Coronavirus Assistance for States Act

Coronavirus Assistance for States Act

This bill provides $332 billion to states and tribal governments affected by the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic for FY2020.

Such funds shall be paid to each state and tribal government within 30 days of this bill's enactment. The amount of the payment is proportional to population.

A state or tribal government shall use the funds provided to cover those costs of such government that

• are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency,
• replace revenue lost as a result of the COVID-19 crisis, or
• contribute to the economic recovery of the state or tribe from such crisis.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6468 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6468

   To provide for an enhanced Coronavirus relief fund, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 7, 2020

 Mr. Perlmutter (for himself and Mr. Morelle) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To provide for an enhanced Coronavirus relief fund, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Coronavirus Assistance for States 
Act''.

SEC. 2. ENHANCED CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.

    (a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (as added by 
section 5001 of Public Law 116-136) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 602. ENHANCED CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.

    ``(a) Appropriation.--Out of any money in the Treasury of the 
United States not otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated for 
making payments to States and Tribal governments, $332,000,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2020.
    ``(b) Authority To Make Payments.--Not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall pay each State 
and Tribal government the amount determined for the State or Tribal 
government, for fiscal year 2020 under subsection (c).
    ``(c) Payment Amounts.--
            ``(1) In general.--The amount paid under this section for 
        fiscal year 2020 to a State or Tribal government shall be the 
        amount equal to the relative population proportion amount 
        determined for the State or Tribal government under paragraph 
        (2) for such fiscal year.
            ``(2) Relative population proportion defined.--For purposes 
        of paragraph (1), the term `relative population proportion' 
        means, with respect to a State or Indian Tribe, the quotient 
        of--
                    ``(A) the population of the State or Indian Tribe; 
                and
                    ``(B) the total population of all States.
            ``(3) Data.--For purposes of this subsection, the 
        population of the States and Indian Tribes shall be determined 
        based on the most recent year for which data are available from 
        the Bureau of the Census based on the American Community 
        Survey.
    ``(d) Use of Funds.--A State or Tribal government shall use the 
funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover those 
costs of the State or Tribal government, that--
            ``(1) are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public 
        health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
        (COVID-19);
            ``(2) replace revenue lost as a result of the COVID-19 
        crisis; or
            ``(3) contribute to the economic recovery of the State or 
        Indian Tribe from the COVID-19 crisis.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Indian tribe.--The term `Indian Tribe' has the 
        meaning given that term in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-
        Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)).
            ``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of the Treasury.
            ``(3) State.--The term `State' means the 50 States, the 
        District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
        United States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of the 
        Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.
            ``(4) Tribal government.--The term `Tribal government' 
        means the recognized governing body of an Indian Tribe.''.
    (b) Application of Provisions.--Amounts appropriated for fiscal 
year 2020 under section 602 of the Social Security Act (as added by 
subsection (a)) shall be subject to the requirements contained in 
Public Law 116-94 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 
through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254 through 
256).
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