1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Strengthening Local Coronavirus Response Act”.
Strengthening Local Coronavirus Response Act
A BILL
To require States to pass-through 45 percent of the amounts paid from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to local governments that did not receive a direct payment from the Fund.
2. Pass-through of portion of State Coronavirus Relief Fund to local governments
Pass-Through requirement— Subsection (b) of section 601 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended—
in paragraph (1), by striking “Subject to paragraph (2)” and inserting “Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)”; and
by adding at the end the following
“(3) Pass-through requirement—Each State shall distribute 45 percent of the amount paid to the State under this section for fiscal year 2020 (after the application of paragraph (2)) upon receipt on a pass-through basis, and without requiring any application, to each unit of local government in the State that is not a large unit of local government that received a direct payment under this section in accordance with paragraph (2). The preceding distribution requirement shall not apply to the District of Columbia.”
Conforming amendments— Section 601 of such Act is further amended—
in subsection (b)—
in paragraphs (1) and (2), by inserting “large” before “unit of local government” each place it appears; and
in paragraph (2)—
in the paragraph heading, by inserting “large” before “units”; and
by adding at the end the following: “For purposes of this section, the term large unit of local government means a unit of local government, as defined in subsection (g)(2), with a population that exceeds 500,000.”;
in subsection (c)(5)—
in the paragraph heading, by inserting “large” before “unit”; and
by inserting “large” before “unit of local government” each place it appears;
in subsection (e)—
by inserting “direct” before “payment”; and
by inserting “large” before “unit of local government” each place it appears; and
in subsection (g)(2)—
in the paragraph heading, by striking “Local” and inserting “Unit of local”; and
by striking “with a population that exceeds 500,000.”
Effective date— The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 601 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136).