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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7090 

To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to establish the Coronavirus 

County Relief Fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 4, 2020 

Mr. COOK (for himself, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. PANETTA) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 

each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to establish 

the Coronavirus County Relief Fund, and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Coronavirus County 

5 Relief and Stability Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. CORONAVIRUS COUNTY RELIEF FUND. 

2 Title VI of the Social Security Act (as added by sec3 tion 5001 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136)) is 

4 amended by adding after section 601 the following: 

5 ‘‘SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS COUNTY RELIEF FUND. 

6 ‘‘(a) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the 

7 Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 

8 there are appropriated for making payments to counties 

9 under this section, $36,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020. 

10 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.—Not later 

11 than 30 days after the date of enactment of this section, 

12 the Secretary shall pay each county that submits the cer13 tification described in section (e) the amount determined 

14 for the county for fiscal year 2020 under subsection (c). 

15 ‘‘(c) PAYMENT AMOUNTS.— 

16 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount paid under 

17 this section for fiscal year 2020 to a county shall be 

18 an amount equal to the sum of— 

19 ‘‘(A) $1,000,000; and 

20 ‘‘(B) the amount equal to the relative pop21 ulation proportion amount determined under 

22 paragraph (2) for such fiscal year. 

23 ‘‘(2) RELATIVE POPULATION PROPORTION

24 AMOUNT.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the rel25 ative population proportion amount determined 


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1 under this paragraph for a county for fiscal year 

2 2020 is the product of— 

3 ‘‘(A) the portion of the amount appro4 priated under subsection (a) for fiscal year 

5 2020 remaining after taking into account 

6 amounts paid pursuant to paragraph (1)(A); 

7 and 

8 ‘‘(B) the relative county population propor9 tion (as defined in paragraph (3)). 

10 ‘‘(3) RELATIVE COUNTY POPULATION PROPOR11 TION DEFINED.—For purposes of paragraph (2)(B), 

12 the term ‘relative county population proportion’ 

13 means, with respect to a county, the quotient of— 

14 ‘‘(A) the population of the county; and 

15 ‘‘(B) the total population of all counties. 

16 ‘‘(4) DATA.—For purposes of this subsection, 

17 the population of counties shall be determined based 

18 on the most recent year for which data are available 

19 from the Bureau of the Census and shall include all 

20 incorporated and unincorporated populations within 

21 the county. 

22 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A county shall use the funds 

23 provided under a payment made under this section— 

24 ‘‘(1) to cover only those costs of the county 

25 that— 


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1 ‘‘(A) are necessary expenditures incurred 

2 due to the public health emergency with respect 

3 to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); 

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

5 most recently approved as of February 29, 

6 2020; and 

7 ‘‘(C) were incurred during the period that 

8 begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on Decem9 ber 30, 2020; and 

10 ‘‘(2) to compensate for any direct loss of rev11 enue to the county as a result of such public health 

12 emergency. 

13 ‘‘(e) CERTIFICATION.—In order to receive a payment 

14 under this section, a county shall provide the Secretary 

15 with a certification signed by the Chief Executive for the 

16 county that the county’s proposed uses of the funds are 

17 consistent with subsection (d). 

18 ‘‘(f) INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT; 

19 RECOUPMENT.— 

20 ‘‘(1) OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY.—The Inspector 

21 General of the Department of the Treasury shall 

22 conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, dis23 bursement, and use of funds made available under 

24 this section. 


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1 ‘‘(2) RECOUPMENT.—If the Inspector General 

2 of the Department of the Treasury determines that 

3 a county has failed to comply with subsection (d), 

4 the amount equal to the amount of funds used in 

5 violation of such subsection shall be booked as a 

6 debt of such entity owed to the Federal Government. 

7 Amounts recovered under this subsection shall be de8 posited into the general fund of the Treasury. 

9 ‘‘(3) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in 

10 the Treasury of the United States not otherwise ap11 propriated, there are appropriated to the Office of 

12 the Inspector General of the Department of the 

13 Treasury, $8,500,000 to carry out oversight and 

14 recoupment activities under this subsection. 

15 Amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence 

16 shall remain available until expended. 

17 ‘‘(4) AUTHORITY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 

18 Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to di19 minish the authority of any Inspector General, in20 cluding such authority as provided in the Inspector 

21 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 

22 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 ‘‘(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘county’ means a par24 ish in Louisiana, a borough in Alaska, or a county 

25 in the other 48 States. 


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1 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

2 the Secretary of the Treasury.’’. 

3 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF 

4 TAXES PROGRAM. 

5 Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, is 

6 amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by strik7 ing ‘‘fiscal year 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 

8 2021 through 2025’’. 

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