A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants for travel promotion, and for other purposes.
Latest action · Feb 8, 2021 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.
- IntroducedFeb 8, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
This bill expands the purposes for which the Department of Commerce is authorized to make economic adjustment grants to include travel promotion, and it authorizes Commerce to cover up to 100% of the cost of a travel promotion project.
Further, the bill authorizes the appropriation of $2.25 billion to make these grants to cover costs associated with promoting safe and healthy travel practices and economic recovery in communities impacted by a decline in travel and tourism as a result of COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2021 to Mar 10, 2021, with 3 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Feb 8, 2021 |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Original | Feb 8, 2021 |
| R-MO | Roy Blunt | Original | Feb 8, 2021 |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| D-CA | Dianne Feinstein | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Mar 9, 2021 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Mar 10, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Feb 8, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 8, 2021Introduced in Senate
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