[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 42 (Friday, March 5, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1358]
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SA 1294. Mr. RUBIO submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 891 proposed by Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mrs.
Murray, Mr. Brown, Mr. Peters, Mr. Cardin, Ms. Cantwell, Ms. Stabenow,
Mr. Tester, Mr. Menendez, Mr. Schatz, Mr. Carper, Mr. Leahy, and Mr.
Sanders) to the bill H.R. 1319, to provide for reconciliation pursuant
to title II of S. Con. 5; which was ordered to lie on the table; as
follows:
At the end of section 5005, add the following:
(c) Additional Shuttered Venue Program Improvements.--
Section 324(a) of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small
Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of division
N of Public Law 116-260) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting ``a
trade show venue operator, a trade show service provider,''
after ``a motion picture theatre operator,'';
(ii) in clause (i)--
(I) by inserting ``the trade show venue operator, the trade
show service provider,'' after ``the motion picture theatre
operator,'' each place it appears; and
(II) in subclause (I), by inserting ``a trade show venue
operator, a trade show service provider,'' after ``a motion
picture theatre operator,'';
(iii) in clause (ii)--
(I) in subclause (III), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(II) in subclause (IV), by striking the period at the end
and inserting a semicolon; and
(III) by adding at the end the following:
``(V) the trade show venue operator is open or intends to
reopen for exhibiting trade shows; or
``(VI) the trade show service provider is open or intends
to reopen to organize trade shows.'';
(iv) by redesignating clause (vi) as clause (vii);
(v) by inserting after clause (v) the following:
``(vi) The trade show venue operator owns or operates
indoor exhibition spaces that are a component of the
principal business activity of the trade show venue operator
and which have been subjected to occupancy restrictions
related to the COVID-19 pandemic.''; and
(vi) in clause (vii), as so redesignated--
(I) by inserting ``the trade show venue operator, the trade
show service provider,'' after ``the motion picture theatre
operator,'' each place it appears; and
(II) in subclause (II), by inserting ``trade show venues,
trade shows,'' after ``motion picture theaters,'' each place
it appears;
(B) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause
(i), by inserting ``a trade show venue operator, a trade show
service provider,'' after ``a motion picture theatre
operator,''; and
(C) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``subparagraph
(A)(vi)(II)(cc)'' and inserting ``subparagraph
(A)(vii)(II)(cc)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(11) Trade show.--The term `trade show' means a live
event at which different businesses within a particular
industry promote their products or services.
``(12) Trade show service provider.--The term `trade show
service provider' means a person--
``(A) that organizes trade shows; and
``(B) for which not less than 70 percent of the revenue of
the person during 2019 is attributable to organizing trade
shows.
``(13) Trade show venue operator.--The term `trade show
venue operator' means a person--
``(A) that owns or operates a venue at which trade shows
are exhibited; and
``(B) for which not less than 70 percent of the revenue of
the person during 2019 is attributable to exhibiting trade
shows.''.
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