Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 7595 To provide the Administrator of the Drug-Free Communities Support Pro- gram the authority to waive the Federal fund limitation for the Drug- Free Communities Support Program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JULY 13, 2020 Mr. ROUDA (for himself, Mr. BUDD, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Mr. KUSTOFF of Tennessee, Ms. KUSTER of New Hampshire, Mr. COLE, Mr. TONKO, Mr. GONZALEZ of Ohio, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. TIFFANY, Mr. TRONE, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mr. GRIFFITH, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. STEIL, Mr. FOSTER, Mr. ROGERS of Kentucky, Ms. PORTER, Mr. BALDERSON, Mr. CISNEROS, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. WELCH, Mr. BANKS, Mr. CARBAJAL, Ms. STEFANIK, Ms. SCHRIER, Mr. VAN DREW, Mr. CASE, Mr. MCKINLEY, Ms. BONAMICI, Miss GONZA´LEZ- COLO´N of Puerto Rico, Mrs. TRAHAN, Mr. RIGGLEMAN, Mr. MOOLENAAR, Mr. FERGUSON, Mrs. RADEWAGEN, Mr. STAUBER, Mr. KING of New York, and Mr. GUEST) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To provide the Administrator of the Drug-Free Communities Support Program the authority to waive the Federal fund limitation for the Drug-Free Communities Support Program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Aug 04, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7595.IH H7595 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 7595 IH SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Drug-Free Commu- 2 nities Pandemic Relief Act’’ 3 SEC. 2. WAIVER OF FEDERAL FUND LIMITATION FOR THE 4 DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PRO- 5 GRAM. 6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), if the 7 Administrator of the Drug-Free Communities Support 8 Program determines that, as a result of the public health 9 emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public 10 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result of 11 COVID–19, an eligible coalition is unable to raise the 12 amount of non-Federal funds, including in-kind contribu- 13 tions, agreed to be raised by the coalition for a fiscal year 14 under an agreement entered into with the Administrator 15 pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) or (3)(D) of section 1032(b) 16 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532(b)), 17 the Administrator may, notwithstanding such paragraphs, 18 provide to the eligible coalition the grant or renewal grant, 19 as applicable, for that fiscal year in an amount— 20 (1) with respect to an initial grant or renewal 21 grant described under paragraph (1)(A) of such sec- 22 tion, that exceeds the amount of non-Federal funds 23 raised by the eligible coalition, including in-kind con- 24 tributions, for that fiscal year; 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Aug 04, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7595.IH H7595 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 7595 IH (2) with respect to a renewal grant described 1 under paragraph (3)(D)(i) of such section, that ex- 2 ceeds 125 percent of the amount of non-Federal 3 funds raised by the eligible coalition, including in- 4 kind contributions, for that fiscal year; and 5 (3) with respect to a renewal grant described 6 under paragraph (3)(D)(ii) of such section, that ex- 7 ceeds 150 percent of the amount of non-Federal 8 funds raised by the eligible coalition, including in- 9 kind contributions, for that fiscal year. 10 (b) LIMITATIONS.—The Administrator may not pro- 11 vide a grant or renewal grant to an eligible coalition in 12 an amount exceeding the amount of funds initially agreed 13 to be provided by the Administrator under the applicable 14 agreement. 15 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:03 Aug 04, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H7595.IH H7595 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS