Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Support Baseball in Communities Act”.
Support Baseball in Communities Act
A BILL
To amend the Small Business Act to provide that Major League Baseball franchises will be prohibited from receiving loans under the Paycheck Protection Program under certain circumstances, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Eligibility for certain assistance
Paycheck protection program— Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(vii) Limitation for Major League Baseball teams—Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, if Major League Baseball reduces the number of Minor League Baseball teams that are affiliated with a Major League Baseball team, no Major League Baseball team shall be eligible to receive a covered loan.”
CARES Act programs— Notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation, if Major League Baseball reduces the number of Minor League Baseball teams that are affiliated with a Major League Baseball team, no Major League Baseball team shall be eligible to receive assistance under any program carried out under—
title IV of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136); or
any of the amendments made by that title.
Retroactive effect— This section, and the amendments made by this section, shall take effect as if enacted on the date of enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136).