1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “America Dines Out Act”.
America Dines Out Act
A BILL
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a Restaurant Reimbursement Program, and for other purposes.
2. Restaurant Reimbursement Program
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.
Limitations— Payments may only be made under this section—
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;
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
for discounts provided to customers who were dining at the physical location of the restaurant.
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.
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.