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This bill provides support for restaurants and other businesses impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Specifically, the bill provides additional funding for the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide grants to support the ongoing operations of eligible restaurants and similar establishments. The SBA must report weekly and biweekly information about grant applications, awards, and denials.
Additionally, the bill funds grants to support other eligible businesses impacted by the pandemic, including
A business may receive a grant under only one program.
The bill also establishes procedures for the SBA to implement and provide administrative support for these grant programs. The SBA must institute an oversight and audit plan to review the use of grants under these programs.
Further, the bill provides additional funding for grants to support eligible transportation service providers.
Finally, the bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 4008 as introduced in Senate on Apr 5, 2022. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Senate May 19, 2022
Motion to Invoke Cloture: Motion to Proceed to S. 4008
Cloture Motion Rejected
52 Yea 43 Nay 5 not voting
Party-line vote 5 of 95 voting members broke with their own party: 5 Republicans.
DemocratsIndependentsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
100 members on this roll call, from the official Senate record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 4008 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named S. 4008 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
39 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.