Community Services Block Grant Refinement and Improvement Act

Bill: 116-s-4309
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]
Introduced: 2020-07-23
Policy area: Housing and Community Development
Latest action: action_date: 2020-07-23
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-07-23
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Community Services Block Grant Refinement and Improvement Act</b></p> <p>This bill exempts certain funds appropriated for the Community Services Block Grant program from reductions that would otherwise apply under current law.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4309 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 23, 2020 Mrs. Shaheen (for herself, Ms. Murkowski , Mr. Sanders , Mr. Barrasso , Ms. Hirono , Mr. Cramer , Ms. Cortez Masto , Mr. Sullivan , Ms. Hassan , Ms. Rosen , and Mr. Hoeven ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions A BILL To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to clarify that the maximum allotment provision does not apply to supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2020.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Community Services Block Grant Refinement and Improvement Act . 2. Limitation on maximum allotment requirement Section 675B(b)(3) of the Community Services Block Grant Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9906(b)(3) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The reduction required by this paragraph shall not apply to any funds appropriated under the CARES Act or any subsequent supplemental appropriations bill for fiscal year 2020, including any such funds that remain available for another fiscal year. .