State & Local Emergency Stabilization Fund Act of 2020 This bill appropriates $600 billion in additional funding for states, territories, tribal governments, and local communities due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency and allows additional uses for Coronavirus Relief Fund payments. The bill allows payments under this bill or from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to be used for expenditures from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2022, regardless of a connection to the COVID-19 emergency. Payments may not be used to provide a tax cut, rebate, or other tax benefit or to reduce or eliminate a fee. The funds provided by this bill are allocated between (1) the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa; (2) tribal governments; (3) states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; and (4) local communities. Payment amounts for states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico are based on population and the coronavirus infection rate. The bill sets a minimum payment amount.
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Timeline
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2325-2326)
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2325-2326)
Government Operations and Politics
American SamoaAppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCaribbean areaDepartment of the TreasuryEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment studies and investigationsGuamHealth programs administration and fundingHousing and community development fundingIndian social and development programsInfectious and parasitic diseasesNorthern Mariana IslandsPuerto RicoState and local financeState and local government operationsU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin Islands
State & Local Emergency Stabilization Fund Act of 2020
USA116th CongressS-3671| Senate
| Updated: 5/7/2020
State & Local Emergency Stabilization Fund Act of 2020 This bill appropriates $600 billion in additional funding for states, territories, tribal governments, and local communities due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency and allows additional uses for Coronavirus Relief Fund payments. The bill allows payments under this bill or from the Coronavirus Relief Fund to be used for expenditures from January 1, 2020, to June 30, 2022, regardless of a connection to the COVID-19 emergency. Payments may not be used to provide a tax cut, rebate, or other tax benefit or to reduce or eliminate a fee. The funds provided by this bill are allocated between (1) the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa; (2) tribal governments; (3) states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico; and (4) local communities. Payment amounts for states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico are based on population and the coronavirus infection rate. The bill sets a minimum payment amount.
American SamoaAppropriationsCardiovascular and respiratory healthCaribbean areaDepartment of the TreasuryEmergency medical services and trauma careGovernment studies and investigationsGuamHealth programs administration and fundingHousing and community development fundingIndian social and development programsInfectious and parasitic diseasesNorthern Mariana IslandsPuerto RicoState and local financeState and local government operationsU.S. territories and protectoratesVirgin Islands