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S. 3672, Pandemic TANF Assistance Act

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S. 3672 was introduced in the Senate on May 11, 2020, by Wyden for himself, Brown, Schatz, and Casey. It may be cited as the Pandemic TANF Assistance Act. Section 2 provides that, during the applicable period, sections 407(a), 407(e)(1), and 408(a)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act have no force or effect and a State shall not deny, reduce, or terminate assistance to a family because an individual does not comply with work requirements. Section 3 adds coronavirus emergency assistance grants for low-income families, and the Secretary is to reserve $500,000 for technical assistance to States and Indian tribes.

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                                                                       116TH CONGRESS
                                                                          2D SESSION
                                                                                                              S. 3672
                                                                       To provide States and Indian Tribes with flexibility in administering the
                                                                           temporary assistance for needy families program due to the public health
                                                                           emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), to
                                                                           make emergency grants to States and Indian Tribes to provide financial
                                                                           support for low-income individuals affected by that public health emer-
                                                                           gency, and for other purposes.




                                                                                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
                                                                                                      MAY 11, 2020
                                                                       Mr. WYDEN (for himself, Mr. BROWN, Mr. SCHATZ, and Mr. CASEY) intro-
                                                                           duced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com-
                                                                           mittee on Finance




                                                                                                                 A BILL
                                                                       To provide States and Indian Tribes with flexibility in admin-
                                                                           istering the temporary assistance for needy families pro-
                                                                           gram due to the public health emergency with respect
                                                                           to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), to make emer-
                                                                           gency grants to States and Indian Tribes to provide
                                                                           financial support for low-income individuals affected by
                                                                           that public health emergency, 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,




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                                                                         1    SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

                                                                         2              This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Pandemic TANF As-
                                                                         3 sistance Act’’.
                                                                         4    SEC. 2. EMERGENCY FLEXIBILITY FOR STATE AND TRIBAL

                                                                         5                             TANF PROGRAMS.

                                                                         6              (a) SUSPENSION OF REQUIREMENTS AND PENALTIES
                                                                         7 RELATING TO THE TIME LIMIT FOR ASSISTANCE, WORK,
                                                                         8    AND CERTAIN OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—

                                                                         9                       (1) IN GENERAL.—During the applicable pe-
                                                                       10               riod—
                                                                       11                                  (A)         sections         407(a),            407(e)(1),     and
                                                                       12                        408(a)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42
                                                                       13                        U.S.C. 607(a), 607(e)(1), 608(a)(7)(A)) shall
                                                                       14                        have no force or effect;
                                                                       15                                  (B) no penalty shall be imposed against an
                                                                       16                        individual or the individual’s family with respect
                                                                       17                        to section 407(e)(1) or 408(b)(3) of such Act
                                                                       18                        (42 U.S.C. 607(e)(1), 608(b)(3));
                                                                       19                                  (C) a State shall not deny, reduce, or ter-
                                                                       20                        minate assistance to a family because an indi-
                                                                       21                        vidual does not comply with such section
                                                                       22                        407(e)(1) or does not otherwise engage in work
                                                                       23                        required by the State;
                                                                       24                                  (D) a State shall not deny, reduce, or ter-




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                                                                       25                        minate assistance to an individual or the indi-
                                                                       26                        vidual’s family with respect to a failure to co-
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                                                                         1                       operate with completing the assessment re-
                                                                         2                       quired under section 408(b)(1) of such Act (42
                                                                         3                       U.S.C. 608(b)(1));
                                                                         4                                 (E) a State may defer a required assess-
                                                                         5                       ment of the employability of an individual
                                                                         6                       under section 408(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                         7                       608(b)) to 90 days following the end of the ap-
                                                                         8                       plicable period;
                                                                         9                                 (F) no condition on assistance for an indi-
                                                                       10                        vidual or the individual’s family shall be im-
                                                                       11                        posed in connection with enforcing penalties de-
                                                                       12                        scribed in section 409(a)(5) of such Act (42
                                                                       13                        U.S.C. 609(a)(5));
                                                                       14                                  (G) no penalty shall be imposed against an
                                                                       15                        individual or the individual’s family with respect
                                                                       16                        to section 408(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                       17                        608(a)(2)); and
                                                                       18                                  (H) paragraphs (3), (5), (9), (14), and
                                                                       19                        (15) of section 409(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                       20                        609(a)) shall not apply with respect to any vio-
                                                                       21                        lation of a requirement described in such a
                                                                       22                        paragraph that occurs during or with respect to
                                                                       23                        the applicable period.




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                                                                       24                        (2) TRIBAL PROGRAMS.—During the applicable
                                                                       25               period—


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                                                                         1                                 (A) the minimum work participation re-
                                                                         2                       quirements and time limits established under
                                                                         3                       section 412(c) of the Social Security Act (42
                                                                         4                       U.S.C. 612(c)) shall have no force or effect;
                                                                         5                                 (B) no penalty shall be imposed against an
                                                                         6                       individual or the individual’s family with respect
                                                                         7                       to a violation of such requirements or limits;
                                                                         8                                 (C) no condition on assistance for an indi-
                                                                         9                       vidual or the individual’s family shall be im-
                                                                       10                        posed in connection with enforcing penalties de-
                                                                       11                        scribed in section 409(a)(5) of such Act (42
                                                                       12                        U.S.C. 609(a)(5)); and
                                                                       13                                  (D) the penalties established under such
                                                                       14                        section 412(c) shall not apply with respect to
                                                                       15                        conduct engaged in during or with respect to
                                                                       16                        the applicable period.
                                                                       17               (b) APPLICATION TO PROGRAM ENFORCEMENT PRO-
                                                                       18     VISIONS.—

                                                                       19                        (1) WAIVER                 OF        CERTAIN            PENALTIES.—The

                                                                       20               Secretary shall not impose a penalty against a State
                                                                       21               or Indian tribe under paragraph (3), (5), (9), (14),
                                                                       22               or (15) of section 409(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                       23               609(a)) with respect to any violation of a require-




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                                                                       24               ment described in such a paragraph that occurs dur-
                                                                       25               ing or with respect to the applicable period.


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                                                                         1                       (2) CORRECTIVE                       COMPLIANCE                  PLANS.—If   a
                                                                         2              State or Indian tribe has a corrective compliance
                                                                         3              plan in effect during or with respect to the applica-
                                                                         4              ble period that involves a violation for which a pen-
                                                                         5              alty specified in paragraph (1) would be imposed,
                                                                         6              the Secretary shall—
                                                                         7                                 (A) disregard the months occurring during
                                                                         8                       the applicable period (and any portion of such
                                                                         9                       months) for purposes of determining whether
                                                                       10                        the State or Indian tribe has not, in a timely
                                                                       11                        manner, corrected or discontinued, as appro-
                                                                       12                        priate, the violation pursuant to the corrective
                                                                       13                        compliance plan accepted by the Secretary; and
                                                                       14                                  (B) consult with the State or Indian tribe
                                                                       15                        on modifications to the corrective compliance
                                                                       16                        plan for how the State will correct or dis-
                                                                       17                        continue, as appropriate, the violation and how
                                                                       18                        the State will ensure compliance with the re-
                                                                       19                        quirements of part A of title IV of the Social
                                                                       20                        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) after the
                                                                       21                        applicable period ends.
                                                                       22               (c) PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—
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                                                                       24               provisions of this subsection, if the Secretary finds
                                                                       25               that during or with respect to the period that begins


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                                                                         1              on the date of enactment of this section and ends on
                                                                         2              November 30, 2020, a State or an Indian tribe has
                                                                         3              imposed a penalty waived under subsection (a), in-
                                                                         4              cluding denying, reducing, terminating, or condi-
                                                                         5              tioning assistance under a program funded under
                                                                         6              part A of title IV of the Social Security Act or any
                                                                         7              program funded with qualified State expenditures
                                                                         8              (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act
                                                                         9              (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i))), the Secretary shall re-
                                                                       10               duce the grant payable to the State under section
                                                                       11               403(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(1)) or the
                                                                       12               grant payable to the tribe under section 412(a)(1) of
                                                                       13               such Act (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(1)) for fiscal year 2021
                                                                       14               by an amount equal to 5 percent of the State or
                                                                       15               tribal family assistance grant (as applicable).
                                                                       16                        (2) PENALTY BASED ON SEVERITY OF FAIL-
                                                                       17               URE.—The Secretary shall impose reductions under

                                                                       18               paragraph (1) with respect to fiscal year 2021 based
                                                                       19               on the degree of noncompliance.
                                                                       20                        (3) APPLICATION                      OF        AGGREGATE                 PENALTY

                                                                       21               LIMIT.—For purposes of section 409(d) of the Social

                                                                       22               Security Act (42 U.S.C. 609(d)), paragraph (1) of
                                                                       23               this subsection shall be considered to be included in




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                                                                       24               section 409(a) of such Act.
                                                                       25               (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:


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                                                                         1                        (1) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘applica-
                                                                         2              ble period’’ means the period that begins on October
                                                                         3              1, 2019, and ends on November 30, 2020.
                                                                         4                        (2) OTHER TERMS.—Each other term has the
                                                                         5              meaning given the term for purposes of part A of
                                                                         6              title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601
                                                                         7              et seq.).
                                                                         8    SEC. 3. CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE GRANTS

                                                                         9                             FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.

                                                                       10               Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801
                                                                       11 et seq.), as added by section 5001(a) of division A of the
                                                                       12 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
                                                                       13 lic Law 116–136), is amended by adding at the end the
                                                                       14 following:
                                                                       15     ‘‘SEC.            602.       CORONAVIRUS                 EMERGENCY                    ASSISTANCE

                                                                       16                              GRANTS FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES.

                                                                       17               ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the succeeding provi-
                                                                       18 sions of this section, each emergency grant State shall be
                                                                       19 entitled to receive from the Secretary a grant pursuant
                                                                       20 to this section for the period beginning on April 1, 2020,
                                                                       21 and ending on September 30, 2021, in the amount deter-
                                                                       22 mined for the State under subsection (b).
                                                                       23               ‘‘(b) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—




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                                                                       24                         ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (2),
                                                                       25               (3), and (4), the amount of the grant for an emer-


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                                                                         1              gency grant State for the period described in sub-
                                                                         2              section (a) shall be the amount equal to the product
                                                                         3              of—
                                                                         4                                 ‘‘(A) the amount appropriated in para-
                                                                         5                       graph (1) of subsection (h) that remains after
                                                                         6                       the application of paragraph (2) of that sub-
                                                                         7                       section; and
                                                                         8                                 ‘‘(B) the quotient of—
                                                                         9                                        ‘‘(i) the number of individuals in fam-
                                                                       10                                  ilies with income below the poverty line in
                                                                       11                                  the State in the most recent year for which
                                                                       12                                  data are available from the Bureau of the
                                                                       13                                  Census; and
                                                                       14                                         ‘‘(ii) the number of individuals in
                                                                       15                                  families with income below the poverty line
                                                                       16                                  in all States (other than States specified in
                                                                       17                                  subsection (h)(2)(A)) in such year.
                                                                       18                        ‘‘(2) OTHER                 STATES.—The                    amount of the
                                                                       19               grant for an emergency grant State specified in sub-
                                                                       20               section (h)(2)(A) shall be based on such poverty
                                                                       21               data as the Secretary determines appropriate.
                                                                       22                        ‘‘(3) REDISTRIBUTION OF UNUSED FUNDS.—
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                                                                         1              grant States under this section for which, as of July
                                                                         2              30, 2021, States have not applied to be paid to other
                                                                         3              emergency grant States that apply for payment from
                                                                         4              such funds.
                                                                         5                       ‘‘(4) INCLUSION OF FAMILIES OF 1.—For pur-
                                                                         6              poses of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), in determining
                                                                         7              the number of individuals in families with income
                                                                         8              below the poverty line in a State, the Secretary shall
                                                                         9              take household composition into account and shall
                                                                       10               treat a single individual as a family of 1, without re-
                                                                       11               gard to whether the household of the individual is
                                                                       12               composed of more than 1 family.
                                                                       13               ‘‘(c) USE OF FUNDS.—
                                                                       14                        ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An emergency grant State
                                                                       15               receiving a grant under this section shall only use
                                                                       16               the grant funds for the following:
                                                                       17                                  ‘‘(A) To provide short-term cash, non-cash,
                                                                       18                        or in-kind emergency disaster relief (as appro-
                                                                       19                        priate) to—
                                                                       20                                         ‘‘(i) help eligible families address and
                                                                       21                                  avoid emergencies with respect to basic
                                                                       22                                  needs;
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                                                                         1                                 evictions, foreclosures, forfeitures, and ter-
                                                                         2                                 minations of utility services; and
                                                                         3                                        ‘‘(iii) help eligible families address and
                                                                         4                                 avoid emergencies so that children may be
                                                                         5                                 cared for in their own homes or in the
                                                                         6                                 homes of relatives.
                                                                         7                                 ‘‘(B) To ensure the safety and well-being
                                                                         8                       of all individuals during the period of a Federal
                                                                         9                       or State emergency declaration concerning
                                                                       10                        Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), by pro-
                                                                       11                        viding subsidized jobs for individuals who are
                                                                       12                        members of eligible families that can be per-
                                                                       13                        formed remotely or are deemed essential (with
                                                                       14                        individuals provided proper personal protective
                                                                       15                        equipment and complying with Federal and
                                                                       16                        State social distancing guidelines).
                                                                       17                                  ‘‘(C) To provide subsidized employment for
                                                                       18                        individuals who are members of eligible families
                                                                       19                        after the period of a Federal or State emer-
                                                                       20                        gency declaration concerning Coronavirus Dis-
                                                                       21                        ease 2019 (COVID-19) ends (when safe to do
                                                                       22                        so, taking into account the need to prevent the
                                                                       23                        spread or reoccurrence of coronavirus).




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                                                                         1                       ‘‘(2) NONDISPLACEMENT.—An emergency grant
                                                                         2              State receiving a grant under this section shall not
                                                                         3              use the grant funds to—
                                                                         4                                 ‘‘(A) displace or replace an employee, posi-
                                                                         5                       tion, or volunteer, or to partially displace or re-
                                                                         6                       place an employee, position or volunteer, such
                                                                         7                       as through a reduction in hours, wages, or em-
                                                                         8                       ployment benefits;
                                                                         9                                 ‘‘(B) displace or replace an employee par-
                                                                       10                        ticipating in a strike, collective bargaining or
                                                                       11                        union activities, or union organizing; or
                                                                       12                                  ‘‘(C) displace or replace an employee who
                                                                       13                        was furloughed or unable to work due to the
                                                                       14                        public health emergency with respect to the
                                                                       15                        Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (includ-
                                                                       16                        ing due to illness, measures taken to avoid in-
                                                                       17                        fection, or needing to provide care for another
                                                                       18                        individual).
                                                                       19                        ‘‘(3)         NONDISCRIMINATION.—An                                      emergency
                                                                       20               grant State receiving a grant under this section shall
                                                                       21               not employ any policies or practices that have the ef-
                                                                       22               fect of making any eligible family less likely to re-
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                                                                         1                       ‘‘(4) PROTECTING OTHER BENEFITS.—For pur-
                                                                         2              poses of any Federal, State, or local law, including
                                                                         3              those for purposes of public assistance programs and
                                                                         4              taxation, any benefit provided under paragraph
                                                                         5              (1)(A) for an eligible family shall be treated as
                                                                         6              short-term, non-cash, in-kind emergency disaster re-
                                                                         7              lief without regard to the form in which the benefit
                                                                         8              is provided and shall be disregarded from income.
                                                                         9              ‘‘(d) STATE LETTER OF INTENT.—
                                                                       10                        ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to receive a pay-
                                                                       11               ment for a fiscal year quarter from the grant deter-
                                                                       12               mined for an emergency grant State under this sec-
                                                                       13               tion, a State shall submit a letter of intent to the
                                                                       14               Secretary, not later than 30 days before the first
                                                                       15               day of each such quarter (or, in the case of a quar-
                                                                       16               ter that has started or will start within 30 days of
                                                                       17               the date of enactment of this section, a State shall
                                                                       18               submit a letter of intent to the Secretary not later
                                                                       19               than 15 days after such date of enactment in order
                                                                       20               to receive an emergency grant for that quarter)
                                                                       21               that—
                                                                       22                                  ‘‘(A) specifies the amount of funds re-
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                                                                         1                                 ‘‘(B) describes how the State will use the
                                                                         2                       funds to assist eligible families during the quar-
                                                                         3                       ter; and
                                                                         4                                 ‘‘(C) describes how funds provided will not
                                                                         5                       supplant any existing expenditures or programs
                                                                         6                       funded or administered by the State.
                                                                         7                       ‘‘(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The State shall
                                                                         8              make the letter of intent submitted by the State
                                                                         9              under this subsection available to the public.
                                                                       10                        ‘‘(3) NO DELAY OF PAYMENTS; HOLD HARM-
                                                                       11               LESS.—

                                                                       12                                  ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
                                                                       13                        make payments by the applicable deadline
                                                                       14                        under subsection (f)(2) to each State that sub-
                                                                       15                        mits a letter of intent for a quarter by the ap-
                                                                       16                        plicable deadline under paragraph (1), without
                                                                       17                        regard to whether the Secretary has issued the
                                                                       18                        guidance required under subsection (f)(1).
                                                                       19                                  ‘‘(B) HOLD HARMLESS.—A State that uses
                                                                       20                        funds paid to the State for any quarter occur-
                                                                       21                        ring prior to the issuance of the guidance re-
                                                                       22                        quired under subsection (f)(1) consistent with
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                                                                         1                       not be penalized under subsection (f)(3) or in
                                                                         2                       any other manner if, after such guidance is
                                                                         3                       issued, the Secretary determines the State did
                                                                         4                       not use the funds consistent with such guid-
                                                                         5                       ance.
                                                                         6              ‘‘(e) REPORTS.—
                                                                         7                       ‘‘(1) STATE REPORTS.— Not later than Janu-
                                                                         8              ary 1, 2022, each emergency grant State shall sub-
                                                                         9              mit a report to the Secretary on how the State used
                                                                       10               the grant funds received by the State in such form
                                                                       11               and manner, and containing such information, as
                                                                       12               the Secretary shall require.
                                                                       13                        ‘‘(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than
                                                                       14               September 30, 2022, the Secretary shall submit a
                                                                       15               report to Congress on the grants made under this
                                                                       16               section based on the reports submitted under para-
                                                                       17               graph (1).
                                                                       18               ‘‘(f) MISCELLANEOUS.—
                                                                       19                        ‘‘(1) EXPEDITED IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec-
                                                                       20               retary shall implement this section as quickly as rea-
                                                                       21               sonably possible, pursuant to the issuance of appro-
                                                                       22               priate guidance to States.
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                                                                       24                                  ‘‘(A) INITIAL PAYMENTS.—Not later than
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                                                                         1                       tion, the Secretary shall pay each State that is
                                                                         2                       an emergency grant State as of such date, the
                                                                         3                       grant payable to such State for the 3rd quarter
                                                                         4                       of fiscal year 2020.
                                                                         5                                 ‘‘(B) SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS.—The Sec-
                                                                         6                       retary shall continue to make payments not
                                                                         7                       later than the first day of each quarter to emer-
                                                                         8                       gency grant States under this section for the
                                                                         9                       4th quarter of fiscal year 2020 and each quar-
                                                                       10                        ter of fiscal year 2021.
                                                                       11                        ‘‘(3) MISUSE OF FUNDS.—
                                                                       12                                  ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary deter-
                                                                       13                        mines that an emergency grant State has used
                                                                       14                        grant funds received by the State in violation of
                                                                       15                        the requirements of this section, the State shall
                                                                       16                        remit to the Secretary an amount equal to the
                                                                       17                        amount so used.
                                                                       18                                  ‘‘(B) APPLICATION                       OF      APPEAL         PROCE-

                                                                       19                        DURES.—Section                    410 shall apply to a deter-
                                                                       20                        mination by the Secretary under subparagraph
                                                                       21                        (A) in the same manner as such section applies
                                                                       22                        to an imposition of a penalty under section 409.
                                                                       23               ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:




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                                                                       24                        ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.—The term ‘eligible
                                                                       25               family’ means a family (including a family of one)—


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                                                                         1                                 ‘‘(A) whose monthly income, as of the date
                                                                         2                       on which the family applies for emergency dis-
                                                                         3                       aster relief or subsidized employment, does not
                                                                         4                       exceed 200 percent of the poverty line applica-
                                                                         5                       ble to a family of the size involved (as deter-
                                                                         6                       mined under section 673(2) of the Community
                                                                         7                       Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)));
                                                                         8                       and
                                                                         9                                 ‘‘(B) that has been adversely affected by
                                                                       10                        the public health emergency with respect to the
                                                                       11                        Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) (includ-
                                                                       12                        ing due to illness, economic disruption, meas-
                                                                       13                        ures taken to avoid infection, or needing to pro-
                                                                       14                        vide care for another individual).
                                                                       15                        ‘‘(2) EMERGENCY                      GRANT STATE.—The                    term
                                                                       16               ‘emergency grant State’ means a State that submits
                                                                       17               a letter of intent containing the information speci-
                                                                       18               fied in subsection (d)(1) to the Secretary with re-
                                                                       19               spect to a fiscal year quarter by the submission
                                                                       20               deadline for such quarter.
                                                                       21                        ‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean-
                                                                       22               ing given that term in section 419(5) and includes
                                                                       23               the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands




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                                                                       24               and Indian tribes as defined in section 419(4).
                                                                       25               ‘‘(h) APPROPRIATION.—


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                                                                         1                       ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in the
                                                                         2              Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro-
                                                                         3              priated, there are appropriated for the period begin-
                                                                         4              ning on April 1, 2020, and ending on September 30,
                                                                         5              2021, $10,000,000,000 for grants under this sec-
                                                                         6              tion.
                                                                         7                       ‘‘(2) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—
                                                                         8                                 ‘‘(A) CERTAIN                 TERRITORIES.—The                 Sec-
                                                                         9                       retary shall reserve 3.5 percent of the amount
                                                                       10                        appropriated under paragraph (1) for grants to
                                                                       11                        Guam, American Samoa, the United States Vir-
                                                                       12                        gin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern
                                                                       13                        Mariana Islands, and Indian tribes (as defined
                                                                       14                        in section 419(4)).
                                                                       15                                  ‘‘(B) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Sec-
                                                                       16                        retary shall reserve $500,000 of the amount ap-
                                                                       17                        propriated under paragraph (1) to provide tech-
                                                                       18                        nical assistance to States and Indian tribes with
                                                                       19                        respect to the emergency grants made under
                                                                       20                        this section.’’.
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