S. 2675IntroducedCOMMERCE
Continuing Emergency Support for Restaurants Act
Accounting and auditing · Appropriations · Business expenses
Sponsor
Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD]
D · MD
Key facts
Introduced: Aug 7, 2021
Chamber: Senate
Cosponsors: 30
Congress: 117th
Latest action · Mar 30, 2022
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Summary
Continuing Emergency Support for Restaurants Act
This bill provides an additional $48 billion in FY2021 for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund and designates specified amounts for fund administrative expenses and audits of grants made from the fund. The fund was established in response to COVID-19 to make grants to eligible food and beverage purveyors for covering specified costs such as payroll, operational expenses, and paid sick leave.
The bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
Summary by Congressional Research Service.
Timeline
- Mar 30, 2022Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
- Mar 30, 2022Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 117-243.
- Aug 7, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.
- Aug 7, 2021Introduced in Senate
Cosponsors
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] R-MS
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] D-NY
- Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK] R-AK
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] D-WA
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] R-IA
- Sen. Sinema, Kyrsten [D-AZ] D-AZ
- Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] R-LA
- Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] D-MI
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] R-MS
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] D-RI
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] D-MN
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] D-MD
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] D-VA
- Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV] D-NV
- Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] I-ME
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] D-CT
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] D-CT
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] D-MI
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] R-ME
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] D-HI
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] D-NH
- Sen. Blunt, Roy [R-MO] R-MO
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] D-CO
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] D-IL
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] D-DE
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] D-IL
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] D-WA
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] D-CA
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] D-NY
- Sen. Leahy, Patrick J. [D-VT] D-VT
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