HB1790_S_Cmte_Amend

SECTION 1. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of the Mississippi Tourism Recovery Fund created in Section 3 of House Bill No. 1791, 2020 Regular Session, to the Department of Finance and Administration for the purposes described in Section 3 of House Bill No. 1791, 2020 Regular Session, for the period beginning upon July 1, 2020, and ending December 30, 2020...........................$14,000,000.00.

SECTION 2. The following sum, or so much of it as may be necessary, is appropriated out of the Mississippi Nonprofit Museums Recovery Fund created in Section 4 of House Bill No. 1791, 2020 Regular Session, to the Department of Finance and Administration for the purposes described in Section 4 of House Bill No. 1791, 2020 Regular Session, for the period beginning upon July 1, 2020, and ending December 30, 2020..........$1,000,000.00.

SECTION 3. The Department of Finance and Administration shall disburse funds in accordance with Section 3 of House Bill No. 1791 to eligible recipients for eligible activities. In addition, the Department of Finance and Administration shall ensure that all funds appropriated under this act are disbursed in compliance with the Single Audit Act (31 USC Sections 7501 7507) and the related provisions of the Uniform Guidance, 2 CFR Section 200.303 regarding internal controls, Sections 200.330 through 200.332 regarding subrecipient monitoring and management, and subpart F regarding audit requirements.

SECTION 4. (1) As a condition of receiving and expending the funds appropriated to the Department of Finance and Administration under Sections 1 and 2 of this act, the department shall review expenditures found in the reports from the recipients to ensure that the expenditure of the funds appropriated to the department under Sections 1 and 2 of this act is in compliance with the guidelines, guidance, rules, regulations and/or other criteria, as may be amended from time to time, by the United States Department of the Treasury regarding the use of monies from the Coronavirus Relief Fund established by the federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

(2) If the Office of Inspector General by the United States Department of the Treasury, or the Office of Inspector General of any other federal agency having oversight over the use of monies from the Coronavirus Relief Fund established by the CARES Act (a) determines that the Department of Finance and Administration or recipient has expended or otherwise used any of the funds appropriated to the Department of Finance and Administration under this act for any purpose that is not in compliance with the guidelines, guidance, rules, regulations and/or other criteria, as may be amended from time to time, of the United States Department of the Treasury regarding the use of monies from the Coronavirus Relief Fund established by the CARES Act, and (b) the State of Mississippi is required to repay the federal government for any of those funds that the Office of the Inspector General determined were expended or otherwise used improperly by the Department of Finance and Administration or recipient, then the Department of Finance and Administration or recipient, as the case may be, that expended or otherwise used those funds improperly shall be required to pay the amount of those funds to the State of Mississippi for repayment to the federal government.

SECTION 5. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.