A bill to ensure that no cost reduction or cash refund is due under certain transportation cost-reimbursement contracts on the basis of the forgiveness of certain covered loans, and for other purposes.

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.

S.3711 through Congress

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SenateFeb 28, 2022IntroducedOfficial record

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Separate related House measures (2)

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Related House bill: H.R.4350 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Related House bill: H.R.7838 Paycheck Protection Program Fairness for Engineering Services Act

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Official summary

Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 28, 2022

This bill exempts until June 30, 2025, certain contractors that receive federal highway or public transportation funding from having to adjust costs associated with their contracts to account for loan forgiveness through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). (The PPP provided small businesses with loans for payroll and other costs to respond to the COVID-19 emergency with loan forgiveness under certain conditions.)

Under current law, a contractor with a cost-reimbursable contract must reduce costs or provide cash refunds to the Department of Transportation (or a state department of transportation) if the contractor receives or accrues any income, rebate, allowance, or other credit relating to an allowable contract cost, which includes PPP loan forgiveness.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] · R–IN

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Environment and Public Works Committee

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Feb 28, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Feb 28, 2022
Introduced in Senate

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Discuss S.3711, 117th Congress: A bill to ensure that no cost reduction or cash refund is due under certain transportation cost-reimbursement contracts on the basis of the forgiveness of certain covered loans, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3711

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2022-02-28.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/s3711/BILLS-117s3711is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-09-08T18:12:22Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Analyze S.3711 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.

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Discuss S.3711, 117th Congress: A bill to ensure that no cost reduction or cash refund is due under certain transportation cost-reimbursement contracts on the basis of the forgiveness of certain covered loans, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3711

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2022-02-28.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/s3711/BILLS-117s3711is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-09-08T18:12:22Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

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Discuss S.3711, 117th Congress: A bill to ensure that no cost reduction or cash refund is due under certain transportation cost-reimbursement contracts on the basis of the forgiveness of certain covered loans, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3711

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2022-02-28.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/s3711/BILLS-117s3711is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-09-08T18:12:22Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

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Discuss S.3711, 117th Congress: A bill to ensure that no cost reduction or cash refund is due under certain transportation cost-reimbursement contracts on the basis of the forgiveness of certain covered loans, and for other purposes.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/3711

Text version to examine: Introduced in Senate · 2022-02-28.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/117/bills/s3711/BILLS-117s3711is.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2026-09-08T18:12:22Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

Read the official text before answering. If you cannot access it, say so and ask me to provide it; do not assume a link means you have read the document. Distinguish proposals from enacted law, cite sources, and separate facts, interpretation, and uncertain predictions. Include counterarguments even when using a particular perspective.

Examine S.3711 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.