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H.R. 8337 — Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act (Senate, September 2020)

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House bill 8337 of the 116th Congress, 2D Session (Calendar No. 552), is an Act making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes. It carries the short title Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act. The Act records that it passed the House of Representatives on September 22, 2020, with an attestation by Cheryl L. Johnson, Clerk, and that the Senate received it on that date, read it the first time on September 23, 2020, and placed it on the calendar after the second reading. Its table of contents lists Division A, Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021, Division B, Surface Transportation Program Extension, Division C, Health Extenders, Division D, Other Matters, and Division E, Department of Veterans Affairs Extensions.

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                                                                                                                                         Calendar No. 552
                                                                       116TH CONGRESS
                                                                          2D SESSION
                                                                                                            H. R. 8337

                                                                                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
                                                                                                               SEPTEMBER 22, 2020
                                                                                                            Received; read the first time

                                                                                                             SEPTEMBER 23, 2020
                                                                                                Read the second time and placed on the calendar




                                                                                                              AN ACT
                                                                         Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, 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 ‘‘Continuing Appropria-
                                                                         5 tions Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act’’.
                                                                         6     SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

                                                                         7              The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
                                                                               Sec. 1. Short Title.




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                                                                               Sec. 2. Table of Contents.
                                                                               Sec. 3. References.

                                                                                         DIVISION A—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021




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                                                                                   DIVISION B—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EXTENSION

                                                                               Title I—Surface Transportation Programs
                                                                               Title II—Trust Funds

                                                                                                           DIVISION C—HEALTH EXTENDERS

                                                                               Title I—Public Health Extenders
                                                                               Title II—Medicare Extenders
                                                                               Title III—Medicaid Extenders
                                                                               Title IV—Medicare Part B Premium Adjustment
                                                                               Title V—Accelerated and Advance Payment Programs
                                                                               Title VI—Offsets

                                                                                                            DIVISION D—OTHER MATTERS

                                                                               Title I—Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act
                                                                               Title II—United States Parole Commission Extension
                                                                               Title III—Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Permanent Ex-
                                                                                               tension Act
                                                                               Title IV—Community Services and Supports
                                                                               Title V—Budgetary Effects
                                                                               Title VI—Nutrition and Commodities Programs

                                                                               DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EXTENSIONS

                                                                               Title I—Extensions of Authorities Relating to Health Care
                                                                               Title II—Extensions of Authorities Relating to Benefits
                                                                               Title III—Extensions of Authorities Relating to Homeless Veterans
                                                                               Title IV—Extensions of Other Authorities and Other Matters

                                                                         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—CONTINUING
                                                                         7              APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
                                                                         8              The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of
                                                                         9 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
                                                                       10 and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts,




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                                                                         1 tions, and other organizational units of Government for
                                                                         2 fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes, namely:
                                                                         3              SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a
                                                                         4 rate for operations as provided in the applicable appro-
                                                                         5 priations Acts for fiscal year 2020 and under the authority
                                                                         6 and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing
                                                                         7 projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans
                                                                         8 and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically
                                                                         9 provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year
                                                                       10 2020, and for which appropriations, funds, or other au-
                                                                       11 thority were made available in the following appropriations
                                                                       12 Acts:
                                                                       13                        (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food
                                                                       14               and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap-
                                                                       15               propriations Act, 2020 (division B of Public Law
                                                                       16               116–94), except sections 791 and 792.
                                                                       17                        (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re-
                                                                       18               lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division B
                                                                       19               of Public Law 116–93), except the last proviso
                                                                       20               under the heading ‘‘Department of Commerce—Bu-
                                                                       21               reau of the Census—Periodic Censuses and Pro-
                                                                       22               grams’’.
                                                                       23                        (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations




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                                                                       24               Act, 2020 (division A of Public Law 116–93), except
                                                                       25               title X.


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                                                                         1                       (4) The Energy and Water Development and
                                                                         2              Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division
                                                                         3              C of Public Law 116–94).
                                                                         4                       (5) The Financial Services and General Govern-
                                                                         5              ment Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Public
                                                                         6              Law 116–93).
                                                                         7                       (6) The Department of Homeland Security Ap-
                                                                         8              propriations Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law
                                                                         9              116–93) (except for amounts in title II of division
                                                                       10               D of Public Law 116–93 that were designated by
                                                                       11               the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
                                                                       12               pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced
                                                                       13               Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
                                                                       14               1985), and title I of division I of Public Law 116–
                                                                       15               94.
                                                                       16                        (7) The Department of the Interior, Environ-
                                                                       17               ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
                                                                       18               2020 (division D of Public Law 116–94).
                                                                       19                        (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and
                                                                       20               Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen-
                                                                       21               cies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public
                                                                       22               Law 116–94).
                                                                       23                        (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,




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                                                                       24               2020 (division E of Public Law 116–94), and sec-
                                                                       25               tion 7 of Public Law 116–94.


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                                                                         1                       (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Af-
                                                                         2              fairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act,
                                                                         3              2020 (division F of Public Law 116–94), except title
                                                                         4              V.
                                                                         5                       (11) The Department of State, Foreign Oper-
                                                                         6              ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
                                                                         7              2020 (division G of Public Law 116–94).
                                                                         8                       (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban
                                                                         9              Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations
                                                                       10               Act, 2020 (division H of Public Law 116–94).
                                                                       11               SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail-
                                                                       12 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the
                                                                       13 Department of Defense shall be used for:
                                                                       14                        (1) the new production of items not funded for
                                                                       15               production in fiscal year 2020 or prior years;
                                                                       16                        (2) the increase in production rates above those
                                                                       17               sustained with fiscal year 2020 funds; or
                                                                       18                        (3) The initiation, resumption, or continuation
                                                                       19               of any project, activity, operation, or organization
                                                                       20               (defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget
                                                                       21               activity, program element, and subprogram within a
                                                                       22               program element, and for any investment items de-
                                                                       23               fined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within




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                                                                       24               an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that
                                                                       25               includes a program element and subprogram element


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                                                                         1              within an appropriation account) for which appro-
                                                                         2              priations, funds, or other authority were not avail-
                                                                         3              able during fiscal year 2020.
                                                                         4              (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au-
                                                                         5 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart-
                                                                         6 ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro-
                                                                         7 curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco-
                                                                         8 nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap-
                                                                         9 propriated later.
                                                                       10               SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall
                                                                       11 be available to the extent and in the manner that would
                                                                       12 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act.
                                                                       13               SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section
                                                                       14 102, no appropriation or funds made available or author-
                                                                       15 ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini-
                                                                       16 tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro-
                                                                       17 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur-
                                                                       18 ing fiscal year 2020.
                                                                       19               SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant-
                                                                       20 ed pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or ex-
                                                                       21 penditures incurred for any project or activity during the
                                                                       22 period for which funds or authority for such project or
                                                                       23 activity are available under this Act.




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                                                                       24               SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act
                                                                       25 or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year


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                                                                         1 2021, appropriations and funds made available and au-
                                                                         2 thority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available
                                                                         3 until whichever of the following first occurs:
                                                                         4                       (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation
                                                                         5              for any project or activity provided for in this Act.
                                                                         6                       (2) The enactment into law of the applicable
                                                                         7              appropriations Act for fiscal year 2021 without any
                                                                         8              provision for such project or activity.
                                                                         9                       (3) December 11, 2020.
                                                                       10               SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act
                                                                       11 shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or
                                                                       12 authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable ap-
                                                                       13 propriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted
                                                                       14 into law.
                                                                       15               SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made
                                                                       16 available by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may
                                                                       17 be used without regard to the time limitations for submis-
                                                                       18 sion and approval of apportionments set forth in section
                                                                       19 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this
                                                                       20 Act may be construed to waive any other provision of law
                                                                       21 governing the apportionment of funds.
                                                                       22               SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of
                                                                       23 this Act, except section 106, for those programs that




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                                                                       24 would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or
                                                                       25 complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning


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                                                                         1 of fiscal year 2021 because of distributions of funding to
                                                                         2 States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high
                                                                         3 initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not
                                                                         4 be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such pro-
                                                                         5 grams funded by this Act that would impinge on final
                                                                         6 funding prerogatives.
                                                                         7              SEC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only
                                                                         8 the most limited funding action of that permitted in the
                                                                         9 Act shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of
                                                                       10 projects and activities.
                                                                       11               SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory
                                                                       12 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro-
                                                                       13 priations Acts for fiscal year 2020, and for activities under
                                                                       14 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be
                                                                       15 continued at the rate to maintain program levels under
                                                                       16 current law, under the authority and conditions provided
                                                                       17 in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020,
                                                                       18 to be continued through the date specified in section
                                                                       19 106(3).
                                                                       20               (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man-
                                                                       21 datory payments due on or about the first day of any
                                                                       22 month that begins after October 2020 but not later than
                                                                       23 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con-




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                                                                       25 payments.


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                                                                         1              SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101
                                                                         2 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each
                                                                         3 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate
                                                                         4 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de-
                                                                         5 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro-
                                                                         6 priations Act for fiscal year 2020, except that such author-
                                                                         7 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after
                                                                         8 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions
                                                                         9 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex-
                                                                       10 penses.
                                                                       11               SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be
                                                                       12 obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of
                                                                       13 Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the
                                                                       14 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22
                                                                       15 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au-
                                                                       16 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C.
                                                                       17 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act
                                                                       18 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)).
                                                                       19               SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference
                                                                       20 in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress
                                                                       21 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter-
                                                                       22 rorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
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                                                                       24 Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief
                                                                       25 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is des-


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                                                                         1 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper-
                                                                         2 ations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency re-
                                                                         3 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act
                                                                         4 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section
                                                                         5 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively.
                                                                         6              (b) Section 6 of Public Law 116–94 shall apply to
                                                                         7 amounts designated in subsection (a) and sections 126
                                                                         8 and 163 of this Act for Overseas Contingency Operations/
                                                                         9 Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement.
                                                                       10               (c) This section shall become effective immediately
                                                                       11 upon enactment of this Act, and shall remain in effect
                                                                       12 through the date in section 106(3).
                                                                       13               SEC. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discre-
                                                                       14 tionary budget authority that continue pursuant to section
                                                                       15 101 in Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)—
                                                                       16                        (1) to which other appropriations are not pro-
                                                                       17               vided by this Act, but for which there is a current
                                                                       18               applicable TAFS that does receive an appropriation
                                                                       19               in this Act; or
                                                                       20                        (2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other
                                                                       21               appropriations in this Act,
                                                                       22 may be continued instead by reducing the rate for oper-
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                                                                       24 applicable TAFS, as long as doing so does not impinge
                                                                       25 on the final funding prerogatives of the Congress.


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                                                                         1              (b) Rescissions or cancellations described in sub-
                                                                         2 section (a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser
                                                                         3 of—
                                                                         4                       (1) the amount specified for rescission or can-
                                                                         5              cellation in the applicable appropriations Act ref-
                                                                         6              erenced in section 101 of this Act; or
                                                                         7                       (2) the amount of balances available, as of Oc-
                                                                         8              tober 1, 2020, from the funds specified for rescission
                                                                         9              or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act
                                                                       10               referenced in section 101 of this Act.
                                                                       11               (c) No later than November 20, 2020, the Director
                                                                       12 of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide to
                                                                       13 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
                                                                       14 resentatives and the Senate a comprehensive list of the
                                                                       15 rescissions or cancellations that will continue pursuant to
                                                                       16 section 101: Provided, That the information in such com-
                                                                       17 prehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect any
                                                                       18 subsequent changes in the amount of balances available,
                                                                       19 as of October 1, 2020, from the funds specified for rescis-
                                                                       20 sion or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act
                                                                       21 referenced in section 101, and such updates shall be trans-
                                                                       22 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
                                                                       23 of Representatives and the Senate upon request.




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                                                                       24               SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
                                                                       25 available in the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and


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                                                                         1 Waste Disposal Program Account’’ of the Department of
                                                                         2 Agriculture for gross obligations for the principal amount
                                                                         3 of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by section
                                                                         4 306 and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consoli-
                                                                         5 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows:
                                                                         6 $1,400,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for
                                                                         7 guaranteed loans.
                                                                         8              SEC. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for
                                                                         9 ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Food and Nutrition Serv-
                                                                       10 ice—Child Nutrition Programs’’ to carry out section
                                                                       11 749(g) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and
                                                                       12 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria-
                                                                       13 tions Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–80) may be apportioned
                                                                       14 up to the rate for operations necessary to ensure that the
                                                                       15 program can be fully operational by May 2021.
                                                                       16               SEC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for
                                                                       17 ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food Programs—
                                                                       18 Food and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assistance Pro-
                                                                       19 gram’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations
                                                                       20 necessary to maintain current program caseload in the
                                                                       21 Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
                                                                       22               SEC. 119. Amounts made available by section 101 for
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                                                                       24 Fund Program Account’’ may be apportioned up to the
                                                                       25 rate for operations necessary to accommodate approved


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                                                                         1 applications for direct and guaranteed farm ownership
                                                                         2 loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.
                                                                         3              SEC. 120. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing
                                                                         4 Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) and section 942 of the Live-
                                                                         5 stock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635
                                                                         6 note; Public Law 106–78) shall be applied by substituting
                                                                         7 the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘Sep-
                                                                         8 tember 30, 2020’’.
                                                                         9              SEC. 121. (a) Sections 7(j)(5), 7A(l)(4), and 21(e)
                                                                       10 of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C.
                                                                       11 79(j)(5), 79a(l)(4), 87j(e)) shall be applied by substituting
                                                                       12 the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘Sep-
                                                                       13 tember 30, 2020’’ each place it appears.
                                                                       14               (b) Sections 7D and 19 of the United States Grain
                                                                       15 Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79d, 87h) shall be applied by
                                                                       16 substituting ‘‘2021’’ for ‘‘2020’’.
                                                                       17               SEC. 122. Section 7605(b) of the Agriculture Im-
                                                                       18 provement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 5940 note; Public Law
                                                                       19 115–334) is amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 1 year
                                                                       20 after the date on which the Secretary establishes a plan
                                                                       21 under section 297C of the Agricultural Marketing Act of
                                                                       22 1946’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’.
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                                                                       24 paragraph under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and
                                                                       25 Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Sala-


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                                                                         1 ries and Expenses’’ in title VI of division B of Public Law
                                                                         2 116–94 shall be applied by striking ‘‘, contingent upon the
                                                                         3 enactment of the Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee
                                                                         4 Act of 2019,’’.
                                                                         5              SEC. 124. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
                                                                         6 provided for ‘‘Department of Commerce—Bureau of the
                                                                         7 Census—Periodic Censuses and Programs’’ at a rate for
                                                                         8 operations of $1,514,709,000: Provided, That amounts
                                                                         9 made available under such heading by this Act may be
                                                                       10 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to con-
                                                                       11 duct the 2020 Decennial Census Program.
                                                                       12               SEC. 125. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision
                                                                       13 of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into a
                                                                       14 contract, beginning with fiscal year 2021, for the procure-
                                                                       15 ment of up to two Columbia class submarines.
                                                                       16                        (2) With respect to a contract entered into
                                                                       17               under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy may
                                                                       18               use incremental funding to make payments under
                                                                       19               the contract.
                                                                       20                        (3) Any contract entered into under subsection
                                                                       21               (a) shall provide that—
                                                                       22                                  (A) any obligation of the United States to
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                                                                       24                        to the availability of appropriations for that
                                                                       25                        purpose; and


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                                                                         1                                 (B) total liability of the Federal Govern-
                                                                         2                       ment for termination of any contract entered
                                                                         3                       into shall be limited to the total amount of
                                                                         4                       funding obligated to the contract at time of ter-
                                                                         5                       mination.
                                                                         6              (b) Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts
                                                                         7 made available by section 101 to the Department of De-
                                                                         8 fense for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ may be ap-
                                                                         9 portioned up to the rate for operations necessary for
                                                                       10 ‘‘Ohio Replacement Submarine (Full Funding)’’ in an
                                                                       11 amount not to exceed $1,620,270,000.
                                                                       12               SEC. 126. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of
                                                                       13 funds as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made
                                                                       14 available to ‘‘Department of Defense—Other Department
                                                                       15 of Defense Programs—Office of the Inspector General’’
                                                                       16 in title III of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law
                                                                       17 116–136), are hereby rescinded, and, in addition to
                                                                       18 amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of
                                                                       19 additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount
                                                                       20 rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro-
                                                                       21 priated on September 30, 2020, for an additional amount
                                                                       22 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until September
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                                                                         1 funds were originally provided in Public Law 116–136:
                                                                         2 Provided, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to this
                                                                         3 subsection that were previously designated by the Con-
                                                                         4 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
                                                                         5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
                                                                         6 Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Con-
                                                                         7 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section
                                                                         8 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of that Act: 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               (b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately
                                                                       14 upon enactment of this Act.
                                                                       15                        (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30,
                                                                       16               2020, or if the designation in section 114(b) occurs
                                                                       17               after September 30, 2020, this section shall be ap-
                                                                       18               plied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2020.
                                                                       19               SEC. 127. (a) No funds shall be transferred directly
                                                                       20 from ‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Admin-
                                                                       21 istration—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund,
                                                                       22 Western Area Power Administration’’ to the general fund
                                                                       23 of the Treasury in fiscal year 2020.




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                                                                       24               (b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately
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                                                                         1                       (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30,
                                                                         2              2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in
                                                                         3              effect on September 30, 2020.
                                                                         4              SEC. 128. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation
                                                                         5 States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C.
                                                                         6 2214(c)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified
                                                                         7 in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2020’’.
                                                                         8              (b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency
                                                                         9 Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) shall be ap-
                                                                       10 plied by substituting ‘‘2006 through 2021’’ for ‘‘2006
                                                                       11 through 2020’’.
                                                                       12               SEC. 129. Section 3007(a)(5)(A)(i)(II)(bb) of the
                                                                       13 Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (sec. 38–
                                                                       14 1853.07(a)(5)(A)(i)(II)(bb), D.C. Official Code) is amend-
                                                                       15 ed by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘6 years’’.
                                                                       16               SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of
                                                                       17 this Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may
                                                                       18 expend local funds made available under the heading ‘‘Dis-
                                                                       19 trict of Columbia—District of Columbia Funds’’ for such
                                                                       20 programs and activities under the District of Columbia
                                                                       21 Appropriations Act, 2020 (title IV of division C of Public
                                                                       22 Law 116–93) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2021
                                                                       23 Local Budget Act of 2020 (D.C. Act 23–408), as modified




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                                                                         1              SEC. 131. In addition to the amounts otherwise pro-
                                                                         2 vided by section 101, for ‘‘District of Columbia—Federal
                                                                         3 Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in
                                                                         4 the           District           of     Columbia’’,                there       is       appropriated
                                                                         5 $13,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year
                                                                         6 2021, to remain available until expended, for costs associ-
                                                                         7 ated with the Presidential Inauguration held in January
                                                                         8 2021.
                                                                         9              SEC. 132. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter
                                                                       10 preceding the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Small Busi-
                                                                       11 ness Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’
                                                                       12 in title V of division C of Public Law 116–93 shall be
                                                                       13 applied by substituting ‘‘$15,000,000’’ for ‘‘$99,000,000’’
                                                                       14 and the third proviso shall be applied as if the language
                                                                       15 read as follows: ‘‘Provided further, That commitments for
                                                                       16 general business loans authorized under paragraphs (1)
                                                                       17 through (35) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act
                                                                       18 shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 for a combination of
                                                                       19 amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line
                                                                       20 of credit provided by revolving loans:’’: Provided, That
                                                                       21 amounts made available under such heading by this Act
                                                                       22 may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary
                                                                       23 to accommodate increased demand for commitments for




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                                                                         1 (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) and for commitments to guarantee
                                                                         2 loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small
                                                                         3 Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C 683(b)).
                                                                         4              SEC. 133. Amounts made available by section 101 for
                                                                         5 ‘‘Small Business Administration—Disaster Loans Pro-
                                                                         6 gram Account’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for op-
                                                                         7 erations necessary to accommodate increased demand for
                                                                         8 commitments for disaster administrative expenses.
                                                                         9              SEC. 134. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts
                                                                       10 are provided for ‘‘General Services Administration—Ex-
                                                                       11 penses, Presidential Transition’’ for necessary expenses to
                                                                       12 carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3
                                                                       13 U.S.C. 102 note), at a rate for operations of $9,900,000,
                                                                       14 of which not to exceed $1,000,000 is for activities author-
                                                                       15 ized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided,
                                                                       16 That such amounts may be transferred and credited to
                                                                       17 the ‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings
                                                                       18 Fund’’ to reimburse obligations incurred prior to enact-
                                                                       19 ment of this Act for the purposes provided herein related
                                                                       20 to the Presidential election in 2020: Provided further, That
                                                                       21 amounts available under this section shall be in addition
                                                                       22 to any other amounts available for such purposes.
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                                                                         1              SEC. 135. Amounts made available by section 101 for
                                                                         2 ‘‘General Services Administration—Real Property Activi-
                                                                         3 ties—Federal Buildings Fund—Limitations on Avail-
                                                                         4 ability of Revenue’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for
                                                                         5 operations necessary for monthly rental of space oper-
                                                                         6 ations.
                                                                         7              SEC. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, for expenses
                                                                         8 of the Office of Administration to carry out the Presi-
                                                                         9 dential Transition Act of 1963, as amended, and similar
                                                                       10 expenses, in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated
                                                                       11 by law, amounts are provided to ‘‘Presidential Transition
                                                                       12 Administrative Support’’ at a rate for operations of
                                                                       13 $8,000,000: Provided, That such funds may be trans-
                                                                       14 ferred to other accounts that provide funding for offices
                                                                       15 within the Executive Office of the President and the Office
                                                                       16 of the Vice President in this Act or any other Act, to carry
                                                                       17 out such purposes: Provided further, That such amounts
                                                                       18 may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary
                                                                       19 to carry out such responsibilities.
                                                                       20               SEC. 137. In addition to amounts provided in section
                                                                       21 101, an additional amount is provided for ‘‘National Ar-
                                                                       22 chives and Records Administration—Operating Expenses’’
                                                                       23 to carry out transition responsibilities of the Archivist of




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                                                                       24 the United States under sections 2201 through 2207 of
                                                                       25 title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the


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                                                                         1 ‘‘Presidential Records Act of 1978’’) in the event of a
                                                                         2 Presidential Transition at a rate for operations of
                                                                         3 $18,000,000: Provided, That such amounts may be appor-
                                                                         4 tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out
                                                                         5 such responsibilities.
                                                                         6              SEC. 138. Amounts made available by section 101 for
                                                                         7 ‘‘Office of Personnel Management—Salaries and Ex-
                                                                         8 penses’’, including amounts to be transferred from the ap-
                                                                         9 propriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Manage-
                                                                       10 ment without regard to other statutes, may be apportioned
                                                                       11 up to the rate for operations necessary to cover any ex-
                                                                       12 pected shortfall in administrative expenses resulting from
                                                                       13 the transfer of the National Background Investigations
                                                                       14 Bureau function to the Department of Defense.
                                                                       15               SEC. 139. Section 2(b)(2)(C)(i) of the Temporary
                                                                       16 Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C.
                                                                       17 152 note; Public Law 112–121) is amended (with regard
                                                                       18 to the 1st vacancy in the eastern district of Tennessee)
                                                                       19 by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘9 years’’.
                                                                       20               SEC. 140. Section 3610 of division A of the CARES
                                                                       21 Act (Public Law 116–136) shall be applied by substituting
                                                                       22 the date in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30,
                                                                       23 2020’’.




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                                                                       24               SEC. 141. Amounts made available by section 101 to
                                                                       25 the Department of Homeland Security for ‘‘Office of the


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                                                                         1 Secretary and Executive Management—Operations and
                                                                         2 Support’’, ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations and
                                                                         3 Support’’, and ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations Co-
                                                                         4 ordination—Operations and Support’’ may be apportioned
                                                                         5 up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out activi-
                                                                         6 ties previously funded by the Working Capital Fund of
                                                                         7 the Department of Homeland Security, consistent with the
                                                                         8 fiscal year 2021 President’s Budget proposal, submitted
                                                                         9 pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
                                                                       10 Code, and accompanying justification materials.
                                                                       11               SEC. 142. Amounts made available by section 101 to
                                                                       12 the Department of Homeland Security under the heading
                                                                       13 ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’ may be avail-
                                                                       14 able for the pay and benefits of Coast Guard Yard and
                                                                       15 Vessel                Documentation                     personnel,            Non-Appropriated
                                                                       16 Funds personnel, and for Morale, Welfare and Recreation
                                                                       17 Programs.
                                                                       18               SEC. 143. Section 9307(f)(1) of title 46, United
                                                                       19 States Code shall be applied by substituting the date speci-
                                                                       20 fied in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30,
                                                                       21 2020’’.
                                                                       22               SEC. 144. Amounts made available by section 101 to
                                                                       23 the Department of Homeland Security under the heading




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                                                                         1 in H.R. 7669 and the accompanying House Report 116–
                                                                         2 458, as reported by the House Committee on Appropria-
                                                                         3 tions on July 15, 2020.
                                                                         4              SEC. 145. Amounts made available by section 101 to
                                                                         5 the Department of Homeland Security under the heading
                                                                         6 ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Re-
                                                                         7 lief Fund’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper-
                                                                         8 ations necessary to carry out response and recovery activi-
                                                                         9 ties under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
                                                                       10 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.).
                                                                       11               SEC. 146. (a) Section 1309(a) of the National Flood
                                                                       12 Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)) is amended
                                                                       13 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
                                                                       14 tember 30, 2021’’.
                                                                       15               (b) Section 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act
                                                                       16 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
                                                                       17 tember 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’.
                                                                       18               (c)(1) This section shall become effective immediately
                                                                       19 upon enactment of this Act.
                                                                       20                        (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30,
                                                                       21               2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in
                                                                       22               effect on September 30, 2020.
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                                                                         1                       (1) ‘‘$32,300,000’’ in the first paragraph under
                                                                         2              the heading ‘‘Bureau of Land Management—Land
                                                                         3              Acquisition’’;
                                                                         4                       (2) ‘‘$10,000,000’’, and ‘‘$320,000’’ in the first
                                                                         5              paragraph under the heading ‘‘United States Fish
                                                                         6              and Wildlife Service—Land Acquisition’’;
                                                                         7                       (3) ‘‘$3,628,000’’ in the second paragraph
                                                                         8              under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife
                                                                         9              Service—Land Acquisition’’;
                                                                       10                        (4) ‘‘$30,800,000’’ and ‘‘$23,702,000’’ for
                                                                       11               ‘‘$54,502,000’’ in the first paragraph under the
                                                                       12               heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service—
                                                                       13               Cooperative                Endangered                  Species             Conservation
                                                                       14               Fund’’;
                                                                       15                        (5)       ‘‘$208,400,000’’,                    ‘‘$140,000,000’’,          and
                                                                       16               ‘‘$13,000,000’’ in the first paragraph under the
                                                                       17               heading ‘‘National Park Service—Land Acquisition
                                                                       18               and State Assistance’’;
                                                                       19                        (6) ‘‘$63,990,000’’ and ‘‘$283,000,000’’ for
                                                                       20               ‘‘$346,990,000’’ under the heading ‘‘Forest Serv-
                                                                       21               ice—State and Private Forestry’’; and
                                                                       22                        (7) ‘‘$78,898,000’’ in the first paragraph under
                                                                       23               the heading ‘‘Forest Service—Land Acquisition’’.




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                                                                       24               (b) Notwithstanding section 101, the first paragraph
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                                                                         1 ice—Land Acquisition’’ shall be applied by substituting
                                                                         2 ‘‘$7,550,000’’ for ‘‘$70,715,000’’.
                                                                         3              (c) Amounts made available by section 101 to the De-
                                                                         4 partment of the Interior for ‘‘Departmental Offices—Of-
                                                                         5 fice of the Secretary—Departmental Operations’’ may be
                                                                         6 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
                                                                         7 fund the Appraisal and Valuation Services Office and such
                                                                         8 amounts shall be derived from the Land and Water Con-
                                                                         9 servation Fund.
                                                                       10               SEC. 148. Amounts made available by section 101 to
                                                                       11 the Forest Service may be obligated in the account and
                                                                       12 budget structure set forth in the table provided by the Sec-
                                                                       13 retary of Agriculture to the Committees on Appropriations
                                                                       14 of the Senate and the House of Representatives prior to
                                                                       15 the end of fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section 435(d)
                                                                       16 of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Re-
                                                                       17 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division D of
                                                                       18 Public Law 116–94): Provided, That amounts made avail-
                                                                       19 able by section 101 under the heading ‘‘Forest Service—
                                                                       20 National Forest System’’ shall be available for the base
                                                                       21 salary and expenses of employees that carry out the func-
                                                                       22 tions funded by the ‘‘Capital Improvement and Mainte-
                                                                       23 nance’’ account, the ‘‘Range Betterment Fund’’ account,




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                                                                       24 and the ‘‘Management of National Forests for Subsistence
                                                                       25 Uses’’ account and may be apportioned up to the rate for


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                                                                         1 operations necessary to fund such base salary and ex-
                                                                         2 penses of such employees.
                                                                         3              SEC. 149. Activities authorized by part A of title IV
                                                                         4 and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall con-
                                                                         5 tinue through the date specified in section 106(3) of this
                                                                         6 Act, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2020, and
                                                                         7 out of any money in the Treasury of the United States
                                                                         8 not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated
                                                                         9 such sums as may be necessary for such purpose: Pro-
                                                                       10 vided, That grants under section 418 of the Social Secu-
                                                                       11 rity Act shall be issued on the same basis as grants under
                                                                       12 section 403(a)(1) of such Act.
                                                                       13               SEC. 150. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of
                                                                       14 funds as of September 30, 2020, from amounts credited
                                                                       15 and merged pursuant to the second proviso under the
                                                                       16 heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—
                                                                       17 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Buildings
                                                                       18 and Facilities’’ in title II of the Departments of Labor,
                                                                       19 Health and Human Services, Education, and Related
                                                                       20 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division H of Public
                                                                       21 Law 114–113) are hereby rescinded, and, in addition to
                                                                       22 amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of
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                                                                       24 rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro-
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                                                                         1 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until September
                                                                         2 30, 2025, and shall be available for the same purposes,
                                                                         3 in addition to other funds as may be available for such
                                                                         4 purposes, and under the same authorities for which the
                                                                         5 funds were originally transferred and merged pursuant to
                                                                         6 Public Law 114–113.
                                                                         7              (b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately
                                                                         8 upon enactment of this Act.
                                                                         9                       (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30,
                                                                       10               2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in
                                                                       11               effect on September 30, 2020.
                                                                       12               SEC. 151. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section
                                                                       13 529 of division A of Public Law 116–94 shall be applied
                                                                       14 by substituting ‘‘$1,150,000,000’’ for ‘‘$3,169,819,000’’
                                                                       15 and by substituting ‘‘section 2104(a)(24)’’ for ‘‘section
                                                                       16 2104(a)(23)’’.
                                                                       17               (b) Notwithstanding section 101, section 530 of divi-
                                                                       18 sion A of Public Law 116–94 shall be applied by sub-
                                                                       19 stituting ‘‘$11,005,661,000’’ for ‘‘$6,093,181,000’’.
                                                                       20               SEC. 152. (a) Funds made available in Public Law
                                                                       21 113–235 to the accounts of the National Institutes of
                                                                       22 Health that were available for obligation through fiscal
                                                                       23 year 2015 and were obligated for multi-year research




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                                                                         1 if the Director of the National Institutes of Health deter-
                                                                         2 mines the project suffered an interruption of activities at-
                                                                         3 tributable to SARS–CoV–2.
                                                                         4              (b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately
                                                                         5 upon enactment of this Act.
                                                                         6                       (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30,
                                                                         7              2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in
                                                                         8              effect on September 30, 2020.
                                                                         9              SEC. 153. (a) Funds made available in Public Law
                                                                       10 113–76 under the heading ‘‘Rehabilitation Services and
                                                                       11 Disability Research’’ that were available for obligation
                                                                       12 through fiscal year 2015 for the Automated Personaliza-
                                                                       13 tion Computing Project pursuant to the first four provisos
                                                                       14 under that heading in that Act are to remain available
                                                                       15 through fiscal year 2021 for the liquidation of valid obliga-
                                                                       16 tions incurred in fiscal years 2014 or 2015.
                                                                       17               (b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately
                                                                       18 upon enactment of this Act.
                                                                       19                        (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30,
                                                                       20               2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in
                                                                       21               effect on September 30, 2020.
                                                                       22               SEC. 154. Section 114(f) of the Higher Education
                                                                       23 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) shall be applied by sub-




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                                                                         1              SEC. 155. Section 458(a)(4) of the Higher Education
                                                                         2 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(4)) shall be applied
                                                                         3 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act
                                                                         4 by substituting ‘‘2021’’ for ‘‘2020’’.
                                                                         5              SEC. 156. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of
                                                                         6 funds as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made
                                                                         7 available to ‘‘Corporation for National and Community
                                                                         8 Service—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title IV of division A
                                                                         9 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
                                                                       10 (Public Law 116–94), are hereby rescinded, and in addi-
                                                                       11 tion to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an
                                                                       12 amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to
                                                                       13 the amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection is here-
                                                                       14 by appropriated on September 30, 2020, for an additional
                                                                       15 amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until Sep-
                                                                       16 tember 30, 2021, and shall be available for the same pur-
                                                                       17 poses, in addition to other funds as may be available for
                                                                       18 such purposes, and under the same authorities for which
                                                                       19 the funds were originally provided in Public Law 116–94.
                                                                       20               (b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as
                                                                       21 of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to
                                                                       22 ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Service—Op-
                                                                       23 erating Expenses’’ in title IV of division A of the Further




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                                                                       24 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–
                                                                       25 94), are hereby rescinded, and in addition to amounts oth-


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                                                                         1 erwise provided by section 101, an amount of additional
                                                                         2 new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded
                                                                         3 pursuant to this subsection is hereby appropriated on Sep-
                                                                         4 tember 30, 2020, for an additional amount for fiscal year
                                                                         5 2020, to remain available until September 30, 2021, and
                                                                         6 shall be available for the same purposes, in addition to
                                                                         7 other funds as may be available for such purposes, and
                                                                         8 under the same authorities for which the funds were origi-
                                                                         9 nally provided in Public Law 116–94: Provided, That any
                                                                       10 amounts appropriated by the preceding proviso shall not
                                                                       11 be subject to the allotment requirements otherwise appli-
                                                                       12 cable under sections 129(a), (b), (d), and (e) of the Na-
                                                                       13 tional and Community Service Act of 1993.
                                                                       14               (c) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as
                                                                       15 of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to
                                                                       16 ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Service—Of-
                                                                       17 fice of Inspector General’’ in title IV of division A of the
                                                                       18 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public
                                                                       19 Law 116–94), are hereby rescinded, and in addition to
                                                                       20 amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of
                                                                       21 additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount
                                                                       22 rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro-
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                                                                       24 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until September
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                                                                         1 in addition to other funds as may be available for such
                                                                         2 purposes, and under the same authorities for which the
                                                                         3 funds were originally provided in Public Law 116–94.
                                                                         4              (d)(1) Section 3514(b) of title III of division A of
                                                                         5 Public Law 116–136 is hereby repealed, and such section
                                                                         6 shall be applied hereafter as if such subsection had never
                                                                         7 been enacted.
                                                                         8                       (2)(A) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided
                                                                         9              under this subsection are designated as an emer-
                                                                       10               gency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the
                                                                       11               Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C.
                                                                       12               933(g)).
                                                                       13                                  (B) DESIGNATION IN THE SENATE.—In
                                                                       14                        the Senate, this subsection is designated as an
                                                                       15                        emergency requirement pursuant to section
                                                                       16                        4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress),
                                                                       17                        the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis-
                                                                       18                        cal year 2018.
                                                                       19                                  (C) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EF-
                                                                       20                        FECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget

                                                                       21                        Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint
                                                                       22                        explanatory statement of the committee of con-
                                                                       23                        ference accompanying Conference Report 105–




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                                                                         1                       trol Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this
                                                                         2                       subsection—
                                                                         3                                        (i) shall not be estimated for purposes
                                                                         4                                 of section 251 of such Act;
                                                                         5                                        (ii) shall not be estimated for pur-
                                                                         6                                 poses of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of
                                                                         7                                 the Statutory Pay As-You-Go Act of 2010
                                                                         8                                 as being included in an appropriation Act;
                                                                         9                                 and
                                                                       10                                         (iii) shall be treated as if they were
                                                                       11                                  contained in a PAYGO Act, as defined by
                                                                       12                                  section 3(7) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-
                                                                       13                                  Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 932(7)).
                                                                       14               (e)(1) This section shall become effective immediately
                                                                       15 upon enactment of this Act.
                                                                       16                        (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30,
                                                                       17               2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in
                                                                       18               effect on September 30, 2020.
                                                                       19               SEC. 157. Notwithstanding any other provision of
                                                                       20 this Act, there is hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2021
                                                                       21 for payment to the John R. Lewis Revocable Trust, bene-
                                                                       22 ficiary of John R. Lewis, late a Representative from the
                                                                       23 State of Georgia, $174,000.




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                                                                         1              SEC. 158. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are
                                                                         2 provided for ‘‘House of Representatives—Salaries and Ex-
                                                                         3 penses’’ at a rate for operations of $1,383,725,000.
                                                                         4              SEC. 159. Notwithstanding any other provision of
                                                                         5 this Act—
                                                                         6                       (1) the authority of the Library of Congress to
                                                                         7              reimburse the Little Scholars Child Development
                                                                         8              Center at the Library of Congress under section
                                                                         9              19004 of the CARES Act (2 U.S.C. 162b note; 134
                                                                       10               Stat. 578) shall remain in effect with respect to sal-
                                                                       11               aries incurred until the termination of the public
                                                                       12               health emergency declared pursuant to section 319
                                                                       13               of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d)
                                                                       14               resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic; and
                                                                       15                        (2) the authority of the Government Account-
                                                                       16               ability Office to reimburse the Tiny Findings Child
                                                                       17               Development Center under section 19009 of the
                                                                       18               CARES Act (134 Stat. 579) shall remain in effect
                                                                       19               with respect to salaries incurred until the termi-
                                                                       20               nation of the public health emergency declared pur-
                                                                       21               suant to section 319 of the Public Health Service
                                                                       22               Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) resulting from the COVID–19
                                                                       23               pandemic.




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                                                                       25               U.S.C. 1816b note; 134 Stat. 578) shall be amended


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                                                                         1              by striking ‘‘for not more than 16 weeks’’ and in-
                                                                         2              serting in its place ‘‘until the termination of the
                                                                         3              public health emergency declared pursuant to section
                                                                         4              319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                         5              247d) resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic’’.
                                                                         6              SEC. 160. (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding sec-
                                                                         7 tions 3902(a) and 3904(b) of title 41, United States Code,
                                                                         8 if the performance or delivery of services procured under
                                                                         9 a severable service contract of the Library of Congress is
                                                                       10 delayed or otherwise affected by the COVID–19 Pan-
                                                                       11 demic, the period for the performance or delivery of serv-
                                                                       12 ices under the contract may be extended for a period
                                                                       13 equivalent to the delay or suspension of services, but not
                                                                       14 exceeding an additional 12 months.
                                                                       15               (b) CONTRACTS COVERED.—This section applies with
                                                                       16 respect to contracts for severable services procured for a
                                                                       17 period beginning in fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2020.
                                                                       18               SEC. 161. Effective upon enactment of this Act, the
                                                                       19 matter preceding the first proviso under the heading ‘‘De-
                                                                       20 partment of Veterans Affairs—Veterans Benefits Admin-
                                                                       21 istration—Compensation and Pensions’’ in division F of
                                                                       22 Public Law 116–94 is amended by replacing ‘‘shall become
                                                                       23 available on October 1, 2020:’’ with ‘‘, to remain available




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                                                                         1              SEC. 162. Amounts made available by section 101 for
                                                                         2 ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Admin-
                                                                         3 istration—Veterans Electronic Health Record’’ may be
                                                                         4 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to
                                                                         5 maintain support activities related to implementation and
                                                                         6 maintenance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record sys-
                                                                         7 tem, including contractual costs associated with operations
                                                                         8 authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code,
                                                                         9 and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles
                                                                       10 5 and 38, United States Code.
                                                                       11               SEC. 163. Notwithstanding section 106 of this Act,
                                                                       12 at any time during fiscal year 2021, the Secretary of Vet-
                                                                       13 erans Affairs may transfer up to $140,000,000 of the un-
                                                                       14 obligated balances available under the heading ‘‘Depart-
                                                                       15 ment of Veterans Affairs—Veterans Health Administra-
                                                                       16 tion—Medical Services’’ in title X of division B of the
                                                                       17 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
                                                                       18 lic Law 116–136) to the ‘‘Canteen Service Revolving
                                                                       19 Fund’’ of the Department to prevent, prepare for, and re-
                                                                       20 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro-
                                                                       21 vided, That amounts so transferred shall be for offsetting
                                                                       22 the losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic of Vet-
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                                                                       24 of title 38, United States Code: Provided further, That the
                                                                       25 transferred amounts shall be in addition to any other


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                                                                         1 funds made available for this purpose: Provided further,
                                                                         2 That amounts transferred under this section that were
                                                                         3 previously designated by the Congress as an emergency
                                                                         4 requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer-
                                                                         5 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the
                                                                         6 Congress as 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              SEC. 164. Amounts made available by section 101 to
                                                                       10 the Department of State for ‘‘Administration of Foreign
                                                                       11 Affairs—Repatriation Loans Program Account’’ may be
                                                                       12 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to ac-
                                                                       13 commodate increased demand for commitments for repa-
                                                                       14 triation loans authorized by section 4(b)(2)(B) of the
                                                                       15 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22
                                                                       16 U.S.C. 2671(b)(2)(B)).
                                                                       17               SEC. 165. Section 21009 of the Coronavirus Aid, Re-
                                                                       18 lief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136)
                                                                       19 shall continue in effect through the date specified in sec-
                                                                       20 tion 106 of this Act.
                                                                       21               SEC. 166. (a) During the period covered by this Act,
                                                                       22 section 1(b)(1) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22
                                                                       23 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘the




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                                                                         1              (b) During the period covered by this Act, discre-
                                                                         2 tionary amounts made available by section 101 to the De-
                                                                         3 partment of State in title I under the heading ‘‘Adminis-
                                                                         4 tration of Foreign Affairs’’ and discretionary unobligated
                                                                         5 balances under such heading from prior Acts making ap-
                                                                         6 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper-
                                                                         7 ations, and related programs, may be transferred to the
                                                                         8 Consular and Border Security Programs account if the
                                                                         9 Secretary of State determines and reports to the Commit-
                                                                       10 tees on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to sus-
                                                                       11 tain consular operations, following consultation with such
                                                                       12 Committees: Provided, That such transfer authority is in
                                                                       13 addition to any transfer authority otherwise available in
                                                                       14 this Act and under any other provision of law: Provided
                                                                       15 further, That no amounts may be transferred from
                                                                       16 amounts designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/
                                                                       17 Global War on Terrorism or as emergency requirements
                                                                       18 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or sec-
                                                                       19 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
                                                                       20 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
                                                                       21               (c) Amounts made available by section 101 to the De-
                                                                       22 partment of State for ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ may be ap-
                                                                       23 portioned up to the rate for operations necessary to sus-




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                                                                         1 tioned funds shall be subject to the regular notification
                                                                         2 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
                                                                         3              SEC. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of
                                                                         4 this Act, and subject to the regular notification procedures
                                                                         5 of the Committees on Appropriations, the limitations in
                                                                         6 section 7044(e)(2) of division G of Public Law 116–94
                                                                         7 shall not apply to funds made available in this Act or in
                                                                         8 the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related
                                                                         9 Programs Appropriations Act, 2020, for disaster relief; to
                                                                       10 protect human rights, locate and identify missing persons,
                                                                       11 and assist victims of torture; to promote justice, account-
                                                                       12 ability, and reconciliation; to enhance maritime security
                                                                       13 and domain awareness; and for International Military
                                                                       14 Education and Training.
                                                                       15               SEC. 168. Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Re-
                                                                       16 form and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) is
                                                                       17 amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ and inserting
                                                                       18 ‘‘October 1, 2021’’.
                                                                       19               SEC. 169. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of
                                                                       20 funds, as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made
                                                                       21 available to ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the
                                                                       22 Secretary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ in title
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                                                                         1 oversight of awards under the national infrastructure in-
                                                                         2 vestments program, are hereby rescinded, and in addition
                                                                         3 to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount
                                                                         4 of additional new budget authority equivalent to the
                                                                         5 amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby
                                                                         6 appropriated on September 30, 2020, for an additional
                                                                         7 amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until Sep-
                                                                         8 tember 30, 2021, in addition to other funds as may be
                                                                         9 available for such purposes, and shall be available, without
                                                                       10 additional competition, for completing the funding of
                                                                       11 awards made pursuant to the fiscal year 2017 National
                                                                       12 Infrastructure Investments grants (also known as the Bet-
                                                                       13 ter Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development, or
                                                                       14 BUILD grants).
                                                                       15               (b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds, as
                                                                       16 of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to
                                                                       17 ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Sec-
                                                                       18 retary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ in title I of
                                                                       19 division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
                                                                       20 (Public Law 115–141), other than such funds administra-
                                                                       21 tively allocated to carry out the administration and over-
                                                                       22 sight of awards under the national infrastructure invest-
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                                                                         1 rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro-
                                                                         2 priated on September 30, 2020, for an additional amount
                                                                         3 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until September
                                                                         4 30, 2021, in addition to other funds as may be available
                                                                         5 for such purposes, and shall be available, without addi-
                                                                         6 tional competition, for completing the funding of awards
                                                                         7 made pursuant to the fiscal year 2018 National Infra-
                                                                         8 structure Investments grants (also known as the Better
                                                                         9 Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development, or
                                                                       10 BUILD grants).
                                                                       11               (c)(1) This section shall become effective immediately
                                                                       12 upon enactment of this Act.
                                                                       13                        (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30,
                                                                       14               2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in
                                                                       15               effect on September 30, 2020.
                                                                       16               SEC. 170. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter
                                                                       17 preceding the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Govern-
                                                                       18 ment National Mortgage Association—Guarantees of
                                                                       19 Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program
                                                                       20 Account’’ in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act,
                                                                       21 2020 (Public Law 116–94) shall be applied by sub-
                                                                       22 stituting ‘‘$1,278,000,000,000’’ for ‘‘$550,000,000,000’’:
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                                                                         1 new commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the
                                                                         2 purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act as
                                                                         3 amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)).
                                                                         4              SEC. 171. (a) Funds previously made available in the
                                                                         5 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act,
                                                                         6 2013 (Public Law 113–6) for the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods
                                                                         7 Initiative’’ that were available for obligation through fiscal
                                                                         8 year 2015 are to remain available through fiscal year 2021
                                                                         9 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal
                                                                       10 years 2013 through 2015.
                                                                       11               (b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately
                                                                       12 upon enactment of this Act.
                                                                       13                        (2) If this Act is enacted after September 30,
                                                                       14               2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in
                                                                       15               effect on September 30, 2020.
                                                                       16               SEC. 172. Amounts made available by section 101 to
                                                                       17 the Department of Housing and Urban Development for
                                                                       18 ‘‘Housing Programs—Housing for the Elderly’’ may be
                                                                       19 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to—
                                                                       20               (1) maintain project rental assistance for the elderly
                                                                       21 under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12
                                                                       22 U.S.C. 1701q(2)), including making amendments to con-
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                                                                         1                       (2) be available to make awards to existing
                                                                         2              grantees to continue, without competition, dem-
                                                                         3              onstration programs to test housing with services
                                                                         4              models for the elderly that demonstrate the potential
                                                                         5              to delay or avoid the need for nursing home care.
                                                                         6              SEC. 173. Amounts provided by section 111 to the
                                                                         7 Department of Agriculture for ‘‘Corporations—Com-
                                                                         8 modity Credit Corporation Fund—Reimbursement for Net
                                                                         9 Realized Losses’’ may be used, prior to the completion of
                                                                       10 the report described in section 2 of the Act of August 17,
                                                                       11 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11), to reimburse the Commodity
                                                                       12 Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but
                                                                       13 not previously reimbursed, as of September 17, 2020.
                                                                       14               This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropria-
                                                                       15 tions Act, 2021’’.
                                                                       16 DIVISION B—SURFACE TRANS-
                                                                       17   PORTATION PROGRAM EX-
                                                                       18   TENSION
                                                                       19        TITLE I—SURFACE
                                                                       20  TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS
                                                                       21      SEC. 1101. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPOR-

                                                                       22                              TATION PROGRAMS.

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                                                                         1 under the covered laws, which would otherwise expire on
                                                                         2 or cease to apply after September 30, 2020, are incor-
                                                                         3 porated by reference and shall continue in effect through
                                                                         4 September 30, 2021.
                                                                         5              (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
                                                                         6                       (1) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.—
                                                                         7                                 (A) HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—There is author-
                                                                         8                       ized to be appropriated from the Highway Ac-
                                                                         9                       count for fiscal year 2021, for each program
                                                                       10                        with respect to which amounts are authorized
                                                                       11                        to be appropriated from such account for fiscal
                                                                       12                        year 2020, an amount equal to the amount au-
                                                                       13                        thorized for appropriation with respect to the
                                                                       14                        program from such account under the covered
                                                                       15                        laws for fiscal year 2020.
                                                                       16                                  (B) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—There is
                                                                       17                        authorized to be appropriated from the Mass
                                                                       18                        Transit Account for fiscal year 2021, for each
                                                                       19                        program with respect to which amounts are au-
                                                                       20                        thorized to be appropriated from such account
                                                                       21                        for fiscal year 2020, an amount equal to the
                                                                       22                        amount authorized for appropriation with re-
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                                                                         1                       (2) GENERAL FUND.—There is authorized to be
                                                                         2              appropriated for fiscal year 2021, for each program
                                                                         3              under the covered laws with respect to which
                                                                         4              amounts are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal
                                                                         5              year 2020 from an account other than the Highway
                                                                         6              Account or the Mass Transit Account, an amount
                                                                         7              that is not less than the amount authorized for ap-
                                                                         8              propriation with respect to the program under the
                                                                         9              covered laws for fiscal year 2020.
                                                                       10               (c) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized to be ap-
                                                                       11 propriated for fiscal year 2021 with respect to a program
                                                                       12 under subsection (b) shall be distributed, administered,
                                                                       13 limited, and made available for obligation in the same
                                                                       14 manner as amounts authorized to be appropriated with re-
                                                                       15 spect to the program for fiscal year 2020 under the cov-
                                                                       16 ered laws.
                                                                       17               (d) OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—A program for which
                                                                       18 amounts are authorized to be appropriated under sub-
                                                                       19 section (b)(1) shall be subject to a limitation on obliga-
                                                                       20 tions for fiscal year 2021 in the same amount and in the
                                                                       21 same manner as the limitation applicable with respect to
                                                                       22 the program for fiscal year 2020.
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                                                                       24                        (1) COVERED LAWS.—The term ‘‘covered laws’’
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                                                                         1                                 (A) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII,
                                                                         2                       XI, and XXIV of the FAST Act (Public Law
                                                                         3                       114–94).
                                                                         4                                 (B) Division A, division B, subtitle A of
                                                                         5                       title I and title II of division C, and division E
                                                                         6                       of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141).
                                                                         7                                 (C) Titles I, II, and III of the SAFETEA–
                                                                         8                       LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Public
                                                                         9                       Law 110–244).
                                                                       10                                  (D) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of
                                                                       11                        SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59).
                                                                       12                                  (E) Titles I, II, III, IV, and V of the
                                                                       13                        Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
                                                                       14                        (Public Law 105–178).
                                                                       15                                  (F) Titles II, III, and IV of the National
                                                                       16                        Highway System Designation Act of 1995
                                                                       17                        (Public Law 104–59).
                                                                       18                                  (G) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of the
                                                                       19                        Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency
                                                                       20                        Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240).
                                                                       21                                  (H) Title 23, United States Code.
                                                                       22                                  (I) Sections 116, 117, 330, 5128, 5505,
                                                                       23                        and 24905 and chapters 53, 139, 303, 311,




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                                                                         1                       (2) HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Highway
                                                                         2              Account’’ means the portion of the Highway Trust
                                                                         3              Fund that is not the Mass Transit Account.
                                                                         4                       (3) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Mass
                                                                         5              Transit Account’’ means the portion of the Highway
                                                                         6              Trust Fund established under section 9503(e)(1) of
                                                                         7              the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
                                                                         8     SEC. 1102. NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT FREIGHT AND HIGH-

                                                                         9                             WAY PROJECTS.

                                                                       10               Section 117(d)(2)(A) of title 23, United States Code,
                                                                       11 is amended in the matter preceding clause (i)—
                                                                       12                        (1) by striking ‘‘$500,000,000’’ and inserting
                                                                       13               ‘‘$600,000,000’’; and
                                                                       14                        (2) by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’.
                                                                       15      SEC. 1103. HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP-

                                                                       16                              MENT.

                                                                       17               Section 403(h)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is
                                                                       18 amended—
                                                                       19                        (1) by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’;
                                                                       20               and
                                                                       21                        (2) by striking ‘‘$21,248,000’’ and inserting
                                                                       22               ‘‘$26,560,000’’.




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                                                                         1     SEC. 1104. RAIL-RELATED PROVISIONS.

                                                                         2              (a) FEDERAL FUNDING FOR OPERATING LOSSES.—
                                                                         3 Section 24321 of title 49, United States Code, is amend-
                                                                         4 ed—
                                                                         5                       (1) by striking subsection (d); and
                                                                         6                       (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
                                                                         7              section (d).
                                                                         8              (b) DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES.—Sec-
                                                                         9 tion 502(b)(3) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regu-
                                                                       10 latory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(b)(3)) is
                                                                       11 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting
                                                                       12 ‘‘September 30, 2021’’.
                                                                       13      SEC. 1105. SUSPENSION FOR EXTENSION PERIOD OF AD-

                                                                       14                              JUSTMENTS                  FOR         ADDITIONAL               DEPOSITS

                                                                       15                              INTO HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.

                                                                       16               Section 105 of title 23, United States Code, shall not
                                                                       17 apply to monies deposited into the Highway Trust Fund
                                                                       18 by this division.
                                                                       19      SEC. 1106. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS.

                                                                       20               None of the funds authorized in this division or any
                                                                       21 other Act may be used to adjust apportionments for the
                                                                       22 Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund or
                                                                       23 withhold funds from apportionments for the Mass Transit
                                                                       24 Account of the Highway Trust Fund pursuant to section




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                                                                       26 year 2021.
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                                                                         1     SEC. 1107. APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION.

                                                                         2              (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section
                                                                         3 14703 of title 40, United States Code, is amended—
                                                                         4                       (1) in subsection (a)(5) by striking ‘‘2020’’ and
                                                                         5              inserting ‘‘2021’’; and
                                                                         6                       (2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘2020’’ and in-
                                                                         7              serting ‘‘2021’’.
                                                                         8              (b) TERMINATION.—Section 14704 of title 40,
                                                                         9 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and
                                                                       10 inserting ‘‘2021’’.
                                                                       11                       TITLE II—TRUST FUNDS
                                                                       12      SEC. 1201. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND EXPENDI-

                                                                       13                              TURE AUTHORITY.

                                                                       14               Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
                                                                       15 is amended—
                                                                       16                        (1) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ in sub-
                                                                       17               sections (b)(6)(B), (c)(1), and (e)(3) and inserting
                                                                       18               ‘‘October 1, 2021’’; and
                                                                       19                        (2) by striking ‘‘FAST Act’’ in subsections
                                                                       20               (c)(1) and (e)(3) and inserting ‘‘Continuing Appro-
                                                                       21               priations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act’’.
                                                                       22      SEC. 1202. SPORT FISH RESTORATION AND BOATING TRUST

                                                                       23                              FUND.

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                                                                         1                       (1) by striking ‘‘FAST Act’’ each place it ap-
                                                                         2              pears in subsection (b)(2) and inserting ‘‘Continuing
                                                                         3              Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions
                                                                         4              Act’’; and
                                                                         5                       (2) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ in subsection
                                                                         6              (d)(2) and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2021’’.
                                                                         7     SEC. 1203. LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST

                                                                         8                             FUND.

                                                                         9              Section 9508(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of
                                                                       10 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ and in-
                                                                       11 serting ‘‘October 1, 2021’’.
                                                                       12      SEC. 1204. FURTHER ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS TO HIGHWAY

                                                                       13                              TRUST FUND.

                                                                       14               Subsection (f) of section 9503 of the Internal Rev-
                                                                       15 enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraph
                                                                       16 (10) as paragraph (11) and by inserting after paragraph
                                                                       17 (9) the following new paragraph:
                                                                       18                        ‘‘(10)         FURTHER                 TRANSFERS                  TO      TRUST

                                                                       19               FUND.—Out of money in the Treasury not otherwise

                                                                       20               appropriated, there is hereby appropriated—
                                                                       21                                  ‘‘(A) $10,400,000,000 to the Highway Ac-
                                                                       22                        count (as defined in subsection (e)(5)(B)) in
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                                                                         1     SEC. 1205. ADDITIONAL TRANSFER TO TRUST FUND.

                                                                         2              Section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
                                                                         3 is amended by adding at the end the following:
                                                                         4              ‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL TRANSFER TO TRUST FUND.—Out
                                                                         5 of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
                                                                         6 there is hereby appropriated $14,000,000,000 to the Air-
                                                                         7 port and Airway Trust Fund.’’.
                                                                         8                   DIVISION C—HEALTH
                                                                         9                       EXTENDERS
                                                                       10                  TITLE I—PUBLIC HEALTH
                                                                       11                        EXTENDERS
                                                                       12      SEC.       2101.       COMMUNITY                   HEALTH          CENTERS,            NATIONAL

                                                                       13                              HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND TEACHING

                                                                       14                              HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE GRAD-

                                                                       15                              UATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

                                                                       16               (a)        COMMUNITY                      HEALTH             CENTERS.—Section
                                                                       17 10503(b)(1)(F) of the Patient Protection and Affordable
                                                                       18 Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(F)) is amended—
                                                                       19                        (1) by striking ‘‘$668,493,151’’ and inserting
                                                                       20               ‘‘$789,041,096’’; and
                                                                       21                        (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in-
                                                                       22               serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’.
                                                                       23               (b) NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS.—Section
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                                                                         1                       (1) by striking ‘‘$51,808,219’’ and inserting
                                                                         2              ‘‘$61,150,685’’; and
                                                                         3                       (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in-
                                                                         4              serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’.
                                                                         5              (c) TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE
                                                                         6 GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Section
                                                                         7 340H(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                         8 256h(g)(1)) is amended—
                                                                         9                       (1) by striking ‘‘$21,141,096’’ and inserting
                                                                       10               ‘‘$24,953,425’’; and
                                                                       11                        (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in-
                                                                       12               serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’.
                                                                       13               (d) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—Amounts appro-
                                                                       14 priated pursuant to the amendments made by this section
                                                                       15 for the period beginning on October 1, 2020, through De-
                                                                       16 cember 11, 2020, shall be subject to the requirements con-
                                                                       17 tained in Public Law 116–94 for funds for programs au-
                                                                       18 thorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public
                                                                       19 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254 through 256).
                                                                       20               (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) of
                                                                       21 section 3014(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
                                                                       22 ed—
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                                                                         1                       (2) by striking ‘‘and section 3831 of the
                                                                         2              CARES Act’’ and inserting ‘‘, section 3831 of the
                                                                         3              CARES Act, and section 2101 of the Continuing
                                                                         4              Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions
                                                                         5              Act’’.
                                                                         6     SEC. 2102. DIABETES PROGRAMS.

                                                                         7              (a) SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS FOR TYPE I DIA-
                                                                         8     BETES.—Section                    330B(b)(2)(D) of the Public Health
                                                                         9 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2)(D)) is amended—
                                                                       10                        (1) by striking ‘‘$25,068,493’’ and inserting
                                                                       11               ‘‘$29,589,042’’; and
                                                                       12                        (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in-
                                                                       13               serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’.
                                                                       14               (b) SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS FOR INDIANS.—
                                                                       15 Section 330C(c)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service Act
                                                                       16 (42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2)(D)) is amended—
                                                                       17                        (1) by striking ‘‘$25,068,493’’ and inserting
                                                                       18               ‘‘$29,589,042’’; and
                                                                       19                        (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in-
                                                                       20               serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’.
                                                                       21      SEC. 2103. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION.

                                                                       22               Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
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                                                                         1     SEC. 2104. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION.

                                                                         2              Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                         3 710) is amended—
                                                                         4                       (1) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ each
                                                                         5              place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 11,
                                                                         6              2020’’;
                                                                         7                       (2) in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘such
                                                                         8              period, for fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘the pe-
                                                                         9              riod described in subparagraph (A), for fiscal year
                                                                       10               2021’’; and
                                                                       11                        (3) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘and 2019’’
                                                                       12               and inserting ‘‘through 2020,’’.
                                                                       13      SEC. 2105. RARE PEDIATRIC DISEASE PRIORITY REVIEW

                                                                       14                              VOUCHER EXTENSION.

                                                                       15               Section 529(b)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
                                                                       16 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360ff(b)(5)) is amended—
                                                                       17                        (1) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ each
                                                                       18               place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 11,
                                                                       19               2020’’; and
                                                                       20                        (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Sep-
                                                                       21               tember 30, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11,
                                                                       22               2022’’.
                                                                       23      SEC. 2106. AUTHORIZATION TO ACCUMULATE EXCESS AN-

                                                                       24




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                                                                       26 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 210–1), a com-
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                                                                         1 missioned officer of the Public Health Service who, except
                                                                         2 for this section, would lose at the end of the fiscal year
                                                                         3 2020 accumulated annual leave in excess of 60 days, may
                                                                         4 retain such amounts of accumulated annual leave in excess
                                                                         5 of 60 days.
                                                                         6              (b) USE OF EXCESS LEAVE.—Annual leave retained
                                                                         7 pursuant to subsection (a) shall be lost unless it is used
                                                                         8 by the officer no later than September 30, 2023.
                                                                         9              (c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall not apply to
                                                                       10 an officer on terminal leave preceding separation, retire-
                                                                       11 ment, or release from active duty, as of the effective date
                                                                       12 specified in subsection (d).
                                                                       13               (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall become ef-
                                                                       14 fective on the earlier of—
                                                                       15                        (1) the date of the enactment of this Act; or
                                                                       16                        (2) September 30, 2020.
                                                                       17      SEC. 2107. HHS SERVICES AND SUPPLY FUND.

                                                                       18               Effective as if included in the enactment of the para-
                                                                       19 graph beginning with ‘‘Service and supply fund:’’ under
                                                                       20 the heading ‘‘Public Health Service’’ in the Federal Secu-
                                                                       21 rity Agency Appropriation Act, 1946 (42 U.S.C. 231),
                                                                       22 such paragraph shall be applied with respect to any fiscal
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                                                                         1                         TITLE II—MEDICARE
                                                                         2                             EXTENDERS
                                                                         3     SEC. 2201. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX

                                                                         4                             FLOOR UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM.

                                                                         5              Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42
                                                                         6 U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)(E)), as amended by section 3801
                                                                         7 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), is amended by
                                                                         8 striking ‘‘December 1, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December
                                                                         9 12, 2020’’.
                                                                       10      SEC. 2202. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEAS-

                                                                       11                              URE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION.

                                                                       12               Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
                                                                       13 U.S.C. 1395aaa(d)(2)), as amended by section 3802 of the
                                                                       14 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), is amended—
                                                                       15                        (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘November
                                                                       16               30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’; and
                                                                       17                        (2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Novem-
                                                                       18               ber 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’.
                                                                       19      SEC. 2203. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND AS-

                                                                       20                              SISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS.

                                                                       21               (a) STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS.—Sub-
                                                                       22 section (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improve-
                                                                       23 ments for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C.




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                                                                         1 148), section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act
                                                                         2 of 2012 (Public Law 112–240), section 1110 of the Path-
                                                                         3 way for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–67),
                                                                         4 section 110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of
                                                                         5 2014 (Public Law 113–93), section 208 of the Medicare
                                                                         6 Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public
                                                                         7 Law 114–10), section 50207 of division E of the Bipar-
                                                                         8 tisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), section
                                                                         9 1402 of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act,
                                                                       10 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law
                                                                       11 116– 59), section 1402 of division B of the Further Con-
                                                                       12 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health
                                                                       13 Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–69), section 103
                                                                       14 of division N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations
                                                                       15 Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), and section 3803 of the
                                                                       16 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended in clause
                                                                       17 (xi) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
                                                                       18 cember 11, 2020’’.
                                                                       19               (b)        AREA           AGENCIES                ON         AGING.—Subsection
                                                                       20 (b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended
                                                                       21 in clause (xi) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and insert-
                                                                       22 ing ‘‘December 11, 2020’’.
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                                                                         1 is amended in clause (xi) by striking ‘‘November 30,
                                                                         2 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’.
                                                                         3              (d) CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR
                                                                         4 BENEFITS AND OUTREACH ENROLLMENT.—Subsection
                                                                         5 (d)(2) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended
                                                                         6 in clause (xi) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and insert-
                                                                         7 ing ‘‘December 11, 2020’’.
                                                                         8                         TITLE III—MEDICAID
                                                                         9                             EXTENDERS
                                                                       10      SEC. 2301. EXTENSION OF MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON

                                                                       11                              REBALANCING DEMONSTRATION.

                                                                       12               Section 6071(h)(1)(H) of the Deficit Reduction Act
                                                                       13 of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note), as inserted by section
                                                                       14 3811 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), is amend-
                                                                       15 ed by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘De-
                                                                       16 cember 11, 2020’’.
                                                                       17      SEC. 2302. EXTENSION OF SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT

                                                                       18                              PROTECTIONS.

                                                                       19               (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2404 of the Patient Pro-
                                                                       20 tection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5
                                                                       21 note), as amended by section 3812 of the CARES Act
                                                                       22 (Public Law 116–136), is amended by striking ‘‘November
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                                                                         1 or section 1902(a)(17) or 1924 of the Social Security Act
                                                                         2 (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(17), 1396r–5) shall be construed as
                                                                         3 prohibiting a State from—
                                                                         4                       (1) applying an income or resource disregard
                                                                         5              under a methodology authorized under section
                                                                         6              1902(r)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(r)(2))—
                                                                         7                                 (A) to the income or resources of an indi-
                                                                         8                       vidual                    described                      in               section
                                                                         9                       1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                       10                        1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI)) (including a disregard
                                                                       11                        of the income or resources of such individual’s
                                                                       12                        spouse); or
                                                                       13                                  (B) on the basis of an individual’s need for
                                                                       14                        home and community-based services authorized
                                                                       15                        under subsection (c), (d), (i), or (k) of section
                                                                       16                        1915 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n) or under
                                                                       17                        section 1115 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315); or
                                                                       18                        (2) disregarding an individual’s spousal income
                                                                       19               and assets under a plan amendment to provide med-
                                                                       20               ical assistance for home and community-based serv-
                                                                       21               ices for individuals by reason of being determined el-
                                                                       22               igible under section 1902(a)(10)(C) of such Act (42
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                                                                         1              costs incurred for medical or other remedial care
                                                                         2              under which the State disregarded the income and
                                                                         3              assets of the individual’s spouse in determining the
                                                                         4              initial and ongoing financial eligibility of an indi-
                                                                         5              vidual for such services in place of the spousal im-
                                                                         6              poverishment provisions applied under section 1924
                                                                         7              of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5).
                                                                         8     SEC. 2303. DELAY OF DSH REDUCTIONS.

                                                                         9              Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42
                                                                       10 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(7)(A)), as amended by section 3813 of
                                                                       11 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), is amended—
                                                                       12                        (1) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub-
                                                                       13               clause (I), by striking ‘‘December 1, 2020’’ and in-
                                                                       14               serting ‘‘December 12, 2020’’; and
                                                                       15                        (2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘December 1,
                                                                       16               2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 12, 2020’’.
                                                                       17      SEC. 2304. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH

                                                                       18                              SERVICES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

                                                                       19               Section 223(d)(3) of the Protecting Access to Medi-
                                                                       20 care Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note), as amended by
                                                                       21 section 3814 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136),
                                                                       22 is amended by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and insert-
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                                                                         1           TITLE IV—MEDICARE PART B
                                                                         2             PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT
                                                                         3     SEC. 2401. 2021 MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM AND DEDUCT-

                                                                         4                             IBLE.

                                                                         5              (a) 2021 PREMIUM AND DEDUCTIBLE AND REPAY-
                                                                         6     MENT THROUGH FUTURE PREMIUMS.—Section 1839(a)

                                                                         7 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(a)) is amend-
                                                                         8 ed—
                                                                         9                       (1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by
                                                                       10               striking ‘‘(5) and (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘(5), (6), and
                                                                       11               (7)’’;
                                                                       12                        (2) in paragraph (6)(C)—
                                                                       13                                  (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘section
                                                                       14                        1844(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (d)(1)
                                                                       15                        and (e)(1) of section 1844’’; and
                                                                       16                                  (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘paragraph
                                                                       17                        (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (5) and (7)’’;
                                                                       18                        and
                                                                       19                        (3) by adding at the end the following:
                                                                       20               ‘‘(7)(A) In applying this part (including subsection
                                                                       21 (i) and section 1833(b)), the monthly actuarial rate for
                                                                       22 enrollees age 65 and over for 2021 shall be determined
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                                                                         1                       ‘‘(ii) 25 percent of the difference between such
                                                                         2              rate for 2020 and the preliminary monthly actuarial
                                                                         3              rate for enrollees age 65 and over for 2021 (as esti-
                                                                         4              mated under subparagraph (B)).
                                                                         5              ‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the Sec-
                                                                         6 retary shall estimate a preliminary monthly actuarial rate
                                                                         7 for enrollees age 65 and over for 2021 using the method-
                                                                         8 ology described in paragraph (1) and as if subparagraph
                                                                         9 (A) of this paragraph did not apply. The Secretary shall
                                                                       10 make the estimate under the previous sentence as if the
                                                                       11 transfers described in section 1844(f)(1) have been
                                                                       12 made.’’.
                                                                       13               (b) TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.—
                                                                       14 Section 1844 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                       15 1395w) is amended—
                                                                       16                        (1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the
                                                                       17               following new sentence: ‘‘In applying paragraph (1),
                                                                       18               the amounts transferred under subsection (e)(1)
                                                                       19               with respect to enrollees described in subparagraphs
                                                                       20               (A) and (B) of such subsection shall be treated as
                                                                       21               premiums payable and deposited in the Trust Fund
                                                                       22               under subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, of
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                                                                         1              ‘‘(e)(1) For 2021, there shall be transferred from the
                                                                         2 General Fund to the Trust Fund an amount, as estimated
                                                                         3 by the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Med-
                                                                         4 icaid Services, equal to the reduction in aggregate pre-
                                                                         5 miums payable under this part for a month in such year
                                                                         6 (excluding any changes in amounts collected under section
                                                                         7 1839(i)) that are attributable to the application of section
                                                                         8 1839(a)(7) with respect to—
                                                                         9              ‘‘(A) enrollees age 65 and over; and
                                                                       10               ‘‘(B) enrollees under age 65.
                                                                       11 Such amounts shall be transferred from time to time as
                                                                       12 appropriate.
                                                                       13               ‘‘(2) Premium increases affected under section
                                                                       14 1839(a)(6) shall not be taken into account in applying
                                                                       15 subsection (a).
                                                                       16               ‘‘(3) There shall be transferred from the Trust Fund
                                                                       17 to the General Fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent
                                                                       18 to the additional premiums payable as a result of the ap-
                                                                       19 plication of section 1839(a)(6), excluding the aggregate
                                                                       20 payments attributable to the application of section
                                                                       21 1839(i)(3)(A)(ii)(II).’’.
                                                                       22               (c) ADDITIONAL TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT CON-
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                                                                         1              ‘‘(f)(1) There shall be transferred from the General
                                                                         2 Fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund an amount, as
                                                                         3 estimated by the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medi-
                                                                         4 care & Medicaid Services, equal to amounts paid in ad-
                                                                         5 vance for items and services under this part during the
                                                                         6 period beginning on the first day of the emergency period
                                                                         7 described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) and ending on the date
                                                                         8 of the enactment of this paragraph.
                                                                         9              ‘‘(2) There shall be transferred from the Trust Fund
                                                                       10 to the General Fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent
                                                                       11 to the sum of—
                                                                       12                        ‘‘(A) the amounts by which claims have offset
                                                                       13               (in whole or in part) the amount of such payments
                                                                       14               described in paragraph (1); and
                                                                       15                        ‘‘(B) the amount of such payments that have
                                                                       16               been repaid (in whole or in part).
                                                                       17               ‘‘(3) Amounts described in paragraphs (1) and (2)
                                                                       18 shall be transferred from time to time as appropriate.’’.
                                                                       19               (d)                INDENTATION                         CORRECTION.—Section
                                                                       20 1839(i)(3)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                       21 1395r(i)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by moving the indentation
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                                                                         1          TITLE V—ACCELERATED AND
                                                                         2         ADVANCE PAYMENT PROGRAMS
                                                                         3     SEC. 2501. MODIFYING ACCELERATED AND ADVANCE PAY-

                                                                         4                             MENT PROGRAMS UNDER PARTS A AND B OF

                                                                         5                             THE        MEDICARE                PROGRAM              DURING        THE

                                                                         6                             COVID–19 EMERGENCY.

                                                                         7              (a) SPECIAL REPAYMENT RULES AND OTHER MODI-
                                                                         8     FICATIONS.—

                                                                         9                       (1) PART A.—
                                                                       10                                  (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1815(f)(2)(C)
                                                                       11                        of        the     Social           Security           Act         (42     U.S.C.
                                                                       12                        1395g(f)(2)(C)) is amended to read as follows:
                                                                       13                        ‘‘(C) In the case of a payment made under the
                                                                       14               terms of the program under subsection (e)(3), in-
                                                                       15               cluding such program as expanded pursuant to this
                                                                       16               subsection, on or after the date of the enactment of
                                                                       17               the CARES Act and so made during the emergency
                                                                       18               period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), upon re-
                                                                       19               quest of a hospital, the Secretary shall—
                                                                       20                                  ‘‘(i) provide 1 year before payments for
                                                                       21                        items and services furnished by the hospital are
                                                                       22                        offset to recoup payments under such program;
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                                                                         1                                        ‘‘(I) during the first 11 months in
                                                                         2                                 which any such offsets are made with re-
                                                                         3                                 spect to payment for items and services
                                                                         4                                 furnished by the hospital, 25 percent of the
                                                                         5                                 amount of such payment for such items
                                                                         6                                 and services; and
                                                                         7                                        ‘‘(II) during the succeeding 6 months,
                                                                         8                                 50 percent of the amount of such payment
                                                                         9                                 for such items and services; and
                                                                       10                                  ‘‘(iii) allow 29 months from the date of the
                                                                       11                        first payment under such program to such pro-
                                                                       12                        vider before requiring that the outstanding bal-
                                                                       13                        ance be paid in full.’’.
                                                                       14                                  (B) AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETION.—Sec-
                                                                       15                        tion 1815(f)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act
                                                                       16                        (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by
                                                                       17                        inserting ‘‘(or, with respect to requests sub-
                                                                       18                        mitted to the Secretary after April 26, 2020,
                                                                       19                        may)’’after ‘‘shall.’’.
                                                                       20                                  (C) APPLICATION TO OTHER PART A PRO-
                                                                       21                        VIDERS.—

                                                                       22                                         (i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a
                                                                       23                                  payment made under the terms of an ap-




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                                                                         1                                 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136)
                                                                         2                                 and so made during the emergency period
                                                                         3                                 described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the
                                                                         4                                 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–
                                                                         5                                 5(g)(1)(B)), upon request of an applicable
                                                                         6                                 provider (as defined in clause (iii)), the
                                                                         7                                 provisions of section 1815(f)(2)(C) of such
                                                                         8                                 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(C)), as amend-
                                                                         9                                 ed by subparagraph (A), shall apply with
                                                                       10                                  respect to such payment in the same man-
                                                                       11                                  ner as such provisions apply with respect
                                                                       12                                  to a payment made under the terms of the
                                                                       13                                  program under subsection (e)(3) of section
                                                                       14                                  1815 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g), in-
                                                                       15                                  cluding such program as expanded pursu-
                                                                       16                                  ant to subsection (f) of such section, on or
                                                                       17                                  after the date of the enactment of the
                                                                       18                                  CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and so
                                                                       19                                  made during such emergency period.
                                                                       20                                         (ii)        APPLICABLE                    PROGRAM         DE-

                                                                       21                                  FINED.—In this clause, the term ‘‘applica-

                                                                       22                                  ble program’’ means—
                                                                       23                                                  (I) the programs under sections




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                                                                         1                                        title 42, Code of Federal Regulations
                                                                         2                                        (or any successor regulations); and
                                                                         3                                                 (II) any other comparable pro-
                                                                         4                                        gram under part A of title XVIII of
                                                                         5                                        the Social Security Act, as determined
                                                                         6                                        by the Secretary.
                                                                         7                                        (iii) APPLICABLE PROVIDER.—In this
                                                                         8                                 clause, the term ‘‘applicable provider’’
                                                                         9                                 means a provider of services that is eligible
                                                                       10                                  for payment under an applicable program.
                                                                       11                        (2) PART B.—
                                                                       12                                  (A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a pay-
                                                                       13                        ment made under the terms of the program de-
                                                                       14                        scribed in section 421.214 of title 42, Code of
                                                                       15                        Federal Regulations (or any successor regula-
                                                                       16                        tion) on or after the date of the enactment of
                                                                       17                        the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and so
                                                                       18                        made during the emergency period described in
                                                                       19                        section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security
                                                                       20                        Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)), the Sec-
                                                                       21                        retary of Health and Human Services shall,
                                                                       22                        upon request of the provider of services or sup-
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                                                                         1                                 vider or supplier are offset to recoup pay-
                                                                         2                                 ments under such program;
                                                                         3                                         (ii) provide that any such offset be an
                                                                         4                                 amount equal to—
                                                                         5                                                 (I) during the first 11 months in
                                                                         6                                         which any such offsets are made with
                                                                         7                                         respect to payment for items and
                                                                         8                                         services furnished by such provider or
                                                                         9                                         supplier, 25 percent of the amount of
                                                                       10                                          such payment for such items and
                                                                       11                                          services; and
                                                                       12                                                  (II) during the succeeding 6
                                                                       13                                          months, 50 percent of the amount of
                                                                       14                                          such payment for such items and
                                                                       15                                          services; and
                                                                       16                                          (iii) allow 29 months from the date of
                                                                       17                                  the first payment under such program to
                                                                       18                                  such provider or supplier before requiring
                                                                       19                                  that the outstanding balance be paid in
                                                                       20                                  full.
                                                                       21                                  (B) LIMITATION ON FURTHER PART B AD-
                                                                       22                        VANCE PAYMENTS.—With respect to the period

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                                                                         1                       date of the enactment of this Act, the total
                                                                         2                       amount of payments made under the terms of
                                                                         3                       the program described in section 421.214 of
                                                                         4                       title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any
                                                                         5                       successor regulation)—
                                                                         6                                        (i) for the portion of 2020 occurring
                                                                         7                                 during such period of the emergency period
                                                                         8                                 and for each year, shall not exceed
                                                                         9                                 $10,000,000;
                                                                       10                                         (ii) for each year beginning and end-
                                                                       11                                  ing during such period of the emergency
                                                                       12                                  period, shall not exceed $10,000,000; and
                                                                       13                                         (iii) for the last year beginning during
                                                                       14                                  such period of the emergency period, the
                                                                       15                                  portion of such last year occurring during
                                                                       16                                  such period of the emergency period, shall
                                                                       17                                  not exceed $10,000,000.
                                                                       18               (b) INTEREST RATES.—
                                                                       19                        (1) PART A.—
                                                                       20                                  (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1815(d) of the
                                                                       21                        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(d)) is
                                                                       22                        amended by inserting before the period at the
                                                                       23                        end the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of such a




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                                                                         1                       the CARES Act and during the emergency pe-
                                                                         2                       riod described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) under
                                                                         3                       the program under subsection (e)(3), including
                                                                         4                       such program as expanded pursuant to sub-
                                                                         5                       section (f), at a rate of 4 percent)’’.
                                                                         6                                 (B) APPLICATION TO OTHER PART A PRO-
                                                                         7                       VIDERS.—In the case of a determination under

                                                                         8                       section 1815(d) of the Social Security Act (42
                                                                         9                       U.S.C. 1395g(d)) with respect to a payment
                                                                       10                        made on or after the date of the enactment of
                                                                       11                        the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and
                                                                       12                        during the emergency period described in sec-
                                                                       13                        tion 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act
                                                                       14                        (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)) under an appli-
                                                                       15                        cable         program             (as        defined         in      subsection
                                                                       16                        (a)(1)(C)(ii)), the amendment made by sub-
                                                                       17                        paragraph (A) shall apply with respect to such
                                                                       18                        determination in the same manner as such
                                                                       19                        amendment applies with respect to a payment
                                                                       20                        made on or after the date of the enactment of
                                                                       21                        the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and
                                                                       22                        during such emergency period under the pro-
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                                                                         1                       program as expanded pursuant to subsection (f)
                                                                         2                       of such section.
                                                                         3                       (2) PART B.—Section 1833(j) of the Social Se-
                                                                         4              curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(j)) is amended by in-
                                                                         5              serting before the period at the end the following:
                                                                         6              ‘‘(or, in the case of such a determination made with
                                                                         7              respect to a payment made on or after the date of
                                                                         8              the enactment of the CARES Act and during the
                                                                         9              emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B)
                                                                       10               under the program described in section 421.214 of
                                                                       11               title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc-
                                                                       12               cessor regulation), at a rate of 4 percent)’’.
                                                                       13               (c) PUBLICATION OF DATA.—
                                                                       14                        (1) DATA DURING COVID–19 EMERGENCY.—
                                                                       15                                  (A) INITIAL PUBLICATION.—Not later than
                                                                       16                        2 weeks after the date of the enactment of this
                                                                       17                        section, the Secretary shall post on the public
                                                                       18                        website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
                                                                       19                        Services data that includes the following infor-
                                                                       20                        mation with respect to specified payments (as
                                                                       21                        defined in paragraph (3)(E)) made as of such
                                                                       22                        date and for which data is available:
                                                                       23                                         (i) The total amount of such pay-




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                                                                         1                                 (3)(A)), including a specification of the
                                                                         2                                 percentage of such payments so made from
                                                                         3                                 the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust
                                                                         4                                 Fund established under section 1817 of
                                                                         5                                 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i)
                                                                         6                                 and the percentage of such payments so
                                                                         7                                 made from the Federal Supplementary In-
                                                                         8                                 surance Trust Fund established under sec-
                                                                         9                                 tion 1841 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395t)
                                                                       10                                  under each such program.
                                                                       11                                         (ii) The amount of specified payments
                                                                       12                                  made under each such program by type of
                                                                       13                                  provider of services or supplier receiving
                                                                       14                                  such payments.
                                                                       15                                         (iii) The Centers for Medicare & Med-
                                                                       16                                  icaid Services certification number or other
                                                                       17                                  appropriate number of, and the amount of
                                                                       18                                  such payments received by, each provider
                                                                       19                                  of services and supplier receiving such pay-
                                                                       20                                  ments.
                                                                       21                                  (B)         INTERIM            PUBLICATION.—Every               2
                                                                       22                        weeks thereafter during the emergency period,
                                                                       23                        if any specified payments are made that were




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                                                                         1                       on the website described in subparagraph (A)
                                                                         2                       data containing the information described in
                                                                         3                       clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subparagraph
                                                                         4                       with respect to such specified payments.
                                                                         5                       (2) ADDITIONAL                       PUBLICATIONS.—Not                    later
                                                                         6              than 15 months after the date of the enactment of
                                                                         7              the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), and every 6
                                                                         8              months thereafter until all specified payments have
                                                                         9              been recouped or repaid, the Secretary shall post on
                                                                       10               the website described in paragraph (1)(A) data that
                                                                       11               includes the following:
                                                                       12                                  (A) The total amount of all specified pay-
                                                                       13                        ments not recouped or repaid under each appli-
                                                                       14                        cable payment program.
                                                                       15                                  (B) The amount of payments made under
                                                                       16                        each such program and not recouped or repaid
                                                                       17                        by type of provider of services or supplier.
                                                                       18                                  (C) The total amount of specified pay-
                                                                       19                        ments that have been recouped or repaid under
                                                                       20                        each such program, including a specification of
                                                                       21                        the percentage of such payments so recouped or
                                                                       22                        repaid that have been deposited into the Fed-
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                                                                         1                       Supplementary Insurance Trust Fund under
                                                                         2                       each such program.
                                                                         3                                 (D) The dollar amount of interest that has
                                                                         4                       been collected with respect to all specified pay-
                                                                         5                       ments under each such program.
                                                                         6                       (3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection:
                                                                         7                                 (A) APPLICABLE                     PAYMENT              PROGRAM.—

                                                                         8                       The         term         ‘‘applicable              payment            program’’
                                                                         9                       means—
                                                                       10                                         (i) the program under subsection
                                                                       11                                  (e)(3) of section 1815 of the Social Secu-
                                                                       12                                  rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g), including such
                                                                       13                                  program as expanded under subsection (f)
                                                                       14                                  of such section;
                                                                       15                                         (ii) an applicable program (as defined
                                                                       16                                  in subsection (a)(1)(C)(ii) of this section);
                                                                       17                                  and
                                                                       18                                         (iii) the program described in section
                                                                       19                                  421.214 of title 42, Code of Federal Regu-
                                                                       20                                  lations (or any successor regulation).
                                                                       21                                  (B)         EMERGENCY                  PERIOD.—The                term
                                                                       22                        ‘‘emergency period’’ means the emergency pe-
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                                                                         1                                 (C) PROVIDER                  OF SERVICES AND SUP-

                                                                         2                       PLIER.—The terms ‘‘provider of services’’ and

                                                                         3                       ‘‘supplier’’ have the meaning given such terms
                                                                         4                       in subsections (u) and (d), respectively, of sec-
                                                                         5                       tion 1861 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x).
                                                                         6                                 (D) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’
                                                                         7                       means the Secretary of Health and Human
                                                                         8                       Services.
                                                                         9                                 (E) SPECIFIED                      PAYMENTS.—The                  term
                                                                       10                        ‘‘specified payments’’ means payments made
                                                                       11                        under an applicable payment program on or
                                                                       12                        after the date of the enactment of the CARES
                                                                       13                        Act (Public Law 116–136) during the emer-
                                                                       14                        gency period.
                                                                       15                            TITLE VI—OFFSETS
                                                                       16      SEC. 2601. INCLUSION IN THE MEDICAID DRUG REBATE

                                                                       17                              PROGRAM OF COVERED OUTPATIENT DRUGS

                                                                       18                              USED            FOR        MEDICATION-ASSISTED                      TREAT-

                                                                       19                              MENT.

                                                                       20               (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905 of the Social Secu-
                                                                       21 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended—
                                                                       22                        (1) in paragraph (29) of subsection (a)—
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                                                                         1                                 (B) by striking ‘‘subject to paragraph (2)’’
                                                                         2                       and inserting ‘‘subject to paragraphs (2) and
                                                                         3                       (3)’’; and
                                                                         4                       (2) in subsection (ee), by adding at the end the
                                                                         5              following:
                                                                         6                       ‘‘(3)        APPLICATION                      OF     REBATE            REQUIRE-

                                                                         7              MENTS.—The                     requirements of section 1927 shall
                                                                         8              apply to any drug or biological product described in
                                                                         9              paragraph (1)(A) that is—
                                                                       10                                  ‘‘(A) furnished as medical assistance in ac-
                                                                       11                        cordance with subsection (a)(29) and section
                                                                       12                        1902(a)(10)(A); and
                                                                       13                                  ‘‘(B) a covered outpatient drug (as defined
                                                                       14                        in section 1927(k), except that, in applying
                                                                       15                        paragraph (2)(A) of such section to a drug de-
                                                                       16                        scribed in paragraph (1)(A), such drug shall be
                                                                       17                        deemed a prescribed drug for purposes of sub-
                                                                       18                        section (a)(12)).’’.
                                                                       19               (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1927(d)(7)
                                                                       20 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(d)(7)) is
                                                                       21 amended by adding at the end the following new subpara-
                                                                       22 graph:
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                                                                         1                       cordance with subsection (a)(29) of such section
                                                                         2                       and section 1902(a)(10)(A).’’.
                                                                         3              (c) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amend-
                                                                         4 ments made by this section shall take effect as if included
                                                                         5 in the enactment of section 1006(b) of the SUPPORT for
                                                                         6 Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271; 132
                                                                         7 Stat. 3914).
                                                                         8     SEC. 2602. MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND.

                                                                         9              Section 1941(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                       10 1396w–1(b)) is amended—
                                                                       11                        (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and
                                                                       12               inserting ‘‘2023’’; and
                                                                       13                        (2)         in        paragraph               (3)(A),             by      striking
                                                                       14               ‘‘$1,960,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,446,000,000’’.
                                                                       15           DIVISION D—OTHER MATTERS
                                                                       16          TITLE I—EMERGENCY STOPGAP
                                                                       17            USCIS STABILIZATION ACT
                                                                       18      SEC. 4101. SHORT TITLE.

                                                                       19               This title may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Stopgap
                                                                       20 USCIS Stabilization Act’’.
                                                                       21      SECTION 4102. EXPANSION OF PREMIUM PROCESSING.

                                                                       22               (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 286(u) of the Immigra-
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                                                                         1              ‘‘(u) PREMIUM FEE FOR CERTAIN IMMIGRATION
                                                                         2 BENEFIT TYPES.—
                                                                         3                       ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland
                                                                         4              Security is authorized to establish and collect a pre-
                                                                         5              mium fee for the immigration benefit types described
                                                                         6              in paragraph (2). Such fee shall be paid in addition
                                                                         7              to any other fees authorized by law, deposited as off-
                                                                         8              setting receipts in the Immigration Examinations
                                                                         9              Fee Account established under subsection (m), and
                                                                       10               used for the purposes described in paragraph (4).
                                                                       11                        ‘‘(2) IMMIGRATION BENEFIT TYPES.—Subject
                                                                       12               to reasonable conditions or limitations, the Secretary
                                                                       13               shall establish a premium fee under paragraph (1)
                                                                       14               in connection with—
                                                                       15                                  ‘‘(A) employment-based nonimmigrant pe-
                                                                       16                        titions and associated applications for depend-
                                                                       17                        ents of the beneficiaries of such petitions;
                                                                       18                                  ‘‘(B) employment-based immigrant peti-
                                                                       19                        tions filed by or on behalf of aliens described in
                                                                       20                        paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 203(b);
                                                                       21                                  ‘‘(C) applications to change or extend non-
                                                                       22                        immigrant status;
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                                                                         1                                 ‘‘(E) any other immigration benefit type
                                                                         2                       that the Secretary deems appropriate for pre-
                                                                         3                       mium processing.
                                                                         4                       ‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF FEE.—
                                                                         5                                 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
                                                                         6                       graph (C), with respect to an immigration ben-
                                                                         7                       efit type designated for premium processing by
                                                                         8                       the Secretary on or before August 1, 2020, the
                                                                         9                       premium fee shall be $2,500, except that the
                                                                       10                        premium fee for a petition for classification of
                                                                       11                        a nonimmigrant described in subparagraph
                                                                       12                        (H)(ii)(b) or (R) of section 101(a)(15) shall be
                                                                       13                        $1,500.
                                                                       14                                  ‘‘(B)        OTHER                 IMMIGRATION                  BENEFIT

                                                                       15                        TYPES.—With respect to an immigration benefit

                                                                       16                        type designated for premium processing but not
                                                                       17                        described in subparagraph (A), the initial pre-
                                                                       18                        mium fee shall be established by regulation,
                                                                       19                        which shall include a detailed methodology sup-
                                                                       20                        porting the proposed premium fee amount.
                                                                       21                                  ‘‘(C) BIENNIAL ADJUSTMENT.—The Sec-
                                                                       22                        retary may adjust a premium fee under sub-
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                                                                         1                       month of June preceding the date on which
                                                                         2                       such adjustment takes effect exceeds the Con-
                                                                         3                       sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for
                                                                         4                       the same month of the second preceding cal-
                                                                         5                       endar year. The provisions of section 553 of
                                                                         6                       title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to
                                                                         7                       an adjustment authorized under this subpara-
                                                                         8                       graph.
                                                                         9                       ‘‘(4) USE OF FEE.—Fees collected under this
                                                                       10               subsection may only be used by U.S. Citizenship and
                                                                       11               Immigration Services to—
                                                                       12                                  ‘‘(A) provide the services described in
                                                                       13                        paragraph (5) to premium processing reques-
                                                                       14                        tors;
                                                                       15                                  ‘‘(B) make infrastructure improvements in
                                                                       16                        adjudications processes and the provision of in-
                                                                       17                        formation and services to immigration and nat-
                                                                       18                        uralization benefit requestors;
                                                                       19                                  ‘‘(C) respond to adjudication demands, in-
                                                                       20                        cluding by reducing the number of pending im-
                                                                       21                        migration and naturalization benefit requests;
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                                                                         1                       ‘‘(5) PREMIUM                    PROCESSING               SERVICES.—The

                                                                         2              Secretary—
                                                                         3                                 ‘‘(A) may suspend the availability of pre-
                                                                         4                       mium processing for designated immigration
                                                                         5                       benefit requests only if circumstances prevent
                                                                         6                       the completion of processing of a significant
                                                                         7                       number of such requests within the required pe-
                                                                         8                       riod; and
                                                                         9                                 ‘‘(B) shall ensure that premium processing
                                                                       10                        requestors have direct and reliable access to
                                                                       11                        current case status information as well as the
                                                                       12                        ability to communicate with the premium proc-
                                                                       13                        essing units at each service center or office that
                                                                       14                        provides premium processing services.’’.
                                                                       15               (b) EXPANSION TO NEW BENEFIT REQUESTS.—
                                                                       16                        (1) IN           GENERAL.—Notwithstanding                                 the re-
                                                                       17               quirement to set a fee by regulation under section
                                                                       18               286(u)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality
                                                                       19               Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(u)(3)(B)), as amended by sub-
                                                                       20               section (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security may
                                                                       21               set a fee under that section without regard to the
                                                                       22               provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States
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                                                                         1                       Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(1)(C)), or a
                                                                         2                       petition              for        classification            under          section
                                                                         3                       203(b)(2) involving a waiver under section
                                                                         4                       203(b)(2)(B) of such Act, the fee is set at an
                                                                         5                       amount not greater than $2,500 and the re-
                                                                         6                       quired processing timeframe is not greater than
                                                                         7                       45 days.
                                                                         8                                 (B) For an application under section 248
                                                                         9                       of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
                                                                       10                        U.S.C. 1258) to change status to a classifica-
                                                                       11                        tion described in subparagraph (F), (J), or (M)
                                                                       12                        of section 101(a)(15) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
                                                                       13                        1101(a)(15)), the fee is set at an amount not
                                                                       14                        greater than $1,750 and the required proc-
                                                                       15                        essing timeframe is not greater than 30 days.
                                                                       16                                  (C) For an application under section 248
                                                                       17                        of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
                                                                       18                        U.S.C. 1258) to change status to be classified
                                                                       19                        as a dependent of a nonimmigrant described in
                                                                       20                        subparagraph (E), (H), (L), (O), (P), or (R) of
                                                                       21                        section 101(a)(15) of such Act (8 U.S.C.
                                                                       22                        1101(a)(15)), or to extend such classification,
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                                                                         1                                 (D) For an application for employment au-
                                                                         2                       thorization, the fee is set at an amount not
                                                                         3                       greater than $1,500 and the required proc-
                                                                         4                       essing timeframe is not greater than 30 days.
                                                                         5                       (2) CLARIFICATION.—The required processing
                                                                         6              timeframe for each of the applications and petitions
                                                                         7              described in paragraph (1) shall not commence until
                                                                         8              the date that all prerequisites for adjudication are
                                                                         9              received by the Secretary of Homeland Security.
                                                                       10               (c) OTHER BENEFIT REQUESTS.—In implementing
                                                                       11 the amendments made by subsection (a), the Secretary of
                                                                       12 Homeland Security shall develop and implement processes
                                                                       13 to ensure that the availability of premium processing, or
                                                                       14 its expansion to additional immigration benefit requests,
                                                                       15 does not result in an increase in processing times for im-
                                                                       16 migration benefit requests not designated for premium
                                                                       17 processing or an increase in regular processing of immi-
                                                                       18 gration benefit requests so designated.
                                                                       19      SEC. 4103. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

                                                                       20               (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the
                                                                       21 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home-
                                                                       22 land Security shall provide to the appropriate Committees
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                                                                         1                       (1) Establish electronic filing procedures for all
                                                                         2              applications and petitions for immigration benefits.
                                                                         3                       (2) Accept electronic payment of fees at all fil-
                                                                         4              ing locations.
                                                                         5                       (3) Issue correspondence, including decisions,
                                                                         6              requests for evidence, and notices of intent to deny,
                                                                         7              to immigration benefit requestors electronically.
                                                                         8                       (4) Improve processing times for all immigra-
                                                                         9              tion and naturalization benefit requests.
                                                                       10               (b) SEMI-ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180
                                                                       11 days after submission of the plan described in subsection
                                                                       12 (a), and on a semi-annual basis thereafter, the Secretary
                                                                       13 shall advise the appropriate Committees on the implemen-
                                                                       14 tation status of such plan.
                                                                       15               (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In this
                                                                       16 section, the term ‘‘appropriate Committees’’ means—
                                                                       17                        (1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
                                                                       18               mittee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on
                                                                       19               Homeland Security of the House of Representatives;
                                                                       20               and
                                                                       21                        (2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com-
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                                                                         1 TITLE II—UNITED STATES PA-
                                                                         2    ROLE COMMISSION EXTEN-
                                                                         3    SION
                                                                         4     SEC. 4201. SHORT TITLE.

                                                                         5              This title may be cited as the ‘‘United States Parole
                                                                         6 Commission Extension Act of 2020’’.
                                                                         7     SEC. 4202. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING REFORM ACT OF

                                                                         8                             1984.

                                                                         9              For purposes of section 235(b) of the Sentencing Re-
                                                                       10 form Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98–
                                                                       11 473; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter
                                                                       12 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States
                                                                       13 Parole Commission, each reference in such section to ‘‘33
                                                                       14 years’’ or ‘‘33-year period’’ shall be deemed a reference
                                                                       15 to ‘‘35 years’’ or ‘‘35-year period’’, respectively.
                                                                       16      SEC. 4203. PAROLE COMMISSION REPORT.

                                                                       17               Section 3 of the United States Parole Commission
                                                                       18 Extension Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–274) is amend-
                                                                       19 ed—
                                                                       20                        (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and
                                                                       21               inserting ‘‘2022’’; and
                                                                       22                        (2) by adding at the end the following:
                                                                       23               ‘‘(d) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REPORT FOR SUC-




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                                                                         1 fiscal year, the United States Parole Commission shall re-
                                                                         2 port to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate
                                                                         3 and House of Representatives the items in paragraphs (1)
                                                                         4 through (3) of subsection (c), for the fiscal year.’’.
                                                                         5 TITLE III—ANTITRUST CRIMINAL
                                                                         6    PENALTY     ENHANCEMENT
                                                                         7    AND REFORM PERMANENT
                                                                         8    EXTENSION ACT
                                                                         9     SEC. 4301. SHORT TITLE.

                                                                       10               This title may be cited as the ‘‘Antitrust Criminal
                                                                       11 Penalty Enhancement and Reform Permanent Extension
                                                                       12 Act’’.
                                                                       13      SEC. 4302. FINDINGS; PURPOSE.

                                                                       14               (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following:
                                                                       15                        (1) Conspiracies among competitors to fix
                                                                       16               prices, rig bids, and allocate markets are categori-
                                                                       17               cally and irredeemably anticompetitive and con-
                                                                       18               travene the competition policy of the United States.
                                                                       19                        (2) Cooperation incentives are important to the
                                                                       20               efforts of the Antitrust Division of the Department
                                                                       21               of Justice to prosecute and deter the offenses de-
                                                                       22               scribed in paragraph (1).
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                                                                         1 antitrust violators to cooperate fully with government
                                                                         2 prosecutors and private litigants through the repeal of the
                                                                         3 sunset provision of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty En-
                                                                         4 hancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note).
                                                                         5     SEC. 4303. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION.

                                                                         6              (a) REPEAL.—Section 211 of the Antitrust Criminal
                                                                         7 Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C.
                                                                         8 1 note) is repealed.
                                                                         9              (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
                                                                       10                        (1) REVIVAL AND RESTORATION.—
                                                                       11                                  (A) IN GENERAL.—Sections 212, 213, and
                                                                       12                        214 of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhance-
                                                                       13                        ment and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1
                                                                       14                        note) as in effect on June 21, 2020, and as
                                                                       15                        amended by the laws described in subparagraph
                                                                       16                        (B), are revived and restored.
                                                                       17                                  (B) LAWS.—The laws described in this
                                                                       18                        subparagraph are:
                                                                       19                                         (i) Antitrust Criminal Penalty En-
                                                                       20                                  hancement and Reform Act of 2004 Exten-
                                                                       21                                  sion Act (Public Law 111–30; 123 Stat.
                                                                       22                                  1775).
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                                                                         1                                 tend the operation of such Act, and for
                                                                         2                                 other purposes’’, approved June 9, 2010
                                                                         3                                 (Public Law 111–90; 124 Stat. 1275).
                                                                         4                       (2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 212 of the Anti-
                                                                         5              trust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform
                                                                         6              Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) is amended—
                                                                         7                                 (A) by striking paragraph (6); and
                                                                         8                                 (B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as
                                                                         9                       paragraph (6).
                                                                       10               (c) APPLICABILITY.—
                                                                       11                        (1) MARKERS AND AGREEMENTS BEFORE SUN-
                                                                       12               SET.—Notwithstanding the repeal under subsection

                                                                       13               (a), section 211(b) of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty
                                                                       14               Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C.
                                                                       15               1 note), as in effect on the day before the date of
                                                                       16               enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply to any
                                                                       17               person who received a marker or entered into an
                                                                       18               antitrust leniency agreement on or before June 22,
                                                                       19               2020.
                                                                       20                        (2) MARKERS AND AGREEMENTS AFTER SUN-
                                                                       21               SET.—The repeal under subsection (a) shall apply to

                                                                       22               any person who received a marker or entered into an
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                                                                         1                 TITLE IV—COMMUNITY
                                                                         2                SERVICES AND SUPPORTS
                                                                         3     SEC. 4401. HEAD START DESIGNATION RENEWAL SYSTEM.

                                                                         4              Notwithstanding section 638 of the Head Start Act
                                                                         5 (42 U.S.C. 9833), if the Secretary of Health and Human
                                                                         6 Services—
                                                                         7                       (1) is required to make a determination under
                                                                         8              paragraph (6) of section 641(c) of such Act (42
                                                                         9              U.S.C. 9836a(c)) whether to renew the designation
                                                                       10               of a Head Start agency for which such determina-
                                                                       11               tion under the schedule developed pursuant to para-
                                                                       12               graph (9)(C) of such section 641(c) is required to be
                                                                       13               made before December 31, 2020; and
                                                                       14                        (2) cannot make such determination in accord-
                                                                       15               ance with such schedule because the Secretary lacks
                                                                       16               any information described in any of subparagraphs
                                                                       17               (A) through (E) of section 641(c)(1) of such Act re-
                                                                       18               quired for the purpose of making such determina-
                                                                       19               tion;
                                                                       20 then before December 31, 2020, the Secretary shall extend
                                                                       21 for not more than 2 years the 5-year period otherwise ap-
                                                                       22 plicable to the designation of such Head Start agency
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                                                                         1         TITLE V—BUDGETARY EFFECTS
                                                                         2     SEC. 4501. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

                                                                         3              (a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg-
                                                                         4 etary effects of division B and each succeeding division
                                                                         5 shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard main-
                                                                         6 tained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-
                                                                         7 You-Go Act of 2010.
                                                                         8              (b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary
                                                                         9 effects of division B and each succeeding division shall not
                                                                       10 be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for pur-
                                                                       11 poses of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Con-
                                                                       12 gress).
                                                                       13               (c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—
                                                                       14 Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping
                                                                       15 Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of
                                                                       16 the committee of conference accompanying Conference Re-
                                                                       17 port 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced
                                                                       18 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the
                                                                       19 budgetary effects of division B and each succeeding divi-
                                                                       20 sion shall not be estimated—
                                                                       21                        (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and
                                                                       22                        (2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section
                                                                       23               3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as




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                                                                         1               TITLE VI—NUTRITION AND
                                                                         2               COMMODITIES PROGRAMS
                                                                         3     SEC. 4601. P–EBT PROGRAM EXTENSION.

                                                                         4              Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Re-
                                                                         5 sponse Act (Public Law 116–127; 7 U.S.C. 2011 note)
                                                                         6 is amended—
                                                                         7                       (1) in subsection (a)—
                                                                         8                                 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and in-
                                                                         9                       serting ‘‘fiscal years 2020 and 2021’’; and
                                                                       10                                  (B) by inserting ‘‘or has reduced the num-
                                                                       11                        ber of days or hours that students attend the
                                                                       12                        school’’ after ‘‘school is closed’’;
                                                                       13                        (2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by
                                                                       14               inserting ‘‘and, as applicable, households with chil-
                                                                       15               dren eligible for assistance under subsection (h)’’
                                                                       16               after ‘‘children’’;
                                                                       17                        (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or has re-
                                                                       18               duced the number of days or hours that students at-
                                                                       19               tend the school’’ after ‘‘school that is closed’’;
                                                                       20                        (4) in subsection (f)—
                                                                       21                                  (A) by striking ‘‘To facilitate’’ and insert-
                                                                       22                        ing the following:
                                                                       23                        ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To facilitate’’; and




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                                                                         1                       ‘‘(2) SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS FOR SCHOOL
                                                                         2              YEAR 2020-2021.—A                         State agency may use simpli-
                                                                         3              fying assumptions and the best feasibly available
                                                                         4              data to provide benefits to and establish benefit lev-
                                                                         5              els and eligibility periods for eligible children and
                                                                         6              children eligible for assistance under subsection (h)
                                                                         7              for purposes of this section.’’;
                                                                         8                       (5) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as
                                                                         9              subsections (i) and (j), respectively;
                                                                       10                        (6) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
                                                                       11               lowing:
                                                                       12               ‘‘(h) ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE.—
                                                                       13                        ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on October 1,
                                                                       14               2020, subject to an approved State agency plan
                                                                       15               under subsection (b) or an approved amendment to
                                                                       16               such a plan, in any case in which, during a public
                                                                       17               health emergency designation, a covered child care
                                                                       18               facility is closed or has reduced attendance or hours
                                                                       19               for at least 5 consecutive days, or 1 or more schools
                                                                       20               in the area of a covered child care facility are closed
                                                                       21               or have reduced attendance or hours for at least 5
                                                                       22               consecutive days, each household containing at least
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                                                                         1              2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) shall be eligible to re-
                                                                         2              ceive assistance, in accordance with paragraph (2),
                                                                         3              until covered child care facilities or schools in the
                                                                         4              area reopen or operate at full attendance and hours,
                                                                         5              as applicable, as determined by the State agency.
                                                                         6                       ‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.—A household shall receive
                                                                         7              benefits under paragraph (1) in an amount that is
                                                                         8              equal to at least 1 breakfast and 1 lunch at the free
                                                                         9              rate for each child enrolled in a covered child care
                                                                       10               facility for each day that the child does not attend
                                                                       11               the facility because the facility is closed or operating
                                                                       12               with reduced attendance or hours.
                                                                       13                        ‘‘(3) STATE OPTION.—A State shall not be re-
                                                                       14               quired to provide assistance under this subsection in
                                                                       15               order to provide assistance to eligible children under
                                                                       16               a State agency plan under subsection (b).’’;
                                                                       17                        (7) in subsection (i) (as so redesignated)—
                                                                       18                                  (A) in each of paragraphs (1) through (3),
                                                                       19                        by inserting a paragraph heading, the text of
                                                                       20                        which comprises the term defined in that para-
                                                                       21                        graph;
                                                                       22                                  (B)         by    redesignating                paragraphs       (1)
                                                                       23                        through (3) as paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), re-




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                                                                         1                                 (C) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as
                                                                         2                       so redesignated) the following:
                                                                         3                       ‘‘(1) COVERED                    CHILD CARE FACILITY.—The

                                                                         4              term ‘covered child care facility’ means—
                                                                         5                                 ‘‘(A) an organization described in subpara-
                                                                         6                       graph (A) or (B) of section 17(a)(2) of the
                                                                         7                       Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act
                                                                         8                       (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)); and
                                                                         9                                 ‘‘(B) a family or group day care home.’’;
                                                                       10                                  (D) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated),
                                                                       11                        by inserting ‘‘or reduced attendance or hours’’
                                                                       12                        after ‘‘closure’’;
                                                                       13                                  (E) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so
                                                                       14                        redesignated) the following:
                                                                       15                        ‘‘(3)       FREE           RATE.—The                  term         ‘free   rate’
                                                                       16               means—
                                                                       17                                  ‘‘(A) with respect to a breakfast, the rate
                                                                       18                        of a free breakfast under the school breakfast
                                                                       19                        program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition
                                                                       20                        Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and
                                                                       21                                  ‘‘(B) with respect to a lunch, the rate of
                                                                       22                        a free lunch under the school lunch program
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                                                                       24                        Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).’’; and
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                                                                         1                       ‘‘(6) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean-
                                                                         2              ing given the term in section 12(d) of the Richard
                                                                         3              B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                         4              1760(d)).’’; and
                                                                         5                       (8) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated), by in-
                                                                         6              serting ‘‘(including all administrative expenses)’’
                                                                         7              after ‘‘this section’’.
                                                                         8     SEC. 4602. EXTENDING CERTAIN WAIVER AUTHORITIES.

                                                                         9              (a) NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM REQUIRE-
                                                                       10      MENT             WAIVERS                ADDRESSING                 COVID–19.—Section
                                                                       11 2202(e) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
                                                                       12 (Public Law 116–127; 42 U.S.C. 1760 note) is amended
                                                                       13 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
                                                                       14 tember 30, 2021’’.
                                                                       15               (b) PHYSICAL PRESENCE WAIVER UNDER WIC DUR-
                                                                       16      ING CERTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES.—Section

                                                                       17 2203(c) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act
                                                                       18 (Public Law 116–127; 42 U.S.C. 1786 note) is amended
                                                                       19 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep-
                                                                       20 tember 30, 2021’’.
                                                                       21               (c)        ADMINISTRATIVE                       REQUIREMENTS                       WAIVER
                                                                       22 UNDER WIC.—Section 2204(c) of the Families First
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                                                                         1              (d) FUNDING.—There are hereby appropriated, out
                                                                         2 of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
                                                                         3 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
                                                                         4     SEC. 4603. SNAP FLEXIBILITIES.

                                                                         5              (a) EXTENSION OF EXISTING SNAP FLEXIBILITIES
                                                                         6     FOR COVID–19.—

                                                                         7                       (1) STATE OPTIONS.—
                                                                         8                                 (A) A State agency (as defined in section
                                                                         9                       3(s) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
                                                                       10                        U.S.C. 2012(s))) shall have the option, without
                                                                       11                        prior approval from the Secretary of Agri-
                                                                       12                        culture—
                                                                       13                                         (i) to extend certification periods
                                                                       14                                  under section 3(f) of the Food and Nutri-
                                                                       15                                  tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(f)) for
                                                                       16                                  not more than 6 months and adjust peri-
                                                                       17                                  odic report requirements under section
                                                                       18                                  6(c)(1)(D)(i) of the Food and Nutrition
                                                                       19                                  Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(c)(1)(D)(i))
                                                                       20                                  for some or all participating households
                                                                       21                                  with certification periods set to expire or
                                                                       22                                  periodic reports due on or before June 30,
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                                                                         1                                 approval for extending certification and ad-
                                                                         2                                 justing periodic reports, unless otherwise
                                                                         3                                 provided in this subparagraph;
                                                                         4                                        (ii) to allow household reporting re-
                                                                         5                                 quirements under section 273.12(a)(5)(iii)
                                                                         6                                 of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regula-
                                                                         7                                 tions to satisfy the recertification require-
                                                                         8                                 ments under section 273.14 of title 7 of
                                                                         9                                 the Code of Federal Regulations for some
                                                                       10                                  or all participating households with recer-
                                                                       11                                  tification periods set to expire on or before
                                                                       12                                  December 31, 2021; and
                                                                       13                                         (iii) to adjust the interview require-
                                                                       14                                  ments under sections 273.2 and 273.14(b)
                                                                       15                                  of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regula-
                                                                       16                                  tions for some or all household applications
                                                                       17                                  or recertifications through June 30, 2021,
                                                                       18                                  consistent with the adjustments provided
                                                                       19                                  in the Food and Nutrition Service’s March
                                                                       20                                  26, 2020, blanket approval for adjusting
                                                                       21                                  interview requirements, unless otherwise
                                                                       22                                  provided in this subparagraph.
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                                                                         1                       in writing of the option exercised, the categories
                                                                         2                       of households affected by the option, and the
                                                                         3                       duration of such option.
                                                                         4                       (2) ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary of Agri-
                                                                         5              culture shall allow a State agency to suspend the re-
                                                                         6              quirements under sections 275.11(b)(1) and (2),
                                                                         7              275.12, and 275.13 of title 7 of the Code of Federal
                                                                         8              Regulations from June 1, 2020, through September
                                                                         9              30, 2021, consistent with the waivers provided in the
                                                                       10               Food and Nutrition Service’s April 30, 2020, blan-
                                                                       11               ket approval for waiver of quality control reviews,
                                                                       12               unless otherwise provided in this paragraph.
                                                                       13                        (3) REPORT.—Section 2302 of the Families
                                                                       14               First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116–
                                                                       15               127; 7 U.S.C. 2011 note) is amended by striking
                                                                       16               subsection (c) and inserting the following:
                                                                       17               ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2022, the
                                                                       18 Secretary of Agriculture shall submit, to the Committee
                                                                       19 on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the
                                                                       20 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the
                                                                       21 Senate, a report containing the following information:
                                                                       22                        ‘‘(1) A description of any information or data
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                                                                         1              quested that were not approved by the Secretary of
                                                                         2              Agriculture;
                                                                         3                       ‘‘(2) An evaluation of the use of all waivers, ad-
                                                                         4              justments, and other flexibilities in the operation of
                                                                         5              the supplemental nutrition assistance program (as
                                                                         6              defined in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act
                                                                         7              of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)), in effect under this Act,
                                                                         8              the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011
                                                                         9              et seq.), or any other Act, to respond to the
                                                                       10               COVID–19 public health emergency; and
                                                                       11                        ‘‘(3) A recommendation of any additional waiv-
                                                                       12               ers or flexibilities needed in the operation of the sup-
                                                                       13               plemental nutrition assistance program to respond to
                                                                       14               public health emergencies with pandemic potential.’’.
                                                                       15               (b) FUNDING.—There are hereby appropriated, out
                                                                       16 of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
                                                                       17 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
                                                                       18      SEC. 4604. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENTS TO FOSSIL FUEL

                                                                       19                              REFINERS AND IMPORTERS.

                                                                       20               (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture may
                                                                       21 not use any funds, facilities, or authorities of the Com-
                                                                       22 modity Credit Corporation or the Department of Agri-
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                                                                         1              title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor
                                                                         2              regulations)); or
                                                                         3                       (2) to otherwise support, directly or indirectly,
                                                                         4              a refiner or importer (as so defined) in meeting any
                                                                         5              requirements under—
                                                                         6                                 (A) the renewable fuel program under sec-
                                                                         7                       tion 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C.
                                                                         8                       7545(o)); or
                                                                         9                                 (B) any other provision of law that re-
                                                                       10                        quires the blending of fossil fuel with renewable
                                                                       11                        fuel.
                                                                       12               (b) The exclusion in (a) shall not apply to any pay-
                                                                       13 ments or support to producers, refiners, or importers of
                                                                       14 biofuel (as defined in 7 U.S.C. 8101).
                                                                       15               (c) MORATORIUM ON AUTHORITIES RELATING TO
                                                                       16 EXCHANGES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FOR PETRO-
                                                                       17      LEUM PRODUCTS.—The authorities under the ninth and

                                                                       18 tenth sentences of section 4(h) of the Commodity Credit
                                                                       19 Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714b(h)) (relating to
                                                                       20 the availability of agricultural products for the Secretary
                                                                       21 of Energy to exchange for petroleum products and the
                                                                       22 terms and conditions of those exchanges, respectively)
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                                                                         1 DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF
                                                                         2   VETERANS AFFAIRS EXTEN-
                                                                         3   SIONS
                                                                         4     SEC. 5001. SHORT TITLE.

                                                                         5              This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of
                                                                         6 Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2020’’.
                                                                         7 TITLE I—EXTENSIONS OF                                                                           AU-
                                                                         8    THORITIES  RELATING                                                                          TO
                                                                         9    HEALTH CARE
                                                                       10      SEC. 5101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR COLLECTION OF

                                                                       11                              COPAYMENTS                   FOR        HOSPITAL             CARE   AND

                                                                       12                              NURSING HOME CARE.

                                                                       13               Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States
                                                                       14 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and
                                                                       15 inserting ‘‘September 30, 2022’’.
                                                                       16      SEC. 5102. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE

                                                                       17                              NURSING HOME CARE TO CERTAIN VET-

                                                                       18                              ERANS WITH SERVICE CONNECTED DISABIL-

                                                                       19                              ITIES.

                                                                       20               Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is
                                                                       21 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting
                                                                       22 ‘‘September 30, 2022’’.




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                                                                         1     SEC. 5103. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF

                                                                         2                             REAL PROPERTY.

                                                                         3              Section 8118(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code,
                                                                         4 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and insert-
                                                                         5 ing ‘‘September 30, 2022’’.
                                                                         6     SEC. 5104. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PRO-

                                                                         7                             GRAM ON ASSISTANCE FOR CHILD CARE FOR

                                                                         8                             CERTAIN             VETERANS                RECEIVING               HEALTH

                                                                         9                             CARE.

                                                                       10               (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (e) of
                                                                       11 section 205 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus
                                                                       12 Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124
                                                                       13 Stat. 1144; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended by striking
                                                                       14 ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
                                                                       15 2022’’.
                                                                       16               (b) AUTHORIZATION                          OF         APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
                                                                       17 section (h) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘and
                                                                       18 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2020, 2021, and 2022’’.
                                                                       19      SEC. 5105. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-

                                                                       20                              TIONS FOR GRANTS TO VETERANS SERVICE

                                                                       21                              ORGANIZATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF

                                                                       22                              HIGHLY RURAL VETERANS.

                                                                       23               Section 307(d) of the Caregivers and Veterans Omni-
                                                                       24 bus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163;




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                                                                       25 124 Stat. 1154; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended by
                                                                       26 striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’.
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                                                                         1     SEC. 5106. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PRO-

                                                                         2                             GRAM ON COUNSELING IN RETREAT SET-

                                                                         3                             TINGS FOR WOMEN VETERANS NEWLY SEPA-

                                                                         4                             RATED FROM SERVICE.

                                                                         5              (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (d) of
                                                                         6 section 203 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus
                                                                         7 Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124
                                                                         8 Stat. 1143; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking
                                                                         9 ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
                                                                       10 2022’’.
                                                                       11               (b) AUTHORIZATION                          OF         APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
                                                                       12 section (f) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘and
                                                                       13 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2020, 2021, and 2022’’.
                                                                       14      SEC. 5107. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PRO-

                                                                       15                              GRAM ON GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION

                                                                       16                              AND RESIDENCY.

                                                                       17               (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 403 of
                                                                       18 the VA MISSION Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–182; 132
                                                                       19 Stat. 1474; 38 U.S.C. 7302 note) is amended by striking
                                                                       20 ‘‘August 7, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘August 7, 2031’’.
                                                                       21               (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Subsection (a)(1) of
                                                                       22 such section is amended by striking ‘‘authorized under’’
                                                                       23 and all that follows through the period at the end and
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                                                                         1     SEC. 5108. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF

                                                                         2                             VETERANS AFFAIRS REPORT ON ADMINIS-

                                                                         3                             TRATION OF INTERNET WEBSITE ON STAFF-

                                                                         4                             ING AND VACANCIES.

                                                                         5              Not later than October 31, 2022, and October 31,
                                                                         6 2024, and as frequently thereafter as the Inspector Gen-
                                                                         7 eral of the Department of Veterans Affairs considers ap-
                                                                         8 propriate, the Inspector General shall—
                                                                         9                       (1) review the administration of the internet
                                                                       10               website required by section 505(a)(1) of the VA
                                                                       11               MISSION Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–182; 132
                                                                       12               Stat. 1477; 38 U.S.C. 301 note);
                                                                       13                        (2) develop recommendations for such legisla-
                                                                       14               tive or administrative action as the Inspector Gen-
                                                                       15               eral considers appropriate for such administration;
                                                                       16               and
                                                                       17                        (3) submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Af-
                                                                       18               fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’
                                                                       19               Affairs of the House of Representatives a report
                                                                       20               on—
                                                                       21                                  (A) the findings of the Inspector General
                                                                       22                        with respect to the most recent review con-
                                                                       23                        ducted under paragraph (1); and
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                                                                         1     SEC. 5109. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF PAY-

                                                                         2                             MENTS AND ALLOWANCES FOR BENEFICIARY

                                                                         3                             TRAVEL IN CONNECTION WITH VETERANS

                                                                         4                             RECEIVING CARE FROM VET CENTERS.

                                                                         5              Section 104(a) of the Honoring America’s Veterans
                                                                         6 and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (Pub-
                                                                         7 lic Law 112–154; 126 Stat. 1169), as most recently
                                                                         8 amended by section 5 of the Department of Veterans Af-
                                                                         9 fairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–
                                                                       10 61; 133 Stat. 1116), is further amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
                                                                       11 tember 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’.
                                                                       12 TITLE II—EXTENSIONS OF AU-
                                                                       13    THORITIES RELATING  TO
                                                                       14    BENEFITS
                                                                       15      SEC. 5201. EXTENSION OF SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING

                                                                       16                              ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM.

                                                                       17               Section 2108(g) of title 38, United States Code, is
                                                                       18 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting
                                                                       19 ‘‘September 30, 2022’’.
                                                                       20      SEC. 5202. EXTENSIONS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW.

                                                                       21               (a)          EXTENSION                    OF           STUDENT                 VETERAN
                                                                       22 CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT OF 2020.—Section 2 of the
                                                                       23 Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (Pub-
                                                                       24 lic Law 116–140) is amended by striking ‘‘December 21,




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                                                                         1              (b) EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR CONTINUATION OF
                                                                         2 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EDUCATIONAL AS-
                                                                         3     SISTANCE BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS OF EDU-

                                                                         4     CATION CONVERTED TO DISTANCE LEARNING BY REASON

                                                                         5     OF EMERGENCIES AND HEALTH-RELATED SITUATIONS.—

                                                                         6 Section 1(b) of Public Law 116–128 is amended by strik-
                                                                         7 ing ‘‘December 21, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 21,
                                                                         8 2021’’.
                                                                         9     SEC. 5203. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN RE-

                                                                       10                              GIONAL OFFICE IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE

                                                                       11                              PHILIPPINES.

                                                                       12               Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is
                                                                       13 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting
                                                                       14 ‘‘September 30, 2022’’.
                                                                       15      SEC. 5204. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT INDI-

                                                                       16                              VIDUALS TO AND FROM DEPARTMENT OF

                                                                       17                              VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES.

                                                                       18               Section 111A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code,
                                                                       19 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and insert-
                                                                       20 ing ‘‘September 30, 2022’’.




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                                                                         1     SEC. 5205. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY INCREASE IN NUM-

                                                                         2                             BER OF JUDGES ON UNITED STATES COURT

                                                                         3                             OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS.

                                                                         4              Section 7253(i)(2) of title 38, United States Code,
                                                                         5 is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ and inserting
                                                                         6 ‘‘January 1, 2026’’.
                                                                         7 TITLE III—EXTENSIONS OF AU-
                                                                         8    THORITIES  RELATING  TO
                                                                         9    HOMELESS VETERANS
                                                                       10      SEC. 5301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-

                                                                       11                              TIONS           FOR         HOMELESS                VETERANS        RE-

                                                                       12                              INTEGRATION PROGRAMS.

                                                                       13               Section 2021(e)(1)(F) of title 38, United States
                                                                       14 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting
                                                                       15 ‘‘2022’’.
                                                                       16      SEC. 5302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-

                                                                       17                              TIONS FOR HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS

                                                                       18                              AND HOMELESS VETERANS WITH CHILDREN

                                                                       19                              REINTEGRATION GRANT PROGRAM.

                                                                       20               Section 2021A(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code,
                                                                       21 is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’.




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                                                                         1     SEC. 5303. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REFERRAL AND

                                                                         2                             COUNSELING SERVICES FOR VETERANS AT

                                                                         3                             RISK        OF       HOMELESSNESS                    TRANSITIONING

                                                                         4                             FROM CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS.

                                                                         5              Section 2023(d) of title 38, United States Code, is
                                                                         6 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting
                                                                         7 ‘‘September 30, 2022’’.
                                                                         8     SEC. 5304. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TREATMENT

                                                                         9                             AND REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY MEN-

                                                                       10                              TALLY ILL AND HOMELESS VETERANS.

                                                                       11               (a) GENERAL TREATMENT.—Section 2031(b) of title
                                                                       12 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Sep-
                                                                       13 tember 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2022’’.
                                                                       14               (b) ADDITIONAL SERVICES                                   AT      CERTAIN LOCA-
                                                                       15      TIONS.—Section 2033(d) of such title is amended by strik-

                                                                       16 ing ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
                                                                       17 2022’’.
                                                                       18      SEC. 5305. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FINANCIAL AS-

                                                                       19                              SISTANCE FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR

                                                                       20                              VERY LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES IN

                                                                       21                              PERMANENT HOUSING.

                                                                       22               Section 2044(e)(1) of title 38, United States Code,
                                                                       23 is amended—
                                                                       24                        (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘through




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                                                                         1                       (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
                                                                         2              paragraph:
                                                                         3                       ‘‘(H) $420,000,000 for each of fiscal years
                                                                         4              2021 and 2022.’’.
                                                                         5     SEC. 5306. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR GRANT PROGRAM

                                                                         6                             FOR HOMELESS VETERANS WITH SPECIAL

                                                                         7                             NEEDS.

                                                                         8              Section 2061(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code,
                                                                         9 is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’.
                                                                       10 TITLE   IV—EXTENSIONS                                                                             OF
                                                                       11    OTHER AUTHORITIES                                                                             AND
                                                                       12    OTHER MATTERS
                                                                       13      SEC. 5401. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA-

                                                                       14                              TIONS FOR MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOW-

                                                                       15                              ANCE UNDER THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL VET-

                                                                       16                              ERANS SPORTS PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL

                                                                       17                              EVENTS.

                                                                       18               Section 322(d)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is
                                                                       19 amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’.




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                                                                         1     SEC. 5402. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE RE-

                                                                         2                             PORTS           TO         CONGRESS            REGARDING            EQUI-

                                                                         3                             TABLE RELIEF IN THE CASE OF ADMINISTRA-

                                                                         4                             TIVE ERROR.

                                                                         5              Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is
                                                                         6 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting
                                                                         7 ‘‘December 31, 2022’’.
                                                                         8     SEC. 5403. EXTENSION AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-

                                                                         9                             PRIATIONS              FOR        ADAPTIVE              SPORTS      PRO-

                                                                       10                              GRAMS FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND MEM-

                                                                       11                              BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES.

                                                                       12               (a) AUTHORIZATION                          OF         APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub-
                                                                       13 section (g)(1) of section 521A of title 38, United States
                                                                       14 Code, is amended—
                                                                       15                        (1) by striking ‘‘appropriated $8,000,000’’ and
                                                                       16               inserting the following: ‘‘appropriated amounts as
                                                                       17               follows:
                                                                       18                        ‘‘(A) $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010
                                                                       19               through 2020.’’; and
                                                                       20                        (2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
                                                                       21               paragraph:
                                                                       22                        ‘‘(B) $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021
                                                                       23               and 2022.’’.
                                                                       24               (b) EXTENSION.—Subsection (l) of such section is




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                                                                         1     SEC. 5404. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO

                                                                         2                             AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL ACADEMY

                                                                         3                             OF SCIENCES REGARDING ASSOCIATIONS BE-

                                                                         4                             TWEEN DISEASES AND EXPOSURE TO DIOXIN

                                                                         5                             AND OTHER CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IN HER-

                                                                         6                             BICIDES.

                                                                         7              Section 3 of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 (Public
                                                                         8 Law 102–4; 38 U.S.C. 1116 note) is amended by striking
                                                                         9 ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
                                                                       10 2022’’.
                                                                       11      SEC. 5405. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY

                                                                       12                              RELATING TO VENDEE LOAN PROGRAM.

                                                                       13               Section 3733(a) of title 38, United States Code, is
                                                                       14 amended by adding at the end the following new para-
                                                                       15 graph:
                                                                       16               ‘‘(8) During the period that begins on October 1,
                                                                       17 2020, and ends on September 30, 2025, the Secretary
                                                                       18 shall carry out the provisions of this subsection as if—
                                                                       19                        ‘‘(A) the references in the first sentence of
                                                                       20               paragraph (1) to ‘65 percent’ and ‘may be financed
                                                                       21               by a loan’ were references to ‘85 percent’ and ‘shall
                                                                       22               be of property marketed with financing to be’, re-
                                                                       23               spectively;
                                                                       24                        ‘‘(B) the second sentence of paragraph (1) were




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                                                                         1                       ‘‘(C) the reference in paragraph (2) to ‘Sep-
                                                                         2              tember 30, 1990,’ were a reference to ‘September
                                                                         3              30, 2025,’.’’.
                                                                                   Passed the House of Representatives September 22,
                                                                               2020.
                                                                                        Attest:                             CHERYL L. JOHNSON,
                                                                                                                                             Clerk.




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116TH CONGRESS
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