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117TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
S. 743
To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to remove the prohibition
on States and territories against lowering their taxes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 15, 2021
Mr. CRAPO (for himself, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. CORNYN, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr.
SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. DAINES, Mr. YOUNG, Mr.
RISCH, and Mr. THUNE) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to remove
the prohibition on States and territories against lowering
their taxes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Fiscal Flexibility
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Act of 2021’’.
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•S 743 IS
SEC.
2.
REMOVAL
OF
RESTRICTION
OF
USE
OF
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CORONAVIRUS
STATE
FISCAL
RECOVERY
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FUNDS.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 602(c)
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of the Social Security Act, as added by section 9901 of
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the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, is amended to
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read as follows:
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‘‘(2) FURTHER
RESTRICTION
ON
USE
OF
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FUNDS.—No State or territory may use funds made
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available under this section for deposit into any pen-
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sion fund.’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 602 of
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such Act is further amended—
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(1) in subsection (d)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘, in-
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cluding, in the case of a State or a territory, all
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modifications to the State’s or territory’s tax rev-
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enue sources during the covered period’’;
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(2) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘such sub-
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section,’’ and all that follows through the period and
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inserting ‘‘such subsection.’’; and
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(3) in subsection (g)—
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(A) by striking paragraph (1); and
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(B)
by
redesignating
paragraphs
(2)
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through (7) as paragraphs (1) through (6), re-
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spectively.
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•S 743 IS
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
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this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
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ment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
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