistance 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Programs’’ issued January 19, 2021, shall have the force 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | and effect of law. 9 |
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