Coronavirus and the Deathcare Profession
April 10, 2020
Call to Action! Your Help is Needed Now!
When Congress drafted and passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and. Economic Security (CARES) Act last month, it precluded non-profit cemeteries registered under 501(c)(13) as eligible borrowers under the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the new small business lending program created by the legislation. In response, ICCFA is advocating that Congress include 501(c)(13) cemeteries in the PPP when the Senate considers supplementing the program in future legislation.
We have sent a letter outlining the issue to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA), and Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-NY). We ask that ICCFA members also send the letter to their individual Member of Congress and utilize any personal contacts for the following key Members.
This discussion is currently taking place as congressional leaders seek a compromise on how to provide additional funding to businesses and organizations impacted by COVID-19. Please make your outreach as soon as possible.
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
- Senate Committee on Finance
- House Small Business Committee
- House Ways and Means Committee
Rubio, Marco (FL), Chairman
Risch, James E. (ID)
Paul, Rand (KY)
Scott, Tim (SC)
Ernst, Joni (IA)
Inhofe, James M. (OK)
Young, Todd (IN)
Kennedy, John (LA)
Romney, Mitt (UT)
Hawley, Josh (MO)
Cardin, Benjamin L. (MD), Ranking Member
Cantwell, Maria (WA)
Shaheen, Jeanne (NH)
Markey, Edward J. (MA)
Booker, Cory A. (NJ)
Coons, Christopher A. (DE)
Hirono, Mazie K. (HI)
Duckworth, Tammy (IL)
Rosen, Jacky (NV)
For the contact information for your representative, including email, please visit www.senate.gov
Grassley, Chuck (IA), Chairman
Crapo, Mike (ID)
Roberts, Pat (KS)
Enzi, Michael B. (WY)
Cornyn, John (TX)
Thune, John (SD)
Burr, Richard (NC)
Portman, Rob (OH)
Toomey, Patrick J. (PA)
Scott, Tim (SC)
Cassidy, Bill (LA)
Lankford, James (OK)
Daines, Steve (MT)
Young, Todd (IN)
Sasse, Ben (NE)
Wyden, Ron (OR), Ranking Member
Stabenow, Debbie (MI)
Cantwell, Maria (WA)
Menendez, Robert (NJ)
Carper, Thomas R. (DE)
Cardin, Benjamin L. (MD)
Brown, Sherrod (OH)
Bennet, Michael F. (CO)
Casey, Robert P. (PA)
Warner, Mark R. (VA)
Whitehouse, Sheldon (RI)
Hassan, Margaret Wood (NH)
Cortez Masto, Catherine (NV)
For the contact information for your representative, including email, please visit www.senate.gov
Nydia M. Velázquez (D-N.Y.), Chairwoman
Abby Finkenauer (D-Iowa)
Jared Golden (D-Maine)
Andy Kim (D-N.J.)
Jason Crow (D-Colo.)
Sharice Davids (D-Kan.)
Judy Chu (D-Calif.)
Marc Veasey (D-Texas)
Dwight Evans (D-Pa.)
Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)
Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.)
Antonio Delgado (D-N.Y.)
Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.)
Angie Craig (D-Minn.)
Steve Chabot (R-Ohio), Ranking Member
Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen (R-A.S.)
Troy Balderson (R-Ohio)
Kevin Hern (R-Okla.)
Jim Hagedorn (R-Minn.)
Pete Stauber (R-Minn.)
Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.)
Ross Spano (R-Fla.)
John Joyce (R-Pa.)
Dan Bishop (R-N.C.)
For the contact information for your representative, including email, please visit www.house.gov
Richard E. Neal (D-Mass.), Chairman
John Lewis (D-Ga.)
Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas)
Mike Thompson (D-Calif.)
John B. Larson (D-Conn.)
Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.)
Ron Kind (D-Wis.)
Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.)
Danny K. Davis (D-Ill.)
Linda T. Sánchez (D-Calif.)
Brian Higgins (D-N.Y.)
Terri A. Sewell (D-Ala.)
Suzan DelBene (D-Wash.)
Judy Chu (D-Calif.)
Gwen Moore (D-Wis.)
Dan Kildee (D-Mich.)
Brendan F. Boyle (D-Pa.)
Donald S. Beyer Jr. (D-Va.)
Dwight Evans (D-Pa.)
Brad Schneider (D-Ill.)
Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.)
Jimmy Panetta (D-Calif.)
Stephanie Murphy (D-Fla.)
Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.)
Steven Horsford (D-Nev.)
Kevin Brady (R-Texas), Ranking Member
Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)
Vern Buchanan (R-Fla.)
Adrian Smith (R-Neb.)
Kenny Marchant (R-Texas)
Tom Reed (R-N.Y.)
Mike Kelly (R-Pa.)
George Holding (R-N.C.)
Jason Smith (R-Mo.)
Tom Rice (R-S.C.)
David Schweikert (R-Ariz.)
Jackie Walorski (R-Ind.)
Darin LaHood (R-Ill.)
Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio)
Jodey C. Arrington (R-Texas)
Drew Ferguson (R-Ga.)
Ron Estes (R-Kan.)
For the contact information for your representative, including email, please visit www.house.gov