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H.R. 793, RESTAURANTS Act of 2021

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House bill 793, the RESTAURANTS Act of 2021, is a bill to establish a $120,000,000,000 Restaurant Revitalization Fund to provide structured relief to food service or drinking establishments, and for other purposes. Blumenauer, for himself and Fitzpatrick, introduced it on February 4, 2021, and it was referred to the Committee on Financial Services and in addition to other committees. Section 4 directs the Secretary of the Treasury to award grants to eligible entities in the order in which applications are received. During the initial 14-day period, awards go only to entities with annual revenues of less than $1,500,000 in 2019. Grants to an eligible entity and its affiliates shall not exceed $10,000,000.

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                                                                       117TH CONGRESS
                                                                          1ST SESSION
                                                                                                               H. R. 793
                                                                       To establish a $120,000,000,000 Restaurant Revitalization Fund to provide
                                                                           structured relief to food service or drinking establishments, and for
                                                                           other purposes.




                                                                                     IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                                                    FEBRUARY 4, 2021
                                                                       Mr. BLUMENAUER (for himself and Mr. FITZPATRICK) introduced the fol-
                                                                           lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services,
                                                                           and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and the Budget,
                                                                           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 establish a $120,000,000,000 Restaurant Revitalization
                                                                          Fund to provide structured relief to food service or drink-
                                                                          ing establishments, 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 ‘‘Real Economic Sup-
                                                                         5 port That Acknowledges Unique Restaurant Assistance




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                                                                         6 Needed To Survive Act of 2021’’ or the ‘‘RES-
                                                                         7 TAURANTS Act of 2021’’.


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                                                                         1     SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

                                                                         2              In this Act:
                                                                         3                        (1) AFFILIATED BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘affili-
                                                                         4              ated business’’ means a business in which an eligible
                                                                         5              entity has an equity or right to profit distributions
                                                                         6              of not less than 50 percent, or in which an eligible
                                                                         7              entity has the contractual authority to control the
                                                                         8              direction of the business, provided that such affili-
                                                                         9              ation shall be determined as of any arrangements or
                                                                       10               agreements in existence as of March 13, 2020.
                                                                       11                         (2) COVERED PERIOD.—The term ‘‘covered pe-
                                                                       12               riod’’ means the period beginning on February 15,
                                                                       13               2020 and ending on the date that is 8 months after
                                                                       14               the date of enactment of this Act.
                                                                       15                         (3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
                                                                       16               ty’’—
                                                                       17                                  (A) means a restaurant, food stand, food
                                                                       18                         truck, food cart, caterer, saloon, inn, tavern,
                                                                       19                         bar, lounge, brewpub, tasting room, taproom, li-
                                                                       20                         censed facility or premise of a beverage alcohol
                                                                       21                         producer where the public may taste, sample, or
                                                                       22                         purchase products, or other similar place of
                                                                       23                         business in which the public or patrons assem-
                                                                       24                         ble for the primary purpose of being served food




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                                                                         1                                 (B) includes an entity described in sub-
                                                                         2                        paragraph (A) that is located in an airport ter-
                                                                         3                        minal; and
                                                                         4                                 (C) does not include an entity described in
                                                                         5                        subparagraph (A) that—
                                                                         6                                        (i) is part of a State or local govern-
                                                                         7                                 ment facility, not including an airport; or
                                                                         8                                        (ii) as of March 13, 2020, owns or op-
                                                                         9                                 erates (together with any affiliated busi-
                                                                       10                                  ness) more than 20 locations, regardless of
                                                                       11                                  whether those locations do business under
                                                                       12                                  the same or multiple names.
                                                                       13                         (4) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Res-
                                                                       14               taurant Revitalization Fund established under sec-
                                                                       15               tion 3.
                                                                       16                         (5) PAYROLL COSTS.—The term ‘‘payroll costs’’
                                                                       17               has the meaning given the term in section
                                                                       18               7(a)(36)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
                                                                       19               636(a)(36)(A)).
                                                                       20                         (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
                                                                       21               the Secretary of the Treasury.
                                                                       22      SEC. 3. RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND.

                                                                       23               (a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Treas-




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                                                                       24 ury of the United States a fund to be known as the Res-
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                                                                         1              (b) APPROPRIATIONS.—
                                                                         2                        (1) IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated to the
                                                                         3              Fund, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise
                                                                         4              appropriated, $120,000,000,000, to remain available
                                                                         5              until the date that is 8 months after the date of en-
                                                                         6              actment of this Act.
                                                                         7                        (2) REMAINDER TO TREASURY.—Any amounts
                                                                         8              remaining in the Fund after the date that is 8
                                                                         9              months after the date of enactment of this Act shall
                                                                       10               be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury.
                                                                       11               (c) USE              OF        FUNDS.—The Secretary shall use
                                                                       12 amounts in the Fund to make grants described in section
                                                                       13 4.
                                                                       14      SEC. 4. RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION GRANTS.

                                                                       15               (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award grants
                                                                       16 to eligible entities in the order in which applications are
                                                                       17 received by the Secretary.
                                                                       18               (b) REGISTRATION.—The Secretary shall register
                                                                       19 each grant awarded under this section using the employer
                                                                       20 identification number of the eligible entity.
                                                                       21               (c) APPLICATION.—
                                                                       22                         (1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a
                                                                       23               grant under this section shall submit to the Sec-




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                                                                         1              and containing such information as the Secretary
                                                                         2              may require.
                                                                         3                        (2) CERTIFICATION.—An eligible entity apply-
                                                                         4              ing for a grant under this section shall make a good
                                                                         5              faith certification—
                                                                         6                                 (A) that the uncertainty of current eco-
                                                                         7                        nomic conditions makes necessary the grant re-
                                                                         8                        quest to support the ongoing operations of the
                                                                         9                        eligible entity;
                                                                       10                                  (B) acknowledging that funds will be used
                                                                       11                         to retain workers and maintain payroll or for
                                                                       12                         other allowable expenses described in subsection
                                                                       13                         (e) and not for any other purposes;
                                                                       14                                  (C) that the eligible entity does not have
                                                                       15                         an application pending for a grant under para-
                                                                       16                         graph (36) or (37) of subsection (a) or sub-
                                                                       17                         section (b)(2) of section 7 of the Small Busi-
                                                                       18                         ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636) for the same purpose
                                                                       19                         and duplicative of amounts applied for or re-
                                                                       20                         ceived under this section; and
                                                                       21                                  (D) that, during the covered period, the el-
                                                                       22                         igible entity has not received amounts under
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                                                                       24                         subsection (b)(2) of section 7 of the Small
                                                                       25                         Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636) for the same pur-


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                                                                         1                        pose and duplicative of amounts applied for or
                                                                         2                        received under this section.
                                                                         3                        (3) HOLD HARMLESS.—An eligible entity apply-
                                                                         4              ing for a grant under this section shall not be ineli-
                                                                         5              gible for a grant if the eligible entity is able to docu-
                                                                         6              ment—
                                                                         7                                 (A) an inability to rehire individuals who
                                                                         8                        were employees of the eligible entity on Feb-
                                                                         9                        ruary 15, 2020; and
                                                                       10                                  (B) an inability to hire similarly qualified
                                                                       11                         employees for unfilled positions on or before the
                                                                       12                         date that is 8 months after the date of enact-
                                                                       13                         ment of this Act.
                                                                       14                         (4) PREVENTION                      OF        WASTE,            FRAUD,   AND

                                                                       15               ABUSE.—The Secretary may impose requirements on

                                                                       16               applicants for the purpose of reducing waste, fraud,
                                                                       17               and abuse in the application process for a grant
                                                                       18               under this section in a manner that is not unduly
                                                                       19               burdensome on applicants.
                                                                       20               (d) PRIORITY IN AWARDING GRANTS.—During the
                                                                       21 initial 14-day period in which the Secretary awards grants
                                                                       22 under this section, the Secretary shall—
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                                                                         1              women, veteran, and minority-owned and operated
                                                                         2              eligible entities; and
                                                                         3                        (2) only award grants to eligible entities with
                                                                         4              annual revenues of less than $1,500,000 in 2019.
                                                                         5              (e) GRANT AMOUNT.—
                                                                         6                        (1) AGGREGATE MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The ag-
                                                                         7              gregate amount of grants made to an eligible entity
                                                                         8              and any affiliate businesses of the eligible entity
                                                                         9              under this section shall not exceed $10,000,000.
                                                                       10                         (2) DETERMINATION OF GRANT AMOUNT.—
                                                                       11                                  (A) IN GENERAL.—The amount of a grant
                                                                       12                         made to an eligible entity under this section
                                                                       13                         shall be equal to the revenues of the eligible en-
                                                                       14                         tity during 2020 subtracted from the revenues
                                                                       15                         of the eligible entity in 2019, if such sum is
                                                                       16                         greater than zero.
                                                                       17                                  (B) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES THAT WERE NOT
                                                                       18                         OPEN ALL OF 2019.—In the case of an eligible

                                                                       19                         entity that was not open during the entirety of
                                                                       20                         2019, the amount of a grant made to the eligi-
                                                                       21                         ble entity under this section shall be—
                                                                       22                                         (i) equal to the difference between—
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                                                                         1                                        of the eligible entity in 2019 by 12;
                                                                         2                                        and
                                                                         3                                                 (II) the product obtained by mul-
                                                                         4                                        tiplying the average monthly revenue
                                                                         5                                        of the eligible entity in 2020 by 12; or
                                                                         6                                        (ii) based on a formula determined by
                                                                         7                                 the Secretary.
                                                                         8                                 (C)         NEWLY-OPENED                      ELIGIBLE       ENTI-

                                                                         9                        TIES.—In the case of an eligible entity—

                                                                       10                                         (i) that opened after January 1, 2020,
                                                                       11                                  the amount of a grant made to the eligible
                                                                       12                                  entity under this section shall be made
                                                                       13                                  based on actual expenses described in sub-
                                                                       14                                  section (f) incurred by the eligible entity
                                                                       15                                  minus any revenues received; or
                                                                       16                                         (ii) that has not yet opened as of the
                                                                       17                                  date of application for a grant under this
                                                                       18                                  section but has verified expenses described
                                                                       19                                  in subsection (f) as of that date, the
                                                                       20                                  amount of a grant made to the eligible en-
                                                                       21                                  tity under this section shall be equal to
                                                                       22                                  those expenses.
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                                                                         1                                        (i) may request an additional grant
                                                                         2                                 amount based on the amount required to
                                                                         3                                 provide 10 days of paid sick leave to each
                                                                         4                                 employee of the eligible entity to—
                                                                         5                                                 (I) care for themselves or an im-
                                                                         6                                        mediate family member who is ill; or
                                                                         7                                                 (II) provide care for children
                                                                         8                                        when schools or childcare providers
                                                                         9                                        are shut down due to COVID–19; and
                                                                       10                                         (ii) shall, if provided a grant under
                                                                       11                                  this section that includes an additional
                                                                       12                                  amount for sick leave described in clause
                                                                       13                                  (i), provide each employee of the entity
                                                                       14                                  with such 10 days of paid sick leave.
                                                                       15                                  (E)         VERIFICATION.—An                          eligible   entity
                                                                       16                         shall submit to the Secretary such revenue
                                                                       17                         verification documentation as the Secretary
                                                                       18                         may require to determine the amount of a grant
                                                                       19                         under this paragraph.
                                                                       20                         (3) NO DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS.—An award
                                                                       21               granted under this section to an eligible entity that
                                                                       22               received a loan under paragraph (36) or (37) of sec-
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                                                                         1                        (4) LIMITATION.—An eligible entity may not re-
                                                                         2              ceive more than 1 grant under this section.
                                                                         3              (f) USE OF FUNDS.—
                                                                         4                        (1) IN GENERAL.—During the covered period,
                                                                         5              an eligible entity that receives a grant under this
                                                                         6              section may use the grant funds for the following ex-
                                                                         7              penses incurred as a direct result of the COVID–19
                                                                         8              pandemic:
                                                                         9                                 (A) Payroll costs.
                                                                       10                                  (B) Payments of principal or interest on
                                                                       11                         any mortgage obligation (which shall not in-
                                                                       12                         clude any prepayment of principal on a mort-
                                                                       13                         gage obligation).
                                                                       14                                  (C) Rent payments, including rent under a
                                                                       15                         lease agreement (which shall not include any
                                                                       16                         prepayment of rent).
                                                                       17                                  (D) Utilities.
                                                                       18                                  (E) Maintenance expenses, including—
                                                                       19                                         (i) construction to accommodate out-
                                                                       20                                  door seating; and
                                                                       21                                         (ii) walls, floors, deck surfaces, fur-
                                                                       22                                  niture, fixtures, and equipment.
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                                                                         1                                 (G) Food and beverage expenses that are
                                                                         2                        within the scope of the normal business practice
                                                                         3                        of the eligible entity before the covered period.
                                                                         4                                 (H) Debt obligations to suppliers that were
                                                                         5                        incurred before the covered period.
                                                                         6                                 (I) Operational expenses.
                                                                         7                                 (J) Paid sick leave.
                                                                         8                                 (K) Any other expenses that the Secretary
                                                                         9                        determines to be essential to maintaining the el-
                                                                       10                         igible entity.
                                                                       11                         (2) RETURNING FUNDS.—If an eligible entity
                                                                       12               that receives a grant under this section permanently
                                                                       13               ceases operations on or before the date that is 8
                                                                       14               months after the date of enactment of this Act, the
                                                                       15               eligible entity shall return to the Treasury any funds
                                                                       16               that the eligible entity did not use for the allowable
                                                                       17               expenses under paragraph (1).
                                                                       18                         (3)       CONVERSION                   TO         LOAN.—Any           grant
                                                                       19               amounts received by an eligible entity under this sec-
                                                                       20               tion that are unused after the date that is 8 months
                                                                       21               after the date of enactment of this Act shall be im-
                                                                       22               mediately converted to a loan with—
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                                                                         1                                 (B) a maturity date of 10 years beginning
                                                                         2                        on the date that is 8 months after the date of
                                                                         3                        enactment of this Act.
                                                                         4              (g) TAXABILITY.—
                                                                         5                        (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the Internal
                                                                         6              Revenue Code of 1986—
                                                                         7                                 (A) the amount of a grant awarded to an
                                                                         8                        eligible entity under this section shall be ex-
                                                                         9                        cluded from the gross income of the eligible en-
                                                                       10                         tity; and
                                                                       11                                  (B) no deduction shall be denied or re-
                                                                       12                         duced, no tax attribute shall be reduced, and no
                                                                       13                         basis increase shall be denied, by reason of the
                                                                       14                         exclusion from gross income provided by sub-
                                                                       15                         section.
                                                                       16                         (2) EMPLOYEE RETENTION TAX CREDIT.—Pay-
                                                                       17               roll costs for which grant funds are used under this
                                                                       18               section shall not include qualified wages taken into
                                                                       19               account in determining the credit allowed under sec-
                                                                       20               tion 2301 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136),
                                                                       21               if the costs are used for different expenses.
                                                                       22               (h) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 15 days after the
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                                                                         1 notice and comment requirements under section 553 of
                                                                         2 title 5, United States Code.
                                                                         3              (i) APPROPRIATIONS FOR STAFFING AND ADMINIS-
                                                                         4     TRATIVE EXPENSES.—

                                                                         5                        (1) IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated to the
                                                                         6              Secretary, out of amounts in the Treasury not other-
                                                                         7              wise appropriated, $300,000,000, to remain avail-
                                                                         8              able until the date that is 8 months after the date
                                                                         9              of enactment of this Act, for staffing and adminis-
                                                                       10               trative expenses related to administering grants
                                                                       11               awarded under this section.
                                                                       12                         (2) SET              ASIDE.—Of                amounts appropriated
                                                                       13               under paragraph (1), $60,000,000 shall be allocated
                                                                       14               for outreach to traditionally marginalized and under-
                                                                       15               represented communities, with a focus on women,
                                                                       16               veteran, and minority-owned and operated eligible
                                                                       17               entities, including the creation of a resource center
                                                                       18               targeted toward these communities.
                                                                       19               (j)       LIMITATION                WITH              RESPECT            TO     PRIVATE
                                                                       20 FUNDS.—
                                                                       21                         (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
                                                                       22                                  (A) AFFILIATE.—
                                                                       23                                         (i) IN          GENERAL.—The                     term ‘‘affil-




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                                                                       25                                  other person directly or indirectly control-


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                                                                         1                                 ling, controlled by, or under direct or indi-
                                                                         2                                 rect common control with the person.
                                                                         3                                        (ii)       CONTROL.—For                         purposes   of
                                                                         4                                 clause (i), a person shall be deemed to con-
                                                                         5                                 trol another person if the person possesses,
                                                                         6                                 directly or indirectly, the power to direct or
                                                                         7                                 cause the direction of the management and
                                                                         8                                 policies of the other person, whether
                                                                         9                                 through the ownership of voting securities,
                                                                       10                                  by contract, or otherwise.
                                                                       11                                  (B) EXECUTIVE.—The term ‘‘executive’’
                                                                       12                         means—
                                                                       13                                         (i) any individual who serves an exec-
                                                                       14                                  utive or director of a person, including the
                                                                       15                                  principal executive officer, principal finan-
                                                                       16                                  cial officer, comptroller or principal ac-
                                                                       17                                  counting officer; and
                                                                       18                                         (ii) an executive officer, as defined in
                                                                       19                                  section 230.405 of title 17, Code of Fed-
                                                                       20                                  eral Regulations.
                                                                       21                                  (C) PRIVATE FUND.—The term ‘‘private
                                                                       22                         fund’’ means an issuer that would be an invest-
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                                                                         1                        seq.), but for paragraph (1) or (7) of section
                                                                         2                        3(c) of that Act (15 U.S.C. 80a–3(c)).
                                                                         3                        (2) ANTI-EVASION.—No company in which a
                                                                         4              private fund holds an ownership interest that has,
                                                                         5              directly or indirectly, received amounts under this
                                                                         6              section may pay any distributions, dividends, con-
                                                                         7              sulting fees, advisory fees, interest payments, or any
                                                                         8              other fees, expenses, or charges in excess of 10 per-
                                                                         9              cent of the net operating profits of the company op-
                                                                       10               erating profits for the calendar year ending Decem-
                                                                       11               ber 31, 2021 (and for each successive year until the
                                                                       12               covered period has ended and all loans created under
                                                                       13               this section have been repaid) to—
                                                                       14                                  (A) a person registered as an investment
                                                                       15                         adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of
                                                                       16                         1940 (15 U.S.C. 80b–1 et seq.) who advises a
                                                                       17                         private fund;
                                                                       18                                  (B) any affiliate of such adviser;
                                                                       19                                  (C) any executive of such adviser or affil-
                                                                       20                         iate; or
                                                                       21                                  (D) any employee, consultant, or other per-
                                                                       22                         son with a contractual relationship to provide
                                                                       23                         services for or on behalf of such adviser or affil-




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                                                                       24                         iate.
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                                                                         1                        (1) DEMOGRAPHIC DATA.—In establishing an
                                                                         2              application process for carrying out this section, the
                                                                         3              Secretary shall include a voluntary request for cer-
                                                                         4              tain demographic data with respect to the majority
                                                                         5              ownership of eligible entities, including race, eth-
                                                                         6              nicity, gender, and veteran status.
                                                                         7                        (2) MONTHLY REPORTS.—Not later than the
                                                                         8              end of the first month in which initial grants are
                                                                         9              disbursed under this section, and every month there-
                                                                       10               after until the date on which the last grant has been
                                                                       11               disbursed under this section, the Secretary shall sub-
                                                                       12               mit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
                                                                       13               Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
                                                                       14               Financial Services of the House of Representatives
                                                                       15               a report providing the number and dollar amount of
                                                                       16               grants approved for or disbursed to all eligible enti-
                                                                       17               ties, including—
                                                                       18                                  (A) a list of eligible entities with the grant
                                                                       19                         amount received by each eligible entity; and
                                                                       20                                  (B) a breakout of the number and dollar
                                                                       21                         of grants by State, congressional district, demo-
                                                                       22                         graphics (including race, ethnicity, gender, and
                                                                       23                         veteran status), and business type.




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                                                                       24                         (3) QUARTERLY REPORTS.—Not later than the
                                                                       25               end of the first quarter beginning after the date of


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                                                                         1              enactment of this Act, and every subsequent quarter
                                                                         2              until the last grant that was converted to a loan
                                                                         3              under this section is repaid, the Secretary shall sub-
                                                                         4              mit to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
                                                                         5              Urban Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on
                                                                         6              Financial Services of the House of Representatives
                                                                         7              a report on—
                                                                         8                                 (A) the number and dollar amount of
                                                                         9                        grants approved for or disbursed to all eligible
                                                                       10                         entities, including a breakout of grants by
                                                                       11                         State, congressional district, demographics (in-
                                                                       12                         cluding race, ethnicity, gender, and veteran-sta-
                                                                       13                         tus), and business type; and
                                                                       14                                  (B) the number and dollar amount of
                                                                       15                         grants that converted to loans under this sec-
                                                                       16                         tion, including a breakout of outstanding loans
                                                                       17                         by State, congressional district, demographics
                                                                       18                         (including race, ethnicity, gender, and veteran
                                                                       19                         status), and business type.
                                                                       20                         (4) DATA TRANSPARENCY.—Not later than 30
                                                                       21               days after the date of enactment of this Act, the
                                                                       22               Secretary shall make available on a publicly available
                                                                       23               website in a standardized and downloadable format,




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                                                                       24               and update on a monthly basis, any data contained
                                                                       25               in a report submitted under this subsection.


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                                                                         1     SEC. 5. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.

                                                                         2              (a) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided by this Act
                                                                         3 are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to
                                                                         4 section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010
                                                                         5 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)).
                                                                         6              (b) DESIGNATION IN SENATE.—In the Senate, this
                                                                         7 Act is designated as an emergency requirement pursuant
                                                                         8 to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress),
                                                                         9 the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year
                                                                       10 2018.
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