,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgfg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ai1      
#bjbj,mr4 ,daines introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to require ,states to       
pass-through #de percent of the amounts 
paid from the ,coronavirus ,relief ,fund
 to local governments that did not      
receive a direct payment from the ,fund4
  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be    
cited as the ,strengthening ,local      
,coronavirus ,response ,act4  #b4       
,pass-through of portion of ,state      
,coronavirus ,relief ,fund to local     
governments  7a7 ,pass-,through         
requirement ,subsection 7b7 of section  
#fja of the ,social ,security ,act1 as  
added by section #ejja7;a7 of the       
,coronavirus ,aid1 ,relief1 and         
,economic ,security ,act 7,public ,law  
#aaf-acf7 is amended-- 7#a7 in paragraph
 7#a71 by striking ,subject to paragraph
 7#b7 and inserting ,subject to         

paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c72 and  7#b7 by  
adding at the end the following  7#c7   
,pass-through requirement ,each ,state  
shall distribute #de percent of the     
amount paid to the ,state under this    
section for fiscal year #bjbj 7after the
 application of paragraph 7#b77 upon    
receipt on a pass-through basis1 and    
without requiring any application1 to   
each unit of local government in the    
,state that is not a large unit of local
 government that received a direct      
payment under this section in accordance
 with paragraph 7#b74 ,the preceding    
distribution requirement shall not apply
 to the ,district of ,columbia4  4  7b7 
,conforming amendments ,section #fja of 
such ,act is further amended-- 7#a7 in  
subsection 7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraphs 7#a7
 and 7#b71 by inserting large before    
unit of local government each place it  
appears2 and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#b7--  
7i7 in the paragraph heading1 by        
inserting large before units2 and  7ii7 
by adding at the end the following3 ,for

 purposes of this section1 the term     
large unit of local government means a  
unit of local government1 as defined in 
subsection 7g77#b71 with a population   
that exceeds #ejj1jjj42  7#b7 in        
subsection 7c77#e7-- 7,a7 in the        
paragraph heading1 by inserting large   
before unit2 and  7,b7 by inserting     
large before unit of local government   
each place it appears2  7#c7 in         
subsection 7e7-- 7,a7 by inserting      
direct before payment2 and  7,b7 by     
inserting large before unit of local    
government each place it appears2 and   
7#d7 in subsection 7g77#b7-- 7,a7 in the
 paragraph heading1 by striking ,local  
and inserting ,unit of local2 and  7,b7 
by striking with a population that      
exceeds #ejj1jjj4  7c7 ,effective date  
,the amendments made by this section    
shall take effect as if included in the 
enactment of section #fja of the ,social
 ,security ,act1 as added by section    
#ejja7;a7 of the ,coronavirus ,aid1     
,relief1 and ,economic ,security ,act   

7,public ,law #aaf-acf74