WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senator Jerry Moran spoke on the Senate floor on Monday to urge his Senate colleagues to support legislative proposals that extend the Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) deadline, including the Remove Impediments for a Successful Economic Recovery (RISER) Act he introduced last month.
"This week," Moran said. "If it doesn't get done this week, it probably means very little in an extension, to this week pass an extension beyond December 31 for the use of those CARES dollars in states across the nation."
Kansas received $1.25 billion from the CRF, but under current law will lose any funding not utilized by December 31, 2020. The RISER Act would extend the CRF deadline to December 31, 2022, allowing states and local governments to strategically target areas of need over a longer period of time.
Moran understands that it may be easier to pass an extension with fewer provisions than the RISER Act, and he's okay with that in the short term while they work out details, but the lack of an extension is what would force government at the local and state level to use the money before they lose it, and likely not do so as efficiently.