PRINTER'S NO. 4530
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
2944
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY SCHWEYER, BOYLE, BRADFORD, BRIGGS, CALTAGIRONE,
CIRESI, SCHLEGEL CULVER, DALEY, DEASY, DELLOSO, DeLUCA,
FRANKEL, FREEMAN, GALLOWAY, GREEN, HANBIDGE, HARRIS, HILL-
EVANS, ISAACSON, KIM, KORTZ, LONGIETTI, MADDEN, MALAGARI,
MATZIE, McCARTER, McCLINTON, O'MARA, ROEBUCK, ROZZI,
SAMUELSON, SANCHEZ, SCHLOSSBERG, SHUSTERMAN, SIMS, YOUNGBLOOD
AND ZABEL, OCTOBER 19, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, OCTOBER 19, 2020
A SUPPLEMENT
To the act of May 29, 2020 (P.L. , No.1A), entitled "An act to
provide appropriations from the General Fund for the expenses
of the Executive, Legislative and Judicial Departments of the
Commonwealth, the public debt and the public schools for the
fiscal year July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021, and for the
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
30, 2020; and to provide for the additional appropriation of
Federal and State funds to the Executive and Judicial
Departments for the fiscal year July 1, 2019, to June 30,
2020, and for the payment of bills incurred and remaining
unpaid at the close of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019,"
adding a Federal appropriation to the Department of Education
for the fiscal year July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
PART I
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
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.
The definitions in the act of May 29, 2020 (P.L. , No.1A),
known as the General Appropriation Act of 2020, shall apply to
this act.
Section 103. Abbreviations.
(a) General rule.--The abbreviations in the act of May 29,
2020 (P.L. , No.1A), known as the General Appropriation Act of
2020, shall apply to this act.
(b) Special abbreviation.--The following abbreviation when
used in this act shall have the meaning given to it in this
section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"COVID" or "COVID-19." Coronavirus disease 2019, also
referred to as 2019-nCoV acute respiratory disease.
Section 104. Federal appropriation.
The sum specified in this act, or as much thereof as may be
necessary, is specifically appropriated from the COVID-19
Response Restricted Account in the State Treasury to the
Department of Education for the purposes specified in this act
for the current fiscal year.
PART II
COVID-19 RESPONSE RESTRICTED ACCOUNT
FEDERAL APPROPRIATION FOR CURRENT FISCAL YEAR
SUBPART A
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 201. Construction with the General Appropriation Act of
2020.
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The appropriation contained in this part shall be in addition
to any appropriation under the act of May 29, 2020 (P.L. ,
No.1A), known as the General Appropriation Act of 2020.
SUBPART B
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Section 211. Department of Education.
The following Federal amount
is appropriated from the COVID-
19 Response Restricted Account
to the Department of Education
for the current fiscal year:
FEDERAL
STATE
(1) "COVID Relief -
Community Colleges."
Federal appropriation..... 92,000,000
PART III
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 301. Applicability.
(a) General rule.--Except as otherwise provided in section
301 and subsection (b), the provisions of the act of May 29,
2020 (P.L. , No.1A), known as the General Appropriation Act of
2020, shall apply to this act.
(b) Retroactivity.--This act shall be retroactive to July 1,
2020.
Section 302. Effective date.
This act shall take effect immediately.
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