# 116-hr-7094: Flexibility for States and Localities Act

116-hr-7094, Flexibility for States and Localities Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] (R-OH); status Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-7094
- Congress: 116
- Title: Flexibility for States and Localities Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
- Introduced: 2020-06-04
- Sponsor: Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] (R-OH)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Flexibility for States and Localities Act This bill expands the permissible uses of funds under the Coronavirus Relief Fund. Specifically, the bill authorizes a state, tribal government, or unit of local government to use funds (1) to offset budgetary shortfalls related to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency, or (2) for COVID-19-related costs of units of local government too small to qualify for direct funding.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC), 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] (R-OH), 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gibbs, Bob [R-OH-7] (R-OH), 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Rouzer, David [R-NC-7] (R-NC), 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-9] (R-NC), 2020-06-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Rob [R-UT-1] (R-UT), 2020-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balderson, Troy [R-OH-12] (R-OH), 2020-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] (R-OH), 2020-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-6742: Protecting Life in Crisis Act
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act
- 116-hr-5595: Israel Anti-Boycott Act
- 116-hr-8692: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Penn Avenue in Salem, Ohio, as the "Howard Arthur Tibbs Post Office".
- 116-hr-7358: Mount Rushmore Protection Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-7094 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/7094)

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- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-3495: Improve Well-Being for Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-3495)
- [116-hr-5595: Israel Anti-Boycott Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-5595)
- [116-hr-8692: To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 275 Pe…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8692)
- [116-hr-7358: Mount Rushmore Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7358)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7094 (as of 2025-11-18).