,i #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,r4 #fdfg ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,april #g1 #bjbj,mr4 ,neguse 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,lujn1 ,mr4 ,levin of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,malinowski1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,ms4 ,escobar1 ,mr4 ,carbajal1 ,ms4 ,barragn1 ,ms4 ,dean1 ,mr4 ,raskin1 ,ms4 ,ocasio-,cortez1 ,ms4 ,pingree1 ,mr4 ,mc,govern1 ,ms4 ,stevens1 ,mr4 ,hastings1 ,ms4 ,shalala1 ,mr4 ,ryan1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,ms4 ,schakowsky1 ,ms4 ,speier1 ,ms4 ,castor of ,florida1 ,mr4 ,schneider1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,mr4 ,perlmutter1 ,mr4 ,cisneros1 ,mr4 ,cicilline1 ,mr4 ,crow1 ,mr4 ,rouda1 ,mr4 ,keating1 ,mr4 ,soto1 ,ms4 ,craig1 ,ms4 ,wild1 ,mrs4 ,napolitano1 ,mr4 ,stanton1 ,ms4 ,omar1 ,ms4 ,kuster of ,new ,hampshire1 ,ms4 ,sherrill1 ,ms4 ,mucarsel-,powell1 ,mr4 ,bera1 ,mr4 ,pocan1 ,mrs4 ,lee of ,nevada1 ,mr4 ,gottheimer1 ,mr4 ,de,fazio1 ,ms4 ,underwood1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,deutch1 ,ms4 ,tlaib1 ,mr4 ,gonzalez of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,gallego1 ,mr4 ,sires1 ,mr4 ,grijalva1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4 ,loebsack1 ,mr4 ,rush1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1 ,ms4 ,pressley1 ,mr4 ,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,gabbard1 ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida1 ,mrs4 ,luria1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,phillips1 ,ms4 ,schrier1 ,mr4 ,delgado1 ,ms4 ,haaland1 ,ms4 ,torres ,small of ,new ,mexico1 ,ms4 ,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,huffman1 ,ms4 ,lee of ,california1 ,mr4 ,kildee1 ,ms4 ,judy ,chu of ,california1 ,mr4 ,welch1 ,ms4 ,spanberger1 ,mrs4 ,hayes1 ,mr4 ,kennedy1 and ,mr4 ,ted ,lieu of ,california7 introduced the following bill2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,oversight and ,reform ,a ,,bill ,to provide for an enhanced ,coronavirus relief fund for units of government with a population of #ejj1jjj or less1 and for other purposes4 #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as the ,coronavirus ,community ,relief ,act4 #b4 ,coronavirus relief fund for units of government with a population of #ejj1jjj or less ,title ,,vi of the ,social ,security ,act 7as added by section #ejja of ,public ,law #aaf-acf7 is amended by adding at the end the following3 #fjb4 ,coronavirus relief fund for units of government with a population of #ejj1jjj or less 7a7 ,appropriation 7#a7 ,in general ,out of any money in the ,treasury of the ,united ,states not otherwise appropriated1 there are appropriated for making payments to units of local government with a population of #ejj1jjj or less #bej1jjj1jjj1jjj for fiscal year #bjbj4 7b7 ,authority ,to make payments ,the ,secretary shall pay to a unit of local government of the relative unit of local government population proportion amount within #cj days after a unit of local government of a ,state submits the certification required by subsection 7e74 7c7 ,payment amounts 7#a7 ,in general ,subject to paragraph 7#b71 the maximum aggregate amount paid under this section for fiscal year #bjbj to units of local government in a ,state shall be the amount equal to the relative population proportion amount determined for the ,state under paragraph 7#b7 for such fiscal year4 7#b7 ,relative population proportion amount ,for purposes of paragraph 7#a71 the relative population proportion amount determined under this paragraph for a ,state for fiscal year #bjbj is the product of-- 7,a7 the amount appropriated under paragraph 7#a7 of subsection 7a7 for fiscal year #bjbj2 and 7,b7 the relative ,state population proportion 7as defined in paragraph 7#c774 7#c7 ,relative ,state population proportion defined ,for purposes of paragraph 7#b77;,b71 the term relative ,state population proportion means1 with respect to a ,state1 the quotient of-- 7,a7 the population of the ,state2 and 7,b7 the total population of all ,states4 7#d7 ,relative unit of local government population proportion amount ,for purposes of subsection 7b71 the term relative unit of local government population proportion amount means1 with respect to a unit of local government1 the amount equal to the product of the ,relative ,state ,proportion ,amount and the quotient of-- 7,a7 the population of the unit of local government2 and 7,b7 the aggregate total population of local governments determined by adding the population of each unit of local government4 7#e7 ,data ,for purposes of this subsection1 the population of ,states and units of local governments shall be determined based on the most recent year for which data are available from the ,bureau of the ,census4 7#f7 ,other relief ,nothing in this section shall affect appropriated funds to units of local government as a result of ,public ,law #aaf-acf1 nor shall payments in this section be reduced by amounts paid to units of local government through ,public ,law #aaf-acf4 7d7 ,use of funds ,a unit of local government shall use the funds provided under a payment made under this section to cover only those costs of the unit of local government that-- 7#a7 are costs that-- 7,a7 are reasonably deemed by the unit of local government to be necessary2 and 7,b7 directly or indirectly involve1 relate to1 are1 have been1 or will be incurred due to1 or are1 have been1 or will be a response to circumstances caused by1 the public health emergency with respect to the ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai 7,,covid-#ai72 and 7#b7 were incurred during the period that begins on ,march #a1 #bjbj1 and ends on ,december #cj1 #bjbj4 ,to the extent that a unit of local government does not need all of the funds paid to it1 it may transfer such funds to another unit of local government in the ,state for uses in paragraph 7#a7 of this subsection and such transfer is deemed to be a cost of the transferor4 7e7 ,certification ,in order to receive a payment under this section1 a unit of local government shall provide the ,secretary with a certification signed by the ,chief ,executive 7or equivalent7 for the unit of local government that the local government's uses of the funds are or will be consistent with subsection 7d74 7f7 ,inspector ,general oversight2 recoupment 7#a7 ,oversight authority ,the ,inspector ,general of the ,department of the ,treasury shall conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt1 disbursement1 and use of funds made available under this section4 7#b7 ,recoupment ,if the ,inspector ,general of the ,department of the ,treasury determines that a unit of local government has failed to comply with subsection 7d71 the amount equal to the amount of funds used in violation of such subsection shall be booked as a debt of such entity owed to the ,federal ,government4 ,amounts recovered under this subsection shall be deposited into the general fund of the ,treasury4 7#c7 ,authority of inspector general ,nothing in this subsection shall be construed to diminish the authority of any ,inspector ,general1 including such authority as provided in the ,inspector ,general ,act of #aigh 7#e ,u4,s4,c4 ,app474 7g7 ,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,costs ,the term ,costs includes but is not limited to lost revenue1 reimbursement for expenses already incurred1 and increases in costs reasonably believed to be the direct or indirect result of1 or direct or indirect responses to circumstances caused by1 the public health emergency with respect to the ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai 7,,covid-#ai74 7#b7 ,local government ,the term unit of local government means any of the following that has a population of #ejj1jjj or below3 a county1 municipality1 town1 township1 village1 parish1 borough1 or other unit of general government below the ,state level4 7#c7 ,secretary ,the term ,secretary means the ,secretary of the ,treasury4 7#d7 ,state ,the term ,state means the #ej ,states1 the ,district of ,columbia1 the ,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 the ,united ,states ,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 the ,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana ,islands1 and ,american ,samoa4 4