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Ensuring Economic Recovery Act

Introduced: March 16, 2021 Introduced by: Van Duyne, Beth Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
Mar 9, 2021
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Ensuring Economic Recovery Act

This bill requires the Small Business Administration to report on the recovery of small businesses from the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic and the effects on small businesses of increasing the federal minimum hourly wage to $15.

What's happening now March 9, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 14
All 14 Republican 9
R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · Dec 2, 2021
Hice, Jody
· Dec 2, 2021
 R
Mann, Tracey
Kansas · Dec 2, 2021
 R
Williams, Roger
Texas · Jul 9, 2021
 R
Jackson, Ronny
Texas · Apr 21, 2021
Burgess, Michael
· Mar 16, 2021
Gohmert, Louie
· Mar 16, 2021
 R
Gooden, Lance
Texas · Mar 16, 2021
Hagedorn, Jim
· Mar 16, 2021
 R
Fitzgerald, Scott
Wisconsin · Mar 9, 2021
 R
Garbarino, Andrew R.
New York · Mar 9, 2021
Luetkemeyer, Blaine
· Mar 9, 2021
 R
Salazar, Maria Elvira
Florida · Mar 9, 2021
 R
Stauber, Pete
Minnesota · Mar 9, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1718: Ensuring Economic Recovery Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1718/
MLA
"H.R. 1718: Ensuring Economic Recovery Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1718/.
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H.R. 1718, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1718/.
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[H.R. 1718: Ensuring Economic Recovery Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-1718/)
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