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S. 255: RESTAURANTS Act of 2021

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S. 255: RESTAURANTS Act of 2021

117th Congress · introduced 2021-02-04 · Commerce · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-02-04 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

RESTAURANTS Act of 2021

Plain summary

Real Economic Support That Acknowledges Unique Restaurant Assistance Needed To Survive Act of 2021 or the RESTAURANTS Act of 2021 This bill temporarily establishes and provides funding for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, from which the Department of the Treasury shall make grants to eligible food and beverage purveyors to cover specified costs such as payroll, operational expenses, and paid sick leave. For the grant program's initial period, Treasury must (1) prioritize awarding grants to marginalized and underrepresented communities, and (2) only award grants to eligible food and beverage purveyors with annual revenues of less than $1.5 million in 2019. For tax purposes, grant amounts are excluded from the recipient's gross income. An entity that received a loan under the Paycheck Protection Program established to support small businesses in response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) may not apply for or use a restaurant revitalization grant for the same expenses for which the entity received the paycheck protection loan. Further, a grant applicant may request an additional amount to cover the cost of providing 10 days of paid sick leave to its employees. Treasury must report a list of grant recipients with the amount each recipient received, as well as demographics and other specified information.

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Official text

RESTAURANTS Act of 2021

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] · 31 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Bill Cassidy (R-LA), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Michael F. Bennet (D-CO), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Patty Murray (D-WA), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Mark R. Warner (D-VA), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Martin Heinrich (D-NM), Ben Ray Luján (D-NM), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Jack Reed (D-RI)

Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] reported raising $306,823 (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-s255 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117