[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3954 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3954
To require States to make distributions from the State's Coronavirus
Relief Fund payment to local governments that did not receive a direct
payment from the Fund.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 11, 2020
Mr. Manchin introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Finance
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A BILL
To require States to make distributions from the State's Coronavirus
Relief Fund payment 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 ``Local Government Relief Act''.
SEC. 2. DEADLINE FOR DISTRIBUTION OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT SHARE OF THE
STATE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND PAYMENT.
(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
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(3) Pass-through requirement.--
``(A) In general.--Not later than June 30, 2020,
each State (other than the District of Columbia) shall
make, from the amount paid to the State under this
section, a distribution 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).
``(B) Amount to be distributed.--The total amount
of the distributions made by a State to units of local
government under this paragraph shall not be less than
45 percent of the amount paid to the State under this
section for fiscal year 2020 (after the application of
paragraph (2)).
``(C) Manner of distribution.-- Amounts distributed
by a State under this paragraph shall be distributed
from the amount paid to the State under this section--
``(i) upon receipt and on a pass-through-
basis; and
``(ii) without requiring any application
from a unit of local government.
``(D) Report.--If a State is unable to make
distributions to units of local government in
accordance with the requirements of this paragraph, the
State shall submit a detailed report to the Secretary
explaining why the State is unable to meet such
requirements. The Secretary shall publish each such
report in the Federal Register.''.
(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 (d), by inserting ``or distribution''
after ``payment'';
(4) in subsection (e)--
(A) by inserting ``direct'' before ``payment''; and
(B) by inserting ``large'' before ``unit of local
government'' each place it appears; and
(5) 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).
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