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H.R. 4568 — ENTRÉE Act — Restaurant Revitalization Fund (117th Congress, 1st Session)

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House bill 4568, the ENTRÉE Act, was introduced July 20, 2021 by Mr. LUETKEMEYER and referred to the Committee on Small Business and, in addition, the Committee on Oversight and Reform. It is a bill to amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide additional appropriations for, and oversight of, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Section 2 appropriates $60,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to be deposited into that Fund, and rescinds a total amount of $60,000,000,000 from unobligated amounts under listed provisions of law. Section 3 amends section 5003 of the Act on grant oversight and prioritization.

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“H.R. 4568 — ENTRÉE Act — Restaurant Revitalization Fund (117th Congress, 1st Session).” Original at www.govinfo.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/bills-bills-117hr4568ih-bills-117hr4568ih/, SHA-256 c5d7f25c22d3bdc6615112c6410a910111a7a9c33bb3e15066b8c1d99f9e8406.

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                                                                     117TH CONGRESS
                                                                        1ST SESSION
                                                                                                          H. R. 4568
                                                                     To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide additional
                                                                         appropriations for, and oversight of, the Restaurant Revitalization Fund,
                                                                         and for other purposes.




                                                                                   IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                                                    JULY 20, 2021
                                                                     Mr. LUETKEMEYER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
                                                                         Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Over-
                                                                         sight and Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the
                                                                         Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within
                                                                         the jurisdiction of the committee concerned




                                                                                                               A BILL
                                                                     To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to provide
                                                                        additional appropriations for, and oversight of, the Res-
                                                                        taurant Revitalization Fund, 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 ‘‘Entrepreneurs Need Time-
                                                                       5 ly Replenishment (for) Eating Establishments Act’’ or the
                                                                       6 ‘‘ENTRÉE Act’’.




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                                                                       1     SEC. 2. APPROPRIATIONS.

                                                                       2              (a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise
                                                                       3 available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out
                                                                       4 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
                                                                       5 $60,000,000,000, to remain available until expended and
                                                                       6 to be deposited into the Restaurant Revitalization Fund
                                                                       7 established under Section 5003(b)(2)(A) of the American
                                                                       8 Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c(b)(2)(A); Pub-
                                                                       9 lic Law 117–2).
                                                                     10               (b) PAY FOR.—There is hereby rescinded, from the
                                                                     11 unobligated amounts available under the following provi-
                                                                     12 sions of law, a total amount of $60,000,000,000:
                                                                     13                        (1) Section 5002(b) of the American Rescue
                                                                     14               Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009 note; Public Law
                                                                     15               117–2).
                                                                     16                        (2) Section 602 of title VI of the Social Secu-
                                                                     17               rity Act (42 U.S.C. 802).
                                                                     18                        (3) Section 603 of title VI of the Social Secu-
                                                                     19               rity Act (42 U.S.C. 803).
                                                                     20      SEC. 3. GRANT OVERSIGHT AND PRIORITIZATION.

                                                                     21               Section 5003 of the American Rescue Plan Act of
                                                                     22 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c; Public Law 117–2), is amended—
                                                                     23                        (1) in subsection (c)—
                                                                     24                                  (A) in paragraph (2), by adding at the end




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                                                                       1                                 ‘‘(C)       PROCESS                ORDER.—The                  Adminis-
                                                                       2                       trator shall review and process applications in
                                                                       3                       the order in which they are received.
                                                                       4                                 ‘‘(D) PREVENTION OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND
                                                                       5                       ABUSE.—The                 Administrator shall impose re-
                                                                       6                       quirements on applicants for the purpose of re-
                                                                       7                       ducing waste, fraud, and abuse.’’; and
                                                                       8                                 (B) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘The
                                                                       9                       Administrator may take’’ and all that follows
                                                                     10                        through the period at the end; and
                                                                     11                        (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
                                                                     12               sections:
                                                                     13               ‘‘(d) OVERSIGHT AND AUDIT PLAN.—
                                                                     14                        ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days
                                                                     15               after the date of enactment of this subsection, the
                                                                     16               Administrator shall submit to the Committee on
                                                                     17               Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate
                                                                     18               and the Committee on Small Business of the House
                                                                     19               of Representatives an oversight and audit plan that
                                                                     20               details the policies and procedures of the Adminis-
                                                                     21               trator for conducting oversight and an appropriate
                                                                     22               level of audits with respect to grants made under
                                                                     23               this section, which shall include the metrics used to
                                                                     24               determine which grants to audit.



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                                                                       1                       ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after
                                                                       2              the date of enactment of this subsection, and each
                                                                       3              month thereafter until the date that is 1 year after
                                                                       4              the date on which all amounts appropriated under
                                                                       5              subsection (b)(2) have been expended, the Adminis-
                                                                       6              trator shall submit to the Committee on Small Busi-
                                                                       7              ness and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the
                                                                       8              Committee on Small Business of the House of Rep-
                                                                       9              resentatives a report on the oversight and audit ac-
                                                                     10               tivities carried out by the Administrator with respect
                                                                     11               to grants made under this section, which shall in-
                                                                     12               clude for the period covered by the report—
                                                                     13                                  ‘‘(A) the number of grants approved and
                                                                     14                        disbursed;
                                                                     15                                  ‘‘(B) the amount of grant funds received
                                                                     16                        by each recipient;
                                                                     17                                  ‘‘(C) the number of active investigations
                                                                     18                        and audits of grants being conducted;
                                                                     19                                  ‘‘(D) the number of completed investiga-
                                                                     20                        tions and audits of grants, including a descrip-
                                                                     21                        tion of any findings of fraud or other material
                                                                     22                        noncompliance; and
                                                                     23                                  ‘‘(E) any substantial changes made to the
                                                                     24                        oversight and audit plan submitted under para-



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                                                                       1                       ‘‘(3) IDENTIFIABLE OR PROPRIETARY INFORMA-
                                                                       2              TION.—The Administrator shall ensure that each re-

                                                                       3              port submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) is free
                                                                       4              from any identifiable or proprietary information of a
                                                                       5              grant recipient.’’.
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