Title: Right to Earn a Living Act of 2021
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Right to Earn a Living Act of 2021
This bill requires a state or local government, to be eligible to receive future payments from the Coronavirus Relief Fund, to certify that it will not limit the operation, hours, or occupancy of small businesses without the state or local government taking legislative action.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 755 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 755

To amend the Social Security Act to require a certification that States 
  and units of local governments will not impact the operations of a 
  small business concern to receive funds from the Coronavirus Relief 
                     Fund, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 2021

Mr. Good of Virginia (for himself, Mr. Banks, Mrs. Boebert, Mr. Gaetz, 
  and Mr. Moore of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was 
           referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Social Security Act to require a certification that States 
  and units of local governments will not impact the operations of a 
  small business concern to receive funds from the Coronavirus Relief 
                     Fund, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Right to Earn a Living Act of 
2021''.

SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION TO RECEIVE FUNDS FROM CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.

    Section 601 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as subsections 
        (g) and (h), respectively;
            (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(f) Certification Requirement To Keep Small Business Concerns 
Open.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to receive a payment under this 
        section, a State or unit of local government shall provide the 
        Secretary with a certification signed by the Chief Executive of 
        such State or unit of local government that such Chief 
        Executive shall not implement an order, without legislative 
        action by the State or unit of local government, that--
                    ``(A) prevents a small business concern from 
                operating; or
                    ``(B) places limitations on the hours or occupancy 
                of a small business concern.
            ``(2) Applicability.--The certification required under 
        paragraph (1) shall apply to any receipt of funds after the 
        date of the enactment of the `Right to Earn a Living Act of 
        2021'.''; and
            (3) in subsection (h), as redesignated by paragraph (1), by 
        inserting the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Small business concern.--The term `small business 
        concern' has the meaning given such term under section 3 of the 
        Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).''.
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