STEP Act
Latest action · Jul 23, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 23, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Sustaining Tourism Enterprises During the COVID-19 Pandemic Act or the STEP Act
This bill requires the Department of Commerce to provide grants to certain tourism promotion entities and event venues to address the economic impacts of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Eligible recipients are entities that (1) perform tourism promotion responsibilities; (2) host, organize, own, operate, or staff an event venue, a convention, or a trade show; or (3) provide certain services to events and tourism locations. Grant funds may be used for specified costs associated with tourism marketing and promotion activities designed to assist economic recovery in communities impacted by a decline in travel, tourism, and events due to COVID-19.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 23, 2020 to Oct 23, 2020; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jul 23, 2020 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Jul 23, 2020 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Jul 23, 2020 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Jul 28, 2020 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Jul 28, 2020 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Aug 4, 2020 | |
| R-MT | Steve Daines | Aug 5, 2020 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Sep 8, 2020 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Sep 17, 2020 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Oct 23, 2020 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Environment and Public Works Committee | Referred Jul 23, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 23, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Jul 23, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 116-71 | CLIMBING AGAIN: STAKEHOLDER VIEWS ON RESUMING AIR TRAVEL IN THE COVID 19 ERA79 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Jun 18, 2020 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to provide grants for tourism and events support and promotion in areas affected by the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- STEP Act
- Sustaining Tourism Enterprises During the COVID–19 Pandemic Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 23, 2020Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
