H.R. 3551, Restaurant Recovery Fairness Act of 2021
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House bill 3551, the Restaurant Recovery Fairness Act of 2021, was introduced May 25, 2021 by Ms. VAN DUYNE, with cosponsors named in the heading, and referred to the Committee on Small Business. It is a bill to amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to require increased oversight with respect to restaurant revitalization grants. Section 2 amends section 5003 of that Act so that the Administrator imposes requirements on applicants for the purpose of reducing waste, fraud, and abuse. It requires an oversight and audit plan within 45 days after enactment, and reports beginning 60 days after enactment and each month thereafter.
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“H.R. 3551, Restaurant Recovery Fairness Act of 2021.”
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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3551
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to require increased
oversight with respect to restaurant revitalization grants, and for other
purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 25, 2021
Ms. VAN DUYNE (for herself, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr.
HAGEDORN, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, and
Mr. DONALDS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Small Business
A BILL
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to require
increased oversight with respect to restaurant revitaliza-
tion grants, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Restaurant Recovery
5 Fairness Act of 2021’’.
6 SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR RESTAURANTS.
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7 Section 5003 of the American Rescue Plan Act of
8 2021 (Public Law 117–2) is amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end
2 the following new subparagraph:
3 ‘‘(C) PREVENTION OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND
4 ABUSE.—The Administrator shall impose re-
5 quirements on applicants for the purpose of re-
6 ducing waste, fraud, and abuse.’’; and
7 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
8 sections:
9 ‘‘(d) OVERSIGHT AND AUDIT PLAN.—
10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days
11 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the
12 Administrator shall submit to the Committee on
13 Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate
14 and the Committee on Small Business of the House
15 of Representatives an oversight and audit plan that
16 details the policies and procedures of the Adminis-
17 trator for conducting oversight and an appropriate
18 level of audits with respect to grants made under
19 this section, which shall include the metrics used to
20 determine which grants to audit.
21 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after
22 the date of enactment of this subsection, and each
23 month thereafter until the date that is 1 year after
24 the date on which all amounts appropriated under
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1 trator shall submit to the Committee on Small Busi-
2 ness and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the
3 Committee on Small Business of the House of Rep-
4 resentatives a report on the oversight and audit ac-
5 tivities carried out by the Administrator with respect
6 to grants made under this section, which shall in-
7 clude for the period covered by the report—
8 ‘‘(A) the number of grants approved and
9 disbursed;
10 ‘‘(B) the amount of grant funds received
11 by each recipient;
12 ‘‘(C) the number of active investigations
13 and audits of grants being conducted;
14 ‘‘(D) the number of completed investiga-
15 tions and audits of grants, including a descrip-
16 tion of any findings of fraud or other material
17 noncompliance; and
18 ‘‘(E) any substantial changes made to the
19 oversight and audit plan submitted under para-
20 graph (1).
21 ‘‘(3) IDENTIFIABLE OR PROPRIETARY INFORMA-
22 TION.—The Administrator shall ensure that each re-
23 port submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) is free
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1 from any identifiable or proprietary information of a
2 grant recipient.’’.
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