Congress 116 - HR 7090 - Coronavirus County Relief and Stability Act

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Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Department of the Treasury Emergency medical services and trauma care Executive agency funding and structure Government Operations and Politics Government studies and investigations Infectious and parasitic diseases Intergovernmental relations Property tax State and local finance State and local taxation

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Coronavirus County Relief and Stability Act

This bill appropriates $36 billion for a Coronavirus County Relief Fund to make payments to counties to compensate for revenue lost and costs incurred as a result of the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.

Specifically, a county shall use the funds to compensate for direct loss of revenue due to the public health emergency or to cover its costs that

are necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency,
were not accounted for in the budget most recently approved as of February 29, 2020, and
were incurred from March 1, 2020-December 30, 2020.

Each county shall receive a flat payment plus an amount based on its population.

The bill provides funding for the Office of Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury to conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, disbursement, and use of such funds.

The bill reauthorizes the payments in lieu of taxes program, which compensates local governments for tax revenue lost due to tax-exempt federal lands within their boundaries.

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Jun 30, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests, and Public Lands.
Jun 4, 2020

Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Natural Resources, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jun 4, 2020

Introduced in House

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