Restaurant Recovery Fairness Act of 2021

I 117TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3551 To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to require increased oversight with respect to restaurant revitalization grants, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MAY 25, 2021 Ms. VAN DUYNE (for herself, Mr. PHILLIPS, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mr. HAGEDORN, Mr. MEUSER, Mr. GARBARINO, Mr. WILLIAMS of Texas, and Mr. DONALDS) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Small Business A BILL To amend the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to require increased oversight with respect to restaurant revitaliza- tion grants, 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 ‘‘Restaurant Recovery 4 Fairness Act of 2021’’. 5 SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR RESTAURANTS. 6 Section 5003 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 7 2021 (Public Law 117–2) is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:55 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3551.IH H3551 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3551 IH (1) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end 1 the following new subparagraph: 2 ‘‘(C) PREVENTION OF WASTE, FRAUD, AND 3 ABUSE.—The Administrator shall impose re- 4 quirements on applicants for the purpose of re- 5 ducing waste, fraud, and abuse.’’; and 6 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub- 7 sections: 8 ‘‘(d) OVERSIGHT AND AUDIT PLAN.— 9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 45 days 10 after the date of enactment of this subsection, the 11 Administrator shall submit to the Committee on 12 Small Business and Entrepreneurship of the Senate 13 and the Committee on Small Business of the House 14 of Representatives an oversight and audit plan that 15 details the policies and procedures of the Adminis- 16 trator for conducting oversight and an appropriate 17 level of audits with respect to grants made under 18 this section, which shall include the metrics used to 19 determine which grants to audit. 20 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after 21 the date of enactment of this subsection, and each 22 month thereafter until the date that is 1 year after 23 the date on which all amounts appropriated under 24 subsection (b)(2) have been expended, the Adminis- 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:55 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3551.IH H3551 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3551 IH trator shall submit to the Committee on Small Busi- 1 ness and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the 2 Committee on Small Business of the House of Rep- 3 resentatives a report on the oversight and audit ac- 4 tivities carried out by the Administrator with respect 5 to grants made under this section, which shall in- 6 clude for the period covered by the report— 7 ‘‘(A) the number of grants approved and 8 disbursed; 9 ‘‘(B) the amount of grant funds received 10 by each recipient; 11 ‘‘(C) the number of active investigations 12 and audits of grants being conducted; 13 ‘‘(D) the number of completed investiga- 14 tions and audits of grants, including a descrip- 15 tion of any findings of fraud or other material 16 noncompliance; and 17 ‘‘(E) any substantial changes made to the 18 oversight and audit plan submitted under para- 19 graph (1). 20 ‘‘(3) IDENTIFIABLE OR PROPRIETARY INFORMA- 21 TION.—The Administrator shall ensure that each re- 22 port submitted pursuant to paragraph (2) is free 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:55 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3551.IH H3551 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3551 IH from any identifiable or proprietary information of a 1 grant recipient.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:55 Jun 23, 2021 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3551.IH H3551 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS