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 ‘‘Coronavirus Commu-
nity Relief Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND FOR UNITS OF GOV-
ERNMENT WITH A POPULATION OF 500,000 OR 
LESS. 
Title VI of the Social Security Act (as added by sec-
tion 5001 of Public Law 116–136) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND FOR UNITS OF GOV-
ERNMENT WITH A POPULATION OF 500,000 OR 
LESS. 
‘‘(a) APPROPRIATION.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro-
priated, there are appropriated for making payments 
to units of local government with a population of 
500,000 or less $250,000,000,000 for fiscal year 
2020. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall pay to a unit of local government of the rel-
ative unit of local government population proportion 
amount within 30 days after a unit of local government 
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of a State submits the certification required by subsection 
(e). 
‘‘(c) PAYMENT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the maximum aggregate amount paid under this sec-
tion for fiscal year 2020 to units of local government 
in a State shall be the amount equal to the relative 
population proportion amount determined for the 
State under paragraph (2) for such fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) 
RELATIVE
POPULATION
PROPORTION 
AMOUNT.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the rel-
ative population proportion amount determined 
under this paragraph for a State for fiscal year 
2020 is the product of— 
‘‘(A) the amount appropriated under para-
graph (1) of subsection (a) for fiscal year 2020; 
and 
‘‘(B) the relative State population propor-
tion (as defined in paragraph (3)). 
‘‘(3) RELATIVE
STATE
POPULATION
PROPOR-
TION DEFINED.—For purposes of paragraph (2)(B), 
the term ‘relative State population proportion’ 
means, with respect to a State, the quotient of— 
‘‘(A) the population of the State; and 
‘‘(B) the total population of all States. 
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‘‘(4) RELATIVE UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT 
POPULATION PROPORTION AMOUNT.—For purposes 
of subsection (b), the term ‘relative unit of local gov-
ernment population proportion amount’ means, with 
respect to a unit of local government, the amount 
equal to the product of the Relative State Proportion 
Amount and the quotient of— 
‘‘(A) the population of the unit of local 
government; and 
‘‘(B) the aggregate total population of 
local governments determined by adding the 
population of each unit of local government. 
‘‘(5) DATA.—For purposes of this subsection, 
the population of States and units of local govern-
ments shall be determined based on the most recent 
year for which data are available from the Bureau 
of the Census. 
‘‘(6) OTHER RELIEF.—Nothing in this section 
shall affect appropriated funds to units of local gov-
ernment as a result of Public Law 116–136, nor 
shall payments in this section be reduced by 
amounts paid to units of local government through 
Public Law 116–136. 
‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A unit of local government 
shall use the funds provided under a payment made under 
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this section to cover only those costs of the unit of local 
government that— 
‘‘(1) are costs that— 
‘‘(A) are reasonably deemed by the unit of 
local government to be necessary; and 
‘‘(B) directly or indirectly involve, relate 
to, are, have been, or will be incurred due to, 
or are, have been, or will be a response to cir-
cumstances caused by, the public health emer-
gency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 
2019 (COVID–19); and 
‘‘(2) were incurred during the period that be-
gins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 30, 
2020. 
To the extent that a unit of local government does not 
need all of the funds paid to it, it may transfer such funds 
to another unit of local government in the State for uses 
in paragraph (1) of this subsection and such transfer is 
deemed to be a cost of the transferor. 
‘‘(e) CERTIFICATION.—In order to receive a payment 
under this section, a unit of local government shall provide 
the Secretary with a certification signed by the Chief Ex-
ecutive (or equivalent) for the unit of local government 
that the local government’s uses of the funds are or will 
be consistent with subsection (d). 
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‘‘(f) 
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
OVERSIGHT; 
RECOUPMENT.— 
‘‘(1) OVERSIGHT
AUTHORITY.—The Inspector 
General of the Department of the Treasury shall 
conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, dis-
bursement, and use of funds made available under 
this section. 
‘‘(2) RECOUPMENT.—If the Inspector General 
of the Department of the Treasury determines that 
a unit of local government has failed to comply with 
subsection (d), 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. Amounts recovered under this sub-
section shall be deposited into the general fund of 
the Treasury. 
‘‘(3) AUTHORITY
OF
INSPECTOR
GENERAL.— 
Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to di-
minish the authority of any Inspector General, in-
cluding such authority as provided in the Inspector 
General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COSTS.—The term ‘Costs’ includes but is 
not limited to lost revenue, reimbursement for ex-
penses already incurred, and increases in costs rea-
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sonably believed to be the direct or indirect result of, 
or direct or indirect responses to circumstances 
caused by, the public health emergency with respect 
to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19). 
‘‘(2) LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘unit of 
local government’ means any of the following that 
has a population of 500,000 or below: a county, mu-
nicipality, town, township, village, parish, borough, 
or other unit of general government below the State 
level. 
‘‘(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 
Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and American Samoa.’’. 
Æ 
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