,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hiej  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #aj1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,thompson of ,pennsylvania    
7for himself and ,ms4 ,dean7 introduced 
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,oversight and     
,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to expand the      
permissible uses of amounts provided    
under the ,coronavirus ,relief ,fund4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,coronavirus ,relief ,fund      
,expansion ,act of #bjbj4  #b4 ,use of  
amounts provided under the ,coronavirus 
,relief ,fund  7a7 ,in general ,section 
#fja7;d7 of the ,social ,security ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #hja7;d77 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 to-- 7#a7 cover only those     
costs of the ,state1 ,tribal government1
 or unit of local government 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        
,january #ca1 #bjbj1 and ends on        
,december #ca1 #bjba2 or  7#b7 replace  
lost1 delayed1 or decreased revenues for
 emergency services organizations1      
stemming from the public health         
emergency with respect to the           
coronavirus disease 7,,covid-#ai74  4   
7b7 ,definition of emergency services   
organization ,section #fja7;g7 of such  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #hja7;g77 is amended
 by adding at the end the following3    
7#f7 ,emergency services organization   
,the term emergency services            
organization means an organization      
described in section #eja7;c7 of the    
,internal ,revenue ,code of #aihf and   
exempt from taxation under section      

#eja7;a7 of such ,code that-- 7,a7 is   
organized and operated to provide       
firefighting or emergency medical       
services for persons in the ,state1     
,tribal government1 or unit of local    
government1 as the case may be1 and     
7,b7 is required 7by written agreement7 
by the ,state1 ,tribal government1 or   
unit of local government to furnish     
firefighting or emergency medical       
services in such ,state1 ,tribal        
government1 or unit of local government4
  4  7c7 ,effective date ,the amendment 
made by subsection 7a7 shall take effect
 as if included in the enactment of the 
,,cares ,act 7,public ,law #aaf-acf74