an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RELIEF FUND 
For making payments to metropolitan cities, coun-
ties, and other units of general local government to miti-
gate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health 
emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 
(COVID–19), $200,000,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be in addition to any other amounts 
available for making payments to metropolitan cities, 
counties, and other units of general local government (in-
cluding payments made under section 601 of the Social 
Security Act), of which— 
(1) $100,000,000,000 shall be for making pay-
ments to metropolitan cities and other units of gen-
eral local government (as those terms are defined in 
section 102 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)), of which— 
(A) $750,000,000 shall be allocated pursu-
ant to the formula under section 106(b)(1) of 
the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)(1)) to metropolitan 
cities (as defined in section 102(a)(4) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)), including metro-
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politan cities that have relinquished or deferred 
their status as a metropolitan city as of the 
date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That 
the funds provided under this subparagraph 
shall be paid not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act; and 
(B) $250,000,000 shall be distributed to 
each State (as that term is defined in section 
102 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) for use by 
units of general local government, other than 
counties or parishes, in nonentitlement areas 
(as defined in such section 102) of such States 
in an amount which bears the same proportion 
to the total amount provided under this sub-
paragraph as the total population of such units 
of general local government within the State 
bears to the total population of all such units 
of general local government in all such States: 
Provided, That the funds provided under this 
subparagraph and allocated to each such unit of 
general local government shall be distributed to 
each such unit of general local government not 
later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That if a State 
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has not elected to distribute amounts allocated 
under this paragraph, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall pay the applicable amounts 
under this subparagraph to such units of gen-
eral local government in the State not later 
than 30 days after the date on which the State 
would otherwise have received the amounts 
from the Secretary; and 
(2) $100,000,000,000 shall be paid directly to 
counties within the 50 States, the District of Colum-
bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 
States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa 
in an amount which bears the same proportion to 
the total amount provided under this paragraph as 
the relative population of each such county bears to 
the total population of all such entities: Provided, 
That the funds provided under this paragraph and 
allocated to each such county shall be distributed to 
each such county not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
no county that is an ‘‘urban county’’ (as defined in 
section 102 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) shall receive 
less than the amount the county would otherwise re-
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ceive if the amount distributed under this paragraph 
were allocated to metropolitan cities and urban 
counties under section 106(b) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5306(b)): Provided further, That in the case of an 
amount to be paid to a county that is not a unit of 
general local government, the amount shall instead 
be paid to the State in which such county is located, 
and such State shall distribute such amount to units 
of general local government within such county in an 
amounts that bear the same proportion as the popu-
lation of such units of general local government bear 
to the total population of such county: 
Provided further, That any entity receiving a payment 
from funds made available under this heading in this Act 
shall only use such amounts to respond to, mitigate, cover 
costs or replace foregone revenues not projected on Janu-
ary 31, 2020 stemming from the public health emergency, 
or its negative economic impacts, with respect to the 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19): Provided further, That 
if the Inspector General of the Department of the Treas-
ury determines that an entity receiving a payment from 
amounts provided under this heading has failed to comply 
with the preceding proviso, the amount equal to the 
amount of funds used in violation of such subsection shall 
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be booked as a debt of such entity owed to the Federal 
Government, and any amounts recovered under this sub-
section shall be deposited into the general fund of the 
Treasury as discretionary offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That nothing in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be con-
strued as prohibiting a unit of general local government 
that has formed a consolidated government, or that is geo-
graphically contained (in full or in part) within the bound-
aries of another unit of general local government from re-
ceiving a distribution under each of subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) under paragraph (1) or under paragraph (2), as 
applicable, based on the respective formulas specified con-
tained therein: Provided further, That the amounts other-
wise determined for distribution to units of local govern-
ment under each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) under 
paragraph (1) and under paragraph (2) shall each be ad-
justed by the Secretary of the Treasury on a pro rata basis 
to the extent necessary to comply with the amount appro-
priated and the requirements specified in each paragraph 
and subparagraph, as applicable: Provided further, That 
as used under this heading in this Act, the term ‘‘county’’ 
means a county, parish, or other equivalent county divi-
sion (as defined by the Bureau of the Census): Provided 
further, That for purposes of the preceding provisos under 
this heading in this Act, the population of an entity shall 
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be determined based on the most recent year for which 
data are available from the Bureau of the Census: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 3. OTHER REQUIREMENTS. 
Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2020 under this 
Act shall be subject to the requirements contained in Pub-
lic Law 116–94 for funds for programs authorized under 
sections 330 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 254 through 256). 
Æ 
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