,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hdcd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #bi1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,rice of ,south ,carolina     
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
require the ,secretary of the ,treasury 
to establish a ,restaurant              
,reimbursement ,program1 and for other  
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,america ,dines ,out
 ,act4  #b4 ,restaurant ,reimbursement  
,program  7a7 ,in general ,the          
,secretary of the ,treasury shall       
establish a ,restaurant ,reimbursement  
,program to make payments to restaurants
 in accordance with this section for    
portions of a bill on which the         
restaurant provided a discount to a     
customer4  7b7 ,limitations ,payments   
may only be made under this section--   
7#a7 for #ej percent of the discount    
provided to a customer on food and      
non-alcoholic beverages1 but in an      

amount not to exceed #ab per customer   
per day2  7#b7 for discounts provided to
 customers on a ,monday1 ,tuesday1 or   
,wednesday during the #a-month period   
beginning two weeks after the date of   
enactment of this ,act2 and  7#c7 for   
discounts provided to customers who were
 dining at the physical location of the 
restaurant4  7c7 ,application ,a        
restaurant that seeks to receive a      
payment under this section shall submit 
an application to the ,secretary of the 
,treasury in such form and manner1 and  
containing such information1 as the     
,secretary determines appropriate4  7d7 
,appropriation ,there is appropriated1  
out of amounts in the ,treasury not     
otherwise appropriated1 to the          
,secretary of the ,treasury             
#c1djj1jjj1jjj to carry out this        
section4