Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility Act

Bill: 116-s-3638
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK]
Introduced: 2020-05-06
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Appropriations

Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Federal-Indian relations

Health programs administration and funding

Infectious and parasitic diseases

State and local finance

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2020-05-06
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-05-06
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows Coronavirus Relief Fund payments to be used to replace state, tribal, or local government revenue shortfalls resulting from COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) during the period from March 1-December 31, 2020.</p>

tv_txt: II 116th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3638 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 6, 2020 Mr. Sullivan (for himself, Mr. Whitehouse , Ms. Murkowski , Mrs. Capito , Mr. Cramer , and Mr. King ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations A BILL To allow Coronavirus Relief Fund payments to be used to replace revenue shortfalls resulting from COVID–19.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility Act . 2. Use of Coronavirus Relief Fund payments to replace lost revenue Effective as if included in the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act ( Public Law 116–136 ), subsection (d) of section 601 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act, is amended to read as follows: (d) Use of funds A State, Tribal government, and unit of local government shall use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover only those costs of the State, Tribal government, or unit of local government that— (1) are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 31, 2020; or (2) are necessary to replace State or government revenue shortfalls resulting from the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) during the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 31, 2020. .