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On the recordDecember 20, 2022
I ask unanimous consent that the bill be considered read a third time and passed and that the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there objection? Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 5323) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, as follows: S. 5323 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``State, Local, Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and Disaster Relief Flexibility Act''. SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO USE CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS FOR INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. (a) In General.--Title VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), as amended by section 40909 of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, is amended-- (1) in section 602-- (A) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``(except as provided in subsection (c)(5))'' after ``December 31, 2024''; and (B) in subsection (c)-- (i) in paragraph (1)-- (I) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``paragraph (3)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (3), (4), and (5)''; (II) by amending subparagraph (C) to read as follows: ``(C) for the provision of government services up to an amount equal to the greater of-- ``(i) the amount of the reduction in revenue of such State, territory, or Tribal government due to the COVID-19 public health emergency relative to revenues coll…
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