Montana State Legislature

EAIC BRIEFINGS/ACTIONS ON COVID-19 ISSUES

Small Business Administration (Montana District) Updates

• Paycheck Protection Program Data for Montana
  Through 4/13/2020 ;  Through 5/1/2020; Through 7/25/2020
  As of 8/10/2020: 23,908 loans in Montana valued at $1.78 billion.
• Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) and Advances: 4/24/20 ; 7/25/2020
  Montana - 9,815 EIDL loans for $531,428,600 (through 9/14/2020)
  Montana - 17,234 advances for $51,221,000 (through 7/15/2020)

EAIC  Letter  to the SBA (4/15/20)

U.S. Department of Agriculture Updates

• Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (1st Level)
• Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (2nd Level)

Montana COVID Impacts

• Economic Updates - Pat Barkey 6/30/20  Presentation
• Unemployment Updates: 9/10/2020 website, claim filings
• Tourism Updates 4/9/20, 6/30/20, Survey  Information

Executive Orders:
-- on  Hospital Loans from MT Facility Finance Authority
-- on Housing  Evictions
-- on Travel  Quarantine

AGENCY-RELATED IMPACTS

• Agriculture: CARES Act Grants for Agriculture and Meat Processors - September Maps - June Agriculture  Map, June Meat Processors  Map
• Commerce: CARES Act State Grants and Website
• Labor and Industry: Unemployment Benefit Flow, April Distributions, Minneapolis Fed Handout

• Department of Labor and Industry Unemployment Filings Showing Closure Impacts

• Livestock: EAIC Letters to  USDA ,  FSIS 

• Montana State Fund:  Press Release

BUSINESS OVERVIEWS

• Staff Briefing Papers
  -- Prospects as of April 2020
  -- Business  Liability
• Business Surveys
  --Montana  NonProfit Association Survey
  --Montana Chamber of Commerce Survey

COVID-19 Emergency Rules

• Banking:  Meetings,  Mortgage/Escrow
• Milk Disposal
• Licensing Board Memo on Interstate Licensure
• Video Gaming Machines  Penalty Waiver (DOJ)

Public Comment

• Snowy Mountain  Development Corporation
• Legal Services