State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act

Bill: 117-s-3011
Sponsor: Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX]
Introduced: 2021-10-19 in the Senate
Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Subjects: Air quality
Appropriations
Cardiovascular and respiratory health
Caribbean area
Climate change and greenhouse gases
Disaster relief and insurance
Economic performance and conditions
Emergency medical services and trauma care
Endangered and threatened species
Federal-Indian relations
Fishes
Forests, forestry, trees
Government lending and loan guarantees
Health programs administration and funding
Homelessness and emergency shelter
Housing and community development funding
Hybrid, electric, and advanced technology vehicles
Indian social and development programs
Infectious and parasitic diseases
Infrastructure development
Land use and conservation
Minority health
Motor vehicles
Natural disasters
Parks, recreation areas, trails
Public transit
Puerto Rico
Regional and metropolitan planning
Roads and highways
Rural conditions and development
State and local finance
State and local government operations
Transportation programs funding
Transportation safety and security
U.S. territories and protectorates
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: 

State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act

 
This bill allows states, tribes, territories, and localities to use certain COVID-19 relief funds for new categories of spending, including for natural disasters and infrastructure projects. It also makes changes to expenditure deadlines and other aspects of this funding.
 
Specifically, recipients may use funds for emergency relief from natural disasters and associated negative economic impacts of natural disasters. In addition, recipients may use a portion of their COVID-19 relief funds for designated infrastructure projects, such as nationally significant freight and highway projects. Furthermore, the bill allows recipients to expend COVID-19 relief funds on these types of infrastructure projects until September 30, 2026. Under current law, recipients must expend the funds by December 31, 2024.
 
Other changes in the bill include (1) modifying eligibility and allocation requirements for funding set aside for counties and Indian tribes that are near public lands, (2) allowing Indian tribes an additional year to expend their COVID-19 relief funds, and (3) establishing a process for government entities to decline COVID-19 relief funds and requiring any declined funds to be used to reduce the federal deficit.

action_date: 2021-10-19
text: 

State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act

 
This bill allows states, tribes, territories, and localities to use certain COVID-19 relief funds for new categories of spending, including for natural disasters and infrastructure projects. It also makes changes to expenditure deadlines and other aspects of this funding.
 
Specifically, recipients may use funds for emergency relief from natural disasters and associated negative economic impacts of natural disasters. In addition, recipients may use a portion of their COVID-19 relief funds for designated infrastructure projects, such as nationally significant freight and highway projects. Furthermore, the bill allows recipients to expend COVID-19 relief funds on these types of infrastructure projects until September 30, 2026. Under current law, recipients must expend the funds by December 31, 2024.
 
Other changes in the bill include (1) modifying eligibility and allocation requirements for funding set aside for counties and Indian tribes that are near public lands, (2) allowing Indian tribes an additional year to expend their COVID-19 relief funds, and (3) establishing a process for government entities to decline COVID-19 relief funds and requiring any declined funds to be used to reduce the federal deficit.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Held at the desk.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Received in the House.
action_date: 2021-10-20
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7079-7082; text: CR S7079-7082)
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7079-7082; text: CR S7079-7082)
action_date: 2021-10-19
text: Introduced in Senate