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To amend the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act with respect to grants for shuttered venue operators, and for other purposes.

H.R. 3392 · 117th Congress · May 20, 2021 · Lineage

A BILL

Section 1 Grants for shuttered venue operators

(a)
Eligible person or entity— Section 324(a)(1) 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 subparagraph (A)—
(A)
in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting “an attraction operator,” after “motion picture theatre operator,”;
(B)
in clause (i)—
(i)
in the matter preceding subclause (I), by inserting “the attraction operator,” after “motion picture theatre operator,”;
(ii)
in subclause (I), by inserting “an attraction operator,” after “motion picture theatre operator,”; and
(iii)
in subclause (II), by inserting “the attraction operator,” after “motion picture theatre operator,”;
(C)
in clause (ii)—
(i)
in subclause (III), by striking “or” at the end;
(ii)
by redesignating subclause (IV) as subclause (V); and
(iii)
by inserting after subclause (III) the following new subclause:

“(IV) the attraction operator is open or intends to reopen; or”

(D)
in clause (vi)—
(i)
by inserting “the attraction operator,” after “the motion picture theatre operator,” each place it appears; and
(ii)
by inserting “attractions,” after “motion picture theatres,” each place it appears; and
(2)
in subparagraph (B), by inserting “an attraction operator,” after “motion picture theatre operator,”.
(b)
Attraction operator— 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 by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

“(11) Attraction operator

“(A) In general—The term “attraction operator” means an individual or entity that—

“(i) as the principal business activity of the individual or entity, owns or operates an—

“(I) amusement park;

“(II) amusement arcade or parlor; or

“(III) amusement device or concession; and

“(ii) includes an individual or entity described in clause (i) that—

“(I) operates for profit;

“(II) is a nonprofit organization;

“(III) is government-owned; or

“(IV) is a corporation, limited liability company, or partnership or operated as a sole proprietorship.

“(B) Exclusion—An individual or entity that owns or operates a business described in subclause (I), (II), or (III) of subparagraph (A)(i) may not be treated as an “attraction operator” if gambling activities are carried out as part of such business.”