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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7073 

To amend the Social Security Act to include special districts in the 

coronavirus relief fund, to direct the Secretary to include special districts 

as an eligible issuer under the Municipal Liquidity Facility, and for 

other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 1, 2020 

Mr. GARAMENDI (for himself, Mr. KILMER, Ms. LEE of California, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mrs. DEMINGS, Mr. COX of California, Mr. THOMPSON of 

California, Mr. BERA, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. ROUDA, Mr. 

CRIST, Ms. JACKSON LEE, Mr. SOTO, Mr. CARBAJAL, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. 

LOWENTHAL, Mr. KHANNA, and Mr. COSTA) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in 

addition to the Committee on Financial Services, 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 the Social Security Act to include special districts 

in the coronavirus relief fund, to direct the Secretary 

to include special districts as an eligible issuer under 

the Municipal Liquidity Facility, 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Special Districts Pro3 vide Essential Services Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. INCLUSION OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS IN THE CORO5 NAVIRUS RELIEF FUND. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 601(a) of the Social Secu7 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 801(a)) is amended by adding at the 

8 end the following new paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(3) FUNDS FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS.—If an 

10 amount in excess of $150,000,000,000 is appro11 priated for payments made under this section, spe12 cial districts shall be eligible for payments out of 

13 such excess amount in accordance with subsection 

14 (c)(6).’’. 

15 (b) AMOUNT FOR SPECIAL DISTRICTS.—Section 

16 601(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801(c)) is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (6) through 

19 (8) as paragraphs (7) through (9), respectively; and 

20 (2) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol21 lowing new paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(6) SPECIAL DISTRICTS.—If a portion of any 

23 excess amount described in subsection (a)(3) is allo24 cated to a State, such State shall allocate at least 

25 5 percent of that amount for special districts in that 

26 State for distribution at such State’s discretion, not 


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1 later than 60 days after such State has received 

2 such funds.’’. 

3 (c) DEFINITION OF SPECIAL DISTRICT.—Section 

4 601(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801(g)) is 

5 amended— 

6 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 

7 (5) as paragraphs (5) through (6), respectively; and 

8 (2) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol9 lowing new paragraph: 

10 ‘‘(4) SPECIAL DISTRICT.—The term ‘special dis11 trict’ means a political subdivision, formed pursuant 

12 to general law or special act of a State, for the pur13 pose of performing one or more governmental or 

14 proprietary functions.’’. 

15 (d) UPDATE TO GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of the 

16 Treasury shall update any guidance issued with respect 

17 to the Coronavirus Relief Fund established under section 

18 601 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801) to reflect 

19 the inclusion of special districts as eligible for payments 

20 from amounts in excess of $150,000,000,000 appropriated 

21 under such section. 

22 SEC. 3. INCLUDING SPECIAL DISTRICTS IN THE MUNICIPAL 

23 LIQUIDITY FACILITY. 

24 The Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys25 tem shall include special districts as eligible issuers in the 


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1 Municipal Liquidity Facility program authorized under 

2 section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act. 

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