[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8434 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8434

  To require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Restaurant 
             Reimbursement Program, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2020

  Mr. Rice of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
            referred to the Committee on Financial Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Restaurant 
             Reimbursement Program, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``America Dines Out Act''.

SEC. 2. RESTAURANT REIMBURSEMENT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall establish a 
Restaurant Reimbursement Program to make payments to restaurants in 
accordance with this section for portions of a bill on which the 
restaurant provided a discount to a customer.
    (b) Limitations.--Payments may only be made under this section--
            (1) for 50 percent of the discount provided to a customer 
        on food and non-alcoholic beverages, but in an amount not to 
        exceed $12 per customer per day;
            (2) for discounts provided to customers on a Monday, 
        Tuesday, or Wednesday during the 1-month period beginning two 
        weeks after the date of enactment of this Act; and
            (3) for discounts provided to customers who were dining at 
        the physical location of the restaurant.
    (c) Application.--A restaurant that seeks to receive a payment 
under this section shall submit an application to the Secretary of the 
Treasury in such form and manner, and containing such information, as 
the Secretary determines appropriate.
    (d) Appropriation.--There is appropriated, out of amounts in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the Secretary of the Treasury 
$3,400,000,000 to carry out this section.
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