Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3638 To allow Coronavirus Relief Fund payments to be used to replace revenue shortfalls resulting from COVID–19. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 6, 2020 Mr. SULLIVAN (for himself, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mrs. CAP- ITO, Mr. CRAMER, and Mr. KING) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To allow Coronavirus Relief Fund payments to be used to replace revenue shortfalls resulting from COVID–19. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Relief 4 Fund Flexibility Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. USE OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND PAYMENTS TO 6 REPLACE LOST REVENUE. 7 Effective as if included in the enactment of the 8 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub- 9 lic Law 116–136), subsection (d) of section 601 of the 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:24 May 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3638.IS S3638 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3638 IS Social Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the 1 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, is 2 amended to read as follows: 3 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A State, Tribal government, 4 and unit of local government shall use the funds provided 5 under a payment made under this section to cover only 6 those costs of the State, Tribal government, or unit of 7 local government that— 8 ‘‘(1) are necessary expenditures incurred due to 9 the public health emergency with respect to the 10 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) during the 11 period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on 12 December 31, 2020; or 13 ‘‘(2) are necessary to replace State or govern- 14 ment revenue shortfalls resulting from the 15 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) during the 16 period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on 17 December 31, 2020.’’. 18 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:24 May 08, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3638.IS S3638 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS