Right to Earn a Living Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 755 To amend the Social Security Act to require a certification that States and units of local governments will not impact the operations of a small business concern to receive funds from the Coronavirus Relief Fund, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 3, 2021 Mr. GOOD of Virginia (for himself, Mr. BANKS, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mr. GAETZ, and Mr. MOORE of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was re- ferred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend the Social Security Act to require a certification that States and units of local governments will not im- pact the operations of a small business concern to receive funds from the Coronavirus Relief Fund, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Right to Earn a Living 4 Act of 2021’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:44 Feb 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H755.IH H755 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 755 IH SEC. 2. CERTIFICATION TO RECEIVE FUNDS FROM 1 CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND. 2 Section 601 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 3 801) is amended— 4 (1) by redesignating subsections (f) and (g) as 5 subsections (g) and (h), respectively; 6 (2) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol- 7 lowing new subsection: 8 ‘‘(f) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT TO KEEP SMALL 9 BUSINESS CONCERNS OPEN.— 10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive a pay- 11 ment under this section, a State or unit of local gov- 12 ernment shall provide the Secretary with a certifi- 13 cation signed by the Chief Executive of such State 14 or unit of local government that such Chief Execu- 15 tive shall not implement an order, without legislative 16 action by the State or unit of local government, 17 that— 18 ‘‘(A) prevents a small business concern 19 from operating; or 20 ‘‘(B) places limitations on the hours or oc- 21 cupancy of a small business concern. 22 ‘‘(2) APPLICABILITY.—The certification re- 23 quired under paragraph (1) shall apply to any re- 24 ceipt of funds after the date of the enactment of the 25 ‘Right to Earn a Living Act of 2021’.’’; and 26 VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:44 Feb 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H755.IH H755 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 755 IH (3) in subsection (h), as redesignated by para- 1 graph (1), by inserting the following new paragraph: 2 ‘‘(6) SMALL BUSINESS CONCERN.—The term 3 ‘small business concern’ has the meaning given such 4 term under section 3 of the Small Business Act (15 5 U.S.C. 632).’’. 6 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 01:44 Feb 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H755.IH H755 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS