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<item congress="116" measure-type="s" measure-number="4233" measure-id="id116s4233" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2020-07-21" update-date="2020-10-29">
<title>Loggers Relief Act</title>
<summary summary-id="id116s4233v00" currentChamber="SENATE" update-date="2020-10-29">
<action-date>2020-07-21</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Loggers Relief Act</b></p> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>USDA shall make such a payment only to a business that certifies that the payment will be used only for operating expenses.</p>]]></summary-text>
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