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SENATE 255117th CongressSubmitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote. (consideration: CR S3931; text: CR S3933-3934)

A resolution designating May 2021 as "ALS Awareness Month".

Last Action
5/28/2021

Actions

  • 2021-02-04Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • 2021-02-04Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2021-02-04 (00)

Real Economic Support That Acknowledges Unique Restaurant Assistance Needed To Survive Act of 2021 or the RESTAURANTS Act of 2021

This bill temporarily establishes and provides funding for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, from which the Department of the Treasury shall make grants to eligible food and beverage purveyors to cover specified costs such as payroll, operational expenses, and paid sick leave.

For the grant program's initial period, Treasury must (1) prioritize awarding grants to marginalized and underrepresented communities, and (2) only award grants to eligible food and beverage purveyors with annual revenues of less than $1.5 million in 2019. For tax purposes, grant amounts are excluded from the recipient's gross income.

An entity that received a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) may not apply for or use a restaurant revitalization grant for the same expenses for which the entity received the paycheck protection loan. Further, a grant applicant may request an additional amount to cover the cost of providing 10 days of paid sick leave to its employees.

Treasury must report a list of grant recipients with the amount each recipient received, as well as demographics and other specified information.

Cosponsors (20)

  • Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ)
  • Bill Cassidy (R-LA)
  • Christopher Coons (D-DE)
  • Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
  • Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
  • Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
  • Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
  • Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
  • Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
  • Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
  • Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
  • Michael Bennet (D-CO)
  • Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
  • Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
  • Richard Durbin (D-IL)
  • Gary Peters (D-MI)
  • Ron Wyden (D-OR)
  • Edward Markey (D-MA)
  • Patty Murray (D-WA)
  • Mazie Hirono (D-HI)

Subjects

  • Appropriations
  • Business expenses
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Child care and development
  • Congressional oversight
  • Corporate finance and management
  • Economic performance and conditions
  • Educational facilities and institutions
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Employee leave
  • Financial services and investments
  • Food industry and services
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government trust funds
  • Income tax exclusion
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Minority and disadvantaged businesses
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