Title: A resolution requesting that the President transmit to the Senate not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the possession of the President relating to the amount of funding previously enacted under certain public laws and currently unspent.
Policy area: Economics and Public Finance

Summary:
This resolution requests that the President transmit to the Senate documents related to the amount of funding that was provided in specified laws regarding COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and is currently unspent.
The specified laws include

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 88 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 88

Requesting that the President transmit to the Senate not later than 14 
days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the 
     possession of the President relating to the amount of funding 
  previously enacted under certain public laws and currently unspent.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 3, 2021

Mr. Scott of Florida (for himself, Ms. Ernst, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Young, 
   Mr. Hagerty, Mr. Cramer, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Braun, Mr. Rounds, and Mr. 
 Hoeven) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Requesting that the President transmit to the Senate not later than 14 
days after the date of the adoption of this resolution documents in the 
     possession of the President relating to the amount of funding 
  previously enacted under certain public laws and currently unspent.

Whereas the national debt of the United States is $27,900,000,000,000;
Whereas this represents $223,441 in debt per taxpayer;
Where Congress appropriated over $4,000,000,000,000 on a bipartisan basis to 
        address COVID-19 during 2020;
Whereas Congress passed additional COVID-19 relief legislation as part of the 
        bipartisan-bicameral omnibus COVID-19 relief deal on December 21, 2020;
Whereas the latest reports from the Congressional Budget Office indicate that a 
        substantial portion of funds previously allocated remain unspent;
Whereas Congress needs reliable information on unspent funds before it should 
        consider allocating additional dollars;
Whereas, according to Center for a Responsible Federal Budget, the proposed 
        American Rescue Plan allocates less than 10 percent of its total funding 
        to directly combat COVID-19 needs;
Whereas, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the level of spending in 
        the proposed American Rescue Plan is at least 3 times the size of the 
        output shortfall in our economy, which will lead to higher inflation; 
        and
Whereas, almost half of the American Rescue Plan would not be spent until fiscal 
        year 2022 or later, with at least $140,000,000,000 not being spent until 
        fiscal year 2024 or later: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the President is requested to transmit to the Senate 
not later than 14 days after the date of the adoption of this 
resolution documents in the possession of the President relating to the 
amount of funding previously enacted and currently unspent provided 
under the following laws:
            (1) The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116-123).
            (2) The Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 
        116-127).
            (3) The CARES Act (Public Law 116-136).
            (4) The Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
        Enhancement Act (Public Law 116-139).
            (5) Division N (relating to additional coronavirus response 
        and relief) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
        (Public Law 116-260).
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