The Beacon: Amid Dysfunction, Momentum for Small Business Relief Grows
经过ASTA倡导执行副总裁Eben Peck/
有时,进步以英寸的速度来衡量,这比我们当中的小企业在Covid-19爆发以来一直在国会救济。我很高兴地报告,在国会山的功能障碍和党派战斗中,人们一直在进步,并且越来越认识到,对于许多行业而言,大流行还没有结束,需要额外的支持。
毫无疑问,我们是那些行业之一。旅行社在Covid-19的规模上独特地接触了全球大流行,因为我们依靠病毒立即关闭的旅行类型,并且刚刚开始重新释放 - 巡航,国际出站和高高的旅行。- 体积/高频商务旅行。
除此之外,在预订旅行与相关收入达到该机构时,可怕的“委员会滞后”。对于我们来说,所需的支持分为两个水桶 - 沿薪水保护计划(PPP) in 2020 and early 2021 and the restoration or extension of the员工保留税收抵免(ERTC)。
On the small business relief side, negotiations over a Senate package providing about $60 billion for restaurants and other businesses impacted by the omicron surge are据说由小型企业委员会主席本·卡丁(Ben Cardin)(D-MD)和商务委员会排名Roger Wicker(R-MS)领导的。
虽然对餐馆的支持在华盛顿引起了大部分关注,但卡丁主席对最近的新闻发布会新套餐将包括对其他业务的援助 - “我们超越餐馆。”参议员的努力不久是在由众议员迪恩·菲利普斯(Dean Phillips)(D-MN)领导的83名众议院议员发出的信在12月底举办和参议院领导层,强调了以下事实:许多企业被排除在现有救济计划之外,并呼吁他们“加快有针对性的救济计划,该计划通过RRF [餐厅振兴基金]和允许健身,现场活动和旅行行业的小型企业要求急需的联邦援助。”
ASTA is working around the clock to make sure that our members are eligible for any new or expanded grant programs that make it into the bill, with a focus on our preferred approach in the proposed保存表演(H.R. 2120)将机构包括在关闭的场地运营商赠款程序。而小企业救助的事实is back in the news is certainly welcome, there are a lot of unanswered questions about this package beyond what makes it in, including which legislative “vehicle” it will be attached to and the extent to which Congressional Republicans are willing to support additional spending on top of the $6 trillion spent on COVID relief and mitigation initiatives in 2020 and 2021.
Regarding the ERTC, we got an unpleasant surprise in November when the new bipartisan infrastructure bill law moved up the credit’s expiration date by one quarter, from December 31 to September 30, 2021. This move was deeply frustrating since PPP funds have long since run dry and many agencies were counting on the ERTC to help them get through the fourth quarter.
国会在国会中不参与谈判基础设施法案的人分享了这种挫败感。有关证据,请查看2021年的《员工保留税收抵免恢复法》(H.R. 6161)在4中恢复信用Th众议员卡罗尔·米勒(Carol Miller)(R-WV)上个月推出了2021年的四分之一,并迅速增长到48个两党同伴。
We expect an identical Senate bill to be introduced in the next few weeks and have had productive conversations with several Congressional offices on separate legislation to extend the credit into 2022. (As a reminder, you can weigh in on both ERTC and the SAVE Act through our基层门户。)
As always, we welcome your support as we fight these fights. In January alone, we had 19 separate calls with House and Senate offices, the majority of which included ASTA member constituents. If you’re a member with a particularly close relationship with a Member of Congress or their staff, let us know. Beyond that, the call to action remains the same – Join-Engage-Give. If you’re not a member of ASTA, please今天参加。Engage in our grassroots advocacy campaigns atASTA.org/Advocacyor consider attendingASTA Legislative Day6月21日至22日。希望在财务上支持这一事业的成员可以为我们的政治行动委员会(“ ASTAPAC”)做出贡献asta.org/donate。
I can’t guarantee success on the fights described above or on the next big push to modify the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’sinbound testing rule。I can however guarantee maximum effort from the ASTA staff and volunteer leadership like our nationalBoard of Directorsor Jennifer Wilson-Buttigieg and Chris Seddelmeyer, Co-Chairs of our Government & Political Affairs Committee. If everyone reading this joins, engages with, and gives to our national trade association, our chances of success will go through the roof.