H.R. 755, Right to Earn a Living Act of 2021
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House bill H.R. 755 of the 117th Congress, 1st Session, was introduced February 3, 2021, to amend the Social Security Act to require a certification that States and units of local governments will not impact the operations of a small business concern to receive funds from the Coronavirus Relief Fund, and for other purposes. Good of Virginia introduced it for himself and others named in the heading, and it was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. The short title is the Right to Earn a Living Act of 2021. Section 2 amends section 601 of the Social Security Act, and a new paragraph defines small business concern by reference to section 3 of the Small Business Act.
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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 755
To amend the Social Security Act to require a certification that States
and units of local governments will not impact the operations of a
small business concern to receive funds from the Coronavirus Relief
Fund, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
Mr. GOOD of Virginia (for himself, Mr. BANKS, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. GAETZ,
and Mr. MOORE of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform
A BILL
To amend the Social Security Act to require a certification
that States and units of local governments will not im-
pact the operations of a small business concern to receive
funds from the Coronavirus Relief 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 the ‘‘Right to Earn a Living
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5 Act of 2021’’.
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1 SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION TO RECEIVE FUNDS FROM
2 CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.
3 Section 601 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
4 801) is amended—
5 (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as
6 subsections (g) and (h), respectively;
7 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol-
8 lowing new subsection:
9 ‘‘(f) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT TO KEEP SMALL
10 BUSINESS CONCERNS OPEN.—
11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive a pay-
12 ment under this section, a State or unit of local gov-
13 ernment shall provide the Secretary with a certifi-
14 cation signed by the Chief Executive of such State
15 or unit of local government that such Chief Execu-
16 tive shall not implement an order, without legislative
17 action by the State or unit of local government,
18 that—
19 ‘‘(A) prevents a small business concern
20 from operating; or
21 ‘‘(B) places limitations on the hours or oc-
22 cupancy of a small business concern.
23 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The certification re-
24 quired under paragraph (1) shall apply to any re-
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25 ceipt of funds after the date of the enactment of the
26 ‘Right to Earn a Living Act of 2021’.’’; and
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1 (3) in subsection (h), as redesignated by para-
2 graph (1), by inserting the following new paragraph:
3 ‘‘(6) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term
4 ‘small business concern’ has the meaning given such
5 term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15
6 U.S.C. 632).’’.
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