A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Commerce…

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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.

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 117th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

D Cortez MastoSponsor

9 cosponsors · 5 D, 4 R

3 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

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.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Feb 8, 2021

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).

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: 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.

Policy area: Commerce · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Feb 8, 2021

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.