,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #chdb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ae1    
#bjbb,mr4 ,warnock introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,vi of the  
,social ,security ,act to permit ,state 
and local coronavirus fiscal recovery   
funds to be used to address increased   
costs of essential items4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,relief for ,families ,act of #bjbb4    
#b4 ,authority to use ,state and local  
coronavirus fiscal recovery funds to    
address increased costs of essential    
items  7a7 ,in general ,sections        
#fjb7;c77#a7 and #fjc7;c77#a7 of the    
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#hjb7;c77#a71 #hjc7;c77#a77 are each    
amended-- 7#a7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by 
striking or after the semicolon2  7#b7  
in subparagraph 7,d71 by striking the   
period at the end and inserting 2 or2   
and  7#c7 by adding at the end the      

following3  7,e7 to address increased   
costs of essential items1 including     
clothing or footwear that does not      
exceed #ajj per item of clothing or pair
 of footwear1 food 7other than alcoholic
 beverages71 diapers1 feminine hygiene  
products1 prescription and              
over-the-counter medicine1 items to     
prepare for natural disasters or severe 
weather1 school supplies1 and energy    
efficient appliances1 by providing a    
temporary suspension of sales taxes or  
similar temporary sales tax relief for  
the purchase of such items that-- 7i7 is
 for a period of not less than #c days1 
and not more than #c months2  7ii7      
begins after a minimum #b-week notice   
period2 and  7iii7 occurs during the    
#ab-month period that begins on the day 
after the date of enactment of this     
subparagraph4  4  7b7 ,conforming       
amendment ,section #fjb7;c77#b77;,a7 of 
such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4                
#hjb7;c77#b77;,a77 is amended by        
striking ,a ,state or territory and     

inserting ,except as permitted under    
paragraph 7#a77;,e71 a ,state or        
territory4