equal to 80 percent of the salary of a qualified 
economic development professional hired using 
the grant; and 
‘‘(B) the Secretary may permit such grant 
recipient to pay an amount equal to 100 per-
cent of the salary of such professional if the 
Secretary determines that the extent of distress 
in the community receiving such grant warrants 
the payment in such amount. 
‘‘(2) MAXIMUM
AMOUNT.—A grant provided 
under this section may not be used to pay more than 
$100,000 of the salary of a qualified economic devel-
opment professional hired using the grant. 
‘‘(f) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘quali-
fied economic development professional’ means an indi-
vidual— 
‘‘(1) with not less than 4 consecutive years of 
economic development experience; and 
‘‘(2) with relevant professional training ob-
tained from an accrediting organization, or who is 
committed to obtaining such training from an ac-
crediting organization.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of the Public Works and Economic Devel-
opment Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 note) is further 
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amended by striking the item relating to section 218 and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘218. Strong communities economic development capacity building pilot pro-
gram.’’. 
SEC. 4. COVID-ERA FUNDING AVAILABILITY. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
amounts made available to carry out the Public Works and 
Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 et 
seq.) during the period for which the public health emer-
gency declared by the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect 
to COVID–19 is in effect shall be available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030. 
SEC. 5. TRAVEL, TOURISM, AND OUTDOOR RECREATION 
STABILIZATION GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Public Works and 
Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3141 et 
seq.) is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘SEC. 219. TRAVEL, TOURISM, AND OUTDOOR RECREATION 
STABILIZATION GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a program to provide grants to eligible recipients to 
support outdoor recreation, tourism, hospitality, or special 
event activities to spur economic development. 
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‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE USES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A grant under this section 
may be used to— 
‘‘(A) pay costs associated with obtaining 
State, county, city, community, or regional 
tourism marketing and promotion campaigns, 
including through nonprofit or quasi-govern-
mental destination marketing organizations; 
‘‘(B) carry out workforce training pro-
grams that support the travel, tourism, hospi-
tality, and outdoor recreation industries to im-
prove the skills of, and job opportunities for, 
employees in such industries; 
‘‘(C) carry out projects to improve regional 
economies in developing travel, tourism, hospi-
tality, and outdoor recreation industries, includ-
ing projects to assist small businesses, entre-
preneurs, and small and rural communities; 
‘‘(D) pay costs associated with upgrades 
and retrofits to existing travel, tourism, hospi-
tality, and outdoor recreation infrastructure, 
such as convention centers, to increase travel 
and tourism activity or to make such infrastruc-
ture more functional under social distancing 
conditions due to a public health emergency; 
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‘‘(E) carry out construction activities at a 
facility or property that is related to tourism 
and owned by the eligible recipient; 
‘‘(F) pay costs associated with providing 
information to visitors about the health and 
safety protections, guidance, or requirements of 
Federal, State, or local governments and busi-
nesses to reduce the spread of a public health 
emergency; 
‘‘(G) pay the increased costs of filtration 
and sanitation, including physical modifications 
to a convention center, large event space, or 
community attraction associated with pre-
cautions to provide for safe work, travel, or 
event environments; and 
‘‘(H) establish local programs to provide 
assistance to a small business operating in the 
travel, tourism, hospitality, outdoor recreation, 
or special events industries— 
‘‘(i) for development or expansion of 
such small business; or 
‘‘(ii) to recover from the impacts of a 
public health emergency. 
‘‘(2) PROHIBITION.—A grant provided under 
this section may not be used— 
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‘‘(A) for recruitment efforts to bring in or 
host a particular event, such as a sporting com-
petition; or 
‘‘(B) to pay costs associated with obtaining 
a marketing and promotion campaign described 
in paragraph (1)(A) if such campaign is carried 
out for the benefit of a private company. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In providing grants under this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall give priority to eligible recipients 
that seek to carry out an activity that— 
‘‘(1) is based on long-term, regionally oriented, 
coordinated, and collaborative economic development 
or redevelopment strategies that foster economic 
growth and resilience; 
‘‘(2) promotes workforce development; 
‘‘(3) involves a minority-owned, rural, or other-
wise underserved small business; or 
‘‘(4) implements strong labor standards, includ-
ing project labor agreements and community benefit 
agreements that include local hire provisions to pro-
mote effective and efficient delivery of high-quality 
infrastructure projects. 
‘‘(d) REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In providing grants under 
this section, the Secretary shall select eligible recipi-
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