I 116TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 8950 To expand the permissible uses of amounts provided under the Coronavirus Relief Fund. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DECEMBER 10, 2020 Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsylvania (for himself and Ms. DEAN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To expand the permissible uses of amounts provided under the Coronavirus Relief Fund. 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 Expansion Act of 2020’’. 5 SEC. 2. USE OF AMOUNTS PROVIDED UNDER THE 6 CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 601(d) of the Social Secu- 8 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 801(d)) is amended to read as follows: 9 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:42 Dec 27, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8950.IH H8950 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 8950 IH ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A State, Tribal government, 1 and unit of local government shall use the funds provided 2 under a payment made under this section to— 3 ‘‘(1) cover only those costs of the State, Tribal 4 government, or unit of local government that— 5 ‘‘(A) are necessary expenditures incurred 6 due to the public health emergency with respect 7 to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19); 8 ‘‘(B) were not accounted for in the budget 9 most recently approved as of the date of enact- 10 ment of this section for the State or govern- 11 ment; and 12 ‘‘(C) were incurred during the period that 13 begins on January 31, 2020, and ends on De- 14 cember 31, 2021; or 15 ‘‘(2) replace lost, delayed, or decreased revenues 16 for emergency services organizations, stemming from 17 the public health emergency with respect to the 18 coronavirus disease (COVID–19).’’. 19 (b) DEFINITION OF EMERGENCY SERVICES ORGANI- 20 ZATION.—Section 601(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 801(g)) 21 is amended by adding at the end the following: 22 ‘‘(6) EMERGENCY SERVICES ORGANIZATION.— 23 The term ‘emergency services organization’ means 24 an organization described in section 501(c) of the 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:42 Dec 27, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8950.IH H8950 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 8950 IH Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from 1 taxation under section 501(a) of such Code that— 2 ‘‘(A) is organized and operated to provide 3 firefighting or emergency medical services for 4 persons in the State, Tribal government, or unit 5 of local government, as the case may be, and 6 ‘‘(B) is required (by written agreement) by 7 the State, Tribal government, or unit of local 8 government to furnish firefighting or emergency 9 medical services in such State, Tribal govern- 10 ment, or unit of local government.’’. 11 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 12 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact- 13 ment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136). 14 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 22:42 Dec 27, 2020 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H8950.IH H8950 pbinns on DSKJLVW7X2PROD with BILLS