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Senate Bill 3767
116th Congress(2019-2020)
Strengthening Local Coronavirus Response Act
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S. 3767 (Introduced-in-Senate)


116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3767


To require States to pass-through 45 percent of the amounts paid from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to local governments that did not receive a direct payment from the Fund.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

May 19, 2020

Mr. Daines introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To require States to pass-through 45 percent of the amounts paid from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to local governments that did not receive a direct payment from the Fund.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. Short title.

This Act may be cited as the “Strengthening Local Coronavirus Response Act”.

SEC. 2. Pass-through of portion of State Co­ro­na­vi­rus Relief Fund to local governments.

(a) Pass-Through requirement.—Subsection (b) of section 601 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended—

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking “Subject to paragraph (2)” and inserting “Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)”; and

(2) by adding at the end the following

“(3) PASS-THROUGH REQUIREMENT.—Each State shall distribute 45 percent of the amount paid to the State under this section for fiscal year 2020 (after the application of paragraph (2)) upon receipt on a pass-through basis, and without requiring any application, to each unit of local government in the State that is not a large unit of local government that received a direct payment under this section in accordance with paragraph (2). The preceding distribution requirement shall not apply to the District of Columbia.”.

(b) Conforming amendments.—Section 601 of such Act is further amended—

(1) in subsection (b)—

(A) in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting “large” before “unit of local government” each place it appears; and

(B) in paragraph (2)—

(i) in the paragraph heading, by inserting “large” before “units”; and

(ii) by adding at the end the following: “For purposes of this section, the term ‘large unit of local government’ means a unit of local government, as defined in subsection (g)(2), with a population that exceeds 500,000.”;

(2) in subsection (c)(5)—

(A) in the paragraph heading, by inserting “large” before “unit”; and

(B) by inserting “large” before “unit of local government” each place it appears;

(3) in subsection (e)—

(A) by inserting “direct” before “payment”; and

(B) by inserting “large” before “unit of local government” each place it appears; and

(4) in subsection (g)(2)—

(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking “Local” and inserting “Unit of local”; and

(B) by striking “with a population that exceeds 500,000.”

(c) Effective date.—The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 601 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136).