{"id":7244,"date":"2021-01-06T19:32:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-07T00:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/?p=7244"},"modified":"2021-01-06T19:32:04","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T00:32:04","slug":"major-gli-wins-in-congressional-year-end-spending-and-covid-relief-bill-you-may-have-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/advocacy-and-legislation\/major-gli-wins-in-congressional-year-end-spending-and-covid-relief-bill-you-may-have-missed\/","title":{"rendered":"Major GLI wins in Congressional year-end spending and COVID relief bill you may have missed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterlouisville.com\/general\/fourth-covid-relief-package-includes-top-gli-priorities-business-protections\/\">legislative package<\/a> passed by Congress last month included several major spending provisions as well as much-needed fiscal and economic relief for businesses and individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the economic relief payments, unemployment benefits expansion, and other provisions grabbed most of the headlines, the bill also included numerous other key measures (almost 6,000 pages worth), including several priorities that GLI has aggressively advocated for. Read below for some important policy wins for Greater Louisville that you may have missed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business expenses paid for with forgiven Paycheck Protection Programs (PPP) loans that would typically qualify as tax deductible still qualify for deductions. The IRS had previously prohibited this.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bill expanded PPP to include qualifying 501(c)(6) organizations, like Greater Louisville Inc., and Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) like our partner, Louisville Tourism.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost $200 million to help improve Louisville flood protection system<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Expansion of access to, and an $150 increase for, Pell grants<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A repeal on the prohibition for Second-Chance Pell grants<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$15 billion for a grant program to aid venues, museums, and zoos experiencing substantial revenue losses (nationally)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$10 billion in funding to support the child care sector (nationally)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">$1.6 billion in funding for substance abuse treatment and prevention (nationally)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legislative package passed by Congress last month included several major spending provisions as well as much-needed fiscal and economic relief for businesses and individuals impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. 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