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16 U. St. Thomas J.L. & Pub. Pol'y 1 (2023)

handle is hein.journals/tjlpp16 and id is 1 raw text is: THE RETURN OF PUBLIC GOODS: INTRODUCTION TO A SYMPOSIUM DR. CHARLES J. REID, JR.* I. INTRODUCTION The 117th Congress was uncommonly active. It passed at least four major pieces of legislation. In March, 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, enacted through the budget reconciliation process.' It proposed to remedy at least some of the harm caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and included numerous discrete provisions to help particular industries harmed by the shutdown and the shift in social practices that followed in its wake. The restaurant industry thus received funding,2 as did performing-arts venues,3 places of public recreation,4 tourist destinations,' and other small businesses.6 * Professor of Law, University of St. Thomas (MN). 1 Pub. L. No. 117-2, 135 Stat. 4 (2021). 2 Peter Romeo, Stimulus Bill With $29B in Direct Restaurant Aid Appears Headed for Passage, RESTAURANT BUS. (Mar. 8, 2021), https://www.restaurantbusinessonline.com/financing/stimulus-bill-29b-direct- restaurant-aid-appears-headed-passage; Joyce M. Rosenberg, Restaurants Are Big Beneficiaries of COVID-19 Relief Bill, AP NEWS (Mar. 10, 2021), https://apnews.com/article/lifestyle-small-business-bills-coronavirus-pandemic- eb58f48a99570165af24387424b9c047. ' L.B. Cantrell, Entertainment Companies Comment on Passage of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, MUSIC Row (Mar. 10, 2021), https://musicrow. com/2021/03/entertainment-companies-comment-on-passage-of- american-rescue-plan-act-of-2021/. ' Ann Thompson, A Look at the Continuing Effects of COVID-19 on the Amusement Park Industry, NPR (Feb. 22, 2021, 4:19 PM), https://www.npr.org/2021/02/22/970278658/a-look-at-the-continuing-effects-of- covid- 1 9-on-the-amusement-park-industry. 5 See, for example, Marsha Heller & Colin Baillie, Lt. Gov. Coleman Visits Western KY, Announces $15 Million in Funding for Tourism, Infrastructure, KFVS12 (Jan. 26, 2023), https://www.kfvs12.com/2023/01/26/lt-gov-coleman- visit-western-kentucky-thursday/; and Green Bay Celebrates Success of Tourism Grants, Has Money Left Over, WBAY (Jan. 3, 2023), https://www.wbay.com/2023/01/04/green-bay-celebrates-success-tourism-grants- has-money-left-over/. 6 Jeanne Shahedi, What's In the $1.9 Trillion Rescue Plan for Small Businesses, CNN (Mar. 25, 2021), https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/10/success/rescue-plan-small- businesses-feseries/index. html.

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