Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 3011
117th Congress(2021-2022)
State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act
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Passed Senate on Oct 19, 2021
Overview
Text
Introduced
Oct 19, 2021
Latest Action
Oct 20, 2021
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
3011
Congress
117
Policy Area
Transportation and Public Works
Transportation and Public Works
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Sponsorship by Party
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Texas
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California
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Louisiana
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New Hampshire
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New Hampshire
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Oregon
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Pennsylvania
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Washington
Senate Votes (1)
House Votes (0)
checkPassed on October 19, 2021
Status
Passed
Type
Unanimous Consent
Unanimous Consent
A senator may request unanimous consent on the floor to set aside a specified rule of procedure so as to expedite proceedings. If no Senator objects, the Senate permits the action, but if any one senator objects, the request is rejected. Unanimous consent requests with only immediate effects are routinely granted, but ones affecting the floor schedule, the conditions of considering a bill or other business, or the rights of other senators, are normally not offered, or a floor leader will object to it, until all senators concerned have had an opportunity to inform the leaders that they find it acceptable.
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)
Summary

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.

Text (2)
October 19, 2021
Actions (6)
10/20/2021
Held at the desk.
10/20/2021
Received in the House.
10/20/2021
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
10/19/2021
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)
10/19/2021
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)
10/19/2021
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Dec 30, 2022 7:48:47 AM