PRINTER'S NO. 727

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No.

742

Session of

2021

INTRODUCED BY ORTITAY, KAUFFMAN, HENNESSEY AND MADDEN,

MARCH 3, 2021

REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, MARCH 3, 2021

payment of bills incurred and remaining unpaid at the close

of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2020; to provide

appropriations from special funds and accounts to the

Executive and Judicial Departments for the fiscal year July

1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, and for the payment of bills

remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June

30, 2020; to provide for the appropriation of Federal funds

to the Executive and Judicial Departments for the fiscal year

July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, and for the payment of bills

remaining unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June

the Commonwealth for the fiscal year July 1, 2020, to June

30, 2021.

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

hereby enacts as follows:

Section 101. Short title.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the COVID-19

Emergency Supplement to the General Appropriation Act of 2020.

Section 102. Definitions.

this act.

Section 104. Federal appropriations.

The sums specified in this act, or as much thereof as may be

necessary, are specifically appropriated from the special funds

and accounts in the State Treasury to agencies of the Executive

Department of the Commonwealth for the payment of salaries,

wages or other compensation and travel expenses of the duly

appointed officers and employees of the Commonwealth, for the

payment of fees for contractual services rendered, for the

purchase or rental of goods and services and for payment of any

other expenses, as provided by law or by this act, necessary for

FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR

SUBPART A

Section 201. Construction with the General Appropriation Act of

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2019.

All appropriations contained in this part shall be in

addition to any appropriation under the act of May 29, 2020

The following Federal amounts

are appropriated from the COVID-19

Response Restricted Account to the

Department of Community and

Economic Development for the

current fiscal year: Federal State

(1) "COVID Relief - For

Transfer to Pennsylvania

Industrial Development Authority -

Grants to Small Businesses

Impacted by COVID-19." This

close or limit capacity as a

result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Federal appropriation..... 1,000,000,000

(2) "COVID Relief - Transfer

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to Pennsylvania Industrial

Development Authority - Grants for

Small Businesses Discontinued as

Commonwealth which were

discontinued as a result of the

COVID-19 pandemic.

Federal appropriation..... 500,000,000

(3) "COVID Relief - For

transfer to Commonwealth Financing

Authority - Cultural and Museum

Preservation Grant Program." This

appropriation shall be allocated

according to guidelines adopted by

the authority which shall be

Workers Incentive." This

appropriation shall be allocated

for a program for financial

assistance for workers on the

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front line during the COVID-19

pandemic established by statute.

Federal appropriation..... 1,000,000,000

The following Federal amounts

are appropriated from the COVID-19

Response Restricted Account to the

Pennsylvania Emergency Management

Agency for the current fiscal

year: Federal State

(1) "COVID Relief- Fire and

EMS Relief Fund." This

appropriation shall be allocated

for financial assistance for

volunteer ambulance services,

Section 301. Continuing appropriations.

The appropriations in this act shall be continuing

appropriations and shall not automatically lapse as of the close

of the current fiscal year.

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Section 302. Applicability.

Except as otherwise provided in section 301, the provisions

of the act of May 29, 2020 (P.L. ,No.1A), known as the General

This act shall take effect immediately.

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