To amend the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act with respect to grants for shuttered venue operators, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-3392
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2]
Introduced: 2021-05-20
Policy area: Commerce
Subjects: Business expenses

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Games and hobbies

Infectious and parasitic diseases

Small business

Sports and recreation facilities

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2021-05-20
text: Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-05-20
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill includes attraction operators within the scope of eligibility for a grant program that was established to provide economic relief to venue operators in response to COVID-19. The bill defines an<em> attraction operator</em> as an individual or entity that owns or operates an amusement park, amusement arcade or parlor, or amusement device or concession, with the exclusion of any such business that also carries out gambling activities.</p> <p>Under current law, these grants are made available to certain entertainment venues (i.e., places where events of a specific type are held), such as live venue operators or promoters, theatrical producers, and live performing arts organization operators.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3392 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 20, 2021 Mr. Garbarino (for himself, Mr. Suozzi , Mr. Jacobs of New York , Mr. Zeldin , and Mr. Case ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act with respect to grants for shuttered venue operators, and for other purposes.

1. Grants for shuttered venue operators (a) Eligible person or entity Section 324(a)(1) of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116–260 ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A)— (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting an attraction operator, after motion picture theatre operator, ; (B) in clause (i)— (i) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting the attraction operator, after motion picture theatre operator, ; (ii) in subclause (I), by inserting an attraction operator, after motion picture theatre operator, ; and (iii) in subclause (II), by inserting the attraction operator, after motion picture theatre operator, ; (C) in clause (ii)— (i) in subclause (III), by striking or at the end; (ii) by redesignating subclause (IV) as subclause (V); and (iii) by inserting after subclause (III) the following new subclause: (IV) the attraction operator is open or intends to reopen; or ; and (D) in clause (vi)— (i) by inserting the attraction operator, after the motion picture theatre operator, each place it appears; and (ii) by inserting attractions, after motion picture theatres, each place it appears; and (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting an attraction operator, after motion picture theatre operator, . (b) Attraction operator Section 324(a) of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116–260 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (11) Attraction operator (A) In general The term attraction operator means an individual or entity that— (i) as the principal business activity of the individual or entity, owns or operates an— (I) amusement park; (II) amusement arcade or parlor; or (III) amusement device or concession; and (ii) includes an individual or entity described in clause (i) that— (I) operates for profit; (II) is a nonprofit organization; (III) is government-owned; or (IV) is a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership or operated as a sole proprietorship. (B) Exclusion An individual or entity that owns or operates a business described in subclause (I), (II), or (III) of subparagraph (A)(i) may not be treated as an attraction operator if gambling activities are carried out as part of such business. .