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 The bill also provides critical support to struggling communities and businesses. For small businesses, the bill includes funding for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) Advance program, the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant Program, and a program that finances innovative small businesses. The bill also establishes a new program to help struggling businesses in the hospitality industry and a new Community Navigator pilot program to increase awareness of, and participation in, COVID-19 small business relief programs. To help farmers struggling with the effects of the pandemic, the bill includes funding to address weaknesses in our agriculture food systems. In addition, the bill provides relief for hard-hit public transportation agencies, as well as funding to directly support airline industry employees. The bill provides support for police, firefighters, EMTs, and other essential workers through flexible funding for State, local, and territorial governments. Finally, the bill provides Tribal governments with critical support to address persistent inequities in COVID-19 transmission, hospitalization, and death, while improving economic conditions and opportunity.

The bill would allow the Administration to execute its plan to change the course of the COVID19 pandemic. And it would provide Americans and their communities an economic bridge through the crisis. The Administration urges the Congress to act swiftly to pass the bill in order to deliver to American communities the urgent support and relief they need.