I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4150 
To establish a grant program for shuttered minor league baseball clubs, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 24, 2021 
Ms. MATSUI (for herself, Mr. MCKINLEY, Ms. WILD, Mr. WELCH, Mr. 
MCGOVERN, and Ms. SLOTKIN) introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the 
Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined 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 grant program for shuttered minor league 
baseball clubs, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Minor League Baseball 
Relief Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
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(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
(2) COVERED
GRANTS.—The term ‘‘covered 
grant’’ means a grant made under this Act to an eli-
gible entity. 
(3) COVERED LAW.—The term ‘‘covered law’’ 
means— 
(A) the Coronavirus Preparedness and Re-
sponse Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 
(Public Law 116–123; 134 Stat. 146); 
(B) the Families First Coronavirus Re-
sponse Act (Public Law 116–127; 134 Stat. 
177); 
(C) the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136; 
134 Stat. 281); 
(D) the Paycheck Protection Program and 
Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 
116–139; 134 Stat. 620); 
(E) the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2021 (Public Law 116–260); or 
(F) the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 
(Public Law 117–2). 
(4) COVERED
MORTGAGE
OBLIGATION; COV-
ERED
RENT
OBLIGATION; COVERED
UTILITY
PAY-
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MENT; COVERED
WORKER
PROTECTION
EXPENDI-
TURE.—The terms ‘‘covered mortgage obligation’’, 
‘‘covered rent obligation’’, ‘‘covered utility payment’’, 
and ‘‘covered worker protection expenditure’’ have 
the meanings given those terms in section 7A(a) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636m(a)). 
(5) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means any Minor League Baseball Club or Inde-
pendent Professional Baseball Club that meets the 
following requirements: 
(A) The Minor League Baseball Club or 
Independent Professional Baseball Club was op-
erating in the ordinary course of business on 
February 29, 2020. 
(B) The gross revenues of the Minor 
League Baseball Club or Independent Profes-
sional Baseball Club in calendar year 2020 
were not more than 25 percent of the gross rev-
enues of the Minor League Baseball Club or 
Independent Professional Baseball Club in cal-
endar year 2019, or, if the gross revenues of 
the Minor League Baseball Club or Inde-
pendent Professional Baseball Club were nega-
tively impacted by a natural disaster or weather 
disruption in 2019, not more than 25 percent 
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of the average annual gross revenues of the 
Minor League Baseball Club or Independent 
Professional Baseball Club over the 3-year pe-
riod from 2017 through 2019, as determined by 
the Administrator using the accrual method of 
accounting and excluding any amounts received 
any amounts received under the CARES Act 
(15 U.S.C. 9001 et seq.), an amendment to 
such Act, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2021 (Public Law 116–260), or any subsequent 
COVID Relief package. 
(C) At the time the Minor League Baseball 
Club or Independent Professional Baseball Club 
submits the certification required under section 
3(c), the Minor League Baseball Club or Inde-
pendent Professional Baseball Club is open, or 
intends to reopen, for the primary purpose of 
conducting baseball games. 
(D) The Minor League Baseball Club or 
Independent Professional Baseball Club is not 
majority owned, directly or indirectly, by Major 
League Baseball, a Major League Baseball 
Club, or one or more persons who have a great-
er than 10-percent ownership interest in a 
Major League Baseball Club. 
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(6) INDEPENDENT
PROFESSIONAL
BASEBALL 
CLUB.—The term ‘‘Independent Professional Base-
ball Club’’ means a professional baseball team, in-
cluding a professional baseball team that is a cor-
poration, limited liability company, or a partnership 
or operated as a sole proprietorship, that— 
(A) operates for profit or as a nonprofit 
organization; 
(B) is located in the United States; and 
(C) as of February 29, 2020, was a mem-
ber of— 
(i) the American Association of Pro-
fessional Baseball; 
(ii) the Atlantic League of Profes-
sional Baseball; 
(iii) the Canadian American Associa-
tion of Professional Baseball; 
(iv) the Empire Professional Baseball 
League; 
(v) the Frontier League; 
(vi) the Pacific Association of Profes-
sional Baseball Clubs; 
(vii) the Pecos League of Professional 
Baseball Clubs; 
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(viii) the United Shore Professional 
Baseball League; or 
(ix) the Western League. 
(7) MINOR
LEAGUE
BASEBALL
CLUB.—The 
term ‘‘Minor League Baseball Club’’ means a profes-
sional baseball team, including a professional base-
ball team that is a corporation, limited liability com-
pany, or a partnership or operated as a sole propri-
etorship, that— 
(A) operates for profit or as a nonprofit 
organization; 
(B) is located in the United States; and 
(C)(i) as of February 29, 2020, was a 
member of a league that was a member of the 
National Association of Professional Baseball 
Leagues, Inc.; or 
(ii) has been offered and is operating or 
has agreed to operate under— 
(I) a Player Development License 
granted by MLB Professional Development 
Leagues, LLC; or 
(II) a license granted by Appalachian 
League, Inc. 
(8) PAYROLL COSTS.—The term ‘‘payroll costs’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 
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