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H.R. 6705 116th Congress House

Coronavirus State and Local Financial Assistance Act

Official title: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a State and Local Government Coronavirus Relief Program to make grants to States to make up for lost reve… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Secretary of the Treasury to establish a State and Local Government Coronavirus Relief Program to make grants to States to make up for lost revenue due to COVID-19 and social distancing steps taken by the State and political subdivisions of the State, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 12, 2020 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Coronavirus State and Local Financial Assistance Act

This bill (1) directs the Department of the Treasury to establish a State and Local Government Coronavirus Relief Program under which Treasury shall make monthly grants to states to make up for revenue lost from March 1-December 31, 2020, due to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and social distancing steps taken by the state and its political subdivisions, and (2) appropriates $500 billion to carry out the program.

To be eligible to receive a grant, a state must (1) compile estimates for the revenue lost by the state and each political subdivision, and (2) submit an estimate to Treasury by the 20th of each month.

Treasury shall make grant payments to a state within 15 days of receiving a loss estimate.

The bill sets forth requirements with respect to pro rata distribution of funds, treatment of overpayments, and distribution to political subdivisions of a state.

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Harder, Josh
California · May 12, 2020
KING, PETER
· May 5, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6705: Coronavirus State and Local Financial Assistance Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-6705/
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