# Plain Language Summary: Relief for Restaurants and Other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022

This bill is about giving more money to restaurants and similar small businesses that were struggling during the pandemic. Back in 2021, Congress created something called the Restaurant Revitalization Fund to help these businesses pay their bills and keep their doors open. This bill simply increases the amount of money available in that fund because the original amount ran out before all the businesses that needed help could get it.

Specifically, the bill increases the total funding from about $28.6 billion to $88.6 billion—that's an extra $60 billion. This money would go directly to restaurants, bars, and other food service businesses to help cover their operating costs like payroll, rent, and utilities. The bill also sets aside $300 million specifically for the government agencies that handle distributing this money to make sure the process runs smoothly and fairly.

If you own or work at a restaurant or similar small business that was hit hard by pandemic-related closures and reduced customers, this bill could mean your business gets access to grant money (money you don't have to pay back) to help you survive. The expanded fund would reach more businesses that missed out on the first round of funding. For everyday people, this matters because it helps keep local restaurants and gathering places in your community alive and operating, preserving jobs and the places where people like to eat and spend time.

Relief for Restaurants and other Hard Hit Small Businesses Act of 2022

Blumenauer, Earl

Restaurant Revitalization Fund Replenishment Act of 2021 This bill provides an additional $60 billion in FY2021 for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund, which was established to support restaurants and other food and beverage purveyors in response to COVID-19.