That was up from $6.7 billion as of the commission’s last report on June 18.
The coronavirus rescue bill, known as the “CARES Act,” also set aside up to $29 billion for loans or loan guarantees to hard-hit industries like airlines and up to $17 billion for businesses “critical to maintaining national security.”
Most of $500 billion earmarked for coronavirus-related loan programs has not been spent
Washington,
July 20, 2020
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The Washington Times
07/20/2020 Most of the $500 billion in coronavirus stimulus funds that had been earmarked for emergency Treasury Department and Federal Reserve loan programs had yet to be spent as of last week, according to a report released on Monday. The Treasury and the Fed have outlined how they plan to use $195 billion of the $454 billion allocated for Fed lending facilities in the $2.2 trillion stimulus package that Congress passed in March. But as of July 15, the facilities had made just $13.6 billion in purchases and loans, according to the report from a congressional oversight commission tasked with tracking the funds. No funds for airlines had been disbursed, though Treasury has received a number of applications, according to the report. And of the $17 billion for national security businesses, Treasury had entered into one agreement with a logistics company, YRC Worldwide Inc., on a $700 million loan, the report said. The report said YPC has “significant liquidity issues” and that it deferred millions of dollars’ worth of pension and health care payments for its workforce earlier this year. |