Minor League Baseball Relief Act

12/31/2022, 5:26 AM

Minor League Baseball Relief Act

This bill establishes a program for the relief of certain minor league baseball clubs and independent professional baseball clubs that experienced large business losses.

The bill provides funding for the Small Business Administration to make grants to such clubs that experienced decreases in gross revenue in 2020 of at least 75%, as measured against revenues in 2019 (or, if revenues were negatively affected by a natural disaster or weather disruption in 2019, by the average of revenues over the prior three-year period).

The source of funding for the grants shall be funds appropriated under enacted COVID-19 relief legislation that have not been obligated and are no longer being used to carry out activities authorized under those laws. Grant amounts provided to any club may not exceed $10 million.

Congress
117

Number
S - 2233

Introduced on
2021-06-24

# Amendments
0

Sponsors
+5

Cosponsors
+5

Variations and Revisions

6/24/2021

Status of Legislation

Bill Introduced
Introduced to House
House to Vote
Introduced to Senate
Senate to Vote

Purpose and Summary

Minor League Baseball Relief Act

This bill establishes a program for the relief of certain minor league baseball clubs and independent professional baseball clubs that experienced large business losses.

The bill provides funding for the Small Business Administration to make grants to such clubs that experienced decreases in gross revenue in 2020 of at least 75%, as measured against revenues in 2019 (or, if revenues were negatively affected by a natural disaster or weather disruption in 2019, by the average of revenues over the prior three-year period).

The source of funding for the grants shall be funds appropriated under enacted COVID-19 relief legislation that have not been obligated and are no longer being used to carry out activities authorized under those laws. Grant amounts provided to any club may not exceed $10 million.

Alternative Names
Official Title as IntroducedA bill to establish a grant program for shuttered minor league baseball clubs, and for other purposes.

Policy Areas
Sports and Recreation

Potential Impact
Accounting and auditing•
Appropriations•
Business expenses•
Business records•
Cardiovascular and respiratory health•
Congressional oversight•
Emergency medical services and trauma care•
Government lending and loan guarantees•
Government studies and investigations•
Income tax exclusion•
Infectious and parasitic diseases•
Interest, dividends, interest rates•
Professional sports•
Public utilities and utility rates•
Small business•
Wages and earnings•
Worker safety and health

Comments

Recent Activity

Latest Summary11/4/2021

Minor League Baseball Relief Act

This bill establishes a program for the relief of certain minor league baseball clubs and independent professional baseball clubs that experienced large business losses.

The bill pro...


Latest Action6/24/2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship.