To amend the Social Security Act to prohibit State and local governments from obligating any coronavirus relief funds provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 until all coronavirus relief funds made available by the CARES Act are obligated, and for other purposes.

Bill: 117-hr-2736
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2021-04-21
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Cardiovascular and respiratory health

Emergency medical services and trauma care

Indian social and development programs

Infectious and parasitic diseases

State and local finance

State and local government operations
Latest action: action_date: 2021-04-21
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2021-04-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill prohibits a state, territorial, tribal, or local government from obligating any COVID-19 relief funds provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 until such government obligates all its relief funds made available by the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act).</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2736 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 21, 2021 Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform A BILL To amend the Social Security Act to prohibit State and local governments from obligating any coronavirus relief funds provided by the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 until all coronavirus relief funds made available by the CARES Act are obligated, and for other purposes.

1. Requiring complete obligation of coronavirus relief funds made available to State and local governments under CARES Act Title VI of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding after section 603 the following: 604. Prohibition on additional funds without complete obligation No funds under sections 602 or 603 may be used to make payments or distributions to any State, territorial, or Tribal government, or a unit of local government that has not obligated 100 percent of their previously allocated CRF funds under section 601. .