Drug-Free Communities Pandemic Relief Act
This bill authorizes the Drug-Free Communities Support Program, subject to certain limitations, to waive matching funds requirements applicable to certain grants for reducing substance use among youth. Before waiving these requirements, the program must determine that a grantee is unable to raise funds because of the COVID-19 (i.e. coronavirus disease 2019) emergency.
Currently, the Office of National Drug Control Policy administers this program, and community coalitions that receive the grants must match a specified percentage of the federal award amount with nonfederal funds, including in-kind contributions.
[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7595 Introduced in House (IH)]
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116th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7595
To provide the Administrator of the Drug-Free Communities Support
Program the authority to waive the Federal fund limitation for the
Drug-Free Communities Support Program.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 13, 2020
Mr. Rouda (for himself, Mr. Budd, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York,
Mr. Kustoff of Tennessee, Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire, Mr. Cole, Mr.
Tonko, Mr. Gonzalez of Ohio, Mr. Lynch, Mr. Tiffany, Mr. Trone, Mr.
Harris, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mr. Griffith, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr.
Steil, Mr. Foster, Mr. Rogers of Kentucky, Ms. Porter, Mr. Balderson,
Mr. Cisneros, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Mr. Welch, Mr. Banks, Mr. Carbajal, Ms.
Stefanik, Ms. Schrier, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Case, Mr. McKinley, Ms.
Bonamici, Miss Gonzalez-Colon of Puerto Rico, Mrs. Trahan, Mr.
Riggleman, Mr. Moolenaar, Mr. Ferguson, Mrs. Radewagen, Mr. Stauber,
Mr. King of New York, and Mr. Guest) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce
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A BILL
To provide the Administrator of the Drug-Free Communities Support
Program the authority to waive the Federal fund limitation for the
Drug-Free Communities Support Program.
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 ``Drug-Free Communities Pandemic
Relief Act''
SEC. 2. WAIVER OF FEDERAL FUND LIMITATION FOR THE DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES
SUPPORT PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), if the Administrator of
the Drug-Free Communities Support Program determines that, as a result
of the public health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result of COVID-19, an
eligible coalition is unable to raise the amount of non-Federal funds,
including in-kind contributions, agreed to be raised by the coalition
for a fiscal year under an agreement entered into with the
Administrator pursuant to paragraph (1)(A) or (3)(D) of section 1032(b)
of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532(b)), the
Administrator may, notwithstanding such paragraphs, provide to the
eligible coalition the grant or renewal grant, as applicable, for that
fiscal year in an amount--
(1) with respect to an initial grant or renewal grant
described under paragraph (1)(A) of such section, that exceeds
the amount of non-Federal funds raised by the eligible
coalition, including in-kind contributions, for that fiscal
year;
(2) with respect to a renewal grant described under
paragraph (3)(D)(i) of such section, that exceeds 125 percent
of the amount of non-Federal funds raised by the eligible
coalition, including in-kind contributions, for that fiscal
year; and
(3) with respect to a renewal grant described under
paragraph (3)(D)(ii) of such section, that exceeds 150 percent
of the amount of non-Federal funds raised by the eligible
coalition, including in-kind contributions, for that fiscal
year.
(b) Limitations.--The Administrator may not provide a grant or
renewal grant to an eligible coalition in an amount exceeding the
amount of funds initially agreed to be provided by the Administrator
under the applicable agreement.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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