H.R. 6379, Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act
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H. R. 6379 was introduced in the House of Representatives on March 23, 2020 by Mrs. Lowey and other members. It was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways and Means. The bill makes emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020 and may be cited as the Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act. The table of contents lists Division A, the Third Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020, along with divisions on family and medical leave, paid sick leave, unemployment compensation, financial services, and education.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 6379
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 23, 2020
Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. NEAL, Mr. PALLONE, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. SCOTT
of Virginia, Ms. VELÁZQUEZ, Ms. WATERS, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY
of New York, and Ms. LOFGREN) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Com-
mittees on the Budget, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Take Responsibility
5 for Workers and Families Act’’.
6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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7 The table of contents is as follows:
DIVISION A—THIRD CORONAVIRUS PREPAREDNESS AND
RESPONSE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020
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Title I—Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies
Title II—Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Title III—Department of Defense
Title IV—Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Title V—Financial Services and General Government
Title VI—Department of Homeland Security
Title VII—Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Title VIII—Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education,
and Related Agencies
Title IX—Legislative Branch
Title X—Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Title XI—Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
Title XII—Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related
Agencies
Title XIII—General Provisions—This Division
DIVISION B—EMERGENCY FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE
EXPANSION ACT
DIVISION C—EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE ACT AMENDMENTS
DIVISION D—COVID–19 WORKERS FIRST PROTECTION ACT OF
2020
DIVISION E—COVID–19 WORKFORCE EMERGENCY RESPONSE ACT
OF 2020
DIVISION F—FAMILY SUPPORT PROVISIONS
DIVISION G—HEALTH POLICIES
Title I—Medicaid
Title II—Medicare
Title III—Private Insurance
Title IV—Provisions relating to Older Americans Act of 1965
Title V—Public health policies
DIVISION H—EMERGENCY CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION ACT OF 2020
Title I—Federal Benefit Enhancements
Title II—Expanded Eligibility for Unemployment Compensation
Title III—Relief for Governmental and Nonprofit Entities
Title IV—Emergency Assistance for Rail Workers
DIVISION I—FINANCIAL SERVICES
Title I—Protecting Consumers, Renters, Homeowners and People Experiencing
Homelessness
Title II—Assisting Small Businesses and Community Financial Institutions
Title III—Supporting State, Territory, and Local Governments
Title IV—Promoting Financial Stability and Transparent Markets
Title V—Pandemic Planning and Guidance for Consumers and Regulators
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DIVISION J—EDUCATION RELIEF AND OTHER PROGRAMS
Title I—Education provisions
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Title II—Other programs
DIVISION K—AGRICULTURE PROVISIONS
Title I—Commodity Support and other Agriculture Programs
Title II—Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
DIVISION L—ACCESS ACT
DIVISION M—OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
DIVISION N—U.S. POSTAL SERVICE PROVISIONS
DIVISION O—FEDERAL WORKFORCE PROVISIONS
DIVISION P—FEDERAL EMPLOYEE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING
AND OFFICIAL TIME
DIVISION Q—VETERAN CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT OF 2020
DIVISION R—AVIATION WORKER RELIEF
Title I—Aviation Worker Relief
Title II—Labor Protections
Title III—Airline Industry Financial Oversight
Title IV—Airport Relief
Title V—Small Community Air Service
Title VI—Consumer Protections
Title VII—Environmental Protections
Title VIII—Miscellaneous
DIVISION S—SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
DIVISION T—REVENUE PROVISIONS
Title I—Health-related tax relief
Title II—Economic Stimulus
Title III—Administrative
Title IV—Retirement provisions
Title V—Rehabilitation for Multiemployer Pensions
DIVISION U—CONSUMER PROTECTION AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVISIONS
Title I—COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention
Title II—E–Rate Support for Wi-Fi Hotspots and Connected Devices
Title III—Emergency Lifeline Benefit for Broadband Service
Title IV—Continued Connectivity
Title V—Don’t Break Up the T–Band
DIVISION V—GROW ACT
DIVISION W—OTHER MATTERS
DIVISION X—OTHER MATTERS
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1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
2 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference
3 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall
4 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
5 sion.
6 DIVISION A—THIRD CORONAVIRUS PRE-
7 PAREDNESS AND RESPONSE SUPPLE-
8 MENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020
9 TITLE I—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOP-
10 MENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION,
11 AND RELATED AGENCIES
12 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
13 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
16 penses’’, $55,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
17 spond to coronavirus, to supplement amounts otherwise
18 available for the Agricultural Quarantine Inspection Pro-
19 gram: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
20 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
21 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
23 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE
24 MARKETING SERVICES
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25 For an additional amount for ‘‘Marketing Services’’,
26 $45,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
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1 coronavirus, to supplement amounts otherwise available
2 for commodity grading, inspection, and audit activities:
3 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
4 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
5 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
6 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Food Safety and In-
9 spection Service’’, $33,000,000, to prevent, prepare for,
10 and respond to coronavirus, for the support of temporary
11 and intermittent workers, temporary inspection relocation,
12 and overtime inspection costs: Provided, That such
13 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
14 emergency requirement pursuant to section
15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
16 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
17 FARM SERVICE AGENCY
18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
20 penses’’, $3,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
21 to coronavirus, for temporary staff and overtime expenses:
22 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
23 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
24 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
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25 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE
2 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural Business Pro-
4 gram Account’’, $20,500,000, to remain available until
5 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
6 to coronavirus, for the cost of loans for rural business de-
7 velopment programs authorized by section 310B and de-
8 scribed in subsection (g) of section 310B of the Consoli-
9 dated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided, That
10 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
11 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
13 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
14 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE
15 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND
16 PROGRAM
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Distance Learning,
18 Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, $25,000,000, to
19 remain available until September 30, 2021, to prevent,
20 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, for grants for
21 telemedicine and distance learning services in rural areas
22 as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.: Provided, That
23 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
24 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
4 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Commodity Assistance
6 Program’’, for the emergency food assistance program as
7 authorized by section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act
8 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) and section 204(a)(1) of the
9 Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C.
10 7508(a)(1)), $450,000,000, to remain available through
11 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
12 to coronavirus: Provided, That of the funds made avail-
13 able, the Secretary may use up to $200,000,000 for costs
14 associated with the distribution of commodities: Provided
15 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
16 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
17 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
18 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
22 penses’’, $4,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
23 to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated
24 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
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1 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
2 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
4 SERVICES
5 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
8 penses’’, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended,
9 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, for
10 efforts on potential medical product shortages, enforce-
11 ment work against counterfeit or misbranded products,
12 work on Emergency Use Authorizations, pre- and post-
13 market work on medical countermeasures, therapies, vac-
14 cines and research, and related administrative activities:
15 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
16 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
17 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
18 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
20 SEC. 10101. For an additional amount for grants
21 under the pilot program established under section 779 of
22 Public Law 115–141, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
23 to coronavirus, $258,000,000, to remain available until
24 September 30, 2021: Provided, That at least 90 percent
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1 grant shall be in a rural area without sufficient access to
2 broadband: Provided further, That for purposes of such
3 pilot program, a rural area without sufficient access to
4 broadband shall be defined as 10 Mbps downstream and
5 1 Mbps upstream, and such definition shall be reevaluated
6 and redefined, as necessary, on an annual basis by the
7 Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further, That an entity
8 to which a grant is made under the pilot program shall
9 not use a grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband expan-
10 sion efforts made by any entity that has received a
11 broadband loan from the Rural Utilities Service: Provided
12 further, That priority consideration for grants shall be
13 given to previous applicants now eligible as a result of ad-
14 justed eligibility requirements: Provided further, That not
15 more than three percent of the funds made available in
16 this paragraph may be used for administrative costs to
17 carry out the program: Provided further, That such
18 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
19 emergency requirement pursuant to section
20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
21 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
22 SEC. 10102. The first amount under ‘‘Child Nutri-
23 tion Programs’’ in Division B of the Further Consolidated
24 Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116–94) is amended by
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1 striking ‘‘$23,615,098,000’’ and inserting
2 ‘‘$32,615,098,000’’.
3 SEC. 10103. The matter under the heading ‘‘Supple-
4 mental Nutrition Assistance Program’’ in division B of the
5 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public
6 Law 116–94) is amended by inserting before ‘‘: Provided,’’
7 the following: ‘‘and for an additional amount, such sums
8 as may be necessary to remain available through Sep-
9 tember 30, 2022, which shall be placed in reserve for use
10 only in such amounts and at such times as may become
11 necessary to carry out program operations’’.
12 SEC. 10104. For an additional amount for ‘‘Supple-
13 mental Nutrition Assistance Program’’, to supplement
14 funds otherwise available for the Food Distribution Pro-
15 gram on Indian Reservations, $100,000,000, to remain
16 available through September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare
17 for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That of the
18 total amount available, $50,000,000 is for administrative
19 expenses, including facility improvements and equipment
20 upgrades, and $50,000,000 is for the costs relating to ad-
21 ditional food purchases: Provided further, That such
22 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
23 emergency requirement pursuant to section
24 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
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1 SEC. 10105. In addition to amounts otherwise made
2 available, $200,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
3 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
4 coronavirus, shall be available for the Secretary of Agri-
5 culture to provide grants to the Commonwealth of the
6 Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and American
7 Samoa for nutrition assistance: Provided, That such
8 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
9 emergency requirement pursuant to section
10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
11 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 SEC. 10106. The Secretary may extend the term of
13 a marketing assistance loan authorized by section 1201
14 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9033) for any
15 loan commodity to 12 months: Provided, That the author-
16 ity made available pursuant to this section shall expire on
17 September 30, 2020: Provided further, That amounts
18 made available by this section are designated by the Con-
19 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
20 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
22 SEC. 10107. Notwithstanding any other provision of
23 law, funds made available under each heading in this title
24 shall only be used for the purposes specifically described
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1 TITLE II—COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND
2 RELATED AGENCIES
3 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
4 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
5 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
6 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Economic Develop-
8 ment Assistance Programs’’ for necessary expenses related
9 to responding to economic injury as a result of
10 coronavirus, $2,000,000,000, to remain available until
11 September 30, 2022: Provided, That such amount shall
12 be for economic adjustment assistance as authorized by
13 section 209 of the Public Works and Economic Develop-
14 ment Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149): Provided further,
15 That within the amount appropriated, up to 2 percent of
16 funds appropriated in this paragraph may be transferred
17 to ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for administration and over-
18 sight activities: Provided further, That the Secretary of
19 Commerce is authorized to appoint and fix the compensa-
20 tion of such temporary personnel as may be necessary to
21 implement the requirements under this heading, without
22 regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code,
23 governing appointments in competitive service: Provided
24 further, That the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to
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1 ously for 2 years, to positions in the Economic Develop-
2 ment Administration in the same manner that competitive
3 service employees with competitive status are considered
4 for transfer, reassignment, or promotion to such positions,
5 and an individual appointed under this proviso shall be-
6 come a career-conditional employee, unless the employee
7 has already completed the service requirements for career
8 tenure: Provided further, That within the amount appro-
9 priated in this paragraph, $4,000,000 shall be transferred
10 to ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ for carrying out inves-
11 tigations and audits related to the funding provided under
12 this heading: Provided further, That such amount is des-
13 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
14 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
15 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
16 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
17 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Minority Business De-
19 velopment’’ for necessary expenses for the Business Cen-
20 ters and Specialty Centers, including any cost sharing re-
21 quirements that may exist, for assisting minority business
22 enterprises to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
23 coronavirus, including identifying and accessing local,
24 State, and Federal government assistance related to such
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1 30, 2021: Provided, That such amount is designated by
2 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
3 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
4 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
6 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Scientific and Tech-
8 nical Research and Services’’ for necessary expenses to
9 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
10 $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021,
11 including for measurement science to support testing for
12 such virus (or viral strains mutating therefrom) and bio-
13 manufacturing: Provided, That such amount is designated
14 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
15 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
16 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
17 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Industrial Technology
19 Services’’ for necessary expenses, $75,000,000, to remain
20 available until September 30, 2021, of which $50,000,000
21 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Part-
22 nership to assist manufacturers to prevent, prepare for,
23 and respond to coronavirus, and of which $25,000,000
24 shall be for the National Network for Manufacturing Inno-
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1 development and manufacturing of medical counter-
2 measures and biomedical equipment and supplies: Pro-
3 vided, That none of the funds provided under this heading
4 shall be subject to cost share requirements under 15
5 U.S.C. 278k(e)(2) or 15 U.S.C. 278s(e)(7)(A): Provided
6 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
7 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
8 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
11 ADMINISTRATION
12 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES
13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research,
14 and Facilities’’ for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare
15 for, and respond to coronavirus, $33,200,000, to remain
16 available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That such
17 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
18 emergency requirement pursuant to section
19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
20 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
22 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM
23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
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1 tember 30, 2021, for necessary expenses to prevent, pre-
2 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, including for main-
3 taining correctional operations, including overtime costs,
4 temporary facilities, purchase and rental of equipment,
5 medical services and supplies, and emergency prepared-
6 ness: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
7 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
8 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
9 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES
11 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
12 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND
13 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS
14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Violence Against
15 Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs’’,
16 $300,000,000, to remain available until expended, of
17 which—
18 (1) $100,000,000 is for grants to combat vio-
19 lence against women, as authorized by part T of the
20 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Acts of
21 1968;
22 (2) $25,000,000 is for transitional housing as-
23 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat-
24 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault as authorized
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1 by section 40299 of the Violent Crime Control and
2 Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (‘‘1994 Act’’);
3 (3) $100,000,000 is for sexual assault victims
4 assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the
5 1994 Act;
6 (4) $25,000,000 is for rural domestic violence
7 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as
8 authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act;
9 (5) $25,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic-
10 tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the Victims
11 of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000
12 (Public Law 106–386; ‘‘2000 Act’’); and
13 (6) $25,000,000 is for grants to support fami-
14 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section
15 1301 of the 2000 Act:
16 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
17 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
18 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
19 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law
22 Enforcement Assistance’’, $1,000,000,000, to remain
23 available until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare
24 for, and respond to coronavirus, including for the purchase
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1 Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as authorized
2 by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus Crime
3 Control and Safe Streets Acts of 1968 (‘‘1968 Act’’), (ex-
4 cept that the allocation provisions under sections 505(a)
5 through (e) and the special rules for Puerto Rico under
6 section 505(g), and section 1001(c), of the 1968 Act, shall
7 not apply for purposes of this Act), to be distributed in
8 relative proportion to fiscal year 2016 allocations: Pro-
9 vided, That awards made using amounts provided in this
10 paragraph shall be made only with the same requirements,
11 conditions, compliance, and certification as fiscal year
12 2016: Provided further, That such amount is designated
13 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
14 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
15 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
16 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Juvenile Justice Pro-
18 grams’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
19 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
20 coronavirus, of which $75,000,000 shall be for programs
21 authorized by section 221 of the Juvenile Justice and De-
22 linquency Prevention Act of 1974 (‘‘the 1974 Act’’), and
23 $25,000,000 for delinquency prevention, as authorized by
24 section 261 of the 1974 Act: Provided, That such amount
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1 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
2 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
3 1985.
4 SCIENCE
5 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
6 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Safety, Security and
8 Mission Services’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until
9 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
10 to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated
11 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
12 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
13 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
14 CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND
15 RESTORATION
16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction and En-
17 vironmental Compliance and Restoration’’, $100,000,000,
18 to remain available until September 30, 2021, to prevent,
19 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That
20 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
21 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
23 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
2 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research and Related
4 Activities’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
5 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
6 coronavirus, domestically and internationally, including to
7 fund research grants and other necessary expenses: Pro-
8 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
9 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
10 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
11 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT
13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Agency Operations
14 and Award Management’’, $2,000,000, to prevent, pre-
15 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically and
16 internationally, including to administer research grants
17 and other necessary expenses: Provided, That such
18 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
19 emergency requirement pursuant to section
20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
21 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 RELATED AGENCIES
2 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
3 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to the Legal
5 Services Corporation’’ to carry out the purposes of the
6 Legal Services Corporation Act by providing for necessary
7 expenses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
8 coronavirus, $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
9 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That none of the funds appro-
10 priated in this Act to the Legal Services Corporation shall
11 be expended for any purpose prohibited or limited by, or
12 contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 501, 502,
13 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105–119, and all
14 funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services Cor-
15 poration shall be subject to the same terms and conditions
16 set forth in such sections, except that all references in sec-
17 tions 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to
18 refer instead to 2020 and 2021, respectively, and except
19 that sections 501 and 503 of Public Law 104–134 (ref-
20 erenced by Public Law 105–119) shall not apply to the
21 amount made available under this heading: Provided fur-
22 ther, That for the purposes of this Act, the Legal Services
23 Corporation shall be considered an agency of the United
24 States Government: Provided further, That such amount
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1 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
2 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
3 1985.
4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
5 SEC. 10201. (a) Amounts provided by the Depart-
6 ment of Commerce Appropriations Act, 2020, for the Hol-
7 lings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under the
8 heading ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Tech-
9 nology—Industrial Technology Services’’ shall not be sub-
10 ject to cost share requirements under 15 U.S.C.
11 278k(e)(2).
12 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to the extent that
13 a Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center receives
14 funding from a State that is conditioned upon the applica-
15 tion of a Federal cost sharing requirement to the Center.
16 SEC. 10202. (a) Funds appropriated in this title for
17 the National Science Foundation may be made available
18 to restore amounts, either directly or through reimburse-
19 ment, for obligations incurred by the National Science
20 Foundation for research grants and other necessary ex-
21 penses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
22 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, prior to the
23 date of enactment of this Act.
24 (b) Grants or cooperative agreements made by the
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1 research grants and other necessary expenses to prevent,
2 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or
3 internationally, shall include amounts to reimburse costs
4 for these purposes incurred between January 20, 2020,
5 and the date of issuance of such grants or agreements.
6 SEC. 10203. (a)(1) Section 110(b)(2)(C) of the Fam-
7 ily and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (as added by division
8 C of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act) and
9 section 5110(5)(C) of the Families First Coronavirus Re-
10 sponse Act (relating to varying schedule hours calculation)
11 shall not apply to the Bureau of the Census regarding any
12 employee hired pursuant to section 23(c) of title 13,
13 United States Code.
14 (2) Any such employee shall be entitled to 40
15 hours of paid leave under division E of the Families
16 First Coronavirus Response Act.
17 (b) With respect to any temporary employee of the
18 Bureau of the Census, including any employee hired pur-
19 suant to section 23(c) of title 13, United States Code, the
20 Bureau may classify any leave provided by the Bureau
21 pursuant to the amendments made by division C of the
22 Families First Coronavirus Response Act or division E of
23 such Act to such an employee (based on such employee’s
24 status as an employee of the Bureau) as any leave cat-
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1 egory necessary to comport with the Bureau’s leave sys-
2 tem.
3 SEC. 10204. Notwithstanding any other provision of
4 law, funds made available under each heading in this title
5 shall only be used for the purposes specifically described
6 under that heading.
7 TITLE III—DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
8 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
9 MILITARY PERSONNEL
10 MILITARY PERSONNEL, ARMY
11 For an additional amount for Military Personnel,
12 Army, $37,900,000, for necessary expenses to prevent,
13 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That
14 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
15 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
17 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 MILITARY PERSONNEL, NAVY
19 For an additional amount for Military Personnel,
20 Navy, $37,900,000, for necessary expenses to prevent,
21 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That
22 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
23 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
24 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
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1 MILITARY PERSONNEL, MARINE CORPS
2 For an additional amount for Military Personnel, Ma-
3 rine Corps, $9,900,000, for necessary expenses to prevent,
4 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That
5 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
6 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
8 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 MILITARY PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
10 For an additional amount for Military Personnel, Air
11 Force, $37,900,000, for necessary expenses to prevent,
12 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That
13 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
14 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
16 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
17 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY
18 For an additional amount for National Guard Per-
19 sonnel, Army, $804,529,000, for necessary expenses to
20 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro-
21 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
22 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
23 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE
2 For an additional amount for National Guard Per-
3 sonnel, Air Force, $402,063,000, for necessary expenses
4 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro-
5 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
6 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
7 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
8 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
12 tenance, Army’’, $105,300,000, to remain available until
13 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
14 to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated
15 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
16 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
17 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
20 tenance, Navy’’, $568,408,000, to remain available until
21 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
22 to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated
23 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
24 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
3 tenance, Marine Corps’’, $70,000,000, to remain available
4 until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
5 spond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is des-
6 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
7 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
8 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
11 tenance, Air Force’’, $154,000,000, to remain available
12 until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
13 spond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is des-
14 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
15 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
16 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
17 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
19 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $927,800,000, to remain avail-
20 able until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for,
21 and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount
22 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
23 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
24 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
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1 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
3 tenance, Army Reserve’’, $48,000,000, to remain available
4 until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
5 spond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is des-
6 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
7 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
8 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
11 tenance, Army National Guard’’, $194,002,000, to remain
12 available until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare
13 for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such
14 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
15 emergency requirement pursuant to section
16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
17 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
20 tenance, Air National Guard’’, $79,406,000, to remain
21 available until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare
22 for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such
23 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
24 emergency requirement pursuant to section
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 PROCUREMENT
4 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Production
6 Act Purchases’’, $500,000,000 to remain available until
7 September 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
8 to coronavirus: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense
9 may waive the requirements of 50 U.S.C. 5433(a)(6) on
10 a case-by-case basis upon three days prior written notifica-
11 tion to the Committees on Appropriations and Banking,
12 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, and the Com-
13 mittees on Appropriations and Financial Services of the
14 House of Representatives. Provided further, That such
15 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
16 emergency requirement pursuant to section
17 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
18 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
20 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro-
22 gram’’, $3,805,500,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
23 spond to coronavirus; of which $3,561,500,000 shall be
24 for operation and maintenance to remain available until
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1 main available for obligation until September 30, 2021,
2 shall be for research, development, test and evaluation:
3 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
4 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
5 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
6 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
8 SEC. 10301. Notwithstanding any other provision of
9 law, funds made available under each heading in this title
10 shall only be used for the purposes specifically described
11 under that heading.
12 SEC. 10302. Upon the determination of the Secretary
13 of Defense that such action is necessary in the national
14 interest, the Secretary may transfer up to $500,000,000
15 between the appropriations or funds made available to the
16 Department of Defense for expenses relating to the use
17 of the National Guard in response to coronavirus: Pro-
18 vided, That such funds may only be transferred among
19 military personnel and operation and maintenance ac-
20 counts for the National Guard provided for in this title:
21 Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the Con-
22 gress promptly of each transfer made pursuant to the au-
23 thority in this section: Provided further, That the authority
24 provided in this section is in addition to any other transfer
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1 subject to the same terms and conditions as the authority
2 provided in section 8005 of the Department of Defense
3 Appropriations Act, 2020: Provided further, That the
4 transfer authority in sections 8005 and 9002 of the De-
5 partment of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020, shall not
6 apply to amounts appropriated or otherwise made avail-
7 able in this title.
8 SEC. 10303. Notwithstanding section 2208(l)(3) of
9 title 10, United States Code, during fiscal year 2020, the
10 amount of advance billings rendered or imposed by De-
11 fense working capital funds may exceed $1,000,000,000.
12 In the preceding sentence, the term ‘‘advance billing’’ has
13 the meaning given the term in section 2208(l)(4) of such
14 title.
15 TITLE IV—ENERGY AND WATER
16 DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES
17 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
18 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
19 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL
20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
22 tenance’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
23 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
24 coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by
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1 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
2 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 EXPENSES
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Expenses’’,
5 $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
6 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
7 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
8 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
9 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
11 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
12 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
13 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES
14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related
16 Resources’’, $12,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
17 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
18 coronavirus: Provided, That $500,000 of the funds pro-
19 vided under this paragraph shall be transferred to the
20 Central Utah Project Completion Account to prevent, pre-
21 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further,
22 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
23 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
24 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
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1 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Policy and Adminis-
3 tration’’, $8,100,000, to remain available until September
4 30, 2021, for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for,
5 and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount
6 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
7 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
8 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
9 1985.
10 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
11 ENERGY PROGRAMS
12 SCIENCE
13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Science’’,
14 $99,500,000, to remain available until September 30,
15 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
16 for necessary expenses related to providing support and
17 access to scientific user facilities in the Office of Science,
18 including equipment, enabling technologies, and personnel
19 associated with the operations of those scientific user fa-
20 cilities: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
21 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
22 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
23 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Departmental Admin-
4 istration’’, $28,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
5 tember 30, 2021, for necessary expenses related to sup-
6 porting remote access for personnel to prevent, prepare
7 for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That funds ap-
8 propriated under this paragraph in this Act may be trans-
9 ferred to, and merged with, other appropriation accounts
10 of the Department of Energy for necessary expenses re-
11 lated to supporting remote access for personnel to prevent,
12 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further,
13 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
14 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
16 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
17 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
18 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
21 penses’’, $3,300,000, to remain available until September
22 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
23 coronavirus: Provided, That the amount provided in this
24 paragraph shall not be derived from fee revenues notwith-
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1 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
2 emergency requirement pursuant to section
3 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
4 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
6 SEC. 10401. Notwithstanding any other provision of
7 law, funds made available under each heading in this title
8 shall only be used for the purposes specifically described
9 under that heading.
10 SEC. 10402. Funds appropriated in this title may be
11 made available to restore amounts, either directly or
12 through reimbursement, for obligations incurred for the
13 same purposes to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
14 coronavirus prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
15 SEC. 10403. Notwithstanding any other provision of
16 law, and subject to the availability of appropriations, the
17 Secretary of Energy, or designee, may include in or modify
18 the terms and conditions of any Department of Energy
19 contract, or other agreement, to authorize the Department
20 to reimburse any contractor paid leave the contractor pro-
21 vides to its employees as the Secretary deems necessary
22 to ensure the effective response to a declared national
23 emergency or pandemic event. Such authority shall apply
24 only to a contractor whose employees cannot perform work
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1 eral Government directed closures or other restrictions,
2 and who cannot telework because their job duties cannot
3 be performed remotely. As determined by the Secretary,
4 or designee, this authority also shall apply to subcontrac-
5 tors: Provided, That amounts provided by this section are
6 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
7 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
8 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 TITLE V—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL
10 GOVERNMENT
11 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
12 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
15 penses’’, $100,000,000 to remain available until expended,
16 for the necessary expenses to establish and support a
17 Coronavirus Accountability and Transparency Committee
18 to conduct oversight of funds provided in this Act in order
19 to monitor spending, provide transparency to the public,
20 and help prevent fraud, waste, and abuse: Provided, That
21 not less frequently than monthly, and until all such funds
22 are expended, the Secretary of the Treasury shall publish
23 on a dedicated portion of the website established under
24 section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and
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1 funds made available to or expended by a Federal agency
2 or component of a Federal agency that were provided in
3 Public Law 116–123, Public Law 116–127, or in the Take
4 Responsibility for Workers and Families Act—
5 (1) for each appropriations account, including
6 an expired or unexpired appropriations account, the
7 amount—
8 (A) of budget authority appropriated;
9 (B) that is obligated;
10 (C) of unobligated balances; and
11 (D) of any other budgetary resources;
12 (2) from which accounts and in what amount—
13 (A) appropriations are obligated for each
14 program activity; and
15 (B) outlays are made for each program ac-
16 tivity;
17 (3) from which accounts and in what amount—
18 (A) appropriations are obligated for each
19 object class; and
20 (B) outlays are made for each object class;
21 and
22 (4) for each program activity, the amount—
23 (A) obligated for each object class; and
24 (B) of outlays made for each object class.
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1 Provided further, That the information required to
2 be published pursuant to the preceding proviso shall
3 be published in such a format that allows such infor-
4 mation to be sorted by the public law that provided
5 the relevant obligational authority: Provided further,
6 That such amounts are designated by the Congress
7 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
8 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
9 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
11 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop-
13 ment Financial Institutions Fund Program Account’’,
14 $200,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
15 2020, to promote economic recovery due to the impact of
16 coronavirus through financial assistance and technical as-
17 sistance under subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section
18 108(a)(1), respectively, of Public Law 103–325 (12
19 U.S.C. 4707(a)(1)(A) and (B)), except that subsections
20 (d) and (e) of section 108 of Public Law 103–325 shall
21 not apply to the provision of such financial assistance and
22 technical assistance: Provided, That up to $10,000,000
23 may be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Administrative
24 Expenses’’ for administrative expenses to carry out finan-
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1 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
2 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
3 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
4 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
6 TAXPAYER SERVICES
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Taxpayer Services’’,
8 $236,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
9 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
10 Provided, That not later than 30 days after the date of
11 the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of the Inter-
12 nal Revenue Service shall submit to the Committees on
13 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
14 Senate a spend plan for such funds: Provided further, That
15 such amounts are designated by the Congress as being for
16 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
17 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
18 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 ENFORCEMENT
20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Enforcement’’,
21 $42,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
22 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
23 Provided, That not later than 30 days after the date of
24 the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of the Inter-
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1 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
2 Senate a spend plan for such funds: Provided further, That
3 such amounts are designated by the Congress as being for
4 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
6 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 OPERATIONS SUPPORT
8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations Support’’,
9 $324,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
10 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
11 Provided, That not later than 30 days after the date of
12 the enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of the Inter-
13 nal Revenue Service shall submit to the Committees on
14 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
15 Senate a spend plan for such funds: Provided further, That
16 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
17 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
18 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
19 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—INTERNAL REVENUE
21 SERVICE
22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
23 SEC. 10501. In addition to the authority provided in
24 section 101 of title I of division C of Public Law 116–
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1 in this Act may be transferred among accounts of the In-
2 ternal Revenue Service to prevent, prepare for, and re-
3 spond to coronavirus. On the date of any such transfer,
4 the Commissioner shall notify the Committees on Appro-
5 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate of
6 such transfer.
7 THE JUDICIARY
8 THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
11 penses’’, $500,000, to remain available until September
12 30, 2020, for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for,
13 and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount
14 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
15 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
16 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
17 1985.
18 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER
19 JUDICIAL SERVICES
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
22 penses’’, $6,000,000 to remain available until September
23 30, 2020, for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for,
24 and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount
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1 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
2 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
3 1985.
4 DEFENDER SERVICES
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defender Services’’,
6 $1,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020,
7 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro-
8 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
9 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
10 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
11 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
13 FEDERAL FUNDS
14 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND
15 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
16 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Federal Payment
17 for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the Dis-
18 trict of Columbia’’ for the Federal payment of necessary
19 expenses, as determined by the Mayor of the District of
20 Columbia in written consultation with the elected county
21 or city officials of surrounding jurisdictions, $11,000,000,
22 to remain available until September 30, 2020, to prevent,
23 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That
24 such amounts are designated by the Congress as being for
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
4 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSIONS
5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
7 penses’’, $5,000,000, to assist States with contingency
8 planning, preparation, and resilience of elections for Fed-
9 eral office: Provided, That such amount is designated by
10 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
11 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
12 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
13 ELECTION ADMINISTRATION GRANTS
14 For an additional amount for payments by the Elec-
15 tion Assistance Commission to States for contingency
16 planning, preparation, and resilience of elections for Fed-
17 eral office, $4,000,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
18 tember 30, 2021: Provided, That under this heading the
19 term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 States, the District
20 of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam,
21 American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and
22 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: Pro-
23 vided further, That the amount of the payments made to
24 a State under this heading shall be consistent with section
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1 20903): Provided further, That for the purposes of the
2 preceding proviso, each reference to ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in sec-
3 tion 103 shall be deemed to refer to ‘‘$7,500,000’’: Pro-
4 vided further, That not less than 50 percent of the amount
5 of the payment made to a State under this heading shall
6 be allocated in cash or in kind to the units of local govern-
7 ment which are responsible for the administration of elec-
8 tions for Federal office in the State: Provided further,
9 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
10 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
11 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
12 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
13 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
16 penses’’, $200,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
17 tember 30, 2020, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
18 coronavirus by providing to health care providers tele-
19 communications services, information services, and devices
20 necessary to enable the provision of telehealth services
21 during an emergency period, as defined in section
22 1135(g)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–
23 5(g)(1)): Provided, That the Federal Communications
24 Commission may rely on the rules of the Commission
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1 in administering such amount if the Commission deter-
2 mines that such administration is in the public interest
3 and upon the advance notification of the Committees on
4 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
5 Senate: Provided further, That such amount is designated
6 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
7 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
8 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY FUND
10 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency
11 Connectivity Fund’’, as authorized under title II of divi-
12 sion U of the Take Responsibility for Workers and Fami-
13 lies Act, for the provision of Wi-fi hotspots and connected
14 devices to schools and libraries, $2,000,000,000, to remain
15 available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That such
16 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
17 emergency requirement pursuant to section
18 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
19 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 EMERGENCY BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY FUND
21 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency
22 Broadband Connectivity Fund’’, as authorized under title
23 III of division U of the Take Responsibility for Workers
24 and Families Act, for the provision of an emergency life-
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1 able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That such
2 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
3 emergency requirement pursuant to section
4 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
5 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
6 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
7 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES
8 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
9 BUILDING OPERATIONS
10 For an additional amount, to be deposited in the
11 ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’, $275,000,000, to remain
12 available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
13 spond to coronavirus: Provided, That such funds may be
14 used to reimburse costs incurred for the purposes provided
15 under this heading: Provided further, That amounts made
16 available under this heading shall be in addition to any
17 other amounts available for such purposes: Provided fur-
18 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
19 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
21 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
22 TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND
23 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Technology Mod-
24 ernization Fund’’, $3,000,000,000, to remain available
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1 ernization activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond
2 to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated
3 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
4 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
5 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
6 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
9 penses’’, $12,100,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
10 spond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is des-
11 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
12 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
13 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
14 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
15 ECONOMIC INJURY GRANTS
16 For an additional amount for the cost of providing
17 economic recovery grants for small businesses impacted by
18 coronavirus as authorized by section 190009 of the Take
19 Responsibility for Workers and Families Act,
20 $100,000,000,000, to remain available until September
21 30, 2021: Provided, That such amount is designated by
22 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
23 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
24 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
2 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Disaster Loans
3 Program Account’’ for the cost of direct loans authorized
4 by section 7(b) of the Small Business Act, including to
5 carry out the requirements of section 190016 of the Take
6 Responsibility for Workers and Families Act (relating to
7 economic injury disaster loan improvements),
8 $25,739,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
9 vided, That up to $739,000,000 may be transferred to and
10 merged with ‘‘Small Business Administration—Salaries
11 and Expenses’’: Provided further, That for purposes of sec-
12 tion 7(b)(2)(D) of the Small Business Act, coronavirus
13 shall be deemed to be a disaster and amounts available
14 under ‘‘Disaster Loans Program Account’’ for the cost of
15 direct loans in any fiscal year may be used to make eco-
16 nomic injury disaster loans under such section in response
17 to the coronavirus: Provided further, That none of the
18 funds provided under this heading in this Act may be used
19 for indirect administrative expenses: Provided further,
20 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
21 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
23 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That
24 amounts repurposed under this heading that were pre-
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1 quirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer-
2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the
3 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
4 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
5 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
6 SMALL BUSINESS DEBT RELIEF
7 For an additional amount for the cost of loan debt
8 relief as authorized by section 190011 of the Take Re-
9 sponsibility for Workers and Families Act,
10 $16,800,000,000 to remain available until September 30,
11 2021: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
12 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
13 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 BUSINESS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT
16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Business Loans Pro-
17 gram Account’’, for the cost of direct loans and loan guar-
18 antees, $304,407,000,000, to remain available until ex-
19 pended, of which $7,000,000 shall be for the cost of direct
20 loans, $299,400,000,000 shall be for the cost of payroll
21 protection loans as authorized by section 190002(a) of the
22 Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act, and
23 $5,000,000,000 shall be for the cost of guaranteed loans
24 under section 503 of the Small Business Investment Act
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1 cluding to carry out the requirements of section 190012
2 (relating to temporary fee reductions), section 190013 (re-
3 lating to guarantee amounts), and section 190014 (relat-
4 ing to maximum loan amount and program levels for 7(a)
5 loans) of the Take Responsibility for Workers and Fami-
6 lies Act: Provided further, That for the period of fiscal
7 years 2020 through 2021, guarantees of trust certificates
8 authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act shall
9 not exceed a principal amount of $60,000,000,000: Pro-
10 vided, That for the period of fiscal years 2020 through
11 2021, commitments for general business loans authorized
12 under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not
13 exceed $75,000,000,000: Provided further, That amounts
14 provide in this paragraph for the cost of guaranteed loans
15 under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act are in addi-
16 tion to amounts otherwise available for the same purposes:
17 Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provi-
18 sion of law, no amounts made available under this heading
19 shall be available for transfer to another budget account:
20 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
21 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
22 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
23 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Entrepreneurial De-
3 velopment Programs’’ as authorized under section 190003
4 of the Take Responsibility for Workers and Families Act,
5 $265,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
6 2021, of which $240,000,000 shall be for grants to small
7 business development centers: Provided, That such
8 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
9 emergency requirement pursuant to section
10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
11 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
14 General’’ for carrying out the provisions of the Inspector
15 General Act of 1978, $25,000,000, to remain available
16 until expended, for oversight and audit of programs,
17 grants, and projects funded under this title: Provided,
18 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
19 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
21 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
24 penses’’, $775,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
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1 keting, management, and technical assistance under sec-
2 tion 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
3 636(m)(4)) by intermediaries that make microloans under
4 the microloan program, and of which $25,000,000 shall
5 be for resources and services in languages other than
6 English, as authorized in section 190010 of the Take Re-
7 sponsibility for Workers and Families Act: Provided, That
8 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
9 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
11 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SMALL BUSINESS
13 ADMINISTRATION
14 SEC. 10502. Notwithstanding section 7(b)(2)(D) of
15 the Small Business Act, the Small Business Administra-
16 tion shall issue a disaster declaration for each State and
17 territory for coronavirus.
18 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
19 PAYMENT TO POSTAL SERVICE FUND
20 For payment to the ‘‘Postal Service Fund’’, for rev-
21 enue forgone due to the coronavirus pandemic,
22 $25,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
23 2022: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
24 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
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1 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE
4 SEC. 10503. Notwithstanding any other provision of
5 law, funds made available under each heading in this title
6 shall only be used for the purposes specifically described
7 under that heading.
8 TITLE VI
9 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
10 MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE
11 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-
13 port’’, $178,000,000, for the purchase of personal protec-
14 tive equipment and related supplies for components of the
15 Department of Homeland Security to prevent, prepare for,
16 and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount
17 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
18 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
19 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
20 1985.
21 TRANSPORTATION AND SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
22 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-
24 port’’, $100,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
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1 tation at airport security checkpoints; of which
2 $26,000,000 is for overtime and travel costs for Transpor-
3 tation Security Officers; and of which $20,000,000 is for
4 the purchase of explosive trace detection swabs: Provided,
5 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
6 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
8 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 COAST GUARD
10 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-
12 port’’, $141,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
13 to coronavirus through activation of Coast Guard Reserve
14 personnel under section 12302 of title 10, United States
15 Code and for purchases to increase the capability and ca-
16 pacity of information technology systems and infrastruc-
17 ture to support telework and remote access: Provided,
18 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
19 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
21 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
2 AGENCY
3 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-
5 port’’, $14,400,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
6 to coronavirus through interagency critical infrastructure
7 coordination and related activities: Provided, That such
8 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
9 emergency requirement pursuant to section
10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
11 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
13 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-
15 port’’, $45,000,000, for facilities and information tech-
16 nology to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
17 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
18 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
19 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
20 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Assistance’’,
23 $200,000,000, for the emergency food and shelter pro-
24 gram under title III of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
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1 notwithstanding sections 315 and 316(b) of such Act,
2 funds made available under this section shall be disbursed
3 by the Emergency Food and Shelter Program National
4 Board not later than 30 days after the date on which such
5 funds become available: Provided further, That such funds
6 may be used to reimburse jurisdictions or local recipient
7 organizations for costs incurred in providing services on
8 or after January 1, 2020: Provided further, That such
9 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
10 emergency requirement pursuant to section
11 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
12 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Assistance’’,
14 to supplement funds otherwise available for the ‘‘Assist-
15 ance to Firefighters Grants’’ $100,000,000, to remain
16 available until September 30, 2021, for the purchase of
17 personal protective equipment and related supplies to pre-
18 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided,
19 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
20 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
22 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
23 DISASTER RELIEF FUND
24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief
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1 pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
2 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
3 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
4 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
6 SEC. 10601. Notwithstanding any other provision of
7 law, funds made available under each heading in this title,
8 except for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—
9 Disaster Relief Fund’’, shall only be used for the purposes
10 specifically described under that heading.
11 SEC. 10602. (a) Assistance provided under the emer-
12 gency declaration issued by the President on March 13,
13 2020, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. Staf-
14 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42
15 U.S.C. 5121–5207), and under any subsequent major dec-
16 laration under section 401 of such Act that supersedes
17 such emergency declaration, shall be at a 100 percent
18 Federal cost share.
19 (b) Amounts repurposed under this section that were
20 previously designated by the Congress, respectively, as an
21 emergency requirement or as being for disaster relief pur-
22 suant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
23 Control Act are designated by the Congress as being for
24 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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1 Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief
2 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget
3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 SEC. 10603. Notwithstanding any other provision of
5 law, any amounts appropriated for ‘‘Department of Home-
6 land Security—Federal Emergency Management Agen-
7 cy—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in this Act are available only
8 for the purposes for which they were appropriated.
9 SEC. 10604. (a) For calendar year 2020 and calendar
10 year 2021, any provision of law limiting the aggregate
11 amount of premium pay or overtime payable on a biweekly
12 or calendar year basis, or establishing an aggregate limita-
13 tion on pay, shall not apply to any premium pay or over-
14 time that is funded, either directly or through reimburse-
15 ment, by the ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—
16 Disaster Relief Fund’’ related to an emergency or major
17 disaster declared in calendar year 2020.
18 (b) Pay exempted from otherwise applicable limits
19 under this section shall not cause the aggregate pay for
20 the calendar year to exceed the rate of basic pay payable
21 for a position at level II of the Executive Schedule under
22 section 5313 of title 5, United States Code.
23 (c) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, an
24 Executive agency shall not be liable for damages, fees, in-
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1 ring prior to the date of enactment of this Act in payments
2 made pursuant to this section.
3 (d) This section shall take effect as if enacted on De-
4 cember 31, 2019.
5 (e) Amounts repurposed under this section that were
6 previously designated by the Congress, respectively, as an
7 emergency requirement or as being for disaster relief pur-
8 suant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
9 Control Act are designated by the Congress as being for
10 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
11 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
12 Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief
13 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget
14 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 SEC. 10605. The Secretary of Homeland Security,
16 under the authority granted under section 205(b) of the
17 REAL ID Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–13; 49 U.S.C.
18 30301 note) shall extend the deadline by which States are
19 required to meet the driver license and identification card
20 issuance requirements under section 202(a)(1) of such Act
21 until not earlier than September 30, 2021.
22 SEC. 10606. (a) For the emergency declared on
23 March 13, 2020, by the President under section 501 of
24 the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
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1 sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191) the President may provide
2 assistance for—
3 (1) activities, costs, and purchases of State and local
4 jurisdictions including—
5 (A) activities eligible for assistance under sec-
6 tions 301, 415, 416, and 426 of the Robert T. Staf-
7 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act
8 (42 U.S.C. 5141, 5182, 5183, 5189d);
9 (B) backfill costs for first responders and other
10 essential employees who are ill or quarantined;
11 (C) increased operating costs for essential gov-
12 ernment services due to such emergency, including
13 costs for implementing continuity plans;
14 (D) costs of providing guidance and information
15 to the public and for call centers to disseminate such
16 guidance and information;
17 (E) costs associated with establishing virtual
18 services;
19 (F) costs for establishing and operating remote
20 test sites;
21 (G) training provided specifically in anticipation
22 of or in response to the event on which such emer-
23 gency declaration is predicated;
24 (H) personal protective equipment and other
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1 (I) public health and medical supplies; and
2 (2) activities and costs of nonprofit organizations in-
3 cluding—
4 (A) operating and equipment costs for blood do-
5 nation activities, including personnel costs; and
6 (B) establishing and operating public call cen-
7 ters in support of government operations, including
8 personnel costs.
9 (b) The activities specified in subsection (a) may also
10 be eligible for assistance under any major disaster de-
11 clared by the President under section 401 of such Act that
12 supersedes the emergency declaration described in such
13 subsection.
14 (c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to make
15 ineligible any assistance that would otherwise be eligible
16 under section 502 of such Act.
17 SEC. 10607. (a) During the public health emergency
18 declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health
19 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect to the COVID–
20 19 pandemic, the Secretary of Homeland Security, Sec-
21 retary of State, Attorney General or Secretary of Labor,
22 as appropriate, shall temporarily suspend or modify any
23 procedural requirement with which an applicant, peti-
24 tioner, or other person or entity must otherwise comply
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1 101(a)(17) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
2 U.S.C. 1101(a)(17)), or any regulation pertaining thereto,
3 when necessary to—
4 (1) promote government efficiency;
5 (2) ensure the timely and fair adjudication of
6 applications or petitions;
7 (3) prevent hardship to applicants, petitioners,
8 beneficiaries, or other persons or entities, including
9 by granting automatic or other extensions or renew-
10 als when necessary to protect individuals from lapses
11 in status or work authorization; or
12 (4) protect the public interest.
13 (b) Notwithstanding any other provision law, the re-
14 quirements of chapter 5 of title 5, U.S. Code (commonly
15 known as the Administrative Procedure Act), or any other
16 law relating to rulemaking, information collection or publi-
17 cation in the Federal Register shall not apply to any ac-
18 tion taken under the authority of this section.
19 (c) SPECIFIC AUTHORITY FOR EXPIRING STATUSES
20 OR WORK AUTHORIZATION.—Notwithstanding any provi-
21 sion of the Immigration and Nationality Act or any other
22 provision of law, with respect to any alien whose status,
23 whether permanent, temporary, or deferred, or employ-
24 ment authorization has expired within the 30 days pre-
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1 by the later of one year from the date of enactment of
2 this act or 90 days from the rescission of the March 13,
3 2020, Presidential Proclamation declaring a national
4 emergency, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall
5 automatically extend such status or work authorization for
6 the same time period as the alien’s status or work author-
7 ization.
8 (d) The amounts made available by this section are
9 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
10 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
11 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
12 SEC. 10608. (a) Amounts provided for ‘‘Coast
13 Guard—Operations and Support’’ in the Consolidated Ap-
14 propriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–93) may be avail-
15 able for pay and benefits of Coast Guard Yard and Vessel
16 Documentation personnel, Non-Appropriated Funds per-
17 sonnel, and for Morale, Welfare and Recreation Programs.
18 (b) Any amounts repurposed under subsection (a)
19 that were previously designated by the Congress as an
20 emergency requirement or as being for Overseas Contin-
21 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
22 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
23 of 1985 are designated by the Congress as being for an
24 emergency requirement pursuant to section
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1 Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as for Overseas Contin-
2 gency Operations/Global War on Terrorism pursuant to
3 section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and
4 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 TITLE VII—INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND
6 RELATED AGENCIES
7 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
8 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
9 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian
12 Programs’’, $453,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
13 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
14 coronavirus, including to support public safety and justice
15 programs, welfare and social service programs (including
16 assistance to individuals), and for aid to Tribal govern-
17 ments: Provided, That of such sums, funds may be used
18 for executive direction to carry out cleaning of facilities,
19 to purchase personal protective equipment, and to obtain
20 information technology: Provided further, That the limita-
21 tion on welfare assistance funds included in the matter
22 preceding the first proviso under this heading in the Fur-
23 ther Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law
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1 grams in this paragraph: Provided further, That assistance
2 received hereunder shall not be included in the calculation
3 of funds received by those Tribal governments who partici-
4 pate in the ‘‘Small and Needy’’ program: Provided further,
5 That amounts provided under this heading in this Act may
6 be made available for distribution through Tribal priority
7 allocations for Tribal response and capacity building ac-
8 tivities related to the purposes identified under this head-
9 ing in this Act: Provided further, That such amounts, if
10 transferred to Tribes and Tribal organizations under the
11 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act:
12 (1) will be transferred on a one-time basis, (2) are non-
13 recurring funds that are not part of the amount required
14 by 25 U.S.C. 5325, and (3) may only be used for the pur-
15 poses identified under this heading in this Act, notwith-
16 standing any other provision of law: Provided further, That
17 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
18 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
20 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION
22 OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian
24 Education Programs’’, $69,000,000, to remain available
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1 spond to coronavirus, including, in addition to amounts
2 otherwise available, support for Tribally-Controlled Col-
3 leges and Universities, salaries, transportation, and infor-
4 mation technology: Provided, That of the amounts pro-
5 vided in this paragraph, not less than $20,000,000 shall
6 be for Tribally-Controlled Colleges and Universities: Pro-
7 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
8 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
9 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
11 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
12 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
13 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS
14 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Departmental Oper-
16 ations’’ for necessary expenses to prevent, preapre for, and
17 respond to coronavirus, $158,400,000, to remain available
18 until September 30, 2021: Provided, That the amounts
19 made available in this paragraph shall be used to absorb
20 increased operational costs associated with the coronavirus
21 outbreak including but not limited to: purchase of equip-
22 ment and supplies to disinfect and clean buildings and
23 public areas, support law enforcement and emergency
24 management operations, biosurveillance of wildlife and en-
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1 special pay expenses, and for other response, mitigation,
2 or recovery activities associated with the coronavirus out-
3 break: Provided further, That the amounts made available
4 by this paragraph may be transferred between the Office
5 of the Secretary and any Department of the Interior com-
6 ponent bureau or office that received funding in division
7 D of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
8 (Public Law 116–94): Provided further, That concurrent
9 with any such transfer the Secretary shall notify the
10 House and Senate Committees on Appropriations in writ-
11 ing and provide a detailed description of and justification
12 for each transfer: Provided further, That as soon as prac-
13 ticable after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
14 retary shall transfer $1,000,000 to the Office of the In-
15 spector General, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account for
16 oversight activities related to the implementation of pro-
17 grams, activities, or projects funded herein: Provided fur-
18 ther, That expenditure of amounts made available herein
19 may be made through direct expenditure or cooperative
20 agreement: Provided further, That such amount is des-
21 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
22 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
23 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 INSULAR AFFAIRS
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance to Terri-
3 tories’’, $55,000,000, to remain available until September
4 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
5 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for territorial
6 assistance, specifically for general technical assistance:
7 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
8 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
9 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
11 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
12 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Science and Tech-
14 nology’’, $2,250,000, to remain available until September
15 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
16 coronavirus, of which $750,000 shall be for necessary ex-
17 penses for cleaning and disinfecting equipment or facilities
18 of, or for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency,
19 and $1,500,000 shall be for research on methods to reduce
20 the risks from environmental transmission of coronavirus
21 via contaminated surfaces or materials: Provided, That
22 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
23 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental Pro-
5 grams and Management’’, $3,910,000, to remain available
6 until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
7 spond to coronavirus, of which $2,410,000 shall be for
8 necessary expenses for cleaning and disinfecting equip-
9 ment or facilities of, or for use by, the Environmental Pro-
10 tection Agency, and operational continuity of Environ-
11 mental Protection Agency programs and related activities,
12 and $1,500,000 shall be for expediting registration and
13 other actions related to pesticides to address coronavirus:
14 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
15 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
16 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
17 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili-
20 ties’’, $300,000, to remain available until September 30,
21 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
22 Provided, That such funds shall be for necessary expenses
23 for cleaning and disinfecting equipment or facilities of, or
24 for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency: Pro-
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1 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
2 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Hazardous Substance
6 Superfund’’, $770,000, to remain available until Sep-
7 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
8 coronavirus: Provided, That such funds shall be for nec-
9 essary expenses for cleaning and disinfecting equipment
10 or facilities of, or for use by, the Environmental Protection
11 Agency: Provided further, That such amount is designated
12 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
13 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
14 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
16 FOREST SERVICE
17 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH
18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Forest and Rangeland
19 Research’’, $3,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
20 tember 30, 2021, for the reestablishment of abandoned or
21 failed experiments associated with coronavirus restric-
22 tions: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
23 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
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1 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM
4 For an additional amount for‘‘National Forest Sys-
5 tem’’, $33,800,000, to remain available until September
6 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
7 coronavirus, including for personal protective equipment,
8 for cleaning and disinfecting public recreation amenities,
9 and for necessary expenses related to cybersecurity, the
10 provision of telework ready equipment, and Information
11 Technology help desk personnel: Provided, That such
12 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
13 emergency requirement pursuant to section
14 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
15 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
16 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Improvement
18 and Maintenance’’, $26,800,000, to remain available until
19 September 30, 2021, for necessary expenses related to cy-
20 bersecurity, the provision of telework ready equipment,
21 and Information Technology help desk personnel, and for
22 the cleaning, disinfecting, and janitorial services to pre-
23 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided,
24 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man-
5 agement’’ to supplement amounts otherwise available for
6 Preparedness, $7,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
7 tember 30, 2021, for personal protective equipment and
8 necessary expenses of first responders to prevent, prepare
9 for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such
10 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
11 emergency requirement pursuant to section
12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
13 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
14 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
15 SERVICES
16 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
17 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Indian Health Serv-
19 ices’’, $1,032,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
20 tember 30, 2021, for preparedness, response, surveillance,
21 and health service activities for coronavirus, including for
22 public health support, electronic health record moderniza-
23 tion, telehealth and other IT upgrades, Purchased/Re-
24 ferred care, Catastrophic Health Emergency Fund, com-
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1 tions, Tribal Epidemiology Centers, and other activities to
2 protect the safety of patients and staff: Provided, That
3 none of the funds appropriated by this Act to the Indian
4 Health Service for the Electronic Health Record system
5 shall be made available for obligation to execute a Request
6 for Proposal for selection of core components appropriate
7 to support the initial capacity of the system unless the
8 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
9 atives and the Senate have been briefed 90 days in ad-
10 vance of such execution of a Request for Proposal: Pro-
11 vided further, That of the amount provided in this para-
12 graph, not less than $450,000,000 shall be distributed
13 through Tribal shares and contracts with Urban Indian
14 Organizations: Provided further, That any amounts pro-
15 vided in this paragraph not allocated pursuant to the pre-
16 ceding proviso shall be allocated at the discretion of the
17 Director of the Indian Health Service: Provided further,
18 That such amounts may be used to supplement amounts
19 otherwise available under ‘‘Indian Health Facilities’’: Pro-
20 vided further, That such amounts, if transferred to Tribes
21 and Tribal organizations under the Indian Self-Deter-
22 mination and Education Assistance Act, will be trans-
23 ferred on a one-time basis and that these non-recurring
24 funds are not part of the amount required by 25 U.S.C.
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1 purposes identified under this heading notwithstanding
2 any other provision of law: Provided further, That such
3 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
4 emergency requirement pursuant to section
5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
6 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE
8 REGISTRY
9 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC
10 HEALTH
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Toxic Substances and
12 Environmental Public Health’’, $12,500,000, to remain
13 available until September 30, 2021, to monitor, prevent,
14 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and other emerg-
15 ing infectious diseases, domestically or internationally; of
16 which $7,500,000 shall be for necessary expenses of the
17 Geospatial Research, Analysis and Services Program
18 (GRASP) to support spatial analysis and GIS mapping
19 of infectious disease hot spots, including cruise ships; and
20 $5,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for awards for
21 Pediatric Environmental Health Specialties Units and
22 state health departments to provide guidance and outreach
23 on safe practices for home, school, and daycare facilities
24 disinfection for facilities that have experienced or want to
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1 cases: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
2 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
3 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
4 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA
6 NATIVE CULTURE
7 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE
8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to the Insti-
9 tute’’, $78,000, to remain available until September 30,
10 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
11 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
12 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
13 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
18 penses’’, $7,500,000, to remain available until September
19 30, 2021, for cleaning, security, information technology,
20 and staff overtime, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
21 to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated
22 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
23 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
24 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING
2 ARTS
3 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Main-
5 tenance’’, $35,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
6 tember 30, 2021, for operations and maintenance require-
7 ments related to the consequences of coronavirus: Pro-
8 vided, That notwithstanding the provisions of 20 U.S.C.
9 76h et seq., funds provided in this Act shall be made avail-
10 able to cover operating expenses required to ensure the
11 continuity of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Per-
12 forming Arts and its affiliates, including for employee
13 compensation and benefits, grants, contracts, payments
14 for rent or utilities, fees for artists or performers, informa-
15 tion technology, and other administrative expenses: Pro-
16 vided further, That no later than October 31, 2020, the
17 Board of Trustees of the Center shall submit a report to
18 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
19 resentatives and Senate that includes a detailed expla-
20 nation of the distribution of the funds provided herein:
21 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
22 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
23 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
24 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND THE
2 HUMANITIES
3 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
4 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants and Adminis-
6 tration’’, $300,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
7 tember 30, 2021, for grants to respond to the impacts of
8 coronavirus: Provided, That such funds are available
9 under the same terms and conditions as grant funding ap-
10 propriated to this heading in P.L. 116–94: Provided fur-
11 ther, That 40 percent of such funds shall be distributed
12 to State arts agencies and regional arts organizations and
13 60 percent of such funds shall be for direct grants: Pro-
14 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
15 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
16 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
17 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
19 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants and Adminis-
21 tration’’, $300,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
22 tember 30, 2021, for grants to respond to the impacts of
23 coronavirus: Provided, That such funds are available
24 under the same terms and conditions as grant funding ap-
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1 vided further, That 40 percent of such funds shall be dis-
2 tributed to state humanities councils and 60 percent of
3 such funds shall be for direct grants: Provided further,
4 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
5 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
6 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
7 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
8 GENERAL PROVISIONS
9 SEC. 10701. Notwithstanding any other provision of
10 law, funds made available under the heading ‘‘National
11 Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities—National
12 Endowment for the Arts—Grants and Administration’’ for
13 each of fiscal years 2019 and 2020 for grants for the pur-
14 poses described in section 5(c) of the National Foundation
15 on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
16 954(c)) may also be used by the recipients of such grants
17 for purposes of the general operations of such recipients
18 and the matching requirements under subsections (e),
19 (g)(4)(A), and (p)(3) of section 5 of the National Founda-
20 tion on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
21 954) may be waived with respect to such grants.
22 SEC. 10702. Notwithstanding any other provision of
23 law, funds made available under the heading ‘‘National
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1 Endowment for the Humanities—Grants and Administra-
2 tion’’ for each of fiscal years 2019 and 2020 for grants
3 for the purposes described in section 7(c) and 7(h)(1) of
4 the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act
5 of 1965 may also be used by the recipients of such grants
6 for purposes of the general operations of such recipients
7 and the matching requirements under subsection
8 (h)(2)(A) of section 7 of the National Foundation on the
9 Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 may be waived with re-
10 spect to such grants.
11 TITLE VIII—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR,
12 HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDU-
13 CATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES
14 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
15 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
16 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ-
18 ment Services’’, $960,000,000, to remain available until
19 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
20 to coronavirus through activities under the Workforce In-
21 novation and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as
22 ‘‘WIOA’’) as follows:
23 (1) $212,000,000 for grants to States for adult
24 employment and training activities, including sup-
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1 (2) $227,000,000 for grants to States for youth
2 activities, including supportive services;
3 (3) $261,000,000 for grants to States for dis-
4 located worker employment and training activities,
5 including supportive services and needs-related pay-
6 ments;
7 (4) $250,000,000 for the Dislocated Worker
8 Assistance National Reserve, of which $150,000,000
9 shall be for the Strengthening Community College
10 Training Grant program as outlined under the head-
11 ing ‘‘Training and Employment Services’’ in para-
12 graph (2)(A)(ii) of title I of division A of Public Law
13 116–94 to assist community colleges in meeting the
14 educational and training needs of their communities
15 as a result of coronavirus;
16 (5) $10,000,000 for Migrant and Seasonal
17 Farmworker programs, including for emergency sup-
18 portive services to farmworkers, of which $500,000
19 shall be available for the collection and dissemina-
20 tion of electronic and printed materials related to
21 coronavirus:
22 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
23 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
24 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
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1 JOB CORPS
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Job Corps’’,
3 $100,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
4 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
5 including for student services: Provided, That such
6 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
7 emergency requirement pursuant to section
8 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
9 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT
11 SERVICE OPERATIONS
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘State Unemployment
13 and Insurance and Employment Service Operations’’,
14 $150,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
15 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus
16 through grants to States in accordance with section 6 of
17 the Wagner-Peyser Act: Provided, That such amount is
18 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
19 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
20 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER
22 AMERICANS
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Service
24 Employment for Older Americans’’, $120,000,000, to re-
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1 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That
2 funds made available under this heading in this Act may,
3 in accordance with section 517(c) of the Older Americans
4 Act of 1965, be recaptured and reobligated: Provided fur-
5 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
6 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
8 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Administra-
11 tion’’, $15,000,000, to remain available until September
12 30, 2020, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
13 coronavirus, including for the administration, oversight,
14 and coordination of unemployment insurance activities re-
15 lated thereto: Provided, That such amount is designated
16 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
17 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
18 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Employee Benefits
22 Security Administration’’, $3,000,000, to remain available
23 until September 30, 2020, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
24 spond to coronavirus, including for the administration,
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1 related thereto: Provided, That such amount is designated
2 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
3 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
4 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION
6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Wage and Hour Divi-
8 sion’’, $6,500,000, to remain available until September
9 30, 2020, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
10 coronavirus, including for the administration, oversight,
11 and coordination of worker protection activities related
12 thereto: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
13 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
14 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
15 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
16 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Occupational Safety
19 and Health Administration’’, $30,000,000, to remain
20 available until September 30, 2021, for worker protection
21 activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
22 coronavirus: Provided, That of that amount, $10,000,000
23 shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants: Pro-
24 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
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1 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
4 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
7 General’’, $1,500,000, to remain available until September
8 30, 2022, for oversight of activities supported with funds
9 appropriated to the Department of Labor: Provided, That
10 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
11 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
13 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
14 VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Veterans Employment
16 and Training,’’ $15,000,000, to remain available through
17 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
18 to coronavirus, including for programs to assist homeless
19 veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness: Provided,
20 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
21 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
23 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
2 SERVICES
3 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
4 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Primary Health
6 Care’’, $1,300,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
7 tember 30, 2021, for necessary expenses to prevent, pre-
8 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, for grants and coop-
9 erative agreements under the Health Centers Program, as
10 defined by section 330 of the Public Health Service Act,
11 and for eligible entities under the Native Hawaiian Health
12 Care Improvement Act, including maintenance of current
13 health care center capacity and staffing levels: Provided,
14 That sections 330(r)(2)(B), 330(e)(6)(A)(iii), and
15 330(e)(6)(B)(iii) shall not apply to funds provided under
16 this heading in this Act: Provided further, That such
17 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
18 emergency requirement pursuant to section
19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
20 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM
22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Ryan White HIV/
23 AIDS Program’’, $90,000,000, to remain available
24 through September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and
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1 provided under this heading in this Act shall be through
2 modifications to existing contracts and supplements to ex-
3 isting grants and cooperative agreements under parts A,
4 B, C, D, F, and section 2692(a) of title XXVI of the Pub-
5 lic Health Service Act: Provided further, That such supple-
6 ments shall be awarded using a data-driven methodology
7 determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
8 ices: Provided further, That sections 2604(c), 2612(b), and
9 2651(c) of the Public Health Service Act shall not apply
10 to funds provided under this heading in this Act: Provided
11 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
12 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
13 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS
16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Care Sys-
17 tems’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until September
18 30, 2021 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
19 coronavirus, for activities authorized under sections 1271
20 and 1273 of the Public Health Service Act to improve the
21 capacity of poison control centers to respond to increased
22 calls and communications: Provided, That such amount is
23 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
24 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
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1 RURAL HEALTH
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural Health’’,
3 $460,000,000, to remain available through September 30,
4 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
5 including telephonic and virtual care for the underinsured,
6 and for continuation and expansion of telehealth and rural
7 health activities under sections 330A and 330I of the Pub-
8 lic Health Service Act and section 711 of the Social Secu-
9 rity Act: Provided, That of the amount provided under this
10 heading in this Act, not less than $15,000,000 shall be
11 allocated to tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian
12 health organizations, or health service providers to tribes:
13 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
14 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
15 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
16 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
17 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
18 CDC–WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘CDC–Wide Activities
20 and Program Support’’, $5,500,000,000, to remain avail-
21 able until September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for,
22 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation-
23 ally: Provided, That not less than $2,000,000,000 of the
24 amount provided shall be for grants to or cooperative
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1 organizations, urban Indian health organizations, or
2 health service providers to tribes, for such purposes includ-
3 ing to carry out surveillance, epidemiology, laboratory ca-
4 pacity, infection control, mitigation, communications, and
5 other preparedness and response activities: Provided fur-
6 ther, That every grantee that received a Public Health
7 Emergency Preparedness grant for fiscal year 2019 shall
8 receive not less than 100 percent of that grant level from
9 funds provided in the first proviso under this heading in
10 this Act, and not less than $125,000,000 of such funds
11 shall be allocated to tribes, tribal organizations, urban In-
12 dian health organizations, or health service providers to
13 tribes: Provided further, That the Director of the Centers
14 for Disease Control and Prevention (‘‘CDC’’) may satisfy
15 the funding thresholds outlined in the preceding two pro-
16 visos by making awards through other grant or coopera-
17 tive agreement mechanisms: Provided further, That of the
18 amount provided under this heading in this Act, not less
19 than $1,000,000,000 shall be for global disease detection
20 and emergency response: Provided further, That of the
21 amount provided under this heading in this Act,
22 $500,000,000 shall be for public health data surveillance
23 and analytics infrastructure modernization: Provided fur-
24 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading in this
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1 acquisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non-
2 Federally owned facilities to improve preparedness and re-
3 sponse capability at the State and local level: Provided fur-
4 ther, That funds may be used for purchase and insurance
5 of official motor vehicles in foreign countries: Provided fur-
6 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
7 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
8 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
9 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
11 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Heart, Lung,
13 and Blood Institute’’, $103,400,000, to remain available
14 until September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
15 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro-
16 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
17 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
18 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
19 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS
21 DISEASES
22 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of
23 Allergy and Infectious Diseases’’, $550,000,000, to re-
24 main available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, pre-
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1 internationally: Provided, That such amount is designated
2 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
3 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
4 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
6 SCIENCES
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of
8 Environmental Health Sciences’’, $10,000,000, to remain
9 available until September 30, 2024, for worker-based
10 training to prevent and reduce exposure of hospital em-
11 ployees, emergency first responders, and other workers
12 who are at risk of exposure to coronavirus through their
13 work duties: Provided, That such amount is designated by
14 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
15 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
16 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
17 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND
18 BIOENGINEERING
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of
20 Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering’’, $60,000,000, to
21 remain available until September 30, 2024, to prevent,
22 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or
23 internationally: Provided, That such amount is designated
24 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
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1 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
2 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Library of
5 Medicine’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
6 tember 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
7 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided,
8 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
9 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
11 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL
13 SCIENCES
14 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Center for
15 Advancing Translational Sciences’’, $36,000,000, to re-
16 main available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, pre-
17 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or
18 internationally: Provided, That such amount is designated
19 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
20 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
21 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
22 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Direc-
24 tor’’, $30,000,000, to remain available until September
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1 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided,
2 That the funds provided under this heading in this Act
3 shall be available for the Common Fund established under
4 section 402A(c)(1) of the Public Health Service Act: Pro-
5 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
6 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
7 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
10 ADMINISTRATION
11 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Surveillance
13 and Program Support’’, $435,000,000, to remain avail-
14 able until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for,
15 and respond to coronavirus, for program support and
16 cross-cutting activities that supplement activities funded
17 under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse
18 Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’ in car-
19 rying out titles III, V, and XIX of the Public Health Serv-
20 ice Act (‘‘PHS Act’’): Provided, That $200,000,000 of the
21 funds made available under this heading in this Act shall
22 be for grants to communities and community organiza-
23 tions who meet criteria for Certified Community Behav-
24 ioral Health Clinics pursuant to section 223(a) of Public
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1 funds made available under this heading in this Act shall
2 be for services to the homeless population: Provided fur-
3 ther, That $10,000,000 of the funds made available under
4 this heading in this Act shall be for the National Child
5 Traumatic Stress Network: Provided further, That not less
6 than $50,000,000 of the funds made available under this
7 heading in this Act shall be for suicide prevention pro-
8 grams: Provided further, That not less than $100,000,000
9 of the amount made available under this heading in this
10 Act is available for State Emergency Response Grants au-
11 thorized under section 501(o) of the PHS Act: Provided
12 further, That not less than $15,000,000 of the amount
13 made available under this heading in this Act shall be allo-
14 cated to tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian health
15 organizations, or health or behavioral health service pro-
16 viders to tribes: Provided further, That such amount is
17 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
18 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
19 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Healthcare Research
22 and Quality’’, $80,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
23 tember 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
24 coronavirus, to carry out titles III and IX of the Public
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1 rity Act, and section 1013 of the Medicare Prescription
2 Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003: Pro-
3 vided, That section 947(c) of the Public Health Service
4 Act shall not apply to funds made available under this
5 heading in this Act: Provided further, That such amount
6 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
7 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
8 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
9 1985.
10 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES
11 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Manage-
13 ment’’, $550,000,000, to remain available until September
14 30, 2022 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
15 coronavirus, of which $100,000,000 shall be for necessary
16 expenses of the survey and certification program,
17 prioritizing nursing home facilities in localities with com-
18 munity transmission of coronavirus: Provided, That such
19 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
20 emergency requirement pursuant to section
21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
22 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
2 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Low Income Home
4 Energy Assistance’’, $1,400,000,000, to remain available
5 until September 30, 2021, for making payments under
6 subsection (b) of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home
7 Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.):
8 Provided, That of the amount provided under this heading
9 in this Act, $700,000,000 shall be allocated as though the
10 total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 2020
11 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That sec-
12 tion 2607(b)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(2)(B))
13 shall not apply to funds made available under this heading
14 in this Act: Provided further, That such amount is des-
15 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
16 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
17 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND
19 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States
21 for the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’,
22 $6,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
23 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
24 including for Federal administrative expenses, which shall
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1 Tribal general revenue funds for child care assistance for
2 low-income families without regard to requirements in sec-
3 tion 658E(c)(3)(D), section 658E(c)(3)(E), section
4 658G(a), or section 658G(c) of the Child Care and Devel-
5 opment Block Grant Act (‘‘CCDBG Act’’): Provided, That
6 funds made available under this heading in this Act may
7 also be used for costs of waiving family copayments and
8 covering costs typically paid through family copayments,
9 continued payments and assistance to child care providers
10 in cases of decreased enrollment, child absences, or pro-
11 vider closures related to coronavirus, and to ensure child
12 care providers are able to remain open or reopen as appro-
13 priate and applicable: Provided further, That States, Ter-
14 ritories, and Tribes are encouraged to place conditions on
15 payments to child care providers that ensure that child
16 care providers use a portion of funds received to continue
17 to pay the salaries and wages of staff: Provided further,
18 That such funds may be used for mobilizing emergency
19 child care services, for providing temporary assistance to
20 eligible child care providers to support costs associated
21 with coronavirus, and for supporting child care resource
22 and referral services: Provided further, That States, Terri-
23 tories, and Tribes are authorized to use funds appro-
24 priated under this heading to provide child care assistance
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1 sanitation workers, and other workers deemed essential
2 during the response to coronavirus by public officials,
3 without regard to the income eligibility requirements of
4 section 658P(4) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further,
5 That the Secretary shall remind States that CCDBG State
6 plans do not need to be amended prior to utilizing existing
7 authorities in the CCDBG Act for the purposes provided
8 herein: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
9 this heading in this Act shall be available to eligible child
10 care providers under section 658P(6) of the CCDBG Act,
11 even if such providers were not receiving CCDBG assist-
12 ance prior to the public health emergency as a result of
13 the coronavirus, for the purposes of cleaning and sanita-
14 tion, and other activities necessary to maintain or resume
15 the operation of programs: Provided further, That obliga-
16 tions incurred for the purposes provided herein prior to
17 the date of enactment of this Act may be charged to funds
18 appropriated under this heading in this Act: Provided fur-
19 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
20 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
22 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families
3 Services Programs’’, $5,202,000,000, to remain available
4 until September 30, 2021, which shall be used as follows:
5 (1) $1,000,000,000 for making payments under
6 the Head Start Act to be allocated in an amount
7 that bears the same ratio to such portion as the
8 number of enrolled children served by the agency in-
9 volved bears to the number of enrolled children by
10 all Head Start agencies: Provided, That none of the
11 funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be in-
12 cluded in the calculation of the ‘‘base grant’’ in sub-
13 sequent fiscal years, as such term is defined in sec-
14 tions 640(a)(7)(A), 641A(h)(1)(B), or 645(d)(3) of
15 the Head Start Act: Provided further, That funds
16 appropriated in this paragraph are not subject to
17 the allocation requirements of section 640(a) of the
18 Head Start Act and in addition to allowable uses of
19 fund in 45 CFR 1301–1305, shall be allowable for
20 developing and implementing procedures and sys-
21 tems to improve the coordination, preparedness and
22 response efforts with State, local, tribal, an terri-
23 torial public health departments, and other relevant
24 agencies; cost of meals and snacks not reimbursed
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1 ices and supports; mental health crisis response and
2 intervention services; training and professional devel-
3 opment for staff on infectious disease management;
4 purchasing necessary supplies and contracted serv-
5 ices to sanitize and clean facilities and vehicles, if
6 applicable; and other costs that are necessary to
7 maintain and resume the operation of programs,
8 such as substitute staff, technology infrastructure,
9 or other emergency assistance: Provided further,
10 That up to $600,000,000 shall be available for the
11 purpose of operating supplemental summer pro-
12 grams through non-competitive grant supplements to
13 existing grantees determined to be most ready to op-
14 erate those programs by the Office of Head Start:
15 Provided further, That not more than $15,000,000
16 shall be available for Federal administrative ex-
17 penses and shall remain available through Sep-
18 tember 30, 2021: Provided further, That obligations
19 incurred for the purposes provided herein prior to
20 the date of enactment of this subdivision may be
21 charged to funds appropriated under this heading.
22 (2) $2,500,000,000 for activities to carry out
23 the Community Services Block Grant Act: Provided,
24 That of the amount made available in this para-
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1 Statewide activities in accordance with section
2 675C(b)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That of
3 the amount made available in this paragraph in this
4 Act, $25,000,000 shall be available for grants to
5 support the procurement and distribution of diapers
6 through non-profit organizations: Provided further,
7 That of the amount made available in this para-
8 graph in this Act, $25,000,000 shall be available for
9 administrative expenses in accordance with section
10 675C(b)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That each
11 State, territory, or tribe shall allocate not less than
12 xx percent of its formula award to non-profit organi-
13 zations: Provided further, That for services furnished
14 under such Act during fiscal years 2020 and 2021,
15 States may apply the last sentence of section 673(2)
16 of such Act by substituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125
17 percent’’.
18 (3) $2,000,000, for the National Domestic Vio-
19 lence Hotline as authorized by Section 303(b) of the
20 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: Pro-
21 vided, That the Secretary may use amounts made
22 available in the preceding proviso for providing hot-
23 line services remotely.
24 (4) $100,000,000 for Family Violence Preven-
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1 Section 303(a) of the Family Violence and Preven-
2 tion and Services Act: Provided, That the Secretary
3 may use amounts made available in the preceding
4 proviso for providing temporary housing and in-per-
5 son assistance to victims of family, domestic, and
6 dating violence: Provided further, That for funds ob-
7 ligated during the period of any public health emer-
8 gency declared under section 319 of the Public
9 Health Service Act with respect to coronavirus, the
10 Secretary may waive the matching funds require-
11 ment in section 306(c)(4) of such Act.
12 (5) $100,000,000 for carrying out activities
13 under the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act: Pro-
14 vided, That amounts made available in the preceding
15 proviso shall be used to supplement, not supplant,
16 existing funds and shall be available without regard
17 to matching requirements.
18 (6) $1,500,000,000 for necessary expenses for
19 grants for assisting low-income households, as de-
20 fined by the grantee, in paying their water and
21 wastewater utility costs: Provided, That eligible
22 grantees shall be those identified in section 2003 of
23 the Social Security Act, and funds appropriated in
24 this paragraph shall be allocated among such enti-
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1 ties proportionately to the size of the allotment to
2 each such entity under such section;
3 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
4 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
5 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
6 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING
8 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS
9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aging and Disability
10 Services Programs’’, $1,205,000,000, to remain available
11 until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
12 spond to coronavirus: Provided, That of the amount made
13 available under this heading in this Act, $1,070,000,000
14 shall be for activities authorized under the Older Ameri-
15 cans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), including $200,000,000 for
16 supportive services under part B of title III; $720,000,000
17 for nutrition services under subparts 1 and 2 of part C
18 of title III; $30,000,000 for nutrition services under title
19 VI; $100,000,000 for support services for family care-
20 givers under part E of title III; and $20,000,000 for elder
21 rights protection activities, including the long-term om-
22 budsman program under title VII of such Act: Provided
23 further, That of the amount made available under this
24 heading in this Act, $50,000,000 shall be for aging and
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1 and 411 of the OAA: Provided further, That of the amount
2 made available under this heading in this Act,
3 $85,000,000 shall be available for centers for independent
4 living that have received grants funded under part C of
5 chapter I of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973:
6 Provided further, That to facilitate State use of funds pro-
7 vided under this heading in this Act, matching require-
8 ments under sections 304(d)(1)(D) and 373(g)(2) of the
9 OAA shall not apply to funds made available under this
10 heading: Provided further, That the transfer authority
11 under section 308(b)(4)(A) of the OAA shall apply to
12 funds made available under this heading in this Act by
13 substituting ‘‘100 percent’’ for ‘‘40 percent’’: Provided
14 further, That the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman
15 shall have continuing direct access (or other access
16 through the use of technology) to residents of long-term
17 care facilities, during any portion of the public health
18 emergency relating to coronavirus as of the date of enact-
19 ment of this Act and ending on September 30, 2020, to
20 provide services described in section 712(a)(3)(B) of the
21 OAA: Provided further, That such amount is designated
22 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
23 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
24 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
2 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY
3 FUND
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
5 cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $6,077,000,000, to re-
6 main available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, pre-
7 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or
8 internationally, including the development of necessary
9 countermeasures and vaccines, prioritizing platform-based
10 technologies with U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities,
11 the purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and
12 necessary medical supplies, as well as medical surge capac-
13 ity, workforce modernization, enhancements to the U.S.
14 Commissioned Corps, telehealth access and infrastructure,
15 initial advanced manufacturing, and related administra-
16 tive activities: Provided, That no less than $1,000,000,000
17 shall be dedicated to the development, translation and
18 demonstration at scale of innovations in manufacturing
19 platforms to support vitally necessary medical counter-
20 measures to support a reliable U.S.-sourced supply chain
21 of: (a) vaccines, (b) therapeutics, (c) small molecule APIs
22 (active pharmaceutical ingredients), including construc-
23 tion costs: Provided further, That the Secretary of Health
24 and Human Services shall purchase vaccines developed
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1 to respond to an outbreak or pandemic related to
2 coronavirus in quantities determined by the Secretary to
3 be adequate to address the public health need: Provided
4 further, That products purchased by the Federal govern-
5 ment with funds made available under this heading, in-
6 cluding vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics, shall be
7 purchased in accordance with Federal Acquisition Regula-
8 tion guidance on fair and reasonable pricing: Provided fur-
9 ther, That the Secretary may take such measures author-
10 ized under current law to ensure that vaccines, thera-
11 peutics, and diagnostics developed from funds provided in
12 this Act will be affordable in the commercial market Pro-
13 vided further, That in carrying out the preceding proviso,
14 the Secretary shall not take actions that delay the develop-
15 ment of such products: Provided further, That products
16 purchased with funds appropriated in this paragraph may,
17 at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human
18 Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile
19 under section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service Act
20 (‘‘PHS Act’’): Provided further, That funds appropriated
21 under this heading in this Act may be transferred to, and
22 merged with, the fund authorized by section 319F–4, the
23 Covered Countermeasure Process Fund, of the PHS Act:
24 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
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1 struction, alteration, or renovation of non-Federally owned
2 facilities to improve preparedness and response capability
3 at the State and local level: Provided further, That funds
4 appropriated under this heading in this Act may be used
5 for the construction, alteration, or renovation of non-Fed-
6 erally owned facilities for the production of vaccines,
7 therapeutics, and diagnostics where the Secretary deter-
8 mines that such a contract is necessary to secure sufficient
9 amounts of such supplies: Provided further, That of the
10 amount provided under this heading in this Act,
11 $1,635,000,000 shall be for expenses necessary to carry
12 out section 319F–2(a) of the PHS Act: Provided further,
13 That of the amount provided under this heading in this
14 Act, not less than $500,000,000 shall be available to the
15 Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Author-
16 ity for acquisition, construction, or renovation of privately
17 owned U.S.-based next generation manufacturing facili-
18 ties: Provided further, That not later than seven days after
19 the date of enactment of this Act, and weekly thereafter
20 until the Secretary declares the public health emergency
21 related to coronavirus no longer exists, the Secretary shall
22 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
23 of Representatives and the Senate on the current inven-
24 tory of personal protective equipment in the Strategic Na-
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1 gloves, goggles and glasses, gowns, head covers, masks,
2 and respirators, as well as deployment of personal protec-
3 tive equipment during the previous week, reported by state
4 and other jurisdiction: Provided further, That after the
5 date that a report is required to be submitted pursuant
6 to the preceding proviso, amounts made available for ‘‘De-
7 partment of Health and Human Services—Office of the
8 Secretary—General Departmental Management’’ in Pub-
9 lic Law 116–94 for salaries and expenses of the Immediate
10 Office of the Secretary shall be reduced by $250,000 for
11 each day that such report has not been submitted: Pro-
12 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
13 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
14 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
15 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
17 cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $100,000,000,000, to re-
18 main available until expended, for making payments,
19 through grants or other payment mechanisms, to covered
20 entities to cover or reimburse health care related expenses
21 or lost revenues attributable to the COVID–19 outbreak,
22 including such expenses or losses occurring after January
23 20, 2020: Provided, That these funds may not be used
24 to reimburse expenses or losses that have been reimbursed
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1 reimburse: Provided further, That, in this paragraph, the
2 term ‘‘covered entity’’ means an entity that provides med-
3 ical diagnoses or health care services relating to actual or
4 possible cases of COVID–19: Provided further, That the
5 Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, on a roll-
6 ing basis, review applications and make payments under
7 this paragraph and shall prioritize making such payments
8 for charity care furnished, covered entities with high vol-
9 umes of health care related expenses or lost revenues di-
10 rectly attributable to COVID–19, building or construction
11 of temporary structures, leasing of properties, medical
12 supplies and equipment including personal protective
13 equipment and testing supplies, increased workforce and
14 trainings, emergency operation centers, construction of or
15 retrofitting facilities, forgone revenue unlikely to be earned
16 in the future, and surge capacity: Provided further, That
17 no covered entity may be restricted from receiving a pay-
18 ment under this paragraph based on any factor that is
19 unrelated to its qualifications to perform the services re-
20 quired for receipt of the payment: Provided further, That
21 payments under this paragraph shall be made in consider-
22 ation of the most efficient payment systems to provide
23 emergency payment: Provided further, That, in this para-
24 graph, the term ‘‘payment’’ means a pre-payment, pro-
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1 ther, That to be eligible for a payment under this para-
2 graph, a covered entity shall submit to the Secretary of
3 Health and Human Services an application that includes
4 a statement justifying the need of the entity for the pay-
5 ment and the covered entity shall have a valid tax identi-
6 fication number: Provided further, That, not later than 3
7 years after final payments are made under this paragraph,
8 the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall instruct
9 the Office of the Inspector General or Comptroller General
10 of the United States to audit such payments: Provided fur-
11 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
12 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
14 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
16 cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $4,500,000,000, to re-
17 main available until September 30, 2022, to prevent, pre-
18 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, to reimburse the De-
19 partment of Veterans Affairs for expenses incurred by the
20 Veterans Affairs health care system to provide medical
21 care to civilians: Provided, That funds provided under this
22 paragraph shall be made available only if the Secretary
23 of Health and Human Services certifies to the Committees
24 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
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1 partment of Veterans Affairs for expenses incurred to pro-
2 vide health care to civilians: Provided further, That the
3 Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appropriations
4 of the House of Representatives and the Senate prior to
5 such certification: Provided further, That such amount is
6 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
7 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
8 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY FUND
10 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Public Health
11 Emergency Fund’’, $5,000,000,000, to remain available
12 until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
13 coronavirus, to be deposited into the Public Health Emer-
14 gency Fund, as established under section 319(b) of the
15 Public Health Service Act: Provided, That products pur-
16 chased with funds appropriated under this heading in this
17 Act may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and
18 Human Services, be deposited in the Strategic National
19 Stockpile under section 319F–2 of the Public Health Serv-
20 ice Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated
21 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
22 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
23 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 such
24 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
4 STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘State Fiscal Stabiliza-
6 tion Fund’’, $50,000,000,000, to remain available until
7 September 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
8 to coronavirus: Provided, That the Secretary of Education
9 (referred to under this heading as ‘‘Secretary’’) shall make
10 grants to the Governor of each State for support of ele-
11 mentary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, as
12 applicable, early childhood education programs and serv-
13 ices: Provided further, That of the amount made available,
14 the Secretary shall first allocate up to one-half of 1 per-
15 cent to the outlying areas and one-half of 1 percent to
16 the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) for activities con-
17 sistent with this heading under such terms and conditions
18 as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, That
19 of the amount made available, the Secretary shall allocate
20 1 percent of funds to provide grants to States with the
21 highest coronavirus burden to support activities under this
22 heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue
23 a notice inviting applications not later than 30 days of
24 enactment of this Act and approve or deny applications
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1 the Secretary may reserve up to $30,000,000 for adminis-
2 tration and oversight of the activities under this heading:
3 Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 61 per-
4 cent of the remaining funds made available to carry out
5 this heading to the States on the basis of their relative
6 population of individuals aged 5 through 24 and allocate
7 39 percent on the basis of their relative number of children
8 counted under section 1124(c) of the Elementary and Sec-
9 ondary Education Act of 1965 (referred to under this
10 heading as ‘‘ESEA’’) as State grants: Provided further,
11 That State grants shall support statewide elementary, sec-
12 ondary, and postsecondary activities; subgrants to local
13 educational agencies; and, subgrants to public institutions
14 of higher education: Provided further, That States shall
15 allocate not less than 30 percent of the funds received
16 under the sixth proviso as subgrants to local educational
17 agencies on the basis of their relative number of children
18 counted under section 1124(c) of the ESEA: Provided fur-
19 ther, That States shall allocate not less than 30 percent
20 of the funds received under the sixth proviso as subgrants
21 to public institutions of higher education on the basis of
22 the relative share of full-time equivalent students who re-
23 ceived Pell Grants at the institution in the previous award
24 year and of the total enrollment of full-time equivalent stu-
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1 vided further, That the Governor shall return to the Sec-
2 retary any funds received that the Governor does not
3 award to local educational agencies and public institutions
4 of higher education or otherwise commit within two years
5 of receiving such funds, and the Secretary shall reallocate
6 such funds to the remaining States in accordance with the
7 sixth proviso: Provided further, That Governors shall use
8 State grants to maintain or restore State fiscal support
9 for elementary, secondary and postsecondary education:
10 Provided further, That funds for local educational agencies
11 may be used for any activity authorized by the ESEA, the
12 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the McKin-
13 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Title VII, Subpart
14 B), the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act or the
15 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of
16 2006 (‘‘the Perkins Act’’): Provided further, That a State
17 or local educational agency receiving funds under this
18 heading may use the funds for activities coordinated with
19 State, local, tribal, and territorial public health depart-
20 ments to detect, prevent, or mitigate the spread of infec-
21 tious disease or otherwise respond to coronavirus; support
22 online learning by purchasing educational technology and
23 internet access for students, which may include assistive
24 technology or adaptive equipment, that aids in regular and
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1 their classroom instructor; provide ongoing professional
2 development to staff in how to effectively provide quality
3 online academic instruction; provide assistance for chil-
4 dren and families to promote equitable participation in
5 quality online learning; plan and implement activities re-
6 lated to summer learning, including providing classroom
7 instruction or quality online learning during the summer
8 months; plan for and coordinate during long-term clo-
9 sures, provide technology for quality online learning to all
10 students, and how to support the needs of low-income stu-
11 dents, racial and ethnic minorities, students with disabil-
12 ities, English learners, students experiencing homeless-
13 ness, and children in foster care, including how to address
14 learning gaps that are created or exacerbated due to long-
15 term closures; and other activities that are necessary to
16 maintain the operation of and continuity of services in
17 local educational agencies, including maintaining employ-
18 ment of existing personnel: Provided further, That a public
19 institution of higher education that receives funds under
20 this heading shall use funds for education and general ex-
21 penditures and grants to students for expenses directly re-
22 lated to coronavirus and the disruption of campus oper-
23 ations (which may include emergency financial aid to stu-
24 dents for food, housing, technology, health care, and child
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1 students) or for the acquisition of technology and services
2 directly related to the need for distance learning and the
3 training of faculty and staff to use such technology and
4 services (which shall not include paying contractors a por-
5 tion of tuition revenue or for pre-enrollment recruitment
6 activities): Provided further, That priority shall be given
7 to under-resourced institutions, institutions with high bur-
8 den due to the coronavirus, and institutions who do not
9 possess distance education capabilities at the time of en-
10 actment of this Act: Provided further, That an institution
11 of higher education may not use funds received under this
12 heading to increase its endowment or provide funding for
13 capital outlays associated with facilities related to ath-
14 letics, sectarian instruction, or religious worship: Provided
15 further, That funds may be used to support hourly work-
16 ers, such as education support professionals, classified
17 school employees, and adjunct and contingent faculty: Pro-
18 vided further, That a Governor of a State desiring to re-
19 ceive an allocation under this heading shall submit an ap-
20 plication at such time, in such manner, and containing
21 such information as the Secretary may reasonably require:
22 Provided further, That a State’s application shall include
23 assurances that the State will maintain support for ele-
24 mentary and secondary education in fiscal year 2020, fis-
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1 of such support that is the average of such State’s support
2 for elementary and secondary education in the 3 fiscal
3 years preceding the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
4 vided further, That a State’s application shall include as-
5 surances that the State will maintain State support for
6 higher education (not including support for capital
7 projects or for research and development or tuition and
8 fees paid by students) in fiscal year 2020, fiscal year
9 2021, and fiscal year 2022 at least at the level of such
10 support that is the average of such State’s support for
11 higher education (which shall include State and local gov-
12 ernment funding to institutions of higher education and
13 state need-based financial aid) in the 3 fiscal years pre-
14 ceding the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further,
15 That in such application, the Governor shall provide base-
16 line data that demonstrates the State’s current status in
17 each of the areas described in such assurances in the pre-
18 ceding provisos: Provided further, That a State’s applica-
19 tion shall include assurances that the State will not con-
20 strue any provisions under this heading as displacing any
21 otherwise applicable provision of any collective-bargaining
22 agreement between an eligible entity and a labor organiza-
23 tion as defined by section 2(5) of the National Labor Rela-
24 tions Act (29 U.S.C. 152(5)) or analogous State law: Pro-
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1 surances that the State shall maintain the wages, benefits,
2 and other terms and conditions of employment set forth
3 in any collective-bargaining agreement between the eligible
4 entity and a labor organization, as defined in the pre-
5 ceding proviso: Provided further, That a State receiving
6 funds under this heading shall submit a report to the Sec-
7 retary, at such time and in such manner as the Secretary
8 may require, that describes the use of funds provided
9 under this heading: Provided further, That no recipient of
10 funds under this heading shall use funds to provide finan-
11 cial assistance to students to attend private elementary or
12 secondary schools, unless such funds are used to provide
13 special education and related services to children with dis-
14 abilities, as authorized by the Individuals with Disabilities
15 Education Act: Provided further, That the terms ‘‘elemen-
16 tary education’’ and ‘‘secondary education’’ have the
17 meaning given such terms under State law: Provided fur-
18 ther, That the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has
19 the meaning given such term in section 101 of the Higher
20 Education Act of 1965: Provided further, That the term
21 ‘‘fiscal year’’ shall have the meaning given such term
22 under State law: Provided further, That such amount is
23 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
24 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
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1 SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Safe Schools and Citi-
3 zenship Education’’, to supplement funds otherwise avail-
4 able for the ‘‘Project School Emergency Response to Vio-
5 lence program’’, $200,000,000, to remain available until
6 September 30, 2020, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
7 to coronavirus, including to help elementary, secondary
8 and postsecondary schools clean and disinfect affected
9 schools, and assist in counseling and distance learning and
10 associated costs: Provided, That such amount is des-
11 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
12 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
13 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
14 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Gallaudet University’’,
16 $7,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2020,
17 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, in-
18 cluding to help defray the expenses (which may include
19 lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already in-
20 curred, technology costs associated with a transition to
21 distance learning, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll)
22 directly caused by coronavirus and to enable grants to stu-
23 dents for expenses directly related to coronavirus and the
24 disruption of university operations (which may include
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1 child care): Provided, That such amount is designated by
2 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
3 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
4 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION
6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Student Aid Adminis-
7 tration’’, $75,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
8 tember 30, 2020, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
9 coronavirus in carrying out part D of title I, and subparts
10 1, 3, 9 and 10 of part A, and parts B, C, D, and E of
11 title IV of the HEA, and subpart 1 of part A of title VII
12 of the Public Health Service Act to support essential serv-
13 ices directly related to coronavirus: Provided, That not
14 later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
15 the Secretary shall, using outbound communications, pro-
16 vide all Federal student loan borrowers a notice of their
17 options to lower or delay payments as a result of the
18 coronavirus by enrolling in income-driven repayment,
19 deferment, or forbearance, and including a brief descrip-
20 tion of such options: Provided further, That such amount
21 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
22 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
23 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
24 1985.
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1 HIGHER EDUCATION
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Higher Education’’,
3 $9,500,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
4 2020, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
5 including under parts A and B of title III, part A of title
6 V, subpart 4 of part A of title VII, and part B of title
7 VII of the Higher Education Act, which may be used to
8 defray expenses (including lost revenue, reimbursement
9 for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated
10 with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff
11 trainings, and payroll) incurred by institutions of higher
12 education and for grants to students for any component
13 of the student’s cost of attendance (as defined under sec-
14 tion 472 of the Higher Education Act), including food,
15 housing, course materials, technology, health care, and
16 child care as follows:
17 (1) $1,500,000,000 for parts A and B of title
18 III, part A of title V, and subpart 4 of part A of
19 title VII to address needs directly related to
20 coronavirus: Provided, That the Secretary of Edu-
21 cation shall allow institutions to use prior awards
22 under the authorities covered by the preceding pro-
23 viso to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
24 coronavirus;
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1 (2) $8,000,000,000 for part B of title VII of
2 the Higher Education Act for institutions of higher
3 education (as defined in section 101 or 102(c) of the
4 Higher Education Act) to address needs directly re-
5 lated to coronavirus: Provided, That such funds shall
6 be available to the Secretary only for payments to
7 help defray the expenses incurred by such institu-
8 tions of higher education that were forced to close
9 campuses or alter delivery of instruction as a result
10 of coronavirus: Provided further, That any non-prof-
11 it, private institution of higher education that is not
12 otherwise eligible for a grant of at least $1,000,000,
13 shall be eligible to receive an amount equal to which-
14 ever is lesser of the total loss of revenue and in-
15 creased costs associated with the coronavirus or
16 $1,000,000: Provided further, That funds may be
17 used to make payments to such institutions to pro-
18 vide emergency grants to students who attend such
19 institutions for academic years beginning on or after
20 July 1, 2019:
21 Provided further, That such payments shall be made in
22 accordance with criteria established by the Secretary and
23 made publicly available without regard to section 437 of
24 the General Education Provisions Act, section 553 of title
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1 Provided further, That institutions receiving funds under
2 the heading State Fiscal Stabilization Fund (not including
3 amounts provided through state-based financial aid) shall
4 not be eligible for additional funding for part B of title
5 VII under this heading: Provided further, That such pay-
6 ments shall not be used to increase endowments or provide
7 funding for capital outlays associated with facilities re-
8 lated to athletics, sectarian instruction, or religious wor-
9 ship: Provided further, That such amounts is designated
10 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
11 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
12 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
13 HOWARD UNIVERSITY
14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Howard University’’,
15 $13,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
16 2020, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
17 including to help defray the expenses (which may include
18 lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already in-
19 curred, technology costs associated with a transition to
20 distance learning, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll)
21 directly caused by coronavirus and to enable grants to stu-
22 dents for expenses directly related to coronavirus and the
23 disruption of university operations (which may include
24 food, housing, transportation, technology, health care, and
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1 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
2 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
5 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Administra-
7 tion’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until September
8 30, 2020, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
9 coronavirus: Provided, That such funds shall only be used
10 to support network bandwidth and capacity for telework
11 for Departmental staff and the cleaning of facilities as a
12 result of coronavirus: Provided further, That such amount
13 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
14 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
16 1985.
17 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
18 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of Inspector
19 General’’, $11,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
20 tember 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
21 coronavirus, including for salaries and expenses necessary
22 for oversight and audit of programs, grants, and projects
23 funded in this Act to respond to coronavirus Provided,
24 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 RELATED AGENCIES
4 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY
5 SERVICE
6 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Corporation for
7 National and Community Service’’, $250,000,000, to re-
8 main available until September 30, 2020, to prevent, pre-
9 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such
10 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
11 emergency requirement pursuant to section
12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
13 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—CORPORATION FOR
15 NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
16 SEC. 10801. (a)(1) The remaining unobligated bal-
17 ances of funds as of September 30, 2020, from amounts
18 provided to ‘‘Corporation for National and Community
19 Service—Operating Expenses’’ in title IV of Division A
20 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
21 (Public Law 116–94), are hereby permanently rescinded.
22 (2) In addition to any amounts otherwise provided,
23 there is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, for
24 an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, an amount
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1 paragraph (1): Provided, That amounts made available
2 pursuant to this paragraph shall remain available until
3 September 30, 2021, and shall be available for the same
4 purposes and under the same authorities that they were
5 originally made available in Public Law 116–94.
6 (b)(1) The remaining unobligated balances of funds
7 as of September 30, 2020, from amounts provided to
8 ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Service—Sala-
9 ries and Expenses’’ in title IV of Division A of the Further
10 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–
11 94), are hereby permanently rescinded.
12 (2) In addition to any amounts otherwise provided,
13 there is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, for
14 an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, an amount
15 equal to the unobligated balances rescinded pursuant to
16 paragraph (1): Provided, That amounts made available
17 pursuant to this paragraph shall remain available until
18 September 30, 2021, and shall be available for the same
19 purposes and under the same authorities that they were
20 originally made available in Public Law 116–94.
21 (c)(1) The remaining unobligated balances of funds
22 as of September 30, 2020, from amounts provided to
23 ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Service—Of-
24 fice of Inspector General’’ in title IV of Division A of the
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1 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public
2 Law 116–94), are hereby permanently rescinded.
3 (2) In addition to any amounts otherwise provided,
4 there is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, for
5 an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, an amount
6 equal to the unobligated balances rescinded pursuant to
7 paragraph (1): Provided, That amounts made available
8 pursuant to this paragraph shall remain available until
9 September 30, 2021, and shall be available for the same
10 purposes and under the same authorities that they were
11 originally made available in Public Law 116–94.
12 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Corporation for Public
14 Broadcasting’’, $300,000,000, to remain available until
15 September 30, 2020, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
16 to coronavirus, including for fiscal stabilization grants to
17 public telecommunications entities, with no deduction for
18 administrative or other costs of the Corporation, to main-
19 tain programming and services and preserve small and
20 rural stations threatened by declines in non-Federal reve-
21 nues, of which $50,000,000 shall be used to support the
22 public television system: Provided, That such amount is
23 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
24 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
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1 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Institute of Museum
3 and Library Services’’, $500,000,000, to remain available
4 until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
5 spond to coronavirus, including grants to States, muse-
6 ums, territories and tribes to expand digital network ac-
7 cess, purchase tablets and other internet-enabled devices,
8 for operational expenses, and provide technical support
9 services: Provided, That any matching funds requirements
10 for States, museums, or tribes are waived: Provided fur-
11 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
12 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
14 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
16 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Limitation on Admin-
18 istration’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
19 tember 30, 2020, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
20 coronavirus, including the purchase of information tech-
21 nology equipment to improve the mobility of the work-
22 force, and to provide for additional hiring or overtime
23 hours as needed to administer the Railroad Unemploy-
24 ment Insurance Act: Provided, That such amount is des-
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1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
4 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Limitation on Admin-
6 istrative Expenses’’, $510,000,000, to remain available
7 until September 30, 2021, for necessary expenses to pre-
8 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including
9 paying the salaries and benefits of employees affected as
10 a result of office closures, telework, phone and commu-
11 nication services for employees, overtime costs, and sup-
12 plies, and for resources necessary for processing disability
13 and retirement workloads and backlogs, of which the
14 amount made available under this heading in this Act,
15 $210,000,000 shall be for the purposes of issuing emer-
16 gency assistance payments: Provided further, That such
17 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
18 emergency requirement pursuant to section
19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
20 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
22 SEC. 10802. Notwithstanding any other provision of
23 law, funds made available under each heading in this title
24 shall only be used for the purposes specifically described
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1 SEC. 10803. (a) Funds appropriated in this title may
2 be made available to restore amounts, either directly or
3 through reimbursement, for obligations incurred by agen-
4 cies of the Department of Health and Human Services to
5 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domesti-
6 cally or internationally, prior to the date of enactment of
7 this Act. This subsection shall not apply to obligations in-
8 curred by the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve
9 Fund.
10 (b) Grants or cooperative agreements with States, lo-
11 calities, territories, tribes, tribal organizations, urban In-
12 dian health organizations, or health service providers to
13 tribes, under this title, to carry out surveillance, epidemi-
14 ology, laboratory capacity, infection control, mitigation,
15 communications, and other preparedness and response ac-
16 tivities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus
17 shall include amounts to reimburse costs for these pur-
18 poses incurred between January 20, 2020, and the date
19 of enactment of this Act.
20 SEC. 10804. Funds appropriated by this title may be
21 used by the Secretary of the Health and Human Services
22 to appoint, without regard to the provisions of sections
23 3309 through 3319 of title 5 of the United States Code,
24 candidates needed for positions to perform critical work
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1 (1) public notice has been given; and
2 (2) the Secretary has determined that such a
3 public health threat exists.
4 SEC. 10805. Funds made available by this title may
5 be used to enter into contracts with individuals for the
6 provision of personal services (as described in section 104
7 of part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (48
8 CFR 37.104)) to support the prevention of, preparation
9 for, or response to coronavirus, domestically and inter-
10 nationally, subject to prior notification to the Committees
11 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
12 Senate: Provided, That such individuals may not be
13 deemed employees of the United States for the purpose
14 of any law administered by the Office of Personnel Man-
15 agement: Provided further, That the authority made avail-
16 able pursuant to this section shall expire on September
17 30, 2024.
18 SEC. 10806. Of the funds appropriated by this title
19 under the heading ‘‘Public Health and Social Services
20 Emergency Fund’’, $4,000,000 shall be transferred to,
21 and merged with, funds made available under the heading
22 ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Office of Inspector General’’, and
23 shall remain available until expended, for oversight of ac-
24 tivities supported with funds appropriated to the Depart-
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1 That the Inspector General of the Department of Health
2 and Human Services shall consult with the Committees
3 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
4 Senate prior to obligating such funds: Provided further,
5 That the transfer authority provided by this section is in
6 addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.
7 SEC. 10807. Of the funds provided under the heading
8 ‘‘CDC–Wide Activities and Program Support’’,
9 $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall
10 be available to the Director of the CDC for deposit in the
11 Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund estab-
12 lished by section 231 of division B of Public Law 115–
13 245.
14 SEC. 10808. (a) PREMIUM PAY AUTHORITY.—If
15 services performed by an employee of the Department of
16 Health and Human Services during fiscal year 2020 are
17 determined by the head of the agency to be primarily re-
18 lated to preparation, prevention, or response to SARS–
19 CoV–2 or another coronavirus with pandemic potential,
20 any premium pay for such services shall be disregarded
21 in calculating the aggregate of such employee’s basic pay
22 and premium pay for purposes of a limitation under sec-
23 tion 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, or under any
24 other provision of law, whether such employee’s pay is
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1 (b) OVERTIME AUTHORITY.—Any overtime pay for
2 such services shall be disregarded in calculating any an-
3 nual limit on the amount of overtime pay payable in a
4 calendar or fiscal year.
5 (c) APPLICABILITY OF AGGREGATE LIMITATION ON
6 PAY.—With regard to such services, any pay that is dis-
7 regarded under either subsection (a) or (b) shall be dis-
8 regarded in calculating such employee’s aggregate pay for
9 purposes of the limitation in section 5307 of such title 5.
10 (d) LIMITATION OF PAY AUTHORITY.—
11 (1) Pay that is disregarded under subsection
12 (a) or (b) shall not cause the aggregate of the em-
13 ployee’s basic pay and premium pay for the applica-
14 ble calendar year to exceed the rate of basic pay
15 payable for a position at level II of the Executive
16 Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United
17 States Code, as in effect at the end of such calendar
18 year.
19 (2) For purposes of applying this subsection to
20 an employee who would otherwise be subject to the
21 premium pay limits established under section 5547
22 of title 5, United States Code, ‘‘premium pay’’
23 means the premium pay paid under the provisions of
24 law cited in section 5547(a).
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1 (3) For purposes of applying this subsection to
2 an employee under a premium pay limit established
3 under an authority other than section 5547 of title
4 5, United States Code, the agency responsible for
5 administering such limit shall determine what pay-
6 ments are considered premium pay.
7 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
8 as if enacted on February 2, 2020.
9 (f) TREATMENT OF ADDITIONAL PAY.—If applica-
10 tion of this section results in the payment of additional
11 premium pay to a covered employee of a type that is nor-
12 mally creditable as basic pay for retirement or any other
13 purpose, that additional pay shall not—
14 (1) be considered to be basic pay of the covered
15 employee for any purpose; or
16 (2) be used in computing a lump-sum payment
17 to the covered employee for accumulated and ac-
18 crued annual leave under section 5551 or section
19 5552 of title 5, United States Code.
20 SEC. 10809. (a) Funds appropriated for ‘‘Depart-
21 ment of Health and Human Services—Centers for Disease
22 Control and Prevention—CDC–Wide Activities and Pro-
23 gram Support’ ’’’ in title III of the Coronavirus Prepared-
24 ness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act,
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1 of Homeland Security—Countering Weapons of Mass De-
2 struction Office—Federal Assistance’’ for costs incurred
3 under other transaction authority and related to screening
4 for coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including
5 costs incurred prior to the enactment of such Act.
6 (b) The amounts repurposed under subsection (a)
7 that were previously designated by the Congress as an
8 emergency requirement pursuant to section
9 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
10 Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Con-
11 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to such sec-
12 tion of such Act.
13 TITLE IX—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
14 SENATE
15 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE
16 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Sergeant at Arms and
18 Doorkeeper of the Senate’’, $1,000,000, to remain avail-
19 able until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
20 to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated
21 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
22 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
23 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’,
3 $9,000,000, to remain available until expended, to pre-
4 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided,
5 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
6 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
8 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
12 penses’’, $25,000,000, to remain available until September
13 30, 2021, except that $5,000,000 shall remain available
14 until expended, for necessary expenses of the House of
15 Representatives to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
16 coronavirus, to be allocated in accordance with a spend
17 plan submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the
18 House of Representatives by the Chief Administrative Of-
19 ficer and approved by such Committee: Provided, That
20 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
21 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
23 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 JOINT ITEMS
2 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Attend-
4 ing Physician’’, $400,000, to remain available until ex-
5 pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
6 coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by
7 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
8 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
9 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 CAPITOL POLICE
11 SALARIES
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries’’,
13 $12,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
14 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
15 Provided, That amounts provided in this paragraph may
16 be transferred between Capitol Police ‘‘Salaries’’ and
17 ‘‘General Expenses’’ for the purposes provided herein
18 without the approval requirement of section 1001 of the
19 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014 (2 U.S.C.
20 1907a): Provided further, That such amount is designated
21 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
22 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
23 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
2 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Construction
4 and Operations’’, $25,000,000, to remain available until
5 September 30, 2021, for necessary expenses of the Archi-
6 tect of the Capitol to prevent, prepare for, and respond
7 to coronavirus, including the purchase and distribution of
8 cleaning and sanitation products throughout all facilities
9 and grounds under the care of the Architect of the Capitol,
10 wherever located, including any related services and oper-
11 ational costs: Provided, That such amount is designated
12 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
13 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
14 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
18 penses’’, $700,000, to remain available until September
19 30, 2020, to be made available to the Little Scholars Child
20 Development Center, subject to approval by the Commit-
21 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Rep-
22 resentatives, and the Senate Committee on Rules and Ad-
23 ministration, and the Committee on House Administra-
24 tion: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
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1 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
6 penses’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended,
7 for audits and investigations relating to coronavirus: Pro-
8 vided, That, not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
9 ment of this Act, the Government Accountability Office
10 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
11 House of Representatives and the Senate a spend plan
12 specifying funding estimates and a timeline for such au-
13 dits and investigations: Provided further, That such
14 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
15 emergency requirement pursuant to section
16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
17 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
19 SOURCE OF FUNDS USED FOR PAYMENT OF SALARIES
20 AND EXPENSES OF SENATE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE
21 CENTER
22 SEC. 10901. The Secretary of the Senate shall reim-
23 burse the Senate Employee Child Care Center for per-
24 sonnel costs incurred starting on April 1, 2020, for em-
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1 working due to measures taken in the Capitol complex to
2 combat coronavirus, not to exceed $84,000 per month,
3 from amounts in the appropriations account ‘‘MIS-
4 CELLANEOUS ITEMS’’ within the contingent fund of
5 the Senate.
6 SOURCE OF FUNDS USED FOR PAYMENT OF SALARIES
7 AND EXPENSES OF LITTLE SCHOLARS CHILD DEVEL-
8 OPMENT CENTER
9 SEC. 10902. The Library of Congress shall reimburse
10 Little Scholars Child Development Center for salaries for
11 employees incurred from April 1, 2020, to September 30,
12 2020, for employees of such Center who have been ordered
13 to cease working due to measures taken in the Capitol
14 complex to combat coronavirus, not to exceed $113,000
15 per month, from amounts in the appropriations account
16 ‘‘Library of Congress—Salaries and Expenses’’.
17 SOURCE OF FUNDS USED FOR PAYMENT OF SALARIES
18 AND EXPENSES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
19 CHILD CARE CENTER
20 SEC. 10903. (a) AUTHORIZING USE OF REVOLVING
21 FUND OR APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—Section 312(d)(3)(A)
22 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2
23 U.S.C. 2062(d)(3)(A)) is amended—
24 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking the period
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26 option of the Chief Administrative Officer during an
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1 emergency situation, the payment of the salary of
2 other employees of the Center.’’; and
3 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
4 paragraph:
5 ‘‘(C) During an emergency situation, the pay-
6 ment of such other expenses for activities carried out
7 under this section as the Chief Administrative Offi-
8 cer determines appropriate.’’.
9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
10 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2020
11 and each succeeding fiscal year.
12 PAYMENTS TO ENSURE CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF
13 GOODS AND SERVICES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS
14 EMERGENCY
15 SEC. 10904. (a) AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE PAY-
16 MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law and
17 subject to subsection (b), during an emergency situation,
18 the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-
19 resentatives may make payments under contracts with
20 vendors providing goods and services to the House in
21 amounts and under terms and conditions other than those
22 provided under the contract in order to ensure that those
23 goods and services remain available to the House through-
24 out the duration of the emergency.
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1 (1) APPROVAL REQUIRED.—The Chief Adminis-
2 trative Officer may not make payments under the
3 authority of subsection (a) without the approval of
4 the Committee on House Administration of the
5 House of Representatives.
6 (2) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The
7 authority of the Chief Administrative Officer to
8 make payments under the authority of subsection
9 (a) is subject to the availability of appropriations to
10 make such payments.
11 (c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply with re-
12 spect to fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.
13 AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS UNDER SERVICE CONTRACTS
14 DURING THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY
15 SEC. 10905. (a) AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS.—Not-
16 withstanding section 3324(a) of title 31, United States
17 Code, or any other provision of law and subject to sub-
18 section (b), if the employees of a contractor with a service
19 contract with the Architect of the Capitol are furloughed
20 or otherwise unable to work during closures, stop work
21 orders, or reductions in service arising from or related to
22 the impacts of coronavirus, the Architect of the Capitol
23 may continue to make the payments provided for under
24 the contract for the weekly salaries and benefits of such
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1 (b) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The au-
2 thority of the Architect of the Capitol to make payments
3 under the authority of subsection (a) is subject to the
4 availability of appropriations to make such payments.
5 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Architect of the Capitol
6 shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to
7 carry out this section.
8 MASS MAILINGS AS FRANKED MAIL
9 SEC. 10906. (a) WAIVER OF RESTRICTIONS TO RE-
10 SPOND TO THREATS TO LIFE SAFETY.—(1) Section
11 3210(a)(6)(D) of title 39, United States Code, is amended
12 by striking the period at the end of the first sentence and
13 inserting the following: ‘‘, and in the case of the Commis-
14 sion, to waive this paragraph in the case of mailings sent
15 in response to or to address threats to life safety.’’.
16 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
17 this subsection shall apply with respect to mailings sent
18 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
19 TECHNICAL CORRECTION
20 SEC. 10907. In the matter preceding the first proviso
21 under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress—Salaries and
22 Expenses’’ in division E of the Further Consolidated Ap-
23 propriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), strike
24 ‘‘$504,164,000’’ and insert ‘‘$510,164,000’’.
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1 TITLE X
2 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS,
3 AND RELATED AGENCIES
4 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
5 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
6 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS
7 ADMINISTRATION
8 For an additional amount for ‘‘General Operating
9 Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’,
10 $13,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
11 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
12 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
13 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
14 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
16 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
17 MEDICAL SERVICES
18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Services’’,
19 $14,432,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
20 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
21 including related impacts on health care delivery: Pro-
22 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
23 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
24 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
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1 MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Community
3 Care’’, $2,100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
4 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
5 coronavirus, including related impacts on health care de-
6 livery: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
7 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
8 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
9 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Support and
12 Compliance’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until
13 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
14 to coronavirus, including related impacts on health care
15 delivery: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
16 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
17 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
18 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 MEDICAL FACILITIES
20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’,
21 $605,613,000, to remain available until September 30,
22 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
23 including related impacts on health care delivery: Pro-
24 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
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1 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
4 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘General Administra-
6 tion’’, $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
7 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
8 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
9 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
10 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
11 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Information Tech-
14 nology Systems’’, $3,000,000,000, to remain available
15 until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
16 spond to coronavirus, including related impacts on health
17 care delivery: Provided, That such amount is designated
18 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
19 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
20 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
23 General’’, $14,300,000, to remain available until Sep-
24 tember 30, 2022, for oversight of activities funded by this
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1 fairs: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
2 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
3 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
4 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME
6 TRUST FUND
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Armed Forces Retire-
8 ment Home Trust Fund’’, $2,800,000, to remain available
9 until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
10 spond to coronavirus, to be paid from funds available in
11 the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund: Pro-
12 vided, That of the amounts made available under this
13 heading from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire-
14 ment Home Trust Fund, $2,800,000 shall be paid from
15 the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund: Pro-
16 vided further, That the Chief Executive Officer of the
17 Armed Forces Retirement Home shall submit to the Com-
18 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
19 and the Senate monthly reports detailing obligations, ex-
20 penditures, and planned activities: Provided further, That
21 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
22 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
24 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 TITLE XI—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN
2 OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
3 DEPARTMENT OF STATE
4 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
5 DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS
6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
7 grams’’, $315,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
8 tember 30, 2022, for necessary expenses to prevent, pre-
9 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, including for evacu-
10 ation expenses, emergency preparedness, and maintaining
11 consular operations: Provided, That such amount is des-
12 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
13 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
14 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
16 DEVELOPMENT
17 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
18 OPERATING EXPENSES
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’,
20 $95,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
21 2022, for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, and
22 respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is
23 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
24 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
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1 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
2 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
3 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster
5 Assistance’’, $300,000,000, to remain available until ex-
6 pended, for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for,
7 and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount
8 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
9 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
10 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
11 1985.
12 DEPARTMENT OF STATE
13 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE
14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Ref-
15 ugee Assistance’’, $300,000,000, to remain available until
16 expended, for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for,
17 and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount
18 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
19 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
20 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
21 1985.
22 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
23 PEACE CORPS
24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Peace Corps’’,
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1 2022, for necessary expenses to prevent, prepare for, and
2 respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is
3 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
4 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
5 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
6 GENERAL PROVISIONS — THIS TITLE
7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
8 SEC. 11101. The authorities and limitations of sec-
9 tion 402 of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response
10 Supplemental Appropriations Act (division A of Public
11 Law 116–123) shall apply to funds appropriated by this
12 title as follows:
13 (1) subsections (a), (d), (e) and (f) shall apply
14 to funds under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’;
15 and
16 (2) subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) shall apply
17 to funds under the heading ‘‘International Disaster
18 Assistance’’.
19 SEC. 11102. Funds appropriated by this title under
20 the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Operating Ex-
21 penses’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’ may be used to reimburse
22 such accounts administered by the Department of State,
23 the United States Agency for International Development,
24 and the Peace Corps for obligations incurred to prevent,
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1 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus prior to the date
2 of enactment of this Act.
3 SEC. 11103. Section 7064(a) of the Department of
4 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro-
5 priations Act, 2020 (division G of Public Law 116–94),
6 is amended by striking ‘‘$100,000,000’’ and inserting in
7 lieu thereof ‘‘$110,000,000’’ , and by adding before the
8 period at the end the following ‘‘: Provided, That no
9 amounts may be used that were designated by the Con-
10 gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on
11 Terrorism pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the
12 Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
13 Control Act of 1985’’.
14 SEC. 11104. The reporting requirements of section
15 406(b) of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response
16 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of
17 Public Law 116–123) shall apply to funds appropriated
18 by this title: Provided, That the requirement to jointly
19 submit such reports shall not apply to the Director of the
20 Peace Corps: Provided further, That reports required by
21 such section may be consolidated and shall include infor-
22 mation on all funds made available to such executive agen-
23 cy to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus.
24 SEC. 11105. Notwithstanding any other provision of
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1 provision of law, the Secretary of State, the Administrator
2 of the United States Agency for International Develop-
3 ment, or the head of another Federal agency with employ-
4 ees under Chief of Mission Authority, may, in order to
5 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, provide
6 additional paid leave to address employee hardships result-
7 ing from coronavirus: Provided, That this authority shall
8 apply to leave taken since January 29, 2020, and may
9 be provided abroad and domestically: Provided further,
10 That the head of such agency shall consult with the Com-
11 mittee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign
12 Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Com-
13 mittee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign
14 Relations of the Senate prior to the initial implementation
15 of such authority: Provided further, That the authority
16 made available pursuant to this section shall expire on
17 September 30, 2022.
18 SEC. 11106. The Secretary of State, to prevent, pre-
19 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, may exercise the au-
20 thorities of section 3(j) of the State Department Basic Au-
21 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2670(j)) to provide med-
22 ical services or related support for private United States
23 citizens, nationals, and permanent resident aliens abroad,
24 or third country nationals connected to United States per-
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1 United States abroad who are unable to obtain such serv-
2 ices or support otherwise: Provided, That such assistance
3 shall be provided on a reimbursable basis to the extent
4 feasible: Provided further, That such reimbursements may
5 be credited to the applicable Department of State appro-
6 priation, to remain available until expended: Provided fur-
7 ther, That the Secretary shall prioritize providing medical
8 services or related support to individuals eligible for the
9 health program under section 904 of the Foreign Service
10 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4084): Provided further, That the
11 authority made available pursuant to this section shall ex-
12 pire on September 30, 2022.
13 SEC. 11107. Notwithstanding section 6(b) of the De-
14 partment of State Authorities Act of 2006 (Public Law
15 109–472), during fiscal years 2020 and 2021, passport
16 and immigrant visa surcharges collected in any fiscal year
17 pursuant to the fourth paragraph under the heading ‘‘Dip-
18 lomatic and Consular Programs’’ in title IV of the Consoli-
19 dated Appropriations Act, 2005 (division B of Public Law
20 108–447 (8 U.S.C. 1714)) may be obligated and expended
21 on the costs of providing consular services: Provided, That
22 such funds should be prioritized for American citizen serv-
23 ices.
24 SEC. 11108. The Secretary of State is authorized to
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1 personal services (as described in section 104 of part 37
2 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations and including pur-
3 suant to section 904 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980
4 (22 U.S.C. 4084)) to prevent, prepare for, and respond
5 to coronavirus, within the United States, subject to prior
6 consultation with, and the regular notification procedures
7 of, the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee
8 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and
9 the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
10 Foreign Relations of the Senate: Provided, That such indi-
11 viduals may not be deemed employees of the United States
12 for the purpose of any law administered by the Office of
13 Personnel Management: Provided further, That not later
14 than 15 days after utilizing this authority, the Secretary
15 of State shall provide a report to such committees on the
16 overall staffing needs for the Office of Medical Services:
17 Provided further, That the authority made available pursu-
18 ant to this section shall expire on September 30, 2022.
19 SEC. 11109. The matter under the heading ‘‘Emer-
20 gencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’’ in title
21 I of the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and
22 Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (division G
23 of Public Law 116–94) is amended by striking
24 ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$5,000,000’’.
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1 SEC. 11110. The first proviso under the heading
2 ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ in title III of the De-
3 partment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Pro-
4 grams Appropriations Act, 2020 (division G of Public Law
5 116–94) is amended by striking ‘‘$105,000,000’’ and in-
6 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘$107,000,000’’.
7 SEC. 11111. Notwithstanding any other provision of
8 law, any oath of office required by law may, in particular
9 circumstances that could otherwise pose health risks, be
10 administered remotely, subject to appropriate verification:
11 Provided, That prior to exercising the authority of this
12 section, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to
13 the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
14 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on
15 Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of
16 the House of Representatives describing the process and
17 procedures for administering such oaths, including appro-
18 priate verification: Provided further, That the authority
19 made available pursuant to this section shall expire on
20 September 30, 2021.
21 SEC. 11112. (a) PURPOSES.—For purposes of
22 strengthening the ability of foreign countries to prevent,
23 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and to the adverse
24 economic impacts of coronavirus, in a manner that would
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1 and mitigate an international economic crisis resulting
2 from coronavirus that may pose a significant risk to the
3 economy of the United States, each paragraph of sub-
4 section (b) shall take effect upon enactment of this Act.
5 (b) CORONAVIRUS RESPONSES.—
6 (1) INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIA-
7 TION REPLENISHMENT.—The International Develop-
8 ment Association Act (22 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is
9 amended by adding at the end the following new sec-
10 tion:
11 ‘‘SEC. 31. NINETEENTH REPLENISHMENT.
12 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Governor of
13 the International Development Association is authorized
14 to contribute on behalf of the United States
15 $3,004,200,000 to the nineteenth replenishment of the re-
16 sources of the Association, subject to obtaining the nec-
17 essary appropriations.
18 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In
19 order to pay for the United States contribution provided
20 for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro-
21 priated, without fiscal year limitation, $3,004,200,000 for
22 payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.’’.
23 (2) INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION
24 AUTHORIZATION.—The International Finance Cor-
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1 poration Act (22 U.S.C. 282 et seq.) is amended by
2 adding at the end the following new section:
3 ‘‘SEC. 18. CAPITAL INCREASES AND AMENDMENT TO THE
4 ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT.
5 ‘‘(a) VOTES AUTHORIZED.—The United States Gov-
6 ernor of the Corporation is authorized to vote in favor of—
7 ‘‘(1) a resolution to increase the authorized cap-
8 ital stock of the Corporation by 16,999,998 shares,
9 to implement the conversion of a portion of the re-
10 tained earnings of the Corporation into paid-in cap-
11 ital, which will result in the United States being
12 issued an additional 3,771,899 shares of capital
13 stock, without any cash contribution;
14 ‘‘(2) a resolution to increase the authorized cap-
15 ital stock of the Corporation on a general basis by
16 4,579,995 shares; and
17 ‘‘(3) a resolution to increase the authorized cap-
18 ital stock of the Corporation on a selective basis by
19 919,998 shares.
20 ‘‘(b) AMENDMENT OF THE ARTICLES .—The United
21 States Governor of the Corporation is authorized to agree
22 to and accept an amendment to article II, section 2(c)(ii)
23 of the Articles of Agreement of the Corporation that would
24 increase the vote by which the Board of Governors of the
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1 tion from a four-fifths majority to an eighty-five percent
2 majority.’’.
3 (3) AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.—The Afri-
4 can Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 290i et seq.)
5 is amended by adding at the end the following new
6 section:
7 ‘‘SEC. 1345. SEVENTH CAPITAL INCREASE.
8 ‘‘(a) SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORIZED.—
9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The United States Gov-
10 ernor of the Bank may subscribe on behalf of the
11 United States to 532,023 additional shares of the
12 capital stock of the Bank.
13 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—Any subscription by the
14 United States to the capital stock of the Bank shall
15 be effective only to such extent and in such amounts
16 as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
17 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to pay for the in-
19 crease in the United States subscription to the Bank
20 under subsection (a), there are authorized to be ap-
21 propriated, without fiscal year limitation,
22 $7,286,587,008 for payment by the Secretary of the
23 Treasury.
24 ‘‘(2) SHARE TYPES.—Of the amount authorized
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1 ‘‘(A) $437,190,016 shall be for paid in
2 shares of the Bank; and
3 ‘‘(B) $6,849,396,992 shall be for callable
4 shares of the Bank.’’.
5 (4) AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND.—The Afri-
6 can Development Fund Act (22 U.S.C. 290g et seq.)
7 is amended by adding at the end the following new
8 section:
9 ‘‘SEC. 226. FIFTEENTH REPLENISHMENT.
10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States Governor of
11 the Fund is authorized to contribute on behalf of the
12 United States $513,900,000 to the fifteenth replenish-
13 ment of the resources of the Fund, subject to obtaining
14 the necessary appropriations.
15 ‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In
16 order to pay for the United States contribution provided
17 for in subsection (a), there are authorized to be appro-
18 priated, without fiscal year limitation, $513,900,000 for
19 payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.’’.
20 (5) INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AUTHOR-
21 IZATION FOR NEW ARRANGEMENTS TO BORROW.—
22 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 17 of the
23 Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C.
24 286e–2) is amended—
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1 (I) by redesignating paragraphs
2 (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (4),
3 (5), and (6), respectively;
4 (II) by inserting after paragraph
5 (2) the following new paragraph:
6 ‘‘(3) In order to carry out the purposes of a
7 one-time decision of the Executive Directors of the
8 International Monetary Fund (the Fund) to expand
9 the resources of the New Arrangements to Borrow,
10 established pursuant to the decision of January 27,
11 1997, referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary of
12 the Treasury is authorized to make loans, in an
13 amount not to exceed the dollar equivalent of
14 28,202,470,000 of Special Drawing Rights, in addi-
15 tion to any amounts previously authorized under this
16 section, except that prior to activation of the New
17 Arrangements to Borrow, the Secretary of the
18 Treasury shall report to Congress whether supple-
19 mentary resources are needed to forestall or cope
20 with an impairment of the international monetary
21 system and whether the Fund has fully explored
22 other means of funding to the Fund.’’; and
23 (III) in paragraph (5), as so re-
24 designated, by striking ‘‘paragraph
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1 (ii) in paragraph (6), as so redesig-
2 nated, by striking ‘‘December 16, 2022’’
3 and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’; and
4 (iii) in subsection (e)(1) by striking
5 ‘‘(a)(2),’’ each place such term appears
6 and inserting ‘‘(a)(2), (a)(3)’’.
7 (B) The amounts provided by the amend-
8 ments made by this section are designated by
9 the Congress as being for an emergency re-
10 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i)
11 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
12 Control Act of 1985.
13 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS
14 SEC. 11113. (a) ENVIRONMENT COOPERATION COM-
15 MISSIONS; NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.—
16 Section 601 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agree-
17 ment Implementation Act (Public Law 116–113; 134
18 Stat. 78) is amended by inserting ‘‘, other than sections
19 532 and 533 of such Act and part 2 of subtitle D of title
20 V of such Act (as amended by section 831 of this Act),’’
21 before ‘‘is repealed’’.
22 (b) PROTECTIVE ORDERS.—Section 422 of the
23 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation
24 Act (134 Stat. 64) is amended in subsection (a)(2)(A) by
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1 thority’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘all that follows through ‘Agree-
2 ment, the administering authority’ ’’.
3 (c) DISPUTE SETTLEMENT.—Subsection (j) of sec-
4 tion 504 of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement
5 Implementation Act (134 Stat. 76) is amended in the item
6 proposed to be inserted into the table of contents of such
7 Act relating to section 414 by striking ‘‘determination’’
8 and inserting ‘‘determinations’’.
9 (d) EFFETIVE DATE.—Each amendment made by
10 this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
11 ment of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Im-
12 plementation Act.
13 (e) NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK: LIMI-
14 TATION ON CALLABLE CAPITAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.—The
15 Secretary of the Treasury may subscribe without fiscal
16 year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United
17 States share of capital stock of the North American Devel-
18 opment Bank in an amount not to exceed $1,020,000,000.
19 The authority in the preceding sentence shall be in addi-
20 tion to any other authority provided by previous Acts.
21 (f) The amounts provided by the amendments made
22 by this section are designated by the Congress as being
23 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
24 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
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1 SEC. 11114. Notwithstanding any other provision of
2 law, funds made available under each heading in this title
3 shall only be used for the purposes specifically described
4 under that heading.
5 TITLE XII
6 TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN
7 DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
8 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
9 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
12 penses’’, $1,753,000, to remain available until September
13 30, 2020, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
14 coronavirus, including necessary expenses for operating
15 costs and capital outlays: Provided, That such amounts
16 are in addition to any other amounts made available for
17 this purpose: Provided further, That obligations of
18 amounts under this heading in this Act shall not be sub-
19 ject to the limitation on obligations under the heading
20 ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Working Capital Fund’’ in divi-
21 sion H of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act,
22 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided further, That such
23 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
24 emergency requirement pursuant to section
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 PAYMENT TO AIR CARRIERS
4 In addition to funds made available to the ‘‘Payment
5 to Air Carriers’’ program in Public Law 116–94 to carry
6 out the essential air service program under sections 41731
7 through 41742 of title 49, United States Code,
8 $100,000,000, to be derived from the general fund and
9 made available to the Essential Air Service and Rural Im-
10 provement Fund, to remain available until expended: Pro-
11 vided, That in determining between or among carriers
12 competing to provide service to a community, the Sec-
13 retary may consider the relative subsidy requirements of
14 the carriers: Provided further, That basic essential air
15 service minimum requirements shall not include the 15-
16 passenger capacity requirement under section 41732(b)(3)
17 of such title: Provided further, That none of the funds in
18 this Act or any other Act shall be used to enter into a
19 new contract with a community located less than 40 miles
20 from the nearest small hub airport before the Secretary
21 has negotiated with the community over a local cost share:
22 Provided further, That amounts authorized to be distrib-
23 uted for the essential air service program under section
24 41742(b) of title 49, United States Code, shall be made
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1 istrator of the Federal Aviation Administration: Provided
2 further, That the Administrator may reimburse such
3 amounts from fees credited to the account established
4 under section 45303 of such title: Provided further, That
5 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
6 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
8 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 OFFICE OF AIRLINE INDUSTRY FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT
10 For the necessary expenses of the Office of Airline
11 Industry Financial Oversight, as authorized in section 301
12 of title III of division R of the Take Responsibility for
13 Workers and Families Act, $3,000,000: Provided, That
14 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
15 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
17 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 AIRLINE ASSISTANCE TO RECYCLE AND SAVE PROGRAM
19 For the necessary expenses of the Airline Assistance
20 to Recycle and Save Program, as authorized in section 702
21 of title VII of division R of the Take Responsibility for
22 Workers and Families Act, $1,000,000,000 to remain
23 available until expended: Provided, That such amount is
24 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
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1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 PANDEMIC RELIEF FOR AVIATION WORKERS
4 For necessary expenses for providing pandemic relief
5 for aviation workers, $40,000,000,000, to remain available
6 until September 30, 2021 of which $37,000,000,000 shall
7 be for the purposes authorized in section 101(a)(1)(A) of
8 title I of division R of the Take Responsibility for Workers
9 and Families Act, and $3,000,000,000, shall be for the
10 purposes authorized in section 101(a)(1)(B) of title I of
11 division R of the Take Responsibility for Workers and
12 Families Act: Provided, That such amount is designated
13 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
14 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
15 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
16 In addition, for the cost of making direct loans and
17 loan guarantees in accordance with the terms and condi-
18 tions in sections 101–103 and 105 of title I of division
19 R of the Take Responsibility for Workers and Families
20 Act, such sums as may be necessary to remain available
21 until September 30, 2021: Provided, That such costs, in-
22 cluding the cost of modifying such loans, shall be defined
23 by section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
24 Provided further, That subject to section 502 of the Con-
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1 and 2021, the aggregate sum of the principle for direct
2 loans and guaranteed loans shall not exceed
3 $21,000,000,000: Provided further, That such amount is
4 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
5 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
6 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
8 OPERATIONS
9 (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND)
10 Of the amounts made available from the Airport and
11 Airway Trust Fund for ‘‘Federal Aviation Administra-
12 tion—Operations’’ in title XI of subdivision 1 of division
13 B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–
14 123), not more than $25,000,000 may be used to prevent,
15 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That
16 amounts repurposed under this heading in this Act that
17 were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
18 gency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by
20 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
21 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
23 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air-
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1 grants in accordance with the terms and conditions in sec-
2 tion 401 of title IV division R of the Take Responsibility
3 for Workers and Families Act, $10,000,000,000, to re-
4 main available until expended: Provided, That amounts
5 made available under this heading in this Act shall be de-
6 rived from the general fund: Provided further, That such
7 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
8 emergency requirement pursuant to section
9 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
10 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
11 RESEARCH, ENGINEERING, AND DEVELOPMENT
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research, Engineer-
13 ing, and Development’’, as authorized in section 705 of
14 title VII of division R of the Take Responsibility for Work-
15 ers and Families Act, $100,000,000, to remain available
16 until expended: Provided, That such amount is designated
17 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
18 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
19 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
21 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS
22 Of prior year unobligated contract authority and liq-
23 uidating cash provided for Motor Carrier Safety in the
24 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public
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1 any other Act, in addition to amounts already appro-
2 priated in fiscal year 2020 for ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Op-
3 erations and Programs’’ $150,000 in additional obligation
4 limitation is provided and repurposed for obligations in-
5 curred to support activities to prevent, prepare for, and
6 respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is
7 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
8 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
9 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
11 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Safety and Oper-
13 ations’’, $250,000, to remain available until September
14 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
15 coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by
16 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
17 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
18 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL
20 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION
21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Northeast Corridor
23 Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’,
24 $492,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
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1 including to enable the Secretary of Transportation to
2 make or amend existing grants to the National Railroad
3 Passenger Corporation for activities associated with the
4 Northeast Corridor as authorized by section 11101(a) of
5 the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (division
6 A of Public Law 114–94): Provided, That amounts made
7 available under this heading in this Act may be trans-
8 ferred to and merged with ‘‘National Network Grants to
9 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ to prevent,
10 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further,
11 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
12 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
14 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL
16 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION
17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
18 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Network
19 Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’,
20 $526,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
21 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
22 including to enable the Secretary of Transportation to
23 make or amend existing grants to the National Railroad
24 Passenger Corporation for activities associated with the
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1 the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (division
2 A of Public Law 114–94): Provided, That a State shall
3 not be required to pay the National Railroad Passenger
4 Corporation more than 80 percent of the amount paid in
5 fiscal year 2019 under section 209 of the Passenger Rail
6 Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law
7 110–432) and that not less than $239,000,000 of the
8 amounts made available under this heading in this Act
9 shall be made available for use in lieu of any increase in
10 a State’s payment: Provided further, That amounts made
11 available under this heading in this Act may be trans-
12 ferred to and merged with the ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants
13 to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ to pre-
14 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided
15 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
16 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
17 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
18 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
20 TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Transit Infrastructure
22 Grants’’ $25,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
23 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
24 coronavirus: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor-
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1 in this Act as if such funds were provided under section
2 5307 of title 49, United States Code, and apportion such
3 funds in accordance with section 5336 of such title (other
4 than subsections (h)(1) and (h)(4)), sections 5311, 5337,
5 and 5340 of title 49, United States Code, and apportion
6 such funds in accordance with such sections, except that
7 funds apportioned under section 5337 shall be added to
8 funds apportioned under section 5307 for administration
9 under section 5307: Provided further, That the Secretary
10 shall allocate the amounts provided in the preceding pro-
11 viso under sections 5307, 5311, 5337, and 5340 of title
12 49, United States Code, among such sections in the same
13 ratio as funds were provided in the fiscal year 2020 appor-
14 tionments: Provided further, That funds apportioned
15 under this heading shall be apportioned not later than 7
16 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
17 ther, That funds shall be apportioned using the fiscal year
18 2020 apportionment formulas: Provided further, That not
19 more than three-quarters of 1 percent of the funds for
20 transit infrastructure grants shall be available for admin-
21 istrative expenses and ongoing program management over-
22 sight as authorized under sections 5334 and 5338(f)(2)
23 of title 49, United States Code, and shall be in addition
24 to any other appropriations for such purpose: Provided
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1 section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, funds pro-
2 vided under this heading are available for the operating
3 expenses of transit agencies related to the response to a
4 public health emergency as described in section 319 of the
5 Public Health Service Act, including, beginning on Janu-
6 ary 31, 2020, reimbursement for operating costs to main-
7 tain service and lost revenue due to the public health
8 emergency, the purchase of personal protective equipment,
9 and paying the administrative leave of operations per-
10 sonnel due to reductions in service: Provided further, That
11 such operating expenses are not required to be included
12 in a transportation improvement program, long-range
13 transportation, statewide transportation plan, or a state-
14 wide transportation improvement program: Provided fur-
15 ther, That the Secretary shall not waive the requirements
16 of section 5333 of title 49, United States Code, for funds
17 appropriated under this heading or for funds previously
18 made available under section 5307 of title 49, United
19 States Code, or sections 5311, 5337, or 5340 of such title
20 as a result of the coronavirus: Provided further, That un-
21 less otherwise specified, applicable requirements under
22 chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to
23 funding made available under this heading, except that the
24 Federal share of the costs for which any grant is made
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1 up to 100 percent: Provided further, That the amount
2 made available under this heading shall be derived from
3 the general fund and shall not be subject to any limitation
4 on obligations for transit programs set forth in any Act:
5 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
6 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
7 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
10 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Train-
12 ing’’, $3,134,000, to remain available until September 30,
13 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
14 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this
15 heading in this Act, $1,000,000 shall be for the operations
16 of the United States Merchant Marine Academy: Provided
17 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
18 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
19 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
20 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
24 General’’, $5,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
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1 able under this heading in this Act shall be for necessary
2 expenses of the Office of Inspector General to carry out
3 the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, as
4 amended: Provided further, That the amounts made avail-
5 able under this heading in this Act shall be used to con-
6 duct audits and investigations of activities carried out with
7 amounts made available in this Act to the Department of
8 Transportation to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
9 coronavirus: Provided further, That the Inspector General
10 shall have all the necessary authority, in carrying out the
11 duties specified in the Inspector General Act, as amended
12 (5 U.S.C. App 3), to investigate allegations of fraud, in-
13 cluding false statements to the Government (18 U.S.C.
14 1001), by any person or entity that is subject to regulation
15 by the Department of Transportation: Provided further,
16 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
17 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
18 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
19 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF
21 TRANSPORTATION
22 SEC. 12101. For amounts made available by this Act
23 under the headings ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the Na-
24 tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National
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1 poration’’, the Secretary of Transportation may not waive
2 the requirements under section 24312 of title 49, United
3 States Code, and section 24305(f) of title 49, United
4 States Code: Provided, That for amounts made available
5 by this Act under such headings the Secretary shall re-
6 quire the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to
7 comply with the Railway Retirement Act of 1974 (45
8 U.S.C. 231 et seq.), the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C.
9 151 et seq.), and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance
10 Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.): Provided further, That not
11 later than 7 days after the date of enactment of this Act
12 and each subsequent 7 days thereafter, the Secretary shall
13 notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropria-
14 tions, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
15 ture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee
16 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate
17 of any National Railroad Passenger Corporation employee
18 furloughs as a result of efforts to prevent, prepare for,
19 and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That in the
20 event of any National Railroad Passenger Corporation em-
21 ployee furloughs as a result of efforts to prevent, prepare
22 for, and respond to coronavirus, the Secretary shall re-
23 quire the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to pro-
24 vide such employees the opportunity to be recalled to their
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1 is restored to March 1, 2020 levels and not later than the
2 date on which intercity passenger rail service has been
3 fully restored to March 1, 2020 levels.
4 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
5 DEVELOPMENT
6 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
7 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES
8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Administrative Sup-
9 port Offices’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
10 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
11 coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by
12 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
13 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
14 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 PROGRAM OFFICES
16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Offices’’,
17 $10,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
18 2030, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
19 Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this head-
20 ing in this Act—
21 (1) $2,500,000 shall be available for the Office
22 of Public and Indian Housing;
23 (2) $5,000,000 shall be available for the Office
24 of Community Planning and Development; and
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1 (3) $2,500,000 shall be available for the Office
2 of Housing:
3 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
4 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
5 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
6 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
8 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE
9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental
10 Assistance’’, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until ex-
11 pended, to provide additional funds for public housing
12 agencies to maintain operations and take other necessary
13 actions to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
14 coronavirus: Provided, That of the amounts made avail-
15 able under this heading in this Act, $1,000,000,000 shall
16 be available for additional administrative and other ex-
17 penses of public housing agencies in administering their
18 section 8 programs, including Mainstream vouchers, in re-
19 sponse to coronavirus: Provided further, That such other
20 expenses shall be new eligible activities to be defined by
21 the Secretary and shall be activities to support or maintain
22 the health and safety of assisted individuals and families,
23 and costs related to retention and support of current par-
24 ticipating landlords: Provided further, That amounts made
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1 H of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
2 (Public Law 116–94) may be used for the other expenses
3 as described in the preceding proviso in addition to their
4 other available uses: Provided further, That of the
5 amounts made available under this heading in this Act,
6 $500,000,000 shall be available for adjustments in the cal-
7 endar year 2020 section 8 renewal funding allocations, in-
8 cluding Mainstream vouchers, for public housing agencies
9 that experience a significant increase in voucher per-unit
10 costs due to extraordinary circumstances or that, despite
11 taking reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by
12 the Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate
13 rental assistance for families as a result of insufficient
14 funding: Provided further, That the Secretary shall allo-
15 cate amounts provided in the preceding proviso based on
16 need, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further,
17 That for any amounts provided under this heading in prior
18 Acts for tenant-based rental assistance contracts, includ-
19 ing necessary administrative expenses, under section 811
20 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing
21 Act (42 U.S.C. 8013) that remain available for this pur-
22 pose after funding renewals and administrative expenses,
23 the Secretary shall award no less than 50 percent of the
24 remaining amounts for the same purpose within 60 days
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1 retary may waive, or specify alternative requirements for,
2 any provision of any statute or regulation that the Sec-
3 retary administers in connection with the use of the
4 amounts made available under this heading and the same
5 heading of Public Law 116–94 (except for requirements
6 related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor stand-
7 ards, and the environment), upon a finding by the Sec-
8 retary that any such waivers or alternative requirements
9 are necessary for the safe and effective administration of
10 these funds to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
11 coronavirus: Provided further, That the Secretary shall no-
12 tify the public through the Federal Register or other ap-
13 propriate means to ensure the most expeditious allocation
14 of this funding of any such waiver or alternative require-
15 ment in order for such waiver or alternative requirement
16 to take effect, and that such public notice may be provided
17 at a minimum on the Internet at the appropriate Govern-
18 ment web site or through other electronic media, as deter-
19 mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That any such
20 waivers or alternative requirements shall remain in effect
21 for the time and duration specified by the Secretary in
22 such public notice and may be extended if necessary upon
23 additional notice by the Secretary: Provided further, That
24 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Housing Oper-
5 ating Fund’’ for 2020 payments to public housing agen-
6 cies for the operation and management of public housing,
7 as authorized by section 9(e) of the United States Housing
8 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), $720,000,000, to re-
9 main available until September 30, 2021: Provided, That
10 such amount shall be combined with the amount appro-
11 priated for the same purpose under the same heading of
12 Public Law 116–94, and distributed to all public housing
13 agencies pursuant to the Operating Fund formula at part
14 990 of title 24, Code of Federal Regulations: Provided fur-
15 ther, That for the period from the enactment of this Act
16 through December 31, 2020, such combined total amount
17 may be used for eligible activities under subsections (d)(1)
18 and (e)(1) of such section 9 and for other expenses to pre-
19 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including
20 activities to support or maintain the health and safety of
21 assisted individuals and families, and activities to support
22 education and child care for impacted families: Provided
23 further, That amounts made available under the headings
24 ‘‘Public Housing Operating Fund’’ and ‘‘Public Housing
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1 ed under such headings, may be used for all of the pur-
2 poses described in the preceding proviso: Provided further,
3 That the expanded uses and funding flexibilities described
4 in the previous two provisos shall be available to all public
5 housing agencies through December 31, 2020, except that
6 the Secretary may extend the period under which such
7 flexibilities shall be available in additional 12 month incre-
8 ments upon a finding that individuals and families as-
9 sisted by the public housing program continue to require
10 expanded services due to the coronavirus pandemic: Pro-
11 vided further, That the Secretary may waive, or specify
12 alternative requirements for, any provision of any statute
13 or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection
14 with the use of such combined total amount of funds made
15 available under the headings ‘‘Public Housing Operating
16 Fund’’ and ‘‘Public Housing Capital Fund’’ in prior Acts
17 (except for requirements related to fair housing, non-
18 discrimination, labor standards, and the environment),
19 upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or
20 alternative requirements are necessary for the safe and ef-
21 fective administration of these funds to prevent, prepare
22 for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That the
23 Secretary shall notify the public through the Federal Reg-
24 ister or other appropriate means to ensure the most expe-
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1 alternative requirement in order for such waiver or alter-
2 native requirement to take effect, and that such public no-
3 tice may be provided at a minimum on the Internet at
4 the appropriate Government web site or through other
5 electronic media, as determined by the Secretary: Provided
6 further, That any such waivers or alternative requirements
7 shall remain in effect for the time and duration specified
8 by the Secretary in such public notice and may be ex-
9 tended if necessary upon additional notice by the Sec-
10 retary: Provided further, That amounts repurposed under
11 this heading that were previously designated by the Con-
12 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Bal-
13 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
14 are designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
15 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced
16 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 Pro-
17 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
18 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
19 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS
22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Native American Pro-
23 grams’’, $350,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
24 tember 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
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1 (1) $250,000,000 shall be for the Native Amer-
2 ican Housing Block Grants program, as authorized
3 under title I of the Native American Housing Assist-
4 ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996
5 (‘‘NAHASDA’’) (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.): Provided,
6 That amounts made available in this paragraph shall
7 be distributed according to the same funding for-
8 mula used in fiscal year 2020: Provided further,
9 That such amounts may be used to cover the cost
10 of and reimbursement of allowable costs to prevent,
11 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus incurred by
12 a recipient regardless of the date on which such
13 costs were incurred: Provided further, That the Sec-
14 retary may waive, or specify alternative require-
15 ments for, any provision of any statute or regulation
16 that the Secretary administers in connection with
17 the use of amounts made available in this paragraph
18 and in paragraph (1) under this heading in division
19 H of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act,
20 2020 (Public Law 116–94) (except for requirements
21 related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor
22 standards, and the environment), upon a finding by
23 the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative
24 requirements are necessary to expedite or facilitate
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1 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided fur-
2 ther, That any such waivers shall apply retroactively
3 to activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
4 coronavirus carried out with any amounts described
5 in the preceding proviso; and
6 (2) $100,000,000 shall be for grants to Indian
7 tribes for carrying out the Indian Community Devel-
8 opment Block Grant program, as authorized under
9 title I of the Housing and Community Development
10 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) with respect
11 to Indian tribes for use to respond to emergencies
12 that constitute imminent threats to health and safe-
13 ty: Provided, That, notwithstanding section
14 106(a)(1) of such Act, the Secretary shall prioritize,
15 without competition, allocations of such amounts for
16 activities and projects to prevent, prepare for, and
17 respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That not
18 to exceed 20 percent of any grant made with
19 amounts made available in this paragraph shall be
20 expended for planning and management development
21 and administration: Provided further, That such
22 amounts may be used to cover the cost of and reim-
23 bursement of allowable costs to prevent, prepare for,
24 and respond to coronavirus incurred by a recipient
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1 curred: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sec-
2 tion 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community De-
3 velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.),
4 there shall be no percent limitation on the use of
5 amounts for public services activities to prevent, pre-
6 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided fur-
7 ther, That the preceding proviso shall apply to all
8 such activities funded with amounts made available
9 in this paragraph and in paragraph (4) under this
10 heading in division H of the Further Consolidated
11 Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94):
12 Provided further, That the Secretary may waive, or
13 specify alternative requirements for, any provision of
14 any statute or regulation that the Secretary admin-
15 isters in connection with the use of amounts made
16 available in this paragraph and in paragraph (4)
17 under this heading in division H of the Further Con-
18 solidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law
19 116–94) (except for requirements related to fair
20 housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the
21 environment), upon a finding by the Secretary that
22 any such waivers or alternative requirements are
23 necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of such
24 amounts, including to prevent, prepare for, and re-
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1 such waivers shall apply retroactively to activities to
2 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus car-
3 ried out with any amounts described in the pre-
4 ceding proviso:
5 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
6 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
7 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
10 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS
11 For an additional amount for carrying out the
12 ‘‘Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS’’ pro-
13 gram, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity
14 Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $130,000,000, to remain
15 available until September 30, 2021, except that amounts
16 allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(5) of such Act shall
17 remain available until September 30, 2022, to provide ad-
18 ditional funds to maintain operations and for rental assist-
19 ance, supportive services, and other necessary actions, in
20 order to prevent, prepare for, and respond to the
21 coronavirus: Provided, That not less than $100,000,000
22 of the amount provided under this heading in this Act
23 shall be allocated pursuant to the formula in section 854
24 of such Act using the same data elements as utilized pur-
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1 further, That up to $20,000,000 of the amount provided
2 under this heading in this Act shall be to provide an addi-
3 tional one-time, non-renewable award to grantees cur-
4 rently administering existing contracts for permanent sup-
5 portive housing that initially were funded under section
6 854(c)(5) of such Act from funds made available under
7 this heading in fiscal year 2010 and prior years: Provided
8 further, That such awards shall be made proportionally to
9 their existing grants: Provided further, That, notwith-
10 standing section 858(b)(3)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
11 12907(b)(3)(B)), housing payment assistance for rent,
12 mortgage, or utilities payments may be provided for a pe-
13 riod of up to 24 months: Provided further, That such
14 awards are not required to be spent on permanent sup-
15 portive housing: Provided further, That, to protect persons
16 who are living with HIV/AIDS, such amounts provided
17 under this heading in this Act may be used to self-isolate,
18 quarantine, or to provide other coronavirus infection con-
19 trol services as recommended by the Centers for Disease
20 Control and Prevention for household members not living
21 with HIV/AIDS: Provided further, That such amounts
22 may be used to provide relocation services, including to
23 provide lodging at hotels, motels, or other locations in
24 order to satisfy the objectives of the preceding proviso:
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1 such Act (42 U.S.C. 12905(g)), a grantee may use up to
2 6 percent of its award under this Act for administrative
3 purposes, and a project sponsor may use up to 10 percent
4 of its sub-award under this Act for administrative pur-
5 poses: Provided further, That such amounts provided
6 under this heading in this Act may be used to reimburse
7 allowable costs consistent with the purposes of this head-
8 ing incurred by a grantee or project sponsor regardless
9 of the date on which such costs were incurred: Provided
10 further, That any regulatory waivers the Secretary may
11 issue may be deemed to be effective as of the date a grant-
12 ee began preparing for coronavirus: Provided further, That
13 any additional activities or authorities authorized under
14 this heading in this Act may also apply at the discretion
15 and upon notice of the Secretary to all amounts made
16 available under this same heading in Public Law 116–94
17 if such amounts are used by grantees for the purposes de-
18 scribed under this heading: Provided further, That up to
19 2 percent of amounts made available under this heading
20 in this Act may be used, without competition, to increase
21 prior awards made to existing technical assistance pro-
22 viders to provide an immediate increase in capacity build-
23 ing and technical assistance available to grantees under
24 this heading and under the same heading in prior Acts:
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1 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
2 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop-
6 ment Fund’’, $15,000,000,000, for assistance under the
7 community development block grant program under title
8 I of the Housing and Community Development Act of
9 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) to prevent, prepare for,
10 and respond to coronavirus, to remain available until Sep-
11 tember 30, 2022: Provided, That up to $8,000,000,000
12 of the amount made available under this heading shall be
13 distributed pursuant to section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
14 5306) to grantees that received allocations pursuant to
15 that same formula in fiscal year 2020, and that such allo-
16 cations shall be made within 30 days of enactment of this
17 Act: Provided further, That, in addition to amounts allo-
18 cated pursuant to the preceding proviso, an additional
19 $5,000,000,000 shall be allocated directly to States to pre-
20 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus within the
21 State, including activities within entitlement and non-
22 entitlement communities, based on public health needs,
23 risk of transmission of coronavirus, number of coronavirus
24 cases compared to the national average, and economic and
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1 mined by the Secretary, using best available data and that
2 such allocations shall be made within 45 days of enact-
3 ment of this Act: Provided further, That any remaining
4 amounts shall be distributed directly to the State or unit
5 of general local government, at the discretion of the Sec-
6 retary, according to a formula based on factors to be de-
7 termined by the Secretary, prioritizing risk of trans-
8 mission of coronavirus, number of coronavirus cases com-
9 pared to the national average, and economic and housing
10 market disruptions resulting from coronavirus: Provided
11 further, That such allocations may be made on a rolling
12 basis as additional needs develop and data becomes avail-
13 able: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make all
14 such allocations based on the best available data at the
15 time of allocation: Provided further, That amounts made
16 available in the preceding provisos may be used to reim-
17 burse allowable costs consistent with the purposes of this
18 heading in this Act incurred by a State or locality regard-
19 less of the date on which such costs were incurred: Pro-
20 vided further, That section 116(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
21 5316(b)) and any implementing regulations, which require
22 grantees to submit their final statements of activities no
23 later than August 16 of a given fiscal year, shall not apply
24 to final statements submitted in accordance with sections
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1 and (a)(3)) and comprehensive housing affordability strat-
2 egies submitted in accordance with section 105 of the
3 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42
4 U.S.C. 12705) for fiscal years 2019 and 2020: Provided
5 further, That such final statements and comprehensive
6 housing affordability strategies shall instead be submitted
7 not later than August 16, 2021: Provided further, That
8 the Secretary may waive, or specify alternative require-
9 ments for, any provision of any statute or regulation that
10 the Secretary administers in connection with the use of
11 amounts made available under this heading and for fiscal
12 years 2019 and 2020 (except for requirements related to
13 fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the
14 environment), if the Secretary finds that good cause exists
15 for the waiver or alternative requirement and such waiver
16 or alternative requirement would not be inconsistent with
17 the overall purpose of title I of the Housing and Commu-
18 nity Development Act of 1974 , including for the purposes
19 of addressing the impact of coronavirus: Provided further,
20 That any such waiver or alternative requirement shall not
21 take effect before the expiration of the 5-day period that
22 begins on the date on which the Secretary notifies the pub-
23 lic through the Federal Register or other appropriate
24 means, including by means of the Internet at the appro-
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1 media, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further,
2 That of the amounts made available under this heading,
3 up to $10,000,000 shall be made available for capacity
4 building and technical assistance to support the use of
5 such amounts to expedite or facilitate infectious disease
6 response: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sections
7 104(a)(2), (a)(3), and (c) of the Housing and Community
8 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(a)(2), (a)(3),
9 and (c)) and section 105 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
10 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705), a
11 grantee may not be required to amend its statement of
12 activities in order to engage in activities to prevent, pre-
13 pare, and respond to coronavirus or the economic and
14 housing disruption caused by such virus, but shall make
15 public a report within 180 days of the end of the crisis
16 which fully accounts for those activities: Provided further,
17 That a grantee may not be required to hold in-person pub-
18 lic hearings in connection with citizen participation plan,
19 but shall provide citizens with notice and a reasonable op-
20 portunity to comment of no less than 15 days: Provided
21 further, That such procedures shall apply to grants from
22 amounts made available under this heading and for fiscal
23 years 2019 and 2020: Provided further, That, during the
24 period that national or local health authorities recommend
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1 health reasons, a grantee may carry out virtual public
2 hearings to fulfill applicable public hearing requirements
3 for all grants from funds made available under this head-
4 ing in this and prior Acts: Provided further, That any such
5 virtual hearings shall provide reasonable notification and
6 access for citizens in accordance with the grantee’s certifi-
7 cations, timely responses from local officials to all citizen
8 questions and issues, and public access to all questions
9 and responses: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
10 subsection 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community De-
11 velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)), there shall
12 be no percent limitation for the use of funds for public
13 services activities to prevent, prepare, and respond to
14 coronavirus or the economic and housing disruption
15 caused by it: Provided further, That the preceding proviso
16 shall apply to all such activities carried out with grants
17 of funds made available under this heading and for fiscal
18 years 2019 and 2020: Provided further, That the Sec-
19 retary shall ensure there are adequate procedures in place
20 to prevent any duplication of benefits as defined by section
21 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
22 gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155) and act in accord-
23 ance with section 1210 of the Disaster Recovery Reform
24 Act of 2018 (division D of Public Law 115–254; 132 Stat.
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1 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5115):
2 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
3 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
4 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
5 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
6 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Homeless Assistance
8 Grants’’, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
9 tember 30, 2022, for the Emergency Solutions Grants pro-
10 gram as authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the
11 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
12 11371 et seq.), as amended, to prevent, prepare for, and
13 respond to coronavirus among individuals and families
14 who are homeless, receiving homeless assistance, or at risk
15 of homelessness and to support additional homeless assist-
16 ance and homelessness prevention activities to mitigate the
17 impacts created by coronavirus: Provided, That up to
18 $1,500,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this
19 heading in this Act shall be distributed pursuant to 24
20 CFR 576.3 to grantees that received allocations pursuant
21 to that same formula in fiscal year 2020, and that such
22 allocations shall be made within 30 days of enactment of
23 this Act: Provided further, That, in addition to amounts
24 allocated in the preceding proviso, an additional
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1 unit of general local government by a formula to be devel-
2 oped by the Secretary and that such allocations shall be
3 made within 45 days of enactment of this Act: Provided
4 further, That such formula shall allocate such amounts for
5 the benefit of unsheltered homeless, sheltered homeless,
6 and those at risk of homelessness to geographical areas
7 with the greatest need based on the risk of increasing
8 transmission of coronavirus, rising rates of sheltered and
9 unsheltered homelessness, and disruptions to economic
10 and housing markets and other factors, as determined by
11 the Secretary: Provided further, That not less than every
12 60 days thereafter, the Secretary shall allocate a minimum
13 of an additional $500,000,000: Provided further, That
14 amounts in the preceding proviso shall be allocated by a
15 formula to be developed by the Secretary which takes into
16 consideration the factors contained in the third proviso
17 under this heading, in addition to the best available data
18 on the number of coronavirus cases and disruptions in eco-
19 nomic and housing markets, and other factors as deter-
20 mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That such
21 amounts may be used to reimburse allowable costs con-
22 sistent with the purposes of this heading incurred by a
23 State or locality regardless of the date on which such costs
24 were incurred: Provided further, That individuals and fam-
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1 section 3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937
2 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)) shall be considered ‘‘at risk of home-
3 lessness’’ and eligible for homelessness prevention assist-
4 ance if they meet the criteria in subparagraphs (B) and
5 (C) of section 401(1) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless
6 Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1)(B) and (C)): Provided further,
7 That any individuals and families who are low-income (as
8 such term is defined in section 3(b) of the United States
9 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)) shall be eligi-
10 ble for rental assistance: Provided further, That recipients
11 may deviate from applicable procurement standards when
12 procuring goods and services consistent with the purposes
13 of this heading: Provided further, That a recipient may
14 use up to 10 percent of its allocation for administrative
15 purposes: Provided further, That the use of such amounts
16 shall not be subject to the consultation, citizen participa-
17 tion, or match requirements that otherwise apply to the
18 Emergency Solutions Grants program, except that a re-
19 cipient must publish how it has and will utilize its alloca-
20 tion at a minimum on the Internet at the appropriate Gov-
21 ernment web site or through other electronic media: Pro-
22 vided further, That the spending cap established pursuant
23 to section 415(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Act
24 (42 U.S.C. 11374) shall not apply to such amounts: Pro-
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1 temporary emergency shelters (through leasing of existing
2 property, temporary structures, or other means) for the
3 purposes described under this heading, and that such tem-
4 porary emergency shelters shall not be subject to the min-
5 imum periods of use required by section 416(c)(1) of such
6 Act (42 U.S.C. 11375(c)(1)): Provided further, That Fed-
7 eral habitability and environmental review standards and
8 requirements shall not apply to the use of such amounts
9 for those temporary emergency shelters that have been de-
10 termined by Federal, State, or local health officials to be
11 necessary to prevent and mitigate the spread of
12 coronavirus: Provided further, That such amounts may be
13 used for training on infectious disease prevention and
14 mitigation and to provide hazard pay, including for time
15 worked prior to enactment of this Act, for staff working
16 directly to prevent and mitigate the spread of coronavirus
17 among persons who are homeless or at risk of homeless-
18 ness, and that such activities shall not be considered ad-
19 ministrative costs for purposes of the 10 percent cap: Pro-
20 vided further, That in administering the amounts made
21 available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary may
22 waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provi-
23 sion of any statute or regulation (except for any require-
24 ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor
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1 ministers in connection with the obligation or use by the
2 recipient of these amounts, if the Secretary finds that
3 good cause exists for the waiver or alternative requirement
4 and such waiver or alternative requirement is consistent
5 with the purposes described under this heading: Provided
6 further, That any such waivers shall be deemed to be effec-
7 tive as of the date a State or unit of local government
8 began preparing for coronavirus and shall apply to the use
9 of amounts provided under this heading and amounts pro-
10 vided under the same heading in fiscal year 2020 used
11 by recipients for the purposes described under this head-
12 ing: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the
13 public through the Federal Register or other appropriate
14 means, 5 days before the effective date, of any such waiver
15 or alternative requirement, and that such public notice
16 may be provided on the Internet at the appropriate Gov-
17 ernment web site or through other electronic media, as
18 determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That up
19 to 1 percent of amounts made available under this heading
20 in this Act may be used to increase prior awards made
21 to existing technical assistance providers with experience
22 in providing health care services in order to provide an
23 immediate increase in capacity building and technical as-
24 sistance to recipients of the Emergency Solutions Grants
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1 in fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 2020: Provided further,
2 That none of the funds provided under this heading may
3 be used to require people experiencing homelessness to re-
4 ceive treatment or perform any other prerequisite activi-
5 ties as a condition for receiving shelter, housing, or other
6 services: Provided further, That such amount is designated
7 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
8 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
9 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
11 For and additional amount for ‘‘Emergency Rental
12 Assistance’’, as authorized in section 104 of title I of divi-
13 sion I of the Take Responsibility for Workers and Families
14 Act, $100,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
15 pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
16 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
17 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
18 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 HOUSING ASSISTANCE FUND
20 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Housing Assist-
21 ance Fund’’, as authorized in section 107 of title I of divi-
22 sion I of the Take Responsibility for Workers and Families
23 Act, $35,000,000,000, to remain available until expended:
24 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
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1 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 HOUSING PROGRAMS
4 ASSISTED HOUSING STABILITY
5 For an additional amount for assistance to owners
6 or sponsors of properties receiving project-based assist-
7 ance pursuant to section 202 of the Housing Act of 1959
8 (12 U.S.C. 17012), section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez
9 National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), or
10 section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as
11 amended, (42 U.S.C. 1437f), $1,100,000,000, to remain
12 available until expended, unless otherwise specified: Pro-
13 vided, That such amounts shall be used to prevent, pre-
14 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further,
15 That of the amounts made available under this heading
16 in this Act:
17 (1) $1,000,000,000 shall be for ‘‘Project-Based
18 Rental Assistance’’ to supplement funds already
19 available for expiring or terminating section 8
20 project-based subsidy contracts (including section 8
21 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for amendments
22 to section 8 project-based subsidy contracts (includ-
23 ing section 8 moderate rehabilitation contracts), for
24 contracts entered into pursuant to section 441 of the
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1 U.S.C. 11401), for renewal of section 8 contracts for
2 units in projects that are subject to approved plans
3 of action under the Emergency Low Income Housing
4 Preservation Act of 1987 or the Low-Income Hous-
5 ing Preservation and Resident Homeownership Act
6 of 1990, and for administrative and other expenses
7 associated with project-based activities and assist-
8 ance funded under this paragraph;
9 (2) $75,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
10 tember 30, 2022, shall be for ‘‘Housing for the El-
11 derly’’ to supplement funds already available for
12 project rental assistance for the elderly under section
13 202(c)(2) of such Housing Act of 1959, including
14 amendments to contracts for such assistance and re-
15 newal of expiring contracts for such assistance for
16 up to a 1-year term, for senior preservation rental
17 assistance contracts, including renewals, as author-
18 ized by section 811(e) of the American Housing and
19 Economic Opportunity Act of 2000, as amended,
20 and for supportive services associated with the hous-
21 ing for the elderly as authorized by such section
22 202: Provided further, That funds made available
23 under this paragraph shall be used to provide emer-
24 gency assistance for continuation of contracts for
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1 contracts, supportive services, existing service coordi-
2 nators, one-time grants to hire additional service co-
3 ordinators, other staffing, rent supports, and emer-
4 gency preparedness relating to coronavirus; and
5 (3) $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
6 tember 30, 2023, shall be for ‘‘Housing for Persons
7 with Disabilities’’ to supplement funds already avail-
8 able for project rental assistance for supportive
9 housing for persons with disabilities under section
10 811(d)(2) of such Cranston-Gonzalez National Af-
11 fordable Housing Act, for project assistance con-
12 tracts pursuant to section 202(h) of the Housing
13 Act of 1959 (Public Law 86–372; 73 Stat. 667), in-
14 cluding amendments to contracts for such assistance
15 and renewal of expiring contracts for such assistance
16 for up to a 1-year term, for project rental assistance
17 to State housing finance agencies and other appro-
18 priate entities as authorized under section 811(b)(3)
19 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Housing Act, and
20 for supportive services associated with the housing
21 for persons with disabilities as authorized by section
22 811(b)(1) of such Act:
23 Provided further, That for the purposes of addressing the
24 impact of coronavirus, the Secretary may waive, or specify
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1 or regulation that the Secretary administers in connection
2 with the use of amounts made available under this heading
3 in this Act (except for requirements related to fair hous-
4 ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
5 ment) upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waiv-
6 ers or alternative requirements are necessary to expedite
7 or facilitate the use of such amounts: Provided further,
8 That the Secretary shall notify the public through the
9 Federal Register or other appropriate means of any such
10 waiver or alternative requirement in order for such waiver
11 or alternative requirement to take effect, and that such
12 public notice may be provided at minimum on the Internet
13 at the appropriate Government web site or through other
14 electronic media, as determined by the Secretary: Provided
15 further, That up to 1 percent of the amounts provided
16 under paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) may be used to make
17 new awards or increase prior awards made to existing
18 technical assistance providers, without competition, to pro-
19 vide an immediate increase in capacity building and tech-
20 nical assistance available to recipients of amounts identi-
21 fied in the preceding proviso, to remain available until
22 September 30, 2024: Provided further, That such amount
23 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
24 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
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1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
2 1985.
3 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
4 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Fair Housing Activi-
6 ties’’, $7,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
7 2021, for contracts, grants, and other assistance, as au-
8 thorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as
9 amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988,
10 and section 561 of the Housing and Community Develop-
11 ment Act of 1987, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
12 to coronavirus, of which $4,000,000 shall be for the Fair
13 Housing Assistance Program Partnership for Special En-
14 forcement grants to address fair housing issues relating
15 to coronavirus, and $3,000,000 shall be for the Fair Hous-
16 ing Initiatives Program for education and outreach activi-
17 ties under such section 561 to educate the public about
18 fair housing issues related to coronavirus: Provided, That
19 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
20 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
22 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
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1 30, 2021: Provided, That the amount made available
2 under this heading in this Act shall be for necessary sala-
3 ries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in
4 carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978 and to
5 conduct audits and investigations of activities carried out
6 with amounts made available in this Act to the Depart-
7 ment of Housing and Urban Development to prevent, pre-
8 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further,
9 That the Inspector General shall have independent author-
10 ity over all personnel issues within this office: Provided
11 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
12 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
13 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 TITLE XIII
16 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS DIVISION
17 SEC. 13101. Not later than 30 days after the date
18 of enactment of this Act, the head of each executive agen-
19 cy that receives funding in this Act, or that received fund-
20 ing in the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Sup-
21 plemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public
22 Law 116–123) or the Second Coronavirus Preparedness
23 and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (di-
24 vision A of Public Law 116–127), shall provide a report
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1 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
2 atives and the Senate: Provided, That each report shall
3 include estimated personnel and administrative costs, as
4 well as the total amount of funding apportioned, allotted,
5 obligated, and expended, to date: Provided further, That
6 each such report shall be updated and submitted to such
7 Committees every 60 days until all funds are expended
8 or expire: Provided further, That reports submitted pursu-
9 ant to this section shall satisfy the requirements of section
10 1701 of division A of Public Law 116–127.
11 SEC. 13102. Each amount appropriated or made
12 available by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise
13 appropriated for the fiscal year involved.
14 SEC. 13103. In this Act, the term ‘‘coronavirus’’
15 means SARS–CoV–2 or another coronavirus with pan-
16 demic potential.
17 SEC. 13104. No part of any appropriation contained
18 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond
19 the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
20 SEC. 13105. Unless otherwise provided for by this
21 Act, the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to
22 appropriations accounts shall be available under the au-
23 thorities and conditions applicable to such appropriations
24 accounts for fiscal year 2020.
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1 SEC. 13106. Each amount designated in this Act by
2 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
3 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
4 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be avail-
5 able (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the
6 President subsequently so designates all such amounts
7 and transmits such designations to the Congress.
8 SEC. 13107. Any amount appropriated by this Act,
9 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
10 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
11 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and subse-
12 quently so designated by the President, and transferred
13 pursuant to transfer authorities provided by this Act shall
14 retain such designation.
15 SEC. 13108. Notwithstanding any other provision of
16 law, and subject to the availability of appropriations,
17 funds made available by this Act or any other Act may
18 be used to modify the terms and conditions of a contract,
19 or other agreement, without consideration, to authorize a
20 federal agency to reimburse at contract billing rates not
21 to exceed an average of 40 hours per week any contractor
22 paid leave, including sick leave, the contractor provides to
23 its employees to ensure the effective response to the de-
24 clared national emergency for the coronavirus pandemic
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1 whose employees cannot perform work on a federally
2 owned or leased facility or site due to Federal Government
3 directed closures or other restrictions, and who cannot
4 telework because their job duties cannot be performed re-
5 motely during the declared national emergency for the
6 coronavirus pandemic event. This authority also shall
7 apply to subcontractors. The amounts made available by
8 this section are designated by the Congress as an emer-
9 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of
10 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
11 of 1985.
12 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Third Coronavirus
13 Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations
14 Act, 2020’’.
15 DIVISION B—EMERGENCY FAM-
16 ILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE EX-
17 PANSION ACT
18 SEC. 20001. REFERENCES.
19 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
20 this division an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
21 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
22 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
23 section or other provision of the Family and Medical Leave
24 Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.), as amended by the
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1 Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act
2 (Public Law 116–127).
3 SEC. 20002. EMPLOYER CLARIFICATION.
4 Section 101(4) is amended by adding at the end the
5 following:
6 ‘‘(C) CLARIFICATION.—Subparagraph
7 (A)(i) shall not apply with respect to a public
8 agency described in subparagraph (A)(iii).’’.
9 SEC. 20003. EMERGENCY LEAVE EXTENSION.
10 Section 102(a)(1)(F) is amended by striking ‘‘De-
11 cember 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’.
12 SEC. 20004. EMERGENCY LEAVE DEFINITIONS.
13 (a) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.—Section 110(a)(1) is
14 amended in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sections
15 101(2)(A) and 101(2)(B)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
16 101(2)’’.
17 (b) EMPLOYER THRESHOLD.—Section 110(a)(1)(B)
18 is amended by striking ‘‘fewer than 500 employees’’ and
19 inserting ‘‘1 or more employees’’.
20 (c) PARENT.—Section 110(a)(1) is amended by add-
21 ing at the end the following:
22 ‘‘(C) PARENT.—In lieu of the definition in
23 section 101(7), the term ‘parent’, with respect
24 to an employee, means any of the following:
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1 ‘‘(i) A biological, foster, or adoptive
2 parent of the employee.
3 ‘‘(ii) A stepparent of the employee.
4 ‘‘(iii) A parent-in-law of the employee.
5 ‘‘(iv) A parent of a domestic partner
6 of the employee.
7 ‘‘(v) A legal guardian or other person
8 who stood in loco parentis to an employee
9 when the employee was a child.’’.
10 (d) QUALIFYING NEED RELATED TO A PUBLIC
11 HEALTH EMERGENCY.—Section 110(a)(2)(A) is amended
12 to read as follows:
13 ‘‘(A) QUALIFYING NEED RELATED TO A
14 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.—The term
15 ‘qualifying need related to a public health emer-
16 gency’, with respect to leave, means that the
17 employee is unable to perform the functions of
18 the position of such employee due to a need for
19 leave for any of the following:
20 ‘‘(i) To comply with a recommenda-
21 tion or order by a public official having ju-
22 risdiction or a health care provider on the
23 basis that the physical presence of the em-
24 ployee on the job would jeopardize the
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1 ‘‘(I) the exposure of the employee
2 to COVID–19; or
3 ‘‘(II) exhibition of symptoms of
4 COVID–19 by the employee.
5 ‘‘(ii) To care for a family member of
6 an eligible employee with respect to whom
7 a public official having jurisdiction or a
8 health care provider makes a determina-
9 tion that the presence of such family mem-
10 ber in the community would jeopardize the
11 health of other individuals in the commu-
12 nity because of—
13 ‘‘(I) the exposure of the family
14 member to COVID–19; or
15 ‘‘(II) exhibition of symptoms of
16 COVID–19 by the family member.
17 ‘‘(iii) To care for the son or daughter
18 of such employee if the school or place of
19 care has been closed, or the child care pro-
20 vider of such son or daughter is unavail-
21 able, due to a public health emergency.
22 ‘‘(iv) To care for a family member
23 who meets criteria of 101(12)(B) or is a
24 senior citizen, if the place of care for such
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1 provider is unavailable, due to a public
2 health emergency.’’.
3 (e) FAMILY MEMBER.—Section 110(a)(2) is amended
4 by adding at the end the following:
5 ‘‘(E) FAMILY MEMBER.—The term ‘family
6 member’, with respect to an employee, means
7 any of the following:
8 ‘‘(i) A parent of the employee.
9 ‘‘(ii) A spouse of the employee.
10 ‘‘(iii) A sibling of the employee.
11 ‘‘(iv) Next of kin of the employee or
12 a person for whom the employee is next of
13 kin.
14 ‘‘(v) A son or daughter of the em-
15 ployee.
16 ‘‘(vi) A grandparent or grandchild of
17 the employee.
18 ‘‘(vii) An domestic partner of the em-
19 ployee.
20 ‘‘(F) DOMESTIC PARTNER.—
21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘domes-
22 tic partner’, with respect to an individual,
23 means another individual with whom the
24 individual is in a committed relationship.
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1 ‘‘(ii) COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP DE-
2 FINED.—The term ‘committed relationship’
3 means a relationship between 2 individuals,
4 each at least 18 years of age, in which
5 each individual is the other individual’s
6 sole domestic partner and both individuals
7 share responsibility for a significant meas-
8 ure of each other’s common welfare. The
9 term includes any such relationship be-
10 tween 2 individuals that is granted legal
11 recognition by a State or political subdivi-
12 sion of a State as a marriage or analogous
13 relationship, including a civil union or do-
14 mestic partnership.’’.
15 SEC. 20005. REGULATORY AUTHORITIES.
16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 110(a) is amended by
17 striking paragraph (3).
18 (b) FORCE OR EFFECT OF REGULATIONS.—Any reg-
19 ulation issued under section 110(a)(3), as in effect on the
20 day before the date of the enactment of this Act, shall
21 have no force or effect.
22 SEC. 20006. RELATIONSHIP TO PAID LEAVE.
23 Section 110(b) is amended—
24 (1) in paragraph (1)—
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1 (A) in the header, by striking ‘‘10 DAYS’’
2 and inserting ‘‘2 WORKWEEKS’’;
3 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘10
4 days’’ and inserting ‘‘2 workweeks’’;
5 (C) in subparagraph (B), by inserting, ‘‘,
6 including leave provided under section 5102 of
7 the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (Public
8 Law 116–127),’’ after ‘‘medical or sick leave’’;
9 and
10 (D) by inserting at the end the following:
11 ‘‘(C) EMPLOYER REQUIREMENT.—An em-
12 ployer may not require an employee to sub-
13 stitute any leave described in subparagraph (B)
14 for leave under section 102(a)(1)(F).
15 ‘‘(D) RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER FAMILY
16 AND MEDICAL LEAVE.—Leave taken under sub-
17 paragraph (F) of section 102(a)(1) shall not
18 count towards the 12 weeks of leave to which
19 an employee is entitled under subparagraphs
20 (A) through (E) of such section.’’; and
21 (2) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘10 days’’
22 and inserting ‘‘2 workweeks’’.
23 SEC. 20007. WAGE RATE.
24 Section 110(b)(2)(B)(I) is amended to read as fol-
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1 ‘‘(I) an amount that is not less
2 than the greater of—
3 ‘‘(aa) the minimum wage
4 rate in effect under section
5 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Stand-
6 ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C.
7 206(a)(1));
8 ‘‘(bb) the minimum wage
9 rate in effect for such employee
10 in the applicable State or locality,
11 whichever is greater, in which the
12 employee is employed; or
13 ‘‘(cc) two thirds of an em-
14 ployee’s regular rate of pay (as
15 determined under section 7(e) of
16 the Fair Labor Standards Act of
17 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207(e)); and’’.
18 SEC. 20008. NOTICE.
19 Section 110(c) is amended by inserting ‘‘or sub-
20 section (a)(2)(A)(iv)’’ after ‘‘for the purpose described in
21 subsection (a)(2)(A)(iii)’’.
22 SEC. 20009. AMENDMENTS TO THE EMERGENCY FAMILY
23 AND MEDICAL LEAVE EXPANSION ACT.
24 The Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expan-
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1 (1) in section 3103(b), by striking ‘‘Employees’’
2 and inserting, ‘‘Notwithstanding section
3 102(a)(1)(A) of the Family and Medical Leave Act
4 of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)(A)), employees’’; and
5 (2) by striking sections 3104 and 3105.
6 DIVISION C—EMERGENCY PAID
7 SICK LEAVE ACT AMENDMENTS
8 SEC. 30001. REFERENCES.
9 Except as otherwise expressly provided, whenever in
10 this division an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
11 of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
12 sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
13 section or other provision of division E of the Families
14 First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116–127).
15 SEC. 30002. PAID SICK TIME REQUIREMENT.
16 (a) USES.—Section 5102(a) is amended to read as
17 follows:
18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An employer shall provide to
19 each employee employed by the employer paid sick time
20 for any of the following uses:
21 ‘‘(1) To self-isolate because the employee is di-
22 agnosed with COVID–19.
23 ‘‘(2) To obtain a medical diagnosis or care if
24 such employee is experiencing the symptoms of
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1 ‘‘(3) To comply with a recommendation or
2 order by a public official with jurisdiction or a
3 health care provider on the basis that the physical
4 presence of the employee on the job would jeopardize
5 the health of others because of—
6 ‘‘(A) the exposure of the employee to
7 COVID–19; or
8 ‘‘(B) exhibition of symptoms of COVID–19
9 by the employee; or
10 ‘‘(4) To care for or assist a family member of
11 the employee—
12 ‘‘(A) who—
13 ‘‘(i) is self-isolating because such fam-
14 ily member has been diagnosed with
15 COVID–19; or
16 ‘‘(ii) is experiencing symptoms of
17 COVID–19 and needs to obtain medical di-
18 agnosis or care.
19 ‘‘(B) with respect to whom a public official
20 with jurisdiction or a health care provider
21 makes a determination that the presence of the
22 family member in the community would jeop-
23 ardize the health of other individuals in the
24 community because of—
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1 ‘‘(i) the exposure of such family mem-
2 ber to the COVID–19; or
3 ‘‘(ii) exhibition of symptoms of
4 COVID–19 by such family member.
5 ‘‘(5) To care for the son or daughter of such
6 employee if the school or place of care has been
7 closed, or the child care provider of such son or
8 daughter is unavailable, due to COVID–19.’’.
9 (b) EMPLOYERS WITH EXISTING POLICIES.—Section
10 5102 by adding at the end the following:
11 ‘‘(f) EMPLOYERS WITH EXISTING POLICIES.—With
12 respect to an employer that provides paid leave on the day
13 before the date of enactment of this Act—
14 ‘‘(1) the paid sick time under this Act shall be
15 made available to employees of the employer in addi-
16 tion to such paid leave; and
17 ‘‘(2) the employer may not change such paid
18 leave on or after such date of enactment to avoid
19 being subject to paragraph (1).’’.
20 SEC. 30003. PROHIBITED ACTS.
21 Section 5104(1) is amended by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
22 end and inserting ‘‘or’’.
23 SEC. 30004. SUNSET.
24 Section 5109 is amended by striking ‘‘December 31,
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1 SEC. 30005. DEFINITIONS.
2 (a) EMPLOYEE.—Section 5110(1)(A)(i) is amend-
3 ed—
4 (1) by striking ‘‘terms’’ and inserting ‘‘term’’;
5 and
6 (2) by striking ‘‘paragraph (5)(A)’’ and insert-
7 ing ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)’’.
8 (b) EMPLOYER.—Section 5110(2)(B) is amended—
9 (1) by striking ‘‘terms’’ and inserting ‘‘term’’;
10 (2) by amending subclause (I) of clause (i) to
11 read as follows:
12 ‘‘(I) means any person engaged
13 in commerce or in any industry or ac-
14 tivity affecting commerce that employs
15 1 or more employees;’’; and
16 (3) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:
17 ‘‘(ii) PUBLIC AGENCY AND NON-PROF-
18 IT ORGANIZATIONS.—For purposes of
19 clause (i)(III) and (i)(I), a public agency
20 and a nonprofit organization shall be con-
21 sidered to be a person engaged in com-
22 merce or in an industry or activity affect-
23 ing commerce.’’.
24 (c) FMLA TERMS.—Section 5110(4) is amended to
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1 ‘‘(4) FMLA TERMS.—The terms ‘health care
2 provider’, ‘next of kin’, ‘son or daughter’, and
3 ‘spouse’ have the meanings given such terms in sec-
4 tion 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of
5 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611).’’.
6 (d) PAID SICK TIME.—Section 5110(5) is amended—
7 (1) in subparagraph (A)—
8 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘section 2(a)’’
9 and inserting ‘‘section 5102(a)’’; and
10 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘exceed’’ and
11 all that follows and inserting ‘‘exceed $511 per
12 day and $5,110 in the aggregate.’’;
13 (2) in subparagraph (B)—
14 (A) by striking the following:
15 ‘‘(B) REQUIRED COMPENSATION.—
16 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to sub-
17 paragraph (A)(ii),’’; and inserting the fol-
18 lowing:
19 ‘‘(B) REQUIRED COMPENSATION.—Subject
20 to subparagraph (A)(ii),’’; and
21 (B) by striking clause (ii); and
22 (3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘ section
23 2(a)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 5102(a)’’.
24 (a) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—Section 5110 is
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1 ‘‘(6) DOMESTIC PARTNER.—
2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘domestic
3 partner’, with respect to an individual, means
4 another individual with whom the individual is
5 in a committed relationship.
6 ‘‘(B) COMMITTED RELATIONSHIP DE-
7 FINED.—The term ‘committed relationship’
8 means a relationship between 2 individuals,
9 each at least 18 years of age, in which each in-
10 dividual is the other individual’s sole domestic
11 partner and both individuals share responsi-
12 bility for a significant measure of each other’s
13 common welfare. The term includes any such
14 relationship between 2 individuals that is grant-
15 ed legal recognition by a State or political sub-
16 division of a State as a marriage or analogous
17 relationship, including a civil union or domestic
18 partnership.
19 ‘‘(7) FAMILY MEMBER.—The term ‘family
20 member’, with respect to an employee, means any of
21 the following:
22 ‘‘(A) A parent of the employee.
23 ‘‘(B) A spouse of the employee.
24 ‘‘(C) A son or daughter of the employee.
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1 ‘‘(E) A next of kin of the employee or a
2 person for whom the employee is next of kin.
3 ‘‘(F) A grandparent or grandchild of the
4 employee.
5 ‘‘(G) A domestic partner of the employee.
6 ‘‘(8) FFCRA TERMS.—The terms ‘child care
7 provider’ and ‘school’ have the meanings given such
8 terms in section 110(a)(2) of the Family and Med-
9 ical and Leave Act of 1993.
10 ‘‘(9) PARENT.—The term ‘parent’, with respect
11 to an employee, means any of the following:
12 ‘‘(A) A biological, foster, or adoptive par-
13 ent of the employee.
14 ‘‘(B) A stepparent of the employee.
15 ‘‘(C) A parent-in-law of the employee.
16 ‘‘(D) A parent of a domestic partner of the
17 employee.
18 ‘‘(E) A legal guardian or other person who
19 stood in loco parentis to an employee when the
20 employee was a child.’’.
21 SEC. 30006. REGULATORY AUTHORITIES.
22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Division E is amended by striking
23 section 5111.
24 (b) FORCE OR EFFECT OF REGULATIONS.—Any reg-
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1 Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law
2 116–127), as in effect on the day before the date of the
3 enactment of this Act, shall have no force or effect.
4 DIVISION D—COVID–19 WORK-
5 ERS FIRST PROTECTION ACT
6 OF 2020
7 SEC. 40001. SHORT TITLE.
8 This division may be cited as the ‘‘COVID–19 Work-
9 ers First Protection Act of 2020’’.
10 SEC. 40002. EMERGENCY TEMPORARY AND PERMANENT
11 STANDARDS.
12 (a) EMERGENCY TEMPORARY STANDARD.—
13 (1) IN GENERAL.—In consideration of the grave
14 risk presented by COVID–19 and the need to
15 strengthen protections for employees, pursuant to
16 section 6(c)(1) of the Occupational Safety and
17 Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(c)(1)) and not-
18 withstanding the provisions of law and the Executive
19 Order listed in paragraph (7), not later than 7 days
20 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
21 retary of Labor shall, in consultation with the Direc-
22 tor of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
23 tion, the Director of the National Institute for Occu-
24 pational Safety and Health, the Commissioner of the
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1 scribed in paragraph (2), promulgate an emergency
2 temporary standard to protect from occupational ex-
3 posure to SARS–CoV–2—
4 (A) employees of health care sector em-
5 ployers;
6 (B) employees of employers in the para-
7 medic and emergency medical services, includ-
8 ing such services provided by firefighters and
9 other emergency responders; and
10 (C) employees in other sectors and occupa-
11 tions whom the Centers for Disease Control and
12 Prevention or the Occupational Safety and
13 Health Administration identifies as having ele-
14 vated risk.
15 (2) CONSULTATION.—In developing the stand-
16 ard under this subsection, the Secretary shall con-
17 sult with professional associations and representa-
18 tives of the employees in the occupations and sectors
19 described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of para-
20 graph (1) and the employers of such employees.
21 (3) ENFORCEMENT DISCRETION.—If the Sec-
22 retary of Labor determines it is not feasible for an
23 employer to comply with a requirement of the stand-
24 ard promulgated under this subsection (such as a
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1 ment), the Secretary may exercise discretion in the
2 enforcement of such requirement if the employer
3 demonstrates that the employer—
4 (A) is exercising due diligence to come into
5 compliance with such requirement; and
6 (B) is implementing alternative methods
7 and measures to protect employees.
8 (4) EXTENSION OF STANDARD.—Notwith-
9 standing paragraphs (2) and (3) of section 6(c) of
10 the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29
11 U.S.C. 655(c)), the emergency temporary standard
12 promulgated under this subsection shall be in effect
13 until the date on which the final standard promul-
14 gated under subsection (b) is in effect.
15 (5) STATE PLAN ADOPTION.—With respect to a
16 State with a State plan that has been approved by
17 the Secretary of Labor under section 18 of the Oc-
18 cupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29
19 U.S.C. 667), not later than 14 days after the date
20 of enactment of this Act, such State shall promul-
21 gate an emergency temporary standard that is at
22 least as effective in protecting from occupational ex-
23 posure to SARS–CoV–2 the employees in the occu-
24 pations and sectors described in subparagraphs (A)
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1 through (C) of paragraph (1) as the emergency tem-
2 porary standard promulgated under this subsection.
3 (6) EMPLOYER DEFINED.—For purposes of the
4 standard promulgated under this subsection, the
5 term ‘‘employer’’ under section 3 of the Occupa-
6 tional Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C.
7 652) includes any State or political subdivision of a
8 State, except for those already subject to the juris-
9 diction of a State plan approved under Section 18(b)
10 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
11 (7) INAPPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW AND
12 EXECUTIVE ORDER.—The requirements of chapter 6
13 of title V, United States Code (commonly referred to
14 as the ‘‘Regulatory Flexibility Act’’), subchapter I of
15 chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code (com-
16 monly referred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
17 Act’’), and Executive Order 12866 (58 Fed. Reg.
18 190; relating to regulatory planning and review), as
19 amended, shall not apply to the standard promul-
20 gated under this subsection.
21 (b) PERMANENT STANDARD.—Not later than 24
22 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
23 retary of Labor shall promulgate a final standard—
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1 (1) to protect employees from occupational ex-
2 posure to infectious pathogens, including novel
3 pathogens; and
4 (2) that shall be effective and enforceable in the
5 same manner and to the same extent as a standard
6 promulgated under section 6(b) of the Occupational
7 Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 655(b)).
8 (c) REQUIREMENTS.—Each standard promulgated
9 under this section shall—
10 (1) require the employers of the employees in
11 the occupations and sectors described in subpara-
12 graphs (A) through (C) of subsection (a)(1) to de-
13 velop and implement a comprehensive infectious dis-
14 ease exposure control plan;
15 (2) provide no less protection for novel patho-
16 gens than precautions mandated by standards
17 adopted by a State plan that has been approved by
18 the Secretary of Labor under section 18 of the Oc-
19 cupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (296
20 U.S.C. 667); and
21 (3) incorporate, as appropriate—
22 (A) guidelines issued by the Centers for
23 Disease Control and Prevention, and the Na-
24 tional Institute for Occupational Safety and
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1 transmission of infectious agents in healthcare
2 settings; and
3 (B) relevant scientific research on novel
4 pathogens.
5 SEC. 40003. SURVEILLANCE, TRACKING, AND INVESTIGA-
6 TION OF WORK-RELATED CASES OF COVID–19
7 AMONG HEALTH CARE WORKERS.
8 The Director of the Centers for Disease Control and
9 Prevention, in conjunction with the Director of the Na-
10 tional Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
11 shall—
12 (1) collect and analyze case reports and other
13 data on COVID–19, to identify and evaluate the ex-
14 tent, nature, and source of COVID–19 among em-
15 ployees in the occupations and sectors described in
16 subparagraphs (A) through (C) of section 2(a)(1);
17 (2) investigate, as appropriate, individual cases
18 of COVID–19 among such employees to evaluate the
19 source of exposure and adequacy of infection and ex-
20 posure control programs and measures;
21 (3) provide regular periodic reports on COVID–
22 19 disease among such employees to the public; and
23 (4) based on such reports and investigations
24 make recommendations on needed actions or guid-
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1 DIVISION E—COVID–19 WORK-
2 FORCE EMERGENCY RE-
3 SPONSE ACT OF 2020
4 SEC. 50001. SHORT TITLE.
5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
6 ‘‘Workforce Emergency Response Act of 2020’’.
7 SEC. 50002. DEFINITIONS.
8 In this Act:
9 (1) CORONAVIRUS.—The term ‘‘coronavirus’’
10 means coronavirus as defined in section 506 of the
11 Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supple-
12 mental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–
13 123).
14 (2) COVID–19 NATIONAL EMERGENCY.—The
15 term ‘‘COVID–19 national emergency’’ means the
16 national emergency declared by the President under
17 the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et
18 seq.) on March 13, 2020, with respect to the
19 coronavirus.
20 (3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
21 the Secretary of Labor.
22 (4) WIOA TERMS.—Except as otherwise pro-
23 vided, the terms in this Act have the meanings given
24 the terms in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation
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1 SEC. 50003. WORKFORCE RESPONSE ACTIVITIES.
2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The purpose of this section is to
3 provide the increased flexibility needed for State and local
4 areas to provide continuity of services during the COVID–
5 19 national emergency.
6 (b) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Notwithstanding sec-
7 tion 128(b)(4) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
8 tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3163(b)(4)), of the funds allocated
9 to a local area, including a single State local area, under
10 subtitle B of title I of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3151 et seq.)
11 that remain unobligated for program year 2019, an
12 amount up to 20 percent may be used for the administra-
13 tive costs of carrying out local workforce investment activi-
14 ties under chapter 2 or chapter 3 of subtitle B of title
15 I of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3151 et seq.), as long as any
16 amount used under this subsection that exceeds the
17 amount authorized for administrative costs under section
18 128(b)(4)(A) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3163(b)(4)) is used
19 to respond to the COVID–19 national emergency.
20 (c) RAPID RESPONSE ACTIVITIES.—
21 (1) STATEWIDE RAPID RESPONSE.—Of the re-
22 served by a Governor under section 128(a) of the
23 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29
24 U.S.C. 3163(a)) for statewide activities that remain
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1 described in section 134(a)(2)(A) of such Act (29
2 U.S.C. 3174(a)(2)(A)) for responding to the
3 COVID–19 national emergency.
4 (2) LOCAL BOARDS.—Of the funds reserved by
5 a Governor under section 133(a)(2) of such Act (29
6 U.S.C. 3173(a)(2)) that remain unobligated for pro-
7 gram year 2019, such funds may be distributed by
8 the Governor not later than 30 days after the date
9 of enactment of this Act to local boards most im-
10 pacted by the coronavirus, at the determination of
11 the Governor, for rapid response activities related to
12 responding to the COVID–19 national emergency.
13 DIVISION F—FAMILY SUPPORT
14 PROVISIONS
15 SEC. 60001. CONTINUED SAFE OPERATION OF CHILD WEL-
16 FARE PROGRAMS AND SUPPORT FOR OLDER
17 FOSTER YOUTH.
18 (a) FUNDING INCREASES.—
19 (1) GENERAL PROGRAM.—The dollar amount
20 specified in section 477(h)(1) of the Social Security
21 Act for fiscal year 2020 is deemed to be
22 $185,900,000.
23 (2) EDUCATION AND TRAINING VOUCHERS.—
24 The dollar amount specified in section 477(h)(2) of
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1 such Act for fiscal year 2020 is deemed to be
2 $78,000,000.
3 (b) PROGRAMMATIC FLEXIBILITY.—With respect to
4 the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends with
5 the close of calendar year 2020:
6 (1) ELIMINATION OF AGE LIMITATIONS ON ELI-
7 GIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.—Eligibility for services
8 or assistance under a State program operated pursu-
9 ant to section 477 of the Social Security Act shall
10 be provided without regard to the age of the recipi-
11 ent.
12 (2) SUSPENSION OF WORK AND EDUCATION RE-
13 QUIREMENTS UNDER THE EDUCATION AND TRAIN-
14 ING VOUCHER PROGRAM.—Section 477(i)(3) of the
15 Social Security Act shall be applied and adminis-
16 tered without regard to any work or education re-
17 quirement.
18 (3) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE LIMITATION ON PER-
19 CENTAGE OF FUNDS USED FOR HOUSING ASSIST-
20 ANCE.—The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
21 ices (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
22 retary’’) may apply and administer section 477 of
23 the Social Security Act without regard to subsection
24 (b)(3)(B) of such section.
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1 (4) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE RULES CONFLICTING
2 WITH NEEDED ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES.—The
3 Secretary may waive any requirement imposed by or
4 under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security
5 Act (including any limitation on the ability of con-
6 tractors pursuant to such part B or E to apply for
7 no-cost contract extensions) that the Secretary
8 deems to be in conflict with using funds made avail-
9 able pursuant to this section or other statutes for
10 the provision of financial, education, work, housing,
11 and other assistance and services needed in response
12 to the public health emergency declared by the Sec-
13 retary pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health
14 Service Act on January 31, 2020, entitled ‘‘Deter-
15 mination that a Public Health Emergency Exists
16 Nationwide as the Result of the 2019 Novel
17 Coronavirus’’.
18 (5) AUTHORITY OF STATES TO DETERMINE
19 HOW DAILY ACTIVITIES MAY BE CONDUCTED RE-
20 MOTELY.—The Secretary may allow a State to de-
21 termine how daily activities under the State plan de-
22 veloped under part B of title IV of the Social Secu-
23 rity Act and the State program funded under section
24 477 of such Act may be conducted through elec-
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1 relating to social distancing, including conducting
2 any required court proceedings pertaining to chil-
3 dren in care. In making any such determination, the
4 State shall work to ensure that the safety and health
5 of each child in care remains paramount.
6 (6) COUNTING OF REMOTE CASEWORKER VISITS
7 AS IN-PERSON VISITS.—In the case of a foster child
8 who has attained 18 years of age and with respect
9 to whom foster care maintenance payments are
10 being made under a State plan approved under part
11 E of title IV of the Social Security Act, caseworker
12 contact with the child that includes visual and audi-
13 tory contact and which is conducted solely by elec-
14 tronic means is deemed an in-person visit to the
15 child by the caseworker for purposes of section
16 424(f)(1)(A) of such Act if the child is visited by the
17 caseworker in person not less than once every 6
18 months while in such care.
19 (7) ELIMINATION OF EDUCATION AND EMPLOY-
20 MENT REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN FOSTER
21 YOUTH.—The Secretary may waive the applicability
22 of subclauses (I) through (IV) of section
23 475(8)(B)(iv) of the Social Security Act.
24 (c) STATE DEFINED.—In subsection (a), the term
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1 1101(a) of the Social Security Act for purposes of title
2 IV of the Social Security Act, and includes an Indian tribe,
3 tribal organization, or tribal consortium with an applica-
4 tion and plan approved under this section 477(j) of such
5 Act for fiscal year 2020.
6 SEC. 60002. ALLOWING HOME VISITING PROGRAMS TO CON-
7 TINUE SERVING FAMILIES SAFELY.
8 (a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 511 of the
9 Social Security Act, during the period that begins on Feb-
10 ruary 1, 2020, and ends with the close of calendar year
11 2020—
12 (1) a virtual home visit shall be considered a
13 home visit;
14 (2) funding for, and staffing levels of, a pro-
15 gram conducted pursuant to such section shall not
16 be reduced on account of reduced enrollment in the
17 program; and
18 (3) funds provided for such a program may be
19 used—
20 (A) to train home visitors in conducting a
21 virtual home visit and in emergency prepared-
22 ness and response planning for families served;
23 (B) for the acquisition by families enrolled
24 in the program of such technological means as
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1 are needed to conduct and support a virtual
2 home visit; and
3 (C) to provide emergency supplies (such as
4 diapers, formula, non-perishable food, water,
5 hand soap and hand sanitizer) to families
6 served.
7 (b) VIRTUAL HOME VISIT DEFINED.—In subsection
8 (a), the term ‘‘virtual home visit’’ means a visit that is
9 conducted solely by electronic means.
10 (c) AUTHORITY TO DELAY DEADLINES.—
11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
12 Human Services may extend the deadline by which
13 a requirement of section 511 of the Social Security
14 Act must be met, by such period of time as the Sec-
15 retary deems appropriate.
16 (2) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary shall provide to
17 eligible entities funded under section 511 of the So-
18 cial Security Act information on the parameters
19 used in extending a deadline under paragraph (1) of
20 this subsection.
21 SEC. 60003. EMERGENCY FLEXIBILITY FOR CHILD SUPPORT
22 PROGRAMS.
23 (a) IN GENERAL.—With respect to the period that
24 begins on March 1, 2020, and ends with the close of cal-
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1 (1) The Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
2 ices (in this subsection referred to as the ‘‘Sec-
3 retary’’) may increase any percentage in effect for
4 purposes of section 455(a)(1) of the Social Security
5 Act to not more than 100 percent.
6 (2) On application of an Indian tribe therefor,
7 the Secretary may waive any matching funds re-
8 quirement imposed on the tribe under section 455(f)
9 of such Act.
10 (3) Paragraphs (2) and (8) of section 409(a) of
11 such Act shall have no force or effect.
12 (4) The Secretary may exempt a State from
13 any requirement of section 466 of such Act.
14 (5) The Secretary may not impose a penalty or
15 take any other adverse action against a State pursu-
16 ant to section 452(g)(1) of such Act for failure to
17 achieve a paternity establishment percentage of less
18 than 90 percent.
19 (6) The Secretary may not find that the pater-
20 nity establishment percentage for a State is not
21 based on reliable data for purposes of section
22 452(g)(1) of such Act, and the Secretary may not
23 determine that the data which a State submitted
24 pursuant to section 452(a)(4)(C)(i) of such Act and
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1 not complete or reliable for purposes of section
2 458(b)(5)(B) of such Act, on the basis of the failure
3 of the State to submit OCSE Form 396 or 34 in a
4 timely manner.
5 (7) The Secretary may not impose a penalty or
6 take any other adverse action against a State for
7 failure to comply with section 454A(g)(1)(A)(i) of
8 such Act.
9 (8) The Secretary may not disapprove a State
10 plan submitted pursuant to part D of title IV of
11 such Act for failure of the plan to meet the require-
12 ment of section 454(1) of such Act, and may not im-
13 pose a penalty or take any other adverse action
14 against a State with such a plan that meets that re-
15 quirement for failure to comply with that require-
16 ment.
17 (9) To the extent that a preceding provision of
18 this section applies with respect to a provision of law
19 applicable to a program operated by an Indian tribe
20 or tribal organization (as defined in subsections (e)
21 and (l) of section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination
22 and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)),
23 that preceding provision shall apply with respect to
24 the Indian tribe or tribal organization.
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1 (b) STATE DEFINED.—In subsection (a), the term
2 ‘‘State’’ has the meaning given the term in section
3 1101(a) of the Social Security Act for purposes of title
4 IV of such Act.
5 SEC. 60004. EMERGENCY FLEXIBILITY FOR STATE TANF
6 PROGRAMS.
7 (a) STATE PROGRAMS.—Sections 407 and 408(a)(7)
8 of the Social Security Act shall have no force or effect
9 during the applicable period, and paragraphs (3), (9),
10 (14), and (15) of section 409(a) of such Act shall not
11 apply with respect to conduct engaged in during the pe-
12 riod.
13 (b) TRIBAL PROGRAMS.—The minimum work partici-
14 pation requirements and time limits established under sec-
15 tion 412(c) of the Social Security Act shall have no force
16 or effect during the applicable period, and the penalties
17 established under such section shall not apply with respect
18 to conduct engaged in during the period.
19 (c) PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—
20 (1) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary of Health
21 and Human Services finds that a State or an Indian
22 tribe has imposed a work requirement as a condition
23 of receiving assistance, or a time limit on the provi-
24 sion of assistance, under a program funded under
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1 program funded with qualified State expenditures
2 (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act)
3 during the applicable period, or has imposed a pen-
4 alty for failure to comply with a work requirement
5 during the period, the Secretary shall reduce the
6 grant payable to the State under section 403(a)(1)
7 of such Act or the grant payable to the tribe under
8 section 412(a)(1) of such Act, as the case may be,
9 for fiscal year 2021 by an amount equal to 5 percent
10 of the State or tribal family assistance grant, as the
11 case may be.
12 (2) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.—
13 For purposes of subsections (c) and (d) of section
14 409 of the Social Security Act, paragraph (1) of this
15 subsection shall be considered to be included in sec-
16 tion 409(a) of such Act.
17 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
18 (1) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘applica-
19 ble period’’ means the period that begins on March
20 1, 2020, and ends with the close of calendar year
21 2020.
22 (2) WORK REQUIREMENT.—The term ‘‘work re-
23 quirement’’ means a requirement to engage in a
24 work activity (as defined in section 407(d) of the So-
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1 (3) OTHER TERMS.—Each other term has the
2 meaning given the term in section 419 of the Social
3 Security Act.
4 DIVISION G—HEALTH POLICIES
5 TITLE I—MEDICAID
6 SEC. 70101. INCREASING FEDERAL SUPPORT TO STATE
7 MEDICAID PROGRAMS DURING ECONOMIC
8 DOWNTURNS.
9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905 of the Social Secu-
10 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended—
11 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and (ff)’’ and
12 inserting ‘‘(ff), and (gg)’’; and
13 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
14 section:
15 ‘‘(gg) INCREASED FMAP DURING ECONOMIC
16 DOWNTURNS.—
17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding subsection
18 (b), (y), or (z)(2), if a fiscal quarter that begins on
19 or after January 1, 2020, is an economic downturn
20 quarter (as defined in paragraph (2)) with respect to
21 a State, then the Federal medical assistance percent-
22 age applicable to amounts expended by the State for
23 medical assistance for services furnished during such
24 quarter shall be increased in accordance with para-
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1 ‘‘(2) ECONOMIC DOWNTURN QUARTER.—
2 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—
3 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection,
4 the term ‘economic downturn quarter’
5 means, with respect to a State, a fiscal
6 quarter during which the State’s unem-
7 ployment rate for the quarter exceeds the
8 percentage determined for the State and
9 quarter under clause (ii).
10 ‘‘(ii) THRESHOLD PERCENTAGE.—The
11 percentage determined under this clause
12 for a State and fiscal quarter is the per-
13 centage equal to the lower of—
14 ‘‘(I) the State unemployment
15 rate at the 20th percentile of the dis-
16 tribution of the State’s quarterly un-
17 employment rates for the 60-quarter
18 period preceding the quarter involved,
19 increased by 1 percentage point; and
20 ‘‘(II) the State’s average quar-
21 terly unemployment rate for the 12-
22 quarter period preceding the quarter
23 involved, increased by 1 percentage
24 point.
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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro-
2 vided in clause (ii), for purposes of deter-
3 mining unemployment rates for a State
4 and a quarter under this paragraph, the
5 Secretary shall use data from the Local
6 Area Unemployment Statistics from the
7 Bureau of Labor Statistics.
8 ‘‘(ii) APPLICATION TO CERTAIN TER-
9 RITORIES.—In the case of the Virgin Is-
10 lands, Guam, the Northern Mariana Is-
11 lands, or American Samoa, the Secretary
12 shall use data from the U–6 unemployment
13 measure of the Bureau of Labor Statistics
14 to make any necessary determinations
15 under subparagraph (A).
16 ‘‘(3) FMAP INCREASE DURING ECONOMIC
17 DOWNTURN QUARTER.—
18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—During a fiscal quar-
19 ter that is an economic downturn quarter with
20 respect to a State, the Federal medical assist-
21 ance percentage otherwise determined for the
22 State and quarter under subsection (b) and, if
23 applicable, the Federal medical assistance per-
24 centage applicable under subsection (y), (z)(2),
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1 nished by the State during such quarter to indi-
2 viduals described in either such subsection shall
3 be increased by the number of percentage
4 points (rounded to the nearest tenth of a per-
5 centage point) equal to the product of—
6 ‘‘(i) the number of percentage points
7 (rounded to the nearest tenth of a percent-
8 age point) by which the unemployment
9 rate for the State and quarter exceeds the
10 percentage determined for the State and
11 quarter under paragraph (2)(A)(ii); and
12 ‘‘(ii) 4.8.
13 ‘‘(B) APPLICATION OF COVID–19 FMAP IN-
14 CREASE.—Any increase applicable to the Fed-
15 eral medical assistance percentage of a State
16 for a fiscal quarter under subparagraph (A)
17 shall be in addition to any increase to such per-
18 centage for such quarter made pursuant to sec-
19 tion 6008(a) of the Families First Coronavirus
20 Response Act.
21 ‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—In no case shall an in-
22 crease to the Federal medical assistance per-
23 centage of a State under this paragraph result
24 in a Federal medical assistance percentage that
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1 ‘‘(D) SCOPE OF APPLICATION.—Any in-
2 crease to the Federal medical assistance per-
3 centage of a State for a fiscal quarter under
4 this paragraph shall only apply with respect to
5 payments for amounts expended by the State
6 for medical assistance for services furnished
7 during such quarter and shall not apply with
8 respect to—
9 ‘‘(i) disproportionate share hospital
10 payments described in section 1923;
11 ‘‘(ii) payments under title IV or XXI;
12 ‘‘(iii) any payments under this title
13 that are based on the enhanced FMAP de-
14 scribed in section 2105(b); or
15 ‘‘(iv) any payments under this title
16 that are based on a Federal medical assist-
17 ance percentage determined for a State
18 under subsection (aa) (but only to the ex-
19 tent that such Federal medical assistance
20 percentage is higher than the economic re-
21 covery FMAP).
22 ‘‘(4) ADVANCE PAYMENT; RETROSPECTIVE AD-
23 JUSTMENT.—
24 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Prior to the beginning
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1 July 1, 2020, the Secretary shall, with respect
2 to each State—
3 ‘‘(i) determine the increase (if any)
4 that is expected to apply to the Federal
5 medical assistance percentage of such
6 State for such quarter under this sub-
7 section based on the projections made for
8 the State and quarter under subparagraph
9 (B); and
10 ‘‘(ii) shall apply such increase to the
11 Federal medical assistance percentage of
12 the State for purposes of making payments
13 to the State for amounts expended during
14 such quarter as medical assistance under
15 the State plan.
16 ‘‘(B) PROJECTION OF STATE UNEMPLOY-
17 MENT RATES.—Prior to the beginning of each
18 fiscal quarter that begins on or after July 1,
19 2020, the Secretary, acting through the Chief
20 Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
21 Services, shall, using the most recently available
22 data described in paragraph (2)(B), make pro-
23 jections with respect to—
24 ‘‘(i) the unemployment rates for each
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1 ‘‘(ii) the threshold percentages de-
2 scribed in paragraph (2)(A)(ii) for each
3 State for such quarter; and
4 ‘‘(iii) the national unemployment rate
5 for such quarter.
6 ‘‘(C) RETROSPECTIVE ADJUSTMENT.—As
7 soon as practicable after final unemployment
8 data becomes available for a fiscal quarter that
9 begins on or after July 1, 2020, the Secretary
10 shall, with respect to each State—
11 ‘‘(i) make a final determination of the
12 increase (if any) applicable to the Federal
13 medical assistance percentage of the State
14 for the quarter under this subsection; and
15 ‘‘(ii) in accordance with subsection
16 (d)(2) of section 1903, reduce or increase
17 the amount payable to the State under
18 subsection (a) of such section for a subse-
19 quent fiscal quarter to the extent of any
20 overpayment or underpayment which the
21 Secretary determines was made as a result
22 of a miscalculation of the increase applica-
23 ble to the Federal medical assistance per-
24 centage of the State for such prior fiscal
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1 ‘‘(5) RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATION OF OVER-
2 THE-LIMIT FMAP INCREASES.—
3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a State has excess
4 percentage points with respect to an economic
5 downturn quarter and an applicable FMAP (as
6 determined under subparagraph (B)), the State
7 may elect to apply such excess percentage
8 points to increase such applicable FMAP for
9 one or more quarters during the look-back pe-
10 riod for the State and economic downturn quar-
11 ter in accordance with this paragraph.
12 ‘‘(B) EXCESS PERCENTAGE POINTS.—For
13 purposes of this paragraph, the number of ex-
14 cess percentage points for a State, economic
15 downturn quarter, and an applicable FMAP
16 shall be equal to the number of percentage
17 points by which—
18 ‘‘(i) the applicable FMAP for the
19 State and quarter (after application of
20 paragraph (3) but without regard to sub-
21 paragraph (C) of such paragraph); exceeds
22 ‘‘(ii) 95 percent.
23 ‘‘(C) EFFECT OF APPLICATION OF EXCESS
24 PERCENTAGE POINTS.—If a State elects to
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1 FMAP to a quarter during a look-back period
2 under this paragraph, the Secretary shall deter-
3 mine the additional amount of payment under
4 section 1903(a) to which the State would have
5 been entitled for such quarter if the applicable
6 FMAP (as so increased) had been in effect for
7 such quarter, and shall treat such additional
8 amount as an underpayment for such quarter.
9 ‘‘(D) DISTRIBUTION OF EXCESS PERCENT-
10 AGE POINTS.—A State that has excess percent-
11 age points with respect to an economic down-
12 turn quarter and applicable FMAP may elect to
13 divide such points among more than 1 quarter
14 during the look-back period for such State and
15 quarter provided that no excess percentage
16 point (or fraction of an excess percentage point)
17 is applied to the applicable FMAP of more than
18 1 quarter.
19 ‘‘(E) LIMITATIONS.—
20 ‘‘(i) NO INCREASES OVER 100 PER-
21 CENT.—A State may not increase an appli-
22 cable FMAP for any quarter during a look-
23 back period under this paragraph if such
24 increase would result in the applicable
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1 FMAP for such quarter exceeding 100 per-
2 cent.
3 ‘‘(ii) SCOPE OF APPLICATION.—Any
4 increase to an applicable FMAP of a State
5 for a fiscal quarter under this paragraph—
6 ‘‘(I) shall only apply with respect
7 to payments for amounts expended by
8 the State for medical assistance for
9 services furnished during such quarter
10 to which such applicable FMAP is ap-
11 plicable; and
12 ‘‘(II) shall not apply with respect
13 to payments described in paragraph
14 (3)(D).
15 ‘‘(F) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph:
16 ‘‘(i) APPLICABLE FMAP.—The term
17 ‘applicable FMAP’ means, with respect to
18 a State and fiscal quarter—
19 ‘‘(I) the Federal medical assist-
20 ance percentage determined for the
21 State and quarter under subsection
22 (b);
23 ‘‘(II) the Federal medical assist-
24 ance percentage applicable under sub-
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1 ‘‘(III) the Federal medical assist-
2 ance percentage applicable under sub-
3 section (z)(2); or
4 ‘‘(IV) the Federal medical assist-
5 ance percentage determined for the
6 State and quarter under subsection
7 (ff).
8 ‘‘(ii) LOOK-BACK PERIOD.—The term
9 ‘look-back period’ means, with respect to a
10 State and a fiscal quarter that is an eco-
11 nomic downturn quarter for the State, the
12 period of 4 fiscal quarters that ends with
13 the fourth quarter which precedes the most
14 recent fiscal quarters that was not an eco-
15 nomic downturn quarter for the State.
16 ‘‘(6) REQUIREMENT FOR ALL STATES.—A State
17 may not receive an increase in the Federal medical
18 assistance percentage for such State under this sub-
19 section, with respect to a fiscal quarter, if—
20 ‘‘(A) eligibility standards, methodologies,
21 or procedures under the State plan or a waiver
22 of such plan are more restrictive during such
23 quarter than the eligibility standards, meth-
24 odologies, or procedures, respectively, under
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1 day of the most recent fiscal quarter that was
2 not an economic downturn quarter for the
3 State;
4 ‘‘(B) the amount of any premium imposed
5 by the State pursuant to section 1916 or 1916A
6 during such quarter, with respect to an indi-
7 vidual enrolled under such plan (or waiver), ex-
8 ceeds the amount of such premium as of the
9 date described in subparagraph (A); or
10 ‘‘(C) the State fails to provide that an in-
11 dividual who is enrolled for benefits under such
12 plan (or waiver) as of the date described in sub-
13 paragraph (A) or enrolls for benefits under
14 such plan (or waiver) during the period begin-
15 ning with such date and ending with the day
16 before the first day of the next quarter that is
17 not an economic downturn quarter for the State
18 shall be treated as eligible for such benefits for
19 not less than 12 months (or, if such period is
20 less than 12 months, throughout such period)
21 unless the individual requests a voluntary ter-
22 mination of eligibility or the individual ceases to
23 be a resident of the State.’’.
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1 (b) EXCLUSION OF ECONOMIC DOWNTURN FMAP
2 INCREASES FROM TERRITORIAL CAPS.—Section 1108 of
3 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended—
4 (1) in subsection (f), in the matter preceding
5 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (g) and sec-
6 tion 1935(e)(1)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (g)
7 and (h) and section 1935(e)(1)(B)’’; and
8 (2) by adding at the end the following:
9 ‘‘(h) EXCLUSION FROM CAPS OF AMOUNTS ATTRIB-
10 UTABLE TO ECONOMIC DOWNTURN FMAP.—The portion
11 of any payment made to a territory for a fiscal year that
12 is attributable to an increase in the Federal medical assist-
13 ance percentage for a fiscal quarter during such year
14 under section 1905(gg) shall not be taken into account
15 for purposes of applying payment limits under subsections
16 (f) and (g).’’.
17 SEC. 70102. LIMITATION ON ADDITIONAL SECRETARIAL AC-
18 TION WITH RESPECT TO MEDICAID SUPPLE-
19 MENTAL PAYMENTS REPORTING REQUIRE-
20 MENTS.
21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
22 sion of law, during the period that begins on the date of
23 enactment of this section and ends the date that is 2 years
24 after the last day of the emergency period defined in para-
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1 (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)), the Secretary of Health and
2 Human Services shall not take any action (through pro-
3 mulgation of regulation, issue of regulatory guidance, or
4 otherwise) to—
5 (1) finalize or otherwise implement provisions
6 contained in the proposed rule published on Novem-
7 ber 18, 2019, on pages 63722 through 63785 of vol-
8 ume 84, Federal Register (relating to parts 430,
9 433, 447, 455, and 457 of title 42, Code of Federal
10 Regulations); or
11 (2) promulgate or implement any rule or provi-
12 sion similar to the provisions described in paragraph
13 (1) pertaining to the Medicaid program established
14 under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42
15 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) or the State Children’s Health
16 Insurance Program established under title XXI of
17 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.).
18 (b) CONTINUATION OF OTHER SECRETARIAL AU-
19 THORITY.—Nothing in this section shall be construed as
20 prohibiting the Secretary during the period described in
21 subsection (a) from taking any action (through promulga-
22 tion of regulation, issuance of regulatory guidance, or
23 other administrative action) to enforce a provision of law
24 in effect as of the date of enactment of this section with
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1 XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.)
2 or the State Children’s Health Insurance Program estab-
3 lished under title XXI of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et
4 seq.), or to promulgate or implement a new rule or provi-
5 sion during such period with respect to such programs,
6 other than a rule or provision described in subsection (a)
7 and subject to the prohibition set forth in that subsection.
8 SEC. 70103. AUTHORITY TO AWARD MEDICAID HCBS
9 GRANTS TO RESPOND TO THE COVID–19 PUB-
10 LIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.
11 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to
12 award grants to States in accordance with this section to
13 enhance access to home and community-based services
14 during the COVID–19 public health emergency period.
15 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
16 (1) COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY
17 PERIOD.—The term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emer-
18 gency period’’ means the portion of the emergency
19 period defined in paragraph (1)(B) of section
20 1135(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
21 1320b–5(g)) beginning on or after the date of the
22 enactment of this Act.
23 (2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘eligible
24 individual’’ means an individual who is eligible for or
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1 enrolled for medical assistance under a State Med-
2 icaid program.
3 (3) HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERV-
4 ICES.—The term ‘‘home and community-based serv-
5 ices’’ means, with respect to a State Medicaid pro-
6 gram, home and community-based services (includ-
7 ing home health and personal care services) that are
8 provided under the State’s qualified HCBS program
9 or that could be provided under such a program but
10 are otherwise provided under the Medicaid program.
11 (4) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’
12 means an Indian tribe, a tribal organization, or an
13 urban Indian organization (as such terms are de-
14 fined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Im-
15 provement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603)), and includes a
16 tribal consortium of Indian tribes or tribal organiza-
17 tions (as so defined).
18 (5) MEDICAID PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘Medicaid
19 program’’ means, with respect to a State, the State
20 program under title XIX of the Social Security Act
21 (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (including any waiver or
22 demonstration under such title or under section
23 1115 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315) relating to such
24 title).
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1 (6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
2 the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
3 (7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
4 ing given such term for purposes of title XIX of the
5 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.).
6 (8) QUALIFIED HCBS PROGRAM.—The term
7 ‘‘qualified HCBS program’’ means a program pro-
8 viding home and community-based services operating
9 under a State Medicaid program, whether or not op-
10 erating under waiver authority.
11 (c) GRANTS TO STATES.—
12 (1) IN GENERAL.—During the COVID–19 pub-
13 lic health emergency period, the Secretary may
14 award grants to States with applications meeting the
15 requirements of paragraph (2).
16 (2) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—A State
17 seeking a grant under this section shall submit an
18 application to the Secretary at such time, in such
19 form and manner, and containing such information
20 as the Secretary shall require.
21 (3) LIMITATIONS.—
22 (A) TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY.—The
23 Secretary shall not award any grants under this
24 section with respect to a State that submits an
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1 the end of the COVID–19 public health emer-
2 gency period.
3 (B) USE OF FUNDS.—A State to which a
4 grant is made under this section shall only use
5 grant funds in accordance with subsection (d).
6 (C) MAINTENANCE OF STATE EFFORT.—
7 Federal funds paid to a State pursuant to this
8 section must be used to supplement, but not
9 supplant, the level of State funds expended for
10 home and community-based services for eligible
11 individuals programs in effect for such individ-
12 uals at the time the grant is awarded under
13 this section.
14 (4) MONTHLY GRANT PAYMENT AMOUNTS.—
15 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph
16 (5), the Secretary shall pay to each State that
17 is awarded a grant under this section, for each
18 month during the State’s grant period (as de-
19 fined in subparagraph (C)), an amount equal to
20 15 percent of the amount determined for the
21 State under subparagraph (B).
22 (B) AVERAGE MONTHLY HCBS EXPENDI-
23 TURES.—The amount determined for a State
24 under this subparagraph is the amount equal
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1 (i) the sum of—
2 (I) the average annual amount of
3 State expenditures under title XIX of
4 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
5 1396 et seq.) that are attributable to
6 providing medical assistance for home
7 and community-based services for the
8 3 most recent fiscal years for which
9 data is available; and
10 (II) the average annual amount,
11 if any, received by the State pursuant
12 to an MFP demonstration project
13 conducted under section 6071 of the
14 Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42
15 U.S.C. 1396a note) for the 3 most re-
16 cent fiscal years for which data is
17 available; divided by
18 (ii) 12.
19 (C) GRANT PERIOD DEFINED.—In this
20 paragraph, the term ‘‘grant period’’ means,
21 with respect to a State, the period of months—
22 (i) beginning with the month in which
23 the Secretary approves the State’s applica-
24 tion for a grant under this section; and
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1 (ii) ending with the 12th month that
2 begins after the end of the COVID–19
3 public health emergency period.
4 (5) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.—
5 (A) IN GENERAL.—During the COVID–19
6 public health emergency period, the Secretary
7 may award grants to an Indian tribe in the
8 same manner, and subject to the same require-
9 ments, as apply to a State, except as otherwise
10 provided in this paragraph.
11 (B) APPLICATION.—Any Indian tribe seek-
12 ing a grant under this section shall submit to
13 the Secretary an application that includes (in
14 addition to any other information the Secretary
15 shall require) an identification of the population
16 and service area or areas to be served by the
17 activities and programs that will be funded by
18 the grant.
19 (C) MONTHLY GRANT PAYMENT
20 AMOUNTS.—
21 (i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
22 pay to each Indian tribe that is awarded a
23 grant under this section, for each month
24 during the tribe’s grant period (as defined
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1 cent of the amount determined for the
2 tribe under clause (ii).
3 (ii) TRIBAL SHARE OF MONTHLY
4 HCBS EXPENDITURES.—The amount deter-
5 mined for an Indian tribe under this clause
6 is equal to the—
7 (I) the total of the average an-
8 nual amount of State expenditures
9 made by a State or States under title
10 XIX of the Social Security Act (42
11 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) that are attrib-
12 utable to providing medical assistance
13 for home and community-based serv-
14 ices to eligible individuals who reside
15 in the service area or areas identified
16 by the tribe pursuant to subparagraph
17 (B) for the 3 most recent fiscal years
18 for which data is available; divided by
19 (II) 12.
20 (iii) GRANT PERIOD.—The term
21 ‘‘grant period’’ has the same meaning with
22 respect to an Indian tribe as the term has
23 with respect to a State under paragraph
24 (4)(C).
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1 (D) REDUCTION OF STATE GRANT
2 AMOUNTS.—If any State in which lies a service
3 area or areas identified by an Indian tribe in a
4 successful grant application pursuant to sub-
5 paragraph (B) is also awarded a grant under
6 this section, the Secretary shall reduce the
7 amount payable to such State each month
8 under paragraph (4) by the portion of the
9 amount payable to the Indian tribe under this
10 paragraph that is attributable to expenditures
11 by the State.
12 (d) PERMISSIBLE USES OF FUNDS.—
13 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State to which a grant is
14 made under this section may use grant funds—
15 (A) to work with community partners such
16 as Area Agencies on Aging, Independent Living
17 Centers, non-profit home and community based
18 service providers, and other entities providing
19 home and community-based services;
20 (B) during the COVID–19 public health
21 emergency period, for the purposes described in
22 paragraph (2); and
23 (C) after the end of such period, for the
24 purposes described in paragraph (3).
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1 (2) PERMISSIBLE USES DURING THE EMER-
2 GENCY PERIOD.—The purposes described in this
3 paragraph for which a State may use grant funds
4 awarded under this section are the following:
5 (A) To increase rates for home health and
6 direct service worker agencies to provide home
7 and community-based services under the State
8 Medicaid program, provided that any agency or
9 individual that receives payment under such an
10 increased rate increases the compensation it
11 pays its home health or direct service workers.
12 (B) To provide paid sick leave, paid family
13 leave, and paid medical leave for home health
14 workers and direct service workers.
15 (C) To provide hazard pay, overtime pay,
16 and shift differential pay for home health work-
17 ers and direct service workers.
18 (D) To provide home and community-
19 based services to eligible individuals who are on
20 waiting lists for programs approved under sec-
21 tions 1115 or 1915 of the Social Security Act
22 (42 U.S.C. 1315, 1396n).
23 (E) To purchase emergency supplies and
24 equipment necessary to enhance access to serv-
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1 ices and to protect the health and well-being of
2 home health workers and direct service workers.
3 (F) To pay for home health worker and di-
4 rect service worker travel to conduct home and
5 community-based services.
6 (G) To recruit new direct service workers
7 and home health workers.
8 (H) To support family care providers of el-
9 igible individuals with needed supplies and
10 equipment and pay.
11 (I) To pay for training for direct service
12 workers and home health workers that is spe-
13 cific to the COVID–19 public health emergency.
14 (J) To pay for assistive technologies, staff-
15 ing, and other costs incurred during the public
16 health emergency in order to facility community
17 integration and ensure an individual’s person-
18 centered service plan continue to be fully imple-
19 mented.
20 (K) To support direct service workers and
21 home health workers going to nursing facilities,
22 hospitals, institutions, and quarantine settings
23 to provide services to eligible individuals who
24 usually receive home and community-based
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1 services and have chosen to temporarily move to
2 a more restrictive setting.
3 (L) To prepare information and public
4 health and educational materials in accessible
5 formats about prevention, treatment, recovery
6 and other aspects of COVID–19 for eligible in-
7 dividuals, their families, and the general com-
8 munity served by home health and direct service
9 agencies, including formats accessible to people
10 with low literacy or intellectual disabilities.
11 (M) To pay for American sign language in-
12 terpreters to assist in providing home and com-
13 munity-based services to eligible individuals and
14 to inform the general public about COVID–19.
15 (N) To allow for day service providers to
16 shift to providing home-based services.
17 (O) To pay for COVID–19 testing in home
18 settings.
19 (P) To pay for other expenses deemed ap-
20 propriate by the Secretary and which meet the
21 criteria of the home and community-based set-
22 tings rule.
23 (3) PERMISSIBLE USES AFTER THE EMER-
24 GENCY PERIOD.—The purpose described in this
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1 awarded under this section is to assist eligible indi-
2 viduals who had to relocate to a nursing facility or
3 institutional setting from their homes during the
4 COVID–19 public health emergency period in—
5 (A) moving back to their homes (including
6 by paying for moving costs);
7 (B) resuming home and community-based
8 services;
9 (C) receiving mental health services and
10 necessary rehabilitative service to regain skills
11 lost while relocated during the public health
12 emergency period; and
13 (D) continuing home and community-based
14 services for eligible individuals who were served
15 from a waiting list for such services during the
16 public health emergency period.
17 (e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
18 (1) STATE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—Not
19 later than 18 months after the end of the COVID–
20 19 public health emergency period, any State that
21 received a grant under this section shall submit a re-
22 port to the Secretary that contains the following in-
23 formation:
24 (A) Activities and programs that were
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1 (B) The number of eligible individuals who
2 were served by such activities and programs.
3 (C) The number of eligible individuals who
4 were able to resume home and community-
5 based services as a result of such activities and
6 programs.
7 (2) HHS REPORT.—Not later than 18 months
8 after the end of the COVID–19 public health emer-
9 gency period, the Secretary shall issue a public sum-
10 mary of the grants awarded under this section.
11 (f) APPROPRIATION.—
12 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
13 there are appropriated for fiscal year 2020 from any
14 funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated
15 such sums as are necessary to carry out this section,
16 to remain available until expended.
17 (2) AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
18 Amounts made available under paragraph (1) shall
19 not be available for the awarding of grants to States
20 that do not submit an application for such a grant
21 before the date described in subsection (c)(3)(A).
22 (3) UNUSED GRANT FUNDS.—A State that re-
23 ceives a grant under this section shall return to the
24 Secretary any portion of such grant that is unused
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1 the COVID–19 public health emergency period, and
2 such returned portion shall revert to the Treasury.
3 (g) PROVIDING HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED
4 SERVICES IN ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS.—Section 1902(h)
5 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(h)) is amend-
6 ed—
7 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(h)’’;
8 (2) by inserting ‘‘, home and community-based
9 services provided under subsection (c), (d), or (i) of
10 section 1915 or under a waiver under section 1115,
11 self-directed personal assistance services provided
12 pursuant to a written plan of care under section
13 1915(j), and home and community-based attendant
14 services and supports under section 1915(k)’’ before
15 the period; and
16 (3) by adding at the end the following:
17 ‘‘(2) Nothing in this title, title XVIII, or title XI shall
18 be construed as prohibiting receipt of any care or services
19 specified in paragraph (1) in an acute care hospital that
20 are—
21 ‘‘(A) identified in an individual’s person-cen-
22 tered plan of services and supports (or comparable
23 plan of care);
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1 ‘‘(B) provided to meet needs of the individual
2 that are not met through the provision of hospital
3 services;
4 ‘‘(C) not a substitute for services that the hos-
5 pital is obligated to provide through its conditions of
6 participation or under Federal or State law; and
7 ‘‘(D) designed to ensure smooth transitions be-
8 tween acute care settings and home and community-
9 based settings, and to preserve the individual’s func-
10 tions.’’.
11 SEC. 70104. DELAY IN REDUCTION OF FMAP FOR MEDICAID
12 PERSONAL CARE SERVICES FURNISHED
13 WITHOUT AN ELECTRONIC VISIT
14 VERIFICATION SYSTEM.
15 Section 1903(l) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
16 1396b(l)) is amended—
17 (1) in paragraph (1)—
18 (A) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2020’’ and in-
19 serting ‘‘the date that is 6 months after the end
20 of the emergency period described in section
21 1135(g)(1)(B)’’; and
22 (B) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘(if
23 applicable)’’ after ‘‘percentage points’’ each
24 place it appears; and
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1 (2) in paragraph (4)(A)(i), by inserting before
2 the semicolon the following: ‘‘(if applicable) or for
3 calendar quarters occurring during the period begin-
4 ning on the date that is 6 months after the end of
5 the emergency period described in section
6 1135(g)(1)(B) and ending on the date that is 1 year
7 after the end of such period’’.
8 SEC. 70105. COVERAGE AT NO COST SHARING OF COVID–19
9 VACCINE AND TREATMENT.
10 (a) MEDICAID.—
11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905(a)(4) of the
12 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(4)) is
13 amended—
14 (A) by striking ‘‘and (D)’’ and inserting
15 ‘‘(D)’’; and
16 (B) by striking the semicolon at the end
17 and inserting ‘‘; (E) a COVID–19 vaccine li-
18 censed under section 351 of the Public Health
19 Service Act and the administration of such vac-
20 cine; and (F) items and services furnished for
21 the treatment of COVID–19 or a condition that
22 may complicate the treatment of COVID–19;’’.
23 (2) PROHIBITION OF COST SHARING.—
24 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (a)(2) and
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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396o), as amended by section
2 6004(a)(2)(A) of the Families First
3 Coronavirus Response Act, are each amended—
4 (i) in subparagraph (F), by striking
5 ‘‘or’’ at the end;
6 (ii) in subparagraph (G), by striking
7 ‘‘; and’’ and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and
8 (iii) by adding at the end the fol-
9 lowing subparagraphs:
10 ‘‘(H) a COVID–19 vaccine licensed under
11 section 351 of the Public Health Service Act
12 and the administration of such vaccine, or
13 ‘‘(I) any item or service furnished for the
14 treatment of COVID–19 or a condition that
15 may complicate the treatment of COVID–19;
16 and’’.
17 (B) APPLICATION TO ALTERNATIVE COST
18 SHARING.—Section 1916A(b)(3)(B) of the So-
19 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396o–
20 1(b)(3)(B)), as amended by section
21 6004(a)(2)(B) of the Families First
22 Coronavirus Response Act, is amended—
23 (i) in clause (xi), by striking ‘‘any
24 visit’’ and inserting ‘‘any service’’; and
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