Equal Access to COVID-19 Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-6594
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1]
Introduced: 2020-04-21
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Economic performance and conditions

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Gambling

Government lending and loan guarantees

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Small business
Latest action: action_date: 2020-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-04-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Equal Access to COVID-19 Relief Act</b></p> <p>This bill expands access to specified assistance related to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) by providing that the receipt of legal gaming revenue shall not disqualify a person from receiving certain benefits.</p> <p>Under current law, businesses that derive more than one-third of their gross annual revenue from legal gaming activities are ineligible for Small Business Administration loans. </p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 6594 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2020 Ms. Titus (for herself, Mr. Horsford , Mr. Amodei , Mr. Gosar , Mr. Thompson of Mississippi , and Mrs. Lee of Nevada ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To provide that businesses with legal gaming revenue are eligible for certain assistance relating to COVID–19, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Equal Access to COVID-19 Relief Act . 2. Eligibility of businesses with legal gaming revenue for assistance relating to COVID–19 Notwithstanding section 120.110 of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, or any other provision of law or regulation, the receipt of legal gaming revenue shall not prevent any person from being eligible for any program, loan, grant, or any benefit made available by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136 ), the Families First Coronavirus Response Act ( Public Law 116–127 ), or the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 ( Public Law 116–123 ).