S. 3682: A bill to provide States, Tribal governments, and local governments with spending discretion for part of their Coronavirus Relief Fund payment.

116th Congress · introduced 2020-05-11 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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Where it came from: introduced 2020-05-11 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

A bill to provide States, Tribal governments, and local governments with spending discretion for part of their Coronavirus Relief Fund payment.

Plain summary

This bill provides states, tribal governments, and local governments with added spending discretion for part of their Coronavirus Relief Fund payment. Currently, payments from the fund may only be used to cover certain costs that are necessary expenditures incurred due to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. The bill allows each state, tribal government, and unit of local government to use up to 25% of the amount paid to it for any purpose, including for expenditures to satisfy a nonfederal share requirement for any aid, assistance, grant, or other financial relief provided by the federal government.

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Official text

A bill to provide States, Tribal governments, and local governments with spending discretion for part of their Coronavirus Relief Fund payment.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD] reported raising $3.8 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116s3682.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/s>

Record fed-us-cong116-s3682 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116