Senate Amends House-Passed Reconciliation Bill

The Senate has released an amended version of the House-passed budget reconciliation proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. This brief provides state funding included in the Senate bill (Table 1) and a description of the Senate’s changes to the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. Table 2 compares FFIS estimates of state and local allocations for these funds under the Senate bill to the figures released for the House bill. (The Senate bill could change during floor consideration.)