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S. 2889Senate117th Congress (2021-2023)In Committee

Save Our Stages Extension Act

Sponsored by John CornynSen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
Introduced September 29, 2021

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The Save Our Stages Extension Act changes the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to give venue operators who received pandemic‑relief grants more time to spend the money. It lets them use grant funds for costs incurred from March 1, 2020 through March 11, 2023, and it sets a deadline for returning any unspent amounts. The rule applies to any eligible person or entity that received a grant under the original program.

Key Provisions

  • Extends the period during which grant recipients can incur expenses to March 1, 2020 – March 11, 2023.
  • Requires recipients to return any grant money not spent on those costs by April 15, 2023.

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

September 29, 2021

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Introduced in Senate

September 29, 2021

SenateIntro Referral

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.

Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee

September 29, 2021

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Introduced in SenateIssued September 29, 2021

II

117th CONGRESS

1st Session

S. 2889

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

September 29, 2021

Mr. Cornyn (for himself and Ms. Klobuchar) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

A BILL

To amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 to address the timing for the use of funds with respect to grants made to shuttered venue operators.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Save Our Stages Extension Act.

2.

Grants for shuttered venue operators

Section 324(d) of title III of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

(1)

Timing

(A)

Expenses incurred

Amounts received under a grant under this section may be used for costs incurred during the period beginning on March 1, 2020, and ending on March 11, 2023.

(B)

Expenditure

An eligible person or entity shall return to the Administrator any amounts received under a grant under this section that are not expended on or before April 15, 2023, with respect to costs incurred during the period described in subparagraph (A).

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