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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 revitalization grants, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Restaurant Recovery 

5 Fairness Act of 2021’’. 

6 SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR RESTAURANTS. 

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 re5 quirements on applicants for the purpose of re6 ducing waste, fraud, and abuse.’’; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub8 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 Adminis17 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 Busi2 ness and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the 

3 Committee on Small Business of the House of Rep4 resentatives a report on the oversight and audit ac5 tivities carried out by the Administrator with respect 

6 to grants made under this section, which shall in7 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 investiga15 tions and audits of grants, including a descrip16 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 para20 graph (1). 

21 ‘‘(3) IDENTIFIABLE OR PROPRIETARY INFORMA22 TION.—The Administrator shall ensure that each re23 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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