Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act

II 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION S. 4296 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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JULY 23, 2020 Mr. PORTMAN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Drug-Free Commu- 4 nities Pandemic Relief Act’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Aug 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4296.IS S4296 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 4296 IS SEC. 2. WAIVER OF FEDERAL FUND LIMITATION FOR THE 1 DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PRO- 2 GRAM. 3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), if the 4 Administrator of the Drug-Free Communities Support 5 Program determines that, as a result of the public health 6 emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public 7 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result of 8 COVID–19, an eligible coalition is unable to raise the 9 amount of non-Federal funds, including in-kind contribu- 10 tions, agreed to be raised by the coalition for a fiscal year 11 under an agreement entered into with the Administrator 12 pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) or (3)(D) of section 1032(b) 13 of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532(b)), 14 the Administrator may, notwithstanding such paragraphs, 15 provide to the eligible coalition the grant or renewal grant, 16 as applicable, for that fiscal year in an amount— 17 (1) with respect to an initial grant or renewal 18 grant described under paragraph (1)(A) of such sec- 19 tion, that exceeds the amount of non-Federal funds 20 raised by the eligible coalition, including in-kind con- 21 tributions, for that fiscal year; 22 (2) with respect to a renewal grant described 23 under paragraph (3)(D)(i) of such section, that ex- 24 ceeds 125 percent of the amount of non-Federal 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Aug 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S4296.IS S4296 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 4296 IS funds raised by the eligible coalition, including in- 1 kind contributions, for that fiscal year; and 2 (3) with respect to a renewal grant described 3 under paragraph (3)(D)(ii) of such section, that ex- 4 ceeds 150 percent of the amount of non-Federal 5 funds raised by the eligible coalition, including in- 6 kind contributions, for that fiscal year. 7 (b) LIMITATIONS.—The Administrator may not pro- 8 vide a grant or renewal grant to an eligible coalition in 9 an amount exceeding the amount of funds initially agreed 10 to be provided by the Administrator under the applicable 11 agreement. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 00:03 Aug 09, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S4296.IS S4296 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS