To require States to certify a process for distributing Coronavirus Relief Funds to local governments.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7065 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7065

  To require States to certify a process for distributing Coronavirus 
                   Relief Funds to local governments.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              June 1, 2020

  Mr. Brady (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. LaHood, Mr. 
 Ferguson, Mr. Wenstrup, and Mr. Schweikert) introduced the following 
   bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require States to certify a process for distributing Coronavirus 
                   Relief Funds to local governments.

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

SECTION 1. STATE DISTRIBUTION OF CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND.

    (a) In General.--Not later than June 12, 2020, each State that 
received a payment for fiscal year 2020 under section 601(b)(1) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801(b)(1)) shall provide the Secretary 
of the Treasury with a certification signed by the Chief Executive for 
the State that--
            (1) certifies that the State has in effect a procedure to 
        distribute funds provided under such payment, to the extent 
        determined appropriate by the State, to units of local 
        government within the State; and
            (2) includes a detailed description of such procedure.
    (b) Recoupment.--If the Inspector General of the Department of the 
Treasury determines, pursuant to the authority provided under section 
601(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 801(f)), that a State has failed to 
comply with subsection (a) with respect to a payment described in such 
subsection, an amount equal to 25 percent of such payment shall be 
booked as a debt of such entity owed to the Federal Government. Amounts 
recovered under this subsection shall be deposited into the general 
fund of the Treasury.
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