H.R. 6592, Coronavirus Relief for States Act
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H.R. 6592, the Coronavirus Relief for States Act, was introduced in the House of Representatives on April 21, 2020 by Perlmutter and others and referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform. Its stated purpose is to provide for an enhanced Coronavirus relief fund. Section 2 would add section 602 to Title VI of the Social Security Act and appropriate $500,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 for payments to States and Tribal governments, to be paid within 30 days in amounts based on a relative population proportion. Funds would cover necessary expenditures due to the public health emergency, replace lost revenue, or contribute to economic recovery.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6592
To provide for an enhanced Coronavirus relief fund, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 21, 2020
Mr. PERLMUTTER (for himself, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. CASTRO of Texas, Ms.
SCHAKOWSKY, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. WELCH, Mr. BEYER, Mr. KILMER,
Mr. VEASEY, Mr. NEGUSE, Mr. RASKIN, Ms. DEAN, Mr. RYAN, Ms.
ADAMS, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. CROW, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New
York, Mr. CASE, Ms. DEGETTE, and Mrs. HAYES) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Re-
form
A BILL
To provide for an enhanced Coronavirus relief fund, and
for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Relief for
5 States Act’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ENHANCED CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.
2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title VI of the Social Security Act
3 (as added by section 5001 of Public Law 116–136) is
4 amended by adding at the end the following:
5 ‘‘SEC. 602. ENHANCED CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.
6 ‘‘(a) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the
7 Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated,
8 there are appropriated for making payments to States and
9 Tribal governments, $500,000,000,000 for fiscal year
10 2020.
11 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.—Not later
12 than 30 days after the date of enactment of this section,
13 the Secretary shall pay each State and Tribal government
14 the amount determined for the State or Tribal govern-
15 ment, for fiscal year 2020 under subsection (c).
16 ‘‘(c) PAYMENT AMOUNTS.—
17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount paid under
18 this section for fiscal year 2020 to a State or Tribal
19 government shall be the amount equal to the relative
20 population proportion amount determined for the
21 State or Tribal government under paragraph (2) for
22 such fiscal year.
23 ‘‘(2) RELATIVE POPULATION PROPORTION DE-
24 FINED.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the term
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25 ‘relative population proportion’ means, with respect
26 to a State or Indian Tribe, the quotient of—
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1 ‘‘(A) the population of the State or Indian
2 Tribe; and
3 ‘‘(B) the total population of all States.
4 ‘‘(3) DATA.—For purposes of this subsection,
5 the population of the States and Indian Tribes shall
6 be determined based on the most recent year for
7 which data are available from the Bureau of the
8 Census based on the American Community Survey.
9 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A State or Tribal government
10 shall use the funds provided under a payment made under
11 this section to cover those costs of the State or Tribal gov-
12 ernment, that—
13 ‘‘(1) are necessary expenditures incurred due to
14 the public health emergency with respect to the
15 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19);
16 ‘‘(2) replace revenue lost as a result of the
17 COVID-19 crisis; or
18 ‘‘(3) contribute to the economic recovery of the
19 State or Indian Tribe from the COVID-19 crisis.
20 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
21 ‘‘(1) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’
22 has the meaning given that term in section 4(e) of
23 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
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24 ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)).
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1 ‘‘(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means
2 the Secretary of the Treasury.
3 ‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the 50
4 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth
5 of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,
6 Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
7 Islands, and American Samoa.
8 ‘‘(4) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘Tribal
9 government’ means the recognized governing body of
10 an Indian Tribe.’’.
11 (b) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—Amounts appro-
12 priated for fiscal year 2020 under section 602 of the So-
13 cial Security Act (as added by subsection (a)) shall be sub-
14 ject to the requirements contained in Public Law 116–94
15 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330
16 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
17 254 through 256).
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