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Hospitality and Commerce Job Recovery Act of 2021 Introduced in Congress

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Senior Director of Federal Affairs

Katie Marisic is the senior director of federal affairs at the Brewers Association. Based in Washington, D.C. she plans and executes legislative, regulatory, and political strategies to drive the association's federal affairs presence on Capitol Hill. Prior to working for the BA, Katie was vice president of political affairs at the National Association of Federal Credit Unions. She got her start in politics working on congressional campaigns during the 2006 and 2008 elections. A Pennsylvania native, Katie is a long time craft brewing supporter. In 2013 she helped to open Atlas Brew Works in Washington, D.C. When she is not advocating for the craft brewing community on Capitol Hill you can sometimes find her pouring beers at a local tasting room.

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Senators Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Cramer (R-N.D.), and Representatives Horsford (D-Nev.) and LaHood (R-Ill.) introduced the Hospitality and Commerce Job Recovery Act of 2021 yesterday, a bipartisan bill to support the hospitality, travel, and tourism industries.

According to a press release, the legislation will “provide comprehensive relief and recovery measures for the convention, trade show, entertainment, travel, and hospitality industries and their workers. It would stimulate the economy by creating new recovery incentives for hospitality and trade shows, extend the employee retention tax credit to reduce layoffs and keep Americans employed, create a perishable food and beverage credit to help small businesses cover costs of inventory lost during COVID closures, and provide a tax credit for middle class families to jumpstart travel when safe.”

The bill includes language that the Brewers Association and the Perishable Food and Beverage Coalition advocated for. It would provide a temporary credit for unmerchantable inventory costs for businesses that were lost due to necessary precautions to halt public gatherings. For brewers specifically it would help offset revenue losses on beer that expired due closures of restaurants, bars, taprooms, and concerts and sporting venues.

If the legislation passes, breweries that are eligible would qualify for a one-time tax credit of 90% of the inventory costs on beer that became unmerchantable (spoiled or expired) between March 13, 2020 and September 30, 2020.

The Brewers Association joins the U.S. Travel Association, the American Gaming Association, the American Hotel and Lodging Association, and the National Restaurant Association in support of the bill. We applaud the introduction of the Hospitality and Commerce Job Recovery Act of 2021, and thank the bill’s champions for included language that will help breweries recover losses incurred by COVID-19.

To learn more you can view the summary of the legislation. The Brewers Association will continue to monitor the bill and keep our members updated as the legislation progresses.

Link to author biography
Senior Director of Federal Affairs

Katie Marisic is the senior director of federal affairs at the Brewers Association. Based in Washington, D.C. she plans and executes legislative, regulatory, and political strategies to drive the association's federal affairs presence on Capitol Hill. Prior to working for the BA, Katie was vice president of political affairs at the National Association of Federal Credit Unions. She got her start in politics working on congressional campaigns during the 2006 and 2008 elections. A Pennsylvania native, Katie is a long time craft brewing supporter. In 2013 she helped to open Atlas Brew Works in Washington, D.C. When she is not advocating for the craft brewing community on Capitol Hill you can sometimes find her pouring beers at a local tasting room.

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