S-4818 : Still Just a Bill

Heroes Small Business Lifeline Act

This bill provides economic support to small business affected by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) by extending and expanding existing initiatives such as the Paycheck Protection Program, establishing a new lifeline grant program, and providing dedicated assistance for industries such as restaurants and live entertainment.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2020-12-10CommitteeCommittee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-519.Senate
2020-10-20IntroReferralRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Senate
2020-10-20IntroReferralIntroduced in SenateLibrary of Congress

Policy Area :

Commerce
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  • Accounting and auditing
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advisory bodies
  • Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
  • Appropriations
  • Bank accounts, deposits, capital
  • Banking and financial institutions regulation
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business education
  • Business expenses
  • Business investment and capital
  • Business records
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Community life and organization
  • Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
  • Congressional oversight
  • Credit and credit markets
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Economic development
  • Economic performance and conditions
  • Education programs funding
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  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employment and training programs
  • Employment taxes
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Federal officials
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Financial literacy
  • Financial services and investments
  • Food industry and services
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Government trust funds
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Health technology, devices, supplies
  • Higher education
  • Housing and community development funding
  • Income tax exclusion
  • Indian social and development programs
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Interest, dividends, interest rates
  • Marketing and advertising
  • Minority and disadvantaged businesses
  • Minority employment
  • Motor carriers
  • Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
  • Music
  • Performing arts
  • Professional sports
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Public-private cooperation
  • Rural conditions and development
  • Small Business Administration
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  • State and local finance
  • State and local government operations
  • Teaching, teachers, curricula
  • Temporary and part-time employment
  • Travel and tourism
  • User charges and fees
  • Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
  • Veterans' loans, housing, homeless programs
  • Wages and earnings
  • Women in business
  • Women's employment
  • Worker safety and health