H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act
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H.R. 8406, The Heroes Act, is a bill introduced in the House of Representatives on September 29, 2020 by Mrs. Lowey. Its stated purpose is to make emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. The table of contents lists Division A, Coronavirus Recovery Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021; Division B, Providing Relief to Students, Institutions of Higher Education, Local Educational Agencies, and State Vocational Rehabilitation Agencies; and Division C, Protection for Families and Workers.
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116TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 8406
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2021, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020
Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. WATERS,
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. CAROLYN B. MALONEY of New York, Ms.
VELÁZQUEZ, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. NEAL, Ms. LOFGREN, and Mr. DEFAZIO)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ap-
propriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways
and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 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 Heroes Act’’.
5 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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6 The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short Title.
Sec. 2. Table of Contents.
Sec. 3. References.
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DIVISION A—CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021
DIVISION B—PROVIDING RELIEF TO STUDENTS, INSTITUTIONS
OF HIGHER EDUCATION, LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, AND
STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCIES
Title I—Higher Education Provisions
Title II—Impact Aid and Migrant Education Coronavirus Relief
Title III—Career, Technical, and Adult Education
Title IV—Disability Employment
DIVISION C—PROTECTION FOR FAMILIES AND WORKERS
Title I—Amendments to Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act
and Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act
Title II—COVID–19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020
Title III—COVID–19 Protections under Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com-
pensation Act
Title IV—Worker’s Compensation for Federal and Postal Employees Diagnosed
with COVID–19
Title V—COVID–19 Workforce Development Response Activities
DIVISION D—HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS
Title I—Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Title II—Child Nutrition and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for
Women, Infants, and Children
Title III—Related Programs
DIVISION E—SMALL BUSINESS PROVISIONS
Title I—Funding Provisions
Title II—Modifications to the Paycheck Protection Program
Title III—Tax Provisions
Title IV—COVID–19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program Reform
Title V—Micro-SBIC and Equity Investment Enhancement
Title VI—Miscellaneous
DIVISION F—REVENUE PROVISIONS
Title I—Economic Stimulus
Title II—Provisions to Prevent Business Interruption
Title III—Net Operating Losses
DIVISION G—RETIREMENT PROVISIONS
Title I—Relief for Multiemployer Pension Plans
Title II—Relief for Single Employer Pension Plans
Title III—Other Retirement Related Provisions
DIVISION H—GIVING RETIREMENT OPTIONS TO WORKERS ACT
DIVISION I—CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO UNEMPLOYED
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WORKERS
Title I—Extensions of CARES Act Unemployment Benefits for Workers
Title II—Additional Weeks of Benefit Eligibility
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Title III—Clarifications and Improvements to Pandemic Unemployment Assist-
ance
Title IV—Extension of Relief to States and Employers
Title V—Corrective Action for Processing Backlogs
Title VI—Additional Benefits for Mixed Earners
Title VII—Technical Corrections
DIVISION J—EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, ELDER JUSTICE, AND
CHILD AND FAMILY SUPPORT
Title I—Emergency assistance
Title II—Reauthorization of Funding for Programs to Prevent, Investigate, and
Prosecute Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation
Title III—Fairness for Seniors and People with Disabilities During COVID–19
Title IV—Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic
Title V—Pandemic State Flexibilities
DIVISION K—HEALTH PROVISIONS
Title I—Medicaid Provisions
Title II—Medicare Provisions
Title III—Private Insurance Provisions
Title IV—Application to Other Health Programs
Title V—Public Health Policies
Title VI—Public Health Assistance
Title VII—Vaccine Development, Distribution, Administration, and Awareness
Title VIII—Other Matters
DIVISION L—VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS PROVISIONS
DIVISION M—CONSUMER PROTECTION AND
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVISIONS
Title I—COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention
Title II—E–Rate Support for Wi-Fi Hotspots, Other Equipment, Connected De-
vices, and Connectivity
Title III—Emergency Benefit for Broadband Service
Title IV—Continued Connectivity
Title V—Don’t Break Up the T–Band
Title VI—COVID–19 Compassion and Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice
DIVISION N—AGRICULTURE PROVISIONS
Title I—Livestock and Poultry
Title II—Dairy
Title III—Specialty Crops and Other Commodities
Title IV—Commodity Credit Corporation
Title V—Conservation
Title VI—Nutrition
Title VII—Rural Development
DIVISION O—COVID–19 HERO ACT
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Title I—Providing Medical Equipment for First Responders and Essential
Workers
Title II—Protecting Renters and Homeowners From Evictions and Foreclosures
Title III—Protecting People Experiencing Homelessness
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Title IV—Suspending Negative Credit Reporting and Strengthening Consumer
and Investor Protections
Title V—Protecting Student Borrowers
Title VI—Standing Up for Small Businesses, Minority-Owned Businesses, and
Non-Profits
Title VII—Promoting and Advancing Communities of Color through Inclusive
Lending
Title VIII—Providing Assistance for State, Territory, Tribal, and Local Govern-
ments
Title IX—Support for a Robust Global Response to the Covid–19 Pandemic
Title X—Providing Oversight and Protecting Taxpayers
DIVISION P—ACCESS ACT
DIVISION Q—TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Title I—Aviation
Title II—Federal Emergency Management Agency
Title III—Other matters
DIVISION R—ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Title I—Accountability
Title II—Census Matters
Title III—Federal Workforce
Title IV—Federal Contracting Provisions
Title V—District of Columbia
Title VI—Other Matters
DIVISION S—FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROVISIONS
Title I—Matters Relating to the Department of State
Title II—Global Health Security Act of 2020
Title III—Securing America From Epidemics Act
DIVISION T—JUDICIARY MATTERS
Title I—Immigration Matters
Title II—Prisons and jails
Title III—Victims of Crime Act Amendments
Title IV—Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act
Title V—Bankruptcy Protections
DIVISION U—OTHER MATTERS
Title I—Presumption of Service Connection for Coronavirus Disease 2019
Title II—Coronavirus Relief Fund Amendments
Title III—Energy and Environment Provisions
Title IV—Miscellaneous Matters
1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES.
2 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference
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1 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
2 sion.
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1 DIVISION A—CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY
2 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
3 ACT, 2021
4 The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of
5 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
6 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for
7 other purposes, namely:
8 TITLE I
9 AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD
10 AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RE-
11 LATED AGENCIES
12 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
13 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
16 General’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended,
17 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
18 mestically or internationally: Provided, That the funding
19 made available under this heading in this Act shall be used
20 for conducting audits and investigations of projects and
21 activities carried out with funds made available to the De-
22 partment of Agriculture to prevent, prepare for, and re-
23 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro-
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24 vided further, That such amounts shall be in addition to
25 any other amounts available for such purposes: Provided
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1 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
2 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
3 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
4 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
6 RURAL HOUSING SERVICE
7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
9 penses’’, $10,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
10 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, in-
11 cluding administrative expenses: Provided, That such
12 amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts avail-
13 able for such purposes: Provided further, That such
14 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
15 emergency requirement pursuant to section
16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
17 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Rental Assistance
20 Program’’, $309,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
21 spond to coronavirus, including for temporary adjustment
22 of wage income losses for residents of housing financed
23 or assisted under section 514, 515, or 516 of the Housing
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24 Act of 1949, without regard to any existing eligibility re-
25 quirements based on income: Provided, That such amount
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1 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
2 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
3 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
4 1985.
5 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS
6 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE
7 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR
8 WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)
9 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Special Supple-
10 mental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Chil-
11 dren’’, $400,000,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
12 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
13 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
14 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Supplemental Nutri-
17 tion Assistance Program’’, $10,000,000,000, to prevent,
18 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That
19 such amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts
20 available for such purposes: Provided further, That such
21 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
22 emergency requirement pursuant to section
23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
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24 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Commodity Assistance
3 Program’’, $450,000,000, for the emergency food assist-
4 ance program as authorized by section 27(a) of the Food
5 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) and section
6 204(a)(1) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983
7 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1)): Provided, That such amount is
8 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
9 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
10 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
11 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
12 SERVICES
13 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
16 penses’’, $1,500,000, to remain available until expended,
17 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
18 mestically or internationally, for the purposes of holding
19 one or more advisory committee meetings to discuss re-
20 quests for authorization or applications for approval of
21 vaccines for coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is
22 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
23 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
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24 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
2 SEC. 101. For an additional amount for grants to
3 Rural Utilities Service borrowers, as authorized in section
4 701 of division N of this Act, to prevent, prepare for, and
5 respond to coronavirus, $2,600,000,000, to remain avail-
6 able until September 30, 2022: Provided, That such
7 amount is designated by Congress as being for an emer-
8 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of
9 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
10 of 1985.
11 SEC. 102. For an additional amount for the Common-
12 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, $14,000,000, for
13 nutrition assistance to prevent, prepare for, and respond
14 to coronavirus: Provided, That such amounts shall be in
15 addition to any other amounts available for such purposes:
16 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
17 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
18 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 SEC. 103. For an additional amount for the Common-
21 wealth of Puerto Rico, $1,236,000,000, for nutrition as-
22 sistance to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
23 coronavirus: Provided, That such amounts shall be in ad-
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24 dition to any other amounts available for such purposes:
25 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
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1 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
2 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 SEC. 104. For an additional amount for American
5 Samoa, $9,117,000, for nutrition assistance to prevent,
6 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That
7 such amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts
8 available for such purposes: 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 SEC. 105. The matter preceding the first proviso
14 under the heading ‘‘Commodity Assistance Program’’ in
15 title I of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
16 Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136), is amended
17 by striking ‘‘to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
18 coronavirus, domestically or internationally,’’: Provided,
19 That the amounts repurposed pursuant to the amendment
20 made by this section that were previously designated by
21 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
22 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
23 of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency
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1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
2 1985.
3 SEC. 106. For an additional amount for the program
4 established under section 7522 of the Food, Conservation,
5 and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936), to prevent, pre-
6 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, $20,000,000: Pro-
7 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
8 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
9 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
11 SEC. 107. Section 11004 in title I of division B of
12 the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
13 (Public Law 116–136) is amended by inserting after the
14 fourth proviso the following: ‘‘Provided further, That the
15 condition set forth in section 9003(f) of the Farm Security
16 and Rural Investment Act of 2002 shall apply with respect
17 to all construction, alteration, or repair work carried out,
18 in whole or in part, with funds made available by this sec-
19 tion:’’: Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to
20 the amendments made pursuant to this section are des-
21 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
22 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
23 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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24 SEC. 108. For necessary expenses for salary and re-
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1 spection Services activities pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 136a(6),
2 and in addition to any other funds made available for this
3 purpose, there is appropriated, out of any money in the
4 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $350,000,000, to re-
5 main available until September 30, 2022, to offset the loss
6 resulting from the coronavirus pandemic of quarantine
7 and inspection fees collected pursuant to sections 2508
8 and 2509 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and
9 Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 136, 136a): Provided, That
10 amounts made available in this section and under the
11 heading ‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service—
12 Salaries and Expenses’’ in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
13 and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) shall
14 be treated as funds collected by fees authorized under sec-
15 tions 2508 and 2509 of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
16 tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 136, 136a) for
17 purposes of section 421(f) of the Homeland Security Act
18 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231(f)): Provided further, That, the
19 amounts repurposed in this section that were previously
20 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
21 pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
22 Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as
23 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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24 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
25 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such
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1 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
2 emergency requirement pursuant to section
3 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
4 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 TITLE II
2 COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED
3 AGENCIES
4 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
5 INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION
6 OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Ad-
8 ministration’’, $20,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and
9 respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is
10 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
11 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
12 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
13 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY
14 MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Minority Business De-
16 velopment’’, $25,000,000, for necessary expenses for the
17 Business Centers and Specialty Centers, including any
18 cost sharing requirements that may exist, for assisting mi-
19 nority business enterprises to prevent, prepare for, and re-
20 spond to coronavirus, including identifying and accessing
21 local, State, and Federal government assistance related to
22 such virus: Provided, That such amount is designated by
23 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
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24 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
25 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 BUREAU OF THE CENSUS
2 CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Current Surveys and
5 Programs’’, $10,000,000: Provided, That such sums may
6 be transferred to the Bureau of the Census Working Cap-
7 ital Fund for necessary expenses incurred as a result of
8 the coronavirus, including for payment of salaries and
9 leave to Bureau of the Census staff resulting from the sus-
10 pension of data collection for reimbursable surveys con-
11 ducted for other Federal agencies: Provided, That such
12 transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au-
13 thority provided by law: Provided further, That such
14 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
15 emergency requirement pursuant to section
16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
17 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Periodic Censuses and
20 Programs’’, $400,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
21 tember 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
22 coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by
23 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
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24 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
25 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘United States Patent
4 and Trademark Office, Salaries and Expenses’’,
5 $95,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
6 coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by
7 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
8 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
9 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
11 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Industrial Technology
13 Services’’, $70,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall be for
14 the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership to as-
15 sist manufacturers to prevent, prepare for, and respond
16 to coronavirus, and $20,000,000 shall be for the National
17 Network for Manufacturing Innovation (also known as
18 ‘‘Manufacturing USA’’) to prevent, prepare for, and re-
19 spond to coronavirus, including to support development
20 and manufacturing of medical countermeasures and bio-
21 medical equipment and supplies: Provided, That none of
22 the funds provided under this heading in this Act shall
23 be subject to cost share requirements under section
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24 34(e)(7)(A) of the National Institute of Standards and
25 Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(e)(7)(A)): Provided fur-
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1 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
2 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
3 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
4 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC
6 ADMINISTRATION
7 PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION
8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Acquisi-
9 tion and Construction’’, $42,000,000, to prevent, prepare
10 for, and respond to coronavirus, by supporting continuity
11 of National Weather Service life and property related op-
12 erations: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
13 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
14 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
15 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
16 FISHERIES PROMOTION FUND
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Fisheries Promotion
18 Fund’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
19 tember 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
20 coronavirus, for grants authorized by the Saltonstall-Ken-
21 nedy Act of 1954 (15 U.S.C. 713c): Provided, That within
22 the amount appropriated under this heading in this Act,
23 up to 2 percent of funds may be transferred to the ‘‘Oper-
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24 ations, Research, and Facilities’’ account for management,
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1 heading in this Act: Provided further, That such transfer
2 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority
3 provided by law: Provided further, That such amount is
4 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
5 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
6 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE
8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Fisheries Disaster As-
9 sistance’’, $250,000,000, for activities authorized under
10 section 12005 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
11 nomic Security Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–136), in-
12 cluding for necessary expenses to provide assistance to
13 Tribal, subsistence, commercial, and charter fishery par-
14 ticipants affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID–19),
15 which may include direct relief payments: Provided, That
16 of the funds provided under this heading in this Act,
17 $25,000,000 shall be for Tribal fishery participants who
18 belong to Federally recognized Tribes in any of the Na-
19 tion’s States and territories: Provided further, That such
20 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
21 emergency requirement pursuant to section
22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
23 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
2 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
4 General’’, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended
5 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, in-
6 cluding the impact of coronavirus on the work of the De-
7 partment of Commerce and to carry out investigations and
8 audits related to the funding made available for the De-
9 partment of Commerce in this Act and in title II of divi-
10 sion B of Public Law 116–136: Provided, That such
11 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
12 emergency requirement pursuant to section
13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
14 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF
16 COMMERCE
17 SEC. 201. Notwithstanding any other provision of
18 law, the Federal share for grants provided by the Eco-
19 nomic Development Administration under Public Law
20 116–93 and Public Law 116–136 shall be 100 percent:
21 Provided, That the amounts repurposed in this section
22 that were previously designated by the Congress as an
23 emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget
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1 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
2 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 SEC. 202. The Secretary of Commerce may waive, in
4 whole or in part, the matching requirements under section
5 306 and 306A, and the cost sharing requirements under
6 section 315, of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
7 (16 U.S.C. 1455, 1455a, and 1461 respectively) as nec-
8 essary for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022 upon written
9 request by a coastal State.
10 SEC. 203. Amounts provided by this Act, or any other
11 Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2021, for the
12 Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under the
13 heading ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Tech-
14 nology—Industrial Technology Services’’ shall not be sub-
15 ject to cost share requirements under section 25(e)(2) of
16 the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act
17 (15 U.S.C. 278k(e)(2)): Provided, That the authority
18 made available pursuant to this section shall be elective
19 for any Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center that
20 also receives funding from a State that is conditioned upon
21 the application of a Federal cost sharing requirement.
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1 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
2 FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM
3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
5 penses’’, $620,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
6 spond to coronavirus, including the impact of coronavirus
7 on the work of the Department of Justice, to include fund-
8 ing for medical testing and services, personal protective
9 equipment, hygiene supplies and services, and sanitation
10 services: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
11 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
12 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
13 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
16 General’’, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended
17 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, in-
18 cluding the impact of coronavirus on the work of the De-
19 partment of Justice and to carry out investigations and
20 audits related to the funding made available for the De-
21 partment of Justice in this Act and in title II of division
22 B of Public Law 116–136: Provided, That such amount
23 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
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1 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
2 1985.
3 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES
4 OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
5 VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND
6 PROSECUTION PROGRAMS
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Violence Against
8 Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs’’,
9 $375,000,000, to remain available until expended, of
10 which—
11 (1) $100,000,000 is for formula grants to
12 States and territories to combat violence against
13 women, as authorized by part T of title I of the Om-
14 nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Acts of 1968;
15 (2) $40,000,000 is for transitional housing as-
16 sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat-
17 ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault, as author-
18 ized by section 40299 of the Violent Crime Control
19 and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law
20 103–322; ‘‘1994 Act’’);
21 (3) $100,000,000 is for formula grants to
22 States and territories for sexual assault victims as-
23 sistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994
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1 (4) $20,000,000 is for rural domestic violence
2 and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as
3 authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act;
4 (5) $15,000,000 is for grants to support fami-
5 lies in the justice system, as authorized by section
6 1301 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Pro-
7 tection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386);
8 (6) $50,000,000 is for grants to Tribal govern-
9 ments, Tribal coalitions, Tribal non-profit organiza-
10 tions and Tribal organizations that serve Native vic-
11 tims for purposes authorized under 34 U.S.C.
12 10441(d), 34 U.S.C. 12511(d), 34 U.S.C. 10452
13 and 34 U.S.C. 12511(e);
14 (7) $25,000,000 is for grants to enhance cul-
15 turally specific services for victims of domestic vio-
16 lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking,
17 as authorized under 34 U.S.C. 20124 (commonly re-
18 ferred to as the ‘‘Culturally Specific Services Pro-
19 gram’’); and
20 (8) $25,000,000 is for grants for outreach and
21 services to underserved populations as authorized
22 under 34 U.S.C. 20123 (commonly referred to as
23 the ‘‘Underserved Program’’):
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1 wise-applicable requirement to provide or obtain other
2 Federal or non-Federal funds: Provided further, That such
3 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
4 emergency requirement pursuant to section
5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
6 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS
8 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
9 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law
10 Enforcement Assistance’’, $250,000,000, to remain avail-
11 able until expended, for offender reentry programs and re-
12 search, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007
13 (Public Law 110–199) and by the Second Chance Reau-
14 thorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391), without
15 regard to the time limitations specified at section 6(1) of
16 such Act, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
17 coronavirus: Provided, That a recipient of funds made
18 available under this heading in this Act shall not be sub-
19 ject, as a condition for receiving the funds, to any other-
20 wise-applicable requirement to provide or obtain other
21 Federal or non-Federal funds: Provided further, That such
22 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
23 emergency requirement pursuant to section
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25 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law
2 Enforcement Assistance’’, $600,000,000, to remain avail-
3 able until expended, for grants, contracts, cooperative
4 agreements, and other assistance as authorized by the
5 Pandemic Justice Response Act (title II of division T of
6 this Act, referred to in this paragraph as ‘‘the Act’’): Pro-
7 vided, That $500,000,000 is to establish and implement
8 policies and procedures to prevent, detect, and stop the
9 presence and spread of COVID–19 among arrestees, de-
10 tainees, inmates, correctional facility staff, and visitors to
11 the facilities; and for pretrial citation and release grants,
12 as authorized by the Act: Provided further, That
13 $25,000,000 is for Rapid COVID–19 Testing, as author-
14 ized by the Act: Provided further, That $75,000,000 is for
15 grants for Juvenile Specific Services, as authorized by the
16 Act: Provided further, That a recipient of funds made
17 available under this heading in this Act shall not be sub-
18 ject, as a condition for receiving the funds, to any other-
19 wise-applicable requirement to provide or obtain other
20 Federal or non-Federal funds: Provided further, That such
21 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
22 emergency requirement pursuant to section
23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
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1 JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Juvenile Justice Pro-
3 grams’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex-
4 pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
5 coronavirus, of which $50,000,000 shall be for juvenile
6 justice programs authorized by section 221 of the Juvenile
7 Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and
8 $50,000,000 shall be for programs authorized by the Vic-
9 tims of Child Abuse Act of 1990: Provided, That funds
10 made available under this heading in this Act shall be
11 made available without any otherwise applicable require-
12 ment that a recipient of such funds provide any other Fed-
13 eral funds, or any non-Federal funds, as a condition for
14 receiving the funds made available under such heading:
15 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
16 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
17 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
18 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 SCIENCE
20 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
21 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research and Related
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1 coronavirus, including to fund research grants: Provided,
2 That up to $2,537,000,000 shall be for necessary ex-
3 penses, including extensions of existing research grants,
4 cooperative agreements, scholarships, fellowships, and ap-
5 prenticeships: Provided further, That $1,000,000 shall be
6 for a study on the spread of COVID–19 related
7 disinformation, as described in section 204 of this Act:
8 Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated under
9 this heading in this Act, up to 2 percent of funds may
10 be transferred to the ‘‘Agency Operations and Award
11 Management’’ account for management, administration,
12 and oversight of funds provided under this heading in this
13 Act: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in
14 addition to any other transfer authority provided by law:
15 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
16 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
17 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
18 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES
20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Education and
21 Human Resources’’, $300,000,000, to remain available
22 until September 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
23 spond to coronavirus, including extensions of existing re-
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1 amount appropriated under this heading in this Act, up
2 to 2 percent of funds may be transferred to the ‘‘Agency
3 Operations and Award Management’’ account for manage-
4 ment, administration, and oversight of funds provided
5 under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That such
6 transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au-
7 thority provided by law: Provided further, That such
8 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
9 emergency requirement pursuant to section
10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
11 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SCIENCE
13 STUDY ON COVID–19 DISINFORMATION
14 SEC. 204. (a) STUDY.—No later than 30 days after
15 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Na-
16 tional Science Foundation shall enter into an arrangement
17 with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and
18 Medicine (National Academies) to conduct a study on the
19 current understanding of the spread of COVID–19-related
20 disinformation on the internet and social media platforms.
21 The study shall address the following:
22 (1) the role disinformation and misinformation
23 has played in the public response to COVID–19;
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25 disinformation—both foreign and domestic—and the
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1 mechanisms by which that disinformation influences
2 the public debate;
3 (3) the role social media plays in the dissemina-
4 tion and promotion of COVID–19 disinformation
5 and misinformation content and the role social
6 media platforms play in the organization of groups
7 seeking to spread COVID–19 disinformation;
8 (4) the potential financial returns for creators
9 or distributors of COVID–19 disinformation, and
10 the role such financial incentives play in the propa-
11 gation of COVID–19 disinformation;
12 (5) potential strategies to mitigate the dissemi-
13 nation and negative impacts of COVID–19
14 disinformation, including specifically, the dissemina-
15 tion of disinformation on social media, including
16 through improved disclosures; and
17 (6) an analysis of the limitations of these miti-
18 gation strategies, and an analysis of how these strat-
19 egies can be implemented without infringing on
20 Americans’ Constitutional rights and civil liberties.
21 (b) REPORT.—In entering into an arrangement under
22 this section, the Director shall request that the National
23 Academies transmit to Congress a report on the results
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1 (c) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
2 propriated for the purposes of conducting the study in this
3 section $1,000,000.
4 RELATED AGENCIES
5 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
6 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to the Legal
8 Services Corporation’’, $100,000,000, for the same pur-
9 poses and subject to the same conditions as the appropria-
10 tions for fiscal year 2020 under this heading in title II
11 of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136):
12 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
13 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
14 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 TITLE III
2 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE
4 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
6 tenance, Army’’, $100,000,000, to prevent, prepare for,
7 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation-
8 ally: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
9 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
10 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY
13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
14 tenance, Navy’’, $100,000,000, to prevent, prepare for,
15 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation-
16 ally: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
17 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
18 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
22 tenance, Marine Corps’’, $10,000,000, to prevent, prepare
23 for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter-
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1 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
2 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
5 tenance, Air Force’’, $100,000,000, to prevent, prepare
6 for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter-
7 nationally: Provided, That such amount is designated by
8 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
9 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
10 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
11 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
13 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $10,000,000, to prevent, prepare
14 for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter-
15 nationally: Provided, That such amount is designated by
16 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
17 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
18 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS
20 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro-
22 gram’’, $705,000,000, of which $175,000,000 shall be for
23 operation and maintenance, and $530,000,000 shall be for
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1 internationally: Provided, That prior to the obligation of
2 such funds the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Af-
3 fairs) shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations
4 of the House of Representatives and the Senate a spend
5 plan on the use of funds made available under this heading
6 in this Act: Provided further, That such amount is des-
7 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
8 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
9 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
11 SEC. 301. For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation
12 and Maintenance, Army’’, $400,000,000, to prevent, pre-
13 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or
14 internationally: Provided, That such amount shall be used
15 for necessary expenses, including salaries, cleaning, utili-
16 ties and personal protective equipment, for recreational
17 entities, childcare development centers and other entities
18 affected by the coronavirus that derive funding from non-
19 appropriated accounts: Provided, That prior to the obliga-
20 tion of such funds the Secretary of the Army shall submit
21 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
22 resentatives and the Senate a spend plan on the use of
23 funds made available by this section: Provided further,
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25 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 SEC. 302. For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation
4 and Maintenance, Navy’’, $400,000,000, to prevent, pre-
5 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or
6 internationally: Provided, That such amount shall be used
7 for necessary expenses, including salaries, cleaning, utili-
8 ties and personal protective equipment, for recreational
9 entities, childcare development centers and other entities
10 affected by the coronavirus that derive funding from non-
11 appropriated accounts: Provided, That prior to the obliga-
12 tion of such funds the Secretary of the Navy shall submit
13 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
14 resentatives and the Senate a spend plan on the use of
15 funds made available by this section: Provided further,
16 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
17 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
18 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
19 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 SEC. 303. For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation
21 and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $500,000,000, to prevent,
22 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or
23 internationally: Provided, That such amount shall be used
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1 entities, childcare development centers and other entities
2 affected by the coronavirus that derive funding from non-
3 appropriated accounts: Provided, That prior to the obliga-
4 tion of such funds the Secretary of the Air Force shall
5 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
6 of Representatives and the Senate a spend plan on the
7 use of funds made available by this section: Provided fur-
8 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
9 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
11 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 SEC. 304. For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation
13 and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, $100,000,000, to pre-
14 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically
15 or internationally: Provided, That such amount shall be
16 used for necessary expenses, including salaries, cleaning,
17 utilities and personal protective equipment, for rec-
18 reational entities, childcare development centers and other
19 entities affected by the coronavirus that derive funding
20 from non-appropriated accounts: Provided, That prior to
21 the obligation of such funds the Secretary of the Navy
22 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
23 House of Representatives and the Senate a spend plan on
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25 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
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1 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
2 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
3 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 TITLE IV
5 ENERGY AND WATER
6 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
7 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
8 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES
9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related
10 Resources’’, $7,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
11 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro-
12 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
13 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
14 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
16 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
17 ENERGY PROGRAMS
18 SCIENCE
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Science’’,
20 $143,000,000, for necessary expenses to offset the costs
21 of impacts due to the coronavirus pandemic or public
22 health measures related to the coronavirus pandemic for
23 the following projects:
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25 (2) Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Camera,
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1 (3) Linac Coherent Light Source II,
2 (4) Muon to Electron Conversion Experiment,
3 and
4 (5) Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search:
5 Provided,That such amount is designated by the Congress
6 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
7 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
8 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Departmental Admin-
11 istration’’, $1,300,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
12 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, in-
13 cluding for necessary expenses related to personal protec-
14 tive equipment: Provided,That such amount is designated
15 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
16 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
17 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
19 SEC. 401. Funds appropriated in this title may be
20 made available to restore amounts, either directly or
21 through reimbursement, for obligations incurred for the
22 same purposes to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
23 coronavirus prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
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24 SEC. 402. (a) Requirements relating to non-Federal
25 cost-share grants and cooperative agreements for the
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1 Delta Regional Authority under section 382D of the Agri-
2 cultural Act of 1961 and Consolidated Farm and Rural
3 Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa—3) are waived for
4 grants awarded in fiscal year 2020 and in subsequent
5 years in response to economic distress directly related to
6 the impacts of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
7 (b) Requirements relating to non-Federal cost-share
8 grants and cooperative agreements for the Northern Bor-
9 der Regional Commission under section 15501(d) of title
10 40, United States Code, are waived for grants awarded
11 in fiscal year 2020 and in subsequent years in response
12 to economic distress directly related to the impacts of the
13 Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19).
14 (c) Requirements relating to non-Federal cost-share
15 grants and cooperative agreements for the Denali Com-
16 mission are waived for grants awarded in fiscal year 2020
17 and in subsequent years in response to economic distress
18 directly related to the impacts of the Coronavirus Disease
19 (COVID-19).
20 (d) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that
21 were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
22 gency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
23 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by
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1 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 TITLE V
4 FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL
5 GOVERNMENT
6 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
7 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
8 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
11 penses’’, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended,
12 to conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, dis-
13 bursement, and use of funds made available under the
14 ‘‘Coronavirus State Fiscal Relief Fund’’ and the
15 ‘‘Coronavirus Local Fiscal Relief Fund’’ (collectively,
16 ‘‘Fiscal Relief Funds’’): Provided, That, if the Inspector
17 General of the Department of the Treasury determines
18 that an entity receiving a payment from amounts provided
19 by the Fiscal Relief Funds has failed to comply with the
20 provisions governing the use of such funding, the Inspec-
21 tor General shall transmit any relevant information re-
22 lated to such determination to the Committees on Appro-
23 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
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25 made: Provided further, That such amount is designated
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1 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
2 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
3 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX
5 ADMINISTRATION
6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
8 penses’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended,
9 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
10 mestically or internationally: Provided, That such amount
11 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
12 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
13 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
14 1985.
15 HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE FUND
16 For activities and assistance authorized in section
17 202 of division O of this Act, $21,000,000,000, to remain
18 available until expended: Provided, That such amount is
19 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
20 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
21 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
22 CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RELIEF FUND
23 For making payments to States, territories, and Trib-
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25 from the public health emergency with respect to the
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1 Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), $257,000,000,000 to
2 remain available until expended, which shall be in addition
3 to any other amounts available for making payments to
4 States, territories, and Tribal governments for any pur-
5 pose (including payments made under section 601 of the
6 Social Security Act), of which:
7 (1) $9,500,000,000 shall be for making
8 payments to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
9 United States Virgin Islands, Guam, Common-
10 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and
11 American Samoa: Provided, That of the amount
12 made available in this paragraph, half shall be
13 allocated equally among each entity specified in
14 this paragraph, and half shall be allocated as
15 an additional amount to each such entity in an
16 amount which bears the same proportion to half
17 of the total amount provided under this para-
18 graph as the relative population of each such
19 entity bears to the total population of all such
20 entities;
21 (2) $9,500,000,000 shall be for making
22 payments to Tribal governments, of which—
23 (A) $1,000,000,000 shall be allocated
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25 and
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1 (B) $8,500,000,000 shall be allocated
2 as an additional amount to each Tribal
3 government in an amount determined by
4 the Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta-
5 tion with the Secretary of the Interior and
6 Tribal governments, that is based on in-
7 creased aggregate expenditures of each
8 such Tribal government (or a tribally-
9 owned entity of such Tribal government) in
10 fiscal year 2020 relative to aggregate ex-
11 penditures in fiscal year 2019 by the Trib-
12 al government (or tribally-owned entity)
13 and determined in such manner as the
14 Secretary determines appropriate to ensure
15 that all amounts available pursuant to this
16 subparagraph are distributed to Tribal
17 governments:
18 Provided, That not later than 24 hours before
19 any payments for Tribal governments are dis-
20 tributed by the Secretary of the Treasury pur-
21 suant to this paragraph, the Secretary of the
22 Treasury shall publish on the website of the De-
23 partment of the Treasury a detailed description
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1 tion of the procedure and methodology used to
2 determine such funding allocation formula: Pro-
3 vided Further, That not later than 7 days after
4 any payments for Tribal governments are so
5 distributed, the Secretary shall publish on the
6 website of the Department of the Treasury the
7 date and amount of all fund disbursements,
8 broken down by individual Tribal government
9 recipient; and
10 (3) $238,000,000,000 shall be for making pay-
11 ments to each of the 50 States and the District of
12 Columbia, of which—
13 (A) an amount equal to $1,250,000,000
14 less the amount allocated for the District of Co-
15 lumbia pursuant to section 601(c)(6) of the So-
16 cial Security Act, shall only be for payment to
17 the District of Columbia, in addition to any
18 other funding available for such purpose (in-
19 cluding payments under subparagraph (B) of
20 this paragraph): Provided, That the Secretary
21 of the Treasury shall pay all amounts provided
22 by this section directly to the District of Colum-
23 bia not less than 5 days after the date of enact-
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1 (B) the remainder shall be allocated be-
2 tween each such entity in an amount which
3 bears the same proportion to the total amount
4 provided under this paragraph as the average
5 estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unem-
6 ployed individuals (as measured by the Bureau
7 of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment
8 Statistics program) in each such entity in Au-
9 gust 2020 bears to the average estimated num-
10 ber of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individ-
11 uals in all such entities: Provided, That the Sec-
12 retary of the Treasury shall adjust, on a pro
13 rata basis, the amount allocated to each such
14 entity pursuant to the matter preceding this
15 proviso in this paragraph to the extent nec-
16 essary to ensure a minimum payment of
17 $500,000,000 to each such entity:
18 Provided, That any entity receiving a payment from funds
19 made available under this heading in this Act shall only
20 use such amounts to respond to, mitigate, cover costs or
21 replace foregone revenues not projected on January 31,
22 2020 stemming from the public health emergency, or its
23 negative economic impacts, with respect to the
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25 if the Inspector General of the Department of the Treas-
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1 ury determines that an entity receiving a payment from
2 amounts provided under this heading has failed to comply
3 with the preceding proviso, the amount equal to the
4 amount of funds used in violation of such proviso shall
5 be booked as a debt of such entity owed to the Federal
6 Government, and any amounts recovered shall be depos-
7 ited into the general fund of the Treasury as discretionary
8 offsetting receipts: Provided further, That for purposes of
9 the preceding provisos under this heading in this Act, the
10 population of each entity described in any such proviso
11 shall be determined based on the most recent year for
12 which data are available from the Bureau of the Census,
13 or in the case of an Indian tribe, shall be determined based
14 on data certified by the Tribal government: Provided fur-
15 ther, That an entity receiving a payment from amounts
16 provided under this heading may transfer funds to a pri-
17 vate nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in
18 paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento
19 Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), or to a
20 special-purpose unit of local government or a multi-state
21 entity involved in the transportation of passengers or
22 cargo: Provided further, That as used under this heading
23 in this Act, the term ‘‘Tribal government’’ has the same
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1 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and amended by
2 section 201 of division U of this Act, and the term ‘‘State’’
3 means one of the 50 States: Provided further, That the
4 Secretary of Treasury shall make all payments prescribed
5 under this heading in this Act not later than 30 days after
6 the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
7 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
8 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
9 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
10 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
11 CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RELIEF FUND
12 For making payments to metropolitan cities, coun-
13 ties, and other units of general local government to miti-
14 gate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health
15 emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease
16 (COVID–19), $179,000,000,000, to remain available until
17 expended, which shall be in addition to any other amounts
18 available for making payments to metropolitan cities,
19 counties, and other units of general local government (in-
20 cluding payments made under section 601 of the Social
21 Security Act), of which—
22 (1) $89,500,000,000 shall be for making pay-
23 ments to metropolitan cities and other units of gen-
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1 section 102 of the Housing and Community Devel-
2 opment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)), of which—
3 (A) $62,650,000,000 shall be allocated
4 pursuant to the formula under section
5 106(b)(1) of the Housing and Community De-
6 velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)(1))
7 to metropolitan cities (as defined in section
8 102(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)),
9 including metropolitan cities that have relin-
10 quished or deferred their status as a metropoli-
11 tan city as of the date of enactment of this Act;
12 and
13 (B) $26,850,000,000 shall be distributed
14 to each State (as that term is defined in section
15 102 of the Housing and Community Develop-
16 ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) for use by
17 units of general local government, other than
18 counties or parishes, in nonentitlement areas
19 (as defined in such section 102) of such States
20 in an amount which bears the same proportion
21 to the total amount provided under this sub-
22 paragraph as the total population of such units
23 of general local government within the State
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25 of general local government in all such States:
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1 Provided, That a State shall pass-through the
2 amounts received under this subparagraph,
3 within 30 days of receipt, to each such unit of
4 general local government in an amount that
5 bears the same proportion to the amount dis-
6 tributed to each such State as the population of
7 such unit of general local government bears to
8 the total population of all such units of general
9 local government within each such State: Pro-
10 vided further, That if a State has not elected to
11 distribute amounts allocated under this para-
12 graph, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay
13 the applicable amounts under this subpara-
14 graph to such units of general local government
15 in the State not later than 30 days after the
16 date on which the State would otherwise have
17 received the amounts from the Secretary; and
18 (2) $89,500,000,000 shall be paid directly to
19 counties within the 50 States, the District of Colum-
20 bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United
21 States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of
22 the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa
23 in an amount which bears the same proportion to
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25 the relative population of each such county bears to
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1 the total population of all such entities: Provided,
2 That no county that is an ‘‘urban county’’ (as de-
3 fined in section 102 of the Housing and Community
4 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) shall
5 receive less than the amount the county would other-
6 wise receive if the amount distributed under this
7 paragraph were allocated to metropolitan cities and
8 urban counties under section 106(b) of the Housing
9 and Community Development Act of 1974 (42
10 U.S.C. 5306(b)): Provided further, That in the case
11 of an amount to be paid to a county that is not a
12 unit of general local government, the amount shall
13 instead be paid to the State in which such county is
14 located, and such State shall distribute such amount
15 to units of general local government within such
16 county in an amounts that bear the same proportion
17 as the population of such units of general local gov-
18 ernment bear to the total population of such county:
19 Provided further, That for purposes of this para-
20 graph, the District of Columbia shall be considered
21 to consist of a single county that is a unit of general
22 local government:
23 Provided further, That any entity receiving a payment
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1 costs or replace foregone revenues not projected on Janu-
2 ary 31, 2020 stemming from the public health emergency,
3 or its negative economic impacts, with respect to the
4 Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19): Provided further, That
5 if the Inspector General of the Department of the Treas-
6 ury determines that an entity receiving a payment from
7 amounts provided under this heading has failed to comply
8 with the preceding proviso, the amount equal to the
9 amount of funds used in violation of such proviso shall
10 be booked as a debt of such entity owed to the Federal
11 Government, and any amounts recovered shall be depos-
12 ited into the general fund of the Treasury as discretionary
13 offsetting receipts: Provided further, That for purposes of
14 the preceding provisos under this heading in this Act, the
15 population of each entity described in any such proviso
16 shall be determined based on the most recent year for
17 which data are available from the Bureau of the Census,
18 or in the case of an Indian tribe, shall be determined based
19 on data certified by the Tribal government: Provided fur-
20 ther, That an entity receiving a payment from amounts
21 provided under this heading may transfer funds to a pri-
22 vate nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in
23 paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento
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1 entity involved in the transportation of passengers or
2 cargo: Provided further, That nothing in paragraph (1) or
3 (2) shall be construed as prohibiting a unit of general local
4 government that has formed a consolidated government,
5 or that is geographically contained (in full or in part)
6 within the boundaries of another unit of general local gov-
7 ernment from receiving a distribution under each of sub-
8 paragraphs (A) and (B) under paragraph (1) or under
9 paragraph (2), as applicable, based on the respective for-
10 mulas specified contained therein: Provided further, That
11 the amounts otherwise determined for distribution to units
12 of local government under each of subparagraphs (A) and
13 (B) under paragraph (1) and under paragraph (2) shall
14 each be adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury on a
15 pro rata basis to the extent necessary to comply with the
16 amount appropriated and the requirements specified in
17 each paragraph and subparagraph, as applicable: Provided
18 further, That as used under this heading in this Act, the
19 term ‘‘county’’ means a county, parish, or other equivalent
20 county division (as defined by the Bureau of the Census):
21 Provided further, That for purposes of the preceding pro-
22 visos under this heading in this Act, the population of an
23 entity shall be determined based on the most recent year
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1 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
2 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 COVID-19 MULTI-STATE AGENCY FISCAL RELIEF FUND
5 For making payments to multi-State entities that are
6 involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo and
7 are suffering revenue losses due to the Coronavirus Dis-
8 ease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic, $100,000,000, to re-
9 main available until expended, which shall be in addition
10 to any other amounts available for making payments to
11 States, metropolitan cities, counties, and other units of
12 state and general local government (including payments
13 made under section 601 of the Social Security Act), and
14 which shall be paid directly to multi-State entities (as that
15 term is used in 15 U.S.C. 9041(10)(D)) for use by multi-
16 State entities: Provided, That the funds provided under
17 this paragraph shall be allocated to a multi-State entity
18 that is an eligible issuer and multi-State entity under the
19 terms set forth by the Federal Reserve on June 3, 2020
20 for the Municipal Liquidity Facility established by the
21 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: Pro-
22 vided further, That such amounts shall be allocated by the
23 Secretary of the Treasury proportionally to each multi-
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25 amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the
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1 total amount appropriated to the Secretary under this
2 paragraph and the quotient obtained by dividing—
3 (1) the total gross operating revenue of the
4 multi-State entity receiving funds for fiscal year
5 2018; by
6 (2) the total gross operating revenue for fiscal
7 year 2018 of all multi-State entities that are eligible
8 to receive funds under this paragraph:
9 Provided further, That neither a State nor local govern-
10 ment may serve as a pass-through for any amounts re-
11 ceived by a multi-State entity: Provided further, That such
12 sums shall be distributed directly by the Secretary to each
13 multi-State entity not later than December 31, 2020: Pro-
14 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
15 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
16 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
17 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
19 FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT
20 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Community Devel-
21 opment Financial Institutions Fund Program Account’’,
22 $1,000,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
23 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided,
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1 takes into account criteria such as certification status, fi-
2 nancial and compliance performance, portfolio and balance
3 sheet strength, and program capacity: Provided further,
4 That not less than $25,000,000 shall be for financial as-
5 sistance, technical assistance, and training and outreach
6 programs designed to benefit Native American, Native
7 Hawaiian, and Alaska Native communities: Provided fur-
8 ther, That the CDFI Fund shall make funds provided
9 under this heading in this Act available to grantees not
10 later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act:
11 Provided further, That funds made available under this
12 heading may be used for administrative expenses, includ-
13 ing administration of CDFI Fund programs and the New
14 Markets Tax Credit Program: Provided further, That such
15 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
16 emergency requirement pursuant to section
17 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
18 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—INTERNAL REVENUE
20 SERVICE
21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
22 SEC. 501. For an additional amount for fiscal year
23 2021, and in addition to the amounts otherwise available
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25 in this section, $359,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and
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1 respond to coronavirus, including for costs associated with
2 the extended filing season: Provided, That such funds may
3 be transferred by the Commissioner to the ‘‘Taxpayer
4 Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, or ‘‘Operations Support’’ ac-
5 counts of the Internal Revenue Service for an additional
6 amount to be used solely to prevent, prepare for, and re-
7 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro-
8 vided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of
9 the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be noti-
10 fied in advance of any such transfer: Provided further,
11 That such transfer authority is in addition to any other
12 transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That
13 not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this
14 Act, the Commissioner shall submit to the Committees on
15 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
16 Senate a spending plan and subsequent quarterly reports
17 detailing the actual and expected expenditures of such
18 funds: Provided further, That such amount is designated
19 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
20 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
21 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 THE JUDICIARY
2 COURT OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER
3 JUDICIAL SERVICES
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
6 penses’’, $25,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
7 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro-
8 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
9 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
10 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
11 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
13 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION
14 ELECTION RESILIENCE GRANTS
15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
16 For an additional amount for payments by the Elec-
17 tion Assistance Commission to States for contingency
18 planning, preparation, and resilience of elections for Fed-
19 eral office, $3,600,000,000: Provided, That of the amount
20 provided under this heading, up to $5,000,000 may be
21 transferred to and merged with ‘‘Election Assistance Com-
22 mission—Salaries and Expenses’’: Provided further, That
23 such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer
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25 this heading the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50
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1 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
2 Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States
3 Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
4 Mariana Islands: Provided further, That the amount of the
5 payments made to a State under this heading shall be con-
6 sistent with sections 101(d) and 103 of the Help America
7 Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20903): Provided further,
8 That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment
9 of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall obli-
10 gate the funds to States under this heading in this Act:
11 Provided further, That not less than 50 percent of the
12 amount of the payment made to a State under this head-
13 ing in this Act shall be allocated in cash or in kind to
14 the units of local government which are responsible for
15 the administration of elections for Federal office in the
16 State: Provided further, That such amount is designated
17 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
18 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
19 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—ELECTION ASSISTANCE
21 COMMISSION
22 SEC. 502. (a) The last proviso under the heading
23 ‘‘Election Assistance Commission—Election Security
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1 116–93; 133 Stat. 2461) shall not apply with respect to
2 any payment made to a State using funds appropriated
3 or otherwise made available to the Election Assistance
4 Commission under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
5 nomic Security Act (Public Law 116–136).
6 (b) The first proviso under the heading ‘‘Election As-
7 sistance Commission—Election Security Grants’’ in the
8 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
9 lic Law 116–136) is amended by striking ‘‘within 20 days
10 of each election in the 2020 Federal election cycle in that
11 State,’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than October 30, 2021,’’.
12 (c) The fourth proviso under the heading ‘‘Election
13 Assistance Commission—Election Security Grants’’ in the
14 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
15 lic Law 116–136) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31,
16 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’.
17 (d) A State may elect to reallocate funds allocated
18 under the heading ‘‘Election Assistance Commission—
19 Election Security Grants’’ in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
20 and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) or
21 under this heading in this Act as funds allocated under
22 the heading ‘‘Election Assistance Commission—Election
23 Security Grants’’ in the Financial Services and General
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1 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically
2 or internationally, for the 2020 Federal election cycle; or
3 funds allocated under the heading ‘‘Election Assistance
4 Commission—Election Reform Program’’ in the Financial
5 Services and Government Appropriations Act, 2018 (divi-
6 sion E of Public Law 115–141) that were spent to pre-
7 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically
8 or internationally, for the 2020 Federal election cycle.
9 (e) This section shall take effect as if included in the
10 enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
11 Security Act (Public Law 116–136).
12 (f) The amounts repurposed pursuant to this section
13 that were previously designated by the Congress as an
14 emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget
15 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are des-
16 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
17 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
18 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
22 penses’’, $24,000,000, for implementing title VIII of the
23 Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.), as
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25 130): Provided, That such amount is designated by the
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1 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
2 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
5 penses’’, $200,000,000, to remain available until ex-
6 pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
7 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including to
8 support efforts of health care providers to address
9 coronavirus by providing telecommunications services, in-
10 formation services, and devices necessary to enable the
11 provision of telehealth services during an emergency pe-
12 riod, as defined in section 1135(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
13 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)): Provided, That the
14 Federal Communications Commission may rely on the
15 rules of the Commission under part 54 of title 47, Code
16 of Federal Regulations, in administering the amount pro-
17 vided under the heading in this Act if the Commission de-
18 termines that such administration is in the public interest:
19 Provided further, That up to $4,000,000 shall be used by
20 the Office of Inspector General to audit and conduct inves-
21 tigations of funds made available in this Act or in the
22 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
23 lic Law 116–136) to the Federal Communications Com-
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25 emergency period, and that the Office of Inspector Gen-
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1 eral shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of
2 the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com-
3 mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
4 resentatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science,
5 and Transportation of the Senate each month, until all
6 emergency telehealth funding has been obligated, on the
7 status of approved applications, pending applications, and
8 rejected applications for such funding, and on rec-
9 ommendations to improve the transparency and fairness
10 of distribution of such funding: Provided further, That
11 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
12 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
14 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY FUND
16 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency
17 Connectivity Fund’’, $12,000,000,000, to remain available
18 until September 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
19 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally,
20 through the provision of funding for Wi-fi hotspots, other
21 equipment, connected devices, and advanced telecommuni-
22 cations and information services to schools and libraries
23 as authorized in section 201 of division M of this Act: Pro-
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25 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
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1 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 EMERGENCY BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY FUND
4 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency
5 Broadband Connectivity Fund’’, $3,000,000,000, to pre-
6 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically
7 or internationally, through the provision of an emergency
8 benefit for broadband service as authorized in section 301
9 of division M of this Act: Provided, That such amount is
10 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
11 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
12 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
13 GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
14 TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND
15 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Technology Mod-
16 ernization Fund’’, $1,000,000,000, to remain available
17 until September 30, 2022, for technology-related mod-
18 ernization activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond
19 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided,
20 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
21 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
23 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION
2 RECORDS CENTER REVOLVING FUND
3 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Records Center
4 Revolving Fund’’ for the Federal Record Centers Pro-
5 gram, $92,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
6 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, which shall
7 be for offsetting the loss resulting from the coronavirus
8 pandemic of the user charges collected by such Fund pur-
9 suant to subsection (c) under the heading ‘‘Records Center
10 Revolving Fund’’ in Public Law 106–58, as amended (44
11 U.S.C. 2901 note): Provided, That the amount provided
12 under this heading in this Act may be used to reimburse
13 the Fund for obligations incurred for this purpose prior
14 to the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further,
15 That such amount is provided without regard to the limi-
16 tation in subsection (d) under the heading ‘‘Records Cen-
17 ter Revolving Fund’’ in Public Law 106–58, as amended
18 (44 U.S.C. 2901 note): Provided further, That such
19 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
20 emergency requirement pursuant to section
21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
22 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
2 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
5 penses’’, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended
6 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
7 mestically or internationally: Provided, That such amount
8 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
9 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
10 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
11 1985.
12 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
13 EMERGENCY EIDL GRANTS
14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency EIDL
15 Grants’’ for the cost of emergency EIDL grants author-
16 ized by section 1110 of division A of the CARES Act
17 (Public Law 116–136), $50,000,000,000, to remain avail-
18 able until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
19 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided,
20 That of the amount provided under this heading in this
21 Act, $40,000,000,000 shall be for carrying out subsection
22 (i) of such section 1110: Provided further, That such
23 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SMALL BUSINESS
4 ADMINISTRATION
5 SEC. 503. For fiscal year 2021, commitments for
6 general business loans authorized under paragraphs (1)
7 through (35) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act
8 (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) shall not exceed $75,000,000,000 for
9 a combination of amortizing term loans and the aggre-
10 gated maximum line of credit provided by revolving loans.
11 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
12 PAYMENT TO POSTAL SERVICE FUND
13 For an additional payment to the ‘‘Postal Service
14 Fund’’, for revenue forgone due to coronavirus,
15 $15,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
16 2022: Provided, That the Postal Service, during the
17 coronavirus emergency, shall prioritize the purchase of,
18 and make available to all Postal Service employees and
19 facilities, personal protective equipment, including gloves,
20 masks, and sanitizers, and shall conduct additional clean-
21 ing and sanitizing of Postal Service facilities and delivery
22 vehicles: Provided further, That such amount is designated
23 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
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25 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
4 penses’’, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended,
5 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
6 mestically or internationally: Provided, That such amount
7 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
8 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
9 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
10 1985.
11 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
12 SEC. 504. (a) OVERSIGHT OF COVERED FUNDS.—
13 The matter preceding the first proviso under the heading
14 ‘‘Independent Agencies—Pandemic Response Account-
15 ability Committee’’ in title V of division B of the CARES
16 Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended by striking ‘‘funds
17 provided in this Act to prevent, prepare for, and respond
18 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally’’ and insert-
19 ing ‘‘ ‘covered funds’, as that term is defined in section
20 15010 of this Act’’.
21 (b) DEFINITION OF COVERED FUNDS.—Section
22 15010(a)(6) of division B of the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief,
23 and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) is
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1 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘this Act’’
2 and inserting ‘‘the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
3 nomic Security Act (divisions A and B) (Public Law
4 116–136)’’; and
5 (2) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting:
6 ‘‘(D) the Paycheck Protection Program
7 and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law
8 116–139);
9 ‘‘(E) all divisions of this Act; or
10 ‘‘(F) The Heroes Act; and’’.
11 (c) APPOINTMENT OF CHAIRPERSON.—Section
12 15010(c) of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and
13 Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) is amend-
14 ed—
15 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and (D)’’
16 and inserting ‘‘(D), and (E)’’; and
17 (2) in paragraph (2)(E), by inserting ‘‘of the
18 Council’’ after ‘‘Chairperson’’.
19 (d) RETROACTIVE REPORTING ON LARGE COVERED
20 FUNDS.—
21 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the
22 terms ‘‘agency’’ and ‘‘large covered funds’’ have the
23 meanings given those terms in section 15011 of divi-
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1 (2) GUIDANCE.—
2 (A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 14 days
3 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-
4 rector of the Office of Management and Budget
5 shall issue guidance for agencies to ensure the
6 collection and timely reporting for the obliga-
7 tion and expenditure of large covered funds
8 under division A of the CARES Act (Public
9 Law 116–136) on and after the date of enact-
10 ment of that Act.
11 (B) REQUIREMENT.—The guidance issued
12 under subparagraph (A) shall require that, not
13 later than 120 days after the date of enactment
14 of this Act, agencies shall make all reports re-
15 quired under section 15011 of division B of the
16 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) relating to
17 large covered funds under division A of such
18 Act that have been expended or obligated dur-
19 ing the period beginning on the date of enact-
20 ment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136)
21 and ending on the day before the date of enact-
22 ment of this Act.
23 (C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in
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1 division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–
2 136) relating to large covered funds that have
3 been expended or obligated under divisions A or
4 B of such Act, on or after the date of enact-
5 ment of this Act.
6 (c) DESIGNATION.—Amounts repurposed under this
7 section that were previously designated by the Congress,
8 respectively, as an emergency requirement or as being for
9 disaster relief pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
10 Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Con-
11 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
12 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
13 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for
14 disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the
15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
16 1985.
17 SEC. 505. Title V of division B of the CARES Act
18 (Public Law 116–136) is amended by striking the fifth
19 proviso under the heading ‘‘General Services Administra-
20 tion—Real Property Activities—Federal Buildings
21 Fund’’: Provided, That the amounts repurposed pursuant
22 to this section that were previously designated by the Con-
23 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Bal-
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1 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced
2 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 TITLE VI
4 HOMELAND SECURITY
5 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
6 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-
8 port’’, $3,000,000, for oversight of activities supported by
9 funds provided under ‘‘Federal Emergency Management
10 Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in title VI of division B
11 of Public Law 116–136, in addition to amounts otherwise
12 available for such purposes: Provided, That such amount
13 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
14 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
16 1985.
17 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY
18 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Assistance’’,
20 $1,300,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
21 coronavirus, of which $500,000,000 shall be for Assist-
22 ance to Firefighter Grants for the purchase of personal
23 protective equipment and related supplies, mental health
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25 contamination or sanitizing facilities and equipment; of
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1 which $500,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Adequate
2 Fire and Emergency Response Grants; of which
3 $100,000,000 shall be for Emergency Management Per-
4 formance Grants; and of which $200,000,000 shall be for
5 the Emergency Food and Shelter Program: Provided,
6 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
7 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
8 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
9 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
11 SEC. 601. Notwithstanding any other provision of
12 law, funds made available in this Act for ‘‘Federal Emer-
13 gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ in this
14 Act shall only be used for the purposes specifically de-
15 scribed under that heading.
16 SEC. 602. (a) Subsections (c)(2) and (k) of section
17 33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974
18 (15 U.S.C. 2229) shall not apply to amounts appropriated
19 for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal
20 Assistance’’ for Assistance to Firefighter Grants in this
21 Act.
22 (b) Subsection (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire
23 Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229)
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1 sistance to Firefighter Grants in title III of division D
2 of Public Law 116–93 and in title VI of division B of Pub-
3 lic Law 116–136.
4 (c) Amounts repurposed under this section that were
5 previously designated by the Congress as an emergency
6 requirement or as being for disaster relief pursuant to the
7 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act are
8 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
9 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
10 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
11 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section
12 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
13 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
14 SEC. 603. Subsections (a)(1)(A), (a)(1)(B),
15 (a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the
16 Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15
17 U.S.C. 2229a) shall not apply to amounts appropriated
18 for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal
19 Assistance’’ for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emer-
20 gency Response Grants in this Act and in division D, title
21 III of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public
22 Law 116–93).
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1 TITLE VII
2 INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED
3 AGENCIES
4 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
5 UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE
6 RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Manage-
8 ment’’, $45,000,000, of which $15,000,000 shall be for
9 wildlife inspections, interdictions, and investigations and
10 for domestic and international efforts to address wildlife
11 trafficking; and of which $30,000,000 shall be for the care
12 of captive species listed under the Endangered Species
13 Act, rescued and confiscated wildlife, and other Federally-
14 owned animals in facilities experiencing lost revenues due
15 to the coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is des-
16 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
17 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
18 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
20 NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Recreation
22 and Preservation’’, $20,000,000 for grants as authorized
23 by the 9/11 Memorial Act (Public Law 115–413), to pre-
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25 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
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1 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
2 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
3 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
5 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS
6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian
7 Programs’’, $900,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
8 spond to coronavirus, of which—
9 (1) $100,000,000 shall be for housing improve-
10 ment;
11 (2) $780,000,000 shall be for providing Tribal
12 government services, for Tribal government em-
13 ployee salaries to maintain operations, and cleaning
14 and sanitization of Tribally owned and operated fa-
15 cilities; and
16 (3) $20,000,000 shall be used to provide and
17 deliver potable water:
18 Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall
19 be obligated until 3 days after the Bureau of Indian Af-
20 fairs provides a detailed spend plan, which includes dis-
21 tribution and use of funds by Tribe, to the Committees
22 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
23 Senate: Provided further, That such amounts shall be in
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25 Provided further, That the Bureau shall notify the Com-
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1 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
2 and the Senate quarterly on the obligations and expendi-
3 tures of the funds provided by this Act: Provided further,
4 That assistance received herein shall not be included in
5 the calculation of funds received by those Tribal govern-
6 ments who participate in the ‘‘Small and Needy’’ program:
7 Provided further, That such amounts, if transferred to In-
8 dian Tribes and Tribal organizations under the Indian
9 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (1) will
10 be transferred on a one-time basis, (2) are non-recurring
11 funds that are not part of the amount required by 25
12 U.S.C. 5325, and (3) may only be used for the purposes
13 identified under this heading in this Act, notwithstanding
14 any other provision of law: Provided further, That section
15 1308 of this Act shall not apply to tribal contracts entered
16 into by the Bureau of Indian Affairs with this appropria-
17 tion: Provided further, That such amount is designated by
18 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
19 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
20 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES
22 INSULAR AFFAIRS
23 ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES
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1 pended, to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover
2 from coronavirus, of which (1) $993,000,000 is for Capital
3 Improvement Project grants for hospitals and other crit-
4 ical infrastructure; and (2) $7,000,000 is for territorial
5 assistance, including general technical assistance: Pro-
6 vided, That any appropriation for disaster assistance
7 under this heading in this Act or previous appropriations
8 Acts may be used as non-Federal matching funds for the
9 purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to
10 section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and
11 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c): Provided
12 further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section
13 that were previously designated by the Congress as an
14 emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget
15 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are des-
16 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
17 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
18 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided
19 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
20 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
21 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
22 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
4 penses’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended:
5 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
6 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
7 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
8 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
10 ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental Pro-
12 grams and Management’’, $50,000,000, for environmental
13 justice grants as described in section 302 of division U
14 of this Act: Provided, That such amounts shall be in addi-
15 tion to any other amounts available for such purposes:
16 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
17 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
18 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
21 SERVICES
22 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE
23 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES
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1 to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and provide health
2 services related to coronavirus, of which—
3 (1) $1,000,000,000 shall be used to supplement
4 reduced third party revenue collections;
5 (2) $500,000,000 shall be used for direct health
6 and telehealth services, including to purchase sup-
7 plies and personal protective equipment;
8 (3) $140,000,000 shall be used to expand
9 broadband infrastructure and information tech-
10 nology for telehealth and electronic health record
11 system purposes;
12 (4) $20,000,000 shall be used to address the
13 needs of domestic violence victims and homeless indi-
14 viduals and families;
15 (5) not less than $64,000,000 shall be for
16 Urban Indian Organizations; and,
17 (6) not less than $10,000,000 shall be used to
18 provide and deliver potable water:
19 Provided, That such funds shall be allocated at the discre-
20 tion of the Director of the Indian Health Service, and shall
21 be in addition to any other amounts available for such pur-
22 poses: Provided further, That such amounts, if transferred
23 to Tribes and Tribal organizations under the Indian Self-
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1 ring funds are not part of the amount required by section
2 106 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As-
3 sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5325), and that such amounts
4 may only be used for the purposes identified under this
5 heading notwithstanding any other provision of law: Pro-
6 vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under
7 this heading in this Act for telehealth broadband activities
8 shall be available for obligation until 3 days after the In-
9 dian Health Service provides to the Committees on Appro-
10 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate,
11 a detailed spend plan that includes the cost, location, and
12 expected completion date of each activity: Provided fur-
13 ther, That the Indian Health Service shall notify the Com-
14 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
15 and the Senate quarterly on the obligations and expendi-
16 tures of the funds provided by this Act: Provided further,
17 That section 1308 of this Act shall not apply to tribal con-
18 tracts entered into by the Bureau of Indian Affairs with
19 this appropriation: Provided further, That such amount is
20 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
21 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
22 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
23 INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES
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1 to coronavirus, to modify existing health facilities to pro-
2 vide isolation or quarantine space, to purchase and install
3 updated equipment necessary, and for maintenance and
4 improvement projects necessary to the purposes specified
5 in this Act: Provided, That such amounts may be used
6 to supplement amounts otherwise available for such pur-
7 poses under ‘‘Indian Health Facilities’’: Provided further,
8 That such amounts shall be in addition to any other
9 amounts available for such purposes: Provided further,
10 That such amounts, if transferred to Tribes and Tribal
11 organizations under the Indian Self-Determination and
12 Education Assistance Act, will be transferred on a one-
13 time basis and that these non-recurring funds are not part
14 of the amount required by section 106 of the Indian Self-
15 Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C.
16 5325), and that such amounts may only be used for the
17 purposes identified under this heading notwithstanding
18 any other provision of law: Provided further, That the In-
19 dian Health Service shall notify the Committees on Appro-
20 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
21 quarterly on the obligations and expenditures of the funds
22 provided by this Act: Provided further, That section 1308
23 of this Act shall not apply to tribal contracts entered into
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25 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
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1 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
2 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES
5 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS
6 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants and Adminis-
8 tration’’, $135,000,000, for grants to respond to the im-
9 pacts of coronavirus: Provided, That such funds are avail-
10 able under the same terms and conditions as grant fund-
11 ing appropriated to this heading in Public Law 116–94:
12 Provided further, That 40 percent of the funds made avail-
13 able under this heading in this Act shall be distributed
14 to State arts agencies and regional arts organizations and
15 60 percent of such funds shall be for direct grants: Pro-
16 vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision
17 of law, such funds may also be used by the recipients of
18 such grants for purposes of the general operations of such
19 recipients: Provided further, That the matching require-
20 ments under subsections (e), (g)(4)(A), and (p)(3) of sec-
21 tion 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
22 manities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954) may be waived with
23 respect to such grants: Provided further, That such
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25 emergency requirement pursuant to section
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
4 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants and Adminis-
6 tration’’, $135,000,000, for grants to respond to the im-
7 pacts of coronavirus: Provided, That such funds are avail-
8 able under the same terms and conditions as grant fund-
9 ing appropriated to this heading in Public Law 116–94:
10 Provided further, That 40 percent of the funds made avail-
11 able under this heading in this Act shall be distributed
12 to state humanities councils and 60 percent of such funds
13 shall be for direct grants: Provided further, That notwith-
14 standing any other provision of law, such funds may also
15 be used by the recipients of such grants for purposes of
16 the general operations of such recipients: Provided further,
17 That the matching requirements under subsection
18 (h)(2)(A) of section 7 of the National Foundation on the
19 Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 may be waived with re-
20 spect to such grants: Provided further, That such amount
21 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
22 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
23 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
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1 TITLE VIII
2 DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND
3 HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND
4 RELATED AGENCIES
5 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
6 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION
7 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES
8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ-
10 ment Services’’, $2,140,000,000, to prevent, prepare for,
11 and respond to coronavirus, of which $15,000,000 shall
12 be transferred to ‘‘Program Administration’’ to carry out
13 activities in this Act, Public Law 116–127 and Public Law
14 116–136 for full-time equivalent employees, information
15 technology upgrades needed to expedite payments and
16 support implementation, including to expedite policy guid-
17 ance and disbursement of funds, technical assistance and
18 other assistance to States and territories to speed payment
19 of Federal and State unemployment benefits, and of which
20 the remaining amounts shall be used to carry out activities
21 under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (re-
22 ferred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) as follows:
23 (1) $485,000,000 for grants to the States for
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1 the-job training, individualized career services, sup-
2 portive services, needs-related payments, and to fa-
3 cilitate remote access to training services provided
4 through a one-stop delivery system through the use
5 of technology: Provided, That an adult shall not be
6 required to meet the requirements of section
7 134(c)(3)(B) of the WIOA: Provided further, That
8 an adult who meets the requirements described in
9 section 2102(a)(3)(A) of Public Law 116–136 may
10 be eligible for participation: Provided further, That
11 priority may be given to individuals who are ad-
12 versely impacted by economic changes due to the
13 coronavirus, including individuals seeking employ-
14 ment, dislocated workers, individuals with barriers to
15 employment, individuals who are unemployed, or in-
16 dividuals who are underemployed;
17 (2) $518,000,000 for grants to the States for
18 youth activities, including supportive services, sum-
19 mer employment for youth, and to facilitate remote
20 access to training services provided through a one-
21 stop delivery system through the use of technology:
22 Provided, That individuals described in section
23 2102(a)(3)(A) of Public Law 116–136 may be eligi-
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25 meet the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of sec-
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1 tion 129(a)(1)(B) or as in-school youth if they meet
2 the requirements of clauses (i) and (iii) of section
3 129(a)(1)(C) of the WIOA; Provided further, That
4 priority shall be given for out-of-school youth and
5 youth with multiple barriers to employment: Pro-
6 vided further, That funds shall support employer
7 partnerships for youth employment and subsidized
8 employment, and partnerships with community-
9 based organizations to support such employment;
10 (3) $597,000,000 for grants to States for dis-
11 located worker employment and training activities,
12 including incumbent worker trainings, transitional
13 jobs, on-the-job training, individualized career serv-
14 ices, supportive services, needs-related payments,
15 and to facilitate remote access to training services
16 provided through a one-stop delivery system through
17 the use of technology: Provided, That a dislocated
18 worker shall not be required to meet the require-
19 ments of section 134(c)(3)(B) of the WIOA: Pro-
20 vided further, That a dislocated worker who meets
21 the requirements described in section 2102(a)(3)(A)
22 of Public Law 116–136 may be eligible for participa-
23 tion;
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1 (5) $25,000,000 for migrant and seasonal
2 farmworker programs under section 167 of the
3 WIOA, including emergency supportive services of
4 which no less than $500,000 shall be for the collec-
5 tion and dissemination of electronic and printed ma-
6 terials related to coronavirus to the migrant and sea-
7 sonal farmworker population nationwide, including
8 Puerto Rico, through a cooperative agreement, and
9 of which $1,000,000 shall be for migrant and sea-
10 sonal farmworker housing:
11 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
12 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
13 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT
16 SERVICE OPERATIONS
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘State Unemployment
18 Insurance and Employment Service Operations’’,
19 $538,500,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
20 coronavirus, which may be expended from the Employ-
21 ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
22 ment Trust Fund (‘‘The Trust Fund’’), of which:
23 (1) $38,500,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
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1 tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance
2 system; and
3 (2) $500,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for
4 grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the
5 Wagner-Peyser Act:
6 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
7 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
8 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION
11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Wage and Hour Divi-
13 sion’’, $6,500,000 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
14 coronavirus, including for the administration, oversight,
15 and coordination of worker protection activities related
16 thereto: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor shall use
17 funds provided under this heading to support enforcement
18 activities and outreach efforts to make individuals, par-
19 ticularly low-wage workers, aware of their rights under di-
20 vision C and division E of Public Law 116–127 and this
21 Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by
22 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
23 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
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1 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Occupational Safety
4 and Health Administration’’, $100,000,000 for implemen-
5 tation of section 202 of division B this Act, and for worker
6 protection and enforcement activities to prevent, prepare
7 for, and respond to coronavirus, of which $25,000,000
8 shall be for Susan Harwood training grants and at least
9 $70,000,000 shall be to hire additional compliance safety
10 and health officers, and for state plan enforcement, to pro-
11 tect workers from coronavirus by enforcing all applicable
12 standards and directives, including 29 CFR 1910.132, 29
13 CFR 1910.134, section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety
14 and Health Act of 1970, and 29 CFR 1910.1030: Pro-
15 vided, That activities to protect workers from coronavirus
16 supported by funds provided under this heading includes
17 additional enforcement of standards and directives ref-
18 erenced in the preceding proviso at slaughterhouses, poul-
19 try processing plants, and agricultural workplaces: Pro-
20 vided further, That within 15 days of the date of enact-
21 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit a
22 spending and hiring plan for the funds made available
23 under this heading, and a monthly staffing report until
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24 all funds are expended, to the Committees on Appropria-
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1 vided further, That within 15 days of the date of enact-
2 ment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit a
3 plan for the additional enforcement activities described in
4 the third proviso to the Committees on Appropriations of
5 the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided
6 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
7 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
8 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
12 General’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended,
13 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. Pro-
14 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
15 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
16 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
17 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
19 SEC. 801. (a) There is hereby appropriated for an
20 additional amount for fiscal year 2021 for ‘‘Department
21 of Labor—Employment Training Administration—State
22 Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Oper-
23 ations’’, $28,600,000, to be expended from the Employ-
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1 III of the Social Security Act: Provided, That such amount
2 shall only become available for obligation if the Average
3 Weekly Insured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year
4 2021 is projected, by the Department of Labor during fis-
5 cal year 2021 to exceed 1,728,000: Provided further, That
6 to the extent that the AWIU for fiscal year 2021 is pro-
7 jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 1,728,000,
8 an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be
9 made available for obligation during fiscal year 2021 for
10 every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro
11 rata amount for any increment less than 100,000): Pro-
12 vided further, That, except as specified in this section,
13 amounts provided herein shall be available under the same
14 authority and conditions applicable to funds provided to
15 carry out title III of the Social Security Act under the
16 heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Employment Training
17 Administration—State Unemployment Insurance and Em-
18 ployment Service Operations’’ in division A of Public Law
19 116–94: Provided further, That such amounts shall be in
20 addition to any other funds made available in any fiscal
21 year for such purposes: Provided further, That such
22 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
23 emergency requirement pursuant to section
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25 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 (b)(1) Section 101(8) of the Continuing Appropria-
2 tions Act, 2021 (division A of H.R. 8337 of the 116th
3 Congress), is amended by inserting ‘‘except the first pro-
4 viso following paragraph (6) under the heading ‘Depart-
5 ment of Labor—State Unemployment Insurance and Em-
6 ployment Service Operations’ ’’ before the period.
7 (2) Any obligations and expenditures made for
8 projects or activities described in this section before
9 the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to the
10 first proviso following paragraph (6) under the head-
11 ing ‘‘Department of Labor—State Unemployment
12 Insurance and Employment Service Operations’’ as
13 provided by section 101 of the Continuing Appro-
14 priations Act, 2021 shall be charged to the appro-
15 priation provided by this section, consistent with sec-
16 tion 107 of the Continuing Appropriations Act,
17 2021.
18 SEC. 802. (a) Any funds made available under this
19 Act to support or fund apprenticeship programs shall only
20 be used for, or provided to, apprenticeship programs as
21 defined in subsection (b) of this section, including any
22 funds awarded for the purposes of grants, contracts, or
23 cooperative agreements, or the development, implementa-
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1 (b) The term ‘‘apprenticeship’’ means an apprentice-
2 ship program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937
3 (commonly known as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’)
4 (50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.) and
5 that complies with the requirements of subpart A of part
6 29, Code of Federal Regulations, and part 30 of such title
7 (as in effect on September 30, 2020).
8 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN
9 SERVICES
10 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
11 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Primary Health
13 Care’’, $7,600,000,000, for necessary expenses to prevent,
14 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, for grants and
15 cooperative agreements under the Health Centers Pro-
16 gram, as defined by section 330 of the Public Health Serv-
17 ice Act, and for grants to Federally qualified health cen-
18 ters, as defined in section 1861(aa)(4)(B) of the Social
19 Security Act, and for eligible entities under the Native Ha-
20 waiian Health Care Improvement Act, including mainte-
21 nance or expansion of health center and system capacity
22 and staffing levels: Provided, That sections 330(r)(2)(B),
23 330(e)(6)(A)(iii), and 330(e)(6)(B)(iii) shall not apply to
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1 Act may be used to (1) purchase equipment and supplies
2 to conduct mobile testing for SARS–CoV–2 or COVID–
3 19; (2) purchase and maintain mobile vehicles and equip-
4 ment to conduct such testing; and (3) hire and train lab-
5 oratory personnel and other staff to conduct such mobile
6 testing: Provided further, That such amount is designated
7 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
8 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
9 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 HEALTH WORKFORCE
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Workforce’’,
12 $1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
13 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
14 of which $800,000,000 shall be for carrying out title III
15 of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the health
16 workforce and $200,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec-
17 tion 846 of such Act: Provided, That of the amount made
18 available under this heading in this Act for carrying out
19 title III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to
20 the health workforce, $100,000,000 shall be made avail-
21 able for purposes of providing public health services
22 through a supplemental grant or grants to states currently
23 participating in the NHSC State Loan Repayment Pro-
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24 gram notwithstanding section 338I(b) of the PHS Act, to
25 make awards as authorized under section 338I(j) of the
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1 Public Health Service (PHS) Act, and notwithstanding
2 the health professional shortage area requirements under
3 338I, the Secretary may develop rules needed to imple-
4 ment this proviso: Provided further, That for purposes of
5 the previous proviso, notwithstanding section 338I(d)(2)
6 of the PHS Act, no more than 10 percent of funds made
7 available in such supplemental grants may be used by the
8 state for administration of the State Loan Repayment
9 Program in that state: Provided further, That for the pur-
10 poses of these funds, the term ‘‘primary health services’’
11 and ‘‘primary health care services’’ as referenced in sec-
12 tion 338I of the PHS Act, includes public health services,
13 as defined by the Secretary: Provided further, That such
14 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
15 emergency requirement pursuant to section
16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
17 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Maternal and Child
20 Health’’, $500,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
21 spond to coronavirus, for carrying out title V of the Social
22 Security Act with respect to maternal and child health:
23 Provided, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and
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24 502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, such funds shall be
25 available for awards to states and territories to carry out
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1 special projects of regional and national significance pur-
2 suant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act: Provided further,
3 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
4 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
6 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM
8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Ryan White HIV/
9 AIDS Program’’, $100,000,000, to prevent, prepare for,
10 and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That awards from
11 funds provided under this heading in this Act shall be
12 through modifications to existing contracts and supple-
13 ments to existing grants and cooperative agreements
14 under parts A, B, C, D, and F, or section 2692(a) of title
15 XXVI of the Public Health Service Act: Provided further,
16 That such supplements shall be awarded using a data-
17 driven methodology determined by the Secretary of Health
18 and Human Services: Provided further, That sections
19 2604(c), 2612(b), and 2651(c) of the Public Health Serv-
20 ice Act shall not apply to funds provided under this head-
21 ing in this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may
22 waive any penalties and administrative requirements as
23 may attach to these funds or to funds awarded under title
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24 XXVI with respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program
25 as necessary to ensure that the funds may be used effi-
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1 ciently: Provided further, That such amount is designated
2 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
3 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
4 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION
6 CDC–WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘CDC–Wide Activities
8 and Program Support’’, $13,700,000,000, to prevent, pre-
9 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or
10 internationally: Provided, That of the amount provided
11 under this heading in this Act, $1,000,000,000 shall be
12 for Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative
13 agreements under section 319C–1 of the Public Health
14 Service Act: Provided further, That, of the amount pro-
15 vided under this heading in this Act, $1,000,000,000 shall
16 be for necessary expenses for grants for core public health
17 infrastructure for State, local, Territorial, or Tribal health
18 departments as described in section 550 of division K of
19 this Act: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
20 able under this heading in this Act for specified programs,
21 not less than $100,000,000 shall be allocated to tribes,
22 tribal organizations, urban Indian health organizations, or
23 health service providers to tribes: Provided further, That
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24 of the amount made available under this heading in this
25 Act, not less than $1,000,000,000 shall be for global dis-
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1 ease detection and emergency response: Provided further,
2 That of the amount provided under this heading in this
3 Act, not less than $200,000,000 shall be for public health
4 data surveillance and analytics infrastructure moderniza-
5 tion: Provided further, That of the amount made available
6 under this heading in this Act, $7,000,000,000 shall be
7 for activities to plan, prepare for, promote, distribute, ad-
8 minister, monitor, and track coronavirus vaccines, as de-
9 scribed in section 703 of division K of this Act, to ensure
10 broad-based distribution, access, and vaccine coverage:
11 Provided further, That of the amount made available
12 under this heading in this Act, $1,000,000,000 shall be
13 for necessary expenses for grants for an evidence-based
14 public awareness campaign on the importance of vaccina-
15 tions, as described in section 704 of division K of this Act:
16 Provided further, That of the amount made available
17 under this heading in this Act, $2,000,000,000 shall be
18 for necessary expenses for grants to State, local, Tribal,
19 or territorial health departments to purchase or procure
20 personal protective equipment and other workplace safety
21 measures for use in containment and mitigation of
22 COVID-19 transmission among essential workers, as well
23 as provide funding to employers of essential workers for
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24 containment and mitigation of COVID-19 transmission
25 among essential workers in their workplaces, as described
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1 in section 651 of division K of this Act: Provided further,
2 That of the amount made available under this heading in
3 this Act, up to $500,000,000 shall be for activities to plan,
4 prepare for, promote, distribute, administer, monitor, and
5 track seasonal influenza vaccines to ensure broad-based
6 distribution, access, and vaccine coverage: Provided fur-
7 ther, That funds made available under this heading in this
8 Act may reimburse CDC obligations incurred for vaccine
9 planning, preparation, promotion, and distribution prior
10 to the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the
11 Director of CDC shall report to the Committees on Appro-
12 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate
13 within 60 days of enactment of this Act on an enhanced
14 seasonal influenza vaccination strategy to include nation-
15 wide vaccination goals and specific actions that CDC will
16 take to achieve such goals: Provided further, That funds
17 appropriated under this heading in this Act for grants
18 may be used for the rent, lease, purchase, acquisition, con-
19 struction, alteration, or renovation of non-Federally owned
20 facilities to improve preparedness and response capability
21 at the State and local level: Provided further, That all con-
22 struction, alteration, or renovation work, carried out, in
23 whole or in part, with funds appropriated under this head-
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24 ing in this Act, or under this heading in the CARES Act
25 (Public Law 116–136), shall be subject to the require-
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1 ments of section 1621(b)(1)(I) of the Public Health Serv-
2 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300s–1(b)(1)(I)): Provided further,
3 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
4 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
6 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
8 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS
9 DISEASES
10 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of
11 Allergy and Infectious Diseases’’, $500,000,000, to re-
12 main available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, pre-
13 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such
14 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
15 emergency requirement pursuant to section
16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
17 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
18 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of
20 Mental Health’’, $200,000,000, to remain available until
21 September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
22 to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated
23 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
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24 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
25 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Direc-
4 tor’’, $4,021,000,000, to remain available until September
5 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
6 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided,
7 That not less than $3,000,000,000 of the amount provided
8 under this heading in this Act shall be for offsetting the
9 costs related to reductions in lab productivity resulting
10 from the coronavirus pandemic or public health measures
11 related to the coronavirus pandemic: Provided further,
12 That up to $1,021,000,000 of the amount provided under
13 this heading in this Act shall be to support additional sci-
14 entific research or the programs and platforms that sup-
15 port research: Provided further, That funds made available
16 under this heading in this Act may be transferred to the
17 accounts of the Institutes and Centers of the National In-
18 stitutes of Health (‘‘NIH’’): Provided further, That this
19 transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au-
20 thority available to the NIH: Provided further, That such
21 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
22 emergency requirement pursuant to section
23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
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1 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
2 ADMINISTRATION
3 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Surveillance
5 and Program Support’’, $8,500,000,000, to prevent, pre-
6 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That of
7 the funds made available under this heading in this Act,
8 $3,500,000,000 shall be for grants for the substance
9 abuse prevention and treatment block grant program
10 under subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public
11 Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’): Provided further, That
12 of the funds made available under this heading in this Act,
13 $4,000,000,000 shall be for grants for the community
14 mental health services block grant program under subpart
15 I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act: Provided further,
16 That of the amount made available in the previous proviso,
17 the Assistant Secretary is directed to provide no less than
18 50 percent of funds directly to facilities defined in section
19 1913(c) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That of the
20 amount made available under this heading in this Act, not
21 less than $600,000,000 is available for Certified Commu-
22 nity Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grant program:
23 Provided further, That of the amount made available
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24 under this heading in this Act, not less than $50,000,000
25 shall be available for suicide prevention programs: Pro-
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1 vided further, That of the funds made available under this
2 heading in this Act, $100,000,000 shall be for activities
3 and services under Project AWARE: Provided further,
4 That of the funds made available under this heading in
5 this Act, $10,000,000 shall be for the National Child
6 Traumatic Stress Network: Provided further, That of the
7 amount made available under this heading in this Act,
8 $240,000,000 is available for activities authorized under
9 section 501(o) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That of
10 the amount made available under this heading in this Act
11 for specified programs, not less than $150,000,000 shall
12 be allocated to tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian
13 health organizations, or health or behavioral health service
14 providers to tribes: Provided further, That with respect to
15 the amount appropriated under this heading in this Act
16 the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin-
17 istration may waive requirements with respect to allowable
18 activities, timelines, or reporting requirements for the
19 Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant
20 and the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant
21 as deemed necessary to facilitate a grantee’s response to
22 coronavirus: Provided further, That such amount is des-
23 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
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25 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES
2 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Manage-
4 ment’’, $500,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
5 spond to coronavirus, for State strike teams for resident
6 and employee safety in skilled nursing facilities and nurs-
7 ing facilities, including activities to support clinical care,
8 infection control, and staffing pursuant to section 208 of
9 division K of this Act: Provided, That such amount is des-
10 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
11 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
12 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
13 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
14 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Low Income Home
16 Energy Assistance’’, $4,500,000,000, to prevent, prepare
17 for, and respond to coronavirus, for making payments
18 under subsection (b) of section 2602 of the Low-Income
19 Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621
20 et seq.): Provided, That of the amount provided under this
21 heading in this Act, $2,250,000,000 shall be allocated as
22 though the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal
23 year 2021 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further,
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24 That section 2607(b)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
25 8626(b)(2)(B)) shall not apply to funds made available
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1 under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That such
2 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
3 emergency requirement pursuant to section
4 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
5 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
6 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND
7 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT
8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States
9 for the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’,
10 $7,000,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
11 coronavirus, including for Federal administrative ex-
12 penses, which shall be used to supplement, not supplant
13 State, Territory, and Tribal general revenue funds for
14 child care assistance for low-income families within the
15 United States (including territories) without regard to re-
16 quirements in sections 658E(c)(3)(D)–(E) or section
17 658G of the Child Care and Development Block Grant
18 Act: Provided, That funds provided under this heading in
19 this Act may be used for costs of providing relief from
20 copayments and tuition payments for families and for pay-
21 ing that portion of the child care provider’s cost ordinarily
22 paid through family copayments, to provide continued pay-
23 ments and assistance to child care providers in the case
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24 of decreased enrollment or closures related to coronavirus,
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1 or reopen as appropriate and applicable: Provided further,
2 That States, Territories, and Tribes are encouraged to
3 place conditions on payments to child care providers that
4 ensure that child care providers use a portion of funds
5 received to continue to pay the salaries and wages of staff:
6 Provided further, That lead agencies shall, for the duration
7 of the COVID–19 public health emergency, implement en-
8 rollment and eligibility policies that support the fixed costs
9 of providing child care services by delinking provider reim-
10 bursement rates from an eligible child’s absence and a pro-
11 vider’s closure due to the COVID–19 public health emer-
12 gency: Provided further, That the Secretary shall remind
13 States that CCDBG State plans do not need to be amend-
14 ed prior to utilizing existing authorities in the Child Care
15 and Development Block Grant Act for the purposes pro-
16 vided herein: Provided further, That States, Territories,
17 and Tribes are authorized to use funds appropriated under
18 this heading in this Act to provide child care assistance
19 to health care sector employees, emergency responders,
20 sanitation workers, farmworkers, and other workers
21 deemed essential during the response to coronavirus by
22 public officials, without regard to the income eligibility re-
23 quirements of section 658P(4) of such Act: Provided fur-
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1 section 658P(6) of the CCDBG Act, even if such providers
2 were not receiving CCDBG assistance prior to the public
3 health emergency as a result of the coronavirus, for the
4 purposes of cleaning and sanitation, and other activities
5 necessary to maintain or resume the operation of pro-
6 grams: Provided further, That no later than 60 days after
7 the date of enactment of this Act, each State, Territory,
8 and Tribe that receives funding under this heading in this
9 Act shall submit to the Secretary a report, in such manner
10 as the Secretary may require, describing how the funds
11 appropriated under this heading in this Act will be spent
12 and that no later than 90 days after the date of enactment
13 of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees
14 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
15 Senate, the Committee on Education and Labor of the
16 House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health,
17 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report
18 summarizing such reports from the States, Territories,
19 and Tribes: Provided further, That, no later than October
20 31, 2021, each State, Territory, and Tribe that receives
21 funding under this heading in this Act shall submit to the
22 Secretary a report, in such manner as the Secretary may
23 require, describing how the funds appropriated under this
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24 heading in this Act were spent and that no later than 60
25 days after receiving such reports from the States, Terri-
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1 tories, and Tribes, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
2 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
3 and the Senate, the Committee on Education and Labor
4 of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on
5 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a
6 report summarizing such reports from the States, Terri-
7 tories, and Tribes: Provided further, That payments made
8 under this heading in this Act may be obligated in this
9 fiscal year or the succeeding two fiscal years: Provided fur-
10 ther, That funds appropriated under this heading in this
11 Act may be made available to restore amounts, either di-
12 rectly or through reimbursement, for obligations incurred
13 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, prior
14 to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further,
15 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
16 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
17 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
18 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States
20 for the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’,
21 $50,000,000,000, for necessary expenses to carry out the
22 Child Care Stabilization Fund program, as authorized by
23 section 803 of this Act: Provided, That such funds shall
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24 be available without regard to the requirements in sub-
25 paragraphs (C) through (E) of section 658E(c)(3) or sec-
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1 tion 658G of the Child Care and Development Block
2 Grant Act: Provided further, That funds made available
3 under this heading in this Act may be made available to
4 restore amounts, either directly or through reimburse-
5 ment, for obligations incurred prior to the date of enact-
6 ment of this Act for the purposes provided herein: Pro-
7 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
8 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
9 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
11 CHILD CARE STABILIZATION FUND
12 SEC. 803. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
13 (1) CCDBG TERMS.—The terms ‘‘eligible child
14 care provider’’, ‘‘Indian tribe’’, ‘‘lead agency’’, ‘‘trib-
15 al organization’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the
16 meanings given the terms in section 658P of the
17 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of
18 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) except as otherwise pro-
19 vided in this section.
20 (2) COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.—
21 The term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emergency’’
22 means the public health emergency declared by the
23 Secretary of Health and Human Services under sec-
24 tion 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42
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1 COVID–19, including any renewal of the declara-
2 tion.
3 (b) GRANTS.—From the amounts appropriated to
4 carry out this section and under the authority of section
5 658O of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act
6 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m) and this section, the Secretary
7 shall award child care stabilization grants to the lead
8 agency of each State (as defined in that section 658O),
9 territory described in subsection (a)(1) of such section, In-
10 dian tribe, and tribal organization from allotments and
11 payments made under subsection (c)(2), not later than 30
12 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
13 (c) SECRETARIAL RESERVATION AND ALLOT-
14 MENTS.—
15 (1) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall reserve
16 not more than 1 percent of the funds appropriated
17 to carry out this section for the Federal administra-
18 tion of grants described in subsection (b). Amounts
19 reserved by the Secretary for administrative ex-
20 penses shall remain available until fiscal year 2024.
21 (2) ALLOTMENTS.—The Secretary shall use the
22 remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out
23 this section to award allotments to States, as defined
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25 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m), and
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1 payments to territories, Indian tribes, and tribal or-
2 ganizations in accordance with paragraphs (1) and
3 (2) of subsection (a), and subsection (b), of section
4 658O of the Child Care and Development Block
5 Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m).
6 (d) STATE RESERVATIONS AND SUBGRANTS.—
7 (1) RESERVATION.—A lead agency for a State
8 that receives a child care stabilization grant pursu-
9 ant to subsection (b) shall reserve not more than 10
10 percent of such grant funds—
11 (A) to administer subgrants made to quali-
12 fied child care providers under paragraph (2),
13 including to carry out data systems building
14 and other activities that enable the disburse-
15 ment of payments of such subgrants;
16 (B) to provide technical assistance and
17 support in applying for and accessing the
18 subgrant opportunity under paragraph (2), to
19 eligible child care providers (including to family
20 child care providers, group home child care pro-
21 viders, and other non-center-based child care
22 providers, providers in rural areas, and pro-
23 viders with limited administrative capacity), ei-
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25 agencies or staffed family child care networks;
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1 (C) to publicize the availability of sub-
2 grants under this section and conduct wide-
3 spread outreach to eligible child care providers
4 (including family child care providers, group
5 home child care providers, and other non-cen-
6 ter-based child care providers, providers in rural
7 areas, and providers with limited administrative
8 capacity), either directly or through resource
9 and referral agencies or staffed family child
10 care networks, to ensure eligible child care pro-
11 viders are aware of the subgrants available
12 under this section;
13 (D) to carry out the reporting require-
14 ments described in subsection (f); and
15 (E) to carry out activities to improve the
16 supply and quality of child care during and
17 after the COVID–19 public health emergency,
18 such as conducting community needs assess-
19 ments, carrying out child care cost modeling,
20 making improvements to child care facilities, in-
21 creasing access to licensure or participation in
22 the State’s tiered quality rating system, and
23 carrying out other activities described in section
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1 to the extent that the lead agency can carry out
2 activities described in this subparagraph with-
3 out preventing the lead agency from fully con-
4 ducting the activities described in subpara-
5 graphs (A) through (D).
6 (2) SUBGRANTS TO QUALIFIED CHILD CARE
7 PROVIDERS.—
8 (A) IN GENERAL.—The lead agency shall
9 use the remainder of the grant funds awarded
10 pursuant to subsection (b) to make subgrants
11 to qualified child care providers described in
12 subparagraph (B), to support the stability of
13 the child care sector during and after the
14 COVID–19 public health emergency and to en-
15 sure the maintenance of a delivery system of
16 child care services throughout the State that
17 provides for child care in a variety of settings,
18 including the settings of family child care pro-
19 viders, and for a variety of ages, including care
20 for infants and toddlers. The lead agency shall
21 provide the subgrant funds in advance of pro-
22 vider expenditures for costs described in sub-
23 section (e), except as provided in subsection
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1 (B) QUALIFIED CHILD CARE PROVIDER.—
2 To be qualified to receive a subgrant under this
3 paragraph, a provider shall be an eligible child
4 care provider that—
5 (i) was providing child care services
6 on or before March 1, 2020; and
7 (ii) on the date of submission of an
8 application for the subgrant, was either—
9 (I) open and available to provide
10 child care services; or
11 (II) closed due to the COVID–19
12 public health emergency.
13 (C) SUBGRANT AMOUNT.—The lead agency
14 shall make subgrants, from amounts awarded
15 pursuant to subsection (b), to qualified child
16 care providers, and the amount of such a
17 subgrant to such a provider shall—
18 (i) be based on the provider’s stated
19 average operating expenses during the pe-
20 riod (of not longer than 6 months) before
21 March 1, 2020, or before the provider’s
22 last day of operation for a provider that
23 operates seasonally, and at minimum cover
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25 length of the subgrant;
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1 (ii) account for increased costs of pro-
2 viding or preparing to provide child care as
3 a result of the COVID–19 public health
4 emergency, such as provider and employee
5 compensation and existing benefits (exist-
6 ing as of March 1, 2020) and the imple-
7 mentation of new practices related to sani-
8 tization, group size limits, and social
9 distancing;
10 (iii) be adjusted for payments or reim-
11 bursements made to an eligible child care
12 provider to carry out the Child Care and
13 Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42
14 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) or the Head Start
15 Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) if the period
16 of such payments or reimbursements over-
17 laps with the period of the subgrant award;
18 and
19 (iv) be adjusted for payments or reim-
20 bursements made to an eligible child care
21 provider through the Paycheck Protection
22 Program set forth in section 7(a)(36) of
23 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C.
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1 Security Act (Public Law 116–136) if the
2 period of such payments or reimburse-
3 ments overlaps with the period of the
4 subgrant award.
5 (D) APPLICATION.—
6 (i) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to re-
7 ceive a subgrant under this paragraph, a
8 child care provider shall submit an applica-
9 tion to a lead agency at such time and in
10 such manner as the lead agency may re-
11 quire. Such application shall include—
12 (I) a good-faith certification that
13 the ongoing operations of the child
14 care provider have been impacted as a
15 result of the COVID–19 public health
16 emergency;
17 (II) for a provider described in
18 subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), an assurance
19 that, for the duration of the
20 subgrant—
21 (aa) the provider will give
22 priority for available slots (in-
23 cluding slots that are only tempo-
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1 (AA) children of essen-
2 tial workers (such as health
3 care sector employees, emer-
4 gency responders, sanitation
5 workers, farmworkers, child
6 care employees, and other
7 workers determined to be es-
8 sential during the response
9 to coronavirus by public offi-
10 cials), children of workers
11 whose places of employment
12 require their attendance,
13 children experiencing home-
14 lessness, children with dis-
15 abilities, children at risk of
16 child abuse or neglect, and
17 children in foster care, in
18 States, tribal communities,
19 or localities where stay-at-
20 home or related orders are
21 in effect; or
22 (BB) children of work-
23 ers whose places of employ-
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1 homelessness, children with
2 disabilities, children at risk
3 of child abuse or neglect,
4 children in foster care, and
5 children whose parents are
6 in school or a training pro-
7 gram, in States, tribal com-
8 munities, or localities where
9 stay-at-home or related or-
10 ders are not in effect;
11 (bb) the provider will imple-
12 ment policies in line with guid-
13 ance from the Centers for Dis-
14 ease Control and Prevention and
15 the corresponding State, tribal,
16 and local authorities, and in ac-
17 cordance with State, tribal, and
18 local orders, for child care pro-
19 viders that remain open, includ-
20 ing guidance on sanitization
21 practices, group size limits, and
22 social distancing;
23 (cc) for each employee, the
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1 (e)(1)(C), including any benefits,
2 that was provided to the em-
3 ployee as of March 1, 2020 (re-
4 ferred to in this clause as ‘‘full
5 compensation’’), and will not take
6 any action that reduces the week-
7 ly amount of the employee’s com-
8 pensation below the weekly
9 amount of full compensation, or
10 that reduces the employee’s rate
11 of compensation below the rate of
12 full compensation; and
13 (dd) the provider will pro-
14 vide relief from copayments and
15 tuition payments for the families
16 enrolled in the provider’s pro-
17 gram and prioritize such relief
18 for families struggling to make
19 either type of payments;
20 (III) for a provider described in
21 subparagraph (B)(ii)(II), an assur-
22 ance that—
23 (aa) for the duration of the
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1 gency, for each employee, the
2 provider will pay full compensa-
3 tion, and will not take any action
4 that reduces the weekly amount
5 of the employee’s compensation
6 below the weekly amount of full
7 compensation, or that reduces
8 the employee’s rate of compensa-
9 tion below the rate of full com-
10 pensation;
11 (bb) children enrolled as of
12 March 1, 2020, will maintain
13 their slots, unless their families
14 choose to disenroll the children;
15 (cc) for the duration of the
16 provider’s closure due to the
17 COVID–19 public health emer-
18 gency, the provider will provide
19 relief from copayments and tui-
20 tion payments for the families
21 enrolled in the provider’s pro-
22 gram and prioritize such relief
23 for families struggling to make
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1 (dd) the provider will re-
2 sume operations when the pro-
3 vider is able to safely implement
4 policies in line with guidance
5 from the Centers for Disease
6 Control and Prevention and the
7 corresponding State, tribal, and
8 local authorities, and in accord-
9 ance with State, tribal, and local
10 orders;
11 (IV) information about the child
12 care provider’s—
13 (aa) program characteristics
14 sufficient to allow the lead agen-
15 cy to establish the child care pro-
16 vider’s priority status, as de-
17 scribed in subparagraph (F);
18 (bb) program operational
19 status on the date of submission
20 of the application;
21 (cc) type of program, includ-
22 ing whether the program is a
23 center-based child care, family
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1 or other non-center-based child
2 care type program;
3 (dd) total enrollment on the
4 date of submission of the applica-
5 tion and total capacity as allowed
6 by the State and tribal authori-
7 ties; and
8 (ee) receipt of assistance,
9 and amount of assistance,
10 through a payment or reimburse-
11 ment described in subparagraph
12 (C)(iv), and the time period for
13 which the assistance was made;
14 (V) information necessary to de-
15 termine the amount of the subgrant,
16 such as information about the pro-
17 vider’s stated average operating ex-
18 penses over the appropriate period,
19 described in subparagraph (C)(i); and
20 (VI) such other limited informa-
21 tion as the lead agency shall deter-
22 mine to be necessary to make sub-
23 grants to qualified child care pro-
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1 (ii) FREQUENCY.—The lead agency
2 shall accept and process applications sub-
3 mitted under this subparagraph on a roll-
4 ing basis.
5 (iii) UPDATES.—The lead agency
6 shall—
7 (I) at least once a month, verify
8 by obtaining a self-attestation from
9 each qualified child care provider that
10 received such a subgrant from the
11 agency, whether the provider is open
12 and available to provide child care
13 services or is closed due to the
14 COVID–19 public health emergency;
15 (II) allow the qualified child care
16 provider to update the information
17 provided in a prior application; and
18 (III) adjust the qualified child
19 care provider’s subgrant award as
20 necessary, based on changes to the
21 application information, including
22 changes to the provider’s operational
23 status.
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25 lead agency has established and imple-
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1 mented a grant program for child care pro-
2 viders that is in effect on the date of en-
3 actment of this Act, and an eligible child
4 care provider has already submitted an ap-
5 plication for such a grant to the lead agen-
6 cy containing the information specified in
7 clause (i), the lead agency shall treat that
8 application as an application submitted
9 under this subparagraph. If an eligible
10 child care provider has already submitted
11 such an application containing part of the
12 information specified in clause (i), the pro-
13 vider may submit to the lead agency an ab-
14 breviated application that contains the re-
15 maining information, and the lead agency
16 shall treat the 2 applications as an applica-
17 tion submitted under this subparagraph.
18 (E) MATERIALS.—
19 (i) IN GENERAL.—The lead agency
20 shall provide the materials and other re-
21 sources related to such subgrants, includ-
22 ing a notification of subgrant opportunities
23 and application materials, to qualified child
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1 (ii) APPLICATION.—The application
2 shall be accessible on the website of the
3 lead agency within 30 days after the lead
4 agency receives grant funds awarded pur-
5 suant to subsection (b) and shall be acces-
6 sible to all eligible child care providers, in-
7 cluding family child care providers, group
8 home child care providers, and other non-
9 center-based child care providers, providers
10 in rural areas, and providers with limited
11 administrative capacity.
12 (F) PRIORITY.—In making subgrants
13 under this section, the lead agency shall give
14 priority to qualified child care providers that,
15 prior to or on March 1, 2020—
16 (i) provided child care during non-
17 traditional hours;
18 (ii) served dual language learners,
19 children with disabilities, children experi-
20 encing homelessness, children in foster
21 care, children from low-income families, or
22 infants and toddlers;
23 (iii) served a high proportion of chil-
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1 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857
2 et seq.) for the child care; or
3 (iv) operated in communities, includ-
4 ing rural communities, with a low supply
5 of child care.
6 (G) PROVIDERS RECEIVING OTHER ASSIST-
7 ANCE.—The lead agency, in determining wheth-
8 er a provider is a qualified child care provider,
9 shall not take into consideration receipt of a
10 payment or reimbursement described in sub-
11 paragraph (C)(iii) or subparagraph (C)(iv).
12 (H) AWARDS.—The lead agency shall equi-
13 tably make subgrants under this paragraph to
14 center-based child care providers, family child
15 care providers, group home child care providers,
16 and other non-center-based child care providers,
17 such that qualified child care providers are able
18 to access the subgrant opportunity under this
19 paragraph regardless of the providers’ setting,
20 size, or administrative capacity.
21 (I) OBLIGATION.—The lead agency shall
22 obligate at least 50 percent of funds available
23 to carry out this section for subgrants described
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25 of the enactment of this Act.
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1 (e) USES OF FUNDS.—
2 (1) IN GENERAL.—A qualified child care pro-
3 vider that receives funds through such a subgrant
4 may use the funds for the costs of—
5 (A) payroll;
6 (B) employee benefits, including group
7 health plan benefits during periods of paid sick,
8 medical, or family leave, and insurance pre-
9 miums;
10 (C) employee salaries or similar compensa-
11 tion, including any income or other compensa-
12 tion to a sole proprietor or independent con-
13 tractor that is a wage, commission, income, net
14 earnings from self-employment, or similar com-
15 pensation;
16 (D) employee recruitment and retention;
17 (E) payment on any mortgage obligation;
18 (F) rent (including rent under a lease
19 agreement);
20 (G) utilities and facility maintenance;
21 (H) insurance;
22 (I) providing premium pay for child care
23 providers and other employees who provide
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1 (J) sanitization and other costs associated
2 with cleaning;
3 (K) personal protective equipment and
4 other equipment necessary to carry out the
5 functions of the child care provider;
6 (L) training and professional development
7 related to health and safety practices, including
8 the proper implementation of policies in line
9 with guidance from the Centers for Disease
10 Control and Prevention and the corresponding
11 State, tribal, and local authorities, and in ac-
12 cordance with State, tribal, and local orders;
13 (M) purchasing or updating equipment and
14 supplies to serve children during nontraditional
15 hours
16 (N) modifications to child care services as
17 a result of the COVID–19 public health emer-
18 gency, such as limiting group sizes, adjusting
19 staff-to-child ratios, and implementing other
20 heightened health and safety measures;
21 (O) mental health supports for children
22 and employees; and
23 (P) other goods and services necessary to
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1 child care provider as a going concern during
2 and after the COVID–19 public health emer-
3 gency.
4 (2) REIMBURSEMENT.—The qualified child care
5 provider may use the subgrant funds to reimburse
6 the provider for sums obligated or expended before
7 the date of enactment of this Act for the cost of a
8 good or service described in paragraph (1) to re-
9 spond to the COVID–19 public health emergency.
10 (f) REPORTING.—
11 (1) INITIAL REPORT.—A lead agency receiving
12 a grant under this section shall, within 60 days after
13 making the agency’s first subgrant under subsection
14 (d)(2) to a qualified child care provider, submit a re-
15 port to the Secretary that includes—
16 (A) data on qualified child care providers
17 that applied for subgrants and qualified child
18 care providers that received such subgrants, in-
19 cluding—
20 (i) the number of such applicants and
21 the number of such recipients;
22 (ii) the number and proportion of
23 such applicants and recipients that re-
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1 characteristics of such applicants and re-
2 cipients associated with the priority;
3 (iii) the number and proportion of
4 such applicants and recipients that are—
5 (I) center-based child care pro-
6 viders;
7 (II) family child care providers;
8 (III) group home child care pro-
9 viders; or
10 (IV) other non-center-based child
11 care providers; and
12 (iv) within each of the groups listed in
13 clause (iii), the number of such applicants
14 and recipients that are, on the date of sub-
15 mission of the application—
16 (I) open and available to provide
17 child care services; or
18 (II) closed due to the COVID–19
19 public health emergency;
20 (B) the total capacity of child care pro-
21 viders that are licensed, regulated, or registered
22 in the State on the date of the submission of
23 the report;
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1 (i) the efforts of the lead agency to
2 publicize the availability of subgrants
3 under this section and conduct widespread
4 outreach to eligible child care providers
5 about such subgrants, including efforts to
6 make materials available in languages
7 other than English;
8 (ii) the lead agency’s methodology for
9 determining amounts of subgrants under
10 subsection (d)(2);
11 (iii) the lead agency’s timeline for dis-
12 bursing the subgrant funds; and
13 (iv) the lead agency’s plan for ensur-
14 ing that qualified child care providers that
15 receive funding through such a subgrant
16 comply with assurances described in sub-
17 section (d)(2)(D) and use funds in compli-
18 ance with subsection (e); and
19 (D) such other limited information as the
20 Secretary may require.
21 (2) QUARTERLY REPORT.—The lead agency
22 shall, following the submission of such initial report,
23 submit to the Secretary a report that contains the
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1 funds allotted for activities authorized under this
2 section are expended.
3 (3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 days
4 after a lead agency receiving a grant under this sec-
5 tion has obligated all of the grant funds (including
6 funds received under subsection (h)), the lead agen-
7 cy shall submit a report to the Secretary, in such
8 manner as the Secretary may require, that in-
9 cludes—
10 (A) the total number of eligible child care
11 providers who were providing child care services
12 on or before March 1, 2020, in the State and
13 the number of such providers that submitted an
14 application under subsection (d)(2)(D);
15 (B) the number of qualified child care pro-
16 viders in the State that received funds through
17 the grant;
18 (C) the lead agency’s methodology for de-
19 termining amounts of subgrants under sub-
20 section (d)(2);
21 (D) the average and range of the subgrant
22 amounts by provider type (center-based child
23 care, family child care, group home child care,
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1 (E) the percentages of the child care pro-
2 viders that received such a subgrant, that, on or
3 before March 1, 2020—
4 (i) provided child care during non-
5 traditional hours;
6 (ii) served dual language learners,
7 children with disabilities, children experi-
8 encing homelessness, children in foster
9 care, children from low-income families, or
10 infants and toddlers;
11 (iii) served a high proportion of chil-
12 dren whose families received subsidies
13 under the Child Care and Development
14 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857
15 et seq.) for the child care; and
16 (iv) operated in communities, includ-
17 ing rural communities, with a low supply
18 of child care;
19 (F) the number of children served by the
20 child care providers that received such a
21 subgrant, for the duration of the subgrant;
22 (G) the percentages, of the child care pro-
23 viders that received such a subgrant, that are—
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25 (ii) family child care providers;
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1 (iii) group home child care providers;
2 or
3 (iv) other non-center-based child care
4 providers;
5 (H) the percentages, of the child care pro-
6 viders listed in subparagraph (G) that are, on
7 the date of submission of the application—
8 (i) open and available to provide child
9 care services; or
10 (ii) closed due to the COVID–19 pub-
11 lic health emergency;
12 (I) information about how child care pro-
13 viders used the funds received under such a
14 subgrant;
15 (J) information about how the lead agency
16 used funds reserved under subsection (d)(1);
17 and
18 (K) information about how the subgrants
19 helped to stabilize the child care sector.
20 (4) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—
21 (A) FINDINGS FROM INITIAL REPORTS.—
22 Not later than 60 days after receiving all re-
23 ports required to be submitted under paragraph
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1 House of Representatives, to the Committee on
2 Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the
3 Senate, and to the Committees on Appropria-
4 tions of the House of Representatives and the
5 Senate, summarizing the findings from the re-
6 ports received under paragraph (1).
7 (B) FINDINGS FROM FINAL REPORTS.—
8 Not later than 36 months after the date of en-
9 actment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide
10 a report to the Committee on Education and
11 Labor of the House of Representatives, to the
12 Committee on Health, Education, Labor and
13 Pensions of the Senate, and to the Committees
14 on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
15 tives and the Senate, summarizing the findings
16 from the reports received under paragraph (3).
17 (g) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts made
18 available to carry out this section shall be used to supple-
19 ment and not supplant other Federal, State, and local
20 public funds expended to provide child care services for
21 eligible individuals, including funds provided under the
22 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42
23 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) and State child care programs.
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1 (1) UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.— A State, Indian
2 tribe, or tribal organization that anticipates being
3 unable to obligate all grant funds received under this
4 section by September 30, 2022 shall notify the Sec-
5 retary, at least 60 days prior to such date, of the
6 amount of funds it anticipates being unable to obli-
7 gate by such date. A State, Indian tribe, or tribal or-
8 ganization shall return to the Secretary any grant
9 funds received under this section that the State, In-
10 dian tribe, or tribal organization does not obligate by
11 September 30, 2022.
12 (2) REALLOTMENT.—The Secretary shall award
13 new allotments and payments, in accordance with
14 subsection (c)(2), to covered States, Indian tribes, or
15 tribal organizations from funds that are returned
16 under paragraph (1) within 60 days of receiving
17 such funds. Funds made available through the new
18 allotments and payments shall remain available to
19 each covered State, Indian tribe, or tribal organiza-
20 tion until September 30, 2023.
21 (3) COVERED STATE, INDIAN TRIBE, OR TRIBAL
22 ORGANIZATION.—For purposes of paragraph (2), a
23 covered State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization is
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1 and was not required to return grant funds under
2 paragraph (1).
3 (i) EXCEPTIONS.—The Child Care and Development
4 Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.), exclud-
5 ing requirements in subparagraphs (C) through (E) of sec-
6 tion 658E(c)(3), section 658G, and section 658J(c) of
7 such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3), 9858e, 9858h(c)), shall
8 apply to child care services provided under this section to
9 the extent the application of such Act does not conflict
10 with the provisions of this section. Nothing in this Act
11 shall be construed to require a State, Indian tribe, or trib-
12 al organization to submit an application, other than the
13 application described in section 658E or 658O(c) of the
14 Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42
15 U.S.C. 9858c, 9858m(c)), to receive a grant under this
16 Act.
17 (j) APPLICATION.—In carrying out the Child Care
18 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 with funds
19 other than the funds made available under this heading
20 in this Act, the Secretary shall calculate the amounts of
21 appropriated funds described in subsections (a) and (b)
22 of section 658O of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858m) by exclud-
23 ing funds made available under this heading in this Act.
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1 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families
3 Services Programs’’, $3,700,000,000, to prevent, prepare
4 for, and respond to coronavirus, which shall be used as
5 follows:
6 (1) $1,700,000,000 for making payments under
7 the Head Start Act, including for Federal adminis-
8 trative expenses, and allocated in an amount that
9 bears the same ratio to such portion as the number
10 of enrolled children served by the agency involved
11 bears to the number of enrolled children by all Head
12 Start agencies: Provided, That none of the funds
13 made available in this paragraph shall be included in
14 the calculation of the ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent
15 fiscal years, as such term is defined in sections
16 640(a)(7)(A), 641A(h)(1)(B), or 645(d)(3) of the
17 Head Start Act: Provided further, That funds made
18 available in this paragraph are not subject to the al-
19 location requirements of section 640(a) of the Head
20 Start Act;
21 (2) $100,000,000 for Family Violence Preven-
22 tion and Services grants as authorized by section
23 303(a) and 303(b) of the Family Violence Preven-
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24 tion and Services Act with such funds available to
25 grantees without regard to matching requirements
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1 under section 306(c)(4) of such Act, of which
2 $2,000,000 shall be for the National Domestic Vio-
3 lence Hotline: Provided, That the Secretary of
4 Health and Human Services may make such funds
5 available for providing temporary housing and as-
6 sistance to victims of family, domestic, and dating
7 violence;
8 (3) $75,000,000 for child welfare services as
9 authorized by subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the
10 Social Security Act (other than sections 426, 427,
11 and 429 of such subpart), with such funds available
12 to grantees without regard to matching requirements
13 under section 424(a) of that Act or any applicable
14 reductions in Federal financial participation under
15 section 424(f) of that Act;
16 (4) $225,000,000 for necessary expenses for
17 community-based grants for the prevention of child
18 abuse and neglect under section 209 of the Child
19 Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, which the
20 Secretary shall make without regard to sections
21 203(b)(1) and 204(4) of such Act;
22 (5) $100,000,000 for necessary expenses for the
23 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act State
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24 Grant program as authorized by Section 112 of such
25 Act; and
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1 (6) $1,500,000,000 for necessary expenses for
2 grants to carry out the Low-Income Household
3 Drinking Water and Wastewater Assistance pro-
4 gram, as described in section 303 of division U of
5 this Act:
6 Provided, That funds made available under this heading
7 in this Act may be used for the purposes provided herein
8 to reimburse costs incurred between January 20, 2020,
9 and the date of award: Provided further, That such
10 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
11 emergency requirement pursuant to section
12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
13 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
14 ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING
15 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS
16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aging and Disability
17 Services Programs’’, $1,000,000,000, to prevent, prepare
18 for, and respond to the coronavirus: Provided, That of the
19 amount made available under this heading in this Act,
20 $925,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under the
21 Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), including
22 $200,000,000 for supportive services under part B of title
23 III; $480,000,000 for nutrition services under subparts 1
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25 ices under title VI; $150,000,000 for supportive services
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1 for family caregivers under part E of title III;
2 $44,000,000 for evidence-based health promotion and dis-
3 ease prevention services under part D of title III;
4 $6,000,000 for aging network support activities to develop
5 targeted outreach strategies to reach particularly at-risk
6 populations, including populations targeted under section
7 306(a)(4)(A)(i)(l) of such Act; $20,000,000 for elder
8 rights protection activities, including the long-term om-
9 budsman program under title VII; and $5,000,000 shall
10 be for grants to States to support the network of statewide
11 senior legal services, including existing senior legal hot-
12 lines, efforts to expand such hotlines to all interested
13 States, and legal assistance to providers, in order to en-
14 sure seniors have access to legal assistance, with such fund
15 allotted to States consistent with paragraphs (1) through
16 (3) of section 304(a) of the OAA: Provided further, That
17 State matching requirements under sections 304(d)(1)(D)
18 and 373(g)(2) of the OAA shall not apply to funds made
19 available under this heading: Provided further, That of the
20 amount made available under this heading in this Act,
21 $50,000,000 shall be for activities authorized in the Devel-
22 opmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of
23 2000: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
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24 able under this heading in this Act, $25,000,000 shall be
25 for activities authorized in the Assistive Technology Act
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1 of 2004: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
2 able in the preceding proviso, $5,000,000 shall be for the
3 purchase of equipment to allow interpreters to provide ap-
4 propriate and essential services to the hearing-impaired
5 community: Provided further, That for the purposes of the
6 funding provided in the preceding proviso, during the
7 emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of
8 the Social Security Act, for purposes of section 4(e)(2)(A)
9 of the Assistive Technology Act of 2004, the term ‘‘tar-
10 geted individuals and entities’’ (as that term is defined
11 in section 3(16) of the Assistive Technology Act of 2004)
12 shall be deemed to include American Sign Language cer-
13 tified interpreters who are providing interpretation serv-
14 ices remotely for individuals with disabilities: Provided fur-
15 ther, That during such emergency period, for the purposes
16 of the previous two provisos, to facilitate the ability of in-
17 dividuals with disabilities to remain in their homes and
18 practice social distancing, the Secretary shall waive the
19 prohibitions on the use of grant funds for direct payment
20 for an assistive technology device for an individual with
21 a disability under sections 4(e)(2)(A) and 4(e)(5) of such
22 Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by
23 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
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24 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
25 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aging and Disability
2 Services Programs’’, $175,000,000, to prevent, prepare
3 for, and respond to the coronavirus, which shall be used
4 as follows:
5 (1) $5,000,000 for elder abuse, neglect, and ex-
6 ploitation forensic centers, as authorized by section
7 2031(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
8 1397l(f));
9 (2) $14,000,000 for grants for long-term care
10 staffing and technology, as authorized by section
11 2041(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
12 1397m(d));
13 (3) $123,000,000 for adult protective services
14 functions and grants, as authorized by sections
15 2042(a)(2), 2042(b)(5), and 2042(c)(6) of the Social
16 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397m—1);
17 (4) $18,000,000 for long-term care ombudsman
18 program grants and training, as authorized by sec-
19 tions 2043(a)(2) and 2043(b)(2) of the Social Secu-
20 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397m—2);
21 (5) $14,000,000 for investigation systems and
22 training, as authorized by sections 6703(b)(1)(C)
23 and 6703(b)(2)(C) of the Patient Protection and Af-
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24 fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i—3a(b)); and
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1 (6) $1,000,000 for assessment reports, as au-
2 thorized by section 207 of division J of this Act:
3 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
4 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
5 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
6 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
8 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY
9 FUND
10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
11 cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $21,025,000,000, to pre-
12 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically
13 or internationally, including the development of necessary
14 countermeasures and vaccines, prioritizing platform-based
15 technologies with U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities,
16 the purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, nec-
17 essary medical supplies, as well as medical surge capacity,
18 addressing blood supply chain, workforce modernization,
19 telehealth access and infrastructure, initial advanced man-
20 ufacturing, novel dispensing, enhancements to the U.S.
21 Commissioned Corps, and other preparedness and re-
22 sponse activities: Provided, That funds appropriated under
23 this paragraph in this Act may be used to develop and
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24 demonstrate innovations and enhancements to manufac-
25 turing platforms to support such capabilities: Provided
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1 further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services
2 shall purchase vaccines developed using funds made avail-
3 able under this paragraph in this Act to respond to an
4 outbreak or pandemic related to coronavirus in quantities
5 determined by the Secretary to be adequate to address the
6 public health need: Provided further, That products pur-
7 chased by the Federal government with funds made avail-
8 able under this paragraph in this Act, including vaccines,
9 therapeutics, and diagnostics, shall be purchased in ac-
10 cordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation guidance on
11 fair and reasonable pricing: Provided further, That the
12 Secretary may take such measures authorized under cur-
13 rent law to ensure that vaccines, therapeutics, and
14 diagnostics developed from funds provided in this Act will
15 be affordable in the commercial market: Provided further,
16 That in carrying out the previous proviso, the Secretary
17 shall not take actions that delay the development of such
18 products: Provided further, That products purchased with
19 funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act may,
20 at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human
21 Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile
22 under section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service Act:
23 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this
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24 paragraph in this Act may be transferred to, and merged
25 with, the fund authorized by section 319F–4, the Covered
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1 Countermeasure Process Fund, of the Public Health Serv-
2 ice Act: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
3 able under this paragraph in this Act, $20,000,000,000
4 shall be available to the Biomedical Advanced Research
5 and Development Authority for necessary expenses of ad-
6 vanced research, development, manufacturing, production,
7 and purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, and ancillary med-
8 ical products to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and
9 COVID-19, as described in section 702 of division K of
10 this Act: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
11 able under this paragraph in this Act, $500,000,000 shall
12 be available to the Biomedical Advanced Research and De-
13 velopment Authority for the construction, renovation, or
14 equipping of U.S.-based next generation manufacturing
15 facilities, other than facilities owned by the United States
16 Government: Provided further, That of the amount made
17 available under this paragraph in this Act, $500,000,000
18 shall be available to the Biomedical Advanced Research
19 and Development Authority to promote innovation in anti-
20 bacterial research and development: Provided further,
21 That funds made available under this paragraph in this
22 Act may be used for grants for the rent, lease, purchase,
23 acquisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non-
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24 Federally owned facilities to improve preparedness and re-
25 sponse capability at the State and local level: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That funds appropriated under this paragraph in this
2 Act may be used for the construction, alteration, renova-
3 tion or equipping of non-Federally owned facilities for the
4 production of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and
5 medicines and other items purchased under section 319F–
6 2(a) of the Public Health Service Act where the Secretary
7 determines that such a contract is necessary to assure suf-
8 ficient domestic production of such supplies: Provided fur-
9 ther, That all construction, alteration, or renovation work,
10 carried out, in whole or in part, with fund appropriated
11 under this heading in this Act, the CARES Act (P.L. 116–
12 136), or the Paycheck Protection Program and Health
13 Care Enhancement Act (P.L. 116–139), shall be subject
14 to the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 300s-1(b)(1)(I): Pro-
15 vided further, That not later than seven days after the date
16 of enactment of this Act, and weekly thereafter until the
17 public health emergency related to coronavirus is no longer
18 in effect, the Secretary shall report to the Committees on
19 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
20 Senate on the current inventory of ventilators and per-
21 sonal protective equipment in the Strategic National
22 Stockpile, including the numbers of face shields, gloves,
23 goggles and glasses, gowns, head covers, masks, and res-
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24 pirators, as well as deployment of ventilators and personal
25 protective equipment during the previous week, reported
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1 by state and other jurisdiction: Provided further, That not
2 later than the first Monday in February of fiscal year
3 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall
4 include in the annual budget submission for the Depart-
5 ment, and submit to the Congress, the Secretary’s request
6 with respect to expenditures necessary to maintain the
7 minimum level of relevant supplies in the Strategic Na-
8 tional Stockpile, including in case of a significant pan-
9 demic, in consultation with the working group under sec-
10 tion 319F(a) of the Public Health Service Act and the
11 Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures En-
12 terprise established under section 2811–1 of such Act:
13 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
14 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
15 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
16 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
18 cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $50,000,000,000, to re-
19 main available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and
20 respond to coronavirus, for necessary expenses to make
21 payments under the Health Care Provider Relief Fund as
22 described in section 611 of division K of this Act: Pro-
23 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
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1 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
4 cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $75,000,000,000, to re-
5 main available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and
6 respond to coronavirus, for necessary expenses to carry
7 out the COVID–19 National Testing and Contact Tracing
8 Initiative, as described in subtitle D of title V of division
9 K of this Act: Provided, That such amount is designated
10 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
11 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
12 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
13 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
14 STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘State Fiscal Stabiliza-
16 tion Fund’’, $208,058,000,000, to prevent, prepare for,
17 and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That the Secretary
18 of Education (referred to under this heading as ‘‘Sec-
19 retary’’) shall make grants to the Governor of each State
20 for support of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary
21 education and, as applicable, early childhood education
22 programs and services: Provided further, That of the
23 amount made available, the Secretary shall first allocate
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24 up to one-half of 1 percent to the outlying areas and one-
25 half of 1 percent to the Bureau of Indian Education
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1 (‘‘BIE’’) for BIE-funded schools and Tribal Colleges or
2 Universities for activities consistent with this heading
3 under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may de-
4 termine and in consultation with the Secretary of the Inte-
5 rior: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up
6 to $30,000,000 for administration and oversight of the ac-
7 tivities under this heading: Provided further, That the Sec-
8 retary shall allocate 61 percent of the remaining funds
9 made available to carry out this heading to the States on
10 the basis of their relative population of individuals aged
11 5 through 24 and allocate 39 percent on the basis of their
12 relative number of children counted under section 1124(c)
13 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
14 (referred to under this heading as ‘‘ESEA’’) as State
15 grants: Provided further, That State grants shall support
16 statewide elementary, secondary, and postsecondary activi-
17 ties; subgrants to local educational agencies; and, sub-
18 grants to public institutions of higher education: Provided
19 further, That States shall allocate 85 percent of the funds
20 received under the fourth proviso as subgrants to local
21 educational agencies in proportion to the amount of funds
22 such local educational agencies received under part A of
23 title I of the ESEA in the most recent fiscal year: Provided
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24 further, That subgrants provided under the preceding pro-
25 viso shall be administered by State educational agencies:
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1 Provided further, That States shall allocate 13 percent of
2 the funds received under the fourth proviso as subgrants
3 to public institutions of higher education, of which 75 per-
4 cent shall be apportioned according to the relative share
5 in the State of students who received Pell Grants who are
6 not exclusively enrolled in distance education courses prior
7 to the coronavirus emergency at the institution in the pre-
8 vious award year and 25 percent shall be apportioned ac-
9 cording to the relative share in the State of the total en-
10 rollment of students at the institution who are not exclu-
11 sively enrolled in distance education courses prior to the
12 coronavirus emergency at the institution in the previous
13 award year: Provided further, That the Governor may use
14 any funds received under the fourth proviso that are not
15 specifically reserved under this heading for additional sup-
16 port to elementary, secondary, and postsecondary edu-
17 cation, including supports for under-resourced institu-
18 tions, institutions with high burden due to the
19 coronavirus, and institutions who did not possess distance
20 education capabilities prior to the coronavirus emergency:
21 Provided further, That the Governor shall return to the
22 Secretary any funds received that the Governor does not
23 award to local educational agencies and public institutions
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24 of higher education or otherwise commit within two years
25 of receiving such funds, and the Secretary shall reallocate
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1 such funds to the remaining States in accordance with the
2 fourth proviso: Provided further, That Governors shall use
3 State grants and subgrants to maintain or restore State
4 and local fiscal support for elementary, secondary and
5 postsecondary education: Provided further, That funds for
6 local educational agencies may be used for any activity au-
7 thorized by the ESEA, including the Native Hawaiian
8 Education Act and the Alaska Native Educational Equity,
9 Support, and Assistance Act, the Individuals with Disabil-
10 ities Education Act (‘‘IDEA’’), subtitle B of title VII of
11 the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, the Adult
12 Education and Family Literacy Act or the Carl D. Perkins
13 Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (‘‘the Per-
14 kins Act’’): Provided further, That a State or local edu-
15 cational agency receiving funds under this heading may
16 use the funds for activities coordinated with State, local,
17 tribal, and territorial public health departments to detect,
18 prevent, or mitigate the spread of infectious disease or
19 otherwise respond to coronavirus; support online learning
20 by purchasing educational technology and internet access
21 for students, which may include assistive technology or
22 adaptive equipment, that aids in regular and substantive
23 educational interactions between students and their class-
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24 room instructor; provide ongoing professional development
25 to staff in how to effectively provide quality online aca-
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1 demic instruction; provide assistance for children and fam-
2 ilies to promote equitable participation in quality online
3 learning; plan and implement activities related to supple-
4 mental afterschool programs and summer learning, includ-
5 ing providing classroom instruction or quality online learn-
6 ing during the summer months; plan for and coordinate
7 during long-term closures, provide technology for quality
8 online learning to all students, and how to support the
9 needs of low-income students, racial and ethnic minorities,
10 students with disabilities, English learners (including
11 through such activities as are authorized under Title III
12 of the ESEA, such as ensuring the access of English
13 learners to online learning, supporting professional devel-
14 opment on digital instruction for English learners, engage-
15 ment with the parents of English learners, expanded sum-
16 mer and after-school programs, and mental health sup-
17 ports), students experiencing homelessness, and children
18 in foster care, including how to address learning gaps that
19 are created or exacerbated due to long-term closures; sup-
20 port the continuity of student engagement through social
21 and emotional learning; and other activities that are nec-
22 essary to maintain the operation of and continuity of serv-
23 ices in local educational agencies, including maintaining
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24 employment of existing personnel, and reimbursement for
25 eligible costs incurred during the national emergency: Pro-
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1 vided further, That a public institution of higher education
2 that receives funds under this heading shall use funds for
3 education and general expenditures (including defraying
4 expenses due to lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses
5 already incurred, and payroll) and grants to students for
6 expenses directly related to coronavirus and the disruption
7 of campus operations (which may include emergency fi-
8 nancial aid to students for tuition, food, housing, tech-
9 nology, health care, and child care costs that shall not be
10 required to be repaid by such students) or for the acquisi-
11 tion of technology and services directly related to the need
12 for distance education and the training of faculty and staff
13 to use such technology and services (which shall not in-
14 clude payment to contractors for the provision of pre-en-
15 rollment recruitment activities): Provided further, That an
16 institution of higher education may not use funds received
17 under this heading to increase its endowment or provide
18 funding for capital outlays associated with facilities re-
19 lated to athletics, sectarian instruction, or religious wor-
20 ship: Provided further, That funds may be used to support
21 hourly workers, such as education support professionals,
22 classified school employees, and adjunct and contingent
23 faculty: Provided further, That a Governor of a State de-
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24 siring to receive an allocation under this heading shall sub-
25 mit an application at such time, in such manner, and con-
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1 taining such information as the Secretary may reasonably
2 require: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue
3 a notice inviting applications not later than 15 days after
4 the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
5 any State receiving funding under this heading shall main-
6 tain its percent of total spending on elementary, sec-
7 ondary, and postsecondary education in fiscal year 2019
8 for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022: Provided further,
9 That a State’s application shall include assurances that
10 the State will maintain support for elementary and sec-
11 ondary education in fiscal year 2020, fiscal year 2021, and
12 fiscal year 2022 at least at the level of such support that
13 is the average of such State’s support for elementary and
14 secondary education in the 3 fiscal years preceding the fis-
15 cal year for which State support for elementary and sec-
16 ondary education is provided: Provided further, That any
17 State receiving funding under this heading shall maintain
18 or exceed its per pupil spending on elementary and sec-
19 ondary education in fiscal year 2019 or the proportion of
20 such State’s spending on elementary and secondary edu-
21 cation in fiscal year 2019 for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and
22 2022: Provided further, That a State educational agency
23 shall only be eligible to receive funds under this Act if
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24 the State in which such agency is located, in either of fis-
25 cal years 2021 and 2022, does not reduce State funding
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1 for a high-need local educational agency (defined as a local
2 educational agency that has a higher percentage of eco-
3 nomically disadvantaged students than the median local
4 educational agency in the state) such that the per-pupil
5 reduction in State funds in each such high-need local edu-
6 cational agency is more than the overall per-pupil reduc-
7 tion in State funds, as calculated by the total reduction
8 in State funds provided to all local educational agencies
9 in the State divided by the total student enrollment across
10 all local educational agencies in the State: Provided fur-
11 ther, That a State’s application shall include assurances
12 that the State will maintain State support for higher edu-
13 cation (not including support for capital projects or for
14 research and development or tuition and fees paid by stu-
15 dents) in fiscal year 2020, fiscal year 2021, and fiscal year
16 2022 at least at the level of such support that is the aver-
17 age of such State’s support for higher education (which
18 shall include State and local government funding to insti-
19 tutions of higher education and state financial aid) in the
20 3 fiscal years preceding the fiscal year for which State
21 support for higher education is provided, and that any
22 such State’s support for higher education funding, as cal-
23 culated as spending for public higher education per full-
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24 time equivalent student, shall be at least the same in fiscal
25 year 2022 as it was in fiscal year 2019: Provided further,
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1 That in such application, the Governor shall provide base-
2 line data that demonstrates the State’s current status in
3 each of the areas described in such assurances in the pre-
4 ceding provisos: Provided further, That a State’s applica-
5 tion shall include assurances that the State will not con-
6 strue any provisions under this heading as displacing any
7 otherwise applicable provision of any collective-bargaining
8 agreement between an eligible entity and a labor organiza-
9 tion as defined by section 2(5) of the National Labor Rela-
10 tions Act (29 U.S.C. 152(5)) or analogous State law: Pro-
11 vided further, That a State’s application shall include as-
12 surances that the State shall maintain the wages, benefits,
13 and other terms and conditions of employment set forth
14 in any collective-bargaining agreement between the eligible
15 entity and a labor organization, as defined in the pre-
16 ceding proviso: Provided further, That a State’s applica-
17 tion shall include assurances that all students with disabil-
18 ities (as defined by section 602 of IDEA) are afforded
19 their full rights under IDEA, including all rights and serv-
20 ices outlined in individualized education programs
21 (‘‘IEPs’’) (as defined in section 614(d) of IDEA), individ-
22 ualized family services plans (as defined by section 636
23 of IDEA), and in section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act
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24 of 1973: Provided further, That a State receiving funds
25 under this heading shall submit a report to the Secretary,
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1 at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may
2 require, that describes the use of funds provided under
3 this heading: Provided further, That no recipient of funds
4 under this heading shall use funds to provide financial as-
5 sistance to students to attend private elementary or sec-
6 ondary schools, unless such funds are used to provide spe-
7 cial education and related services to children with disabil-
8 ities whose IEPs require such placement, and where the
9 school district maintains responsibility for providing such
10 children a free appropriate public education, as authorized
11 by IDEA: Provided further, That a local educational agen-
12 cy, State, institution of higher education, or other entity
13 that receives funds under ‘‘State Fiscal Stabilization
14 Fund’’, shall to the greatest extent practicable, continue
15 to pay its employees and contractors during the period of
16 any disruptions or closures related to coronavirus: Pro-
17 vided further, That the terms ‘‘elementary education’’ and
18 ‘‘secondary education’’ have the meaning given such terms
19 under State law: Provided further, That the term ‘‘institu-
20 tion of higher education’’ has the meaning given such term
21 in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965: Pro-
22 vided further, That the term ‘‘fiscal year’’ shall have the
23 meaning given such term under State law: Provided fur-
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24 ther, That the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 States,
25 the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puer-
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1 to Rico: Provided further, That such amount is designated
2 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
3 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
4 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY
6 FACILITIES AID
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Elementary and Sec-
8 ondary School Emergency Facilities Aid’’, $5,000,000,000
9 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro-
10 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
11 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
12 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
13 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—ELEMENTARY AND
15 SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY FACILITIES AID
16 SEC. 804. (a)(1) GRANTS.—From the amount made
17 available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary
18 shall make elementary and secondary school emergency fa-
19 cilities grants to each State educational agency with an
20 approved application. The Secretary shall issue a notice
21 inviting applications not later than 30 days of enactment
22 of this Act and approve or deny applications not later than
23 30 days after receipt.
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24 (2) For purposes of this section, a State des-
25 ignated agency shall mean the State educational
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1 agency, unless the Governor of a State designates a
2 State agency other than the educational agency as
3 responsible for school facilities improvement under
4 this section and informs the Secretary of such des-
5 ignation and the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50
6 States, the District of Columbia, and the Common-
7 wealth of Puerto Rico .
8 (b)(1) ALLOCATIONS TO STATES.—The amount of
9 each grant under subsection (a) shall be allocated by the
10 Secretary to each State in the same proportion as each
11 State received under part A of title I of the ESEA of 1965
12 in the most recent fiscal year.
13 (2) STATE RESERVATION.—A State may reserve
14 not more than 1⁄2 of 1 percent for administration
15 costs.
16 (3) RESERVATION FOR OUTLYING AREAS AND
17 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION-FUNDED
18 SCHOOLS.—The Secretary shall reserve from the
19 amount made available under this heading in this
20 Act—
21 (A) one-half of 1 percent, to provide assist-
22 ance to the outlying areas; and
23 (B) one-half of 1 percent, for payments to
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1 ance to Bureau of Indian Education-funded
2 schools.
3 (c) SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
4 CIES.—Within 60 days of the State’s approved application
5 under paragraph (a), each State shall allocate the remain-
6 ing grant funds awarded to the State under this section
7 as subgrants to local educational agencies in the State,
8 with the grant funds allocated to the local educational
9 agencies with the highest percentages of students eligible
10 for a free or reduced price lunch under the Richard B.
11 Russell National School Lunch Act (42. U.S.C. 1751 et.
12 seq.) with the public school facilities with the highest
13 needs related to the coronavirus as determined by the
14 State.
15 (1) PUBLIC NOTICE.—The State educational
16 agency shall make subgrant information available to
17 the public on the State educational agency website,
18 including the local educational agencies that received
19 subgrant awards and the amounts provided to each
20 local educational agency.
21 (2) SUBGRANT APPLICATIONS.—To be consid-
22 ered for a subgrant under this section, a qualified
23 local educational agency shall submit an application
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24 to the State educational agency that shall include at
25 minimum—
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1 (A) a description of the coronavirus-related
2 school facility needs within the local educational
3 agency; and
4 (B) an estimate of how much addressing
5 the coronavirus-related facility needs will cost.
6 (d) USES OF FUNDS.—A local educational agency
7 that receives funds under this section may use the funds
8 for any of the following:
9 (1) School facility repairs and improvements to
10 enable operation of schools to reduce risk of virus
11 transmission and exposure to environmental health
12 hazards, and to support student health needs.
13 (2) Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, re-
14 placement, and upgrade projects to improve the in-
15 door air quality in school facilities, including me-
16 chanical and non-mechanical heating, ventilation,
17 and air conditioning systems, filtering, purification
18 and other air cleaning, fans, control systems, and
19 window and door repair and replacement.
20 (3) School facility repairs and improvements to
21 support improved personal hygiene, such as repair,
22 replacement, and installation of sinks for hand
23 washing and touchless water dispensers for drinking,
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1 (4) Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair,
2 and replacement of school facility potable water sys-
3 tems to provide safe drinking water after prolonged
4 shutoffs.
5 (5) Improvements to finishes, such as painting
6 and other surface repair, needed to enable effective
7 sanitizing.
8 (6) Improvements to school grounds needed to
9 enable outdoor instruction and other physically
10 distanced school activities.
11 (7) Training of school facility staff in associa-
12 tion with the above uses of funds.
13 (8) Planning, assessment, management, design,
14 renovation, repair and construction activities in asso-
15 ciation with the above uses of funds.
16 (9) Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, re-
17 placement, and upgrade projects to electrical sys-
18 tems to allow or improve information technology to
19 provide virtual education.
20 (e) PRIORITY.—A local educational agency that re-
21 ceives funds under this section shall prioritize funds for
22 its school facilities that have the most significant facility
23 improvement needs with respect to responding to covid-
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24 19, including those identified by the Centers for Disease
25 Control and Prevention.
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1 (f) REPORTING.—(1) The local educational agency
2 shall include the following information in a report to the
3 State educational agency within 60 days of receipt of
4 grant funds—
5 (A) which schools benefitted from the funds in
6 this section;
7 (B) how much funding each selected school re-
8 ceived; and
9 (C) a description of how the grant funds were
10 used.
11 (2) The State educational agency shall include the
12 following information in a report to the Secretary within
13 6 months of receipt of grant funds—
14 (A) which local educational agencies received
15 funding;
16 (B) how much funding was awarded to each re-
17 ceiving local educational agency; and
18 (C) a summary on the uses of funds for
19 projects receiving funds under this section, including
20 the amount of local or state funds, if any, applied
21 to projects.
22 (3) The Secretary shall prepare and submit a report
23 to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
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24 resentatives and the Senate, the Committee on Education
25 and Labor of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
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1 mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the
2 Senate within 10 months of the date of enactment of this
3 Act, that includes a summary of the types of projects that
4 were funded with the grants.
5 HIGHER EDUCATION
6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Higher Education’’,
7 $11,942,000,000 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
8 coronavirus, of which $11,000,000 shall be transferred to
9 ‘‘National Technical Institute for the Deaf’’ to help defray
10 expenses (which may include lost revenue, reimbursement
11 for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated
12 with a transition to distance education, sign language and
13 captioning costs associated with a transition to distance
14 education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll) directly
15 caused by coronavirus and to enable emergency financial
16 aid to students for expenses directly related to coronavirus
17 and the disruption of university operations (which may in-
18 clude food, housing, transportation, technology, health
19 care, and child care), of which $20,000,000 shall be trans-
20 ferred to ‘‘Howard University’’ to help defray expenses
21 (which may include lost revenue, reimbursement for ex-
22 penses already incurred, technology costs associated with
23 a transition to distance education, technology costs associ-
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24 ated with a transition to distance education, faculty and
25 staff trainings, and payroll) directly related to coronavirus
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1 and to enable grants to students for expenses directly re-
2 lated to coronavirus and the disruption of university oper-
3 ations (which may include food, housing, transportation,
4 technology, health care, and child care), of which
5 $11,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Gallaudet Univer-
6 sity’’ to help defray expenses (which may include lost rev-
7 enue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, tech-
8 nology costs associated with a transition to distance edu-
9 cation, sign language and captioning costs associated with
10 a transition to distance education, faculty and staff
11 trainings, and payroll) directly related to coronavirus and
12 to enable grants to students for expenses directly related
13 to coronavirus and the disruption of university operations
14 (which may include food, housing, transportation, tech-
15 nology, health care, and child care), and of which the re-
16 maining amounts shall be used to carry out parts A and
17 B of title III, parts A and B of title V, subpart 4 of part
18 A of title VII, and part B of title VII of the Higher Edu-
19 cation Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’) as follows:
20 (1) $3,500,000,000 for parts A and B of title
21 III, parts A and B of title V, and subpart 4 of part
22 A of title VII of the HEA to address needs directly
23 related to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount
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24 shall be allocated by the Secretary proportionally to
25 such programs covered under this paragraph and
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1 based on the relative share of funding appropriated
2 to such programs in the Further Consolidated Ap-
3 propriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) and
4 distributed to institutions of higher education as fol-
5 lows:
6 (A) Except as otherwise provided in sub-
7 paragraph (B), for eligible institutions under
8 part B of title III and subpart 4 of part A of
9 title VII of the Higher Education Act, the Sec-
10 retary shall allot to each eligible institution an
11 amount using the following formula:
12 (i) 70 percent according to a ratio
13 equivalent to the number of Pell Grant re-
14 cipients in attendance at such institution
15 at the end of the school year preceding the
16 beginning of that fiscal year and the total
17 number of Pell Grant recipients at all such
18 institutions;
19 (ii) 20 percent according to a ratio
20 equivalent to the total number of students
21 enrolled at such institution at the end of
22 the school year preceding the beginning of
23 that fiscal year and the number of stu-
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1 (iii) 10 percent according to a ratio
2 equivalent to the total endowment size at
3 all eligible institutions at the end of the
4 school year preceding the beginning of that
5 fiscal year and the total endowment size at
6 such institutions;
7 (B) For eligible institutions under section
8 326 of the Higher Education Act, the Secretary
9 shall allot to each eligible institution an amount
10 in proportion to the award received from fund-
11 ing for such institutions in the Further Consoli-
12 dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law
13 116–94);
14 (C) For eligible institutions under section
15 316 of the Higher Education Act, the Secretary
16 shall allot funding according to the formula in
17 section 316(d)(3) of the Higher Education Act;
18 (D) Notwithstanding section 318(f) of the
19 Higher Education Act, for eligible institutions
20 under section 318 of the Higher Education Act,
21 the Secretary shall allot funding according to
22 the formula in section 318(e) of the Higher
23 Education Act;
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24 (E) Except as provided in subparagraphs
25 (C) and (D), for eligible institutions under part
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1 A of title III of the Higher Education Act and
2 parts A and B of title V, the Secretary shall
3 issue an application for eligible institutions to
4 demonstrate unmet need, and the Secretary
5 shall allow eligible institutions to apply for
6 funds under one of the programs for which they
7 are eligible.
8 (2) $8,400,000,000 for part B of title VII of
9 the HEA for institutions of higher education (as de-
10 fined in section 101 or 102(c) of the HEA) to ad-
11 dress needs directly related to coronavirus as follows:
12 (A) $7,000,000,000 shall be provided to
13 private, nonprofit institutions of higher edu-
14 cation, by apportioning—
15 (i) 75 percent according to the rel-
16 ative share of enrollment of Federal Pell
17 Grant recipients who are not exclusively
18 enrolled in distance education courses prior
19 to the coronavirus emergency; and
20 (ii) 25 percent according to the rel-
21 ative share of the total enrollment of stu-
22 dents who were not Federal Pell Grant re-
23 cipients who are not exclusively enrolled in
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24 distance education courses prior to the
25 coronavirus emergency.
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1 (B) $1,400,000,000 shall be for institu-
2 tions of higher education with unmet need re-
3 lated to the coronavirus, including institutions
4 of higher education that offer their courses and
5 programs exclusively through distance edu-
6 cation:
7 Provided, That funds shall be used to make payments to
8 such institutions to provide emergency grants to students
9 who attended such institutions at any point during the
10 coronavirus emergency and for any component of the stu-
11 dent’s cost of attendance (as defined under section 472
12 of the HEA), including tuition, food, housing, course ma-
13 terials, technology, health care, and child care): Provided
14 further, That institutions of higher education may use
15 such funds to defray expenses (including lost revenue, re-
16 imbursement for expenses already incurred, technology
17 costs associated with a transition to distance education,
18 faculty and staff trainings, and payroll) incurred by insti-
19 tutions of higher education: Provided further, That such
20 payments shall not be used to increase endowments, to
21 pay contractors for the provision of pre-enrollment recruit-
22 ment activities, or provide funding for capital outlays asso-
23 ciated with facilities related to athletics, sectarian instruc-
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24 tion, or religious worship: Provided further, That any pri-
25 vate, nonprofit institution of higher education that is not
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1 otherwise eligible for a grant of at least $1,000,000 under
2 paragraph (2)(A)(ii) of this heading and has a total enroll-
3 ment of at least 500 students shall be eligible to receive,
4 from amounts reserved under paragraph (2)(A)(i), an
5 amount equal to whichever is the lesser of the total loss
6 of revenue and increased costs associated with the
7 coronavirus or $1,000,000: Provided further, That of the
8 funds provided under paragraph 2(B), the Secretary shall
9 make an application available for institutions of higher
10 education to demonstrate unmet need, which shall include
11 for this purpose a dramatic decline in revenue as a result
12 of campus closure, exceptional costs or challenges imple-
13 menting distance education platforms due to lack of a
14 technological infrastructure, serving a large percentage of
15 students who lack access to adequate technology to move
16 to distance education, serving a region or community that
17 has been especially impacted by increased unemployment
18 and displaced workers, serving communities or regions
19 where the number of coronavirus cases has imposed excep-
20 tional costs on the institution, and other criteria that the
21 Secretary shall identify after consultation with institutions
22 of higher education or their representatives: Provided fur-
23 ther, That no institution may receive an award under the
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25 that describes the impact of the coronavirus on the institu-
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1 tion and the ways that the institution will use the funds
2 to ameliorate such impact: Provided further, That the Sec-
3 retary shall reallocate any funds received from an institu-
4 tion to remaining institutions in accordance with para-
5 graph 2(A): Provided further, That the Secretary shall
6 brief the Committees on Appropriations fifteen days in ad-
7 vance of making any application available for funds under
8 paragraph (2)(B): Provided further, That such amount is
9 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
10 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
11 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
12 INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES
13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Institute of Education
14 Sciences’’, $32,000,000 to prevent, prepare for, and re-
15 spond to coronavirus for carrying out the National Assess-
16 ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act (title III
17 of Public Law 107–279): Provided, That such amount is
18 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
19 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
20 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
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25 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, in-
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1 cluding for salaries and expenses necessary for oversight,
2 investigations and audits of programs, grants, and
3 projects funded in this Act to respond to coronavirus: Pro-
4 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
5 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
6 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
7 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
8 GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
9 SEC. 805. The remaining unobligated balances of
10 funds made available to ‘‘Department of Education—Of-
11 fice of Inspector General’’ in title VIII of division B of
12 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) are hereby re-
13 scinded, and an amount of additional new budget author-
14 ity equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby appro-
15 priated, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2021, to
16 remain available until expended, for the same purposes
17 and under the same authorities as they were originally ap-
18 propriated, and shall be in addition to any other funds
19 available for such purposes: Provided, That the amounts
20 appropriated by this section may also be used for inves-
21 tigations and are available until expended: Provided fur-
22 ther, That amounts rescinded pursuant to this section that
23 were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
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25 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by
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1 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
2 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
3 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided fur-
4 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
5 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
6 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
7 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
8 SEC. 806. Section 18004(c) of the Coronavirus Aid,
9 Relief, and Economic Security Act (P.L. 116–136) is
10 amended by striking ‘‘to cover any costs associated with
11 significant changes to the delivery of instruction due to
12 the coronavirus’’ and inserting ‘‘to defray expenses (in-
13 cluding lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already
14 incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to
15 distance education, faculty and staff trainings, payroll) in-
16 curred by institutions of higher education.’’: Provided,
17 That amounts repurposed pursuant to the amendment
18 made by this section that were previously designated by
19 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
20 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act
21 of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency
22 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
23 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
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1 SEC. 807. With respect to the allocation and award
2 of funds under this title, the Secretary of Education is
3 prohibited from—
4 (a) establishing a priority or preference not specified
5 in this title; and
6 (b) imposing limits on the use of such funds not spec-
7 ified in this title.
8 SEC. 808. (a) LOCAL ACTIVITIES AND IN-PERSON
9 CARE.—Notwithstanding each provision in part B of title
10 IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
11 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.) that requires activities
12 under such part to be carried out during nonschool hours
13 or periods when school is not in session, for school year
14 2020–2021, an eligible entity that is awarded a subgrant
15 under section 4204 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7174) for com-
16 munity learning centers may use such subgrant funds—
17 (1) to carry out activities described in section
18 4205 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7175), regardless of
19 whether such activities are conducted in-person or
20 virtually, or during school hours or when school is
21 in session; and
22 (2) to provide in-person care during—
23 (A) the regular school day for students eli-
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25 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.); and
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1 (B) a period in which full-time in-person
2 instruction is not available for all such students
3 served by such eligible entity.
4 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible entity may carry
5 out the activities described in subsection (a)(1) and the
6 in-person care described in subsection (a)(2) if—
7 (1) such activities and in-person care supple-
8 ment but do not supplant regular school day require-
9 ments;
10 (2) such eligible entity complies with section
11 4204(b)(2)(D) of the Elementary and Secondary
12 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7174(b)(2)(D))
13 with respect to the activities carried out pursuant to
14 this Act; and
15 (3) such eligible entity specifies in an applica-
16 tion for a subgrant under section 4204(b) of such
17 Act (20 U.S.C. 7174(b)) with respect to such school
18 year (or in an addendum to such application) how
19 the subgrant funds will be used to carry out such ac-
20 tivities or to provide such in-person care, or both.
21 (c) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The amounts pro-
22 vided by this section are designated by the Congress as
23 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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25 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 SEC. 809. The Secretary of Education may allow
2 funds appropriated for grants under part B of title I and
3 title VI of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701
4 et seq.) for fiscal year 2020 to be available for obligation
5 and expenditure during fiscal years 2020 and 2021: Pro-
6 vided, That the amounts provided by this section are des-
7 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
8 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
9 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 RELATED AGENCIES
11 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY
12 SERVICE
13 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Corporation for
14 National and Community Service’’ (referred to under this
15 heading as ‘‘CNCS’’), $336,000,000, to prevent, prepare
16 for, and respond to coronavirus, including to carry out the
17 Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (‘‘1973 Act’’) and
18 the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990
19 Act’’): Provided, That $228,000,000 of the funds made
20 available in this paragraph may be used to make new and
21 additional awards to new and existing AmeriCorps grant-
22 ees and may be used to provide adjustments to awards
23 under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act for which the
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25 of the Federal share limitation is warranted under section
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1 2521.70 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations:
2 Provided further, That of the amount provided in this
3 paragraph, $26,000,000 shall be for programs under title
4 I, part A of the 1973 Act: Provided further, That of the
5 amount provided in this paragraph, $35,000,000 shall be
6 for programs under title II of the 1973 Act, and not less
7 than $23,000,000 of these funds shall be available for the
8 program under title II, part C of the 1973 Act: Provided
9 further, That of the amounts provided under this para-
10 graph: (1) up to 1 percent of the funds in this paragraph
11 may be used to defray the costs of conducting grant appli-
12 cation reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers
13 and electronic management of the grants cycle; (2)
14 $9,000,000 shall be available to provide assistance to
15 State commissions on national and community service,
16 under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act; (3) $5,000,000
17 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act;
18 and (4) $12,000,000 shall be available for expenses au-
19 thorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act,
20 which shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis:
21 Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out
22 the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in section
23 122(c)(1)(D) of such Act may include a determination of
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1 of administration as provided under section 501(a)(5) of
2 the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) of the 1973 Act:
3 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
4 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
5 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
6 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST
8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
9 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Service
10 Trust’’, $14,000,000, to remain available until expended:
11 Provided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from
12 the amount provided under the heading ‘‘Corporation for
13 National and Community Service’’ in this Act for grants
14 made under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to this
15 appropriation upon determination that such transfer is
16 necessary to support the activities of national service par-
17 ticipants and after notice is transmitted to the Committees
18 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
19 Senate: Provided further, That the amount appropriated
20 for or transferred to the National Service Trust may be
21 invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without re-
22 gard to the requirement to apportion funds under 31
23 U.S.C. 1513(b): Provided further, That such amount is
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1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING
4 For an additional amount for fiscal year 2021 for
5 ‘‘Corporation for Public Broadcasting,’’ $175,000,000 to
6 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, includ-
7 ing for fiscal stabilization grants to public telecommuni-
8 cations entities, as defined by 47 U.S.C. 397(12), with no
9 deduction for administrative or other costs of the Corpora-
10 tion, to maintain programming and services and preserve
11 small and rural stations threatened by declines in non-
12 Federal revenues: Provided, That such amount is des-
13 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
14 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
15 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
16 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
17 OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS
18 AND ADMINISTRATION
19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Institute of Museum
20 and Library Services’’, $135,000,000 to prevent, prepare
21 for, and respond to coronavirus, including grants to
22 States, territories, tribes, museums, and libraries, to ex-
23 pand digital network access, purchase internet accessible
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25 ational expenses: Provided, That any matching funds re-
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1 quirements for States, tribes, libraries, and museums are
2 waived for grants provided with funds made available
3 under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That such
4 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
5 emergency requirement pursuant to section
6 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
7 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
8 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
9 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION
10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Limitation on Admin-
11 istration’’, $4,500,000 to prevent, prepare for, and re-
12 spond to coronavirus, including the expeditious dispensa-
13 tion of railroad unemployment insurance benefits, and to
14 support full-time equivalents and overtime hours as need-
15 ed to administer the Railroad Unemployment Insurance
16 Act, and of which $8,300 shall be for administrative costs
17 related to implementing rebate payments: Provided, That
18 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
19 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
21 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
22 LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Inspector
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25 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, in-
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1 cluding salaries and expenses necessary for oversight, in-
2 vestigations and audits of the Railroad Retirement Board
3 and railroad unemployment insurance benefits funded in
4 this Act and Public Law 116–136: Provided, That such
5 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
6 emergency requirement pursuant to section
7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
8 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Limitation on Admin-
12 istrative Expenses’’, $40,500,000, to prevent, prepare for,
13 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation-
14 ally, for necessary expenses to carry out additional recov-
15 ery rebates to individuals, as described in section 101 of
16 division F of this Act: Provided, That of the amount made
17 available under this heading in this Act, $2,500,000, to
18 remain available until September 30, 2025, shall be trans-
19 ferred to ‘‘Social Security Administration—Office of In-
20 spector General’’ for necessary expenses in carrying out
21 the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978: Pro-
22 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
23 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
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25 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
2 SEC. 810. Notwithstanding any other provision of
3 law, funds made available under each heading in this title
4 shall only be used for the purposes specifically described
5 under that heading.
6 SEC. 811. Funds appropriated by this title may be
7 used by the Secretary of the Department of Health and
8 Human Services to appoint, without regard to the provi-
9 sions of sections 3309 through 3319 of title 5 of the
10 United States Code, candidates needed for positions to
11 perform critical work relating to coronavirus for which—
12 (1) public notice has been given; and
13 (2) the Secretary has determined that such a
14 public health threat exists.
15 SEC. 812. Funds made available by this title may be
16 used to enter into contracts with individuals for the provi-
17 sion of personal services (as described in section 104 of
18 part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (48 CFR
19 37.104)) to support the prevention of, preparation for, or
20 response to coronavirus, domestically and internationally,
21 subject to prior notification to the Committees on Appro-
22 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:
23 Provided, That such individuals may not be deemed em-
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24 ployees of the United States for the purpose of any law
25 administered by the Office of Personnel Management: Pro-
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1 vided further, That the authority made available pursuant
2 to this section shall expire on September 30, 2024.
3 SEC. 813. Not later than 30 days after the date of
4 enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and
5 Human Services shall provide a detailed spend plan of an-
6 ticipated uses of funds made available to the Department
7 of Health and Human Services in this Act, including esti-
8 mated personnel and administrative costs, to the Commit-
9 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
10 and the Senate: Provided, That such plans shall be up-
11 dated and submitted to such Committees every 60 days
12 until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That the
13 spend plans shall be accompanied by a listing of each con-
14 tract obligation incurred that exceeds $5,000,000 which
15 has not previously been reported, including the amount of
16 each such obligation.
17 SEC. 814. Of the funds appropriated by this title
18 under the heading ‘‘Public Health and Social Services
19 Emergency Fund’’, $25,000,000 shall be transferred to,
20 and merged with, funds made available under the heading
21 ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Office of Inspector General’’, and
22 shall remain available until expended, for oversight of ac-
23 tivities supported with funds appropriated to the Depart-
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25 That the Inspector General of the Department of Health
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1 and Human Services shall consult with the Committees
2 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
3 Senate prior to obligating such funds: Provided further,
4 That the transfer authority provided by this section is in
5 addition to any other transfer authority provided by law.
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1 TITLE IX
2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
3 SENATE
4 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE
5 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Sergeant at Arms and
7 Doorkeeper of the Senate’’, $6,345,000, to remain avail-
8 able until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
9 to coronavirus, which shall be allocated in accordance with
10 a spend plan submitted to the Committee on Appropria-
11 tions of the Senate: Provided, That such amount is des-
12 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
13 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
14 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
16 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Allowances and Ex-
18 penses’’, $37,000,000, to remain available until expended,
19 for necessary expenses for Business Continuity and Dis-
20 aster Recovery, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
21 coronavirus, to be allocated in accordance with a spend
22 plan submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the
23 House of Representatives by the Chief Administrative Of-
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25 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
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1 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
2 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
3 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 JOINT ITEMS
5 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Attend-
7 ing Physician’’, $600,000, to remain available until ex-
8 pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
9 coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by
10 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
11 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
12 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
13 CAPITOL POLICE
14 SALARIES
15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries’’,
17 $12,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
18 coronavirus: Provided, That amounts provided under this
19 heading in this Act may be transferred between Capitol
20 Police ‘‘Salaries’’ and ‘‘General Expenses’’ for the pur-
21 poses provided herein without the approval requirement of
22 section 1001 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
23 Act, 2014 (2 U.S.C. 1907a); Provided further, That such
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25 emergency requirement pursuant to section
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
6 penses’’, $1,200,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
7 to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated
8 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
9 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
10 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
11 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
12 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS
13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Construction
14 and Operations’’, $150,000,000, to remain available until
15 expended, to supplement the funding made available to the
16 Architect for the purposes described in title IX of division
17 B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided,
18 That this additional amount also may be used for the pur-
19 chase and distribution of supplies to respond to
20 coronavirus including, but not limited to, cleaning and
21 sanitation supplies, masks and/or face coverings to Con-
22 gressional offices, committees, and visitors, including pro-
23 visions for travel and other necessary work carried out by
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24 staff in their Congressional Districts and State Offices,
25 wherever located: Provided further, That such amount is
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1 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
2 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
3 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
8 penses’’, $12,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
9 spond to coronavirus, including to offset losses resulting
10 from the coronavirus pandemic of amounts collected pur-
11 suant to the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat.
12 480; 2 U.S.C. 150), for revolving fund activities pursuant
13 to sections 182 and 182a through 182e of title 2, United
14 States Code, sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United
15 States Code, and sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e),
16 and 1005 of such title, and for reimbursement of the Little
17 Scholars Child Development Center for salaries for em-
18 ployees, as authorized by this title: Provided, That the Li-
19 brary of Congress may transfer amounts appropriated
20 under this heading in this Act to other applicable appro-
21 priations of the Library of Congress to prevent, prepare
22 for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That
23 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE
4 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS
5 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND
6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Government Pub-
7 lishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund’’,
8 $7,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
9 coronavirus, which shall be for offsetting losses resulting
10 from the coronavirus pandemic of amounts collected pur-
11 suant to section 309 of title 44, United States Code: Pro-
12 vided, That funds appropriated under this heading in this
13 Act may be made available to restore amounts, either di-
14 rectly or through reimbursement, for obligations incurred
15 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
16 mestically or internationally, prior to the date of enact-
17 ment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount is
18 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
19 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
20 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
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25 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, which
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1 shall be for audits and investigations and for reimburse-
2 ment of the Tiny Findings Child Development Center for
3 salaries for employees, as authorized by this title: Pro-
4 vided, That not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
5 ment of this Act, the Government Accountability Office
6 shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the
7 House of Representatives and the Senate a spend plan
8 specifying funding estimates and a timeline for such au-
9 dits and investigations: Provided further, That such
10 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
11 emergency requirement pursuant to section
12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
13 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
14 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
15 SOURCE OF FUNDS USED FOR PAYMENT OF SALARIES
16 AND EXPENSES OF SENATE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE
17 CENTER
18 SEC. 901. The Secretary of the Senate shall reim-
19 burse the Senate Employee Child Care Center for per-
20 sonnel costs incurred until September 30, 2021, for em-
21 ployees of such Center who have been ordered to cease
22 working due to measures taken in the Capitol complex to
23 combat coronavirus, from amounts in the appropriations
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24 account ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’ within the contingent fund
25 of the Senate.
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1 SEC. 902. Funds appropriated to the Architect of the
2 Capitol in this Act also may be used to restore amounts,
3 either directly or through reimbursement, for obligations
4 incurred by the Architect to prevent, prepare for, and re-
5 spond to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) prior to
6 the date of enactment of this Act. Funds used to restore
7 amounts to other Architect of the Capitol accounts shall
8 assume the original period of availability of such accounts.
9 AUTHORITY OF ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL TO MAKE
10 EXPENDITURES IN RESPONSE TO EMERGENCIES
11 SEC. 903. (a) COVERAGE OF COMMUTING EX-
12 PENSES.—Section 1305(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch
13 Appropriations Act, 2010 (2 U.S.C. 1827(a)(2)) is amend-
14 ed by inserting after ‘‘refreshments’’, the following:
15 ‘‘transportation and other related expenses incurred by
16 employees in commuting between their residence and their
17 place of employment’’.
18 (b) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUPPLIES AND
19 SERVICES THROUGHOUT FACILITIES AND
20 GROUNDS UNDER THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAP-
21 ITOL’S CARE.—Section 1305 of the Legislative Branch
22 Appropriations Act, 2010 (2 U.S.C. 1827) is further
23 amended by inserting after subsection (a)(2), the fol-
24 lowing: ‘‘(3) May accept contributions of, and incur obliga-
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1 emergency, which may be provided throughout all facilities
2 and grounds under the care of the Architect of the Capitol
3 wherever located, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable
4 basis subject to the availability of funds.’’.
5 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
6 subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to fiscal
7 year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.
8 SEC. 904. Notwithstanding the provisions of section
9 6304(c) of title 5, United States Code, any annual leave
10 accumulated by an employee of the Government Pub-
11 lishing Office in excess of the limits prescribed in section
12 6304(a) of title 5, United States Code, remains to the
13 credit of the employee until December 31, 2021.
14 TITLE X
15 MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS,
16 AND RELATED AGENCIES
17 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
18 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION
19 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS
20 ADMINISTRATION
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘General Operating
22 Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’,
23 $338,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
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25 may have occurred: Provided, That amounts provided
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1 under this heading in this Act made available for the elimi-
2 nation of backlogs may not be used to increase the number
3 of permanent positions: Provided further, That of the
4 amounts provided under this heading, up to $198,000,000
5 shall be to improve the Veteran Benefits Administration’s
6 education systems, including implementation of changes to
7 chapters 30 through 36 of part III of title 38, United
8 States Code in the Harry W. Colmery Veterans Edu-
9 cational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115–48), in
10 a bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to
11 treat certain programs of education converted to distance
12 learning by reason of emergencies and health-related situ-
13 ations in the same manner as programs of education pur-
14 sued at educational institutions, and for other purposes
15 (Public Law 116–128), and in the Student Veteran
16 Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–140):
17 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
18 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
19 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
22 MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Community
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25 to existing State Extended Care Facilities for Veterans,
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1 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro-
2 vided, That such payments shall be in proportion to each
3 State’s share of the total resident capacity in such facili-
4 ties as of January 4, 2020 where such capacity includes
5 only veterans on whose behalf the Department pays a per
6 diem amount pursuant to 38 United States Code 1741
7 or 1745: Provided further, That amounts made available
8 to ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Services’’
9 in division B of Public Law 116–136, may be transferred
10 to and merged with the Medical Community Care account
11 to be used for the purposes provided under this heading
12 in this Act, and shall be in additional to any other
13 amounts available for such purposes: Provided further,
14 That amounts transferred pursuant to the preceding pro-
15 viso that were previously designated by the Congress as
16 an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced
17 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are
18 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
19 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
20 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided
21 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
22 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
23 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
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1 NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Cemetery
3 Administration’’, $26,000,000, to prevent, prepare for,
4 and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount
5 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
6 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
7 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
8 1985.
9 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION
10 BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Board of Veterans Ap-
12 peals’’, $4,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
13 to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated
14 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
15 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
16 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
17 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS
18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Information Tech-
19 nology Systems’’, $45,000,000, to remain available until
20 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
21 to coronavirus: Provided, That amounts provided under
22 this heading shall be to improve the Veteran Benefits Ad-
23 ministration’s education systems, including implementa-
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25 title 38, United States Code in the Harry W. Colmery Vet-
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1 erans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law
2 115–48), in a bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans
3 Affairs to treat certain programs of education converted
4 to distance learning by reason of emergencies and health-
5 related situations in the same manner as programs of edu-
6 cation pursued at educational institutions, and for other
7 purposes (Public Law 116–128), and in the Student Vet-
8 eran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–
9 140): Provided further, That such amount is designated
10 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
11 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
12 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
13 RELATED AGENCIES
14 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL
15 CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY
16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
18 penses’’, $2,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
19 to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated
20 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
21 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
22 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
3 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
4 penses’’, $2,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond
5 to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated
6 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
7 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
8 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
11 SEC. 1001. Title X of division B of the Coronavirus
12 Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–
13 136) is amended under the heading ‘‘Department of Vet-
14 erans Affairs—Departmental Administration—Grants for
15 Construction of State Extended Care Facilities’’ by strik-
16 ing ‘‘including to modify or alter existing hospital, nursing
17 home, and domiciliary facilities in State homes: Provided,’’
18 and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘which shall
19 be for modifying or altering existing hospital, nursing
20 home, and domiciliary facilities in State homes: Provided,
21 That the Secretary shall conduct a new competition or
22 competitions to award grants to States using funds pro-
23 vided under this heading in this Act: Provided further,
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25 the costs of modifications or alterations that have been
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1 initiated or completed before an application for a grant
2 under this section is approved by the Secretary: Provided
3 further, That the use of funds provided under this heading
4 in this Act shall not be subject to state matching fund
5 requirement, application requirements, cost thresholds,
6 the priority list, deadlines, award dates under sections
7 8134 and 8135 of title 38, United States Code, and part
8 59 of chapter I of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations,
9 and shall not be subject to requirements of section 501(d)
10 of title 38, United States Code: Provided further, That the
11 Secretary may establish and adjust rolling deadlines for
12 applications for such grants and may issue multiple
13 rounds of application periods for the award of such grants
14 under this section: Provided further,’’: Provided, That
15 amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were
16 previously designated by the Congress as an emergency
17 requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer-
18 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the
19 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
20 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
21 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
22 SEC. 1002. Of the unobligated balances available to
23 the Department of Veterans Affairs from title X of divi-
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25 rity Act (Public Law 116–136) for ‘‘Veterans Health Ad-
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1 ministration, Medical Services’’, up to $100,000,000 may
2 be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Administration, Informa-
3 tion Technology Systems’’ to prevent, prepare for, and re-
4 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for
5 improvements to supply chain systems including the De-
6 fense Medical Logistics Standard Support system: Pro-
7 vided, That not more than $50,000,000 may be trans-
8 ferred to development subaccount for the Supply Chain
9 Management project: Provided further, That the trans-
10 ferred funds shall be in addition to any other funds made
11 available for this purpose: Provided further, That the
12 amounts transferred in this section that were previously
13 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement
14 pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
15 Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as
16 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
17 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
18 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 TITLE XI
2 DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN
3 OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
4 DEPARTMENT OF STATE
5 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
6 DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
8 grams’’, $500,000,000, for necessary expenses to prevent,
9 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including for
10 evacuation expenses, emergency preparedness, maintain-
11 ing consular operations, and other operations and mainte-
12 nance requirements related to the consequences of
13 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, of which
14 $425,000,000 shall be for Consular and Border Security
15 Programs, to remain available until expended, for offset-
16 ting losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic of fees
17 collected and deposited into such account pursuant to sec-
18 tion 7081 of Public Law 115–31: Provided, That such
19 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
20 emergency requirement pursuant to section
21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
22 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
23 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
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1 by the Department of State and made available to prevent,
2 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus by this title and
3 by prior acts: Provided, That such amount is designated
4 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
5 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
6 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
8 DEVELOPMENT
9 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
10 OPERATING EXPENSES
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’,
12 $50,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
13 coronavirus and for other operations and maintenance re-
14 quirements related to the consequences of coronavirus:
15 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
16 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
17 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
18 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
21 General’’, $3,500,000, for oversight of activities conducted
22 by the United States Agency for International Develop-
23 ment and made available to prevent, prepare for, and re-
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25 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
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1 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
2 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
3 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985
4 BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
5 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
6 GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Global Health Pro-
8 grams’’, $3,690,925,000, for necessary expenses to pre-
9 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided,
10 That such funds shall be administered by the Adminis-
11 trator of the United States Agency for International De-
12 velopment: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
13 priated under this heading in this title, not less than
14 $150,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged with,
15 funds made available for the Emergency Reserve Fund es-
16 tablished pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) of the Depart-
17 ment of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
18 Appropriations Act, 2017 (division J of Public Law 115–
19 31): Provided further, That funds made available pursuant
20 to the preceding proviso shall be made available under the
21 terms and conditions of such section, as amended: Pro-
22 vided further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph
23 in this title shall be made available for a contribution to
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24 a multilateral vaccine development partnership to support
25 epidemic preparedness: Provided further, That of the
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1 funds appropriated by this paragraph in this title, not less
2 than $3,500,000,000 shall be made available for a United
3 States Contribution to The GAVI Alliance: Provided fur-
4 ther, That funds appropriated by this paragraph in this
5 title shall be allocated and allotted within 60 days of the
6 date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such
7 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
8 emergency requirement pursuant to section
9 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
10 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Global Health Pro-
12 grams’’, $4,535,925,000, for necessary expenses to pre-
13 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided,
14 That such funds shall be administered by the United
15 States Global AIDS Coordinator: Provided further, That
16 not less than $3,500,000,000 shall be made available as
17 a United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight
18 AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund): Provided
19 further, That funds made available to the Global Fund
20 pursuant to the previous proviso shall be made available
21 notwithstanding section 202(d)(4)(A)(i) of the United
22 States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and
23 Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7622(d)(4)(A)(i)): Pro-
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25 for fiscal years 2020 and 2021 which are designated as
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1 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
2 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
3 Deficit Control Act of 1985 and made available as a
4 United States contribution to the Global Fund shall not
5 be considered a contribution for the purpose of applying
6 section 202(d)(4)(A)(i): Provided further, That funds ap-
7 propriated by this paragraph in this title shall be allocated
8 and allotted within 60 days of the date of enactment of
9 this Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated
10 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
11 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
12 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
13 DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Development Assist-
15 ance’’, $250,000,000, for necessary expenses to prevent,
16 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including to ad-
17 dress related economic, and stabilization requirements, of
18 which not less than $150,000,000 shall be made available
19 to maintain access to basic education and not less than
20 $45,000,000 shall be to maintain access to not-for-profit
21 institutions of higher education for costs related to the
22 consequences of coronavirus: Provided, That such institu-
23 tions of higher education shall meet standards equivalent
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1 United States Department of Education: Provided further,
2 That funds made available under this heading in this title
3 shall be allocated and allotted within 60 days of the date
4 of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such
5 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
6 emergency requirement pursuant to section
7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
8 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
10 INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Inter-American Foun-
12 dation’’, $15,000,000, for necessary expenses to prevent,
13 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including to ad-
14 dress related economic and stabilization requirements:
15 Provided, That funds made available under this heading
16 in this title shall be allocated and allotted within 60 days
17 of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such
18 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
19 emergency requirement pursuant to section
20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
21 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
22 UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘United States African
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1 coronavirus, including to address related economic and
2 stabilization requirements: Provided, That funds made
3 available under this heading in this title shall be allocated
4 and allotted within 60 days of the enactment of this Act:
5 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
6 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
7 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
8 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE
10 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
11 INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Organi-
13 zations and Programs’’, $935,250,000, to remain available
14 until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses to pre-
15 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and to sup-
16 port the United Nations Global Humanitarian Response
17 Plan COVID–19, of which not less than $750,000,000
18 shall be for the World Food Programme, and not less than
19 $185,250,000 shall be for the United Nations Children’s
20 Fund: Provided, That funds made available under this
21 heading in this title shall be allocated and allotted within
22 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided
23 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress
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1 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
5 SEC. 1101. The authorities and limitations of section
6 402 of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Sup-
7 plemental Appropriations Act (division A of Public Law
8 116–123) shall apply to funds appropriated by this title
9 as follows:
10 (1) Subsections (a), (d), (e), and (f) shall apply
11 to funds under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’;
12 and
13 (2) Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) shall apply
14 to funds under the heading ‘‘Global Health Pro-
15 grams’’, and ‘‘Development Assistance’’.
16 SEC. 1102. Funds appropriated by this title under
17 the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Operating Ex-
18 penses’’, ‘‘Global Health Programs’’, and ‘‘Development
19 Assistance’’ may be used to reimburse such accounts ad-
20 ministered by the Department of State and the United
21 States Agency for International Development, for obliga-
22 tions incurred to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
23 coronavirus prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
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24 SEC. 1103. The reporting requirements of section
25 406(b) of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response
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1 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of
2 Public Law 116–123) shall apply to funds appropriated
3 by this title.
4 SEC. 1104. Section 404 of the Coronavirus Prepared-
5 ness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (divi-
6 sion A of Public Law 116–123) shall apply to funds appro-
7 priated by this title under the same headings as specified
8 by such section.
9 SEC. 1105. Notwithstanding the limitations in sec-
10 tions 609(i) and 609(j) of the Millennium Challenge Act
11 of 2003 (2211 U.S.C. 7708(j), 7715), the Millennium
12 Challenge Corporation may, subject to the availability of
13 funds, extend any compact in effect as of January 29,
14 2020, for up to one additional year, to account for delays
15 related to coronavirus: Provided, That the Corporation
16 shall notify the Committees on Appropriations and For-
17 eign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Ap-
18 propriations and Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
19 resentatives prior to providing any such extension.
20 SEC. 1106. The Secretary of State and the heads of
21 other Federal agencies may rely upon the authority of sec-
22 tion 5924 of title 5, United States Code, without regard
23 to the foreign area limitations referenced therein, to make
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24 payments for education allowances to employees who are
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1 or for whom travel to a post in a foreign area has been
2 delayed, to prevent, prepare for, or respond to coronavirus:
3 Provided, That the authority under this section shall ex-
4 pire on December 31, 2024.
5 SEC. 1107. The Secretary of State and the heads of
6 other Federal agencies whose employees are authorized to
7 receive payments of monetary amounts and other allow-
8 ances under section 5523 of title 5, United States Code,
9 may rely upon the authority of that section, without re-
10 gard to the time limitations referenced therein, to continue
11 such payments in connection with authorized or ordered
12 departures from foreign areas, to prevent, prepare for, and
13 respond to coronavirus: Provided, That the authority
14 under this section shall be available to continue such pay-
15 ments for the period beginning on July 21, 2020, through
16 September 30, 2022, when such authority shall expire.
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1 TITLE XII
2 TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN
3 DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
4 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
5 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
8 penses’’, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended,
9 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, in-
10 cluding necessary expenses for operating costs and capital
11 outlays: Provided, That such amounts are in addition to
12 any other amounts made available for this purpose: Pro-
13 vided further, That obligations of amounts under this
14 heading in this Act shall not be subject to the limitation
15 on obligations under the heading ‘‘Office of the Sec-
16 retary—Working Capital Fund’’ in division H of the Fur-
17 ther Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law
18 116–94): Provided further, That such amount is des-
19 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
20 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
21 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
22 ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE
23 In addition to funds provided to the ‘‘Payments to
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25 the essential air service program under section 41731
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1 through 41742 of title 49, United States Code,
2 $75,000,000, to be derived from the general fund of the
3 Treasury, and to be made available to the Essential Air
4 Service and Rural Improvement Fund, to prevent, prepare
5 for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such
6 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
7 emergency requirement pursuant to section
8 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
9 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
10 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
11 OPERATIONS
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations’’,
13 $50,000,000, to be derived from the general fund, for nec-
14 essary expenses to provide Federal Aviation Administra-
15 tion (FAA) employees with masks or protective face cov-
16 erings, gloves, and sanitizer and wipes with sufficient alco-
17 hol content and to ensure FAA facilities are cleaned, dis-
18 infected, and sanitized in accordance with Centers for Dis-
19 ease Control and Prevention guidance: Provided further,
20 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
21 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
23 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS
2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air-
3 ports’’, $13,500,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
4 spond to coronavirus, to remain available until September
5 30, 2026: Provided, That amounts made available under
6 this heading in this Act shall be derived from the general
7 fund of the Treasury: Provided further, That funds pro-
8 vided under this heading in this Act shall only be available
9 to sponsors of airports in categories defined in section
10 47102 of title 49, United States Code: Provided further,
11 That the requirements of chapter 471 of such title, except
12 for project eligibility, shall apply to funds provided for any
13 contract awarded (after the date of enactment of this Act)
14 for airport development and funded under this heading:
15 Provided further, That funds provided under this heading
16 in this Act may not be used for any purpose not directly
17 related to the airport: Provided further, That of the
18 amounts appropriated under this heading in this Act—
19 (1) Not less than $500,000,000 shall be to pay
20 the local share of eligible costs for which a grant is
21 made under this heading under the Department of
22 Transportation Appropriations Act, 2021: Provided,
23 That any remaining funds after the apportionment
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1 scribed in paragraph (2) under this heading in this
2 Act:
3 (2) Not less than $12,500,000,000 shall be
4 available for any purpose for which airport revenues
5 may lawfully be used: Provided, That such funds
6 shall be allocated among eligible primary airports
7 (as defined in section 47102(16) of title 49 United
8 States Code) based on each airport’s calendar year
9 2019 enplanements as a percentage of total 2019
10 enplanements for all eligible primary service air-
11 ports: Provided further, That sponsors provide relief
12 equaling at least 25 percent of the amount allocated
13 to an airport under this paragraph to on-airport car
14 rental, on-airport parking, and in-terminal airport
15 concessions (as defined in part 23 of title 49, Code
16 of Federal Regulations) in the form of waiving rent,
17 minimum annual guarantees, lease obligations, fees,
18 or penalties, or, at the request of the owner of an
19 in-terminal concession, to provide for a buyout of
20 such concession: Provided further, That the sponsor
21 shall give the highest priority to an owner who quali-
22 fies as an small businesses with maximum gross re-
23 ceipts less than $56 million: Provided further, That
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1 grant is made under this paragraph shall be 100
2 percent; and
3 (3) Up to $200,000,000 shall be available for
4 general aviation airports and commercial service air-
5 ports that are not primary airports for any purpose
6 for which airport revenues may lawfully be used,
7 and, which the Secretary shall apportion directly to
8 each eligible airport, as defined in paragraphs (7),
9 (8), and (16) of section 47102 of title 49, United
10 States Code, based on the categories published in
11 the most current National Plan of Integrated Air-
12 port Systems, reflecting the percentage of the aggre-
13 gate published eligible development costs for each
14 such category, and then dividing the allocated funds
15 evenly among the eligible airports in each category,
16 rounding up to the nearest thousand dollars: Pro-
17 vided, That the Federal share payable of the costs
18 for which a grant is made under this paragraph
19 shall be 100 percent: Provided further, That any re-
20 maining funds after the apportionment under this
21 paragraph (3) shall be distributed as described in
22 paragraph (2) under this heading in this Act:
23 Provided further, That the matter preceding the first pro-
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24 viso under this heading in title XII of division B of the
25 CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended by striking
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1 ‘‘to remain available until expended’’ and inserting ‘‘to re-
2 main available until September 30, 2025’’: Provided fur-
3 ther, That amounts made available under this heading in
4 title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law
5 116-136) shall not be subject to the limitation on obliga-
6 tions in any act making appropriations: Provided further,
7 That any funds under the previous proviso designated as
8 airport grants that are unobligated, recovered by or re-
9 turned to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
10 within 5 years from the date of enactment of the CARES
11 Act (Public Law 116-36) shall be pooled and redistributed
12 as described in paragraph (2) under this heading in this
13 Act: Provided further, That the FAA may redistribute
14 funds under the previous proviso on more than one occa-
15 sion: Provided further, That any airport that had been al-
16 located more than four times annual operating expenses
17 under this heading in title XII of division B of the CARES
18 Act (Public Law 116-136) shall not be eligible for funds
19 allocated or redistributed under this Act: Provided further,
20 That the Administrator of the FAA may retain up to 0.1
21 percent of the funds provided under this heading in this
22 Act to fund the award and oversight by the Administrator
23 of grants made under this heading in this Act: Provided
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25 this Act shall not be subject to any limitations on obliga-
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1 tions provided in any Act making appropriations: Provided
2 further, That all airport sponsors receiving funds under
3 this heading in this Act shall continue to employ, through
4 September 30, 2021, at least 90 percent of the number
5 of individuals employed (after making adjustments for re-
6 tirements or voluntary employee separations) by each air-
7 port as of March 27, 2020: Provided further, That the Sec-
8 retary may waive the workforce retention requirement in
9 the previous proviso, if the Secretary determines the air-
10 port is experiencing economic hardship as a direct result
11 of the requirement, or the requirement reduces aviation
12 safety or security: Provided further, That the workforce
13 retention requirement shall not apply to nonhub airports
14 or nonprimary airports receiving funds under this heading
15 in this Act: Provided further, That amounts repurposed
16 by the provisions under this heading in this Act that were
17 previously designated by the Congress as an emergency
18 requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer-
19 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the
20 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
21 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
22 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That
23 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
4 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS
5 Of prior year unobligated contract authority and liq-
6 uidating cash provided for Motor Carrier Safety in the
7 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public
8 Law 105–178), SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), or
9 other appropriations or authorization acts, in addition to
10 amounts already appropriated in fiscal year 2020 for
11 ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’,
12 $238,500 in additional obligation limitation is provided
13 and repurposed for obligations incurred to support activi-
14 ties to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
15 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
16 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
17 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
18 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
20 NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL
21 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION
22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Northeast Corridor
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24 Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’,
25 $1,392,085,000, to remain available until expended, to
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1 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, includ-
2 ing to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make or
3 amend existing grants to the National Railroad Passenger
4 Corporation for activities associated with the Northeast
5 Corridor, as authorized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing
6 America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A of Pub-
7 lic Law 114–94): Provided, That not less than
8 $219,610,000 of the amounts made available under this
9 heading in this Act and the ‘‘National Network Grants
10 to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading
11 in this Act shall be made available for use by the National
12 Railroad Passenger Corporation in lieu of capital pay-
13 ments from States and commuter rail passenger transpor-
14 tation providers subject to the cost allocation policy devel-
15 oped pursuant to section 24905(c) of title 49, United
16 States Code: Provided further, That, notwithstanding sec-
17 tions 24319(g) and 24905(c)(1)(A)(i) of title 49, United
18 States Code, such use of funds does not constitute cross-
19 subsidization of commuter rail passenger transportation:
20 Provided further, That not more than $91,800,000 of the
21 amounts made available under this heading in this Act
22 shall be made available for use by the National Railroad
23 Passenger Corporation to repay or prepay debt incurred
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1 of this Act and to pay required reserves, costs, and fees
2 related to such debt, including for loans from the Depart-
3 ment of Transportation and loans that would otherwise
4 have been paid from National Railroad Passenger Cor-
5 poration revenues: Provided further, That the Secretary
6 may retain up to $4,890,000 of the amounts made avail-
7 able under both this heading in this Act and the ‘‘National
8 Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
9 poration’’ heading in this Act to fund the costs of project
10 management and oversight of activities authorized by sec-
11 tion 11101(c) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
12 tation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94): Provided
13 further, That $1,000,000 of the amounts made available
14 under both this heading in this Act and the ‘‘National
15 Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
16 poration’’ heading in this Act shall be transferred to ‘‘Na-
17 tional Railroad Passenger Corporation—Office of Inspec-
18 tor General—Salaries and Expenses’’ for conducting au-
19 dits and investigations of projects and activities carried
20 out with amounts made available in this Act and in title
21 XII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
22 nomic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) under the head-
23 ings ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad
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24 Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network Grants to
25 the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’: Provided
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1 further, That amounts made available under this heading
2 in this Act may be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Na-
3 tional Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger
4 Corporation’’ to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
5 coronavirus: Provided further, That such amount is des-
6 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
7 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
8 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL
10 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION
11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
12 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Network
13 Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’,
14 $1,007,915,000, to remain available until expended, to
15 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, includ-
16 ing to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make or
17 amend existing grants to the National Railroad Passenger
18 Corporation for activities associated with the National
19 Network as authorized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing
20 America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A of Pub-
21 lic Law 114–94): Provided, That not less than
22 $349,700,000 of the amounts made available under this
23 heading in this Act shall be made available for use by the
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24 National Railroad Passenger Corporation to be appor-
25 tioned toward State payments required by the cost meth-
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1 odology policy adopted pursuant to section 209 of the Pas-
2 senger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008
3 (Public Law 110–432): Provided further, That a State-
4 supported route’s share of such funding under the pre-
5 ceding proviso shall consist of (1) 7 percent of the costs
6 allocated to the route in fiscal year 2019 under the cost
7 methodology policy adopted pursuant to section 209 of the
8 Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008
9 (Public Law 110–432), and (2) any remaining amounts
10 under the preceding proviso shall be apportioned to a
11 route in proportion to its passenger revenue and other rev-
12 enue allocated to a State-supported route in fiscal year
13 2019 divided by the total passenger revenue and other rev-
14 enue allocated to all State-supported routes in fiscal year
15 2019: Provided further, That State-supported routes which
16 terminated service on or before February 1, 2020, shall
17 not be included in the cost and revenue calculations made
18 pursuant to the preceding proviso: Provided further, That
19 amounts made available under this heading in this Act
20 may be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Northeast Cor-
21 ridor Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
22 tion’’ to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus:
23 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
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1 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
4 TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Transit Infrastructure
6 Grants’’, $32,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
7 pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
8 coronavirus: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated
9 under this heading in this Act—
10 (1) $18,500,000,000 shall be for grants to re-
11 cipients eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United
12 States Code, and administered as if such funds were
13 provided under section 5307 of title 49, United
14 States Code (apportioned in accordance with section
15 5336 of such title (other than subsections (h)(1) and
16 (h)(4))), and section 5337 of title 49, United States
17 Code (apportioned in accordance with such section),
18 except that funds apportioned under section 5337
19 shall be added to funds apportioned under 5307 for
20 administration under 5307: Provided, That the Sec-
21 retary shall allocate the amounts provided in the
22 preceding proviso under sections 5307 and 5337 of
23 title 49, United States Code, in the same ratio as
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25 shall allocate such amounts not later than 14 days
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1 after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That
2 the amounts allocated to any urbanized area from
3 amounts made available under this heading in this
4 Act when combined with the amounts allocated to
5 each such urbanized area from funds appropriated
6 under this heading in title XIII of division B of the
7 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) may not exceed
8 more than 100 percent of any recipient’s 2018 oper-
9 ating costs based on data contained in the National
10 Transit Database: Provided further, That for any ur-
11 banized area for which the calculation in the pre-
12 vious proviso exceeds 100 percent of the urbanized
13 area’s 2018 operating costs, the Secretary shall dis-
14 tribute funds in excess of such percent to urbanized
15 areas for which the calculation in the previous pro-
16 viso does not exceed 100 percent in the same propor-
17 tion as amounts allocated under the first proviso of
18 this paragraph;
19 (2) $2,500,000,000 shall be for grants under
20 section 5309 of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
21 vided, That of the amounts provided under this
22 paragraph—
23 (A) $1,950,000,000 shall be for grants to
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1 fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2020 as of the
2 date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That
3 the Secretary shall calculate each recipient’s
4 non-Capital Investment Grant financial commit-
5 ment for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 as a per-
6 centage of the non-Capital Investment Grant fi-
7 nancial commitments of all projects for such
8 fiscal years and shall proportionally allocate
9 such funds within 14 days of enactment of this
10 Act: Provided further, That any recipient with a
11 project open for revenue service for which they
12 received a construction grant agreement are not
13 eligible for funds provided under this para-
14 graph; and
15 (B) $400,000,000 shall be for grants to re-
16 cipients that receive an allocation of fiscal year
17 2019 or fiscal year 2020 funds after the date
18 of enactment of this Act under section 5309 of
19 title 49, United States Code: Provided, That
20 such grants shall be allocated to such recipients
21 in proportion to the allocation of fiscal year
22 2019 or fiscal 2020 funds provided to all
23 projects allocated funding after the date of en-
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1 (C) no more than $150,000,000 for any
2 recipient of a grant under section 5309(h) of
3 title 49, United States Code, that may need ad-
4 ditional assistance in completing a project that
5 has received a grant agreement and shall issue
6 a Notice of Funding Opportunity for amounts
7 made available for projects eligible under sec-
8 tion 5309(h) of title 49, United States Code,
9 not later than 120 days after the date of enact-
10 ment of this Act:
11 Provided further, That if amounts remain available
12 after distributing funds under this paragraph, such
13 amounts shall be added to the amounts made avail-
14 able under paragraph (5) under this heading: Pro-
15 vided further, That amounts made available under
16 this paragraph shall not be included in any calcula-
17 tion of the maximum amount of Federal financial
18 assistance for the project under section
19 5309(k)(2)(C)(ii) or 5309(h)(7) of title 49, United
20 States Code nor should they be subject to provisions
21 in sections 5309(a)(7)(A) or 5309(l)(1)(B)(ii) of
22 such title;
23 (3) $250,000,000 shall be for grants to recipi-
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24 ents or subrecipients eligible under section 5310 of
25 title 49, United States Code, and the Secretary of
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1 Transportation shall apportion such funds in accord-
2 ance with such section: Provided, That the Secretary
3 shall allocate such funds in the same ratio as funds
4 were provided in Public Law 116–94 and shall allo-
5 cate such funds not later than 14 days after the
6 date of enactment of this Act;
7 (4) $750,000,000 shall be for grants to recipi-
8 ents or subrecipients eligible under section 5311 of
9 title 49, United States Code (other than subsection
10 (b)(3) and (c)(1)(A)), and the Secretary of Trans-
11 portation shall apportion such funds in accordance
12 with such section: Provided, That the Secretary shall
13 allocate these amounts in the same ratio as funds
14 were provided in Public Law 116–94 and shall allo-
15 cate funds within 14 days of enactment of this Act;
16 and
17 (5) $10,000,000,000 shall be for grants to eligi-
18 ble recipients or subrecipients of funds under chap-
19 ter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that, as a re-
20 sult of coronavirus, require additional assistance to
21 maintain operations: Provided, That such funds shall
22 be administered as if they were provided under sec-
23 tion 5324 of title 49, United States Code: Provided
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25 under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, or
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1 an intercity bus service provider that has, since Oc-
2 tober 1, 2018, partnered with a recipient or sub-
3 recipient in order to meet the requirements of sec-
4 tion 5311(f) of such title shall be eligible to directly
5 apply for funds under this paragraph: Provided fur-
6 ther, That entities that have partnered with a recipi-
7 ent or subrecipient in order to meet the require-
8 ments of section 5311(f) of such title shall be eligi-
9 ble to receive not more than 7.5 percent of the total
10 funds provided under this paragraph and shall use
11 assistance provided under this paragraph only for
12 workforce retention or the recall or rehire of any laid
13 off, furloughed, or terminated employee associated
14 with the provision of intercity bus service including,
15 but not limited to, service eligible for funding under
16 section 5311(f) of title 49, United States Code: Pro-
17 vided further, That when evaluating applications of
18 intercity bus service assistance, the Secretary shall
19 give priority to preserving national and regional
20 intercity bus networks and the rural services that
21 make meaningful connections to those networks:
22 Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue a
23 Notice of Funding Opportunity not later than 120
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25 quires applications to be submitted not later than
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1 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act:
2 Provided further, That the Secretary shall make
3 awards not later than 60 days after the application
4 deadline: Provided further, That the Secretary shall
5 require grantees to provide estimates of financial
6 need, data on reduced ridership, and a spending
7 plan for funds: Provided further, That when evalu-
8 ating applications for assistance to transit agencies,
9 the Secretary shall give priority to agencies in ur-
10 banized areas that received less than 100 percent of
11 their 2018 operating expenses from the funds appro-
12 priated in paragraph (1) combined with the funds
13 appropriated under this heading in title XII of divi-
14 sion B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136),
15 and transit agencies with the largest revenue loss as
16 a percentage of the agency’s 2018 operating ex-
17 penses: Provided further, That States may apply on
18 behalf of a recipient, a subrecipient, or a group of
19 recipients or subrecipients: Provided further, That if
20 applications for assistance do not exceed available
21 funds, the Secretary shall reserve the remaining
22 amounts for grantees to prevent, prepare for, and
23 respond to coronavirus and shall accept applications
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24 on a rolling basis: Provided further, That if amounts
25 made available under this paragraph remain unobli-
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1 gated on December 31, 2021, such amounts shall be
2 available for any purpose eligible under section 5324
3 of title 49, United States Code:
4 Provided further, That the Secretary shall not waive the
5 requirements of section 5333 of title 49, United States
6 Code, for funds appropriated under this heading in this
7 Act or for funds previously made available under section
8 5307 of title 49, United States Code, or sections 5310,
9 5311, 5337, or 5340 of such title as a result of the
10 coronavirus: Provided further, That the provision of funds
11 under this heading in this Act shall not affect the ability
12 of any other agency of the Government, including the Fed-
13 eral Emergency Management Agency, a State agency, or
14 a local governmental entity, organization, or person, to
15 provide any other funds otherwise authorized by law: Pro-
16 vided further, That notwithstanding subsection (a)(1) or
17 (b) of section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, sub-
18 section (a)(1) of section 5324 of such title, or any provi-
19 sion of chapter 53 of title 49, funds provided under this
20 heading in this Act are available for the operating ex-
21 penses of transit agencies related to the response to a
22 coronavirus public health emergency, including, beginning
23 on January 20, 2020, reimbursement for operating costs
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25 coronavirus public health emergency, including the pur-
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1 chase of personal protective equipment, and paying the ad-
2 ministrative leave of operations or contractor personnel
3 due to reductions in service: Provided further, That to the
4 maximum extent possible, funds made available under this
5 heading in this Act and in title XII of division B of the
6 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) shall be directed to
7 payroll and public transit, unless the recipient certifies to
8 the Secretary that the recipient has not furloughed any
9 employees: Provided further, That such operating expenses
10 are not required to be included in a transportation im-
11 provement program, long-range transportation plan, state-
12 wide transportation plan, or a statewide transportation
13 improvement program: Provided further, That grants
14 made under this heading in this Act and in title XII of
15 division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) to
16 recipients or subrecipients may be used to make payments
17 to contractors providing transit operations service or
18 maintenance of rolling stock, right of way and/or stations
19 at pre-COVID-19 service billing levels in such amounts as
20 existed on February 3, 2020, even if such service was re-
21 duced due to the COVID-19 public health emergency: Pro-
22 vided further, That the preceding proviso may only apply
23 if a contractor continuously retains its full and part-time
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24 workforce at their previous full or part-time status, and/
25 or, where applicable, beginning on the date that employees
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1 of the contractor are able to return to work at their pre-
2 vious full or part-time status that it laid off, furloughed
3 or terminated as a result of the COVID-19 public health
4 emergency, or its effects, under the terms of any applica-
5 ble collective bargaining agreement: Provided further, That
6 private providers of public transportation may be consid-
7 ered eligible sub-recipients of funding provided under this
8 heading: Provided further, That unless otherwise specified,
9 applicable requirements under chapter 53 of title 49,
10 United States Code, shall apply to funding made available
11 under this heading in this Act, except that the Federal
12 share of the costs for which any grant is made under this
13 heading in this Act shall be, at the option of the recipient,
14 up to 100 percent: Provided further, That the amount
15 made available under this heading in this Act shall be de-
16 rived from the general fund and shall not be subject to
17 any limitation on obligations for transit programs set forth
18 in any Act: Provided further, That not more than one-half
19 of one percent of the funds for transit infrastructure
20 grants, but not to exceed $125,000,000, provided under
21 this heading in this Act shall be available for administra-
22 tive expenses and ongoing program management oversight
23 as authorized under sections 5334 and 5338(f)(2) of title
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24 49, United States Code, and shall be in addition to any
25 other appropriations for such purpose: Provided further,
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1 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
2 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
3 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
4 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
5 SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT
6 CORPORATION
7 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE
8 (HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND)
9 For necessary expenses to conduct the operations,
10 maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities of the
11 Seaway International Bridge, $1,500,000, to be derived
12 from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund pursuant to
13 section 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of
14 1986 (33 U.S.C. 2238), to prevent, prepare for, and re-
15 spond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is des-
16 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
17 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
18 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
19 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES
21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
22 General’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended,
23 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro-
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24 vided, That the funding made available under this heading
25 in this Act shall be used for conducting audits and inves-
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1 tigations of projects and activities carried out by the De-
2 partment of Transportation to prevent, prepare for, and
3 respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That such
4 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
5 emergency requirement pursuant to section
6 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
7 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
8 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
9 DEVELOPMENT
10 PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING
11 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE
12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental
14 Assistance’’, $4,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
15 pended, and to be used under the same authority and con-
16 ditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year
17 2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of the
18 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), except that any
19 amounts provided for administrative expenses and other
20 expenses of public housing agencies for their section 8 pro-
21 grams, including Mainstream vouchers, under this heading
22 in the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and under this
23 heading in this Act shall also be available for Housing As-
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24 sistance Payments under section 8(o) of the United States
25 Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)): Provided,
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1 That amounts made available under this heading in this
2 Act and under the same heading in title XII of division
3 B of the CARES Act may be used to cover or reimburse
4 allowable costs incurred to prevent, prepare for, and re-
5 spond to coronavirus regardless of the date on which such
6 costs were incurred: Provided further, That of the amounts
7 made available under this heading in this Act,
8 $500,000,000 shall be available for administrative ex-
9 penses and other expenses of public housing agencies for
10 their section 8 programs, including Mainstream vouchers:
11 Provided further, That of the amounts made available
12 under this heading in this Act, $2,500,000,000 shall be
13 available for adjustments in the calendar year 2020 or
14 2021 section 8 renewal funding allocations, including
15 Mainstream vouchers, for public housing agencies that ex-
16 perience a significant increase in voucher per-unit costs
17 due to extraordinary circumstances or that, despite taking
18 reasonable cost savings measures, as determined by the
19 Secretary, would otherwise be required to terminate rental
20 assistance for families as a result of insufficient funding:
21 Provided further, That of the amounts made available
22 under this heading in this Act, $1,000,000,000 shall be
23 used for incremental rental voucher assistance under sec-
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24 tion 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for
25 use by individuals and families who are—homeless, as de-
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1 fined under section 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Home-
2 less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)); at risk of home-
3 lessness, as defined under section 401(1) of the McKin-
4 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1));
5 or fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating
6 violence, sexual assault, or stalking: Provided further, That
7 the Secretary shall allocate amounts made available in the
8 preceding proviso to public housing agencies not later than
9 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, according
10 to a formula that considers the ability of the public hous-
11 ing agency to use vouchers promptly and the need of geo-
12 graphical areas based on factors to be determined by the
13 Secretary, such as risk of transmission of coronavirus,
14 high numbers or rates of sheltered and unsheltered home-
15 lessness, and economic and housing market conditions:
16 Provided further, That if a public housing authority elects
17 not to administer or does not promptly issue all of its au-
18 thorized vouchers within a reasonable period of time, the
19 Secretary shall reallocate any unissued vouchers and asso-
20 ciated funds to other public housing agencies according
21 to the criteria in the preceding proviso: Provided further,
22 That a public housing agency shall not reissue any vouch-
23 ers under this heading in this Act for incremental rental
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24 voucher assistance when assistance for the family initially
25 assisted is terminated: Provided further, That upon termi-
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1 nation of incremental rental voucher assistance under this
2 heading in this Act for one or more families assisted by
3 a public housing agency, the Secretary shall reallocate
4 amounts that are no longer needed by such public housing
5 agency for assistance under this heading in this Act to
6 another public housing agency for the renewal of vouchers
7 previously authorized under this heading in this Act: Pro-
8 vided further, That amounts made available in this para-
9 graph are in addition to any other amounts made available
10 for such purposes: Provided further, That up to 0.5 per-
11 cent of the amounts made available under this heading
12 in this Act may be transferred, in aggregate, to ‘‘Depart-
13 ment of Housing and Urban Development, Program Of-
14 fices—Public and Indian Housing’’ to supplement existing
15 resources for the necessary costs of administering and
16 overseeing the obligation and expenditure of these
17 amounts, to remain available until September 30, 2024:
18 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
19 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
20 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
22 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND
23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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24 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Housing Oper-
25 ating Fund’’, as authorized by section 9(e) of the United
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1 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)),
2 $2,000,000,000, to be used under the same authority and
3 conditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year
4 2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of the
5 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That
6 amounts made available under this heading in this Act and
7 under the same heading in title XII of division B of the
8 CARES Act may be used to cover or reimburse allowable
9 costs incurred to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
10 coronavirus regardless of the date on which such costs
11 were incurred: Provided further, That up to 0.5 percent
12 of the amounts made available under this heading in this
13 Act may be transferred, in aggregate, to ‘‘Department of
14 Housing and Urban Development, Program Offices—Pub-
15 lic and Indian Housing’’ to supplement existing resources
16 for the necessary costs of administering and overseeing the
17 obligation and expenditure of these amounts, to remain
18 available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That
19 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
20 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
22 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS
2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Native American Pro-
4 grams’’, $400,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
5 tember 30, 2024, and to be used under the same authority
6 and conditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal
7 year 2020 under this heading in title XII of division B
8 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act
9 (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That the amounts made
10 available under this heading in this Act are as follows:
11 (1) Up to $150,000,000 shall be available for
12 the Native American Housing Block Grants pro-
13 gram, as authorized under title I of the Native
14 American Housing Assistance and Self-Determina-
15 tion Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.); and
16 (2) Not less than $250,000,000 shall be avail-
17 able for grants to Indian tribes under the Indian
18 Community Development Block Grant program
19 under title I of the Housing and Community Devel-
20 opment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(a)(1)), not-
21 withstanding section 106(a)(1) of such Act, for
22 emergencies that constitute imminent threats to
23 health and safety:
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24 Provided further, That amounts made available under
25 paragraph (1) under this heading in title XII of division
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1 B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security
2 Act (Public Law 116–136) which are allocated to Indian
3 tribes or tribally designated housing entities, and which
4 are not accepted, are voluntarily returned, or otherwise re-
5 captured for any reason, may be used by the Secretary
6 to make awards under paragraph (2) under this heading
7 in title XII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
8 and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136), in ad-
9 dition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes:
10 Provided further, That up to one-half of 1 percent of the
11 amounts made available under this heading in this Act
12 may be transferred, in aggregate, to ‘‘Department of
13 Housing and Urban Development, Program Offices—Pub-
14 lic and Indian Housing’’ for necessary costs of admin-
15 istering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of
16 such amounts and of amounts made available under this
17 heading in title XII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid,
18 Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136),
19 to remain available until September 30, 2029, in addition
20 to any other amounts made available for such purposes:
21 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the
22 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
23 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
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1 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
2 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Housing Opportuni-
5 ties for Persons with AIDS’’, $65,000,000, to be used
6 under the same authority and conditions as the additional
7 appropriations for fiscal year 2020 under this heading in
8 title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law
9 116–136): Provided, That amounts provided under this
10 heading in this Act that are allocated pursuant to section
11 854(c)(5) of the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42
12 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.) shall remain available until Sep-
13 tember 30, 2022: Provided further, That not less than
14 $15,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading
15 in this Act shall be allocated pursuant to the formula in
16 section 854 of such Act using the same data elements as
17 utilized pursuant to that same formula in fiscal year 2020:
18 Provided further, That up to 0.5 percent of the amounts
19 made available under this heading in this Act may be
20 transferred to ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
21 opment—Program Offices—Community Planning and
22 Development’’ for necessary costs of administering and
23 overseeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts
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24 under this heading in this Act, to remain available until
25 September 30, 2030: Provided further, That such amount
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1 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
2 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
3 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
4 1985.
5 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND
6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop-
8 ment Fund’’, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until
9 September 30, 2023, and to be used under the same au-
10 thority and conditions as the additional appropriations for
11 fiscal year 2020 under this heading in title XII of division
12 B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided,
13 That such amount made available under this heading in
14 this Act shall be distributed pursuant to section 106 of
15 the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
16 (42 U.S.C. 5306) to grantees that received allocations
17 pursuant to such formula in fiscal year 2020, and that
18 such allocations shall be made within 30 days of enact-
19 ment of this Act: Provided further, That in administering
20 funds under this heading, an urban county shall consider
21 needs throughout the entire urban county configuration
22 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro-
23 vided further, That up to $100,000,000 of amounts made
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24 available under this heading in this Act may be used to
25 make new awards or increase prior awards to existing
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1 technical assistance providers: Provided further, That of
2 the amounts made available under this heading in this
3 Act, up to $25,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Depart-
4 ment of Housing and Urban Development, Program Of-
5 fices—Community Planning and Development’’ for nec-
6 essary costs of administering and overseeing the obligation
7 and expenditure of amounts under this heading in this
8 Act, to remain available until September 30, 2028: Pro-
9 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
10 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to
11 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
12 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
13 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS
14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Homeless Assistance
16 Grants’’, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
17 tember 30, 2025, for the Emergency Solutions Grants pro-
18 gram as authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the
19 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
20 11371 et seq.), as amended, and to be used under the
21 same authority and conditions as the additional appropria-
22 tions for fiscal year 2020 under this heading in title XII
23 of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136):
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25 able under this heading in this Act shall be distributed
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1 pursuant to 24 CFR 576.3 to grantees that received allo-
2 cations pursuant to that same formula in fiscal year 2020,
3 and that such allocations shall be made within 30 days
4 of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That, in addi-
5 tion to amounts allocated in the preceding proviso, remain-
6 ing amounts shall be allocated directly to a State or unit
7 of general local government by the formula specified in
8 the third proviso under this heading in title XII of division
9 B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided fur-
10 ther, That not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
11 ment of this Act and every 60 days thereafter, the Sec-
12 retary shall allocate a minimum of an additional
13 $500,000,000, pursuant to the formula referred to in the
14 preceding proviso, based on the best available data: Pro-
15 vided further, That up to 0.5 percent of the amounts made
16 available under this heading in this Act may be trans-
17 ferred to ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
18 ment—Program Offices—Community Planning and De-
19 velopment’’ for necessary costs of administering and over-
20 seeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts under
21 this heading in this Act, to remain available until Sep-
22 tember 30, 2030: Provided further, That funds made avail-
23 able under this heading in this Act and under this heading
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24 in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law
25 116–136) may be used for eligible activities the Secretary
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1 determines to be critical in order to assist survivors of do-
2 mestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalk-
3 ing or to assist homeless youth, age 24 and under: Pro-
4 vided further, That a grantee, when contracting with serv-
5 ice providers engaged directly in the provision of services
6 to homeless persons served by the program, shall, to the
7 extent practicable, enter into contracts in amounts that
8 cover the actual total program costs and administrative
9 overhead to provide the services contracted: Provided fur-
10 ther, That amounts repurposed by this paragraph that
11 were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
12 gency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and
13 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by
14 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to
15 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
16 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further,
17 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
18 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
20 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
21 EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE
22 For activities and assistance authorized in section
23 201 of division O of this Act (the ‘‘COVID–19 HERO
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24 ACT’’), $50,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
25 pended: Provided, That such amount is designated by the
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1 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant
2 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and
3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
4 HOUSING PROGRAMS
5 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE
6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Project-Based Rental
8 Assistance’’, $750,000,000, to remain available until ex-
9 pended, and to be used under the same authority and con-
10 ditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year
11 2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of the
12 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That up to
13 0.5 percent of the amounts made available under this
14 heading in this Act may be transferred to ‘‘Department
15 of Housing and Urban Development—Program Offices—
16 Office of Housing’’ for necessary costs of administering
17 and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts
18 under this heading in this Act, to remain available until
19 September 30, 2030: Provided further, That such amount
20 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
21 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the
22 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
23 1985.
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1 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY
2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Housing for the El-
4 derly’’, $500,000,000, to remain available until September
5 30, 2023, and to be used under the same authority and
6 conditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year
7 2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of the
8 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That not-
9 withstanding the first proviso under this heading in the
10 CARES Act, $300,000,000 of the amount made available
11 under this heading in this Act shall be for one-time grants
12 for service coordinators, as authorized under section 676
13 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992
14 (42 U.S.C. 13632), and the continuation of existing con-
15 gregate service grants for residents of assisted housing
16 projects: Provided further, That up to 0.5 percent of the
17 amounts made available under this heading in this Act
18 may be transferred to ‘‘Department of Housing and
19 Urban Development—Program Offices—Office of Hous-
20 ing’’ for necessary costs of administering and overseeing
21 the obligation and expenditure of amounts under this
22 heading in this Act, to remain available until September
23 30, 2030: Provided further, That such amount is des-
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1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Housing for Persons
6 with Disabilities’’, $45,000,000, to remain available until
7 September 30, 2023, and to be used under the same au-
8 thority and conditions as the additional appropriations for
9 fiscal year 2020 under this heading in title XII of division
10 B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided,
11 That up to 0.5 percent of the amounts made available
12 under this heading in this Act may be transferred to ‘‘De-
13 partment of Housing and Urban Development—Program
14 Offices—Office of Housing’’ for necessary costs of admin-
15 istering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of
16 amounts under this heading in this Act, to remain avail-
17 able until September 30, 2030: Provided further, That
18 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
19 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
21 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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1 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
2 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES
3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Fair Housing Activi-
5 ties’’, $14,000,000, to remain available until September
6 30, 2022, and to be used under the same authority and
7 conditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year
8 2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of the
9 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That of the
10 funds made available under this heading in this Act,
11 $4,000,000 shall be for Fair Housing Organization Initia-
12 tive grants through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program
13 (FHIP), made available to existing grantees, which may
14 be used for fair housing activities and for technology and
15 equipment needs to deliver services through use of the
16 Internet or other electronic or virtual means in response
17 to the public health emergency related to the Coronavirus
18 Disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic: Provided further,
19 That of the funds made available under this heading in
20 this Act, $10,000,000 shall be for FHIP Education and
21 Outreach grants made available to previously-funded na-
22 tional media grantees and State and local education and
23 outreach grantees, to educate the public and the housing
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24 industry about fair housing rights and responsibilities dur-
25 ing the COVID–19 pandemic: Provided further, That such
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1 grants in the preceding proviso shall be divided evenly be-
2 tween the national media campaign and education and
3 outreach activities: Provided further, That up to 0.5 per-
4 cent of the amounts made available under this heading
5 in this Act may be transferred to ‘‘Department of Housing
6 and Urban Development—Program Offices—Fair Hous-
7 ing and Equal Opportunity’’ for necessary costs of admin-
8 istering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure of
9 amounts under this heading in this Act, to remain avail-
10 able until September 30, 2030: Provided further, That
11 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for
12 an emergency requirement pursuant to section
13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
14 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
15 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector
17 General’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended,
18 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro-
19 vided, That the funding made available under this heading
20 in this Act shall be used for conducting audits and inves-
21 tigations of projects and activities carried by the Depart-
22 ment of Housing and Urban Development to prevent, pre-
23 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further,
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24 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
25 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
2 Deficit Control Act of 1985.
3 RELATED AGENCY
4 NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION
5 PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT
6 CORPORATION
7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to the
8 Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation’’, $100,000,000,
9 to remain available until expended, to the Neighborhood
10 Reinvestment Corporation (‘‘NRC’’) for housing coun-
11 seling for households threatened with housing instability
12 due to the economic circumstances caused by the COVID-
13 19 pandemic, under the following terms and conditions:
14 (1) The NRC shall make grants to counseling
15 intermediaries approved by the Department of Hous-
16 ing and Urban Development (‘‘HUD’’) to provide
17 housing counseling assistance to help prevent and
18 respond to the displacement of residents due to evic-
19 tion, default of mortgages, or foreclosure of mort-
20 gages (‘‘Housing Counseling Assistance’’). State
21 Housing Finance Agencies may also be eligible to re-
22 ceive grants where they meet all the requirements
23 under this heading. NRC may target grants may to
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24 HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and State
25 Housing Finance Agencies based on their ability to
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1 serve the most vulnerable communities, based on an
2 analysis by the NRC of which areas are most im-
3 pacted by the economic circumstances caused by the
4 COVID-19 pandemic.
5 (2) Housing Counseling Assistance shall be
6 made available to consumers facing housing insta-
7 bility (‘‘Housing Counseling Clients’’). Housing
8 Counseling Clients will be provided such assistance
9 that shall consist of activities that are likely to pre-
10 vent evictions or foreclosures, and result in the long-
11 term affordability of the housing unit retained pur-
12 suant to such activity or another positive outcome
13 for the Housing Counseling Client. No funds made
14 available under this heading may be provided di-
15 rectly to lenders, to landlords, or to Housing Coun-
16 seling Clients to discharge outstanding rent or mort-
17 gage balances or for any other direct debt reduction
18 payments.
19 (3) Not less than 40 percent of grant funds
20 made available under this heading shall be provided
21 to counseling organizations that target Housing
22 Counseling Assistance to minority and low-income
23 homeowners, renters, individuals experiencing home-
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25 provide such services in neighborhoods with high
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1 concentrations of minority and low-income home-
2 owners, renters, individuals experiencing homeless-
3 ness, and individuals at risk of homelessness.
4 (4) The delivery of Housing Counseling Assist-
5 ance as provided under this heading shall involve a
6 reasonable analysis of the Housing Counseling Cli-
7 ent’s financial situation, resources available to the
8 Housing Counseling Client, and advice on applicable
9 laws or rules regarding eviction protections, mort-
10 gage forbearance, or foreclosure protection.
11 (5) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the
12 Housing Counseling Assistance grant funds under
13 this heading to its own charter members with exper-
14 tise in housing counseling, subject to a certification
15 by the NRC that the procedures for selection do not
16 consist of any procedures or activities that could be
17 construed as an unacceptable conflict of interest or
18 have the appearance of impropriety.
19 (6) The HUD-approved counseling inter-
20 mediaries and State Housing Finance Agencies re-
21 ceiving funds under this heading shall have dem-
22 onstrated experience in housing counseling (includ-
23 ing foreclosure counseling, rental counseling, home-
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1 NRC may use other criteria to demonstrate capacity,
2 particularly in underserved areas.
3 (7) Of the total amount made available under
4 this heading, up to 4 percent of the amounts made
5 available under this heading in this Act may be
6 made available to support non-grant costs associated
7 with the Housing Counseling Assistance grants pro-
8 gram, including training, administrative costs, grant
9 compliance, and evaluation.
10 (8) The NRC shall build the relevant capacities
11 of HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and
12 State Housing Finance Agencies through a com-
13 prehensive training program of NRC training
14 courses, except that private financial institutions
15 that participate in NRC training shall pay market
16 rates for such training.
17 (9) Housing Counseling Assistance grants may
18 include a budget for outreach, advertising, tech-
19 nology, reporting, training, sub-grantee oversight,
20 and other program-related support as determined by
21 the NRC.
22 (10) The NRC shall report annually to the
23 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
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24 resentatives and the Senate as well as the Senate
25 Banking Committee and House Financial Services
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1 Committee on its efforts to mitigate housing insta-
2 bility caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
3 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress
4 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
5 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
6 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE
8 SEC. 1201. The provision under the heading ‘‘Office
9 of the Inspector General—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title
10 XII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
11 nomic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended by
12 striking ‘‘with funds made available in this Act to’’ and
13 inserting ‘‘by’’: Provided, That the amounts repurposed in
14 this section that were previously designated by the Con-
15 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Bal-
16 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985
17 are designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
18 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced
19 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
20 SEC. 1202. Amounts made available under the head-
21 ings ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, ‘‘Housing for the
22 Elderly’’ and ‘‘Housing for Persons With Disabilities’’ in
23 title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law
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24 116–136) and under such headings in this title of this Act
25 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
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1 to provide additional funds to maintain operations for
2 such housing, for providing supportive services, and for
3 taking other necessary actions to prevent, prepare for, and
4 respond to coronavirus, including to actions to self-isolate,
5 quarantine, or to provide other coronavirus infection con-
6 trol services as recommended by the Centers for Disease
7 Control and Prevention, including providing relocation
8 services for residents of such housing to provide lodging
9 at hotels, motels, or other locations: Provided, That the
10 amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that were
11 previously designated by the Congress as an emergency
12 requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer-
13 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the
14 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
15 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
16 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
17 SEC. 1203. Amounts made available in this Act under
18 the headings ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National
19 Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network
20 Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’
21 shall be used under the same conditions as section 22002
22 of title XII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief,
23 and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136): Pro-
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24 vided, That the amounts made available in this Act under
25 such headings shall be used by the National Railroad Pas-
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1 senger Corporation to prevent employee furloughs as a re-
2 sult of efforts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to
3 coronavirus: Provided further, That none of the funds
4 made available in this Act under such headings may be
5 used by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to
6 reduce the frequency of rail service on any long-distance
7 route (as defined in section 24102 of title 49, United
8 States Code) below frequencies for such routes in fiscal
9 year 2019, except in an emergency or during maintenance
10 or construction outages impacting such routes: Provided
11 further, That the coronavirus shall not qualify as an emer-
12 gency in the preceding proviso.
13 SEC. 1204. For fiscal year 2021, in addition to pay-
14 ments made pursuant to 53106 of title 46, United States
15 Code, the Secretary of Transportation shall pay to the
16 contractor for an operating agreement entered into pursu-
17 ant to chapter 531 of title 46, United States Code, for
18 each vessel that is covered by such operating agreement
19 as of the date of enactment of this Act, an amount equal
20 to $500,000: Provided, That payments authorized by this
21 section shall be paid not later than 60 days after the date
22 of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That any unob-
23 ligated balances remaining from the amounts made avail-
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1 tration—Maritime Security Program’’ in any prior Act
2 may be used for such payments.
3 SEC. 1205. During the duration of the national emer-
4 gency declared by the President concerning the novel
5 coronavirus disease (COVID–19), the Secretary may ex-
6 tend the time period referenced in 23 U.S.C. 120(e)(1)
7 to account for delays in access, construction, repair or
8 other similar issues.
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1 TITLE XIII
2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS DIVISION
3 SEC. 1301. Not later than 30 days after the date of
4 enactment of this Act, the head of each executive agency
5 that receives funding in any division of this Act, or that
6 received funding in the Coronavirus Preparedness and Re-
7 sponse Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (division
8 A of Public Law 116–123), the Second Coronavirus Pre-
9 paredness and Response Supplemental Appropriations
10 Act, 2020 (division A of Public Law 116–127), the
11 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), or the Paycheck Pro-
12 tection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Pub-
13 lic Law 116–139) shall provide a report detailing the an-
14 ticipated uses of all such funding to the Committees on
15 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
16 Senate: Provided, That each report shall include estimated
17 personnel and administrative costs, as well as the total
18 amount of funding apportioned, allotted, obligated, and
19 expended, to date: Provided further, That each such report
20 shall be updated and submitted to such Committees every
21 60 days until all funds are expended or expire: Provided
22 further, That reports submitted pursuant to this section
23 shall satisfy the requirements of section 1701 of division
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1 SEC. 1302. Each amount appropriated or made avail-
2 able by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appro-
3 priated for the fiscal year involved.
4 SEC. 1303. No part of any appropriation contained
5 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond
6 the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
7 SEC. 1304. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act,
8 the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appro-
9 priations accounts shall be available under the authorities
10 and conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts
11 for fiscal year 2021.
12 SEC. 1305. Each amount designated in this Act by
13 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
14 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
15 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be avail-
16 able (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the
17 President subsequently so designates all such amounts
18 and transmits such designations to the Congress.
19 SEC. 1306. (a) STATUTORY PAYGO EMERGENCY
20 DESIGNATION.—The amounts provided under division B
21 and each succeeding division are designated as an emer-
22 gency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statu-
23 tory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)), and
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1 PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of
2 such Act.
3 (b) SENATE PAYGO EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—
4 In the Senate, division B and each succeeding division are
5 designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
6 tion 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the
7 concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
8 (c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—
9 Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping
10 Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of
11 the committee of conference accompanying Conference Re-
12 port 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced
13 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the
14 budgetary effects of division B and each succeeding divi-
15 sion—
16 (1) shall not be estimated for purposes of sec-
17 tion 251 of such Act;
18 (2) shall not be estimated for purposes of para-
19 graph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay As-
20 You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appro-
21 priation Act; and
22 (3) shall be treated as if they were contained in
23 a PAYGO Act, as defined by section 3(7) of the
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24 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C.
25 932(7)).
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1 SEC. 1307. (a) Any contract or agreement entered
2 into by an agency with a State or local government or any
3 other non-Federal entity for the purposes of providing cov-
4 ered assistance, including any information and documents
5 related to the performance of and compliance with such
6 contract or agreement, shall be—
7 (1) deemed an agency record for purposes of
8 section 552(f)(2) of title 5, United States Code; and
9 (2) subject to section 552 of title 5, United
10 States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of
11 Information Act’’).
12 (b) In this section—
13 (1) the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given
14 the term in section 551 of title 5, United States
15 Code; and
16 (2) the term ‘‘covered assistance’’—
17 (A) means any assistance provided by an
18 agency in accordance with an Act or amend-
19 ments made by an Act to provide aid, assist-
20 ance, or funding related to the outbreak of
21 COVID–19 that is enacted before, on, or after
22 the date of enactment of this Act; and
23 (B) includes any such assistance made
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25 (i) any division of this Act;
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1 (ii) the Paycheck Protection Program
2 and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public
3 Law 116–139), or an amendment made by
4 that Act;
5 (iii) the CARES Act (Public Law
6 116–136), or an amendment made by that
7 Act;
8 (iv) the Families First Coronavirus
9 Response Act (Public Law 116–127), or an
10 amendment made by that Act; or
11 (v) the Coronavirus Preparedness and
12 Response Supplemental Appropriations
13 Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–123), or an
14 amendment made by that Act.
15 SEC. 1308. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
16 of law and in a manner consistent with other provisions
17 in any division of this Act, all laborers and mechanics em-
18 ployed by contractors and subcontractors on projects fund-
19 ed directly by or assisted in whole or in part by and
20 through the Federal Government pursuant to any division
21 of this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those
22 prevailing on projects of a character similar in the locality
23 as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance
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24 with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States
25 Code. With respect to the labor standards specified in this
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1 section, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority
2 and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered
3 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section
4 3145 of title 40, United States Code.
5 (b) The amounts provided by this section are des-
6 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
7 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
8 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
9 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Re-
10 covery Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021’’.
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1 DIVISION B—PROVIDING RELIEF
2 TO STUDENTS, INSTITUTIONS
3 OF HIGHER EDUCATION,
4 LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
5 CIES, AND STATE VOCA-
6 TIONAL REHABILITATION
7 AGENCIES
8 SEC. 100. SHORT TITLE.
9 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Pandemic Edu-
10 cation Response Act’’.
11 TITLE I—HIGHER EDUCATION
12 PROVISIONS
13 SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.
14 In this title:
15 (1) AWARD YEAR.—The term ‘‘award year’’ has
16 the meaning given the term in section 481(a) of the
17 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(a)).
18 (2) AUTHORIZING COMMITTEES.—The term
19 ‘‘authorizing committees’’ has the meaning given the
20 term in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of
21 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003).
22 (3) FAFSA.—The term ‘‘FAFSA’’ means an
23 application under section 483 of the Higher Edu-
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24 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1090) for Federal
25 student financial aid.
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1 (4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The
2 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the
3 meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher
4 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).
5 (5) QUALIFYING EMERGENCY.—The term
6 ‘‘qualifying emergency’’ has the meaning given the
7 term in section 3502 of the CARES Act (Public
8 Law 116–136), as amended by this Act.
9 (6) QUALIFYING EMERGENCY PERIOD.—The
10 term ‘‘qualifying emergency period’’ means the pe-
11 riod—
12 (A) beginning on the first day of a quali-
13 fying emergency; and
14 (B) ending on the later of the date on
15 which the qualifying emergency expires or June
16 30, 2021.
17 (7) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
18 the Secretary of Education.
19 Subtitle A—Cares Act Amendments
20 SEC. 111. APPLICATION OF CAMPUS-BASED AID WAIVERS.
21 (a) APPLICATION.—Section 3503 of the CARES Act
22 is amended—
23 (1) in subsection (a)—
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘or for any other award
2 year that includes any portion of a qualifying
3 emergency period,’’ after ‘‘2020–2021,’’; and
4 (B) by inserting ‘‘and a nonprofit organi-
5 zation providing employment under section
6 443(b)(5) of such Act’’ after ‘‘waive the re-
7 quirement that a participating institution of
8 higher education’’; and
9 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘during a pe-
10 riod of a qualifying emergency’’ and inserting ‘‘dur-
11 ing any award year that includes any portion of a
12 qualifying emergency period’’.
13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
14 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
15 ment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136).
16 SEC. 112. SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY
17 GRANTS FOR EMERGENCY AID.
18 (a) USE AND TREATMENT.—Section 3504 of the
19 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended—
20 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘that in-
21 cludes any portion of a qualifying emergency period’’
22 after ‘‘for a fiscal year’’; and
23 (2) by striking subsection (c).
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
2 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
3 ment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136).
4 SEC. 113. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL WORK-STUDY DURING A
5 QUALIFYING EMERGENCY.
6 (a) FEDERAL WORK-STUDY DURING A QUALIFYING
7 EMERGENCY.—Section 3505 of the CARES Act (Public
8 Law 116–136) is amended—
9 (1) in subsection (a)—
10 (A) in the matter preceding paragraph
11 (1)—
12 (i) by striking ‘‘In the event of a
13 qualifying emergency’’ and inserting ‘‘Dur-
14 ing a qualifying emergency period’’; and
15 (ii) by striking ‘‘(not to’’ and all that
16 follows through the semicolon and insert-
17 ing ‘‘in which affected students are unable
18 to fulfill the students’ work-study obliga-
19 tion due to such qualifying emergency, as
20 follows:’’;
21 (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘as a one
22 time grant’’ and inserting ‘‘as a one-time grant
23 in each payment period the student is awarded
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1 (C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or was
2 not completing the work obligation necessary to
3 receive work study funds under such part prior
4 to the occurrence of the qualifying emergency’’;
5 and
6 (2) in subsection (b)—
7 (A) in paragraph (1)—
8 (i) by striking ‘‘for the academic year
9 during which a qualifying emergency oc-
10 curred;’’ and inserting ‘‘for an academic
11 year that includes any portion of a quali-
12 fying emergency period; and’’; and
13 (B) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-
14 nating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).’’.
15 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
16 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
17 ment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136).
18 SEC. 114. SERVICE OBLIGATIONS FOR TEACHERS AND
19 OTHER PROFESSIONALS.
20 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 3519 of the CARES Act
21 (Public Law 116–136) is amended—
22 (1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘AND
23 OTHER PROFESSIONALS’’ after ‘‘TEACHERS’’;
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25 (2) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(c) FEDERAL PERKINS LOANS.—Notwithstanding
2 section 465 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
3 U.S.C. 1087ee), the Secretary shall waive the require-
4 ments of such section in regard to full-time service and
5 shall consider an incomplete year of service of a borrower
6 as fulfilling the requirement for a complete year of service
7 under such section, if the service was interrupted due to
8 a qualifying emergency.’’.
9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
10 subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
11 ment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136).
12 SEC. 115. CONTINUING EDUCATION AT AFFECTED FOREIGN
13 INSTITUTIONS.
14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3510 of the CARES Act
15 (20 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended—
16 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘for the dura-
17 tion of such emergency’’ and all that follows through
18 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘for purposes of
19 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20
20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.) until the end of the covered pe-
21 riod applicable to the institution.’’;
22 (2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘for the dura-
23 tion of the qualifying emergency and the following
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