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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7642 

To require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide assistance to certain 

providers of transportation services affected by the novel coronavirus. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 16, 2020 

Mr. LAHOOD (for himself, Mr. SIRES, Mr. YOUNG, and Mr. LOWENTHAL) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on 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 require the Secretary of the Treasury to provide assistance to certain providers of transportation services affected by the novel coronavirus. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Economic 

5 Relief for Transportation Services Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ASSISTANCE FOR PROVIDERS OF TRANSPORTATION 

7 SERVICES AFFECTED BY COVID–19. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) PROVIDER OF TRANSPORTATION SERV2 ICES.—The term ‘‘provider of transportation serv3 ices’’ means an entity that— 

4 (A) is established or organized— 

5 (i) in the United States; or 

6 (ii) pursuant to Federal law; 

7 (B) has significant operations, and a ma8 jority of employees based, in the United States; 

9 (C) was in operation on March 1, 2020; 

10 and 

11 (D) is the operator of— 

12 (i) a vessel of the United States (as 

13 defined in section 116 of title 46, United 

14 States Code) that is— 

15 (I) a passenger vessel (as defined 

16 in section 2101 of title 46, United 

17 States Code) carrying fewer than 

18 2,400 passengers; or 

19 (II) a small passenger vessel (as 

20 defined in section 2101 of title 46, 

21 United States Code); 

22 (ii) a company providing transpor23 tation services using a bus characterized 

24 by an elevated passenger deck located over 

25 a baggage compartment (commonly known 


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1 as an ‘‘over-the-road bus’’), including local 

2 and intercity fixed-route service, commuter 

3 service, and charter or tour service (includ4 ing tour or excursion service that includes 

5 features in addition to bus transportation, 

6 such as meals, lodging, admission to points 

7 of interest or special attractions, or the 

8 services of a guide); 

9 (iii) a company providing transpor10 tation services using a school bus (as de11 fined in section 571.3 of title 49, Code of 

12 Federal Regulations (or successor regula13 tions)); or 

14 (iv) any other transportation service 

15 company subject to regulation by the De16 partment of Transportation as the Sec17 retary, in consultation with the Secretary 

18 of Transportation, determines to be appro19 priate. 

20 (2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

21 the Secretary of the Treasury. 

22 (b) FUNDING.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Out of any funds in the 

24 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there are ap25 propriated to provide grants and other forms of 


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1 emergency assistance to eligible providers of trans2 portation services under this section, 

3 $10,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 

4 (2) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.— 

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided 

6 by this section are designated as an emergency 

7 requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the 

8 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 

9 U.S.C. 933(g)). 

10 (B) DESIGNATION IN SENATE.—In the 

11 Senate, this section is designated as an emer12 gency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) 

13 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the con14 current resolution on the budget for fiscal year 

15 2018. 

16 (c) PROVISION OF ASSISTANCE.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta18 tion with the Secretary of Transportation, shall use 

19 the amounts made available under subsection (b) to 

20 provide grants and other forms of emergency assist21 ance to eligible providers of transportation services 

22 described in paragraph (2) that have experienced a 

23 significant revenue loss as direct or indirect result of 

24 the novel coronavirus (COVID–19). 


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1 (2) DESCRIPTION OF ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS OF

2 TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.—An eligible provider 

3 of transportation services referred to in paragraph 

4 (1) is— 

5 (A) a provider of transportation services 

6 that, on March 1, 2020— 

7 (i) had 500 or fewer employees; and 

8 (ii) was not a subsidiary of, or con9 trolled by, another entity with a combined 

10 total full-time workforce of more than 500 

11 employees; or 

12 (B) a provider of transportation services 

13 that— 

14 (i) on March 1, 2020, had more than 

15 500 employees; and 

16 (ii) has not received assistance under 

17 paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 

18 4003(b), or subtitle B of title IV, of the 

19 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Se20 curity Act (Public Law 116–136; 134 Stat. 

21 281). 

22 (3) AMOUNT.— 

23 (A) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In 

24 determining the amount of assistance to be pro25 vided to an eligible provider of transportation 


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1 services under this subsection, the Secretary 

2 shall take into consideration— 

3 (i) the estimated revenue and cash 

4 flow of the provider of transportation serv5 ices during the 12-month period beginning 

6 on the date of receipt of the assistance; 

7 (ii) the amount of debt owed by the 

8 provider of transportation services on 

9 major equipment, if any; and 

10 (iii) other sources of Federal assist11 ance provided to the provider of transpor12 tation services, if any. 

13 (B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall en14 sure that the amount of assistance provided to 

15 a provider of transportation services under this 

16 subsection, when combined with any other Fed17 eral assistance provided in response to COVID– 

18 19 under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco19 nomic Security Act (Public Law 116–136; 134 

20 Stat. 281), the Paycheck Protection Program 

21 and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 

22 116–139; 134 Stat. 620), or any other provi23 sion of law, does not exceed the total amount 

24 of revenue earned by the provider of transpor25 tation services during calendar year 2019. 


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1 (4) TYPE OF ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

2 ensure that not less than 50 percent of the amounts 

3 made available under subsection (b) are used to pro4 vide grants. 

5 (5) EQUAL ACCESS.—The Secretary shall en6 sure equal access to the assistance provided under 

7 this section to eligible providers of transportation 

8 services that are small, minority-owned, and women9 owned businesses. 

10 (6) CONDITION OF RECEIPT.—As a condition of 

11 receipt of assistance under this subsection, the Sec12 retary shall require that a provider of transportation 

13 services shall agree— 

14 (A) to use the funds, on a priority basis 

15 and to the extent available, to maintain through 

16 December 31, 2020, pay, paid administrative 

17 leave, and benefits to all employees as of the 

18 date of enactment of this Act, after making any 

19 adjustments required for— 

20 (i) retirement; or 

21 (ii) voluntary employee separation; 

22 and 

23 (B) to recall or rehire any employee laid 

24 off, furloughed, or terminated because of re25 duced service as a result of COVID–19 or the 


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1 effects of COVID–19, to the extent warranted 

2 by increased service levels. 

3 (d) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—A provider of transpor4 tation services shall use assistance provided under sub5 section (c) only for— 

6 (1) activities to ensure the preservation of jobs 

7 based in the United States; 

8 (2) the acquisition of services, equipment, in9 cluding personal protective equipment, and other 

10 measures needed to protect workers and customers 

11 from COVID–19; or 

12 (3) continued operations and maintenance of 

13 existing capital equipment and facilities (including 

14 rent, leases, insurance, and debt service) during the 

15 period of economic distress caused by the outbreak 

16 of COVID–19. 

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