S 307
117th Congress
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A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants for travel promotion, and for other purposes.
Introduced: February 8, 2021
Introduced by:
Cortez Masto, Catherine
Democratic
· Nevada
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In committee
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Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 8, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Feb 8, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
This bill expands the purposes for which the Department of Commerce is authorized to make economic adjustment grants to include travel promotion, and it authorizes Commerce to cover up to 100% of the cost of a travel promotion project.
Further, the bill authorizes the appropriation of $2.25 billion to make these grants to cover costs associated with promoting safe and healthy travel practices and economic recovery in communities impacted by a decline in travel and tourism as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
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