Providing amounts for the expenses of the Committee on Homeland Security in the One Hundred Seventeenth Congress.
- Last Action
- 3/9/2021
Actions
- 2021-01-05Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
- 2021-01-05Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
- 2021-01-05Introduced in House
- 2021-01-05Introduced in House
CRS Summary
As of 2021-01-05 (00)
Direct Support for Communities Act
This bill provides FY2021 supplemental appropriations to the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) to award additional Community Development Block Grants to units of local government and counties to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency.
Specifically, within 30 days, HUD must distribute 50% of such funds to metropolitan cities and other units of local government and 50% to counties and parishes. These funds may be used to cover costs or replace lost, delayed, or decreased revenues stemming from the COVID-19 public health emergency.
Additionally, the bill designates the funding as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits.
Cosponsors (6)
- Lee Zeldin (R-NY)
- John Katko (R-NY)
- Terri Sewell (D-AL)
- Paul Tonko (D-NY)
- Darren Soto (D-FL)
- Dean Phillips (D-MN)
Subjects
- American Samoa
- Appropriations
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Caribbean area
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- District of Columbia
- Economic performance and conditions
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Guam
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Housing and community development funding
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Puerto Rico
- State and local finance
- State and local government operations
- U.S. territories and protectorates
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