Bill Text: IL HJR0036 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Urges the Governor to refund the Business Interruption Grants (BIG) program in the next budget. Urges federal rulemakers to allow states to use up to 11% of COVID-19 relief money for small business aid.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-18 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HJR0036 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HJR0036-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The COVID-19 pandemic could result in net losses | ||||||
| 3 | starting at $3.2 trillion and reaching as much as $4.8 | ||||||
| 4 | trillion in U.S. real gross domestic product over the course | ||||||
| 5 | of two years; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Researchers found that the mandatory closures and | ||||||
| 7 | partial reopenings alone could result in a 22% loss of U.S. GDP | ||||||
| 8 | in just one year and an even greater loss of GDP over two | ||||||
| 9 | years; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, 54 million to 367 million workdays would be lost | ||||||
| 11 | due to people getting sick with COVID-19, and 2 million to | ||||||
| 12 | nearly 15 million workdays would be lost due to employees | ||||||
| 13 | staying home to care for sick loved ones; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Job losses could range from 14.7% to 23.8% and, | ||||||
| 15 | in a worst-case scenario, affect an estimated 36.5 million | ||||||
| 16 | workers; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Data shows 60% of business closures due to the | ||||||
| 18 | coronavirus pandemic are now permanent; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, An increase in pent-up demand will arise, as | ||||||
| 20 | consumers are unable to spend money on big-ticket items such | ||||||
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| 1 | as cars and on travel, restaurants, hotels, merchandise, | ||||||
| 2 | fitness, sporting events and concerts during the closures, | ||||||
| 3 | and, to a lesser extent, during the phased reopenings; | ||||||
| 4 | therefore, be it
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| 5 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 6 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 7 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we urge the Governor to refund | ||||||
| 8 | the Business Interruption Grants (BIG) program in the next | ||||||
| 9 | budget, which is essential to rebuilding the Illinois economy | ||||||
| 10 | once reopened; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That we urge federal rulemakers to allow states | ||||||
| 12 | to use up to 11% of COVID-19 relief money for small business | ||||||
| 13 | aid.
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