CARES Act of 2020: Business Support Programs for the Cultural/Tribal Tourism Sector
Speaker: Pilar Thomas, Partner at Quarles & Brady, LLP
Date: Friday, April 17, 2020
Time: 10:00 a.m. Mountain
Ms. Thomas will provide a critical and timely overview and assessment of the recently passed CARES Act of 2020 including the Small Business Administration’s new “Paycheck Protection Program” loan program and key tax benefits. Ms. Thomas will also provide insight into the Title V Stabilization Fund, an $8 billion set aside for Tribal governments through the Department of Treasury. These programs have the potential to provide needed resources to tribal enterprises and businesses across sectors, including the hard hit tourism sector.
Presenter: Pilar Thomas (Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona) is a law partner at Quarles & Brady, LLP specializing in Energy, Environment & Natural Resources law. She focuses her practice on tribal renewable energy project development and finance, tribal economic development, federal Indian Law, and natural resource development. Ms. Thomas has extensive experience negotiating and assisting with agreements related to transmission lines, landfill gas, solar projects, a natural gas power plant, and mineral development on tribal lands. She also serves as general counsel for several tribes, Section 17 and tribal business entities.
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