A bill to provide COVID relief for restaurants, gyms, minor league sports teams, border businesses, live venue service providers, exclave businesses, and providers of transportation services.
Small Business COVID Relief Act of 2022
This bill provides support for restaurants and other businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Specifically, the bill provides additional funding for the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide grants to support the ongoing operations of eligible restaurants and similar establishments. The SBA must report weekly and biweekly information about grant applications, awards, and denials.
Additionally, the bill funds grants to support other eligible businesses impacted by the pandemic, including
A business may receive a grant under only one program.
The bill also establishes procedures for the SBA to implement and provide administrative support for these grant programs. The SBA must institute an oversight and audit plan to review the use of grants under these programs.
Further, the bill provides additional funding for grants to support eligible transportation service providers.
Finally, the bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
Introduced in Senate
Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 344.
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S2534)
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S2534)
Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S2607, S2611-2616)
Cloture on the motion to proceed not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 52 - 43. Record Vote Number: 192. (CR S2614)
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.