Coronavirus County Relief and Stability Act
This bill appropriates $36 billion for a Coronavirus County Relief Fund to make payments to counties to compensate for revenue lost and costs incurred as a result of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
Specifically, a county shall use the funds to compensate for direct loss of revenue due to the public health emergency or to cover its costs that
Each county shall receive a flat payment plus an amount based on its population.
The bill provides funding for the Office of Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury to conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, disbursement, and use of such funds.
The bill reauthorizes the payments in lieu of taxes program, which compensates local governments for tax revenue lost due to tax-exempt federal lands within their boundaries.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7090 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7090
To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to establish the
Coronavirus County Relief Fund, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
June 4, 2020
Mr. Cook (for himself, Mr. Carbajal, Mr. LaMalfa, and Mr. Panetta)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Natural
Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to establish the
Coronavirus County 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 County Relief and
Stability Act''.
SEC. 2. CORONAVIRUS COUNTY RELIEF FUND.
Title VI of the Social Security Act (as added by section 5001 of
the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136)) is amended by adding after section
601 the following:
``SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS COUNTY 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 counties under this section, $36,000,000,000 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 county
that submits the certification described in section (e) the amount
determined for the county 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 county shall be an amount equal to the
sum of--
``(A) $1,000,000; and
``(B) the amount equal to the relative population
proportion amount determined under paragraph (2) for
such fiscal year.
``(2) Relative population proportion amount.--For purposes
of paragraph (1), the relative population proportion amount
determined under this paragraph for a county for fiscal year
2020 is the product of--
``(A) the portion of the amount appropriated under
subsection (a) for fiscal year 2020 remaining after
taking into account amounts paid pursuant to paragraph
(1)(A); and
``(B) the relative county population proportion (as
defined in paragraph (3)).
``(3) Relative county population proportion defined.--For
purposes of paragraph (2)(B), the term `relative county
population proportion' means, with respect to a county, the
quotient of--
``(A) the population of the county; and
``(B) the total population of all counties.
``(4) Data.--For purposes of this subsection, the
population of counties shall be determined based on the most
recent year for which data are available from the Bureau of the
Census and shall include all incorporated and unincorporated
populations within the county.
``(d) Use of Funds.--A county shall use the funds provided under a
payment made under this section--
``(1) to cover only those costs of the county that--
``(A) are necessary expenditures incurred due to
the public health emergency with respect to the
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19);
``(B) were not accounted for in the budget most
recently approved as of February 29, 2020; and
``(C) were incurred during the period that begins
on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 30, 2020; and
``(2) to compensate for any direct loss of revenue to the
county as a result of such public health emergency.
``(e) Certification.--In order to receive a payment under this
section, a county shall provide the Secretary with a certification
signed by the Chief Executive for the county that the county's proposed
uses of the funds are consistent with subsection (d).
``(f) Inspector General Oversight; Recoupment.--
``(1) Oversight authority.--The Inspector General of the
Department of the Treasury shall conduct monitoring and
oversight of the receipt, disbursement, and use of funds made
available under this section.
``(2) Recoupment.--If the Inspector General of the
Department of the Treasury determines that a county has failed
to comply with subsection (d), the amount equal to the amount
of funds used in violation of such subsection 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.
``(3) Appropriation.--Out of any money in the Treasury of
the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are
appropriated to the Office of the Inspector General of the
Department of the Treasury, $8,500,000 to carry out oversight
and recoupment activities under this subsection. Amounts
appropriated under the preceding sentence shall remain
available until expended.
``(4) Authority of inspector general.--Nothing in this
subsection shall be construed to diminish the authority of any
Inspector General, including such authority as provided in the
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).
``(g) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) County.--The term `county' means a parish in
Louisiana, a borough in Alaska, or a county in the other 48
States.
``(2) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary
of the Treasury.''.
SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF TAXES PROGRAM.
Section 6906 of title 31, United States Code, is amended in the
matter preceding paragraph (1) by striking ``fiscal year 2019'' and
inserting ``each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025''.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
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