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Calendar No. 387 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3807 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
APRIL 7, 2022 
Received 
MAY 24, 2022 
Read the first time 
MAY 25, 2022 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to increase 
appropriations to the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, 
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 ‘‘Relief for Restaurants 
and other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION GRANTS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—Section 5003(b)(2) of the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 
9009c(b)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$28,600,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$70,600,000,000’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, of which not more than 
$420,000,000 shall be for administrative ex-
penses to carry out this section, and of which 
$7,500,000 shall be for the Inspector General 
of 
the 
Small 
Business 
Administration, 
$7,500,000 for the Department of Justice for 
investigative and prosecutorial activities related 
to fraud and abuse, and $7,500,000 for Pan-
demic Response Accountability Committee, for 
audits of grants under this section to inves-
tigate fraud and to identify improper payments 
and ineligible recipients, and for other nec-
essary expenses’’ before the period at the end; 
and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)(i)(II), by striking 
‘‘$23,600,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘any remaining 
amounts not used for a purpose authorized under 
subparagraph (A) or clause (i) of this subpara-
graph’’. 
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(b) INSUFFICIENT FUNDING.—Section 5003 of the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) INSUFFICIENT FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If the Administrator deter-
mines that the amounts made available to carry out 
this section are insufficient to make grants in the 
amount provided in subsection (c)(4) to each eligible 
entity that has submitted an application in accord-
ance with the program guidelines in effect on the 
day before the date of enactment of this subsection, 
but has not received an award as of such date, the 
Administrator shall make grants with the available 
amounts to each such eligible applicant— 
‘‘(A) such that the amount of the grant 
that each such eligible entity would have other-
wise received under this section is reduced by 
an equal percentage; 
‘‘(B) by establishing a maximum amount 
for a grant made under this subsection to en-
sure that smaller eligible entities still receive 
grants in the amounts provided under sub-
section (c)(4); or 
‘‘(C) by providing full awards in the 
amounts provided under subsection (c)(4) below 
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a certain threshold (as the Administrator may 
establish) and reducing grants above that 
threshold by an equal percentage. 
‘‘(2) RESERVING
FUNDS.—Nothing in para-
graph (1) shall prevent the Administrator from— 
‘‘(A) reserving funding for applicants that 
may be determined to be eligible for a grant 
under this section upon reconsideration; or 
‘‘(B) making partial awards to eligible en-
tities on a preliminary basis until the amount of 
funding required to fund grants to all eligible 
applicants is established, upon the completion 
of the reconsideration process.’’. 
(c) REPORTS; RECONSIDERATION; VERIFICATION OF 
BUSINESS TYPE.—Section 5003 of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c), as amended by sub-
section (b), is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.—The Administrator shall— 
‘‘(1) on a biweekly basis until the amounts 
made available to carry out this section are fully ex-
pended, publish data that shows, for the period be-
ginning on the date on which the Administrator 
began making grants under this section and ending 
on the date on which the information is published— 
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‘‘(A) with respect to applications for grants 
under this section, the number of those applica-
tions— 
‘‘(i) that the Administrator has re-
ceived; 
‘‘(ii) that the Administrator has re-
viewed or is in the process of reviewing; 
and 
‘‘(iii) with respect to which the Ad-
ministrator has made a decision; and 
‘‘(B) the number and dollar amount of 
grants under this section— 
‘‘(i) that have been awarded; and 
‘‘(ii) that have been disbursed; 
‘‘(2) on a weekly basis until the amounts made 
available to carry out this section are fully expended, 
publish, with respect to the period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this subsection and ending on 
the date on which the information is published— 
‘‘(A) with respect to each eligible entity to 
which a grant is made under this section— 
‘‘(i) the name of the eligible entity, in-
cluding the name or names under which 
the eligible entity does business if that 
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name is different from the name of the eli-
gible entity; and 
‘‘(ii) the address of— 
‘‘(I) the eligible entity; and 
‘‘(II) the physical location or lo-
cations for the eligible entity listed on 
the application, if different from the 
address of the eligible entity; 
‘‘(B) the amount of each grant described 
in subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(C) the business category listed in sub-
section (a)(4)(A) to which the eligible entity be-
longs. 
‘‘(f) RECONSIDERATION.— 
‘‘(1) EXPLANATION FOR DENIAL.—With respect 
to an applicant that applies for a grant under this 
section and is denied by the Administrator, the Ad-
ministrator shall make available to the applicant a 
brief explanation identifying the reason why the Ad-
ministrator denied the application of the applicant, 
which shall include, where applicable, a citation to 
the statutory, regulatory, or guidance provision with 
which the applicant failed to comply and that was 
the basis for the denial. 
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the grant unless the applicant submits a statement to the 
Administrator indicating the applicant is still operating, 
or intends to reopen within 6 months after the date of 
the statement is submitted, the place of business for which 
such applicant is seeking such grant. 
(e) OVERSIGHT AND AUDITS.—Section 5003 of the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (15 U.S.C. 9009c), 
as amended by subsection (c), is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) OVERSIGHT AND AUDITS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall in-
stitute an oversight and audit plan with respect to 
eligible entities receiving grants under this section, 
which shall include— 
‘‘(A) documentation requirements that are 
consistent with the eligibility and other require-
ments under this section, including by requiring 
an eligible entity that receives a grant under 
this section to retain records that demonstrate 
compliance with those requirements; and 
‘‘(B) reviews of the use of grants made 
under this section by eligible entities. 
‘‘(2) SUBMISSION OF PLAN.—Not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on 
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Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate 
and the Committee on Small Business of the House 
of Representatives the plan required under para-
graph (1), which shall describe— 
‘‘(A) the policies and procedures of the Ad-
ministrator for conducting oversight and audits 
of grants made under this section; and 
‘‘(B) the metrics that the Administrator 
will use to determine which grants made under 
this section will be audited under that plan. 
‘‘(3) REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this subsection, and once 
every 30 days thereafter until the date that is 180 
days after the date on which all amounts made avail-
able to carry out this section have been fully ex-
pended, and upon request thereafter, the Adminis-
trator shall submit to the Committee on Small Busi-
ness and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the 
Committee on Small Business of the House of Rep-
resentatives a report on the oversight and audit ac-
tivities of the Administrator under this subsection, 
which shall include— 
‘‘(A) the total number of grants approved 
and disbursed under this section; 
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‘‘(B) the total amount of each grant re-
ceived by each eligible entity; 
‘‘(C) the number of active investigations 
and audits of grants made under this section; 
‘‘(D) the number of completed reviews and 
audits of grants made under this section, in-
cluding a description of— 
‘‘(i) any findings of fraud or other 
material noncompliance with the require-
ments of this section; and 
‘‘(ii) the total amount recouped from 
ineligible recipients; and 
‘‘(E) a description of any substantial 
changes made to the plan required under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(4) RETROACTIVE
APPLICATION.—This sub-
section shall apply to grants and decisions made 
under this section before, on, or after the date of en-
actment of this subsection.’’. 
SEC. 3. HARD HIT INDUSTRIES AWARD PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
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(2) AFFILIATED BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘affili-
ated business’’ means a business in which an eligible 
entity— 
(A) has an equity or right to receive not 
less than 50 percent of the profit distributions 
of such business; or 
(B) has, on or before March 13, 2020, con-
tractual authority to control the business. 
(3) AWARD.—The term ‘‘award’’ means a fi-
nancial assistance payment that an eligible applicant 
receives directly from the Small Business Adminis-
tration. 
(4) COVERED PERIOD.—The term ‘‘covered pe-
riod’’ means the period beginning on February 15, 
2020, and ending on the later of— 
(A) March 31, 2023; or 
(B) a date to be determined by the Admin-
istrator that is not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this section. 
(5) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’— 
(A) means a small business concern that— 
(i) employs not more than 200 em-
ployees; and 
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(ii) suffered a pandemic-related rev-
enue loss of 40 percent or greater; and 
(B) does not include a small business con-
cern that— 
(i) is a State or local government-op-
erated business; 
(ii) has received a grant under— 
(I) section 324 of the Economic 
Aid to Hard Hit Small Businesses, 
Nonprofits, and Venues Act (15 
U.S.C. 9009a); or 
(II) section 5003 of the Amer-
ican Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public 
Law 117–2); 
(iii) is a publicly-traded company; 
(iv) is an entity that is owned or oper-
ated by a private equity fund; or 
(v) has a wage violation at the time of 
application. 
(6) ELIGIBLE SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVIDUAL.— 
The term ‘‘eligible self-employed individual’’ has the 
meaning given in section 7002(b) of the Families 
First Coronavirus Response Act (26 U.S.C. 1401 
note). 
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(7) EXCHANGE; ISSUER; SECURITY.—The terms 
‘‘exchange’’, ‘‘issuer’’, and ‘‘security’’ have the 
meanings given those terms, respectively, in section 
3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 
U.S.C. 78c(a)). 
(8) PANDEMIC-RELATED REVENUE LOSS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘pandemic- 
related revenue loss’’ means, subject to sub-
paragraph (B) and with respect to an eligible 
entity— 
(i) except as provided in clauses (ii) 
and (iii), the average annual gross receipts 
during 2020 and 2021, as established 
using such verification documentation as 
the Administrator may require, of the eligi-
ble entity subtracted from the gross re-
ceipts of the eligible entity in 2019, if such 
sum is greater than zero; 
(ii) if the eligible entity was not in op-
eration for the entirety of 2019— 
(I) the difference between— 
(aa) the product obtained by 
multiplying the average monthly 
gross receipts of the eligible enti-
ty in 2019 by 12; and 
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