S. 4792 — To Extend the Availability of Coronavirus Relief Fund Payment Funds (116th Congress, 2d Session, October 1, 2020)
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S. 4792, the Remove Impediments for a Successful Economic Recovery Act (RISER Act), was introduced in the Senate of the United States October 1, 2020, by Mr. Moran and Mr. Roberts. It was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. The bill would extend the availability of Coronavirus Relief Fund payment funds for States or governments that use such funds to respond to the COVID–19 public health emergency in accordance with a qualifying economic development plan. Section 2 amends section 601(d) of the Social Security Act, which limits covered costs to those incurred during a period ending on December 30, 2020, and adds extended availability for funds used in accordance with a plan.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
S. 4792
To extend the availability of Coronavirus Relief Fund payment funds for
States or governments that use such funds to respond to the COVID–
19 public health emergency in accordance with a qualifying economic
development plan.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Mr. MORAN (for himself and Mr. ROBERTS) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
A BILL
To extend the availability of Coronavirus Relief Fund pay-
ment funds for States or governments that use such
funds to respond to the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency in accordance with a qualifying economic develop-
ment plan.
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 ‘‘Remove Impediments
5 for a Successful Economic Recovery Act’’ or the ‘‘RISER
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1 SEC. 2. EXTENDED AVAILABILITY FOR CORONAVIRUS RE-
2 LIEF FUND PAYMENTS USED IN ACCORD-
3 ANCE WITH A QUALIFYING ECONOMIC DE-
4 VELOPMENT PLAN.
5 Section 601(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
6 801(d)) is amended to read as follows:
7 ‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS; AVAILABILITY.—
8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State, Tribal govern-
9 ment, and unit of local government shall use the
10 funds provided under a payment made under this
11 section to cover only those costs of the State, Tribal
12 government, or unit of local government that—
13 ‘‘(A) are necessary expenditures incurred
14 due to the public health emergency with respect
15 to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19);
16 ‘‘(B) were not accounted for in the budget
17 most recently approved as of the date of enact-
18 ment of this section for the State or govern-
19 ment; and
20 ‘‘(C) subject to paragraph (2), were in-
21 curred during the period that begins on March
22 1, 2020, and ends on December 30, 2020.
23 ‘‘(2) EXTENDED AVAILABILITY FOR FUNDS
24 USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A QUALIFYING ECO-
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25 NOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.—
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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sub-
2 paragraph (C) of paragraph (1), funds provided
3 under a payment made under this section shall
4 remain available to a State, Tribal government,
5 or unit of local government until December 31,
6 2022, for obligation by the State or govern-
7 ment—
8 ‘‘(i) for costs of the State or govern-
9 ment that—
10 ‘‘(I) are necessary expenditures
11 incurred due to the public health
12 emergency with respect to the
13 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–
14 19); and
15 ‘‘(II) were not accounted for in
16 the budget most recently approved as
17 of the date of enactment of this sec-
18 tion for the State or government; and
19 ‘‘(ii) in accordance with a qualifying
20 economic development plan.
21 ‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—Any funds obligated
22 under subparagraph (A) as of the date specified
23 in such subparagraph shall remain available
24 until expended.
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1 ‘‘(C) CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—In
2 order to use funds provided under a payment
3 under this section in accordance with this para-
4 graph, a State, Tribal government, or unit of
5 local government shall provide the Secretary
6 with a certification signed by the Chief Execu-
7 tive of the State or government that the pro-
8 posed uses of the funds under the qualifying
9 economic development plan are consistent with
10 the requirements of subparagraph (A)(i).
11 ‘‘(D) QUALIFYING ECONOMIC DEVELOP-
12 MENT PLAN.—For purposes of subparagraph
13 (A), the term ‘qualifying economic development
14 plan’ means, with respect to a State or govern-
15 ment, a plan for using funds paid or distributed
16 to the State or government under this section
17 to respond to the COVID–19 public health
18 emergency, including by expanding access in a
19 technology neutral manner to broadband and
20 telemedicine services to unserved locations or
21 consumers, that is approved by the State or the
22 governing board of a university before Decem-
23 ber 30, 2020.’’.
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