A bill to provide States, Tribal governments, and local governments with spending discretion for part of their Coronavirus Relief Fund payment.

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3682 To provide States, Tribal governments, and local governments with spending discretion for part of their Coronavirus Relief Fund payment. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES MAY 11, 2020 Mr. ROUNDS introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To provide States, Tribal governments, and local govern- ments with spending discretion for part of their Coronavirus Relief Fund payment. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND USE OF FUNDS. 3 Effective as if included in the enactment of the 4 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub- 5 lic Law 116–136), subsection (d) of section 601 of the 6 Social Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the 7 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, is 8 amended to read as follows: 9 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.— 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:45 May 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3682.IS S3682 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3682 IS ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- 1 graph (2), a State, Tribal government, and unit of 2 local government shall use the funds provided under 3 a payment made under this section to cover only 4 those costs of the State, Tribal government, or unit 5 of local government that— 6 ‘‘(A) are necessary expenditures incurred 7 due to the public health emergency with respect 8 to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19); 9 ‘‘(B) were not accounted for in the budget 10 most recently approved as of the date of enact- 11 ment of this section for the State or govern- 12 ment; and 13 ‘‘(C) were incurred during the period that 14 begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on Decem- 15 ber 31, 2020. 16 ‘‘(2) STATE, TRIBAL, AND LOCAL SPECIFIC 17 NEEDS.—Each State, Tribal government, and unit 18 of local government may use up to 25 percent of the 19 amount paid to the State, Tribal government, or 20 unit of local government under this section for any 21 purpose, including for expenditures to satisfy a non- 22 Federal share requirement for any aid, assistance, 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:45 May 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3682.IS S3682 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 3682 IS grant, or other financial relief provided by the Fed- 1 eral Government.’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 18:45 May 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3682.IS S3682 pamtmann on DSKBC07HB2PROD with BILLS