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S. 3011 117th Congress Senate

State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act

Official title: A bill to amend title VI of the Social Security Act to allow States and local governments to use coronavirus relief funds provided under the American Rescue Pl… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title VI of the Social Security Act to allow States and local governments to use coronavirus relief funds provided under the American Rescue Plan Act for infrastructure projects, improve the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund, provide Tribal governments with more time to use Coronavirus Relief Fund payments, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 19, 2021 Introduced by: John Cornyn Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Oct 19, 2021
Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S7079-7082; text: CR S7079-7082)
Oct 19, 2021
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S7079-7082; text: CR S7079-7082)
Oct 19, 2021
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State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act

This bill allows states, tribes, territories, and localities to use certain COVID-19 relief funds for new categories of spending, including for natural disasters and infrastructure projects. It also makes changes to expenditure deadlines and other aspects of this funding.

Specifically, recipients may use funds for emergency relief from natural disasters and associated negative economic impacts of natural disasters. In addition, recipients may use a portion of their COVID-19 relief funds for designated infrastructure projects, such as nationally significant freight and highway projects. Furthermore, the bill allows recipients to expend COVID-19 relief funds on these types of infrastructure projects until September 30, 2026. Under current law, recipients must expend the funds by December 31, 2024.

Other changes in the bill include (1) modifying eligibility and allocation requirements for funding set aside for counties and Indian tribes that are near public lands, (2) allowing Indian tribes an additional year to expend their COVID-19 relief funds, and (3) establishing a process for government entities to decline COVID-19 relief funds and requiring any declined funds to be used to reduce the federal deficit.

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  • HR 5735 Identical bill State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act
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 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 6 Republican 4
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Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Nov 17, 2021
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Oct 25, 2021
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Sullivan, Dan
Alaska · Oct 20, 2021
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Kelly, Mark
Arizona · Oct 19, 2021
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Kennedy, John
Louisiana · Oct 19, 2021
 R
Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Oct 19, 2021
 D
Murray, Patty
Washington · Oct 19, 2021
 D
Padilla, Alex
California · Oct 19, 2021
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Shaheen, Jeanne
New Hampshire · Oct 19, 2021
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Wyden, Ron
Oregon · Oct 19, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3011: State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3011/
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"S. 3011: State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3011/.
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S. 3011, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3011/.
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