To establish a payment program for unexpected loss of markets and revenues to timber harvesting and timber hauling businesses due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Sep 3, 2020 Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 20, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill directs the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make payments to a timber harvesting business or timber hauling business that, as a result of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, experienced a loss of not less than 10% in gross revenue during the period beginning on January 1, 2020, and ending on July 31, 2020, as compared to its gross revenue during the same period in 2019.
The amount of a payment made to an eligible entity shall be equal to 10% of the gross revenue of the business during the period beginning on January 1, 2019, and ending on July 31, 2019.
USDA shall make such a payment only to a business that certifies that the payment will be used only for operating expenses.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 20, 2020 to Sep 24, 2020, with 1 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-ME | Jared F. Golden | Original | Jul 20, 2020 |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| R-MN | Pete Stauber | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| R-LA | Ralph Lee Abraham | Jul 23, 2020 | |
| D-NC | G. K. Butterfield | Jul 29, 2020 | |
| R-NC | Gregory F. Murphy | Jul 29, 2020 | |
| R-MI | Jack Bergman | Jul 29, 2020 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Jul 29, 2020 | |
| R-WI | Thomas P. Tiffany | Jul 29, 2020 | |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Jul 29, 2020 | |
| D-NH | Chris Pappas | Jul 31, 2020 | |
| R-MS | Steven M. Palazzo | Jul 31, 2020 | |
| R-AR | Bruce Westerman | Aug 4, 2020 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Aug 14, 2020 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 3, 2020Referred to the Subcommittee on Conservation and Forestry.
- Jul 20, 2020Introduced in House
- Jul 20, 2020Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 4233 | Loggers Relief Act | Related bill | Jul 21, 2020 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Public Lands and Natural Resources.
- Appropriations
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Congressional oversight
- Department of Agriculture
- Economic performance and conditions
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Forests, forestry, trees
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Public Lands and Natural Resources
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 20, 2020Introduced in House
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