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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2675
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
August 7, 2021
Mr. Cardin (for himself, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Murkowski, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Ernst, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Cassidy, Ms. Stabenow, and Mrs. Hyde-Smith) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship
A BILL
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to increase appropriations to Restaurant Revitalization Fund, and for other purposes.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Continuing Emergency Support for Restaurants Act
.
Appropriations for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund
In general
Section 5003(b)(2) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c(b)(2)) is amended—
in subparagraph (A)—
by striking $28,600,000,000
and inserting $76,600,000,000
; and
by inserting , of which $280,000,000 shall be for administrative expenses to carry out this section and $20,000,000 shall be for the Inspector General of the Small Business Administration for audits of grants under this section to investigate fraud and to identify ineligible recipients, and for other necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector General
before the period at the end; and
in subparagraph (B)(i)(II), by striking $23,600,000,000
and inserting $71,300,000,000
.
Emergency designation
In general
The amounts provided under the amendments made by subsection (a) are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
Designation in Senate
In the Senate, the amendments made by subsection (a) are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.