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American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Title V – Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

TITLE V—COMMITTEE ON SMALL

BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

SEC. 5001. MODIFICATIONS TO PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.

(a) ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN NONPROFIT ENTITIES FOR COVERED

LOANS UNDER THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business

Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)), as amended by the Economic Aid

H. R. 1319—79

to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title

III of division N of Public Law 116–260), is amended—

(A) in subparagraph (A)—

(i) in clause (xv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;

(ii) in clause (xvi), by striking the period at the

end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

(iii) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(xvii) the term ‘additional covered nonprofit

entity’—

‘‘(I) means an organization described in any

paragraph of section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986, other than paragraph (3), (4), (6),

or (19), and exempt from tax under section 501(a)

of such Code; and

‘‘(II) does not include any entity that, if the

entity were a business concern, would be described

in section 120.110 of title 13, Code of Federal

Regulations (or in any successor regulation or

other related guidance or rule that may be issued

by the Administrator) other than a business concern

described in paragraph (a) or (k) of such

section.’’; and

(B) in subparagraph (D)—

(i) in clause (iii), by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(III) ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN ORGANIZATIONS.—

Subject to the provisions in this subparagraph,

during the covered period—

‘‘(aa) a nonprofit organization shall be

eligible to receive a covered loan if the nonprofit

organization employs not more than 500

employees per physical location of the

organization; and

‘‘(bb) an additional covered nonprofit

entity and an organization that, but for subclauses

(I)(dd) and (II)(dd) of clause (vii), would

be eligible for a covered loan under clause

(vii) shall be eligible to receive a covered loan

if the entity or organization employs not more

than 300 employees per physical location of

the entity or organization.’’; and

(ii) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(ix) ELIGIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL COVERED NONPROFIT

ENTITIES.—An additional covered nonprofit

entity shall be eligible to receive a covered loan if—

‘‘(I) the additional covered nonprofit entity

does not receive more than 15 percent of its

receipts from lobbying activities;

‘‘(II) the lobbying activities of the additional

covered nonprofit entity do not comprise more than

15 percent of the total activities of the organization;

‘‘(III) the cost of the lobbying activities of the

additional covered nonprofit entity did not exceed

$1,000,000 during the most recent tax year of the

additional covered nonprofit entity that ended

prior to February 15, 2020; and

H. R. 1319—80

‘‘(IV) the additional covered nonprofit entity

employs not more than 300 employees.’’.

(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR SECOND DRAW LOANS.—Paragraph

(37)(A)(i) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.

636(a)), as added by 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 inserting ‘‘ ‘additional

covered nonprofit entity’,’’ after ‘‘the terms’’.

(b) ELIGIBILITY OF INTERNET PUBLISHING ORGANIZATIONS FOR

COVERED LOANS UNDER THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small Business

Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)), as amended by subsection (a),

is further amended—

(A) in clause (iii), by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(IV) ELIGIBILITY OF INTERNET PUBLISHING

ORGANIZATIONS.—A business concern or other

organization that was not eligible to receive a covered

loan the day before the date of enactment

of this subclause, is assigned a North American

Industry Classification System code of 519130, certifies

in good faith as an Internet-only news publisher

or Internet-only periodical publisher, and

is engaged in the collection and distribution of

local or regional and national news and information

shall be eligible to receive a covered loan

for the continued provision of news, information,

content, or emergency information if—

‘‘(aa) the business concern or organization

employs not more than 500 employees, or the

size standard established by the Administrator

for that North American Industry Classification

code, per physical location of the business

concern or organization; and

‘‘(bb) the business concern or organization

makes a good faith certification that proceeds

of the loan will be used to support expenses

at the component of the business concern or

organization that supports local or regional

news.’’;

(B) in clause (iv)—

(i) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;

(ii) in subclause (IV)(bb), by striking the period

at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

(iii) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(V) any business concern or other organization

that was not eligible to receive a covered

loan the day before the date of enactment of this

subclause, is assigned a North American Industry

Classification System code of 519130, certifies in

good faith as an Internet-only news publisher or

Internet-only periodical publisher, and is engaged

in the collection and distribution of local or

regional and national news and information, if

the business concern or organization—

‘‘(aa) employs not more than 500

employees, or the size standard established

by the Administrator for that North American

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Industry Classification code, per physical location

of the business concern or organization;

and

‘‘(bb) is majority owned or controlled by

a business concern or organization that is

assigned a North American Industry Classification

System code of 519130.’’;

(C) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘clause (iii)(II), (iv)(IV),

or (vii)’’ and inserting ‘‘subclause (II), (III), or (IV) of clause

(iii), subclause (IV) or (V) of clause (iv), clause (vii), or

clause (ix)’’; and

(D) in clause (viii)(II)—

(i) by striking ‘‘business concern made eligible by

clause (iii)(II) or clause (iv)(IV) of this subparagraph’’

and inserting ‘‘business concern made eligible by subclause

(II) or (IV) of clause (iii) or subclause (IV) or

(V) of clause (iv) of this subparagraph’’; and

(ii) by inserting ‘‘or organization’’ after ‘‘business

concern’’ each place it appears.

(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR SECOND DRAW LOANS.—Section

7(a)(37)(A)(iv)(II) of the Small Business Act, as amended by

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 striking ‘‘clause (iii)(II), (iv)(IV), or (vii)’’

and inserting ‘‘subclause (II), (III), or (IV) of clause (iii), subclause

(IV) or (V) of clause (iv), clause (vii), or clause (ix)’’.

(c) COORDINATION WITH CONTINUATION COVERAGE PREMIUM

ASSISTANCE.—

(1) PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.—Section 7A(a)(12) of

the Small Business Act (as redesignated, transferred, and

amended by section 304(b) of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit

Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (Public Law

116–260)) is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘CARES Act or’’ and inserting ‘‘CARES

Act,’’; and

(B) by inserting before the period at the end the following:

‘‘, or premiums taken into account in determining

the credit allowed under section 6432 of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986’’.

(2) PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM SECOND DRAW.—Section

7(a)(37)(J)(iii)(I) of the Small Business Act, as amended

by the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits,

and Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116–

260), is amended—

(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of item (aa);

(B) by striking the period at the end of item (bb)

and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and

(C) by adding at the end the following new item:

‘‘(cc) premiums taken into account in

determining the credit allowed under section

6432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’.

(3) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this subsection

shall apply only with respect to applications for forgiveness

of covered loans made under paragraphs (36) or (37)

of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act, as amended by the

Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and

Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116–260),

H. R. 1319—82

that are received on or after the date of the enactment of

this Act.

(d) COMMITMENT AUTHORITY AND APPROPRIATIONS.—

(1) COMMITMENT AUTHORITY.—Section 1102(b)(1) of the

CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended by striking

‘‘$806,450,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$813,700,000,000’’.

(2) DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts otherwise

available, there is appropriated to the Administrator of

the Small Business Administration for fiscal year 2021, out

of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,

$7,250,000,000, to remain available until expended, for carrying

out this section.

SEC. 5002. TARGETED EIDL ADVANCE.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—

(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Administrator of

the Small Business Administration; and

(2) the terms ‘‘covered entity’’ and ‘‘economic loss’’ have

the meanings given the terms in section 331(a) of the Economic

Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues

Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116–260).

(b) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts otherwise available,

there is appropriated to the Administrator for fiscal year

2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,

$15,000,000,000—

(1) to remain available until expended; and

(2) of which, the Administrator shall use—

(A) $10,000,000,000 to make payments to covered entities

that have not received the full amounts to which

the covered entities are entitled under section 331 of the

Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits,

and Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116–

260); and

(B) $5,000,000,000 to make payments under section

1110(e) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9009(e)), each of

which shall be—

(i) made to a covered entity that—

(I) has suffered an economic loss of greater

than 50 percent; and

(II) employs not more than 10 employees;

(ii) in an amount that is $5,000; and

(iii) with respect to the covered entity to which

the payment is made, in addition to any payment

made to the covered entity under section 1110(e) of

the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9009(e)) or section 331

of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses,

Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of division N

of Public Law 116–260).

SEC. 5003. SUPPORT FOR RESTAURANTS.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the

Administrator of the Small Business Administration.

(2) AFFILIATED BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘affiliated business’’

means a business in which an eligible entity has an equity

or right to profit distributions of not less than 50 percent,

or in which an eligible entity has the contractual authority

to control the direction of the business, provided that such

affiliation shall be determined as of any arrangements or agreements

in existence as of March 13, 2020.

(3) COVERED PERIOD.—The term ‘‘covered period’’ means

the period—

(A) beginning on February 15, 2020; and

(B) ending on December 31, 2021, or a date to be

determined by the Administrator that is not later than

2 years after the date of enactment of this section.

(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible entity’’—

(A) means a restaurant, food stand, food truck, food

cart, caterer, saloon, inn, tavern, bar, lounge, brewpub,

tasting room, taproom, licensed facility or premise of a

beverage alcohol producer where the public may taste,

sample, or purchase products, or other similar place of

business in which the public or patrons assemble for the

primary purpose of being served food or drink;

(B) includes an entity described in subparagraph (A)

that is located in an airport terminal or that is a Tribally owned

concern; and

(C) does not include—

(i) an entity described in subparagraph (A) that—
(I) is a State or local government-operated

business;

(II) as of March 13, 2020, owns or operates

(together with any affiliated business) more than

20 locations, regardless of whether those locations

do business under the same or multiple names;

or

(III) has a pending application for or has

received a grant under section 324 of the Economic

Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and

Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law

116–260); or

(ii) a publicly-traded company.

(5) EXCHANGE; ISSUER; SECURITY.—The terms ‘‘exchange’’,

‘‘issuer’’, and ‘‘security’’ have the meanings given those terms

in section 3(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15

U.S.C. 78c(a)).

(6) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the Restaurant Revitalization

Fund established under subsection (b).

(7) PANDEMIC-RELATED REVENUE LOSS.—The term ‘‘pandemic-

related revenue loss’’ means, with respect to an eligible

entity—

(A) except as provided in subparagraphs (B), (C), and

(D), the gross receipts, as established using such

verification documentation as the Administrator may

require, of the eligible entity during 2020 subtracted from

the gross receipts of the eligible entity in 2019, if such

sum is greater than zero;

(B) if the eligible entity was not in operation for the

entirety of 2019—

(i) the difference between—
(I) the product obtained by multiplying the

average monthly gross receipts of the eligible

entity in 2019 by 12; and

(II) the product obtained by multiplying the

average monthly gross receipts of the eligible

entity in 2020 by 12; or

(ii) an amount based on a formula determined

by the Administrator;

(C) if the eligible entity opened during the period beginning

on January 1, 2020, and ending on the day before

the date of enactment of this section—

(i) the expenses described in subsection (c)(5)(A)

that were incurred by the eligible entity minus any

gross receipts received; or

(ii) an amount based on a formula determined

by the Administrator; or

(D) if the eligible entity has not yet opened as of

the date of application for a grant under subsection (c),

but has incurred expenses described in subsection (c)(5)(A)

as of the date of enactment of this section—

(i) the amount of those expenses; or
(ii) an amount based on a formula determined

by the Administrator.

For purposes of this paragraph, the pandemic-related revenue

losses for an eligible entity shall be reduced by any amounts

received from a covered loan made under paragraph (36) or

(37) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a))

in 2020 or 2021.

(8) PAYROLL COSTS.—The term ‘‘payroll costs’’ has the

meaning given the term in section 7(a)(36)(A) of the Small

Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(A)), except that such term

shall not include—

(A) qualified wages (as defined in subsection (c)(3) of

section 2301 of the CARES Act) taken into account in

determining the credit allowed under such section 2301;

or

(B) premiums taken into account in determining the

credit allowed under section 6432 of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986.

(9) PUBLICLY-TRADED COMPANY.—The term ‘‘publicly-traded

company’’ means an entity that is majority owned or controlled

by an entity that is an issuer, the securities of which are

listed on a national securities exchange under section 6 of

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78f).

(10) TRIBALLY-OWNED CONCERN.—The term ‘‘Tribally-owned

concern’’ has the meaning given the term in section 124.3

of title 13, Code of Federal Regulations, or any successor regulation.

(b) RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION FUND.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the Treasury of

the United States a fund to be known as the Restaurant Revitalization

Fund.

(2) APPROPRIATIONS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise

available, there is appropriated to the Restaurant Revitalization

Fund for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in

the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $28,600,000,000,

to remain available until expended.

(B) DISTRIBUTION.—

(i) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made available

under subparagraph (A)—

(I) $5,000,000,000 shall be available to eligible

entities with gross receipts during 2019 of not

more than $500,000; and

(II) $23,600,000,000 shall be available to the

Administrator to award grants under subsection

(c) in an equitable manner to eligible entities of

different sizes based on annual gross receipts.

(ii) ADJUSTMENTS.—The Administrator may make

adjustments as necessary to the distribution of funds

under clause (i)(II) based on demand and the relative

local costs in the markets in which eligible entities

operate.

(C) GRANTS AFTER INITIAL PERIOD.—Notwithstanding

subparagraph (B), on and after the date that is 60 days

after the date of enactment of this section, or another

period of time determined by the Administrator, the

Administrator may make grants using amounts appropriated

under subparagraph (A) to any eligible entity

regardless of the annual gross receipts of the eligible entity.

(3) USE OF FUNDS.—The Administrator shall use amounts

in the Fund to make grants described in subsection (c).

(c) RESTAURANT REVITALIZATION GRANTS.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b) and

paragraph (3), the Administrator shall award grants to eligible

entities in the order in which applications are received by

the Administrator.

(2) APPLICATION.—

(A) CERTIFICATION.—An eligible entity applying for a

grant under this subsection shall make a good faith certification

that—

(i) the uncertainty of current economic conditions

makes necessary the grant request to support the

ongoing operations of the eligible entity; and

(ii) the eligible entity has not applied for or

received a grant under section 324 of the Economic

Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and

Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116–

260).

(B) BUSINESS IDENTIFIERS.—In accepting applications

for grants under this subsection, the Administrator shall

prioritize the ability of each applicant to use their existing

business identifiers over requiring other forms of registration

or identification that may not be common to their

industry and imposing additional burdens on applicants.

(3) PRIORITY IN AWARDING GRANTS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.—During the initial 21-day period in

which the Administrator awards grants under this subsection,

the Administrator shall prioritize awarding grants

to eligible entities that are small business concerns owned

and controlled by women (as defined in section 3(n) of

the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(n))), small business

concerns owned and controlled by veterans (as defined in

section 3(q) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q))), or socially

and economically disadvantaged small business concerns

(as defined in section 8(a)(4)(A) of the Small Business Act

(15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4)(A))). The Administrator may take such

steps as necessary to ensure that eligible entities described

in this subparagraph have access to grant funding under

this section after the end of such 21-day period.

(B) CERTIFICATION.—For purposes of establishing priority

under subparagraph (A), an applicant shall submit

a self-certification of eligibility for priority with the grant

application.

(4) GRANT AMOUNT.—

(A) AGGREGATE MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—The aggregate

amount of grants made to an eligible entity and any affiliated

businesses of the eligible entity under this subsection—

(i) shall not exceed $10,000,000; and
(ii) shall be limited to $5,000,000 per physical location

of the eligible entity.

(B) DETERMINATION OF GRANT AMOUNT.—

(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in this paragraph,

the amount of a grant made to an eligible

entity under this subsection shall be equal to the pandemic-

related revenue loss of the eligible entity.

(ii) RETURN TO TREASURY.—Any amount of a grant

made under this subsection to an eligible entity based

on estimated receipts that is greater than the actual

gross receipts of the eligible entity in 2020 shall be

returned to the Treasury.

(5) USE OF FUNDS.—During the covered period, an eligible

entity that receives a grant under this subsection may use

the grant funds for the following expenses incurred as a direct

result of, or during, the COVID–19 pandemic:

(A) Payroll costs.

(B) Payments of principal or interest on any mortgage

obligation (which shall not include any prepayment of principal

on a mortgage obligation).

(C) Rent payments, including rent under a lease agreement

(which shall not include any prepayment of rent).

(D) Utilities.

(E) Maintenance expenses, including—

(i) construction to accommodate outdoor seating;

and

(ii) walls, floors, deck surfaces, furniture, fixtures,

and equipment.

(F) Supplies, including protective equipment and

cleaning materials.

(G) Food and beverage expenses that are within the

scope of the normal business practice of the eligible entity

before the covered period.

(H) Covered supplier costs, as defined in section 7A(a)

of the Small Business Act (as redesignated, transferred,

and amended by section 304(b) of the Economic Aid to

Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act

(Public Law 116–260)).

(I) Operational expenses.

(J) Paid sick leave.

(K) Any other expenses that the Administrator determines

to be essential to maintaining the eligible entity.

H. R. 1319—87

(6) RETURNING FUNDS.—If an eligible entity that receives

a grant under this subsection fails to use all grant funds

or permanently ceases operations on or before the last day

of the covered period, the eligible entity shall return to the

Treasury any funds that the eligible entity did not use for

the allowable expenses under paragraph (5).

SEC. 5004. COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PILOT PROGRAM.

(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

(1) ADMINISTRATION.—The term ‘‘Administration’’ means

the Small Business Administration.

(2) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the

Administrator of the Small Business Administration.

(3) COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR SERVICES.—The term ‘‘community

navigator services’’ means the outreach, education, and

technical assistance provided by community navigators that

target eligible businesses to increase awareness of, and participation

in, programs of the Small Business Administration.

(4) COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR.—The term ‘‘community navigator’’

means a community organization, community financial

institution as defined in section 7(a)(36)(A) of the Small Business

Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(A)), or other private nonprofit

organization engaged in the delivery of community navigator

services.

(5) ELIGIBLE BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘eligible business’’

means any small business concern, with priority for small business

concerns owned and controlled by women (as defined in

section 3(n) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632(n))),

small business concerns owned and controlled by veterans (as

defined in section 3(q) of such Act (15 U.S.C. 632(q))), and

socially and economically disadvantaged small business concerns

(as defined in section 8(a)(4)(A) of the Small Business

Act (15 U.S.C. 637(a)(4)(A))).

(6) PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘private

nonprofit organization’’ means an entity that is described in

section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt

from tax under section 501(a) of such Code.

(7) RESOURCE PARTNER.—The term ‘‘resource partner’’

means—

(A) a small business development center (as defined

in section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632));

(B) a women’s business center (as described in section

29 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656)); and

(C) a chapter of the Service Corps of Retired Executives

(as defined in section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Act (15 U.S.C.

637(b)(1)(B))).

(8) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term ‘‘small business

concern’’ has the meaning given under section 3 of the Small

Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632).

(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means a State of the United

States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, the Commonwealth

of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Guam, or an agency,

instrumentality, or fiscal agent thereof.

(10) UNIT OF GENERAL LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term

‘‘unit of general local government’’ means a county, city, town,

village, or other general purpose political subdivision of a State.

H. R. 1319—88

(b) COMMUNITY NAVIGATOR PILOT PROGRAM.—

(1) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator of the Small Business

Administration shall establish a Community Navigator pilot

program to make grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative

agreements with, private nonprofit organizations, resource

partners, States, Tribes, and units of local government to ensure

the delivery of free community navigator services to current

or prospective owners of eligible businesses in order to improve

access to assistance programs and resources made available

because of the COVID–19 pandemic by Federal, State, Tribal,

and local entities.

(2) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts otherwise

available, there is appropriated to the Administrator for fiscal

year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise

appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain available until September

30, 2022, for carrying out this subsection.

(c) OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.—

(1) PROMOTION.—The Administrator shall develop and

implement a program to promote community navigator services

to current or prospective owners of eligible businesses.

(2) CALL CENTER.—The Administrator shall establish a telephone

hotline to offer information about Federal programs to

assist eligible businesses and offer referral services to resource

partners, community navigators, potential lenders, and other

persons that the Administrator determines appropriate for current

or prospective owners of eligible businesses.

(3) OUTREACH.—The Administrator shall—

(A) conduct outreach and education, in the 10 most

commonly spoken languages in the United States, to current

or prospective owners of eligible businesses on community

navigator services and other Federal programs to

assist eligible businesses;

(B) improve the website of the Administration to

describe such community navigator services and other Federal

programs; and

(C) implement an education campaign by advertising

in media targeted to current or prospective owners of

eligible businesses.

(4) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts otherwise

available, there is appropriated to the Administrator for fiscal

year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise

appropriated, $75,000,000, to remain available until September

30, 2022, for carrying out this subsection.

(d) SUNSET.—The authority of the Administrator to make grants

under this section shall terminate on December 31, 2025.

SEC. 5005. SHUTTERED VENUE OPERATORS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise available,

there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in

the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,250,000,000, to remain

available until expended, to carry out section 324 of the Economic

Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act

(title III of division N of Public Law 116–260), of which $500,000

shall be used to provide technical assistance to help applicants

access the System for Award Management (or any successor thereto)

or to assist applicants with an alternative grant application system.

H. R. 1319—89

(b) REDUCTION OF SHUTTERED VENUES ASSISTANCE FOR NEW

PPP RECIPIENTS.—Section 324 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 subsection (a)(1)(A)(vi)—

(A) by striking subclause (III);

(B) by redesignating subclause (IV) as subclause (III);

and

(C) in subclause (III), as so redesignated, by striking

‘‘subclauses (I), (II), and (III)’’ and inserting ‘‘subclauses

(I) and (II)’’; and

(2) in subsection (c)(1)—

(A) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preceding clause

(i), by striking ‘‘A grant’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subparagraphs

(B) and (C), a grant’’; and

(B) by adding at the end the following:

‘‘(C) REDUCTION FOR RECIPIENTS OF NEW PPP LOANS.—

‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The otherwise applicable amount

of a grant under subsection (b)(2) to an eligible person

or entity shall be reduced by the total amount of loans

guaranteed under paragraph (36) or (37) of section

7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) that

are received on or after December 27, 2020 by the

eligible person or entity.

‘‘(ii) APPLICATION TO GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.—

For purposes of applying clause (i) to an eligible person

or entity owned by a State or a political subdivision

of a State, the relevant entity—

‘‘(I) shall be the eligible person or entity; and

‘‘(II) shall not include entities of the State

or political subdivision other than the eligible person

or entity.’’.

SEC. 5006. DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise available,

there is appropriated to the Administrator for fiscal year 2021,

out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,

to remain available until expended—

(1) $840,000,000 for administrative expenses, including to

prevent, prepare for, and respond to the COVID–19 pandemic,

domestically or internationally, including administrative

expenses related to paragraphs (36) and (37) of section 7(a)

of the Small Business Act, section 324 of the Economic Aid

to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title

III of division N of Public Law 116–260), section 5002 of this

title, and section 5003 of this title; and

(2) $460,000,000 to carry out the disaster loan program

authorized by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.

636(b)), of which $70,000,000 shall be for the cost of direct

loans authorized by such section and $390,000,000 shall be

for administrative expenses to carry out such program.

(b) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise

available, there is appropriated to the Inspector General of the

Small Business Administration for fiscal year 2021, out of any

money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $25,000,000,

to remain available until expended, for necessary expenses of the

Office of Inspector General.

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