I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1757 To permit shuttered venue operators to receive shuttered venue operator grants and paycheck protection program loans, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MARCH 10, 2021 Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To permit shuttered venue operators to receive shuttered venue operator grants and paycheck protection program loans, 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 ‘‘Boosting Revenue As- 4 sistance for Venue Operators Act’’ or the ‘‘BRAVO Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. SHUTTERED VENUE OPERATOR PAYCHECK PRO- 6 TECTION PROGRAM LOAN ELIGIBILITY. 7 Section 324 of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small 8 Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (Public Law 116– 9 260) is amended— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:40 May 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1757.IH H1757 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1757 IH (1) in subsection (a)(1)(A)(vi)— 1 (A) by striking subclause (III); 2 (B) by redesignating subclause (IV) as 3 subclause (III); and 4 (C) in subclause (III), as so redesignated, 5 by striking ‘‘(I), (II), and (III)’’ and inserting 6 ‘‘(I) and (II)’’; 7 (2) by redesignating subsections (e) and (f) as 8 subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 9 (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol- 10 lowing new subsection: 11 ‘‘(e) NON-DUPLICATION.—A recipient of a loan guar- 12 anteed under paragraph (36) or (37) of section 7(a) of 13 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) may receive 14 a grant under this section only if such grant is used for 15 purposes other than paying payroll costs and other obliga- 16 tions described in section 7(a)(36)(F) of the Small Busi- 17 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(F)).’’. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:40 May 03, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1757.IH H1757 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS