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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4792 

To extend the availability of Coronavirus Relief Fund payment funds for 

States or governments that use such funds to respond to the COVID– 

19 public health emergency in accordance with a qualifying economic 

development plan. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 1, 2020 

Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. ROBERTS) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To extend the availability of Coronavirus Relief Fund payment funds for States or governments that use such 

funds to respond to the COVID–19 public health emergency in accordance with a qualifying economic development plan. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Remove Impediments 

5 for a Successful Economic Recovery Act’’ or the ‘‘RISER 

6 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENDED AVAILABILITY FOR CORONAVIRUS RE2 LIEF FUND PAYMENTS USED IN ACCORD3 ANCE WITH A QUALIFYING ECONOMIC DE4 VELOPMENT PLAN. 

5 Section 601(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 801(d)) is amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS; AVAILABILITY.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State, Tribal govern9 ment, and unit of local government shall use the 

10 funds provided under a payment made under this 

11 section to cover only those costs of the State, Tribal 

12 government, or unit of local government that— 

13 ‘‘(A) are necessary expenditures incurred 

14 due to the public health emergency with respect 

15 to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19); 

16 ‘‘(B) were not accounted for in the budget 

17 most recently approved as of the date of enact18 ment of this section for the State or govern19 ment; and 

20 ‘‘(C) subject to paragraph (2), were in21 curred during the period that begins on March 

22 1, 2020, and ends on December 30, 2020. 

23 ‘‘(2) EXTENDED AVAILABILITY FOR FUNDS

24 USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A QUALIFYING ECO25 NOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sub2 paragraph (C) of paragraph (1), funds provided 

3 under a payment made under this section shall 

4 remain available to a State, Tribal government, 

5 or unit of local government until December 31, 

6 2022, for obligation by the State or govern7 ment— 

8 ‘‘(i) for costs of the State or govern9 ment that— 

10 ‘‘(I) are necessary expenditures 

11 incurred due to the public health 

12 emergency with respect to the 

13 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID– 

14 19); and 

15 ‘‘(II) were not accounted for in 

16 the budget most recently approved as 

17 of the date of enactment of this sec18 tion for the State or government; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) in accordance with a qualifying 

20 economic development plan. 

21 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—Any funds obligated 

22 under subparagraph (A) as of the date specified 

23 in such subparagraph shall remain available 

24 until expended. 


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1 ‘‘(C) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—In 

2 order to use funds provided under a payment 

3 under this section in accordance with this para4 graph, a State, Tribal government, or unit of 

5 local government shall provide the Secretary 

6 with a certification signed by the Chief Execu7 tive of the State or government that the pro8 posed uses of the funds under the qualifying 

9 economic development plan are consistent with 

10 the requirements of subparagraph (A)(i). 

11 ‘‘(D) QUALIFYING ECONOMIC DEVELOP12 MENT PLAN.—For purposes of subparagraph 

13 (A), the term ‘qualifying economic development 

14 plan’ means, with respect to a State or govern15 ment, a plan for using funds paid or distributed 

16 to the State or government under this section 

17 to respond to the COVID–19 public health 

18 emergency, including by expanding access in a 

19 technology neutral manner to broadband and 

20 telemedicine services to unserved locations or 

21 consumers, that is approved by the State or the 

22 governing board of a university before Decem23 ber 30, 2020.’’. 

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