Coronavirus Relief Flexibility for Students and Institutions Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 3947 To amend the provisions relating to the higher education emergency relief fund to clarify the flexibility provided to institutions and for students under the fund, and for other purposes. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 11, 2020 Mr. KAINE introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the provisions relating to the higher education emergency relief fund to clarify the flexibility provided to institutions and for students under the fund, and for other purposes. 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 Flexibility for Students and Institutions Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:51 Jun 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3947.IS S3947 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •S 3947 IS SEC. 2. HIGHER EDUCATION RELIEF FUND. 1 Section 18004 of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, 2 Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) 3 is amended— 4 (1) in subsection (a)(3), by striking ‘‘deter- 5 mines have the’’ and inserting ‘‘determines, through 6 an application process, demonstrate the’’; 7 (2) in subsection (c)— 8 (A) by striking ‘‘cover any costs associated 9 with significant changes to the delivery of in- 10 struction due to the coronavirus’’ and inserting 11 ‘‘defray expenses (including lost revenue, reim- 12 bursement for expenses already incurred, tech- 13 nology costs associated with a transition to dis- 14 tance education, faculty and staff training, and 15 payroll)’’; 16 (B) by striking ‘‘Institutions’’ and insert- 17 ing ‘‘Notwithstanding any provision of the 18 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 19 et seq.), institutions’’; and 20 (C) by inserting ‘‘, with the eligibility and 21 selection of the students receiving such grants 22 being determined solely by each such institu- 23 tion’’ before the period at the end; and 24 (3) in subsection (d)(1)— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:51 Jun 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S3947.IS S3947 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •S 3947 IS (A) by inserting ‘‘determining grant recipi- 1 ents and’’ after ‘‘In’’; and 2 (B) by inserting ‘‘, by application under 3 such section 18004(a)(3),’’ after ‘‘dem- 4 onstrates’’. 5 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 23:51 Jun 25, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S3947.IS S3947 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS