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116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6914 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 15, 2020 
Mr. SMITH of New Jersey (for himself and Mr. KING of New York) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropria-
tions, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to 
be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
concerned 
A BILL 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘New Jersey, New 
York, and Highly Impacted States COVID–19 Relief 
Fund Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RELIEF 
FUNDS. 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for 
other purposes, namely: 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, dis-
bursement, and use of funds made available under the 
‘‘Coronavirus State Fiscal Relief Fund’’ and the 
‘‘Coronavirus Local Fiscal Relief Fund’’ (collectively, 
‘‘Fiscal Relief Funds’’): Provided, That, if the Inspector 
General of the Department of the Treasury determines 
that an entity receiving a payment from amounts provided 
by the Fiscal Relief Funds has failed to comply with the 
provisions governing the use of such funding, the Inspec-
tor General shall transmit any relevant information re-
lated to such determination to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 5 days after any such determination is 
made: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
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pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RELIEF FUND 
For making payments to States, territories, and Trib-
al governments to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming 
from the public health emergency with respect to the 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), $300,000,000,000 to 
remain available until expended, which shall be in addition 
to any other amounts available for making payments to 
States, territories, and Tribal governments for any pur-
pose (including payments made under section 601 of the 
Social Security Act), of which: 
(1) $10,000,000,000 shall be for making pay-
ments to the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, United States Virgin Islands, Guam, 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
and American Samoa: Provided, That of the amount 
made available in this paragraph, half shall be allo-
cated equally among each entity specified in this 
paragraph, and half shall be allocated as an addi-
tional amount to each such entity in an amount 
which bears the same proportion to half of the total 
amount provided under this paragraph as the rel-
ative population of each such entity bears to the 
total population of all such entities; 
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(2) $10,000,000,000 shall be for making pay-
ments to Tribal governments: Provided, That pay-
ments of amounts made available in this paragraph 
shall be made to each Tribal Government in an 
amount determined by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury, in consultation with the Secretary of the Inte-
rior and Indian Tribes, that is based on increased 
aggregate expenditures of each such Tribal govern-
ment (or a tribally owned entity of such Tribal gov-
ernment) in fiscal year 2020 relative to aggregate 
expenditures in fiscal year 2019 by the Tribal gov-
ernment (or tribally owned entity) and determined in 
such manner as the Secretary determines appro-
priate to ensure that all amounts available pursuant 
to the preceding proviso for fiscal year 2020 are dis-
tributed to Tribal governments; 
(3) $280,000,000,000 shall be for making pay-
ments to each of the 50 States, of which— 
(A) $40,000,000,000 shall be allocated 
equally between each of the 50 States; 
(B) $140,000,000,000 shall be allocated as 
an additional amount to each such entity in an 
amount which bears the same proportion to the 
total amount provided under this subparagraph 
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as the relative population of each such entity 
bears to the total population of all such entities; 
(C) $100,000,000,000 shall be allocated as 
additional amounts among each of the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Five 
Territories in an amount which bears the same 
proportion to the total amount provided under 
this subparagraph as the relative prevalence of 
COVID–19 within each such entity bears to the 
total prevalence of COVID–19 within all such 
entities: Provided, That the relative prevalence 
of COVID–19 shall be calculated using the 
most recent data on the number of confirmed 
and probable cases as published on the internet 
by the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion for each entity specified in the preceding 
proviso; 
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-
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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 
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 for purposes of the preceding provisos under 
this heading in this Act, the population of each entity de-
scribed in any such proviso shall be determined based on 
the most recent year for which data are available from 
the Bureau of the Census, or in the case of an Indian 
tribe, shall be determined based on data certified by the 
Tribal government: Provided further, That as used under 
this heading in this Act, the terms ‘‘Tribal government’’ 
and ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ have the same meanings as specified 
in section 601(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
601(g)), as added by section 5001 of the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116–136), and the term ‘‘State’’ means one 
of the 50 States: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Treasury shall make all payments required pursuant to 
paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
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