S.Amdt. 2596

SA 2596. Mr. MORAN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 2499 proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill S. 178, to
condemn gross human rights violations of ethnic Turkic Muslims in
Xinjiang, and calling for an end to arbitrary detention, torture, and
harassment of these communities inside and outside China; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. __. EXTENDED AVAILABILITY FOR CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND
PAYMENTS USED IN ACCORDANCE WITH A QUALIFYING
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PLAN.

Section 601(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
801(d)) is amended to read as follows:
``(d) Use of Funds; Availability.--
``(1) In general.--A State, Tribal government, and unit of
local government shall use the funds provided under a payment
made under this section to cover only those costs of the
State, Tribal government, or unit of local government that--
``(A) are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public
health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19);
``(B) were not accounted for in the budget most recently
approved as of the date of enactment of this section for the
State or government; and
``(C) subject to paragraph (2), were incurred during the
period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 30,
2020.
``(2) Extended availability for funds used in accordance
with a qualifying economic development plan.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (1), funds provided under a payment made under this
section shall remain available to a State, Tribal government,
or unit of local government until December 31, 2022, for
obligation by the State or government--
``(i) for costs of the State or government that--

``(I) are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public
health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019
(COVID-19); and
``(II) were not accounted for in the budget most recently
approved as of the date of enactment of this section for the
State or government; and

``(ii) in accordance with a qualifying economic development
plan.
``(B) Availability.--Any funds obligated under subparagraph
(A) as of the date specified in such subparagraph shall
remain available until expended.
``(C) Certification requirement.--In order to use funds
provided under a payment under this section in accordance
with this paragraph, a State, Tribal government, or unit of
local government shall provide the Secretary with a
certification signed by the Chief Executive of the State or
government that the proposed uses of the funds under the
qualifying economic development plan are consistent with the
requirements of subparagraph (A)(i).
``(D) Qualifying economic development plan.--For purposes
of subparagraph (A), the term `qualifying economic
development plan' means, with respect to a State or
government, a plan for using funds paid or distributed to the
State or government under this section to respond to the
COVID-19 public health emergency that is approved by the
State or the governing board of a university before December
30, 2020.''.
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