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Calendar No. 552 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8337 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020 

Received; read the first time 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropria5 tions Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short Title. 

Sec. 2. Table of Contents. 

Sec. 3. References. 

DIVISION A—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 


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DIVISION B—SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM EXTENSION 

Title I—Surface Transportation Programs 

Title II—Trust Funds 

DIVISION C—HEALTH EXTENDERS 

Title I—Public Health Extenders 

Title II—Medicare Extenders 

Title III—Medicaid Extenders 

Title IV—Medicare Part B Premium Adjustment 

Title V—Accelerated and Advance Payment Programs 

Title VI—Offsets 

DIVISION D—OTHER MATTERS 

Title I—Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act 

Title II—United States Parole Commission Extension 

Title III—Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Permanent 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 

1 SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 

2 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 

3 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 

4 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi5 sion. 

6 DIVISION A—CONTINUING 

7 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 

8 The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 

9 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

10 and out of applicable corporate or other revenues, receipts, 

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1 tions, and other organizational units of Government for 

2 fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes, namely: 

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

4 rate for operations as provided in the applicable appro5 priations Acts for fiscal year 2020 and under the authority 

6 and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing 

7 projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans 

8 and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically 

9 provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal year 

10 2020, and for which appropriations, funds, or other au11 thority were made available in the following appropriations 

12 Acts: 

13 (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

14 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap15 propriations Act, 2020 (division B of Public Law 

16 116–94), except sections 791 and 792. 

17 (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re18 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division B 

19 of Public Law 116–93), except the last proviso 

20 under the heading ‘‘Department of Commerce—Bu21 reau of the Census—Periodic Censuses and Pro22 grams’’. 

23 (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 

24 Act, 2020 (division A of Public Law 116–93), except 

25 title X. 


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1 (4) The Energy and Water Development and 

2 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division 

3 C of Public Law 116–94). 

4 (5) The Financial Services and General Govern5 ment Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Public 

6 Law 116–93). 

7 (6) The Department of Homeland Security Ap8 propriations Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 

9 116–93) (except for amounts in title II of division 

10 D of Public Law 116–93 that were designated by 

11 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

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

13 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

14 1985), and title I of division I of Public Law 116– 

15 94. 

16 (7) The Department of the Interior, Environ17 ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

18 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–94). 

19 (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and 

20 Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen21 cies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public 

22 Law 116–94). 

23 (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

24 2020 (division E of Public Law 116–94), and sec25 tion 7 of Public Law 116–94. 


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1 (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Af2 fairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

3 2020 (division F of Public Law 116–94), except title 

4 V. 

5 (11) The Department of State, Foreign Oper6 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

7 2020 (division G of Public Law 116–94). 

8 (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban 

9 Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

10 Act, 2020 (division H of Public Law 116–94). 

11 SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail12 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 

13 Department of Defense shall be used for: 

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

15 production in fiscal year 2020 or prior years; 

16 (2) the increase in production rates above those 

17 sustained with fiscal year 2020 funds; or 

18 (3) The initiation, resumption, or continuation 

19 of any project, activity, operation, or organization 

20 (defined as any project, subproject, activity, budget 

21 activity, program element, and subprogram within a 

22 program element, and for any investment items de23 fined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within 

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

25 includes a program element and subprogram element 


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1 within an appropriation account) for which appro2 priations, funds, or other authority were not avail3 able during fiscal year 2020. 

4 (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au5 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart6 ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro7 curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco8 nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap9 propriated later. 

10 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

11 be available to the extent and in the manner that would 

12 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

13 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 

14 102, no appropriation or funds made available or author15 ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini16 tiate or resume any project or activity for which appro17 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur18 ing fiscal year 2020. 

19 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant20 ed pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or ex21 penditures incurred for any project or activity during the 

22 period for which funds or authority for such project or 

23 activity are available under this Act. 

24 SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act 

25 or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 


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1 2021, appropriations and funds made available and au2 thority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available 

3 until whichever of the following first occurs: 

4 (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation 

5 for any project or activity provided for in this Act. 

6 (2) The enactment into law of the applicable 

7 appropriations Act for fiscal year 2021 without any 

8 provision for such project or activity. 

9 (3) December 11, 2020. 

10 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act 

11 shall be charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or 

12 authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable ap13 propriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted 

14 into law. 

15 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made 

16 available by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may 

17 be used without regard to the time limitations for submis18 sion and approval of apportionments set forth in section 

19 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this 

20 Act may be construed to waive any other provision of law 

21 governing the apportionment of funds. 

22 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

23 this Act, except section 106, for those programs that 

24 would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or 

25 complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning 


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1 of fiscal year 2021 because of distributions of funding to 

2 States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such high 

3 initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not 

4 be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such pro5 grams funded by this Act that would impinge on final 

6 funding prerogatives. 

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

8 the most limited funding action of that permitted in the 

9 Act shall be taken in order to provide for continuation of 

10 projects and activities. 

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

12 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro13 priations Acts for fiscal year 2020, and for activities under 

14 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, activities shall be 

15 continued at the rate to maintain program levels under 

16 current law, under the authority and conditions provided 

17 in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020, 

18 to be continued through the date specified in section 

19 106(3). 

20 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man21 datory payments due on or about the first day of any 

22 month that begins after October 2020 but not later than 

23 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con24 tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such 

25 payments. 


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1 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

2 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 

3 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

4 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de5 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro6 priations Act for fiscal year 2020, except that such author7 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

8 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

9 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex10 penses. 

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

12 obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of 

13 Public Law 91–672 (22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the 

14 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

15 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au16 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 

17 6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act 

18 of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 

19 SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference 

20 in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress 

21 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter22 rorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec23 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for disaster relief 

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1 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper2 ations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency re3 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act 

4 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

5 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 

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

7 amounts designated in subsection (a) and sections 126 

8 and 163 of this Act for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

9 Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement. 

10 (c) This section shall become effective immediately 

11 upon enactment of this Act, and shall remain in effect 

12 through the date in section 106(3). 

13 SEC. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discre14 tionary budget authority that continue pursuant to section 

15 101 in Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)— 

16 (1) to which other appropriations are not pro17 vided by this Act, but for which there is a current 

18 applicable TAFS that does receive an appropriation 

19 in this Act; or 

20 (2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other 

21 appropriations in this Act, 

22 may be continued instead by reducing the rate for oper23 ations otherwise provided by section 101 for such current 

24 applicable TAFS, as long as doing so does not impinge 

25 on the final funding prerogatives of the Congress. 


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1 (b) Rescissions or cancellations described in sub2 section (a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser 

3 of— 

4 (1) the amount specified for rescission or can5 cellation in the applicable appropriations Act ref6 erenced in section 101 of this Act; or 

7 (2) the amount of balances available, as of Oc8 tober 1, 2020, from the funds specified for rescission 

9 or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act 

10 referenced in section 101 of this Act. 

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

12 of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide to 

13 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Senate a comprehensive list of the 

15 rescissions or cancellations that will continue pursuant to 

16 section 101: Provided, That the information in such com17 prehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect any 

18 subsequent changes in the amount of balances available, 

19 as of October 1, 2020, from the funds specified for rescis20 sion or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act 

21 referenced in section 101, and such updates shall be trans22 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

23 of Representatives and the Senate upon request. 

24 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

25 available in the ‘‘Rural Utilities Service—Rural Water and 


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1 Waste Disposal Program Account’’ of the Department of 

2 Agriculture for gross obligations for the principal amount 

3 of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 

4 306 and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consoli5 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows: 

6 $1,400,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for 

7 guaranteed loans. 

8 SEC. 117. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

9 ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Food and Nutrition Serv10 ice—Child Nutrition Programs’’ to carry out section 

11 749(g) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

12 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria13 tions Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–80) may be apportioned 

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

15 program can be fully operational by May 2021. 

16 SEC. 118. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

17 ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food Programs— 

18 Food and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assistance Pro19 gram’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 

20 necessary to maintain current program caseload in the 

21 Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 

22 SEC. 119. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

23 ‘‘Farm Service Agency—Agricultural Credit Insurance 

24 Fund Program Account’’ may be apportioned up to the 

25 rate for operations necessary to accommodate approved 


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1 applications for direct and guaranteed farm ownership 

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

3 SEC. 120. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing 

4 Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) and section 942 of the Live5 stock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 

6 note; Public Law 106–78) shall be applied by substituting 

7 the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘Sep8 tember 30, 2020’’. 

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

10 of the United States Grain Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 

11 79(j)(5), 79a(l)(4), 87j(e)) shall be applied by substituting 

12 the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘Sep13 tember 30, 2020’’ each place it appears. 

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

15 Standards Act (7 U.S.C. 79d, 87h) shall be applied by 

16 substituting ‘‘2021’’ for ‘‘2020’’. 

17 SEC. 122. Section 7605(b) of the Agriculture Im18 provement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 5940 note; Public Law 

19 115–334) is amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 1 year 

20 after the date on which the Secretary establishes a plan 

21 under section 297C of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 

22 1946’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

23 SEC. 123. Notwithstanding section 101, the second 

24 paragraph under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and 

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1 ries and Expenses’’ in title VI of division B of Public Law 

2 116–94 shall be applied by striking ‘‘, contingent upon the 

3 enactment of the Over-the-Counter Monograph User Fee 

4 Act of 2019,’’. 

5 SEC. 124. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

6 provided for ‘‘Department of Commerce—Bureau of the 

7 Census—Periodic Censuses and Programs’’ at a rate for 

8 operations of $1,514,709,000: Provided, That amounts 

9 made available under such heading by this Act may be 

10 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to con11 duct the 2020 Decennial Census Program. 

12 SEC. 125. (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provision 

13 of this Act, the Secretary of the Navy may enter into a 

14 contract, beginning with fiscal year 2021, for the procure15 ment of up to two Columbia class submarines. 

16 (2) With respect to a contract entered into 

17 under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Navy may 

18 use incremental funding to make payments under 

19 the contract. 

20 (3) Any contract entered into under subsection 

21 (a) shall provide that— 

22 (A) any obligation of the United States to 

23 make a payment under the contract is subject 

24 to the availability of appropriations for that 

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1 (B) total liability of the Federal Govern2 ment for termination of any contract entered 

3 into shall be limited to the total amount of 

4 funding obligated to the contract at time of ter5 mination. 

6 (b) Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts 

7 made available by section 101 to the Department of De8 fense for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ may be ap9 portioned up to the rate for operations necessary for 

10 ‘‘Ohio Replacement Submarine (Full Funding)’’ in an 

11 amount not to exceed $1,620,270,000. 

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

13 funds as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made 

14 available to ‘‘Department of Defense—Other Department 

15 of Defense Programs—Office of the Inspector General’’ 

16 in title III of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 

17 116–136), are hereby rescinded, and, in addition to 

18 amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of 

19 additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 

20 rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro21 priated on September 30, 2020, for an additional amount 

22 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until September 

23 30, 2021, and shall be available for the same purposes, 

24 in addition to other funds as may be available for such 

25 purposes, and under the same authorities for which the 


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1 funds were originally provided in Public Law 116–136: 

2 Provided, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to this 

3 subsection that were previously designated by the Con4 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

6 Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Con7 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

8 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of that Act: Provided further, That such 

9 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

10 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

11 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

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

14 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

16 2020, or if the designation in section 114(b) occurs 

17 after September 30, 2020, this section shall be ap18 plied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2020. 

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

20 from ‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Admin21 istration—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, 

22 Western Area Power Administration’’ to the general fund 

23 of the Treasury in fiscal year 2020. 

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

25 upon enactment of this Act. 


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

2 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in 

3 effect on September 30, 2020. 

4 SEC. 128. (a) Section 104(c) of the Reclamation 

5 States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 

6 2214(c)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified 

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

8 (b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency 

9 Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) shall be ap10 plied by substituting ‘‘2006 through 2021’’ for ‘‘2006 

11 through 2020’’. 

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

13 Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act (sec. 38– 

14 1853.07(a)(5)(A)(i)(II)(bb), D.C. Official Code) is amend15 ed by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘6 years’’. 

16 SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 this Act, except section 106, the District of Columbia may 

18 expend local funds made available under the heading ‘‘Dis19 trict of Columbia—District of Columbia Funds’’ for such 

20 programs and activities under the District of Columbia 

21 Appropriations Act, 2020 (title IV of division C of Public 

22 Law 116–93) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 2021 

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

24 as of the date of enactment of this Act. 


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1 SEC. 131. In addition to the amounts otherwise pro2 vided by section 101, for ‘‘District of Columbia—Federal 

3 Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in 

4 the District of Columbia’’, there is appropriated 

5 $13,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 

6 2021, to remain available until expended, for costs associ7 ated with the Presidential Inauguration held in January 

8 2021. 

9 SEC. 132. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter 

10 preceding the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Small Busi11 ness Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’ 

12 in title V of division C of Public Law 116–93 shall be 

13 applied by substituting ‘‘$15,000,000’’ for ‘‘$99,000,000’’ 

14 and the third proviso shall be applied as if the language 

15 read as follows: ‘‘Provided further, That commitments for 

16 general business loans authorized under paragraphs (1) 

17 through (35) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 

18 shall not exceed $30,000,000,000 for a combination of 

19 amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line 

20 of credit provided by revolving loans:’’: Provided, That 

21 amounts made available under such heading by this Act 

22 may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

23 to accommodate increased demand for commitments for 

24 general business loans authorized under paragraphs (1) 

25 through (35) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 


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1 (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) and for commitments to guarantee 

2 loans for debentures under section 303(b) of the Small 

3 Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C 683(b)). 

4 SEC. 133. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

5 ‘‘Small Business Administration—Disaster Loans Pro6 gram Account’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for op7 erations necessary to accommodate increased demand for 

8 commitments for disaster administrative expenses. 

9 SEC. 134. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, amounts 

10 are provided for ‘‘General Services Administration—Ex11 penses, Presidential Transition’’ for necessary expenses to 

12 carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 

13 U.S.C. 102 note), at a rate for operations of $9,900,000, 

14 of which not to exceed $1,000,000 is for activities author15 ized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided, 

16 That such amounts may be transferred and credited to 

17 the ‘‘Acquisition Services Fund’’ or ‘‘Federal Buildings 

18 Fund’’ to reimburse obligations incurred prior to enact19 ment of this Act for the purposes provided herein related 

20 to the Presidential election in 2020: Provided further, That 

21 amounts available under this section shall be in addition 

22 to any other amounts available for such purposes. 

23 (b) Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are pro24 vided by this Act for ‘‘General Services Administration— 

25 Pre-Election Presidential Transition’’. 


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1 SEC. 135. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

2 ‘‘General Services Administration—Real Property Activi3 ties—Federal Buildings Fund—Limitations on Avail4 ability of Revenue’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for 

5 operations necessary for monthly rental of space oper6 ations. 

7 SEC. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, for expenses 

8 of the Office of Administration to carry out the Presi9 dential Transition Act of 1963, as amended, and similar 

10 expenses, in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated 

11 by law, amounts are provided to ‘‘Presidential Transition 

12 Administrative Support’’ at a rate for operations of 

13 $8,000,000: Provided, That such funds may be trans14 ferred to other accounts that provide funding for offices 

15 within the Executive Office of the President and the Office 

16 of the Vice President in this Act or any other Act, to carry 

17 out such purposes: Provided further, That such amounts 

18 may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

19 to carry out such responsibilities. 

20 SEC. 137. In addition to amounts provided in section 

21 101, an additional amount is provided for ‘‘National Ar22 chives and Records Administration—Operating Expenses’’ 

23 to carry out transition responsibilities of the Archivist of 

24 the United States under sections 2201 through 2207 of 

25 title 44, United States Code (commonly known as the 


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1 ‘‘Presidential Records Act of 1978’’) in the event of a 

2 Presidential Transition at a rate for operations of 

3 $18,000,000: Provided, That such amounts may be appor4 tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out 

5 such responsibilities. 

6 SEC. 138. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

7 ‘‘Office of Personnel Management—Salaries and Ex8 penses’’, including amounts to be transferred from the ap9 propriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Manage10 ment without regard to other statutes, may be apportioned 

11 up to the rate for operations necessary to cover any ex12 pected shortfall in administrative expenses resulting from 

13 the transfer of the National Background Investigations 

14 Bureau function to the Department of Defense. 

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

16 Bankruptcy Judgeships Extension Act of 2012 (28 U.S.C. 

17 152 note; Public Law 112–121) is amended (with regard 

18 to the 1st vacancy in the eastern district of Tennessee) 

19 by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘9 years’’. 

20 SEC. 140. Section 3610 of division A of the CARES 

21 Act (Public Law 116–136) shall be applied by substituting 

22 the date in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 

23 2020’’. 

24 SEC. 141. Amounts made available by section 101 to 

25 the Department of Homeland Security for ‘‘Office of the 


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1 Secretary and Executive Management—Operations and 

2 Support’’, ‘‘Management Directorate—Operations and 

3 Support’’, and ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations Co4 ordination—Operations and Support’’ may be apportioned 

5 up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out activi6 ties previously funded by the Working Capital Fund of 

7 the Department of Homeland Security, consistent with the 

8 fiscal year 2021 President’s Budget proposal, submitted 

9 pursuant to section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 

10 Code, and accompanying justification materials. 

11 SEC. 142. Amounts made available by section 101 to 

12 the Department of Homeland Security under the heading 

13 ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’ may be avail14 able for the pay and benefits of Coast Guard Yard and 

15 Vessel Documentation personnel, Non-Appropriated 

16 Funds personnel, and for Morale, Welfare and Recreation 

17 Programs. 

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

19 States Code shall be applied by substituting the date speci20 fied in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 

21 2020’’. 

22 SEC. 144. Amounts made available by section 101 to 

23 the Department of Homeland Security under the heading 

24 ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’’ may 

25 be obligated in the account and budget structure set forth 


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1 in H.R. 7669 and the accompanying House Report 116– 

2 458, as reported by the House Committee on Appropria3 tions on July 15, 2020. 

4 SEC. 145. Amounts made available by section 101 to 

5 the Department of Homeland Security under the heading 

6 ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Re7 lief Fund’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper8 ations necessary to carry out response and recovery activi9 ties under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

10 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 

11 SEC. 146. (a) Section 1309(a) of the National Flood 

12 Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a)) is amended 

13 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep14 tember 30, 2021’’. 

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

16 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep17 tember 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

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

19 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

21 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in 

22 effect on September 30, 2020. 

23 SEC. 147. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the fol24 lowing shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$0’’ for— 


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

2 the heading ‘‘Bureau of Land Management—Land 

3 Acquisition’’; 

4 (2) ‘‘$10,000,000’’, and ‘‘$320,000’’ in the first 

5 paragraph under the heading ‘‘United States Fish 

6 and Wildlife Service—Land Acquisition’’; 

7 (3) ‘‘$3,628,000’’ in the second paragraph 

8 under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife 

9 Service—Land Acquisition’’; 

10 (4) ‘‘$30,800,000’’ and ‘‘$23,702,000’’ for 

11 ‘‘$54,502,000’’ in the first paragraph under the 

12 heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service— 

13 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation 

14 Fund’’; 

15 (5) ‘‘$208,400,000’’, ‘‘$140,000,000’’, and 

16 ‘‘$13,000,000’’ in the first paragraph under the 

17 heading ‘‘National Park Service—Land Acquisition 

18 and State Assistance’’; 

19 (6) ‘‘$63,990,000’’ and ‘‘$283,000,000’’ for 

20 ‘‘$346,990,000’’ under the heading ‘‘Forest Serv21 ice—State and Private Forestry’’; and 

22 (7) ‘‘$78,898,000’’ in the first paragraph under 

23 the heading ‘‘Forest Service—Land Acquisition’’. 

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1 ice—Land Acquisition’’ shall be applied by substituting 

2 ‘‘$7,550,000’’ for ‘‘$70,715,000’’. 

3 (c) Amounts made available by section 101 to the De4 partment of the Interior for ‘‘Departmental Offices—Of5 fice of the Secretary—Departmental Operations’’ may be 

6 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to 

7 fund the Appraisal and Valuation Services Office and such 

8 amounts shall be derived from the Land and Water Con9 servation Fund. 

10 SEC. 148. Amounts made available by section 101 to 

11 the Forest Service may be obligated in the account and 

12 budget structure set forth in the table provided by the Sec13 retary of Agriculture to the Committees on Appropriations 

14 of the Senate and the House of Representatives prior to 

15 the end of fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section 435(d) 

16 of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Re17 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division D of 

18 Public Law 116–94): Provided, That amounts made avail19 able by section 101 under the heading ‘‘Forest Service— 

20 National Forest System’’ shall be available for the base 

21 salary and expenses of employees that carry out the func22 tions funded by the ‘‘Capital Improvement and Mainte23 nance’’ account, the ‘‘Range Betterment Fund’’ account, 

24 and the ‘‘Management of National Forests for Subsistence 

25 Uses’’ account and may be apportioned up to the rate for 


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1 operations necessary to fund such base salary and ex2 penses of such employees. 

3 SEC. 149. Activities authorized by part A of title IV 

4 and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall con5 tinue through the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

6 Act, in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2020, and 

7 out of any money in the Treasury of the United States 

8 not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated 

9 such sums as may be necessary for such purpose: Pro10 vided, That grants under section 418 of the Social Secu11 rity Act shall be issued on the same basis as grants under 

12 section 403(a)(1) of such Act. 

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

14 funds as of September 30, 2020, from amounts credited 

15 and merged pursuant to the second proviso under the 

16 heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services— 

17 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Buildings 

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

19 Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 

20 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division H of Public 

21 Law 114–113) are hereby rescinded, and, in addition to 

22 amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of 

23 additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 

24 rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro25 priated on September 30, 2020, for an additional amount 


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1 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until September 

2 30, 2025, and shall be available for the same purposes, 

3 in addition to other funds as may be available for such 

4 purposes, and under the same authorities for which the 

5 funds were originally transferred and merged pursuant to 

6 Public Law 114–113. 

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

8 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

10 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in 

11 effect on September 30, 2020. 

12 SEC. 151. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section 

13 529 of division A of Public Law 116–94 shall be applied 

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

15 and by substituting ‘‘section 2104(a)(24)’’ for ‘‘section 

16 2104(a)(23)’’. 

17 (b) Notwithstanding section 101, section 530 of divi18 sion A of Public Law 116–94 shall be applied by sub19 stituting ‘‘$11,005,661,000’’ for ‘‘$6,093,181,000’’. 

20 SEC. 152. (a) Funds made available in Public Law 

21 113–235 to the accounts of the National Institutes of 

22 Health that were available for obligation through fiscal 

23 year 2015 and were obligated for multi-year research 

24 grants shall be available through fiscal year 2021 for the 

25 liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal year 2015 


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1 if the Director of the National Institutes of Health deter2 mines the project suffered an interruption of activities at3 tributable to SARS–CoV–2. 

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

5 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

7 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in 

8 effect on September 30, 2020. 

9 SEC. 153. (a) Funds made available in Public Law 

10 113–76 under the heading ‘‘Rehabilitation Services and 

11 Disability Research’’ that were available for obligation 

12 through fiscal year 2015 for the Automated Personaliza13 tion Computing Project pursuant to the first four provisos 

14 under that heading in that Act are to remain available 

15 through fiscal year 2021 for the liquidation of valid obliga16 tions incurred in fiscal years 2014 or 2015. 

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

18 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

20 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in 

21 effect on September 30, 2020. 

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

23 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) shall be applied by sub24 stituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act 

25 for ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 


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

2 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(4)) shall be applied 

3 through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act 

4 by substituting ‘‘2021’’ for ‘‘2020’’. 

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

6 funds as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made 

7 available to ‘‘Corporation for National and Community 

8 Service—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title IV of division A 

9 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 

10 (Public Law 116–94), are hereby rescinded, and in addi11 tion to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an 

12 amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 

13 the amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection is here14 by appropriated on September 30, 2020, for an additional 

15 amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2021, and shall be available for the same pur17 poses, in addition to other funds as may be available for 

18 such purposes, and under the same authorities for which 

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

20 (b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as 

21 of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to 

22 ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Service—Op23 erating Expenses’’ in title IV of division A of the Further 

24 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 

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1 erwise provided by section 101, an amount of additional 

2 new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded 

3 pursuant to this subsection is hereby appropriated on Sep4 tember 30, 2020, for an additional amount for fiscal year 

5 2020, to remain available until September 30, 2021, and 

6 shall be available for the same purposes, in addition to 

7 other funds as may be available for such purposes, and 

8 under the same authorities for which the funds were origi9 nally provided in Public Law 116–94: Provided, That any 

10 amounts appropriated by the preceding proviso shall not 

11 be subject to the allotment requirements otherwise appli12 cable under sections 129(a), (b), (d), and (e) of the Na13 tional and Community Service Act of 1993. 

14 (c) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as 

15 of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to 

16 ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Service—Of17 fice of Inspector General’’ in title IV of division A of the 

18 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 

19 Law 116–94), are hereby rescinded, and in addition to 

20 amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of 

21 additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 

22 rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro23 priated on September 30, 2020, for an additional amount 

24 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until September 

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1 in addition to other funds as may be available for such 

2 purposes, and under the same authorities for which the 

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

4 (d)(1) Section 3514(b) of title III of division A of 

5 Public Law 116–136 is hereby repealed, and such section 

6 shall be applied hereafter as if such subsection had never 

7 been enacted. 

8 (2)(A) IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided 

9 under this subsection are designated as an emer10 gency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the 

11 Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 

12 933(g)). 

13 (B) DESIGNATION IN THE SENATE.—In 

14 the Senate, this subsection is designated as an 

15 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

16 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), 

17 the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis18 cal year 2018. 

19 (C) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EF20 FECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget 

21 Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint 

22 explanatory statement of the committee of con23 ference accompanying Conference Report 105– 

24 217 and section 250(c)(7) and (c)(8) of the 

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1 trol Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this 

2 subsection— 

3 (i) shall not be estimated for purposes 

4 of section 251 of such Act; 

5 (ii) shall not be estimated for pur6 poses of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of 

7 the Statutory Pay As-You-Go Act of 2010 

8 as being included in an appropriation Act; 

9 and 

10 (iii) shall be treated as if they were 

11 contained in a PAYGO Act, as defined by 

12 section 3(7) of the Statutory Pay-As-You13 Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 932(7)). 

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

15 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

17 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in 

18 effect on September 30, 2020. 

19 SEC. 157. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

20 this Act, there is hereby appropriated for fiscal year 2021 

21 for payment to the John R. Lewis Revocable Trust, bene22 ficiary of John R. Lewis, late a Representative from the 

23 State of Georgia, $174,000. 


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1 SEC. 158. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

2 provided for ‘‘House of Representatives—Salaries and Ex3 penses’’ at a rate for operations of $1,383,725,000. 

4 SEC. 159. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

5 this Act— 

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

7 reimburse the Little Scholars Child Development 

8 Center at the Library of Congress under section 

9 19004 of the CARES Act (2 U.S.C. 162b note; 134 

10 Stat. 578) shall remain in effect with respect to sal11 aries incurred until the termination of the public 

12 health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 

13 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 

14 resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic; and 

15 (2) the authority of the Government Account16 ability Office to reimburse the Tiny Findings Child 

17 Development Center under section 19009 of the 

18 CARES Act (134 Stat. 579) shall remain in effect 

19 with respect to salaries incurred until the termi20 nation of the public health emergency declared pur21 suant to section 319 of the Public Health Service 

22 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) resulting from the COVID–19 

23 pandemic. 

24 (3) Section 19005(a) of the CARES Act (2 

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1 by striking ‘‘for not more than 16 weeks’’ and in2 serting in its place ‘‘until the termination of the 

3 public health emergency declared pursuant to section 

4 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 247d) resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic’’. 

6 SEC. 160. (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding sec7 tions 3902(a) and 3904(b) of title 41, United States Code, 

8 if the performance or delivery of services procured under 

9 a severable service contract of the Library of Congress is 

10 delayed or otherwise affected by the COVID–19 Pan11 demic, the period for the performance or delivery of serv12 ices under the contract may be extended for a period 

13 equivalent to the delay or suspension of services, but not 

14 exceeding an additional 12 months. 

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

16 respect to contracts for severable services procured for a 

17 period beginning in fiscal year 2019 or fiscal year 2020. 

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

19 matter preceding the first proviso under the heading ‘‘De20 partment of Veterans Affairs—Veterans Benefits Admin21 istration—Compensation and Pensions’’ in division F of 

22 Public Law 116–94 is amended by replacing ‘‘shall become 

23 available on October 1, 2020:’’ with ‘‘, to remain available 

24 until expended and to become available on October 1, 

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1 SEC. 162. Amounts made available by section 101 for 

2 ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Admin3 istration—Veterans Electronic Health Record’’ may be 

4 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to 

5 maintain support activities related to implementation and 

6 maintenance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record sys7 tem, including contractual costs associated with operations 

8 authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

9 and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles 

10 5 and 38, United States Code. 

11 SEC. 163. Notwithstanding section 106 of this Act, 

12 at any time during fiscal year 2021, the Secretary of Vet13 erans Affairs may transfer up to $140,000,000 of the un14 obligated balances available under the heading ‘‘Depart15 ment of Veterans Affairs—Veterans Health Administra16 tion—Medical Services’’ in title X of division B of the 

17 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub18 lic Law 116–136) to the ‘‘Canteen Service Revolving 

19 Fund’’ of the Department to prevent, prepare for, and re20 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro21 vided, That amounts so transferred shall be for offsetting 

22 the losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic of Vet23 erans Canteen Service collections pursuant to chapter 78 

24 of title 38, United States Code: Provided further, That the 

25 transferred amounts shall be in addition to any other 


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1 funds made available for this purpose: Provided further, 

2 That amounts transferred under this section that were 

3 previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 

4 requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer5 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the 

6 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec7 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer8 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

9 SEC. 164. Amounts made available by section 101 to 

10 the Department of State for ‘‘Administration of Foreign 

11 Affairs—Repatriation Loans Program Account’’ may be 

12 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to ac13 commodate increased demand for commitments for repa14 triation loans authorized by section 4(b)(2)(B) of the 

15 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

16 U.S.C. 2671(b)(2)(B)). 

17 SEC. 165. Section 21009 of the Coronavirus Aid, Re18 lief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) 

19 shall continue in effect through the date specified in sec20 tion 106 of this Act. 

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

22 section 1(b)(1) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (22 

23 U.S.C. 214(b)(1)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘the 

24 costs of providing consular services’’ for ‘‘such costs’’. 


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1 (b) During the period covered by this Act, discre2 tionary amounts made available by section 101 to the De3 partment of State in title I under the heading ‘‘Adminis4 tration of Foreign Affairs’’ and discretionary unobligated 

5 balances under such heading from prior Acts making ap6 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper7 ations, and related programs, may be transferred to the 

8 Consular and Border Security Programs account if the 

9 Secretary of State determines and reports to the Commit10 tees on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to sus11 tain consular operations, following consultation with such 

12 Committees: Provided, That such transfer authority is in 

13 addition to any transfer authority otherwise available in 

14 this Act and under any other provision of law: Provided 

15 further, That no amounts may be transferred from 

16 amounts designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

17 Global War on Terrorism or as emergency requirements 

18 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or sec19 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

21 (c) Amounts made available by section 101 to the De22 partment of State for ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ may be ap23 portioned up to the rate for operations necessary to sus24 tain consular operations, and the obligation of such apporVerDate Sep 11 2014 23:07 Sep 23, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8337.PCS H8337

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1 tioned funds shall be subject to the regular notification 

2 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

3 SEC. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

4 this Act, and subject to the regular notification procedures 

5 of the Committees on Appropriations, the limitations in 

6 section 7044(e)(2) of division G of Public Law 116–94 

7 shall not apply to funds made available in this Act or in 

8 the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

9 Programs Appropriations Act, 2020, for disaster relief; to 

10 protect human rights, locate and identify missing persons, 

11 and assist victims of torture; to promote justice, account12 ability, and reconciliation; to enhance maritime security 

13 and domain awareness; and for International Military 

14 Education and Training. 

15 SEC. 168. Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Re16 form and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) is 

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

18 ‘‘October 1, 2021’’. 

19 SEC. 169. (a) The remaining unobligated balances of 

20 funds, as of September 30, 2020, from amounts made 

21 available to ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the 

22 Secretary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ in title 

23 I of division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

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1 oversight of awards under the national infrastructure in2 vestments program, are hereby rescinded, and in addition 

3 to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount 

4 of additional new budget authority equivalent to the 

5 amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby 

6 appropriated on September 30, 2020, for an additional 

7 amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2021, in addition to other funds as may be 

9 available for such purposes, and shall be available, without 

10 additional competition, for completing the funding of 

11 awards made pursuant to the fiscal year 2017 National 

12 Infrastructure Investments grants (also known as the Bet13 ter Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development, or 

14 BUILD grants). 

15 (b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds, as 

16 of September 30, 2020, from amounts made available to 

17 ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Sec18 retary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ in title I of 

19 division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 

20 (Public Law 115–141), other than such funds administra21 tively allocated to carry out the administration and over22 sight of awards under the national infrastructure invest23 ments program, are hereby rescinded, and in addition to 

24 amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of 

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1 rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro2 priated on September 30, 2020, for an additional amount 

3 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until September 

4 30, 2021, in addition to other funds as may be available 

5 for such purposes, and shall be available, without addi6 tional competition, for completing the funding of awards 

7 made pursuant to the fiscal year 2018 National Infra8 structure Investments grants (also known as the Better 

9 Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development, or 

10 BUILD grants). 

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

12 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

14 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in 

15 effect on September 30, 2020. 

16 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter 

17 preceding the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Govern18 ment National Mortgage Association—Guarantees of 

19 Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program 

20 Account’’ in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

21 2020 (Public Law 116–94) shall be applied by sub22 stituting ‘‘$1,278,000,000,000’’ for ‘‘$550,000,000,000’’: 

23 Provided, That amounts made available under such head24 ing by this Act may be apportioned up to the rate for oper25 ations necessary to accommodate increased demand for 


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1 new commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 

2 purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act as 

3 amended (12 U.S.C. 1721(g)). 

4 SEC. 171. (a) Funds previously made available in the 

5 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

6 2013 (Public Law 113–6) for the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods 

7 Initiative’’ that were available for obligation through fiscal 

8 year 2015 are to remain available through fiscal year 2021 

9 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal 

10 years 2013 through 2015. 

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

12 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

14 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in 

15 effect on September 30, 2020. 

16 SEC. 172. Amounts made available by section 101 to 

17 the Department of Housing and Urban Development for 

18 ‘‘Housing Programs—Housing for the Elderly’’ may be 

19 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to— 

20 (1) maintain project rental assistance for the elderly 

21 under section 202(c)(2) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 

22 U.S.C. 1701q(2)), including making amendments to con23 tracts for such assistance and renewing expiring contracts 

24 for such assistance for up to a 1-year term; and 


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1 (2) be available to make awards to existing 

2 grantees to continue, without competition, dem3 onstration programs to test housing with services 

4 models for the elderly that demonstrate the potential 

5 to delay or avoid the need for nursing home care. 

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

7 Department of Agriculture for ‘‘Corporations—Com8 modity Credit Corporation Fund—Reimbursement for Net 

9 Realized Losses’’ may be used, prior to the completion of 

10 the report described in section 2 of the Act of August 17, 

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

12 Credit Corporation for net realized losses sustained, but 

13 not previously reimbursed, as of September 17, 2020. 

14 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropria15 tions Act, 2021’’. 

16 DIVISION B—SURFACE TRANS17 PORTATION PROGRAM EX18 TENSION 

19 TITLE I—SURFACE 

20 TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS 

21 SEC. 1101. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPOR22 TATION PROGRAMS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 

24 this division, the requirements, authorities, conditions, eli25 gibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized 


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1 under the covered laws, which would otherwise expire on 

2 or cease to apply after September 30, 2020, are incor3 porated by reference and shall continue in effect through 

4 September 30, 2021. 

5 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 (1) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.— 

7 (A) HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—There is author8 ized to be appropriated from the Highway Ac9 count for fiscal year 2021, for each program 

10 with respect to which amounts are authorized 

11 to be appropriated from such account for fiscal 

12 year 2020, an amount equal to the amount au13 thorized for appropriation with respect to the 

14 program from such account under the covered 

15 laws for fiscal year 2020. 

16 (B) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—There is 

17 authorized to be appropriated from the Mass 

18 Transit Account for fiscal year 2021, for each 

19 program with respect to which amounts are au20 thorized to be appropriated from such account 

21 for fiscal year 2020, an amount equal to the 

22 amount authorized for appropriation with re23 spect to the program from such account under 

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

2 appropriated for fiscal year 2021, for each program 

3 under the covered laws with respect to which 

4 amounts are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

5 year 2020 from an account other than the Highway 

6 Account or the Mass Transit Account, an amount 

7 that is not less than the amount authorized for ap8 propriation with respect to the program under the 

9 covered laws for fiscal year 2020. 

10 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized to be ap11 propriated for fiscal year 2021 with respect to a program 

12 under subsection (b) shall be distributed, administered, 

13 limited, and made available for obligation in the same 

14 manner as amounts authorized to be appropriated with re15 spect to the program for fiscal year 2020 under the cov16 ered laws. 

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

18 amounts are authorized to be appropriated under sub19 section (b)(1) shall be subject to a limitation on obliga20 tions for fiscal year 2021 in the same amount and in the 

21 same manner as the limitation applicable with respect to 

22 the program for fiscal year 2020. 

23 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

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1 (A) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, 

2 XI, and XXIV of the FAST Act (Public Law 

3 114–94). 

4 (B) Division A, division B, subtitle A of 

5 title I and title II of division C, and division E 

6 of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141). 

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

8 LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Public 

9 Law 110–244). 

10 (D) Titles I, II, III, IV, V, and VI of 

11 SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59). 

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

13 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 

14 (Public Law 105–178). 

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

16 Highway System Designation Act of 1995 

17 (Public Law 104–59). 

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

19 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 

20 Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240). 

21 (H) Title 23, United States Code. 

22 (I) Sections 116, 117, 330, 5128, 5505, 

23 and 24905 and chapters 53, 139, 303, 311, 

24 313, 701, and 702 of title 49, United States 

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1 (2) HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—The term ‘‘Highway 

2 Account’’ means the portion of the Highway Trust 

3 Fund that is not the Mass Transit Account. 

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

5 Transit Account’’ means the portion of the Highway 

6 Trust Fund established under section 9503(e)(1) of 

7 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

8 SEC. 1102. NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT FREIGHT AND HIGH9 WAY PROJECTS. 

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

11 is amended in the matter preceding clause (i)— 

12 (1) by striking ‘‘$500,000,000’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘$600,000,000’’; and 

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

15 SEC. 1103. HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP16 MENT. 

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

18 amended— 

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

20 and 

21 (2) by striking ‘‘$21,248,000’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘$26,560,000’’. 


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1 SEC. 1104. RAIL-RELATED PROVISIONS. 

2 (a) FEDERAL FUNDING FOR OPERATING LOSSES.— 

3 Section 24321 of title 49, United States Code, is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) by striking subsection (d); and 

6 (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub7 section (d). 

8 (b) DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES.—Sec9 tion 502(b)(3) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regu10 latory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(b)(3)) is 

11 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

13 SEC. 1105. SUSPENSION FOR EXTENSION PERIOD OF AD14 JUSTMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL DEPOSITS 

15 INTO HIGHWAY TRUST FUND. 

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

17 apply to monies deposited into the Highway Trust Fund 

18 by this division. 

19 SEC. 1106. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 

20 None of the funds authorized in this division or any 

21 other Act may be used to adjust apportionments for the 

22 Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund or 

23 withhold funds from apportionments for the Mass Transit 

24 Account of the Highway Trust Fund pursuant to section 

25 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in fiscal 

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1 SEC. 1107. APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION. 

2 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

3 14703 of title 40, United States Code, is amended— 

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

5 inserting ‘‘2021’’; and 

6 (2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘2020’’ and in7 serting ‘‘2021’’. 

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

9 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

11 TITLE II—TRUST FUNDS 

12 SEC. 1201. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND EXPENDI13 TURE AUTHORITY. 

14 Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

15 is amended— 

16 (1) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ in sub17 sections (b)(6)(B), (c)(1), and (e)(3) and inserting 

18 ‘‘October 1, 2021’’; and 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘FAST Act’’ in subsections 

20 (c)(1) and (e)(3) and inserting ‘‘Continuing Appro21 priations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act’’. 

22 SEC. 1202. SPORT FISH RESTORATION AND BOATING TRUST 

23 FUND. 

24 Section 9504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘FAST Act’’ each place it ap2 pears in subsection (b)(2) and inserting ‘‘Continuing 

3 Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions 

4 Act’’; and 

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

6 (d)(2) and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2021’’. 

7 SEC. 1203. LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST 

8 FUND. 

9 Section 9508(e)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

10 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ and in11 serting ‘‘October 1, 2021’’. 

12 SEC. 1204. FURTHER ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS TO HIGHWAY 

13 TRUST FUND. 

14 Subsection (f) of section 9503 of the Internal Rev15 enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraph 

16 (10) as paragraph (11) and by inserting after paragraph 

17 (9) the following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(10) FURTHER TRANSFERS TO TRUST

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

20 appropriated, there is hereby appropriated— 

21 ‘‘(A) $10,400,000,000 to the Highway Ac22 count (as defined in subsection (e)(5)(B)) in 

23 the Highway Trust Fund; and 

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

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1 SEC. 1205. ADDITIONAL TRANSFER TO TRUST FUND. 

2 Section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

3 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

5 of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

6 there is hereby appropriated $14,000,000,000 to the Air7 port and Airway Trust Fund.’’. 

8 DIVISION C—HEALTH 

9 EXTENDERS 

10 TITLE I—PUBLIC HEALTH 

11 EXTENDERS 

12 SEC. 2101. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, NATIONAL 

13 HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND TEACHING 

14 HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE GRAD15 UATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 

16 (a) COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.—Section 

17 10503(b)(1)(F) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

18 Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(F)) is amended— 

19 (1) by striking ‘‘$668,493,151’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘$789,041,096’’; and 

21 (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in22 serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

23 (b) NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS.—Section 

24 10503(b)(2)(H) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

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1 (1) by striking ‘‘$51,808,219’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘$61,150,685’’; and 

3 (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in4 serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

5 (c) TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE

6 GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Section 

7 340H(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 256h(g)(1)) is amended— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘$21,141,096’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘$24,953,425’’; and 

11 (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in12 serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

13 (d) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—Amounts appro14 priated pursuant to the amendments made by this section 

15 for the period beginning on October 1, 2020, through De16 cember 11, 2020, shall be subject to the requirements con17 tained in Public Law 116–94 for funds for programs au18 thorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public 

19 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254 through 256). 

20 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (4) of 

21 section 3014(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amend22 ed— 

23 (1) by striking ‘‘Social Services Act,,,’’ and in24 serting ‘‘Social Services Act,’’; and 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘and section 3831 of the 

2 CARES Act’’ and inserting ‘‘, section 3831 of the 

3 CARES Act, and section 2101 of the Continuing 

4 Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2102. DIABETES PROGRAMS. 

7 (a) SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS FOR TYPE I DIA8 BETES.—Section 330B(b)(2)(D) of the Public Health 

9 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2)(D)) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking ‘‘$25,068,493’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘$29,589,042’’; and 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in13 serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

14 (b) SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS FOR INDIANS.— 

15 Section 330C(c)(2)(D) of the Public Health Service Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2)(D)) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘$25,068,493’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘$29,589,042’’; and 

19 (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in20 serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

21 SEC. 2103. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION. 

22 Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 713) is amended by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ each 

24 place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 


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1 SEC. 2104. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION. 

2 Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 710) is amended— 

4 (1) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ each 

5 place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 11, 

6 2020’’; 

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

8 period, for fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘the pe9 riod described in subparagraph (A), for fiscal year 

10 2021’’; and 

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

12 and inserting ‘‘through 2020,’’. 

13 SEC. 2105. RARE PEDIATRIC DISEASE PRIORITY REVIEW 

14 VOUCHER EXTENSION. 

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

16 Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360ff(b)(5)) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ each 

18 place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 11, 

19 2020’’; and 

20 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Sep21 tember 30, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 

22 2022’’. 

23 SEC. 2106. AUTHORIZATION TO ACCUMULATE EXCESS AN24 NUAL LEAVE. 

25 (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 219 of 

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1 missioned officer of the Public Health Service who, except 

2 for this section, would lose at the end of the fiscal year 

3 2020 accumulated annual leave in excess of 60 days, may 

4 retain such amounts of accumulated annual leave in excess 

5 of 60 days. 

6 (b) USE OF EXCESS LEAVE.—Annual leave retained 

7 pursuant to subsection (a) shall be lost unless it is used 

8 by the officer no later than September 30, 2023. 

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

10 an officer on terminal leave preceding separation, retire11 ment, or release from active duty, as of the effective date 

12 specified in subsection (d). 

13 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall become ef14 fective on the earlier of— 

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

16 (2) September 30, 2020. 

17 SEC. 2107. HHS SERVICES AND SUPPLY FUND. 

18 Effective as if included in the enactment of the para19 graph beginning with ‘‘Service and supply fund:’’ under 

20 the heading ‘‘Public Health Service’’ in the Federal Secu21 rity Agency Appropriation Act, 1946 (42 U.S.C. 231), 

22 such paragraph shall be applied with respect to any fiscal 

23 year as though the phrase ‘‘central services’’ referred to 

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1 TITLE II—MEDICARE 

2 EXTENDERS 

3 SEC. 2201. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 

4 FLOOR UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. 

5 Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 

6 U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)(E)), as amended by section 3801 

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

8 striking ‘‘December 1, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 

9 12, 2020’’. 

10 SEC. 2202. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEAS11 URE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION. 

12 Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 

13 U.S.C. 1395aaa(d)(2)), as amended by section 3802 of the 

14 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), is amended— 

15 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘November 

16 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’; and 

17 (2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Novem18 ber 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

19 SEC. 2203. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND AS20 SISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 

21 (a) STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS.—Sub22 section (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improve23 ments for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 

24 1395b–3 note), as amended by section 3306 of the Patient 

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1 148), section 610 of the American Taxpayer Relief Act 

2 of 2012 (Public Law 112–240), section 1110 of the Path3 way for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–67), 

4 section 110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 

5 2014 (Public Law 113–93), section 208 of the Medicare 

6 Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public 

7 Law 114–10), section 50207 of division E of the Bipar8 tisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), section 

9 1402 of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 

10 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 

11 116– 59), section 1402 of division B of the Further Con12 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health 

13 Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–69), section 103 

14 of division N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 

15 Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), and section 3803 of the 

16 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended in clause 

17 (xi) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘De18 cember 11, 2020’’. 

19 (b) AREA AGENCIES ON AGING.—Subsection 

20 (b)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended 

21 in clause (xi) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and insert22 ing ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

23 (c) AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS.— 

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1 is amended in clause (xi) by striking ‘‘November 30, 

2 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

3 (d) CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR

4 BENEFITS AND OUTREACH ENROLLMENT.—Subsection 

5 (d)(2) of such section 119, as so amended, is amended 

6 in clause (xi) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and insert7 ing ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

8 TITLE III—MEDICAID 

9 EXTENDERS 

10 SEC. 2301. EXTENSION OF MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON 

11 REBALANCING DEMONSTRATION. 

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

13 of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note), as inserted by section 

14 3811 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), is amend15 ed by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘De16 cember 11, 2020’’. 

17 SEC. 2302. EXTENSION OF SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT 

18 PROTECTIONS. 

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2404 of the Patient Pro20 tection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 

21 note), as amended by section 3812 of the CARES Act 

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

23 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

24 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in section 

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1 or section 1902(a)(17) or 1924 of the Social Security Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(17), 1396r–5) shall be construed as 

3 prohibiting a State from— 

4 (1) applying an income or resource disregard 

5 under a methodology authorized under section 

6 1902(r)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(r)(2))— 

7 (A) to the income or resources of an indi8 vidual described in section 

9 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI)) (including a disregard 

11 of the income or resources of such individual’s 

12 spouse); or 

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

14 home and community-based services authorized 

15 under subsection (c), (d), (i), or (k) of section 

16 1915 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n) or under 

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

18 (2) disregarding an individual’s spousal income 

19 and assets under a plan amendment to provide med20 ical assistance for home and community-based serv21 ices for individuals by reason of being determined el22 igible under section 1902(a)(10)(C) of such Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(C)) or by reason of section 

24 1902(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(f)) or other25 wise on the basis of a reduction of income based on 


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1 costs incurred for medical or other remedial care 

2 under which the State disregarded the income and 

3 assets of the individual’s spouse in determining the 

4 initial and ongoing financial eligibility of an indi5 vidual for such services in place of the spousal im6 poverishment provisions applied under section 1924 

7 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5). 

8 SEC. 2303. DELAY OF DSH REDUCTIONS. 

9 Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 

10 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(7)(A)), as amended by section 3813 of 

11 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), is amended— 

12 (1) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub13 clause (I), by striking ‘‘December 1, 2020’’ and in14 serting ‘‘December 12, 2020’’; and 

15 (2) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘December 1, 

16 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 12, 2020’’. 

17 SEC. 2304. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH 

18 SERVICES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 

19 Section 223(d)(3) of the Protecting Access to Medi20 care Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note), as amended by 

21 section 3814 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), 

22 is amended by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 


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1 TITLE IV—MEDICARE PART B 

2 PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT 

3 SEC. 2401. 2021 MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM AND DEDUCT4 IBLE. 

5 (a) 2021 PREMIUM AND DEDUCTIBLE AND REPAY6 MENT THROUGH FUTURE PREMIUMS.—Section 1839(a) 

7 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(a)) is amend8 ed— 

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

10 striking ‘‘(5) and (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘(5), (6), and 

11 (7)’’; 

12 (2) in paragraph (6)(C)— 

13 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘section 

14 1844(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (d)(1) 

15 and (e)(1) of section 1844’’; and 

16 (B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘paragraph 

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

18 and 

19 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(7)(A) In applying this part (including subsection 

21 (i) and section 1833(b)), the monthly actuarial rate for 

22 enrollees age 65 and over for 2021 shall be determined 

23 to be equal to the sum of— 

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1 ‘‘(ii) 25 percent of the difference between such 

2 rate for 2020 and the preliminary monthly actuarial 

3 rate for enrollees age 65 and over for 2021 (as esti4 mated under subparagraph (B)). 

5 ‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the Sec6 retary shall estimate a preliminary monthly actuarial rate 

7 for enrollees age 65 and over for 2021 using the method8 ology described in paragraph (1) and as if subparagraph 

9 (A) of this paragraph did not apply. The Secretary shall 

10 make the estimate under the previous sentence as if the 

11 transfers described in section 1844(f)(1) have been 

12 made.’’. 

13 (b) TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.— 

14 Section 1844 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 1395w) is amended— 

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

17 following new sentence: ‘‘In applying paragraph (1), 

18 the amounts transferred under subsection (e)(1) 

19 with respect to enrollees described in subparagraphs 

20 (A) and (B) of such subsection shall be treated as 

21 premiums payable and deposited in the Trust Fund 

22 under subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively, of 

23 paragraph (1).’’; and 

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

2 General Fund to the Trust Fund an amount, as estimated 

3 by the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Med4 icaid Services, equal to the reduction in aggregate pre5 miums payable under this part for a month in such year 

6 (excluding any changes in amounts collected under section 

7 1839(i)) that are attributable to the application of section 

8 1839(a)(7) with respect to— 

9 ‘‘(A) enrollees age 65 and over; and 

10 ‘‘(B) enrollees under age 65. 

11 Such amounts shall be transferred from time to time as 

12 appropriate. 

13 ‘‘(2) Premium increases affected under section 

14 1839(a)(6) shall not be taken into account in applying 

15 subsection (a). 

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

17 to the General Fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent 

18 to the additional premiums payable as a result of the ap19 plication of section 1839(a)(6), excluding the aggregate 

20 payments attributable to the application of section 

21 1839(i)(3)(A)(ii)(II).’’. 

22 (c) ADDITIONAL TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT CON23 TRIBUTION.—Section 1844 of the Social Security Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 1395w), as amended by subsection (b)(2), is 

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

2 Fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund an amount, as 

3 estimated by the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medi4 care & Medicaid Services, equal to amounts paid in ad5 vance for items and services under this part during the 

6 period beginning on the first day of the emergency period 

7 described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) and ending on the date 

8 of the enactment of this paragraph. 

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

10 to the General Fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent 

11 to the sum of— 

12 ‘‘(A) the amounts by which claims have offset 

13 (in whole or in part) the amount of such payments 

14 described in paragraph (1); and 

15 ‘‘(B) the amount of such payments that have 

16 been repaid (in whole or in part). 

17 ‘‘(3) Amounts described in paragraphs (1) and (2) 

18 shall be transferred from time to time as appropriate.’’. 

19 (d) INDENTATION CORRECTION.—Section 

20 1839(i)(3)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

21 1395r(i)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by moving the indentation 

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1 TITLE V—ACCELERATED AND 

2 ADVANCE PAYMENT PROGRAMS 

3 SEC. 2501. MODIFYING ACCELERATED AND ADVANCE PAY4 MENT PROGRAMS UNDER PARTS A AND B OF 

5 THE MEDICARE PROGRAM DURING THE 

6 COVID–19 EMERGENCY. 

7 (a) SPECIAL REPAYMENT RULES AND OTHER MODI8 FICATIONS.— 

9 (1) PART A.— 

10 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 1815(f)(2)(C) 

11 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

12 1395g(f)(2)(C)) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(C) In the case of a payment made under the 

14 terms of the program under subsection (e)(3), in15 cluding such program as expanded pursuant to this 

16 subsection, on or after the date of the enactment of 

17 the CARES Act and so made during the emergency 

18 period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), upon re19 quest of a hospital, the Secretary shall— 

20 ‘‘(i) provide 1 year before payments for 

21 items and services furnished by the hospital are 

22 offset to recoup payments under such program; 

23 ‘‘(ii) provide that any such offset be an 

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1 ‘‘(I) during the first 11 months in 

2 which any such offsets are made with re3 spect to payment for items and services 

4 furnished by the hospital, 25 percent of the 

5 amount of such payment for such items 

6 and services; and 

7 ‘‘(II) during the succeeding 6 months, 

8 50 percent of the amount of such payment 

9 for such items and services; and 

10 ‘‘(iii) allow 29 months from the date of the 

11 first payment under such program to such pro12 vider before requiring that the outstanding bal13 ance be paid in full.’’. 

14 (B) AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETION.—Sec15 tion 1815(f)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act 

16 (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by 

17 inserting ‘‘(or, with respect to requests sub18 mitted to the Secretary after April 26, 2020, 

19 may)’’after ‘‘shall.’’. 

20 (C) APPLICATION TO OTHER PART A PRO21 VIDERS.— 

22 (i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a 

23 payment made under the terms of an ap24 plicable program (as defined in clause (ii)), 

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1 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) 

2 and so made during the emergency period 

3 described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the 

4 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b– 

5 5(g)(1)(B)), upon request of an applicable 

6 provider (as defined in clause (iii)), the 

7 provisions of section 1815(f)(2)(C) of such 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(C)), as amend9 ed by subparagraph (A), shall apply with 

10 respect to such payment in the same man11 ner as such provisions apply with respect 

12 to a payment made under the terms of the 

13 program under subsection (e)(3) of section 

14 1815 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g), in15 cluding such program as expanded pursu16 ant to subsection (f) of such section, on or 

17 after the date of the enactment of the 

18 CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and so 

19 made during such emergency period. 

20 (ii) APPLICABLE PROGRAM DE21 FINED.—In this clause, the term ‘‘applica22 ble program’’ means— 

23 (I) the programs under sections 

24 413.64(g), 412.541(f), 412.632(e), 

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1 title 42, Code of Federal Regulations 

2 (or any successor regulations); and 

3 (II) any other comparable pro4 gram under part A of title XVIII of 

5 the Social Security Act, as determined 

6 by the Secretary. 

7 (iii) APPLICABLE PROVIDER.—In this 

8 clause, the term ‘‘applicable provider’’ 

9 means a provider of services that is eligible 

10 for payment under an applicable program. 

11 (2) PART B.— 

12 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a pay13 ment made under the terms of the program de14 scribed in section 421.214 of title 42, Code of 

15 Federal Regulations (or any successor regula16 tion) on or after the date of the enactment of 

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

18 made during the emergency period described in 

19 section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security 

20 Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)), the Sec21 retary of Health and Human Services shall, 

22 upon request of the provider of services or sup23 plier receiving such payment— 

24 (i) provide 1 year before payments for 

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1 vider or supplier are offset to recoup pay2 ments under such program; 

3 (ii) provide that any such offset be an 

4 amount equal to— 

5 (I) during the first 11 months in 

6 which any such offsets are made with 

7 respect to payment for items and 

8 services furnished by such provider or 

9 supplier, 25 percent of the amount of 

10 such payment for such items and 

11 services; and 

12 (II) during the succeeding 6 

13 months, 50 percent of the amount of 

14 such payment for such items and 

15 services; and 

16 (iii) allow 29 months from the date of 

17 the first payment under such program to 

18 such provider or supplier before requiring 

19 that the outstanding balance be paid in 

20 full. 

21 (B) LIMITATION ON FURTHER PART B AD22 VANCE PAYMENTS.—With respect to the period 

23 of the emergency period described in section 

24 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 

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1 date of the enactment of this Act, the total 

2 amount of payments made under the terms of 

3 the program described in section 421.214 of 

4 title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 

5 successor regulation)— 

6 (i) for the portion of 2020 occurring 

7 during such period of the emergency period 

8 and for each year, shall not exceed 

9 $10,000,000; 

10 (ii) for each year beginning and end11 ing during such period of the emergency 

12 period, shall not exceed $10,000,000; and 

13 (iii) for the last year beginning during 

14 such period of the emergency period, the 

15 portion of such last year occurring during 

16 such period of the emergency period, shall 

17 not exceed $10,000,000. 

18 (b) INTEREST RATES.— 

19 (1) PART A.— 

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

21 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(d)) is 

22 amended by inserting before the period at the 

23 end the following: ‘‘(or, in the case of such a 

24 determination made with respect to a payment 

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1 the CARES Act and during the emergency pe2 riod described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) under 

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

4 such program as expanded pursuant to sub5 section (f), at a rate of 4 percent)’’. 

6 (B) APPLICATION TO OTHER PART A PRO7 VIDERS.—In the case of a determination under 

8 section 1815(d) of the Social Security Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 1395g(d)) with respect to a payment 

10 made on or after the date of the enactment of 

11 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and 

12 during the emergency period described in sec13 tion 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act 

14 (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)) under an appli15 cable program (as defined in subsection 

16 (a)(1)(C)(ii)), the amendment made by sub17 paragraph (A) shall apply with respect to such 

18 determination in the same manner as such 

19 amendment applies with respect to a payment 

20 made on or after the date of the enactment of 

21 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and 

22 during such emergency period under the pro23 gram under subsection (e)(3) of section 1815 of 

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1 program as expanded pursuant to subsection (f) 

2 of such section. 

3 (2) PART B.—Section 1833(j) of the Social Se4 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(j)) is amended by in5 serting before the period at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(or, in the case of such a determination made with 

7 respect to a payment made on or after the date of 

8 the enactment of the CARES Act and during the 

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

10 under the program described in section 421.214 of 

11 title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc12 cessor regulation), at a rate of 4 percent)’’. 

13 (c) PUBLICATION OF DATA.— 

14 (1) DATA DURING COVID–19 EMERGENCY.— 

15 (A) INITIAL PUBLICATION.—Not later than 

16 2 weeks after the date of the enactment of this 

17 section, the Secretary shall post on the public 

18 website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

19 Services data that includes the following infor20 mation with respect to specified payments (as 

21 defined in paragraph (3)(E)) made as of such 

22 date and for which data is available: 

23 (i) The total amount of such pay24 ments made under each applicable pay25 ment program (as defined in paragraph 


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1 (3)(A)), including a specification of the 

2 percentage of such payments so made from 

3 the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 

4 Fund established under section 1817 of 

5 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i) 

6 and the percentage of such payments so 

7 made from the Federal Supplementary In8 surance Trust Fund established under sec9 tion 1841 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395t) 

10 under each such program. 

11 (ii) The amount of specified payments 

12 made under each such program by type of 

13 provider of services or supplier receiving 

14 such payments. 

15 (iii) The Centers for Medicare & Med16 icaid Services certification number or other 

17 appropriate number of, and the amount of 

18 such payments received by, each provider 

19 of services and supplier receiving such pay20 ments. 

21 (B) INTERIM PUBLICATION.—Every 2 

22 weeks thereafter during the emergency period, 

23 if any specified payments are made that were 

24 not included in a preceding publication of data 

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1 on the website described in subparagraph (A) 

2 data containing the information described in 

3 clauses (i), (ii), and (iii) of such subparagraph 

4 with respect to such specified payments. 

5 (2) ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS.—Not later 

6 than 15 months after the date of the enactment of 

7 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), and every 6 

8 months thereafter until all specified payments have 

9 been recouped or repaid, the Secretary shall post on 

10 the website described in paragraph (1)(A) data that 

11 includes the following: 

12 (A) The total amount of all specified pay13 ments not recouped or repaid under each appli14 cable payment program. 

15 (B) The amount of payments made under 

16 each such program and not recouped or repaid 

17 by type of provider of services or supplier. 

18 (C) The total amount of specified pay19 ments that have been recouped or repaid under 

20 each such program, including a specification of 

21 the percentage of such payments so recouped or 

22 repaid that have been deposited into the Fed23 eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 

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1 Supplementary Insurance Trust Fund under 

2 each such program. 

3 (D) The dollar amount of interest that has 

4 been collected with respect to all specified pay5 ments under each such program. 

6 (3) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 

7 (A) APPLICABLE PAYMENT PROGRAM.— 

8 The term ‘‘applicable payment program’’ 

9 means— 

10 (i) the program under subsection 

11 (e)(3) of section 1815 of the Social Secu12 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g), including such 

13 program as expanded under subsection (f) 

14 of such section; 

15 (ii) an applicable program (as defined 

16 in subsection (a)(1)(C)(ii) of this section); 

17 and 

18 (iii) the program described in section 

19 421.214 of title 42, Code of Federal Regu20 lations (or any successor regulation). 

21 (B) EMERGENCY PERIOD.—The term 

22 ‘‘emergency period’’ means the emergency pe23 riod described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the 

24 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b– 

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1 (C) PROVIDER OF SERVICES AND SUP2 PLIER.—The terms ‘‘provider of services’’ and 

3 ‘‘supplier’’ have the meaning given such terms 

4 in subsections (u) and (d), respectively, of sec5 tion 1861 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x). 

6 (D) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 

7 means the Secretary of Health and Human 

8 Services. 

9 (E) SPECIFIED PAYMENTS.—The term 

10 ‘‘specified payments’’ means payments made 

11 under an applicable payment program on or 

12 after the date of the enactment of the CARES 

13 Act (Public Law 116–136) during the emer14 gency period. 

15 TITLE VI—OFFSETS 

16 SEC. 2601. INCLUSION IN THE MEDICAID DRUG REBATE 

17 PROGRAM OF COVERED OUTPATIENT DRUGS 

18 USED FOR MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREAT19 MENT. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905 of the Social Secu21 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended— 

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

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘subject to paragraph (2)’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘subject to paragraphs (2) and 

3 (3)’’; and 

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

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION OF REBATE REQUIRE7 MENTS.—The requirements of section 1927 shall 

8 apply to any drug or biological product described in 

9 paragraph (1)(A) that is— 

10 ‘‘(A) furnished as medical assistance in ac11 cordance with subsection (a)(29) and section 

12 1902(a)(10)(A); and 

13 ‘‘(B) a covered outpatient drug (as defined 

14 in section 1927(k), except that, in applying 

15 paragraph (2)(A) of such section to a drug de16 scribed in paragraph (1)(A), such drug shall be 

17 deemed a prescribed drug for purposes of sub18 section (a)(12)).’’. 

19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1927(d)(7) 

20 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–8(d)(7)) is 

21 amended by adding at the end the following new subpara22 graph: 

23 ‘‘(D) Drugs and biological products de24 scribed in subsection (ee)(1)(A) of section 1905 

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1 cordance with subsection (a)(29) of such section 

2 and section 1902(a)(10)(A).’’. 

3 (c) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amend4 ments made by this section shall take effect as if included 

5 in the enactment of section 1006(b) of the SUPPORT for 

6 Patients and Communities Act (Public Law 115–271; 132 

7 Stat. 3914). 

8 SEC. 2602. MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND. 

9 Section 1941(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 1396w–1(b)) is amended— 

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

12 inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 

13 (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking 

14 ‘‘$1,960,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,446,000,000’’. 

15 DIVISION D—OTHER MATTERS 

16 TITLE I—EMERGENCY STOPGAP 

17 USCIS STABILIZATION ACT 

18 SEC. 4101. SHORT TITLE. 

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

20 USCIS Stabilization Act’’. 

21 SECTION 4102. EXPANSION OF PREMIUM PROCESSING. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 286(u) of the Immigra23 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(u)) is amended 

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1 ‘‘(u) PREMIUM FEE FOR CERTAIN IMMIGRATION

2 BENEFIT TYPES.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 

4 Security is authorized to establish and collect a pre5 mium fee for the immigration benefit types described 

6 in paragraph (2). Such fee shall be paid in addition 

7 to any other fees authorized by law, deposited as off8 setting receipts in the Immigration Examinations 

9 Fee Account established under subsection (m), and 

10 used for the purposes described in paragraph (4). 

11 ‘‘(2) IMMIGRATION BENEFIT TYPES.—Subject 

12 to reasonable conditions or limitations, the Secretary 

13 shall establish a premium fee under paragraph (1) 

14 in connection with— 

15 ‘‘(A) employment-based nonimmigrant pe16 titions and associated applications for depend17 ents of the beneficiaries of such petitions; 

18 ‘‘(B) employment-based immigrant peti19 tions filed by or on behalf of aliens described in 

20 paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 203(b); 

21 ‘‘(C) applications to change or extend non22 immigrant status; 

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1 ‘‘(E) any other immigration benefit type 

2 that the Secretary deems appropriate for pre3 mium processing. 

4 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF FEE.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara6 graph (C), with respect to an immigration ben7 efit type designated for premium processing by 

8 the Secretary on or before August 1, 2020, the 

9 premium fee shall be $2,500, except that the 

10 premium fee for a petition for classification of 

11 a nonimmigrant described in subparagraph 

12 (H)(ii)(b) or (R) of section 101(a)(15) shall be 

13 $1,500. 

14 ‘‘(B) OTHER IMMIGRATION BENEFIT

15 TYPES.—With respect to an immigration benefit 

16 type designated for premium processing but not 

17 described in subparagraph (A), the initial pre18 mium fee shall be established by regulation, 

19 which shall include a detailed methodology sup20 porting the proposed premium fee amount. 

21 ‘‘(C) BIENNIAL ADJUSTMENT.—The Sec22 retary may adjust a premium fee under sub23 paragraph (A) or (B) on a biennial basis by the 

24 percentage (if any) by which the Consumer 

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1 month of June preceding the date on which 

2 such adjustment takes effect exceeds the Con3 sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for 

4 the same month of the second preceding cal5 endar year. The provisions of section 553 of 

6 title 5, United States Code, shall not apply to 

7 an adjustment authorized under this subpara8 graph. 

9 ‘‘(4) USE OF FEE.—Fees collected under this 

10 subsection may only be used by U.S. Citizenship and 

11 Immigration Services to— 

12 ‘‘(A) provide the services described in 

13 paragraph (5) to premium processing reques14 tors; 

15 ‘‘(B) make infrastructure improvements in 

16 adjudications processes and the provision of in17 formation and services to immigration and nat18 uralization benefit requestors; 

19 ‘‘(C) respond to adjudication demands, in20 cluding by reducing the number of pending im21 migration and naturalization benefit requests; 

22 and 

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1 ‘‘(5) PREMIUM PROCESSING SERVICES.—The 

2 Secretary— 

3 ‘‘(A) may suspend the availability of pre4 mium processing for designated immigration 

5 benefit requests only if circumstances prevent 

6 the completion of processing of a significant 

7 number of such requests within the required pe8 riod; and 

9 ‘‘(B) shall ensure that premium processing 

10 requestors have direct and reliable access to 

11 current case status information as well as the 

12 ability to communicate with the premium proc13 essing units at each service center or office that 

14 provides premium processing services.’’. 

15 (b) EXPANSION TO NEW BENEFIT REQUESTS.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the re17 quirement to set a fee by regulation under section 

18 286(u)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 

19 Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(u)(3)(B)), as amended by sub20 section (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security may 

21 set a fee under that section without regard to the 

22 provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States 

23 Code, if such fee is consistent with the following: 

24 (A) For a petition for classification under 

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1 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(1)(C)), or a 

2 petition for classification under section 

3 203(b)(2) involving a waiver under section 

4 203(b)(2)(B) of such Act, the fee is set at an 

5 amount not greater than $2,500 and the re6 quired processing timeframe is not greater than 

7 45 days. 

8 (B) For an application under section 248 

9 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

10 U.S.C. 1258) to change status to a classifica11 tion described in subparagraph (F), (J), or (M) 

12 of section 101(a)(15) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

13 1101(a)(15)), the fee is set at an amount not 

14 greater than $1,750 and the required proc15 essing timeframe is not greater than 30 days. 

16 (C) For an application under section 248 

17 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

18 U.S.C. 1258) to change status to be classified 

19 as a dependent of a nonimmigrant described in 

20 subparagraph (E), (H), (L), (O), (P), or (R) of 

21 section 101(a)(15) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

22 1101(a)(15)), or to extend such classification, 

23 the fee is set at an amount not greater than 

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1 (D) For an application for employment au2 thorization, the fee is set at an amount not 

3 greater than $1,500 and the required proc4 essing timeframe is not greater than 30 days. 

5 (2) CLARIFICATION.—The required processing 

6 timeframe for each of the applications and petitions 

7 described in paragraph (1) shall not commence until 

8 the date that all prerequisites for adjudication are 

9 received by the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

10 (c) OTHER BENEFIT REQUESTS.—In implementing 

11 the amendments made by subsection (a), the Secretary of 

12 Homeland Security shall develop and implement processes 

13 to ensure that the availability of premium processing, or 

14 its expansion to additional immigration benefit requests, 

15 does not result in an increase in processing times for im16 migration benefit requests not designated for premium 

17 processing or an increase in regular processing of immi18 gration benefit requests so designated. 

19 SEC. 4103. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

21 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home22 land Security shall provide to the appropriate Committees 

23 a 5-year plan, including projected cost estimates, procure24 ment strategies, and a project schedule with milestones, 

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1 (1) Establish electronic filing procedures for all 

2 applications and petitions for immigration benefits. 

3 (2) Accept electronic payment of fees at all fil4 ing locations. 

5 (3) Issue correspondence, including decisions, 

6 requests for evidence, and notices of intent to deny, 

7 to immigration benefit requestors electronically. 

8 (4) Improve processing times for all immigra9 tion and naturalization benefit requests. 

10 (b) SEMI-ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 

11 days after submission of the plan described in subsection 

12 (a), and on a semi-annual basis thereafter, the Secretary 

13 shall advise the appropriate Committees on the implemen14 tation status of such plan. 

15 (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In this 

16 section, the term ‘‘appropriate Committees’’ means— 

17 (1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com18 mittee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 

19 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; 

20 and 

21 (2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com22 mittee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 

23 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

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1 TITLE II—UNITED STATES PA2 ROLE COMMISSION EXTEN3 SION 

4 SEC. 4201. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘United States Parole 

6 Commission Extension Act of 2020’’. 

7 SEC. 4202. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING REFORM ACT OF 

8 1984. 

9 For purposes of section 235(b) of the Sentencing Re10 form Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98– 

11 473; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter 

12 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States 

13 Parole Commission, each reference in such section to ‘‘33 

14 years’’ or ‘‘33-year period’’ shall be deemed a reference 

15 to ‘‘35 years’’ or ‘‘35-year period’’, respectively. 

16 SEC. 4203. PAROLE COMMISSION REPORT. 

17 Section 3 of the United States Parole Commission 

18 Extension Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–274) is amend19 ed— 

20 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘2022’’; and 

22 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(d) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REPORT FOR SUC24 CEEDING FISCAL YEARS.—For each of fiscal years 2021 

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1 fiscal year, the United States Parole Commission shall re2 port to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate 

3 and House of Representatives the items in paragraphs (1) 

4 through (3) of subsection (c), for the fiscal year.’’. 

5 TITLE III—ANTITRUST CRIMINAL 

6 PENALTY ENHANCEMENT 

7 AND REFORM PERMANENT 

8 EXTENSION ACT 

9 SEC. 4301. SHORT TITLE. 

10 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Antitrust Criminal 

11 Penalty Enhancement and Reform Permanent Extension 

12 Act’’. 

13 SEC. 4302. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 

14 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

15 (1) Conspiracies among competitors to fix 

16 prices, rig bids, and allocate markets are categori17 cally and irredeemably anticompetitive and con18 travene the competition policy of the United States. 

19 (2) Cooperation incentives are important to the 

20 efforts of the Antitrust Division of the Department 

21 of Justice to prosecute and deter the offenses de22 scribed in paragraph (1). 

23 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act, and the 

24 amendments made by this Act, is to strengthen public and 

25 private antitrust enforcement by providing incentives for 


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1 antitrust violators to cooperate fully with government 

2 prosecutors and private litigants through the repeal of the 

3 sunset provision of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty En4 hancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note). 

5 SEC. 4303. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION. 

6 (a) REPEAL.—Section 211 of the Antitrust Criminal 

7 Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 

8 1 note) is repealed. 

9 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

10 (1) REVIVAL AND RESTORATION.— 

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Sections 212, 213, and 

12 214 of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhance13 ment and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 

14 note) as in effect on June 21, 2020, and as 

15 amended by the laws described in subparagraph 

16 (B), are revived and restored. 

17 (B) LAWS.—The laws described in this 

18 subparagraph are: 

19 (i) Antitrust Criminal Penalty En20 hancement and Reform Act of 2004 Exten21 sion Act (Public Law 111–30; 123 Stat. 

22 1775). 

23 (ii) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to 

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1 tend the operation of such Act, and for 

2 other purposes’’, approved June 9, 2010 

3 (Public Law 111–90; 124 Stat. 1275). 

4 (2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 212 of the Anti5 trust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform 

6 Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) is amended— 

7 (A) by striking paragraph (6); and 

8 (B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 

9 paragraph (6). 

10 (c) APPLICABILITY.— 

11 (1) MARKERS AND AGREEMENTS BEFORE SUN12 SET.—Notwithstanding the repeal under subsection 

13 (a), section 211(b) of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty 

14 Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 

15 1 note), as in effect on the day before the date of 

16 enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply to any 

17 person who received a marker or entered into an 

18 antitrust leniency agreement on or before June 22, 

19 2020. 

20 (2) MARKERS AND AGREEMENTS AFTER SUN21 SET.—The repeal under subsection (a) shall apply to 

22 any person who received a marker or entered into an 

23 antitrust leniency agreement on or after June 23, 

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1 TITLE IV—COMMUNITY 

2 SERVICES AND SUPPORTS 

3 SEC. 4401. HEAD START DESIGNATION RENEWAL SYSTEM. 

4 Notwithstanding section 638 of the Head Start Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 9833), if the Secretary of Health and Human 

6 Services— 

7 (1) is required to make a determination under 

8 paragraph (6) of section 641(c) of such Act (42 

9 U.S.C. 9836a(c)) whether to renew the designation 

10 of a Head Start agency for which such determina11 tion under the schedule developed pursuant to para12 graph (9)(C) of such section 641(c) is required to be 

13 made before December 31, 2020; and 

14 (2) cannot make such determination in accord15 ance with such schedule because the Secretary lacks 

16 any information described in any of subparagraphs 

17 (A) through (E) of section 641(c)(1) of such Act re18 quired for the purpose of making such determina19 tion; 

20 then before December 31, 2020, the Secretary shall extend 

21 for not more than 2 years the 5-year period otherwise ap22 plicable to the designation of such Head Start agency 

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1 TITLE V—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

2 SEC. 4501. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

3 (a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg4 etary effects of division B and each succeeding division 

5 shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard main6 tained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As7 You-Go Act of 2010. 

8 (b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 

9 effects of division B and each succeeding division shall not 

10 be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for pur11 poses of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Con12 gress). 

13 (c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.— 

14 Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 

15 Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 

16 the committee of conference accompanying Conference Re17 port 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced 

18 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 

19 budgetary effects of division B and each succeeding divi20 sion shall not be estimated— 

21 (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and 

22 (2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 

23 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 

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1 TITLE VI—NUTRITION AND 

2 COMMODITIES PROGRAMS 

3 SEC. 4601. P–EBT PROGRAM EXTENSION. 

4 Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Re5 sponse Act (Public Law 116–127; 7 U.S.C. 2011 note) 

6 is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (a)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and in9 serting ‘‘fiscal years 2020 and 2021’’; and 

10 (B) by inserting ‘‘or has reduced the num11 ber of days or hours that students attend the 

12 school’’ after ‘‘school is closed’’; 

13 (2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence, by 

14 inserting ‘‘and, as applicable, households with chil15 dren eligible for assistance under subsection (h)’’ 

16 after ‘‘children’’; 

17 (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or has re18 duced the number of days or hours that students at19 tend the school’’ after ‘‘school that is closed’’; 

20 (4) in subsection (f)— 

21 (A) by striking ‘‘To facilitate’’ and insert22 ing the following: 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To facilitate’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(2) SIMPLIFYING ASSUMPTIONS FOR SCHOOL

2 YEAR 2020-2021.—A State agency may use simpli3 fying assumptions and the best feasibly available 

4 data to provide benefits to and establish benefit lev5 els and eligibility periods for eligible children and 

6 children eligible for assistance under subsection (h) 

7 for purposes of this section.’’; 

8 (5) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 

9 subsections (i) and (j), respectively; 

10 (6) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(h) ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning on October 1, 

14 2020, subject to an approved State agency plan 

15 under subsection (b) or an approved amendment to 

16 such a plan, in any case in which, during a public 

17 health emergency designation, a covered child care 

18 facility is closed or has reduced attendance or hours 

19 for at least 5 consecutive days, or 1 or more schools 

20 in the area of a covered child care facility are closed 

21 or have reduced attendance or hours for at least 5 

22 consecutive days, each household containing at least 

23 1 child enrolled in such a covered child care facility 

24 and the supplemental nutrition assistance program 

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1 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) shall be eligible to re2 ceive assistance, in accordance with paragraph (2), 

3 until covered child care facilities or schools in the 

4 area reopen or operate at full attendance and hours, 

5 as applicable, as determined by the State agency. 

6 ‘‘(2) ASSISTANCE.—A household shall receive 

7 benefits under paragraph (1) in an amount that is 

8 equal to at least 1 breakfast and 1 lunch at the free 

9 rate for each child enrolled in a covered child care 

10 facility for each day that the child does not attend 

11 the facility because the facility is closed or operating 

12 with reduced attendance or hours. 

13 ‘‘(3) STATE OPTION.—A State shall not be re14 quired to provide assistance under this subsection in 

15 order to provide assistance to eligible children under 

16 a State agency plan under subsection (b).’’; 

17 (7) in subsection (i) (as so redesignated)— 

18 (A) in each of paragraphs (1) through (3), 

19 by inserting a paragraph heading, the text of 

20 which comprises the term defined in that para21 graph; 

22 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

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1 (C) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 

2 so redesignated) the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) COVERED CHILD CARE FACILITY.—The 

4 term ‘covered child care facility’ means— 

5 ‘‘(A) an organization described in subpara6 graph (A) or (B) of section 17(a)(2) of the 

7 Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 

8 (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)); and 

9 ‘‘(B) a family or group day care home.’’; 

10 (D) in paragraph (2) (as so redesignated), 

11 by inserting ‘‘or reduced attendance or hours’’ 

12 after ‘‘closure’’; 

13 (E) by inserting after paragraph (2) (as so 

14 redesignated) the following: 

15 ‘‘(3) FREE RATE.—The term ‘free rate’ 

16 means— 

17 ‘‘(A) with respect to a breakfast, the rate 

18 of a free breakfast under the school breakfast 

19 program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition 

20 Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and 

21 ‘‘(B) with respect to a lunch, the rate of 

22 a free lunch under the school lunch program 

23 under the Richard B. Russell National School 

24 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).’’; and 

25 (F) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(6) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean2 ing given the term in section 12(d) of the Richard 

3 B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 1760(d)).’’; and 

5 (8) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated), by in6 serting ‘‘(including all administrative expenses)’’ 

7 after ‘‘this section’’. 

8 SEC. 4602. EXTENDING CERTAIN WAIVER AUTHORITIES. 

9 (a) NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM REQUIRE10 MENT WAIVERS ADDRESSING COVID–19.—Section 

11 2202(e) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act 

12 (Public Law 116–127; 42 U.S.C. 1760 note) is amended 

13 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep14 tember 30, 2021’’. 

15 (b) PHYSICAL PRESENCE WAIVER UNDER WIC DUR16 ING CERTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES.—Section 

17 2203(c) of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act 

18 (Public Law 116–127; 42 U.S.C. 1786 note) is amended 

19 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep20 tember 30, 2021’’. 

21 (c) ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS WAIVER

22 UNDER WIC.—Section 2204(c) of the Families First 

23 Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116–127) is 

24 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 


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1 (d) FUNDING.—There are hereby appropriated, out 

2 of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

3 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 

4 SEC. 4603. SNAP FLEXIBILITIES. 

5 (a) EXTENSION OF EXISTING SNAP FLEXIBILITIES

6 FOR COVID–19.— 

7 (1) STATE OPTIONS.— 

8 (A) A State agency (as defined in section 

9 3(s) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

10 U.S.C. 2012(s))) shall have the option, without 

11 prior approval from the Secretary of Agri12 culture— 

13 (i) to extend certification periods 

14 under section 3(f) of the Food and Nutri15 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(f)) for 

16 not more than 6 months and adjust peri17 odic report requirements under section 

18 6(c)(1)(D)(i) of the Food and Nutrition 

19 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(c)(1)(D)(i)) 

20 for some or all participating households 

21 with certification periods set to expire or 

22 periodic reports due on or before June 30, 

23 2021, consistent with the extensions and 

24 adjustments provided in the Food and Nu25 trition Service’s April 22, 2020, blanket 


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1 approval for extending certification and ad2 justing periodic reports, unless otherwise 

3 provided in this subparagraph; 

4 (ii) to allow household reporting re5 quirements under section 273.12(a)(5)(iii) 

6 of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regula7 tions to satisfy the recertification require8 ments under section 273.14 of title 7 of 

9 the Code of Federal Regulations for some 

10 or all participating households with recer11 tification periods set to expire on or before 

12 December 31, 2021; and 

13 (iii) to adjust the interview require14 ments under sections 273.2 and 273.14(b) 

15 of title 7 of the Code of Federal Regula16 tions for some or all household applications 

17 or recertifications through June 30, 2021, 

18 consistent with the adjustments provided 

19 in the Food and Nutrition Service’s March 

20 26, 2020, blanket approval for adjusting 

21 interview requirements, unless otherwise 

22 provided in this subparagraph. 

23 (B) Not later than 5 days after exercising 

24 an option under subparagraph (A), a State 

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1 in writing of the option exercised, the categories 

2 of households affected by the option, and the 

3 duration of such option. 

4 (2) ADJUSTMENT.—The Secretary of Agri5 culture shall allow a State agency to suspend the re6 quirements under sections 275.11(b)(1) and (2), 

7 275.12, and 275.13 of title 7 of the Code of Federal 

8 Regulations from June 1, 2020, through September 

9 30, 2021, consistent with the waivers provided in the 

10 Food and Nutrition Service’s April 30, 2020, blan11 ket approval for waiver of quality control reviews, 

12 unless otherwise provided in this paragraph. 

13 (3) REPORT.—Section 2302 of the Families 

14 First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116– 

15 127; 7 U.S.C. 2011 note) is amended by striking 

16 subsection (c) and inserting the following: 

17 ‘‘(c) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 2022, the 

18 Secretary of Agriculture shall submit, to the Committee 

19 on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the 

20 Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the 

21 Senate, a report containing the following information: 

22 ‘‘(1) A description of any information or data 

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1 quested that were not approved by the Secretary of 

2 Agriculture; 

3 ‘‘(2) An evaluation of the use of all waivers, ad4 justments, and other flexibilities in the operation of 

5 the supplemental nutrition assistance program (as 

6 defined in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

7 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)), in effect under this Act, 

8 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 

9 et seq.), or any other Act, to respond to the 

10 COVID–19 public health emergency; and 

11 ‘‘(3) A recommendation of any additional waiv12 ers or flexibilities needed in the operation of the sup13 plemental nutrition assistance program to respond to 

14 public health emergencies with pandemic potential.’’. 

15 (b) FUNDING.—There are hereby appropriated, out 

16 of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

17 such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 

18 SEC. 4604. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENTS TO FOSSIL FUEL 

19 REFINERS AND IMPORTERS. 

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Agriculture may 

21 not use any funds, facilities, or authorities of the Com22 modity Credit Corporation or the Department of Agri23 culture— 

24 (1) to provide a payment to a refiner or im25 porter (as those terms are defined in section 80.2 of 


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1 title 40, Code of Federal Regulations (or successor 

2 regulations)); or 

3 (2) to otherwise support, directly or indirectly, 

4 a refiner or importer (as so defined) in meeting any 

5 requirements under— 

6 (A) the renewable fuel program under sec7 tion 211(o) of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 7545(o)); or 

9 (B) any other provision of law that re10 quires the blending of fossil fuel with renewable 

11 fuel. 

12 (b) The exclusion in (a) shall not apply to any pay13 ments or support to producers, refiners, or importers of 

14 biofuel (as defined in 7 U.S.C. 8101). 

15 (c) MORATORIUM ON AUTHORITIES RELATING TO

16 EXCHANGES OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FOR PETRO17 LEUM PRODUCTS.—The authorities under the ninth and 

18 tenth sentences of section 4(h) of the Commodity Credit 

19 Corporation Charter Act (15 U.S.C. 714b(h)) (relating to 

20 the availability of agricultural products for the Secretary 

21 of Energy to exchange for petroleum products and the 

22 terms and conditions of those exchanges, respectively) 

23 shall not be used during the 180-day period beginning on 

24 the date of enactment of this Act. 


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1 DIVISION E—DEPARTMENT OF 

2 VETERANS AFFAIRS EXTEN3 SIONS 

4 SEC. 5001. SHORT TITLE. 

5 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Department of 

6 Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2020’’. 

7 TITLE I—EXTENSIONS OF AU8 THORITIES RELATING TO 

9 HEALTH CARE 

10 SEC. 5101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR COLLECTION OF 

11 COPAYMENTS FOR HOSPITAL CARE AND 

12 NURSING HOME CARE. 

13 Section 1710(f)(2)(B) of title 38, United States 

14 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and 

15 inserting ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 

16 SEC. 5102. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE 

17 NURSING HOME CARE TO CERTAIN VET18 ERANS WITH SERVICE CONNECTED DISABIL19 ITIES. 

20 Section 1710A(d) of title 38, United States Code, is 

21 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 5103. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF 

2 REAL PROPERTY. 

3 Section 8118(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code, 

4 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and insert5 ing ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 

6 SEC. 5104. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PRO7 GRAM ON ASSISTANCE FOR CHILD CARE FOR 

8 CERTAIN VETERANS RECEIVING HEALTH 

9 CARE. 

10 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (e) of 

11 section 205 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus 

12 Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 

13 Stat. 1144; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended by striking 

14 ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

15 2022’’. 

16 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub17 section (h) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘and 

18 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2020, 2021, and 2022’’. 

19 SEC. 5105. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA20 TIONS FOR GRANTS TO VETERANS SERVICE 

21 ORGANIZATIONS FOR TRANSPORTATION OF 

22 HIGHLY RURAL VETERANS. 

23 Section 307(d) of the Caregivers and Veterans Omni24 bus Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 

25 124 Stat. 1154; 38 U.S.C. 1710 note) is amended by 

26 striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 5106. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PRO2 GRAM ON COUNSELING IN RETREAT SET3 TINGS FOR WOMEN VETERANS NEWLY SEPA4 RATED FROM SERVICE. 

5 (a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Subsection (d) of 

6 section 203 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus 

7 Health Services Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 

8 Stat. 1143; 38 U.S.C. 1712A note) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

10 2022’’. 

11 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub12 section (f) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘and 

13 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2020, 2021, and 2022’’. 

14 SEC. 5107. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR PILOT PRO15 GRAM ON GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION 

16 AND RESIDENCY. 

17 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 403 of 

18 the VA MISSION Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–182; 132 

19 Stat. 1474; 38 U.S.C. 7302 note) is amended by striking 

20 ‘‘August 7, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘August 7, 2031’’. 

21 (b) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Subsection (a)(1) of 

22 such section is amended by striking ‘‘authorized under’’ 

23 and all that follows through the period at the end and 

24 inserting ‘‘authorized under section 7302 of title 38, 

25 United States Code, at covered facilities.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5108. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF 

2 VETERANS AFFAIRS REPORT ON ADMINIS3 TRATION OF INTERNET WEBSITE ON STAFF4 ING AND VACANCIES. 

5 Not later than October 31, 2022, and October 31, 

6 2024, and as frequently thereafter as the Inspector Gen7 eral of the Department of Veterans Affairs considers ap8 propriate, the Inspector General shall— 

9 (1) review the administration of the internet 

10 website required by section 505(a)(1) of the VA 

11 MISSION Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–182; 132 

12 Stat. 1477; 38 U.S.C. 301 note); 

13 (2) develop recommendations for such legisla14 tive or administrative action as the Inspector Gen15 eral considers appropriate for such administration; 

16 and 

17 (3) submit to the Committee on Veterans’ Af18 fairs of the Senate and the Committee on Veterans’ 

19 Affairs of the House of Representatives a report 

20 on— 

21 (A) the findings of the Inspector General 

22 with respect to the most recent review con23 ducted under paragraph (1); and 

24 (B) the recommendations most recently de25 veloped under paragraph (2). 


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1 SEC. 5109. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY EXPANSION OF PAY2 MENTS AND ALLOWANCES FOR BENEFICIARY 

3 TRAVEL IN CONNECTION WITH VETERANS 

4 RECEIVING CARE FROM VET CENTERS. 

5 Section 104(a) of the Honoring America’s Veterans 

6 and Caring for Camp Lejeune Families Act of 2012 (Pub7 lic Law 112–154; 126 Stat. 1169), as most recently 

8 amended by section 5 of the Department of Veterans Af9 fairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2019 (Public Law 116– 

10 61; 133 Stat. 1116), is further amended by striking ‘‘Sep11 tember 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

12 TITLE II—EXTENSIONS OF AU13 THORITIES RELATING TO 

14 BENEFITS 

15 SEC. 5201. EXTENSION OF SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOUSING 

16 ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY GRANT PROGRAM. 

17 Section 2108(g) of title 38, United States Code, is 

18 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 

20 SEC. 5202. EXTENSIONS OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF LAW. 

21 (a) EXTENSION OF STUDENT VETERAN

22 CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT OF 2020.—Section 2 of the 

23 Student Veteran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (Pub24 lic Law 116–140) is amended by striking ‘‘December 21, 

25 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 21, 2021’’. 


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1 (b) EXTENSION OF PERIOD FOR CONTINUATION OF

2 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS EDUCATIONAL AS3 SISTANCE BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS OF EDU4 CATION CONVERTED TO DISTANCE LEARNING BY REASON

5 OF EMERGENCIES AND HEALTH-RELATED SITUATIONS.— 

6 Section 1(b) of Public Law 116–128 is amended by strik7 ing ‘‘December 21, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 21, 

8 2021’’. 

9 SEC. 5203. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAINTAIN RE10 GIONAL OFFICE IN THE REPUBLIC OF THE 

11 PHILIPPINES. 

12 Section 315(b) of title 38, United States Code, is 

13 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 

15 SEC. 5204. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT INDI16 VIDUALS TO AND FROM DEPARTMENT OF 

17 VETERANS AFFAIRS FACILITIES. 

18 Section 111A(a)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 

19 is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 5205. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY INCREASE IN NUM2 BER OF JUDGES ON UNITED STATES COURT 

3 OF APPEALS FOR VETERANS CLAIMS. 

4 Section 7253(i)(2) of title 38, United States Code, 

5 is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘January 1, 2026’’. 

7 TITLE III—EXTENSIONS OF AU8 THORITIES RELATING TO 

9 HOMELESS VETERANS 

10 SEC. 5301. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA11 TIONS FOR HOMELESS VETERANS RE12 INTEGRATION PROGRAMS. 

13 Section 2021(e)(1)(F) of title 38, United States 

14 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘2022’’. 

16 SEC. 5302. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA17 TIONS FOR HOMELESS WOMEN VETERANS 

18 AND HOMELESS VETERANS WITH CHILDREN 

19 REINTEGRATION GRANT PROGRAM. 

20 Section 2021A(f)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 

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1 SEC. 5303. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REFERRAL AND 

2 COUNSELING SERVICES FOR VETERANS AT 

3 RISK OF HOMELESSNESS TRANSITIONING 

4 FROM CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS. 

5 Section 2023(d) of title 38, United States Code, is 

6 amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 

8 SEC. 5304. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TREATMENT 

9 AND REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY MEN10 TALLY ILL AND HOMELESS VETERANS. 

11 (a) GENERAL TREATMENT.—Section 2031(b) of title 

12 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘Sep13 tember 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 

14 (b) ADDITIONAL SERVICES AT CERTAIN LOCA15 TIONS.—Section 2033(d) of such title is amended by strik16 ing ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

17 2022’’. 

18 SEC. 5305. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR FINANCIAL AS19 SISTANCE FOR SUPPORTIVE SERVICES FOR 

20 VERY LOW-INCOME VETERAN FAMILIES IN 

21 PERMANENT HOUSING. 

22 Section 2044(e)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 

23 is amended— 

24 (1) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘through 

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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub2 paragraph: 

3 ‘‘(H) $420,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

4 2021 and 2022.’’. 

5 SEC. 5306. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR GRANT PROGRAM 

6 FOR HOMELESS VETERANS WITH SPECIAL 

7 NEEDS. 

8 Section 2061(d)(1) of title 38, United States Code, 

9 is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 

10 TITLE IV—EXTENSIONS OF 

11 OTHER AUTHORITIES AND 

12 OTHER MATTERS 

13 SEC. 5401. EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA14 TIONS FOR MONTHLY ASSISTANCE ALLOW15 ANCE UNDER THE OFFICE OF NATIONAL VET16 ERANS SPORTS PROGRAMS AND SPECIAL 

17 EVENTS. 

18 Section 322(d)(4) of title 38, United States Code, is 

19 amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 5402. EXTENSION OF REQUIREMENTS TO PROVIDE RE2 PORTS TO CONGRESS REGARDING EQUI3 TABLE RELIEF IN THE CASE OF ADMINISTRA4 TIVE ERROR. 

5 Section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, is 

6 amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘December 31, 2022’’. 

8 SEC. 5403. EXTENSION AND AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO9 PRIATIONS FOR ADAPTIVE SPORTS PRO10 GRAMS FOR DISABLED VETERANS AND MEM11 BERS OF THE ARMED FORCES. 

12 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Sub13 section (g)(1) of section 521A of title 38, United States 

14 Code, is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘appropriated $8,000,000’’ and 

16 inserting the following: ‘‘appropriated amounts as 

17 follows: 

18 ‘‘(A) $8,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 

19 through 2020.’’; and 

20 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub21 paragraph: 

22 ‘‘(B) $16,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 

23 and 2022.’’. 

24 (b) EXTENSION.—Subsection (l) of such section is 

25 amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 5404. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO 

2 AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL ACADEMY 

3 OF SCIENCES REGARDING ASSOCIATIONS BE4 TWEEN DISEASES AND EXPOSURE TO DIOXIN 

5 AND OTHER CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS IN HER6 BICIDES. 

7 Section 3 of the Agent Orange Act of 1991 (Public 

8 Law 102–4; 38 U.S.C. 1116 note) is amended by striking 

9 ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 

10 2022’’. 

11 SEC. 5405. MODIFICATION AND EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY 

12 RELATING TO VENDEE LOAN PROGRAM. 

13 Section 3733(a) of title 38, United States Code, is 

14 amended by adding at the end the following new para15 graph: 

16 ‘‘(8) During the period that begins on October 1, 

17 2020, and ends on September 30, 2025, the Secretary 

18 shall carry out the provisions of this subsection as if— 

19 ‘‘(A) the references in the first sentence of 

20 paragraph (1) to ‘65 percent’ and ‘may be financed 

21 by a loan’ were references to ‘85 percent’ and ‘shall 

22 be of property marketed with financing to be’, re23 spectively; 

24 ‘‘(B) the second sentence of paragraph (1) were 

25 repealed; and 


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1 ‘‘(C) the reference in paragraph (2) to ‘Sep2 tember 30, 1990,’ were a reference to ‘September 

3 30, 2025,’.’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives September 22, 

2020. 

Attest: CHERYL L. JOHNSON, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 552 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8337 

AN ACT 

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 

2021, and for other purposes. 

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 

Read the second time and placed on the calendar 


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