(a) Business loan program

Section 3(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

(10) Nonprofit child care providers

(A) Definition

In this paragraph, the term covered nonprofit child care provider means an organization—

(i)

that—

(I)

is in compliance with licensing requirements for child care providers of the State in which the organization is located;

(II)

is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code;

(III)

is primarily engaged in providing child care for children from birth to compulsory school age; and

(IV)

is in compliance with the size standards established under this subsection for business concerns in the applicable industry;

(ii)

for which each employee and regular volunteer complies with the criminal background check requirements under section 658H(b) of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858f(b));

(iii)

that may—

(I)

provide care for school-age children outside of school hours or outside of the school year; or

(II)

offer preschool or prekindergarten educational programs; and

(iv)

subject to any exemption under Federal law applicable to the organization, that certifies to the Administrator that the organization will not discriminate in any business practice, including providing services to the public, on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, or national origin.

(B) Eligibility for certain loan programs

(i) In general

Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, a covered nonprofit child care provider shall be deemed to be a small business concern for purposes of loans and financings under section 7(a).

(ii) Prohibition on direct lending

A loan or financing to a covered nonprofit child care provider made under the authority under clause (i) shall be made in cooperation with banks, certified development companies, or other financial institutions through agreements to participate on a deferred (guaranteed) basis. The Administrator is prohibited from making a direct loan or financing or entering an agreement to participate on an immediate basis for a loan or financing made to a covered nonprofit child care provider under the authority under clause (i).

(iii) Loan guarantee

A covered nonprofit child care provider—

(I)

shall obtain a guarantee of timely payment of the loan or financing from another person or entity to be eligible for such loan or financing of more than $500,000 under the authority under clause (i); and

(II)

may not be required to obtain a guarantee of timely payment of the loan or financing to be eligible for such loan or financing that is not more than $500,000 under the authority under clause (i).

(C) Limitations

(i) Basis for ineligibility

The Administrator may not determine that a covered nonprofit child care provider is not eligible for a loan or financing described in subparagraph (B)(i) on the basis that the covered nonprofit child care provider is associated with an entity whose activities are protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as interpreted by the courts of the United States.

(ii) Use of funds

A covered nonprofit child care provider receiving a loan or financing described in subparagraph (B)(i) may not use the proceeds of the loan or financing for a religious activity protected under the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, as interpreted by the courts of the United States.

(b) 504 program

Section 502 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 696) is amended—

(c) Reporting