,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjid  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjbj,mr4  
,davidson of ,ohio 7for himself1 ,mr4   
,budd1 ,mr4 ,chabot1 ,mr4 ,gibbs1 ,mr4  
,rouzer1 and ,mr4 ,bishop of ,north     
,carolina7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,reform  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,vi of the    
,social ,security ,act to expand the    
permissible use of funds under the      
,coronavirus ,relief ,fund4  #a4 ,short 
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,flexibility for ,states and ,localities
 ,act4  #b4 ,expansion of permissible   
use of funds under the ,coronavirus     
,relief ,fund  7a7 ,in general ,section 
#fja7;d7 of the ,social ,security ,act1 
as added by section #ejja7;a7 of the    
,,cares ,act 7,public ,law #aaf-acf71 is
 amended to read as follows3  7d7 ,use  
of funds ,a ,state1 ,tribal government1 
and unit of local government shall use  
the funds provided under a payment made 

under this section-- 7#a7 to cover those
 costs of the ,state1 ,tribal           
government1 or unit of local government 
7or of any other unit of local          
government with a population not greater
 than #ejj1jjj within such ,state1      
,tribal government1 or unit of local    
government7 that-- 7,a7 are necessary   
expenditures incurred due to the public 
health emergency with respect to the    
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai             
7,,covid-#ai72  7,b7 were not accounted 
for in the budget most recently approved
 as of the date of enactment of this    
section for the ,state or government2   
and  7,c7 were incurred during the      
period that begins on ,march #a1 #bjbj1 
and ends on ,december #cj1 #bjbj2 or    
7#b7 to offset budgetary shortfalls of  
the ,state or government that occurred  
due to such public health emergency and 
that were not accounted for in such     
budget 7except that such funds may not  
be used to make contributions to any    
underfunded pension plan in excess of   

the contributions accounted for in such 
budget74  4  7b7 ,application of        
provisions ,amounts appropriated for    
fiscal year #bjbj under section         
#fja7;a77#a7 of the ,social ,security   
,act 7as modified by subsection 7a77    
shall be subject to the requirements    
contained in ,public ,law #aaf-id for   
funds for programs authorized under     
sections #ccj through #cdj of the       
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bed through #bef74