Congressional Record, Senate (May 7, 2020): SA 1581, Mr. Kennedy's amendment to S. 3608

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Senate amendment SA 1581, submitted by Mr. Kennedy and printed in the Congressional Record, Volume 166, Number 86, for Thursday, May 7, 2020, at Page S2329. It was intended to be proposed to S. 3608, a bill on flexibility in use of CARES Act funds by States, Indian Tribes and municipalities, and was referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Cited as the Coronavirus Relief Fund Flexibility for State and Local Government Act, it would rewrite section 601(d) of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the CARES Act, Public Law 116-136, so that funds paid to a State, Tribal government or unit of local government may be used for operating expenses not related to COVID-19 and remain available until expended, but may not be used for any costs of, or payments from, a pension fund or plan of that government as an employer.

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[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 86 (Thursday, May 7, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S2329]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 1581. Mr. KENNEDY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by him to the bill S. 3608, to amend the CARES Act to provide
flexibility in use of funds by States, Indian Tribes, and
municipalities; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations;
as follows:

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Coronavirus Relief Fund
     Flexibility for State and Local Government Act''.

     SEC. 2. FLEXIBILITY IN USE OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND
                   PAYMENTS.

       Effective as if included in the enactment of the
     Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public
     Law 116-136), section 601(d) of the Social Security Act, as
     added by section 5001(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
     Economic Security Act, is amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) Use and Availability of Funds.--
       ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2),
     funds paid to a State, Tribal government, or unit of local
     government under this section may be used for operating
     expenses not related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-
     19), and shall remain available until expended.
       ``(2) Limitation.--No funds paid to a State, Tribal
     government, or unit of local government under this section
     may be used for any costs of, or payments from, a pension
     fund or plan of the State, Tribal government, or unit of
     local government in its capacity as an employer.''.

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