[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 140 (Thursday, August 6, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S5300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 2596. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 178, to 
condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in 
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and 
harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. EXTENDED AVAILABILITY FOR CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND 
                   PAYMENTS USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A QUALIFYING 
                   ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

       Section 601(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     801(d)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Use of Funds; Availability.--
       ``(1) In general.--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--
       ``(A) are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public 
     health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
     (COVID-19);
       ``(B) were not accounted for in the budget most recently 
     approved as of the date of enactment of this section for the 
     State or government; and
       ``(C) subject to paragraph (2), were incurred during the 
     period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 30, 
     2020.
       ``(2) Extended availability for funds used in accordance 
     with a qualifying economic development plan.--
       ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (C) of 
     paragraph (1), funds provided under a payment made under this 
     section shall remain available to a State, Tribal government, 
     or unit of local government until December 31, 2022, for 
     obligation by the State or government--
       ``(i) for costs of the State or government that--

       ``(I) are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public 
     health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
     (COVID-19); and
       ``(II) were not accounted for in the budget most recently 
     approved as of the date of enactment of this section for the 
     State or government; and

       ``(ii) in accordance with a qualifying economic development 
     plan.
       ``(B) Availability.--Any funds obligated under subparagraph 
     (A) as of the date specified in such subparagraph shall 
     remain available until expended.
       ``(C) Certification requirement.--In order to use funds 
     provided under a payment under this section in accordance 
     with this paragraph, a State, Tribal government, or unit of 
     local government shall provide the Secretary with a 
     certification signed by the Chief Executive of the State or 
     government that the proposed uses of the funds under the 
     qualifying economic development plan are consistent with the 
     requirements of subparagraph (A)(i).
       ``(D) Qualifying economic development plan.--For purposes 
     of subparagraph (A), the term `qualifying economic 
     development plan' means, with respect to a State or 
     government, a plan for using funds paid or distributed to the 
     State or government under this section to respond to the 
     COVID-19 public health emergency that is approved by the 
     State or the governing board of a university before December 
     30, 2020.''.
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