Title: Defense Communities Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020
Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security

Summary:
Defense Communities Coronavirus Relief Act of 2020
This bill establishes and modifies Department of Defense programs that provide financial assistance to communities that support military installations and personnel, including programs for community infrastructure projects and for schools and small businesses that have been impacted by COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019).

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7290 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7290

    To modify the cost-sharing requirement of the Defense Community 
   Infrastructure Program and to temporarily expand eligibility for 
 Department of Defense impact aid and authorize additional amounts to 
               provide such aid, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 22, 2020

 Mr. Heck (for himself, Mr. Crow, Mr. Kim, and Mr. Kilmer) introduced 
   the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed 
Services, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, and 
Education and Labor, 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

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                                 A BILL


 
    To modify the cost-sharing requirement of the Defense Community 
   Infrastructure Program and to temporarily expand eligibility for 
 Department of Defense impact aid and authorize additional amounts to 
               provide such aid, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Communities Coronavirus 
Relief Act of 2020''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT OF THE DEFENSE 
              COMMUNITY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM.

    Paragraph (2) of section 2391(d) of title 10, United States Code, 
is amended to read as follows:
    ``(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense shall establish criteria for the 
selection of community infrastructure projects to receive assistance 
under paragraph (1). The criteria shall include a cost-sharing 
requirement under which the State government, local government, or not-
for-profit, member-owned utility service proposing the community 
infrastructure project shall be required to cover a percentage of the 
cost of the community infrastructure project, as specified for the 
fiscal year involved in subparagraph (B) or (C).
    ``(B) In the case of a community infrastructure project that 
receives funds during the fiscal year 2021 application cycle, the State 
government, local government, or not-for-profit, member-owned utility 
service shall agree to contribute five percent of the funding for the 
community infrastructure project, unless a national security waiver is 
approved by the Secretary of Defense.
    ``(C) In the case of a community infrastructure project that 
receives funds during the fiscal year 2022 or a subsequent application 
cycle:
            ``(i) If the community infrastructure project will be 
        carried out in a non-rural area, the State government, local 
        government, or not-for-profit, member-owned utility service 
        shall agree to contribute 30 percent of the funding for the 
        community infrastructure project, unless a national security 
        waiver is approved by the Secretary of Defense.
            ``(ii) If the community infrastructure project will be 
        carried out in a rural area, the State government, local 
        government, or not-for-profit, member-owned utility service 
        shall agree to contribute 20 percent of the funding for the 
        community infrastructure project, unless a national security 
        waiver is approved by the Secretary of Defense.''.

SEC. 3. EXPANSION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE TO SCHOOLS WITH 
              SIGNIFICANT NUMBERS OF MILITARY DEPENDENT CHILDREN.

    (a) Temporary Expansion of Eligibility for DOD Assistance.--
Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 572(a) of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 20 U.S.C. 
7703b), a qualified local educational agency shall be eligible to 
receive assistance under such section for fiscal years 2021 and 2022 if 
at least five percent (as rounded to the nearest whole percent) of the 
students in average daily attendance in the schools of such agency 
during the preceding school year were military dependent students 
counted under section 7003(a)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)(1)).
    (b) Increase in Funding for DOD Assistance.--There are authorized 
to be appropriated $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 for the purpose of 
providing assistance to local educational agencies under subsection (a) 
of section 572 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 20 U.S.C. 7703b).
    (c) Qualified Local Educational Agency Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``qualified local educational agency'' means a local 
educational agency (as defined in section 7013(9) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7713(9))) that is located in 
an area covered by a declaration of a major disaster or emergency (as 
those terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5122)) at any 
time during the period beginning on March 1, 2020, and ending on July 
31, 2020.

SEC. 4. SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES SERVING MILITARY INSTALLATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The President shall exercise the authorities 
provided under title III of the Defense Production Act of 1950 to 
provide direct loans to small businesses identified under subsection 
(b).
    (b) Identification of Businesses.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense shall establish a 
        process under which commanders of military installations may 
        each identify up to 10 small businesses that--
                    (A) provide mission essential products and services 
                to the applicable military installation; and
                    (B) have been negatively impacted due to COVID-19 
                and the resulting economic downturn.
            (2) Non-duplication.--A small business may not be 
        identified under paragraph (1) by more than one commander of a 
        military installation.
    (c) Limitation on Expenditures.--In carrying out subsection (a), 
the President may not expend more than $100,000 with respect to a 
single small business.
    (d) Determination.--For purposes of title III of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 4531 et seq.), products and services 
provided by small businesses identified under subsection (b) to 
military installations shall be deemed an industrial resource, critical 
technology item, or material that is essential for national defense 
purposes.
    (e) Funding.--There is appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, $50,000,000 to exercise the authorities 
described under subsection (a).
    (f) Report.--Not later than the end of the 365-day period beginning 
on the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall issue a 
report to the Congress detailing the use of the authorities provided by 
this Act.
    (g) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Military installation.--The term ``military 
        installation'' has the meaning given that term under section 
        2687 of title 10, United States Code.
            (2) Mission essential products and services.--The term 
        ``mission essential products and services'' means--
                    (A) products or services essential to--
                            (i) physical security;
                            (ii) ensuring a regular supply of food, 
                        water, and medical supplies;
                            (iii) maintenance and upkeep of military 
                        installation facilities, grounds, and vehicles; 
                        or
                            (iv) ensuring a regular supply of utilities 
                        (including water, electricity, and natural 
                        gas); or
                    (B) any products or services not described under 
                subparagraph (A) with respect to which the commander of 
                a military installation determines that a gap in the 
                availability of such products or services would disrupt 
                normal operations of the military installation.
            (3) Small business.--The term ``small business'' has the 
        meaning given the term ``small business concern'' under section 
        3 of the Small Business Act.
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