[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 9042 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 9042

   To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to 
   prohibit the Secretary of Commerce from issuing certain grants to 
 States or political subdivisions of States that restrict or prohibit 
           indoor and outdoor dining, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 21, 2020

   Mr. Budd introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and in addition to the 
   Committee on Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to 
   prohibit the Secretary of Commerce from issuing certain grants to 
 States or political subdivisions of States that restrict or prohibit 
           indoor and outdoor dining, 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 ``Save our Servers Act''.

SEC. 2. INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DINING RESTRICTION.

    Title II of the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3141 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 219. INDOOR AND OUTDOOR DINING RESTRICTION.

    ``Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, during the 
period in which a State, or a political subdivision of such State, has 
passed and is enforcing a law or order restricting or prohibiting 
indoor or outdoor dining at restaurants, the Secretary may not issue a 
grant under section 203(a), 205(b), or 207(a) to such State or a 
political subdivision of such State.''.
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