H. R. 8337 

One Hundred Sixteenth Congress 

of the 

United States of America 

AT THE SECOND SESSION 

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Friday, 

the third day of January, two thousand and twenty 

An Act 

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes. 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 

the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2021 and Other Extensions Act’’. 

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short Title. 

Sec. 2. Table of Contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

DIVISION A—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 

DIVISION B—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EXTENSION 

Title I—Surface Transportation Programs 

Title II—Trust Funds 

DIVISION C—HEALTH EXTENDERS 

Title I—Public Health Extenders 

Title II—Medicare Extenders 

Title III—Medicaid Extenders 

Title IV—Medicare Part B Premium Adjustment 

Title V—Accelerated and Advance Payment Programs 

Title VI—Offsets 

DIVISION D—OTHER MATTERS 

Title I—Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act 

Title II—United States Parole Commission Extension 

Title III—Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Permanent Extension Act 

Title IV—Community Services and Supports 

Title V—Budgetary Effects 

Title VI—Nutrition and Commodities Programs 

DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EXTENSIONS 

Title I—Extensions of Authorities Relating to Health Care 

Title II—Extensions of Authorities Relating to Benefits 

Title III—Extensions of Authorities Relating to Homeless Veterans 

Title IV—Extensions of Other Authorities and Other Matters 

SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 

Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 

referring only to the provisions of that division. 
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DIVISION A—CONTINUING 

APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 

The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable 

corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several 

departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units 

of Government for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes, namely: 

SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for 

operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for 

fiscal year 2020 and under the authority and conditions provided 

in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 

costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 

specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal 

year 2020, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 

were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 

(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 

Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 

(division B of Public Law 116–94), except sections 791 and 

792. 

(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2020 (division B of Public Law 116–93), 

except the last proviso under the heading ‘‘Department of Commerce—Bureau of the Census—Periodic Censuses and Programs’’. 

(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2020 

(division A of Public Law 116–93), except title X. 

(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Public Law 116– 

94). 

(5) The Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Public Law 116–93). 

(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 

Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–93) (except for amounts 

in title II of division D of Public Law 116–93 that were designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985), and title I of division 

I of Public Law 116–94. 

(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division D of Public 

Law 116–94). 

(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 

and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 

(division A of Public Law 116–94). 

(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 (division E of Public Law 116–94), and section 7 of Public Law 

116–94. 

(10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 

Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division F of Public 

Law 116–94), except title V. 

(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 

Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 (division G of Public 

Law 116–94). 
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(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division H 

of Public Law 116–94). 

SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 

authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 

Defense shall be used for: 

(1) the new production of items not funded for production 

in fiscal year 2020 or prior years; 

(2) the increase in production rates above those sustained 

with fiscal year 2020 funds; or 

(3) The initiation, resumption, or continuation of any 

project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 

project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, 

and subprogram within a program element, and for any investment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity 

within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that 

includes a program element and subprogram element within 

an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or 

other authority were not available during fiscal year 2020. 

(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 

granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 

shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance 

procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement 

unless specifically appropriated later. 

SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 

to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 

pertinent appropriations Act. 

SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 

appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project 

or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 

not available during fiscal year 2020. 

SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 

to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred 

for any project or activity during the period for which funds or 

authority for such project or activity are available under this Act. 

SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the 

applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2021, appropriations 

and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this 

Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 

(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any 

project or activity provided for in this Act. 

(2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 

Act for fiscal year 2021 without any provision for such project 

or activity. 

(3) December 11, 2020. 

SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be 

charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 

whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 

authorization is contained is enacted into law. 

SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by 

or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without 

regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of apportionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, 

but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other 

provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 
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SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have 

high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning of fiscal year 2021 because of distributions 

of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such 

high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not 

be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded 

by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives. 

SEC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the 

most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall 

be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activities. 

SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 

whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 

fiscal year 2020, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 

Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain 

program levels under current law, under the authority and conditions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 

2020, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 

(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory payments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 

after October 2020 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 

in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 

available for such payments. 

SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 

personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 

agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 

with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020, except 

that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 

until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 

SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated 

and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 

(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 

6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 

(50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 

SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this 

Act that was previously designated by the Congress for Overseas 

Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being 

for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is 

designated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant 

to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act or as being for disaster relief 

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 

(b) Section 6 of Public Law 116–94 shall apply to amounts 

designated in subsection (a) and sections 126 and 163 of this Act 

for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or 

as an emergency requirement. 

(c) This section shall become effective immediately upon enactment of this Act, and shall remain in effect through the date 

in section 106(3). 
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SEC. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary budget 

authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)— 

(1) to which other appropriations are not provided by this 

Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that 

does receive an appropriation in this Act; or 

(2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropriations in this Act, 

may be continued instead by reducing the rate for operations otherwise provided by section 101 for such current applicable TAFS, 

as long as doing so does not impinge on the final funding prerogatives of the Congress. 

(b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection (a) shall 

continue in an amount equal to the lesser of— 

(1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in 

the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 

of this Act; or 

(2) the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 

2020, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation 

in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 

of this Act. 

(c) No later than November 20, 2020, the Director of the Office 

of Management and Budget shall provide to the Committees on 

Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

a comprehensive list of the rescissions or cancellations that will 

continue pursuant to section 101: Provided, That the information 

in such comprehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect 

any subsequent changes in the amount of balances available, as 

of October 1, 2020, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 

101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Committees 

on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 

upon request. 

SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are available 

in the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and Waste Disposal 

Program Account’’ of the Department of Agriculture for gross obligations for the principal amount of direct and guaranteed loans as 

authorized by section 306 and described in section 381E(d)(2) of 

the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows: 

$1,400,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for guaranteed 

loans. 

SEC. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Food and Nutrition Service—Child Nutrition 

Programs’’ to carry out section 749(g) of the Agriculture, Rural 

Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–80) may be apportioned 

up to the rate for operations necessary to ensure that the program 

can be fully operational by May 2021. 

SEC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food Programs—Food and Nutrition 

Service—Commodity Assistance Program’’ may be apportioned up 

to the rate for operations necessary to maintain current program 

caseload in the Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 

SEC. 119. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Farm 

Service Agency—Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program 

Account’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
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to accommodate approved applications for direct and guaranteed 

farm ownership loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq. 

SEC. 120. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 

1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) and section 942 of the Livestock Mandatory 

Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 note; Public Law 106–78) 

shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 

of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

SEC. 121. (a) Sections 7(j)(5), 7A(l)(4), and 21(e) of the United 

States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79(j)(5), 79a(l)(4), 87j(e)) shall 

be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of 

this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ each place it appears. 

(b) Sections 7D and 19 of the United States Grain Standards 

Act (7 U.S.C. 79d, 87h) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2021’’ 

for ‘‘2020’’. 

SEC. 122. Section 7605(b) of the Agriculture Improvement Act 

of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 5940 note; Public Law 115–334) is amended 

by striking ‘‘the date that is 1 year after the date on which the 

Secretary establishes a plan under section 297C of the Agricultural 

Marketing Act of 1946’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

SEC. 123. Notwithstanding section 101, the second paragraph 

under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services— 

Food and Drug Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title 

VI of division B of Public Law 116–94 shall be applied by striking 

‘‘, contingent upon the enactment of the Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee Act of 2019,’’. 

SEC. 124. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘Department of Commerce—Bureau of the Census—Periodic 

Censuses and Programs’’ at a rate for operations of $1,514,709,000: 

Provided, That amounts made available under such heading by 

this Act may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

to conduct the 2020 Decennial Census Program. 

SEC. 125. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 

Act, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into a contract, beginning 

with fiscal year 2021, for the procurement of up to two Columbia 

class submarines. 

(2) With respect to a contract entered into under subsection 

(a), the Secretary of the Navy may use incremental funding 

to make payments under the contract. 

(3) Any contract entered into under subsection (a) shall 

provide that— 

(A) any obligation of the United States to make a 

payment under the contract is subject to the availability 

of appropriations for that purpose; and 

(B) total liability of the Federal Government for termination of any contract entered into shall be limited to 

the total amount of funding obligated to the contract at 

time of termination. 

(b) Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for ‘‘Shipbuilding 

and Conversion, Navy’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for 

operations necessary for ‘‘Ohio Replacement Submarine (Full 

Funding)’’ in an amount not to exceed $1,620,270,000. 

SEC. 126. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds 

as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to ‘‘Department of Defense—Other Department of Defense Programs—Office 

of the Inspector General’’ in title III of division B of the CARES 

Act (Public Law 116–136), are hereby rescinded, and, in addition 
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to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded 

pursuant to this subsection is hereby appropriated on September 

30, 2020, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, and shall be available for the 

same purposes, in addition to other funds as may be available 

for such purposes, and under the same authorities for which the 

funds were originally provided in Public Law 116–136: Provided, 

That the amounts rescinded pursuant to this subsection that were 

previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

251(b)(2)(A)(i) of that Act: Provided further, That such amount 

is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

(b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon 

enactment of this Act. 

(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, or 

if the designation in section 114(b) occurs after September 

30, 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in effect 

on September 30, 2020. 

SEC. 127. (a) No funds shall be transferred directly from 

‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Administration—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, Western Area Power 

Administration’’ to the general fund of the Treasury in fiscal year 

2020. 

(b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon 

enactment of this Act. 

(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this 

section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 

30, 2020. 

SEC. 128. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2214(c)) shall be 

applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

Act for ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

(b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency Drought 

Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) shall be applied by substituting 

‘‘2006 through 2021’’ for ‘‘2006 through 2020’’. 

SEC. 129. Section 3007(a)(5)(A)(i)(II)(bb) of the Scholarships 

for Opportunity and Results Act (sec. 38–1853.07(a)(5)(A)(i)(II)(bb), 

D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting 

‘‘6 years’’. 

SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds 

made available under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia—District 

of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under the 

District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2020 (title IV of division 

C of Public Law 116–93) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 

2021 Local Budget Act of 2020 (D.C. Act 23–408), as modified 

as of the date of enactment of this Act. 

SEC. 131. In addition to the amounts otherwise provided by 

section 101, for ‘‘District of Columbia—Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District of Columbia’’, 

there is appropriated $13,000,000, for an additional amount for 
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fiscal year 2021, to remain available until expended, for costs associated with the Presidential Inauguration held in January 2021. 

SEC. 132. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding 

the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Small Business Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’ in title V of division C 

of Public Law 116–93 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$15,000,000’’ 

for ‘‘$99,000,000’’ and the third proviso shall be applied as if the 

language read as follows: ‘‘Provided further, That commitments 

for general business loans authorized under paragraphs (1) through 

(35) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act shall not exceed 

$30,000,000,000 for a combination of amortizing term loans and 

the aggregated maximum line of credit provided by revolving 

loans:’’: Provided, That amounts made available under such heading 

by this Act may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 

necessary to accommodate increased demand for commitments for 

general business loans authorized under paragraphs (1) through 

(35) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) 

and for commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 

U.S.C 683(b)). 

SEC. 133. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Small 

Business Administration—Disaster Loans Program Account’’ may 

be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate increased demand for commitments for disaster administrative 

expenses. 

SEC. 134. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided for ‘‘General Services Administration—Expenses, Presidential 

Transition’’ for necessary expenses to carry out the Presidential 

Transition Act of 1963 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), at a rate for operations 

of $9,900,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 is for activities 

authorized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided, 

That such amounts may be transferred and credited to the ‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’ to reimburse 

obligations incurred prior to enactment of this Act for the purposes 

provided herein related to the Presidential election in 2020: Provided further, That amounts available under this section shall be 

in addition to any other amounts available for such purposes. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are provided by 

this Act for ‘‘General Services Administration—Pre-Election Presidential Transition’’. 

SEC. 135. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘General 

Services Administration—Real Property Activities—Federal 

Buildings Fund—Limitations on Availability of Revenue’’ may be 

apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for monthly 

rental of space operations. 

SEC. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, for expenses of the 

Office of Administration to carry out the Presidential Transition 

Act of 1963, as amended, and similar expenses, in addition to 

amounts otherwise appropriated by law, amounts are provided to 

‘‘Presidential Transition Administrative Support’’ at a rate for operations of $8,000,000: Provided, That such funds may be transferred 

to other accounts that provide funding for offices within the Executive Office of the President and the Office of the Vice President 

in this Act or any other Act, to carry out such purposes: Provided 

further, That such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate 

for operations necessary to carry out such responsibilities. 
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SEC. 137. In addition to amounts provided in section 101, 

an additional amount is provided for ‘‘National Archives and 

Records Administration—Operating Expenses’’ to carry out transition responsibilities of the Archivist of the United States under 

sections 2201 through 2207 of title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Presidential Records Act of 1978’’) in the 

event of a Presidential Transition at a rate for operations of 

$18,000,000: Provided, That such amounts may be apportioned 

up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out such responsibilities. 

SEC. 138. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Office 

of Personnel Management—Salaries and Expenses’’, including 

amounts to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of 

the Office of Personnel Management without regard to other statutes, may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

to cover any expected shortfall in administrative expenses resulting 

from the transfer of the National Background Investigations Bureau 

function to the Department of Defense. 

SEC. 139. Section 2(b)(2)(C)(i) of the Temporary Bankruptcy 

Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 152 note; Public Law 

112–121) is amended (with regard to the 1st vacancy in the eastern 

district of Tennessee) by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘9 years’’. 

SEC. 140. Section 3610 of division A of the CARES Act (Public 

Law 116–136) shall be applied by substituting the date in section 

106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

SEC. 141. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security for ‘‘Office of the Secretary and Executive Management—Operations and Support’’, ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations and Support’’, and ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and 

Operations Coordination—Operations and Support’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out activities 

previously funded by the Working Capital Fund of the Department 

of Homeland Security, consistent with the fiscal year 2021 President’s Budget proposal, submitted pursuant to section 1105(a) of 

title 31, United States Code, and accompanying justification materials. 

SEC. 142. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard— 

Operations and Support’’ may be available for the pay and benefits 

of Coast Guard Yard and Vessel Documentation personnel, NonAppropriated Funds personnel, and for Morale, Welfare and Recreation Programs. 

SEC. 143. Section 9307(f)(1) of title 46, United States Code 

shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) 

of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

SEC. 144. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security under the heading ‘‘Cybersecurity and 

Infrastructure Security Agency’’ may be obligated in the account 

and budget structure set forth in H.R. 7669 and the accompanying 

House Report 116–458, as reported by the House Committee on 

Appropriations on July 15, 2020. 

SEC. 145. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Homeland Security under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 

Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ may be apportioned 

up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out response and 

recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 

and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
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SEC. 146. (a) Section 1309(a) of the National Flood Insurance 

Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 

30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

(b) Section 1319 of the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 

(42 U.S.C. 4026) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ 

and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

(c)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon 

enactment of this Act. 

(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this 

section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 

30, 2020. 

SEC. 147. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the following shall 

be applied by substituting ‘‘$0’’ for— 

(1) ‘‘$32,300,000’’ in the first paragraph under the heading 

‘‘Bureau of Land Management—Land Acquisition’’; 

(2) ‘‘$10,000,000’’, and ‘‘$320,000’’ in the first paragraph 

under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service— 

Land Acquisition’’; 

(3) ‘‘$3,628,000’’ in the second paragraph under the heading 

‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Land Acquisition’’; 

(4) ‘‘$30,800,000’’ and ‘‘$23,702,000’’ for ‘‘$54,502,000’’ in 

the first paragraph under the heading ‘‘United States Fish 

and Wildlife Service—Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation Fund’’; 

(5) ‘‘$208,400,000’’, ‘‘$140,000,000’’, and ‘‘$13,000,000’’ in 

the first paragraph under the heading ‘‘National Park Service— 

Land Acquisition and State Assistance’’; 

(6) ‘‘$63,990,000’’ and ‘‘$283,000,000’’ for ‘‘$346,990,000’’ 

under the heading ‘‘Forest Service—State and Private Forestry’’; and 

(7) ‘‘$78,898,000’’ in the first paragraph under the heading 

‘‘Forest Service—Land Acquisition’’. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 101, the first paragraph under 

the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service—Land 

Acquisition’’ shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$7,550,000’’ for 

‘‘$70,715,000’’. 

(c) Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department 

of the Interior for ‘‘Departmental Offices—Office of the Secretary— 

Departmental Operations’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for 

operations necessary to fund the Appraisal and Valuation Services 

Office and such amounts shall be derived from the Land and Water 

Conservation Fund. 

SEC. 148. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Forest 

Service may be obligated in the account and budget structure set 

forth in the table provided by the Secretary of Agriculture to the 

Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

Representatives prior to the end of fiscal year 2020 pursuant to 

section 435(d) of the Department of the Interior, Environment, 

and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division D of Public 

Law 116–94): Provided, That amounts made available by section 

101 under the heading ‘‘Forest Service—National Forest System’’ 

shall be available for the base salary and expenses of employees 

that carry out the functions funded by the ‘‘Capital Improvement 

and Maintenance’’ account, the ‘‘Range Betterment Fund’’ account, 

and the ‘‘Management of National Forests for Subsistence Uses’’ 

account and may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 

necessary to fund such base salary and expenses of such employees. 
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SEC. 149. Activities authorized by part A of title IV and section 

1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue through the date 

specified in section 106(3) of this Act, in the manner authorized 

for fiscal year 2020, and out of any money in the Treasury of 

the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby 

appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose: 

Provided, That grants under section 418 of the Social Security 

Act shall be issued on the same basis as grants under section 

403(a)(1) of such Act. 

SEC. 150. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds 

as of September 30, 2020, from amounts credited and merged pursuant to the second proviso under the heading ‘‘Department of Health 

and Human Services—Centers for Disease Control and Prevention— 

Buildings and Facilities’’ in title II of the Departments of Labor, 

Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies 

Appropriations Act, 2016 (division H of Public Law 114–113) are 

hereby rescinded, and, in addition to amounts otherwise provided 

by section 101, an amount of additional new budget authority 

equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection 

is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, for an additional 

amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until September 

30, 2025, and shall be available for the same purposes, in addition 

to other funds as may be available for such purposes, and under 

the same authorities for which the funds were originally transferred 

and merged pursuant to Public Law 114–113. 

(b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon 

enactment of this Act. 

(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this 

section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 

30, 2020. 

SEC. 151. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section 529 of division A of Public Law 116–94 shall be applied by substituting 

‘‘$1,150,000,000’’ for ‘‘$3,169,819,000’’ and by substituting ‘‘section 

2104(a)(24)’’ for ‘‘section 2104(a)(23)’’. 

(b) Notwithstanding section 101, section 530 of division A of 

Public Law 116–94 shall be applied by substituting 

‘‘$11,005,661,000’’ for ‘‘$6,093,181,000’’. 

SEC. 152. (a) Funds made available in Public Law 113–235 

to the accounts of the National Institutes of Health that were 

available for obligation through fiscal year 2015 and were obligated 

for multi-year research grants shall be available through fiscal 

year 2021 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal 

year 2015 if the Director of the National Institutes of Health determines the project suffered an interruption of activities attributable 

to SARS–CoV–2. 

(b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon 

enactment of this Act. 

(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this 

section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 

30, 2020. 

SEC. 153. (a) Funds made available in Public Law 113–76 

under the heading ‘‘Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research’’ 

that were available for obligation through fiscal year 2015 for 

the Automated Personalization Computing Project pursuant to the 

first four provisos under that heading in that Act are to remain 

available through fiscal year 2021 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2014 or 2015. 
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(b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon 

enactment of this Act. 

(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this 

section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 

30, 2020. 

SEC. 154. Section 114(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

(20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

SEC. 155. Section 458(a)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 

1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(4)) shall be applied through the date 

specified in section 106(3) of this Act by substituting ‘‘2021’’ for 

‘‘2020’’. 

SEC. 156. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds 

as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Service—Salaries and Expenses’’ 

in title IV of division A of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), are hereby rescinded, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount 

of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 

rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appropriated on 

September 30, 2020, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021, and shall be available 

for the same purposes, in addition to other funds as may be available for such purposes, and under the same authorities for which 

the funds were originally provided in Public Law 116–94. 

(b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to ‘‘Corporation 

for National and Community Service—Operating Expenses’’ in title 

IV of division A of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

2020 (Public Law 116–94), are hereby rescinded, and in addition 

to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded 

pursuant to this subsection is hereby appropriated on September 

30, 2020, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain 

available until September 30, 2021, and shall be available for the 

same purposes, in addition to other funds as may be available 

for such purposes, and under the same authorities for which the 

funds were originally provided in Public Law 116–94: Provided, 

That any amounts appropriated by the preceding proviso shall 

not be subject to the allotment requirements otherwise applicable 

under sections 129(a), (b), (d), and (e) of the National and Community Service Act of 1993. 

(c) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to ‘‘Corporation 

for National and Community Service—Office of Inspector General’’ 

in title IV of division A of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), are hereby rescinded, and in addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount 

of additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 

rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appropriated on 

September 30, 2020, for an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, 

to remain available until September 30, 2021, and shall be available 

for the same purposes, in addition to other funds as may be available for such purposes, and under the same authorities for which 

the funds were originally provided in Public Law 116–94. 
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(d)(1) Section 3514(b) of title III of division A of Public Law 

116–136 is hereby repealed, and such section shall be applied 

hereafter as if such subsection had never been enacted. 

(2)(A) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided under this subsection are designated as an emergency requirement pursuant 

to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 

(2 U.S.C. 933(g)). 

(B) DESIGNATION IN THE SENATE.—In the Senate, this 

subsection is designated as an emergency requirement 

pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th 

Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 

year 2018. 

(C) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines 

set forth in the joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105– 

217 and section 250(c)(7) and (c)(8) of the Balanced Budget 

and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the budgetary 

effects of this subsection— 

(i) shall not be estimated for purposes of section 

251 of such Act; 

(ii) shall not be estimated for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the Statutory Pay AsYou-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an appropriation Act; and 

(iii) shall be treated as if they were contained 

in a PAYGO Act, as defined by section 3(7) of the 

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 932(7)). 

(e)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon 

enactment of this Act. 

(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this 

section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 

30, 2020. 

SEC. 157. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

there is hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2021 for payment to 

the John R. Lewis Revocable Trust, beneficiary of John R. Lewis, 

late a Representative from the State of Georgia, $174,000. 

SEC. 158. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 

for ‘‘House of Representatives—Salaries and Expenses’’ at a rate 

for operations of $1,383,725,000. 

SEC. 159. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act— 

(1) the authority of the Library of Congress to reimburse 

the Little Scholars Child Development Center at the Library 

of Congress under section 19004 of the CARES Act (2 U.S.C. 

162b note; 134 Stat. 578) shall remain in effect with respect 

to salaries incurred until the termination of the public health 

emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public 

Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) resulting from the COVID– 

19 pandemic; and 

(2) the authority of the Government Accountability Office 

to reimburse the Tiny Findings Child Development Center 

under section 19009 of the CARES Act (134 Stat. 579) shall 

remain in effect with respect to salaries incurred until the 

termination of the public health emergency declared pursuant 

to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

247d) resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic. 
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(3) Section 19005(a) of the CARES Act (2 U.S.C. 1816b 

note; 134 Stat. 578) shall be amended by striking ‘‘for not 

more than 16 weeks’’ and inserting in its place ‘‘until the 

termination of the public health emergency declared pursuant 

to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

247d) resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic’’. 

SEC. 160. (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding sections 3902(a) 

and 3904(b) of title 41, United States Code, if the performance 

or delivery of services procured under a severable service contract 

of the Library of Congress is delayed or otherwise affected by 

the COVID–19 Pandemic, the period for the performance or delivery 

of services under the contract may be extended for a period equivalent to the delay or suspension of services, but not exceeding an 

additional 12 months. 

(b) CONTRACTS COVERED.—This section applies with respect 

to contracts for severable services procured for a period beginning 

in fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2020. 

SEC. 161. Effective upon enactment of this Act, the matter 

preceding the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Veterans Benefits Administration—Compensation 

and Pensions’’ in division F of Public Law 116–94 is amended 

by replacing ‘‘shall become available on October 1, 2020:’’ with 

‘‘, to remain available until expended and to become available 

on October 1, 2020:’’. 

SEC. 162. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Administration—Veterans 

Electronic Health Record’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for 

operations necessary to maintain support activities related to 

implementation and maintenance of a Veterans Electronic Health 

Record system, including contractual costs associated with operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles 5 and 

38, United States Code. 

SEC. 163. Notwithstanding section 106 of this Act, at any time 

during fiscal year 2021, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 

transfer up to $140,000,000 of the unobligated balances available 

under the heading ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Veterans 

Health Administration—Medical Services’’ in title X of division 

B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public 

Law 116–136) to the ‘‘Canteen Service Revolving Fund’’ of the 

Department to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 

domestically or internationally: Provided, That amounts so transferred shall be for offsetting the losses resulting from the 

coronavirus pandemic of Veterans Canteen Service collections 

pursuant to chapter 78 of title 38, United States Code: Provided 

further, That the transferred amounts shall be in addition to any 

other funds made available for this purpose: Provided further, That 

amounts transferred under this section that were previously designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 

to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 

pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

SEC. 164. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of State for ‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs—Repatriation 

Loans Program Account’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for 
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operations necessary to accommodate increased demand for commitments for repatriation loans authorized by section 4(b)(2)(B) of 

the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 

2671(b)(2)(B)). 

SEC. 165. Section 21009 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 

Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) shall continue in effect 

through the date specified in section 106 of this Act. 

SEC. 166. (a) During the period covered by this Act, section 

1(b)(1) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) 

shall be applied by substituting ‘‘the costs of providing consular 

services’’ for ‘‘such costs’’. 

(b) During the period covered by this Act, discretionary amounts 

made available by section 101 to the Department of State in title 

I under the heading ‘‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’’ and discretionary unobligated balances under such heading from prior Acts 

making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, may be transferred to the Consular 

and Border Security Programs account if the Secretary of State 

determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that 

to do so is necessary to sustain consular operations, following consultation with such Committees: Provided, That such transfer 

authority is in addition to any transfer authority otherwise available 

in this Act and under any other provision of law: Provided further, 

That no amounts may be transferred from amounts designated 

for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism or 

as emergency requirements pursuant to a concurrent resolution 

on the budget or section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and 

Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

(c) Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department 

of State for ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ may be apportioned up to the 

rate for operations necessary to sustain consular operations, and 

the obligation of such apportioned funds shall be subject to the 

regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

SEC. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 

and subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees 

on Appropriations, the limitations in section 7044(e)(2) of division 

G of Public Law 116–94 shall not apply to funds made available 

in this Act or in the Department of State, Foreign Operations, 

and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020, for disaster relief; 

to protect human rights, locate and identify missing persons, and 

assist victims of torture; to promote justice, accountability, and 

reconciliation; to enhance maritime security and domain awareness; 

and for International Military Education and Training. 

SEC. 168. Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and 

Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) is amended by striking 

‘‘October 1, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2021’’. 

SEC. 169. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of funds, 

as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ in title I of division K of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2017 (Public Law 115–31), other than such 

funds administratively allocated to carry out the administration 

and oversight of awards under the national infrastructure investments program, are hereby rescinded, and in addition to amounts 

otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of additional new 

budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to 
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this subsection is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, 

for an additional amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain available 

until September 30, 2021, in addition to other funds as may be 

available for such purposes, and shall be available, without additional competition, for completing the funding of awards made 

pursuant to the fiscal year 2017 National Infrastructure Investments grants (also known as the Better Utilizing Investments to 

Leverage Development, or BUILD grants). 

(b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds, as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to ‘‘Department 

of Transportation—Office of the Secretary—National Infrastructure 

Investments’’ in title I of division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115–141), other than such funds 

administratively allocated to carry out the administration and oversight of awards under the national infrastructure investments program, are hereby rescinded, and in addition to amounts otherwise 

provided by section 101, an amount of additional new budget 

authority equivalent to the amount rescinded pursuant to this 

subsection is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, for an 

additional amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until 

September 30, 2021, in addition to other funds as may be available 

for such purposes, and shall be available, without additional competition, for completing the funding of awards made pursuant to 

the fiscal year 2018 National Infrastructure Investments grants 

(also known as the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage 

Development, or BUILD grants). 

(c)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon 

enactment of this Act. 

(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this 

section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 

30, 2020. 

SEC. 170. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter preceding 

the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Government National Mortgage 

Association—Guarantees of Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program Account’’ in the Further Consolidated Appropriations 

Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) shall be applied by substituting 

‘‘$1,278,000,000,000’’ for ‘‘$550,000,000,000’’: Provided, That 

amounts made available under such heading by this Act may be 

apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommodate 

increased demand for new commitments to issue guarantees to 

carry out the purposes of section 306 of the National Housing 

Act as amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)). 

SEC. 171. (a) Funds previously made available in the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public 

Law 113–6) for the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods Initiative’’ that were 

available for obligation through fiscal year 2015 are to remain 

available through fiscal year 2021 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal years 2013 through 2015. 

(b)(1) This section shall become effective immediately upon 

enactment of this Act. 

(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2020, this 

section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 

30, 2020. 

SEC. 172. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for ‘‘Housing Programs— 

Housing for the Elderly’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for 

operations necessary to— 
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(1) maintain project rental assistance for the elderly under 

section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q(2)), 

including making amendments to contracts for such assistance and 

renewing expiring contracts for such assistance for up to a 1- 

year term; and 

(2) be available to make awards to existing grantees to 

continue, without competition, demonstration programs to test 

housing with services models for the elderly that demonstrate 

the potential to delay or avoid the need for nursing home 

care. 

SEC. 173. Amounts provided by section 111 to the Department 

of Agriculture for ‘‘Corporations—Commodity Credit Corporation 

Fund—Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses’’ may be used, prior 

to the completion of the report described in section 2 of the Act 

of August 17, 1961 (15 U.S.C. 713a-11), to reimburse the Commodity 

Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but not previously reimbursed, as of September 17, 2020. 

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2021’’. 

DIVISION B—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EXTENSION 

TITLE I—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION 

PROGRAMS 

SEC. 1101. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in this division, 

the requirements, authorities, conditions, eligibilities, limitations, 

and other provisions authorized under the covered laws, which 

would otherwise expire on or cease to apply after September 30, 

2020, are incorporated by reference and shall continue in effect 

through September 30, 2021. 

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— (1) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.— (A) HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—There is authorized to be 

appropriated from the Highway Account for fiscal year 

2021, for each program with respect to which amounts 

are authorized to be appropriated from such account for 

fiscal year 2020, an amount equal to the amount authorized 

for appropriation with respect to the program from such 

account under the covered laws for fiscal year 2020. 

(B) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—There is authorized to 

be appropriated from the Mass Transit Account for fiscal 

year 2021, for each program with respect to which amounts 

are authorized to be appropriated from such account for 

fiscal year 2020, an amount equal to the amount authorized 

for appropriation with respect to the program from such 

account under the covered laws for fiscal year 2020. 

(2) GENERAL FUND.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

for fiscal year 2021, for each program under the covered laws 

with respect to which amounts are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2020 from an account other than the 

Highway Account or the Mass Transit Account, an amount 
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that is not less than the amount authorized for appropriation 

with respect to the program under the covered laws for fiscal 

year 2020. 

(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized to be appropriated 

for fiscal year 2021 with respect to a program under subsection 

(b) shall be distributed, administered, limited, and made available 

for obligation in the same manner as amounts authorized to be 

appropriated with respect to the program for fiscal year 2020 under 

the covered laws. 

(d) OBLIGATION LIMITATION.—A program for which amounts 

are authorized to be appropriated under subsection (b)(1) shall 

be subject to a limitation on obligations for fiscal year 2021 in 

the same amount and in the same manner as the limitation 

applicable with respect to the program for fiscal year 2020. 

(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

(1) COVERED LAWS.—The term ‘‘covered laws’’ means the 

following: 

(A) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, XI, and XXIV 

of the FAST Act (Public Law 114–94). 

(B) Division A, division B, subtitle A of title I and 

title II of division C, and division E of MAP–21 (Public 

Law 112–141). 

(C) Titles I, II, and III of the SAFETEA–LU Technical 

Corrections Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–244). 

(D) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of SAFETEA–LU 

(Public Law 109–59). 

(E) Titles I, II, III, IV, and V of the Transportation 

Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public Law 105–178). 

(F) Titles II, III, and IV of the National Highway 

System Designation Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–59). 

(G) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of the Intermodal 

Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (Public Law 

102–240). 

(H) Title 23, United States Code. 

(I) Sections 116, 117, 330, 5128, 5505, and 24905 and 

chapters 53, 139, 303, 311, 313, 701, and 702 of title 

49, United States Code. 

(2) HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Highway Account’’ 

means the portion of the Highway Trust Fund that is not 

the Mass Transit Account. 

(3) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Mass Transit 

Account’’ means the portion of the Highway Trust Fund established under section 9503(e)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986. 

SEC. 1102. NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT FREIGHT AND HIGHWAY 

PROJECTS. 

Section 117(d)(2)(A) of title 23, United States Code, is amended 

in the matter preceding clause (i)— (1) by striking ‘‘$500,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$600,000,000’’; 

and 

(2) by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

SEC. 1103. HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. 

Section 403(h)(2) of title 23, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘$21,248,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$26,560,000’’. 
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SEC. 1104. RAIL-RELATED PROVISIONS. 

(a) FEDERAL FUNDING FOR OPERATING LOSSES.—Section 24321 

of title 49, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) by striking subsection (d); and 

(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection (d). 

(b) DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES.—Section 502(b)(3) 

of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976 

(45 U.S.C. 822(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ 

and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

SEC. 1105. SUSPENSION FOR EXTENSION PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENTS 

FOR ADDITIONAL DEPOSITS INTO HIGHWAY TRUST FUND. 

Section 105 of title 23, United States Code, shall not apply 

to monies deposited into the Highway Trust Fund by this division. 

SEC. 1106. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 

None of the funds authorized in this division or any other 

Act may be used to adjust apportionments for the Mass Transit 

Account of the Highway Trust Fund or withhold funds from apportionments for the Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust 

Fund pursuant to section 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 in fiscal year 2021. 

SEC. 1107. APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION. 

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 14703 of title 

40, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)(5) by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘2021’’; and 

(2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

(b) TERMINATION.—Section 14704 of title 40, United States 

Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

TITLE II—TRUST FUNDS 

SEC. 1201. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND EXPENDITURE 

AUTHORITY. 

Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ in subsections (b)(6)(B), 

(c)(1), and (e)(3) and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2021’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘FAST Act’’ in subsections (c)(1) and (e)(3) 

and inserting ‘‘Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other 

Extensions Act’’. 

SEC. 1202. SPORT FISH RESTORATION AND BOATING TRUST FUND. 

Section 9504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘FAST Act’’ each place it appears in subsection (b)(2) and inserting ‘‘Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2021 and Other Extensions Act’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ in subsection (d)(2) and 

inserting ‘‘October 1, 2021’’. 

SEC. 1203. LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST FUND. 

Section 9508(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 

2021’’. 
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SEC. 1204. FURTHER ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS TO HIGHWAY TRUST 

FUND. 

Subsection (f) of section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraph (10) as paragraph 

(11) and by inserting after paragraph (9) the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(10) FURTHER TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUND.—Out of money 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby 

appropriated— ‘‘(A) $10,400,000,000 to the Highway Account (as 

defined in subsection (e)(5)(B)) in the Highway Trust Fund; 

and 

‘‘(B) $3,200,000,000 to the Mass Transit Account in 

the Highway Trust Fund.’’. 

SEC. 1205. ADDITIONAL TRANSFER TO TRUST FUND. 

Section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 

by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL TRANSFER TO TRUST FUND.—Out of money 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is hereby appropriated $14,000,000,000 to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund.’’. 

DIVISION C—HEALTH EXTENDERS 

TITLE I—PUBLIC HEALTH EXTENDERS 

SEC. 2101. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, NATIONAL HEALTH 

SERVICE CORPS, AND TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT 

OPERATE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 

(a) COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.—Section 10503(b)(1)(F) of 

the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b– 

2(b)(1)(F)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘$668,493,151’’ and inserting ‘‘$789,041,096’’; 

and 

(2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

(b) NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS.—Section 10503(b)(2)(H) 

of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b– 

2(b)(2)(H)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘$51,808,219’’ and inserting ‘‘$61,150,685’’; 

and 

(2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

(c) TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE GRADUATE MED- ICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Section 340H(g)(1) of the Public 

Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h(g)(1)) is amended— (1) by striking ‘‘$21,141,096’’ and inserting ‘‘$24,953,425’’; 

and 

(2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

(d) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to the amendments made by this section for the period beginning on October 1, 2020, through December 11, 2020, shall be 

subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 116–94 for 

funds for programs authorized under sections 330 through 340 

of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254 through 256). 
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(e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) of section 3014(h) 

of title 18, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘Social Services Act,,,’’ and inserting ‘‘Social 

Services Act,’’; and 

(2) by striking ‘‘and section 3831 of the CARES Act’’ and 

inserting ‘‘, section 3831 of the CARES Act, and section 2101 

of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act’’. 

SEC. 2102. DIABETES PROGRAMS. 

(a) SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS FOR TYPE I DIABETES.—Section 330B(b)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

254c–2(b)(2)(D)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘$25,068,493’’ and inserting ‘‘$29,589,042’’; 

and 

(2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

(b) SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS FOR INDIANS.—Section 

330C(c)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c– 

3(c)(2)(D)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘$25,068,493’’ and inserting ‘‘$29,589,042’’; 

and 

(2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

SEC. 2103. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION. 

Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 713) is 

amended by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ each place it appears 

and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

SEC. 2104. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION. 

Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 710) is 

amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ each place it appears 

and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’; 

(2) in subsection (a)(2)(B)(i), by striking ‘‘such period, for 

fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘the period described in subparagraph (A), for fiscal year 2021’’; and 

(3) in subsection (f)(2), by striking ‘‘and 2019’’ and inserting 

‘‘through 2020,’’. 

SEC. 2105. RARE PEDIATRIC DISEASE PRIORITY REVIEW VOUCHER 

EXTENSION. 

Section 529(b)(5) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 

(21 U.S.C. 360ff(b)(5)) is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ each place it appears 

and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’; and 

(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2022’’ 

and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2022’’. 

SEC. 2106. AUTHORIZATION TO ACCUMULATE EXCESS ANNUAL LEAVE. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 219 of the Public 

Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 210–1), a commissioned officer of 

the Public Health Service who, except for this section, would lose 

at the end of the fiscal year 2020 accumulated annual leave in 

excess of 60 days, may retain such amounts of accumulated annual 

leave in excess of 60 days. 
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(b) USE OF EXCESS LEAVE.—Annual leave retained pursuant 

to subsection (a) shall be lost unless it is used by the officer 

no later than September 30, 2023. 

(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall not apply to an officer 

on terminal leave preceding separation, retirement, or release from 

active duty, as of the effective date specified in subsection (d). 

(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall become effective on 

the earlier of— 

(1) the date of the enactment of this Act; or 

(2) September 30, 2020. 

SEC. 2107. HHS SERVICES AND SUPPLY FUND. 

Effective as if included in the enactment of the paragraph 

beginning with ‘‘Service and supply fund:’’ under the heading 

‘‘Public Health Service’’ in the Federal Security Agency Appropriation Act, 1946 (42 U.S.C. 231), such paragraph shall be applied 

with respect to any fiscal year as though the phrase ‘‘central services’’ referred to central services for any Federal agency. 

TITLE II—MEDICARE EXTENDERS 

SEC. 2201. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX FLOOR 

UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. 

Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

1395w–4(e)(1)(E)), as amended by section 3801 of the CARES Act 

(Public Law 116–136), is amended by striking ‘‘December 1, 2020’’ 

and inserting ‘‘December 12, 2020’’. 

SEC. 2202. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEASURE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION. 

Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

1395aaa(d)(2)), as amended by section 3802 of the CARES Act 

(Public Law 116–136), is amended— 

(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ 

and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’; and 

(2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ 

and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

SEC. 2203. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND ASSISTANCE FOR 

LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 

(a) STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS.—Subsection (a)(1)(B) 

of section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and 

Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b–3 note), as amended by 

section 3306 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

(Public Law 111–148), section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief 

Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–240), section 1110 of the Pathway 

for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–67), section 110 

of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 

93), section 208 of the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization 

Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–10), section 50207 of division E of 

the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), section 

1402 of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, 

and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–59), section 

1402 of division B of the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116– 

69), section 103 of division N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), and section 3803 of the CARES 
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Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended in clause (xi) by striking 

‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

(b) AREA AGENCIES ON AGING.—Subsection (b)(1)(B) of such 

section 119, as so amended, is amended in clause (xi) by striking 

‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

(c) AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS.—Subsection 

(c)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended in clause 

(xi) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 

2020’’. 

(d) CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR BENEFITS AND

OUTREACH ENROLLMENT.—Subsection (d)(2) of such section 119, 

as so amended, is amended in clause (xi) by striking ‘‘November 

30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

TITLE III—MEDICAID EXTENDERS 

SEC. 2301. EXTENSION OF MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON REBALANCING DEMONSTRATION. 

Section 6071(h)(1)(H) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 

U.S.C. 1396a note), as inserted by section 3811 of the CARES 

Act (Public Law 116–136), is amended by striking ‘‘November 30, 

2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

SEC. 2302. EXTENSION OF SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT PROTECTIONS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2404 of the Patient Protection and 

Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 note), as amended by section 

3812 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), is amended by 

striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in section 2404 of Public 

Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 note) or section 1902(a)(17) or 

1924 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(17), 1396r– 

5) shall be construed as prohibiting a State from— 

(1) applying an income or resource disregard under a methodology authorized under section 1902(r)(2) of such Act (42 

U.S.C. 1396a(r)(2))— 

(A) to the income or resources of an individual 

described in section 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI) of such Act (42 

U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI)) (including a disregard of the 

income or resources of such individual’s spouse); or 

(B) on the basis of an individual’s need for home and 

community-based services authorized under subsection (c), 

(d), (i), or (k) of section 1915 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n) 

or under section 1115 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315); or 

(2) disregarding an individual’s spousal income and assets 

under a plan amendment to provide medical assistance for 

home and community-based services for individuals by reason 

of being determined eligible under section 1902(a)(10)(C) of 

such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(C)) or by reason of section 

1902(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(f)) or otherwise on the 

basis of a reduction of income based on costs incurred for 

medical or other remedial care under which the State disregarded the income and assets of the individual’s spouse in 

determining the initial and ongoing financial eligibility of an 

individual for such services in place of the spousal impoverishment provisions applied under section 1924 of such Act (42 

U.S.C. 1396r–5). 
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SEC. 2303. DELAY OF DSH REDUCTIONS. 

Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

1396r–4(f)(7)(A)), as amended by section 3813 of the CARES Act 

(Public Law 116–136), is amended— 

(1) in clause (i), in the matter preceding subclause (I), 

by striking ‘‘December 1, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 12, 

2020’’; and 

(2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘December 1, 2020’’ and 

inserting ‘‘December 12, 2020’’. 

SEC. 2304. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 

DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 

Section 223(d)(3) of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 

2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note), as amended by section 3814 of the 

CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), is amended by striking 

‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

TITLE IV—MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM 

ADJUSTMENT 

SEC. 2401. 2021 MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM AND DEDUCTIBLE. 

(a) 2021 PREMIUM AND DEDUCTIBLE AND REPAYMENT THROUGH

FUTURE PREMIUMS.—Section 1839(a) of the Social Security Act (42 

U.S.C. 1395r(a)) is amended— 

(1) in the second sentence of paragraph (1), by striking 

‘‘(5) and (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘(5), (6), and (7)’’; 

(2) in paragraph (6)(C)— 

(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘section 1844(d)(1)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘subsections (d)(1) and (e)(1) of section 1844’’; 

and 

(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and 

inserting ‘‘paragraphs (5) and (7)’’; and 

(3) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(7)(A) In applying this part (including subsection (i) and section 

1833(b)), the monthly actuarial rate for enrollees age 65 and over 

for 2021 shall be determined to be equal to the sum of— 

‘‘(i) the monthly actuarial rate for enrollees age 65 and 

over for 2020; plus 

‘‘(ii) 25 percent of the difference between such rate for 

2020 and the preliminary monthly actuarial rate for enrollees 

age 65 and over for 2021 (as estimated under subparagraph 

(B)). 

‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the Secretary shall 

estimate a preliminary monthly actuarial rate for enrollees age 

65 and over for 2021 using the methodology described in paragraph 

(1) and as if subparagraph (A) of this paragraph did not apply. 

The Secretary shall make the estimate under the previous sentence 

as if the transfers described in section 1844(f)(1) have been made.’’. 

(b) TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.—Section 1844 

of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following 

new sentence: ‘‘In applying paragraph (1), the amounts transferred under subsection (e)(1) with respect to enrollees described 

in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of such subsection shall be treated 

as premiums payable and deposited in the Trust Fund under 
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subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, of paragraph (1).’’; 

and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(e)(1) For 2021, there shall be transferred from the General 

Fund to the Trust Fund an amount, as estimated by the Chief 

Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, equal 

to the reduction in aggregate premiums payable under this part 

for a month in such year (excluding any changes in amounts collected under section 1839(i)) that are attributable to the application 

of section 1839(a)(7) with respect to— 

‘‘(A) enrollees age 65 and over; and 

‘‘(B) enrollees under age 65. 

Such amounts shall be transferred from time to time as appropriate. 

‘‘(2) Premium increases affected under section 1839(a)(6) shall 

not be taken into account in applying subsection (a). 

‘‘(3) There shall be transferred from the Trust Fund to the 

General Fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent to the additional 

premiums payable as a result of the application of section 1839(a)(6), 

excluding the aggregate payments attributable to the application 

of section 1839(i)(3)(A)(ii)(II).’’. 

(c) ADDITIONAL TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.— Section 1844 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w), as 

amended by subsection (b)(2), is amended by adding at the end 

the following: 

‘‘(f)(1) There shall be transferred from the General Fund of 

the Treasury to the Trust Fund an amount, as estimated by the 

Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, 

equal to amounts paid in advance for items and services under 

this part during the period beginning on the first day of the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) and ending on the 

date of the enactment of this paragraph. 

‘‘(2) There shall be transferred from the Trust Fund to the 

General Fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent to the sum 

of— 

‘‘(A) the amounts by which claims have offset (in whole 

or in part) the amount of such payments described in paragraph 

(1); and 

‘‘(B) the amount of such payments that have been repaid 

(in whole or in part). 

‘‘(3) Amounts described in paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be 

transferred from time to time as appropriate.’’. 

(d) INDENTATION CORRECTION.—Section 1839(i)(3)(A)(ii) of the 

Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(i)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by 

moving the indentation of subclause (I) two ems to the right. 

TITLE V—ACCELERATED AND ADVANCE 

PAYMENT PROGRAMS 

SEC. 2501. MODIFYING ACCELERATED AND ADVANCE PAYMENT PROGRAMS UNDER PARTS A AND B OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM DURING THE COVID–19 EMERGENCY. 

(a) SPECIAL REPAYMENT RULES AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS.— 

(1) PART A.— (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1815(f)(2)(C) of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(C)) is amended to read 

as follows: 
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‘‘(C) In the case of a payment made under the terms of 

the program under subsection (e)(3), including such program 

as expanded pursuant to this subsection, on or after the date 

of the enactment of the CARES Act and so made during the 

emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), upon 

request of a hospital, the Secretary shall— 

‘‘(i) provide 1 year before payments for items and services furnished by the hospital are offset to recoup payments 

under such program; 

‘‘(ii) provide that any such offset be an amount equal 

to— 

‘‘(I) during the first 11 months in which any such 

offsets are made with respect to payment for items 

and services furnished by the hospital, 25 percent of 

the amount of such payment for such items and services; and 

‘‘(II) during the succeeding 6 months, 50 percent 

of the amount of such payment for such items and 

services; and 

‘‘(iii) allow 29 months from the date of the first payment under such program to such provider before requiring 

that the outstanding balance be paid in full.’’. 

(B) AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETION.—Section 

1815(f)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

1395g(f)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(or, with respect 

to requests submitted to the Secretary after April 26, 2020, 

may)’’ after ‘‘shall.’’. 

(C) APPLICATION TO OTHER PART A PROVIDERS.— 

(i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a payment made 

under the terms of an applicable program (as defined 

in clause (ii)), on or after the date of the enactment 

of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and so made 

during the emergency period described in section 

1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

1320b–5(g)(1)(B)), upon request of an applicable provider (as defined in clause (iii)), the provisions of section 1815(f)(2)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(C)), 

as amended by subparagraph (A), shall apply with 

respect to such payment in the same manner as such 

provisions apply with respect to a payment made under 

the terms of the program under subsection (e)(3) of 

section 1815 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g), including 

such program as expanded pursuant to subsection (f) 

of such section, on or after the date of the enactment 

of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and so made 

during such emergency period. 

(ii) APPLICABLE PROGRAM DEFINED.—In this clause, 

the term ‘‘applicable program’’ means— 

(I) the programs under sections 413.64(g), 

412.541(f), 412.632(e), 412.116(f), 413.350(d), or 

418.307 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations 

(or any successor regulations); and 

(II) any other comparable program under part 

A of title XVIII of the Social Security Act, as 

determined by the Secretary. 

(iii) APPLICABLE PROVIDER.—In this clause, the 

term ‘‘applicable provider’’ means a provider of services 
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that is eligible for payment under an applicable program. 

(2) PART B.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a payment made under 

the terms of the program described in section 421.214 

of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 

regulation) on or after the date of the enactment of the 

CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and so made during 

the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) 

of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)), 

the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, upon 

request of the provider of services or supplier receiving 

such payment— 

(i) provide 1 year before payments for items and 

services furnished by such provider or supplier are 

offset to recoup payments under such program; 

(ii) provide that any such offset be an amount 

equal to— 

(I) during the first 11 months in which any 

such offsets are made with respect to payment 

for items and services furnished by such provider 

or supplier, 25 percent of the amount of such payment for such items and services; and 

(II) during the succeeding 6 months, 50 percent of the amount of such payment for such items 

and services; and 

(iii) allow 29 months from the date of the first 

payment under such program to such provider or supplier before requiring that the outstanding balance 

be paid in full. 

(B) LIMITATION ON FURTHER PART B ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—With respect to the period of the emergency period 

described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)) beginning on the date 

of the enactment of this Act, the total amount of payments 

made under the terms of the program described in section 

421.214 of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 

successor regulation)— 

(i) for the portion of 2020 occurring during such 

period of the emergency period and for each year, 

shall not exceed $10,000,000; 

(ii) for each year beginning and ending during 

such period of the emergency period, shall not exceed 

$10,000,000; and 

(iii) for the last year beginning during such period 

of the emergency period, the portion of such last year 

occurring during such period of the emergency period, 

shall not exceed $10,000,000. 

(b) INTEREST RATES.— (1) PART A.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1815(d) of the Social Security 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(d)) is amended by inserting before 

the period at the end the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of 

such a determination made with respect to a payment 

made on or after the date of the enactment of the CARES 

Act and during the emergency period described in section 

1135(g)(1)(B) under the program under subsection (e)(3), 
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including such program as expanded pursuant to subsection 

(f), at a rate of 4 percent)’’. 

(B) APPLICATION TO OTHER PART A PROVIDERS.—In the 

case of a determination under section 1815(d) of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(d)) with respect to a payment 

made on or after the date of the enactment of the CARES 

Act (Public Law 116–136) and during the emergency period 

described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)) under an applicable program (as defined in subsection (a)(1)(C)(ii)), the amendment 

made by subparagraph (A) shall apply with respect to 

such determination in the same manner as such amendment applies with respect to a payment made on or after 

the date of the enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 

116–136) and during such emergency period under the 

program under subsection (e)(3) of section 1815 of such 

Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g), including such program as expanded 

pursuant to subsection (f) of such section. 

(2) PART B.—Section 1833(j) of the Social Security Act 

(42 U.S.C. 1395l(j)) is amended by inserting before the period 

at the end the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of such a determination made with respect to a payment made on or after the 

date of the enactment of the CARES Act and during the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) under the program described in section 421.214 of title 42, Code of Federal 

Regulations (or any successor regulation), at a rate of 4 percent)’’. 

(c) PUBLICATION OF DATA.— 

(1) DATA DURING COVID–19 EMERGENCY.— 

(A) INITIAL PUBLICATION.—Not later than 2 weeks after 

the date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 

shall post on the public website of the Centers for Medicare 

& Medicaid Services data that includes the following 

information with respect to specified payments (as defined 

in paragraph (3)(E)) made as of such date and for which 

data is available: 

(i) The total amount of such payments made under 

each applicable payment program (as defined in paragraph (3)(A)), including a specification of the percentage of such payments so made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund established under section 

1817 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i) and 

the percentage of such payments so made from the 

Federal Supplementary Insurance Trust Fund established under section 1841 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395t) 

under each such program. 

(ii) The amount of specified payments made under 

each such program by type of provider of services or 

supplier receiving such payments. 

(iii) The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 

certification number or other appropriate number of, 

and the amount of such payments received by, each 

provider of services and supplier receiving such payments. 

(B) INTERIM PUBLICATION.—Every 2 weeks thereafter 

during the emergency period, if any specified payments 

are made that were not included in a preceding publication 
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of data under this paragraph, the Secretary shall post 

on the website described in subparagraph (A) data containing the information described in clauses (i), (ii), and 

(iii) of such subparagraph with respect to such specified 

payments. 

(2) ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS.—Not later than 15 months 

after the date of the enactment of the CARES Act (Public 

Law 116–136), and every 6 months thereafter until all specified 

payments have been recouped or repaid, the Secretary shall 

post on the website described in paragraph (1)(A) data that 

includes the following: 

(A) The total amount of all specified payments not 

recouped or repaid under each applicable payment program. 

(B) The amount of payments made under each such 

program and not recouped or repaid by type of provider 

of services or supplier. 

(C) The total amount of specified payments that have 

been recouped or repaid under each such program, 

including a specification of the percentage of such payments 

so recouped or repaid that have been deposited into the 

Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the percentage 

of such payments so recouped or repaid that have been 

deposited into the Federal Supplementary Insurance Trust 

Fund under each such program. 

(D) The dollar amount of interest that has been collected with respect to all specified payments under each 

such program. 

(3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

(A) APPLICABLE PAYMENT PROGRAM.—The term 

‘‘applicable payment program’’ means— 

(i) the program under subsection (e)(3) of section 

1815 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g), 

including such program as expanded under subsection 

(f) of such section; 

(ii) an applicable program (as defined in subsection 

(a)(1)(C)(ii) of this section); and 

(iii) the program described in section 421.214 of 

title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 

regulation). 

(B) EMERGENCY PERIOD.—The term ‘‘emergency period’’ 

means the emergency period described in section 

1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b– 

5(g)(1)(B)). 

(C) PROVIDER OF SERVICES AND SUPPLIER.—The terms 

‘‘provider of services’’ and ‘‘supplier’’ have the meaning 

given such terms in subsections (u) and (d), respectively, 

of section 1861 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x). 

(D) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

(E) SPECIFIED PAYMENTS.—The term ‘‘specified payments’’ means payments made under an applicable payment program on or after the date of the enactment of 

the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) during the emergency 

period. 
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TITLE VI—OFFSETS 

SEC. 2601. INCLUSION IN THE MEDICAID DRUG REBATE PROGRAM 

OF COVERED OUTPATIENT DRUGS USED FOR MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREATMENT. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905 of the Social Security Act (42 

U.S.C. 1396d) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (29) of subsection (a)— 

(A) by moving the margin of such paragraph 2 ems 

to the right; and 

(B) by striking ‘‘subject to paragraph (2)’’ and inserting 

‘‘subject to paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 

(2) in subsection (ee), by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(3) APPLICATION OF REBATE REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of section 1927 shall apply to any drug or biological 

product described in paragraph (1)(A) that is— 

‘‘(A) furnished as medical assistance in accordance with 

subsection (a)(29) and section 1902(a)(10)(A); and 

‘‘(B) a covered outpatient drug (as defined in section 

1927(k), except that, in applying paragraph (2)(A) of such 

section to a drug described in paragraph (1)(A), such drug 

shall be deemed a prescribed drug for purposes of subsection (a)(12)).’’. 

(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1927(d)(7) of the Social 

Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(d)(7)) is amended by adding at 

the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(D) Drugs and biological products described in subsection (ee)(1)(A) of section 1905 that are furnished as 

medical assistance in accordance with subsection (a)(29) 

of such section and section 1902(a)(10)(A).’’. 

(c) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of 

section 1006(b) of the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities 

Act (Public Law 115–271; 132 Stat. 3914). 

SEC. 2602. MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND. 

Section 1941(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396w– 

1(b)) is amended— 

(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting 

‘‘2023’’; and 

(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘$1,960,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,446,000,000’’. 

DIVISION D—OTHER MATTERS 

TITLE I—EMERGENCY STOPGAP USCIS 

STABILIZATION ACT 

SEC. 4101. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Stopgap USCIS 

Stabilization Act’’. 

SECTION 4102. EXPANSION OF PREMIUM PROCESSING. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 286(u) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(u)) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘(u) PREMIUM FEE FOR CERTAIN IMMIGRATION BENEFIT TYPES.— 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland Security is 

authorized to establish and collect a premium fee for the 

immigration benefit types described in paragraph (2). Such 

fee shall be paid in addition to any other fees authorized 

by law, deposited as offsetting receipts in the Immigration 

Examinations Fee Account established under subsection (m), 

and used for the purposes described in paragraph (4). 

‘‘(2) IMMIGRATION BENEFIT TYPES.—Subject to reasonable 

conditions or limitations, the Secretary shall establish a premium fee under paragraph (1) in connection with— 

‘‘(A) employment-based nonimmigrant petitions and 

associated applications for dependents of the beneficiaries 

of such petitions; 

‘‘(B) employment-based immigrant petitions filed by 

or on behalf of aliens described in paragraph (1), (2), or 

(3) of section 203(b); 

‘‘(C) applications to change or extend nonimmigrant 

status; 

‘‘(D) applications for employment authorization; and 

‘‘(E) any other immigration benefit type that the Secretary deems appropriate for premium processing. 

‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF FEE.— 

‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph (C), with 

respect to an immigration benefit type designated for premium processing by the Secretary on or before August 

1, 2020, the premium fee shall be $2,500, except that 

the premium fee for a petition for classification of a nonimmigrant described in subparagraph (H)(ii)(b) or (R) of 

section 101(a)(15) shall be $1,500. 

‘‘(B) OTHER IMMIGRATION BENEFIT TYPES.—With respect 

to an immigration benefit type designated for premium 

processing but not described in subparagraph (A), the initial premium fee shall be established by regulation, which 

shall include a detailed methodology supporting the proposed premium fee amount. 

‘‘(C) BIENNIAL ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary may adjust 

a premium fee under subparagraph (A) or (B) on a biennial 

basis by the percentage (if any) by which the Consumer 

Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the month of 

June preceding the date on which such adjustment takes 

effect exceeds the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 

Consumers for the same month of the second preceding 

calendar year. The provisions of section 553 of title 5, 

United States Code, shall not apply to an adjustment 

authorized under this subparagraph. 

‘‘(4) USE OF FEE.—Fees collected under this subsection may 

only be used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 

to— 

‘‘(A) provide the services described in paragraph (5) 

to premium processing requestors; 

‘‘(B) make infrastructure improvements in adjudications processes and the provision of information and services to immigration and naturalization benefit requestors; 

‘‘(C) respond to adjudication demands, including by 

reducing the number of pending immigration and naturalization benefit requests; and 
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‘‘(D) otherwise offset the cost of providing adjudication 

and naturalization services. 

‘‘(5) PREMIUM PROCESSING SERVICES.—The Secretary— 

‘‘(A) may suspend the availability of premium processing for designated immigration benefit requests only 

if circumstances prevent the completion of processing of 

a significant number of such requests within the required 

period; and 

‘‘(B) shall ensure that premium processing requestors 

have direct and reliable access to current case status 

information as well as the ability to communicate with 

the premium processing units at each service center or 

office that provides premium processing services.’’. 

(b) EXPANSION TO NEW BENEFIT REQUESTS.— 

(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the requirement to set 

a fee by regulation under section 286(u)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(u)(3)(B)), as amended 

by subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security may 

set a fee under that section without regard to the provisions 

of section 553 of title 5, United States Code, if such fee is 

consistent with the following: 

(A) For a petition for classification under section 

203(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

U.S.C. 1153(b)(1)(C)), or a petition for classification under 

section 203(b)(2) involving a waiver under section 

203(b)(2)(B) of such Act, the fee is set at an amount not 

greater than $2,500 and the required processing timeframe 

is not greater than 45 days. 

(B) For an application under section 248 of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1258) to change 

status to a classification described in subparagraph (F), 

(J), or (M) of section 101(a)(15) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

1101(a)(15)), the fee is set at an amount not greater than 

$1,750 and the required processing timeframe is not greater 

than 30 days. 

(C) For an application under section 248 of the 

Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1258) to change 

status to be classified as a dependent of a nonimmigrant 

described in subparagraph (E), (H), (L), (O), (P), or (R) 

of section 101(a)(15) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)), 

or to extend such classification, the fee is set at an amount 

not greater than $1,750 and the required processing timeframe is not greater than 30 days. 

(D) For an application for employment authorization, 

the fee is set at an amount not greater than $1,500 and 

the required processing timeframe is not greater than 30 

days. 

(2) CLARIFICATION.—The required processing timeframe for 

each of the applications and petitions described in paragraph 

(1) shall not commence until the date that all prerequisites 

for adjudication are received by the Secretary of Homeland 

Security. 

(c) OTHER BENEFIT REQUESTS.—In implementing the amendments made by subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security 

shall develop and implement processes to ensure that the availability of premium processing, or its expansion to additional 

immigration benefit requests, does not result in an increase in 
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processing times for immigration benefit requests not designated 

for premium processing or an increase in regular processing of 

immigration benefit requests so designated. 

SEC. 4103. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the date of 

the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland Security 

shall provide to the appropriate Committees a 5-year plan, including 

projected cost estimates, procurement strategies, and a project 

schedule with milestones, to accomplish each of the following: 

(1) Establish electronic filing procedures for all applications 

and petitions for immigration benefits. 

(2) Accept electronic payment of fees at all filing locations. 

(3) Issue correspondence, including decisions, requests for 

evidence, and notices of intent to deny, to immigration benefit 

requestors electronically. 

(4) Improve processing times for all immigration and naturalization benefit requests. 

(b) SEMI-ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 days after 

submission of the plan described in subsection (a), and on a semiannual basis thereafter, the Secretary shall advise the appropriate 

Committees on the implementation status of such plan. 

(c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In this section, the 

term ‘‘appropriate Committees’’ means— 

(1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 

the Judiciary, and the Committee on Homeland Security of 

the House of Representatives; and 

(2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Committee on 

the Judiciary, and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 

TITLE II—UNITED STATES PAROLE 

COMMISSION EXTENSION 

SEC. 4201. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘United States Parole Commission 

Extension Act of 2020’’. 

SEC. 4202. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING REFORM ACT OF 1984. 

For purposes of section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act 

of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98–473; 98 Stat. 2032), 

as such section relates to chapter 311 of title 18, United States 

Code, and the United States Parole Commission, each reference 

in such section to ‘‘33 years’’ or ‘‘33-year period’’ shall be deemed 

a reference to ‘‘35 years’’ or ‘‘35-year period’’, respectively. 

SEC. 4203. PAROLE COMMISSION REPORT. 

Section 3 of the United States Parole Commission Extension 

Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–274) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting 

‘‘2022’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(d) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REPORT FOR SUCCEEDING FISCAL

YEARS.—For each of fiscal years 2021 through 2022, not later than 

90 days after the end of the fiscal year, the United States Parole 

Commission shall report to the Committees on the Judiciary of 
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the Senate and House of Representatives the items in paragraphs 

(1) through (3) of subsection (c), for the fiscal year.’’. 

TITLE III—ANTITRUST CRIMINAL PENALTY ENHANCEMENT AND REFORM 

PERMANENT EXTENSION ACT 

SEC. 4301. SHORT TITLE. 

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Antitrust Criminal Penalty 

Enhancement and Reform Permanent Extension Act’’. 

SEC. 4302. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 

(a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

(1) Conspiracies among competitors to fix prices, rig bids, 

and allocate markets are categorically and irredeemably anticompetitive and contravene the competition policy of the United 

States. 

(2) Cooperation incentives are important to the efforts of 

the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice to prosecute 

and deter the offenses described in paragraph (1). 

(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act, and the amendments 

made by this Act, is to strengthen public and private antitrust 

enforcement by providing incentives for antitrust violators to 

cooperate fully with government prosecutors and private litigants 

through the repeal of the sunset provision of the Antitrust Criminal 

Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note). 

SEC. 4303. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION. 

(a) REPEAL.—Section 211 of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty 

Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) is repealed. 

(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

(1) REVIVAL AND RESTORATION.— 

(A) IN GENERAL.—Sections 212, 213, and 214 of the 

Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act 

of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) as in effect on June 21, 2020, 

and as amended by the laws described in subparagraph 

(B), are revived and restored. 

(B) LAWS.—The laws described in this subparagraph 

are: 

(i) Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and 

Reform Act of 2004 Extension Act (Public Law 111– 

30; 123 Stat. 1775). 

(ii) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act 

of 2004 to extend the operation of such Act, and for 

other purposes’’, approved June 9, 2010 (Public Law 

111–90; 124 Stat. 1275). 

(2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 212 of the Antitrust Criminal 

Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 

note) is amended— 

(A) by striking paragraph (6); and 

(B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as paragraph (6). 

(c) APPLICABILITY.— (1) MARKERS AND AGREEMENTS BEFORE SUNSET.—Notwithstanding the repeal under subsection (a), section 211(b) of the 
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Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 

2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note), as in effect on the day before the 

date of enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply to any 

person who received a marker or entered into an antitrust 

leniency agreement on or before June 22, 2020. 

(2) MARKERS AND AGREEMENTS AFTER SUNSET.—The repeal 

under subsection (a) shall apply to any person who received 

a marker or entered into an antitrust leniency agreement on 

or after June 23, 2020. 

TITLE IV—COMMUNITY SERVICES AND 

SUPPORTS 

SEC. 4401. HEAD START DESIGNATION RENEWAL SYSTEM. 

Notwithstanding section 638 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 

9833), if the Secretary of Health and Human Services— 

(1) is required to make a determination under paragraph 

(6) of section 641(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9836a(c)) whether 

to renew the designation of a Head Start agency for which 

such determination under the schedule developed pursuant to 

paragraph (9)(C) of such section 641(c) is required to be made 

before December 31, 2020; and 

(2) cannot make such determination in accordance with 

such schedule because the Secretary lacks any information 

described in any of subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 

641(c)(1) of such Act required for the purpose of making such 

determination; 

then before December 31, 2020, the Secretary shall extend for 

not more than 2 years the 5-year period otherwise applicable to 

the designation of such Head Start agency under such Act. 

TITLE V—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

SEC. 4501. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

(a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects 

of division B and each succeeding division shall not be entered 

on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) 

of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010. 

(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects of 

division B and each succeeding division shall not be entered on 

any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 

of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 

(c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Notwithstanding 

Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the 

joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the 

Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 

budgetary effects of division B and each succeeding division shall 

not be estimated— 

(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and 

(2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the 

Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 

appropriation Act. 
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TITLE VI—NUTRITION AND 

COMMODITIES PROGRAMS 

SEC. 4601. P–EBT PROGRAM EXTENSION. 

Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act 

(Public Law 116–127; 7 U.S.C. 2011 note) is amended— 

(1) in subsection (a)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal 

years 2020 and 2021’’; and 

(B) by inserting ‘‘or has reduced the number of days 

or hours that students attend the school’’ after ‘‘school 

is closed’’; 

(2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by inserting 

‘‘and, as applicable, households with children eligible for assistance under subsection (h)’’ after ‘‘children’’; 

(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or has reduced the 

number of days or hours that students attend the school’’ after 

‘‘school that is closed’’; 

(4) in subsection (f)— 

(A) by striking ‘‘To facilitate’’ and inserting the following: 

‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To facilitate’’; and 

(B) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(2) SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS FOR SCHOOL YEAR 2020- 2021.—A State agency may use simplifying assumptions and 

the best feasibly available data to provide benefits to and 

establish benefit levels and eligibility periods for eligible children and children eligible for assistance under subsection (h) 

for purposes of this section.’’; 

(5) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as subsections 

(i) and (j), respectively; 

(6) by inserting after subsection (g) the following: 

‘‘(h) ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE.— ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on October 1, 2020, subject 

to an approved State agency plan under subsection (b) or an 

approved amendment to such a plan, in any case in which, 

during a public health emergency designation, a covered child 

care facility is closed or has reduced attendance or hours for 

at least 5 consecutive days, or 1 or more schools in the area 

of a covered child care facility are closed or have reduced 

attendance or hours for at least 5 consecutive days, each household containing at least 1 child enrolled in such a covered 

child care facility and the supplemental nutrition assistance 

program established under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 

(7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) shall be eligible to receive assistance, 

in accordance with paragraph (2), until covered child care facilities or schools in the area reopen or operate at full attendance 

and hours, as applicable, as determined by the State agency. 

‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.—A household shall receive benefits under 

paragraph (1) in an amount that is equal to at least 1 breakfast 

and 1 lunch at the free rate for each child enrolled in a 

covered child care facility for each day that the child does 

not attend the facility because the facility is closed or operating 

with reduced attendance or hours. 

‘‘(3) STATE OPTION.—A State shall not be required to provide 

assistance under this subsection in order to provide assistance 
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to eligible children under a State agency plan under subsection 

(b).’’; 

(7) in subsection (i) (as so redesignated)— 

(A) in each of paragraphs (1) through (3), by inserting 

a paragraph heading, the text of which comprises the term 

defined in that paragraph; 

(B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (3) as 

paragraphs (2), (4), and (5), respectively; 

(C) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) the following: 

‘‘(1) COVERED CHILD CARE FACILITY.—The term ‘covered 

child care facility’ means— 

‘‘(A) an organization described in subparagraph (A) 

or (B) of section 17(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National 

School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)); and 

‘‘(B) a family or group day care home.’’; 

(D) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), by inserting 

‘‘or reduced attendance or hours’’ after ‘‘closure’’; 

(E) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) 

the following: 

‘‘(3) FREE RATE.—The term ‘free rate’ means— 

‘‘(A) with respect to a breakfast, the rate of a free 

breakfast under the school breakfast program under section 

4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); 

and 

‘‘(B) with respect to a lunch, the rate of a free lunch 

under the school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).’’; 

and 

(F) by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘(6) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the meaning given the 

term in section 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School 

Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(d)).’’; and 

(8) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated), by inserting 

‘‘(including all administrative expenses)’’ after ‘‘this section’’. 

SEC. 4602. EXTENDING CERTAIN WAIVER AUTHORITIES. 

(a) NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM REQUIREMENT WAIVERS

ADDRESSING COVID–19.—Section 2202(e) of the Families First 

Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116–127; 42 U.S.C. 1760 

note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

(b) PHYSICAL PRESENCE WAIVER UNDER WIC DURING CERTAIN

PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES.—Section 2203(c) of the Families 

First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116–127; 42 U.S.C. 

1786 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and 

inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

(c) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS WAIVER UNDER WIC.—Section 2204(c) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public 

Law 116–127) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and 

inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

(d) FUNDING.—There are hereby appropriated, out of any funds 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may 

be necessary to carry out this section. 

SEC. 4603. SNAP FLEXIBILITIES. 

(a) EXTENSION OF EXISTING SNAP FLEXIBILITIES FOR COVID– 

19.— 
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(1) STATE OPTIONS.— 

(A) A State agency (as defined in section 3(s) of the 

Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(s))) shall 

have the option, without prior approval from the Secretary 

of Agriculture— 

(i) to extend certification periods under section 

3(f) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

2012(f)) for not more than 6 months and adjust periodic 

report requirements under section 6(c)(1)(D)(i) of the 

Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

2015(c)(1)(D)(i)) for some or all participating households with certification periods set to expire or periodic 

reports due on or before June 30, 2021, consistent 

with the extensions and adjustments provided in the 

Food and Nutrition Service’s April 22, 2020, blanket 

approval for extending certification and adjusting periodic reports, unless otherwise provided in this subparagraph; 

(ii) to allow household reporting requirements 

under section 273.12(a)(5)(iii) of title 7 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations to satisfy the recertification 

requirements under section 273.14 of title 7 of the 

Code of Federal Regulations for some or all participating households with recertification periods set to 

expire on or before December 31, 2021; and 

(iii) to adjust the interview requirements under 

sections 273.2 and 273.14(b) of title 7 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations for some or all household 

applications or recertifications through June 30, 2021, 

consistent with the adjustments provided in the Food 

and Nutrition Service’s March 26, 2020, blanket 

approval for adjusting interview requirements, unless 

otherwise provided in this subparagraph. 

(B) Not later than 5 days after exercising an option 

under subparagraph (A), a State agency shall notify the 

Secretary of Agriculture in writing of the option exercised, 

the categories of households affected by the option, and 

the duration of such option. 

(2) ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall allow 

a State agency to suspend the requirements under sections 

275.11(b)(1) and (2), 275.12, and 275.13 of title 7 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations from June 1, 2020, through September 

30, 2021, consistent with the waivers provided in the Food 

and Nutrition Service’s April 30, 2020, blanket approval for 

waiver of quality control reviews, unless otherwise provided 

in this paragraph. 

(3) REPORT.—Section 2302 of the Families First 

Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116–127; 7 U.S.C. 2011 

note) is amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the 

following: 

‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2022, the Secretary 

of Agriculture shall submit, to the Committee on Agriculture of 

the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, 

Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate, a report containing the 

following information: 

‘‘(1) A description of any information or data supporting 

State agency requests under this section and any additional 
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measures that State agencies requested that were not approved 

by the Secretary of Agriculture; 

‘‘(2) An evaluation of the use of all waivers, adjustments, 

and other flexibilities in the operation of the supplemental 

nutrition assistance program (as defined in section 3 of the 

Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)), in effect 

under this Act, the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

2011 et seq.), or any other Act, to respond to the COVID– 

19 public health emergency; and 

‘‘(3) A recommendation of any additional waivers or flexibilities needed in the operation of the supplemental nutrition 

assistance program to respond to public health emergencies 

with pandemic potential.’’. 

(b) FUNDING.—There are hereby appropriated, out of any funds 

in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may 

be necessary to carry out this section. 

SEC. 4604. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENTS TO FOSSIL FUEL REFINERS 

AND IMPORTERS. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture may not use 

any funds, facilities, or authorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation or the Department of Agriculture— 

(1) to provide a payment to a refiner or importer (as those 

terms are defined in section 80.2 of title 40, Code of Federal 

Regulations (or successor regulations)); or 

(2) to otherwise support, directly or indirectly, a refiner 

or importer (as so defined) in meeting any requirements 

under— 

(A) the renewable fuel program under section 211(o) 

of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545(o)); or 

(B) any other provision of law that requires the 

blending of fossil fuel with renewable fuel. 

(b) The exclusion in (a) shall not apply to any payments or 

support to producers, refiners, or importers of biofuel (as defined 

in 7 U.S.C. 8101). 

(c) MORATORIUM ON AUTHORITIES RELATING TO EXCHANGES OF

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.—The 

authorities under the ninth and tenth sentences of section 4(h) 

of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 

714b(h)) (relating to the availability of agricultural products for 

the Secretary of Energy to exchange for petroleum products and 

the terms and conditions of those exchanges, respectively) shall 

not be used during the 180-day period beginning on the date of 

enactment of this Act. 

DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF 

VETERANS AFFAIRS EXTENSIONS 

SEC. 5001. SHORT TITLE. 

This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Veterans 

Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2020’’. 
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TITLE I—EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITIES 

RELATING TO HEALTH CARE 

SEC. 5101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR COLLECTION OF COPAYMENTS FOR HOSPITAL CARE AND NURSING HOME CARE. 

Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

2022’’. 

SEC. 5102. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE NURSING HOME 

CARE TO CERTAIN VETERANS WITH SERVICE CONNECTED 

DISABILITIES. 

Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

2022’’. 

SEC. 5103. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF REAL PROPERTY. 

Section 8118(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

2022’’. 

SEC. 5104. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM ON 

ASSISTANCE FOR CHILD CARE FOR CERTAIN VETERANS 

RECEIVING HEALTH CARE. 

(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (e) of section 205 

of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 

2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1144; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) 

is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Subsection (h) of such 

section is amended by striking ‘‘and 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2020, 

2021, and 2022’’. 

SEC. 5105. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

GRANTS TO VETERANS SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS FOR 

TRANSPORTATION OF HIGHLY RURAL VETERANS. 

Section 307(d) of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health 

Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1154; 38 

U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 

‘‘2022’’. 

SEC. 5106. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM ON COUNSELING IN RETREAT SETTINGS FOR WOMEN VETERANS 

NEWLY SEPARATED FROM SERVICE. 

(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (d) of section 203 

of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 

2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1143; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) 

is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 

(b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Subsection (f) of such 

section is amended by striking ‘‘and 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2020, 

2021, and 2022’’. 
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SEC. 5107. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PROGRAM ON GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESIDENCY. 

(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 403 of the VA MISSION Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–182; 132 Stat. 1474; 38 U.S.C. 

7302 note) is amended by striking ‘‘August 7, 2024’’ and inserting 

‘‘August 7, 2031’’. 

(b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Subsection (a)(1) of such section 

is amended by striking ‘‘authorized under’’ and all that follows 

through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘authorized under 

section 7302 of title 38, United States Code, at covered facilities.’’. 

SEC. 5108. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 

AFFAIRS REPORT ON ADMINISTRATION OF INTERNET 

WEBSITE ON STAFFING AND VACANCIES. 

Not later than October 31, 2022, and October 31, 2024, and 

as frequently thereafter as the Inspector General of the Department 

of Veterans Affairs considers appropriate, the Inspector General 

shall— 

(1) review the administration of the internet website 

required by section 505(a)(1) of the VA MISSION Act of 2018 

(Public Law 115–182; 132 Stat. 1477; 38 U.S.C. 301 note); 

(2) develop recommendations for such legislative or 

administrative action as the Inspector General considers appropriate for such administration; and 

(3) submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the 

Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs of the House 

of Representatives a report on— 

(A) the findings of the Inspector General with respect 

to the most recent review conducted under paragraph (1); 

and 

(B) the recommendations most recently developed 

under paragraph (2). 

SEC. 5109. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF PAYMENTS AND 

ALLOWANCES FOR BENEFICIARY TRAVEL IN CONNECTION WITH VETERANS RECEIVING CARE FROM VET CENTERS. 

Section 104(a) of the Honoring America’s Veterans and Caring 

for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–154; 126 

Stat. 1169), as most recently amended by section 5 of the Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2019 (Public 

Law 116–61; 133 Stat. 1116), is further amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

TITLE II—EXTENSIONS OF 

AUTHORITIES RELATING TO BENEFITS 

SEC. 5201. EXTENSION OF SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING ASSISTIVE 

TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM. 

Section 2108(g) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

2022’’. 

SEC. 5202. EXTENSIONS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW. 

(a) EXTENSION OF STUDENT VETERAN CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE

ACT OF 2020.—Section 2 of the Student Veteran Coronavirus 
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Response Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–140) is amended by striking 

‘‘December 21, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 21, 2021’’. 

(b) EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR CONTINUATION OF DEPARTMENT

OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE BENEFITS FOR

CERTAIN PROGRAMS OF EDUCATION CONVERTED TO DISTANCE

LEARNING BY REASON OF EMERGENCIES AND HEALTH-RELATED

SITUATIONS.—Section 1(b) of Public Law 116–128 is amended by 

striking ‘‘December 21, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 21, 2021’’. 

SEC. 5203. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN REGIONAL OFFICE 

IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES. 

Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

2022’’. 

SEC. 5204. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT INDIVIDUALS 

TO AND FROM DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 

FACILITIES. 

Section 111A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

2022’’. 

SEC. 5205. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY INCREASE IN NUMBER OF 

JUDGES ON UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR 

VETERANS CLAIMS. 

Section 7253(i)(2) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2026’’. 

TITLE III—EXTENSIONS OF AUTHORITIES RELATING TO HOMELESS VETERANS 

SEC. 5301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION PROGRAMS. 

Section 2021(e)(1)(F) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 

SEC. 5302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS AND HOMELESS VETERANS WITH CHILDREN REINTEGRATION GRANT PROGRAM. 

Section 2021A(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 

SEC. 5303. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REFERRAL AND COUNSELING SERVICES FOR VETERANS AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS TRANSITIONING FROM CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS. 

Section 2023(d) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

2022’’. 

SEC. 5304. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TREATMENT AND 

REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY MENTALLY ILL AND 

HOMELESS VETERANS. 

(a) GENERAL TREATMENT.—Section 2031(b) of title 38, United 

States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and 

inserting ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 
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(b) ADDITIONAL SERVICES AT CERTAIN LOCATIONS.—Section 

2033(d) of such title is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ 

and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 

SEC. 5305. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR 

SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR VERY LOW-INCOME VETERAN 

FAMILIES IN PERMANENT HOUSING. 

Section 2044(e)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘through 2021’’ and 

inserting ‘‘and 2020’’; and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(H) $420,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022.’’. 

SEC. 5306. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR GRANT PROGRAM FOR HOMELESS VETERANS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS. 

Section 2061(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 

TITLE IV—EXTENSIONS OF OTHER 

AUTHORITIES AND OTHER MATTERS 

SEC. 5401. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOWANCE UNDER THE OFFICE 

OF NATIONAL VETERANS SPORTS PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL EVENTS. 

Section 322(d)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 

SEC. 5402. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE REPORTS TO 

CONGRESS REGARDING EQUITABLE RELIEF IN THE CASE 

OF ADMINISTRATIVE ERROR. 

Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2022’’. 

SEC. 5403. EXTENSION AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR 

ADAPTIVE SPORTS PROGRAMS FOR DISABLED VETERANS 

AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Subsection (g)(1) of 

section 521A of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 

(1) by striking ‘‘appropriated $8,000,000’’ and inserting the 

following: ‘‘appropriated amounts as follows: 

‘‘(A) $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 through 2020.’’; 

and 

(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 

‘‘(B) $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022.’’. 

(b) EXTENSION.—Subsection (l) of such section is amended by 

striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 

SEC. 5404. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT 

WITH THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REGARDING 

ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN DISEASES AND EXPOSURE TO 

DIOXIN AND OTHER CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IN HERBICIDES. 

Section 3 of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 (Public Law 102– 

4; 38 U.S.C. 1116 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 

2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 
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SEC. 5405. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY RELATING 

TO VENDEE LOAN PROGRAM. 

Section 3733(a) of title 38, United States Code, is amended 

by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

‘‘(8) During the period that begins on October 1, 2020, and 

ends on September 30, 2025, the Secretary shall carry out the 

provisions of this subsection as if— 

‘‘(A) the references in the first sentence of paragraph (1) 

to ‘65 percent’ and ‘may be financed by a loan’ were references 

to ‘85 percent’ and ‘shall be of property marketed with financing 

to be’, respectively; 

‘‘(B) the second sentence of paragraph (1) were repealed; 

and 

‘‘(C) the reference in paragraph (2) to ‘September 30, 1990,’ 

were a reference to ‘September 30, 2025,’.’’. 

Speaker of the House of Representatives. 

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.