Paycheck Protection Loan Program Borrower Information Form and Lender's Application for Loan Guaranty
Revision of a currently approved collection
No
Emergency
07/26/2021
07/19/2021
Requested
Previously Approved
6 Months From Approved
09/30/2021
44,384,854
37,002,166
12,947,044
9,935,129
565,596,195
355,220,794
Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636) authorizes the Small Business Administration to guarantee loans made by banks or other financial institutions to qualified small businesses in the 7(a) Loan Program. The regulations covering this loan program at 13 CFR Part 120 require loan applicants and lenders to provide certain information that is used to determine program eligibility and compliance. CARES Act PL 116-136 will also cover this program.
July 19, 2021
Susan Minson
SBA Desk Officer
Office of Management and Budget
Dear Ms. Minson:
Pursuant to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) procedures in 5 CFR Part 1320, SBA requests emergency review of revisions to the collection of information for the Paycheck Protection Program Loan Program (PPP Loan Program). This information collection (OMB Control Number 3245-0407) is currently approved under emergency proceedings until September 30, 2021. This request for emergency processing, includes a request for waiver of the requirement
to publish the 60-day and 30-day public comment notices in the Federal Register. SBA is requesting approval to implement changes to loan forgiveness forms SBA Form 3508, Paycheck Protection Program, Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508, SBA Form 3508EZ, Paycheck Protection Program, PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508EZ, and SBA Form 3508S, Paycheck Protection Program, PPP Loan Forgiveness Application Form 3508S. Among other things, the three forms were revised as follows:
⢠To reflect changes made to the calculation of payroll costs by Schedule C filers for PPP
purposes under the interim final rule titled âBusiness Loan Program Temporary Changes;
Paycheck Protection Program Revisions to Loan Amount Calculation and Eligibilityâ
(Loan Amount Calculation Rule).
⢠To incorporate payroll cost exclusions required by the American Rescue Plan Act. (P.L.
117-2).
⢠To delete the question (and instructions) related to the SBA Form 3509, Loan Necessity Questionnaire (For-Profit Borrowers) and SBA Form 3510, Loan Necessity Questionnaire (Non-Profit Borrowers) that SBA is requesting approval to discontinue. SBA has also made revisions to the SBA Form 3508S and Instructions, the SBA Form 3508D, and [No Form Number] Lender Reporting Requirements Concerning Requests for Loan Forgiveness to reflect changes made under the interim final rule titled âBusiness Loan Program Temporary Changes; Paycheck Protection Program â COVID Revenue Reduction Score, Direct Borrower Forgiveness Process, and Appeals Deferment.â SBA has also made a revision to [No Form Number] Lender Reporting Requirements for Loan Review related to the discontinuance of the SBA Form 3509, Loan Necessity Questionnaire (For Profit Borrowers) and SBA Form 3510, Loan Necessity Questionnaire (Non-Profit Borrowers).
Susan Minson
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Finally, SBA is requesting approval to discontinue SBA Form 3509, Loan Necessity Questionnaire (For-Profit Borrowers) and SBA Form 3510, Loan Necessity Questionnaire (Non-Profit Borrowers). The authority for the program expired on June 30, 2021. There is an urgent need to make the revised forgiveness forms available as soon as possible because (a) borrowers are continuing to apply for forgiveness and it is important that borrowers are able to use forms with the most updated information, and (b) there is a short period of time before certain borrowers will be required to begin making principal and interest payments on their loans if they have not yet applied for forgiveness with their lenders, and the changes to the SBA Form 3508S will allow the borrowers to have another alternative to submit their forgiveness applications. Therefore, given the urgent need to make the revised information collection available to the affected small businesses and
nonprofits, SBA cannot comply with the standard review and approval procedures. Accordingly, SBA is requesting that OMB review and approve the revised information collection under the emergency procedures set forth in 5 CFR 1320.13.
Sincerely,
Jihoon Kim
Director, Office of Financial Program Operations
SBA Form 3508 pdf, SBA Form 3508EZ , SBA Form 3508 Word , SBA Form 3508S Word, SBA Form 3508D Word, SBA Form 3508EZ Application Instructions pdf, SBA Form 3508 D pdf
At the time this Information Collection was last approved in March 2021, the total number of loans was estimated at approximately 8 million. Total PPP loans approved, based on SBA website data, is 11.8 million. This increase of more than 3 million in the number of PPP loans approved, and hence the number of and cost burden associated with application forms and forgiveness forms, has increased burden hours.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding the proposed collection of information, that the certification covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.