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116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8319 

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

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 

Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each 

case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of 

the committee concerned 

A BILL 

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 

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. 


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1 DIVISION A—CONTINUING 

2 APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 

3 The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 

4 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

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

6 and funds, for the several departments, agencies, corpora7 tions, and other organizational units of Government for 

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

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

10 rate for operations as provided in the applicable appro11 priations Acts for fiscal year 2020 and under the authority 

12 and conditions provided in such Acts, for continuing 

13 projects or activities (including the costs of direct loans 

14 and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise specifically 

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

16 2020, and for which appropriations, funds, or other au17 thority were made available in the following appropriations 

18 Acts: 

19 (1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 

20 and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Ap21 propriations Act, 2020 (division B of Public Law 

22 116–94), except sections 791 and 792. 

23 (2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Re24 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division B 

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


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1 under the heading ‘‘Department of Commerce—Bu2 reau of the Census—Periodic Censuses and Pro3 grams’’. 

4 (3) The Department of Defense Appropriations 

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

6 title X. 

7 (4) The Energy and Water Development and 

8 Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division 

9 C of Public Law 116–94). 

10 (5) The Financial Services and General Govern11 ment Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Public 

12 Law 116–93). 

13 (6) The Department of Homeland Security Ap14 propriations Act, 2020 (division D of Public Law 

15 116–93) (except for amounts in title II of division 

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

17 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 

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

19 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

20 1985), and title I of division I of Public Law 116– 

21 94. 

22 (7) The Department of the Interior, Environ23 ment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

24 2020 (division D of Public Law 116–94). 


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1 (8) The Departments of Labor, Health and 

2 Human Services, and Education, and Related Agen3 cies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public 

4 Law 116–94). 

5 (9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

6 2020 (division E of Public Law 116–94), and sec7 tion 7 of Public Law 116–94. 

8 (10) The Military Construction, Veterans Af9 fairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

10 2020 (division F of Public Law 116–94), except title 

11 V. 

12 (11) The Department of State, Foreign Oper13 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 

14 2020 (division G of Public Law 116–94). 

15 (12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban 

16 Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations 

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

18 SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made avail19 able or authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the 

20 Department of Defense shall be used for— 

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

22 production in fiscal year 2020 or prior years; 

23 (2) the increase in production rates above those 

24 sustained with fiscal year 2020 funds; or 


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1 (3) the initiation, resumption, or continuation 

2 of any project, activity, operation, or organization 

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

4 activity, program element, and subprogram within a 

5 program element, and for any investment items de6 fined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity within 

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

8 includes a program element and subprogram element 

9 within an appropriation account) for which appro10 priations, funds, or other authority were not avail11 able during fiscal year 2020. 

12 (b) No appropriation or funds made available or au13 thority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Depart14 ment of Defense shall be used to initiate multi-year pro15 curements utilizing advance procurement funding for eco16 nomic order quantity procurement unless specifically ap17 propriated later. 

18 SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall 

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

20 be provided by the pertinent appropriations Act. 

21 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 

22 102, no appropriation or funds made available or author23 ity granted pursuant to section 101 shall be used to ini24 tiate or resume any project or activity for which approVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:00 Sep 22, 2020 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H8319.IH H8319

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1 priations, funds, or other authority were not available dur2 ing fiscal year 2020. 

3 SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority grant4 ed pursuant to this Act shall cover all obligations or ex5 penditures incurred for any project or activity during the 

6 period for which funds or authority for such project or 

7 activity are available under this Act. 

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

9 or in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 

10 2021, appropriations and funds made available and au11 thority granted pursuant to this Act shall be available 

12 until whichever of the following first occurs: 

13 (1) The enactment into law of an appropriation 

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

15 (2) The enactment into law of the applicable 

16 appropriations Act for fiscal year 2021 without any 

17 provision for such project or activity. 

18 (3) December 11, 2020. 

19 SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act 

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

21 authorization whenever a bill in which such applicable ap22 propriation, fund, or authorization is contained is enacted 

23 into law. 

24 SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made 

25 available by or authority granted pursuant to this Act may 


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1 be used without regard to the time limitations for submis2 sion and approval of apportionments set forth in section 

3 1513 of title 31, United States Code, but nothing in this 

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

5 governing the apportionment of funds. 

6 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

8 would otherwise have high initial rates of operation or 

9 complete distribution of appropriations at the beginning 

10 of fiscal year 2021 because of distributions of funding to 

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

12 initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not 

13 be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such pro14 grams funded by this Act that would impinge on final 

15 funding prerogatives. 

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

17 the most limited funding action of that permitted in the 

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

19 projects and activities. 

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

21 payments whose budget authority was provided in appro22 priations Acts for fiscal year 2020, and for activities under 

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

24 continued at the rate to maintain program levels under 

25 current law, under the authority and conditions provided 


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1 in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2020, 

2 to be continued through the date specified in section 

3 106(3). 

4 (b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for man5 datory payments due on or about the first day of any 

6 month that begins after October 2020 but not later than 

7 30 days after the date specified in section 106(3) may con8 tinue to be made, and funds shall be available for such 

9 payments. 

10 SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 

11 for civilian personnel compensation and benefits in each 

12 department and agency may be apportioned up to the rate 

13 for operations necessary to avoid furloughs within such de14 partment or agency, consistent with the applicable appro15 priations Act for fiscal year 2020, except that such author16 ity provided under this section shall not be used until after 

17 the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 

18 to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative ex19 penses. 

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

21 obligated and expended notwithstanding section 10 of 

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

23 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

24 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Relations Au25 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 


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

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

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

4 in this Act that was previously designated by the Congress 

5 for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter6 rorism or as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec7 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

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

9 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is des10 ignated by the Congress for Overseas Contingency Oper11 ations/Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency re12 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act 

13 or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 

14 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act, respectively. 

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

16 amounts designated in subsection (a) and sections 126 

17 and 163 of this Act for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

18 Global War on Terrorism or as an emergency requirement. 

19 (c) This section shall become effective immediately 

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

21 through the date in section 106(3). 

22 SEC. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discre23 tionary budget authority that continue pursuant to section 

24 101 in Treasury Appropriations Fund Symbols (TAFS)— 


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1 (1) to which other appropriations are not pro2 vided by this Act, but for which there is a current 

3 applicable TAFS that does receive an appropriation 

4 in this Act; or 

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

6 appropriations in this Act, 

7 may be continued instead by reducing the rate for oper8 ations otherwise provided by section 101 for such current 

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

10 on the final funding prerogatives of the Congress. 

11 (b) Rescissions or cancellations described in sub12 section (a) shall continue in an amount equal to the lesser 

13 of— 

14 (1) the amount specified for rescission or can15 cellation in the applicable appropriations Act ref16 erenced in section 101 of this Act; or 

17 (2) the amount of balances available, as of Oc18 tober 1, 2020, from the funds specified for rescission 

19 or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act 

20 referenced in section 101 of this Act. 

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

22 of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide to 

23 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep24 resentatives and the Senate a comprehensive list of the 

25 rescissions or cancellations that will continue pursuant to 


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1 section 101: Provided, That the information in such com2 prehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect any 

3 subsequent changes in the amount of balances available, 

4 as of October 1, 2020, from the funds specified for rescis5 sion or cancellation in the applicable appropriations Act 

6 referenced in section 101, and such updates shall be trans7 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

8 of Representatives and the Senate upon request. 

9 SEC. 116. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

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

11 Waste Disposal Program Account’’ of the Department of 

12 Agriculture for gross obligations for the principal amount 

13 of direct and guaranteed loans as authorized by section 

14 306 and described in section 381E(d)(2) of the Consoli15 dated Farm and Rural Development Act, as follows: 

16 $1,400,000,000 for direct loans; and $50,000,000 for 

17 guaranteed loans. 

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

19 ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Food and Nutrition Serv20 ice—Child Nutrition Programs’’ to carry out section 

21 749(g) of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and 

22 Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropria23 tions Act, 2010 (Public Law 111–80) may be apportioned 

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

25 program can be fully operational by May 2021. 


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

2 ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Domestic Food Programs— 

3 Food and Nutrition Service—Commodity Assistance Pro4 gram’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 

5 necessary to maintain current program caseload in the 

6 Commodity Supplemental Food Program. 

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

8 ‘‘Farm Service Agency—Agricultural Credit Insurance 

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

10 rate for operations necessary to accommodate approved 

11 applications for direct and guaranteed farm ownership 

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

13 SEC. 120. Section 260 of the Agricultural Marketing 

14 Act of 1946 (7 U.S.C. 1636i) and section 942 of the Live15 stock Mandatory Reporting Act of 1999 (7 U.S.C. 1635 

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

17 the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘Sep18 tember 30, 2020’’. 

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

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

21 79(j)(5), 79a(l)(4), 87j(e)) shall be applied by substituting 

22 the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘Sep23 tember 30, 2020’’ each place it appears. 


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

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

3 substituting ‘‘2021’’ for ‘‘2020’’. 

4 SEC. 122. Section 7605(b) of the Agriculture Im5 provement Act of 2018 (7 U.S.C. 5940 note; Public Law 

6 115–334) is amended by striking ‘‘the date that is 1 year 

7 after the date on which the Secretary establishes a plan 

8 under section 297C of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 

9 1946’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

10 SEC. 123. Notwithstanding section 101, the second 

11 paragraph under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and 

12 Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Sala13 ries and Expenses’’ in title VI of division B of Public Law 

14 116–94 shall be applied by striking ‘‘, contingent upon the 

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

16 Act of 2019,’’. 

17 SEC. 124. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

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

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

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

21 made available under such heading by this Act may be 

22 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to con23 duct the 2020 Decennial Census Program. 

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

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


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1 contract, beginning with fiscal year 2021, for the procure2 ment of up to two Columbia class submarines. 

3 (2) With respect to a contract entered into 

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

5 use incremental funding to make payments under 

6 the contract. 

7 (3) Any contract entered into under subsection 

8 (a) shall provide that— 

9 (A) any obligation of the United States to 

10 make a payment under the contract is subject 

11 to the availability of appropriations for that 

12 purpose; and 

13 (B) total liability of the Federal Govern14 ment for termination of any contract entered 

15 into shall be limited to the total amount of 

16 funding obligated to the contract at time of ter17 mination. 

18 (b) Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts 

19 made available by section 101 to the Department of De20 fense for ‘‘Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy’’ may be ap21 portioned up to the rate for operations necessary for 

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

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

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

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


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1 available to ‘‘Department of Defense—Other Department 

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

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

4 116–136), are hereby rescinded, and, in addition to 

5 amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of 

6 additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 

7 rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro8 priated on September 30, 2020, for an additional amount 

9 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until September 

10 30, 2021, and shall be available for the same purposes, 

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

12 purposes, and under the same authorities for which the 

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

14 Provided, That the amounts rescinded pursuant to this 

15 subsection that were previously designated by the Con16 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

17 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

18 Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Con19 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 

20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of that Act: Provided further, That such 

21 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 

22 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 


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

2 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

4 2020, or if the designation in section 114(b) occurs 

5 after September 30, 2020, this section shall be ap6 plied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2020. 

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

8 from ‘‘Department of Energy—Power Marketing Admin9 istration—Colorado River Basins Power Marketing Fund, 

10 Western Area Power Administration’’ to the general fund 

11 of the Treasury in fiscal year 2020. 

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

13 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

15 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in 

16 effect on September 30, 2020. 

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

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

19 2214(c)) shall be applied by substituting the date specified 

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

21 (b) Section 301 of the Reclamation States Emergency 

22 Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 U.S.C. 2241) shall be ap23 plied by substituting ‘‘2006 through 2021’’ for ‘‘2006 

24 through 2020’’. 


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

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

3 1853.07(a)(5)(A)(i)(II)(bb), D.C. Official Code) is amend4 ed by striking ‘‘5 years’’ and inserting ‘‘6 years’’. 

5 SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

7 expend local funds made available under the heading ‘‘Dis8 trict of Columbia—District of Columbia Funds’’ for such 

9 programs and activities under the District of Columbia 

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

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

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

13 as of the date of enactment of this Act. 

14 SEC. 131. In addition to the amounts otherwise pro15 vided by section 101, for ‘‘District of Columbia—Federal 

16 Payment for Emergency Planning and Security Costs in 

17 the District of Columbia’’, there is appropriated 

18 $13,000,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 

19 2021, to remain available until expended, for costs associ20 ated with the Presidential Inauguration held in January 

21 2021. 

22 SEC. 132. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter 

23 preceding the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Small Busi24 ness Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’ 

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


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

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

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

4 general business loans authorized under paragraphs (1) 

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

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

7 amortizing term loans and the aggregated maximum line 

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

9 amounts made available under such heading by this Act 

10 may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

11 to accommodate increased demand for commitments for 

12 general business loans authorized under paragraphs (1) 

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

14 (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) and for commitments to guarantee 

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

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

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

18 ‘‘Small Business Administration—Disaster Loans Pro19 gram Account’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for op20 erations necessary to accommodate increased demand for 

21 commitments for disaster administrative expenses. 

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

23 are provided for ‘‘General Services Administration—Ex24 penses, Presidential Transition’’ for necessary expenses to 

25 carry out the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 (3 


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

2 of which not to exceed $1,000,000 is for activities author3 ized by sections 3(a)(8) and 3(a)(9) of such Act: Provided, 

4 That such amounts may be transferred and credited to 

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

6 Fund’’ to reimburse obligations incurred prior to enact7 ment of this Act for the purposes provided herein related 

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

9 amounts available under this section shall be in addition 

10 to any other amounts available for such purposes. 

11 (b) Notwithstanding section 101, no funds are pro12 vided by this Act for ‘‘General Services Administration— 

13 Pre-Election Presidential Transition’’. 

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

15 ‘‘General Services Administration—Real Property Activi16 ties—Federal Buildings Fund—Limitations on Avail17 ability of Revenue’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for 

18 operations necessary for monthly rental of space oper19 ations. 

20 SEC. 136. Notwithstanding section 101, for expenses 

21 of the Office of Administration to carry out the Presi22 dential Transition Act of 1963, as amended, and similar 

23 expenses, in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated 

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

25 Administrative Support’’ at a rate for operations of 


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1 $8,000,000: Provided, That such funds may be trans2 ferred to other accounts that provide funding for offices 

3 within the Executive Office of the President and the Office 

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

5 out such purposes: Provided further, That such amounts 

6 may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 

7 to carry out such responsibilities. 

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

9 101, an additional amount is provided for ‘‘National Ar10 chives and Records Administration—Operating Expenses’’ 

11 to carry out transition responsibilities of the Archivist of 

12 the United States under sections 2201 through 2207 of 

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

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

15 Presidential Transition at a rate for operations of 

16 $18,000,000: Provided, That such amounts may be appor17 tioned up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out 

18 such responsibilities. 

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

20 ‘‘Office of Personnel Management—Salaries and Ex21 penses’’, including amounts to be transferred from the ap22 propriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Manage23 ment without regard to other statutes, may be apportioned 

24 up to the rate for operations necessary to cover any ex25 pected shortfall in administrative expenses resulting from 


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1 the transfer of the National Background Investigations 

2 Bureau function to the Department of Defense. 

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

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

5 152 note; Public Law 112–121) is amended (with regard 

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

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

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

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

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

11 2020’’. 

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

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

14 Secretary and Executive Management—Operations and 

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

16 Support’’, and ‘‘Intelligence, Analysis, and Operations Co17 ordination—Operations and Support’’ may be apportioned 

18 up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out activi19 ties previously funded by the Working Capital Fund of 

20 the Department of Homeland Security, consistent with the 

21 fiscal year 2021 President’s Budget proposal, submitted 

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

23 Code, and accompanying justification materials. 

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

25 the Department of Homeland Security under the heading 


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1 ‘‘Coast Guard—Operations and Support’’ may be avail2 able for the pay and benefits of Coast Guard Yard and 

3 Vessel Documentation personnel, Non-Appropriated 

4 Funds personnel, and for Morale, Welfare and Recreation 

5 Programs. 

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

7 States Code shall be applied by substituting the date speci8 fied in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 

9 2020’’. 

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

11 the Department of Homeland Security under the heading 

12 ‘‘Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’’ may 

13 be obligated in the account and budget structure set forth 

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

15 458, as reported by the House Committee on Appropria16 tions on July 15, 2020. 

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

18 the Department of Homeland Security under the heading 

19 ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Disaster Re20 lief Fund’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for oper21 ations necessary to carry out response and recovery activi22 ties under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

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

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

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1 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘Sep2 tember 30, 2021’’. 

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

4 of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4026) is amended by striking ‘‘Sep5 tember 30, 2019’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

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

7 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

9 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in 

10 effect on September 30, 2020. 

11 SEC. 147. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, the fol12 lowing shall be applied by substituting ‘‘$0’’ for— 

13 (1) ‘‘$32,300,000’’ in the first paragraph under 

14 the heading ‘‘Bureau of Land Management—Land 

15 Acquisition’’; 

16 (2) ‘‘$10,000,000’’, and ‘‘$320,000’’ in the first 

17 paragraph under the heading ‘‘United States Fish 

18 and Wildlife Service—Land Acquisition’’; 

19 (3) ‘‘$3,628,000’’ in the second paragraph 

20 under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife 

21 Service—Land Acquisition’’; 

22 (4) ‘‘$30,800,000’’ and ‘‘$23,702,000’’ for 

23 ‘‘$54,502,000’’ in the first paragraph under the 

24 heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Service— 


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1 Cooperative Endangered Species Conservation 

2 Fund’’; 

3 (5) ‘‘$208,400,000’’, ‘‘$140,000,000’’, and 

4 ‘‘$13,000,000’’ in the first paragraph under the 

5 heading ‘‘National Park Service—Land Acquisition 

6 and State Assistance’’; 

7 (6) ‘‘$63,990,000’’ and ‘‘$283,000,000’’ for 

8 ‘‘$346,990,000’’ under the heading ‘‘Forest Serv9 ice—State and Private Forestry’’; and 

10 (7) ‘‘$78,898,000’’ in the first paragraph under 

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

12 (b) Notwithstanding section 101, the first paragraph 

13 under the heading ‘‘United States Fish and Wildlife Serv14 ice—Land Acquisition’’ shall be applied by substituting 

15 ‘‘$7,550,000’’ for ‘‘$70,715,000’’. 

16 (c) Amounts made available by section 101 to the De17 partment of the Interior for ‘‘Departmental Offices—Of18 fice of the Secretary—Departmental Operations’’ may be 

19 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to 

20 fund the Appraisal and Valuation Services Office and such 

21 amounts shall be derived from the Land and Water Con22 servation Fund. 

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

24 the Forest Service may be obligated in the account and 

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1 retary of Agriculture to the Committees on Appropriations 

2 of the Senate and the House of Representatives prior to 

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

4 of the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Re5 lated Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020 (division D of 

6 Public Law 116–94): Provided, That amounts made avail7 able by section 101 under the heading ‘‘Forest Service— 

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

9 salary and expenses of employees that carry out the func10 tions funded by the ‘‘Capital Improvement and Mainte11 nance’’ account, the ‘‘Range Betterment Fund’’ account, 

12 and the ‘‘Management of National Forests for Subsistence 

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

14 operations necessary to fund such base salary and ex15 penses of such employees. 

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

17 and section 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall con18 tinue through the date specified in section 106(3) of this 

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

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

21 not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated 

22 such sums as may be necessary for such purpose: Pro23 vided, That grants under section 418 of the Social Secu24 rity Act shall be issued on the same basis as grants under 

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


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

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

3 and merged pursuant to the second proviso under the 

4 heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services— 

5 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention—Buildings 

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

7 Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 

8 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 (division H of Public 

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

10 amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of 

11 additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 

12 rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro13 priated on September 30, 2020, for an additional amount 

14 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until September 

15 30, 2025, and shall be available for the same purposes, 

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

17 purposes, and under the same authorities for which the 

18 funds were originally transferred and merged pursuant to 

19 Public Law 114–113. 

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

21 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

23 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in 

24 effect on September 30, 2020. 


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

2 529 of division A of Public Law 116–94 shall be applied 

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

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

5 2104(a)(23)’’. 

6 (b) Notwithstanding section 101, section 530 of divi7 sion A of Public Law 116–94 shall be applied by sub8 stituting ‘‘$11,005,661,000’’ for ‘‘$6,093,181,000’’. 

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

10 113–235 to the accounts of the National Institutes of 

11 Health that were available for obligation through fiscal 

12 year 2015 and were obligated for multi-year research 

13 grants shall be available through fiscal year 2021 for the 

14 liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal year 2015 

15 if the Director of the National Institutes of Health deter16 mines the project suffered an interruption of activities at17 tributable to SARS–CoV–2. 

18 (b)(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. 153. (a) Funds made available in Public Law 

24 113–76 under the heading ‘‘Rehabilitation Services and 

25 Disability Research’’ that were available for obligation 


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1 through fiscal year 2015 for the Automated Personaliza2 tion Computing Project pursuant to the first four provisos 

3 under that heading in that Act are to remain available 

4 through fiscal year 2021 for the liquidation of valid obliga5 tions incurred in fiscal years 2014 or 2015. 

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

7 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

9 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in 

10 effect on September 30, 2020. 

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

12 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) shall be applied by sub13 stituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act 

14 for ‘‘September 30, 2020’’. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

21 available to ‘‘Corporation for National and Community 

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

23 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 

24 (Public Law 116–94), are hereby rescinded, and in addi25 tion to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an 


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1 amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 

2 the amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection is here3 by appropriated on September 30, 2020, for an additional 

4 amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until Sep5 tember 30, 2021, and shall be available for the same pur6 poses, in addition to other funds as may be available for 

7 such purposes, and under the same authorities for which 

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

9 (b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as 

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

11 ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Service—Op12 erating Expenses’’ in title IV of division A of the Further 

13 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 

14 94), are hereby rescinded, and in addition to amounts oth15 erwise provided by section 101, an amount of additional 

16 new budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded 

17 pursuant to this subsection is hereby appropriated on Sep18 tember 30, 2020, for an additional amount for fiscal year 

19 2020, to remain available until September 30, 2021, and 

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

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

22 under the same authorities for which the funds were origi23 nally provided in Public Law 116–94: Provided, That any 

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1 cable under sections 129(a), (b), (d), and (e) of the Na2 tional and Community Service Act of 1993. 

3 (c) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as 

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

5 ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Service—Of6 fice of Inspector General’’ in title IV of division A of the 

7 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 

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

9 amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of 

10 additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 

11 rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro12 priated on September 30, 2020, for an additional amount 

13 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until September 

14 30, 2021, and shall be available for the same purposes, 

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

16 purposes, and under the same authorities for which the 

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

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

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

20 shall be applied hereafter as if such subsection had never 

21 been enacted. 

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

23 under this subsection are designated as an emer24 gency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the 


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

2 933(g)). 

3 (B) DESIGNATION IN THE SENATE.—In 

4 the Senate, this subsection is designated as an 

5 emergency requirement pursuant to section 

6 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), 

7 the concurrent resolution on the budget for fis8 cal year 2018. 

9 (C) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EF10 FECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget 

11 Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint 

12 explanatory statement of the committee of con13 ference accompanying Conference Report 105– 

14 217 and section 250(c)(7) and (c)(8) of the 

15 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Con16 trol Act of 1985, the budgetary effects of this 

17 subsection— 

18 (i) shall not be estimated for purposes 

19 of section 251 of such Act; 

20 (ii) shall not be estimated for pur21 poses of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of 

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

23 as being included in an appropriation Act; 

24 and 


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1 (iii) shall be treated as if they were 

2 contained in a PAYGO Act, as defined by 

3 section 3(7) of the Statutory Pay-As-You4 Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 932(7)). 

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

6 upon enactment of this Act. 

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

8 2020, this section shall be applied as if it were in 

9 effect on September 30, 2020. 

10 SEC. 157. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

12 for payment to the John R. Lewis Revocable Trust, bene13 ficiary of John R. Lewis, late a Representative from the 

14 State of Georgia, $174,000. 

15 SEC. 158. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are 

16 provided for ‘‘House of Representatives—Salaries and Ex17 penses’’ at a rate for operations of $1,383,725,000. 

18 SEC. 159. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 this Act— 

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

21 reimburse the Little Scholars Child Development 

22 Center at the Library of Congress under section 

23 19004 of the CARES Act (2 U.S.C. 162b note; 134 

24 Stat. 578) shall remain in effect with respect to sal25 aries incurred until the termination of the public 


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1 health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 

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

3 resulting from the COVID–19 pandemic; and 

4 (2) the authority of the Government Account5 ability Office to reimburse the Tiny Findings Child 

6 Development Center under section 19009 of the 

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

8 with respect to salaries incurred until the termi9 nation of the public health emergency declared pur10 suant to section 319 of the Public Health Service 

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

12 pandemic. 

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

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

15 by striking ‘‘for not more than 16 weeks’’ and in16 serting in its place ‘‘until the termination of the 

17 public health emergency declared pursuant to section 

18 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 

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

20 SEC. 160. (a) EXTENSION.—Notwithstanding sec21 tions 3902(a) and 3904(b) of title 41, United States Code, 

22 if the performance or delivery of services procured under 

23 a severable service contract of the Library of Congress is 

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1 ices under the contract may be extended for a period 

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

3 exceeding an additional 12 months. 

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

5 respect to contracts for severable services procured for a 

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

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

8 matter preceding the first proviso under the heading ‘‘De9 partment of Veterans Affairs—Veterans Benefits Admin10 istration—Compensation and Pensions’’ in division F of 

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

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

13 until expended and to become available on October 1, 

14 2020:’’. 

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

16 ‘‘Department of Veterans Affairs—Departmental Admin17 istration—Veterans Electronic Health Record’’ may be 

18 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to 

19 maintain support activities related to implementation and 

20 maintenance of a Veterans Electronic Health Record sys21 tem, including contractual costs associated with operations 

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

23 and salaries and expenses of employees hired under titles 

24 5 and 38, United States Code. 


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

2 at any time during fiscal year 2021, the Secretary of Vet3 erans Affairs may transfer up to $140,000,000 of the un4 obligated balances available under the heading ‘‘Depart5 ment of Veterans Affairs—Veterans Health Administra6 tion—Medical Services’’ in title X of division B of the 

7 Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub8 lic Law 116–136) to the ‘‘Canteen Service Revolving 

9 Fund’’ of the Department to prevent, prepare for, and re10 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro11 vided, That amounts so transferred shall be for offsetting 

12 the losses resulting from the coronavirus pandemic of Vet13 erans Canteen Service collections pursuant to chapter 78 

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

15 transferred amounts shall be in addition to any other 

16 funds made available for this purpose: Provided further, 

17 That amounts transferred under this section that were 

18 previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 

19 requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer20 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the 

21 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec22 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer23 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

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

25 the Department of State for ‘‘Administration of Foreign 


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1 Affairs—Repatriation Loans Program Account’’ may be 

2 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to ac3 commodate increased demand for commitments for repa4 triation loans authorized by section 4(b)(2)(B) of the 

5 State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 

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

7 SEC. 165. Section 21009 of the Coronavirus Aid, Re8 lief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) 

9 shall continue in effect through the date specified in sec10 tion 106 of this Act. 

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

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

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

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

15 (b) During the period covered by this Act, discre16 tionary amounts made available by section 101 to the De17 partment of State in title I under the heading ‘‘Adminis18 tration of Foreign Affairs’’ and discretionary unobligated 

19 balances under such heading from prior Acts making ap20 propriations for the Department of State, foreign oper21 ations, and related programs, may be transferred to the 

22 Consular and Border Security Programs account if the 

23 Secretary of State determines and reports to the Commit24 tees on Appropriations that to do so is necessary to sus25 tain consular operations, following consultation with such 


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1 Committees: Provided, That such transfer authority is in 

2 addition to any transfer authority otherwise available in 

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

4 further, That no amounts may be transferred from 

5 amounts designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/ 

6 Global War on Terrorism or as emergency requirements 

7 pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or sec8 tion 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

9 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 

10 (c) Amounts made available by section 101 to the De11 partment of State for ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’ may be ap12 portioned up to the rate for operations necessary to sus13 tain consular operations, and the obligation of such appor14 tioned funds shall be subject to the regular notification 

15 procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 

16 SEC. 167. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 this Act, and subject to the regular notification procedures 

18 of the Committees on Appropriations, the limitations in 

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

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

21 the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related 

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

23 protect human rights, locate and identify missing persons, 

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1 and domain awareness; and for International Military 

2 Education and Training. 

3 SEC. 168. Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Re4 form and Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) is 

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

6 ‘‘October 1, 2021’’. 

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

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

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

10 Secretary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ in title 

11 I of division K of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

12 2017 (Public Law 115–31), other than such funds admin13 istratively allocated to carry out the administration and 

14 oversight of awards under the national infrastructure in15 vestments program, are hereby rescinded, and in addition 

16 to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount 

17 of additional new budget authority equivalent to the 

18 amount rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby 

19 appropriated on September 30, 2020, for an additional 

20 amount for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2021, in addition to other funds as may be 

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

23 additional competition, for completing the funding of 

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1 ter Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development, or 

2 BUILD grants). 

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

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

5 ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Sec6 retary—National Infrastructure Investments’’ in title I of 

7 division L of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 

8 (Public Law 115–141), other than such funds administra9 tively allocated to carry out the administration and over10 sight of awards under the national infrastructure invest11 ments program, are hereby rescinded, and in addition to 

12 amounts otherwise provided by section 101, an amount of 

13 additional new budget authority equivalent to the amount 

14 rescinded pursuant to this subsection is hereby appro15 priated on September 30, 2020, for an additional amount 

16 for fiscal year 2020, to remain available until September 

17 30, 2021, in addition to other funds as may be available 

18 for such purposes, and shall be available, without addi19 tional competition, for completing the funding of awards 

20 made pursuant to the fiscal year 2018 National Infra21 structure Investments grants (also known as the Better 

22 Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development, or 

23 BUILD grants). 

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

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

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

3 effect on September 30, 2020. 

4 SEC. 170. Notwithstanding section 101, the matter 

5 preceding the first proviso under the heading ‘‘Govern6 ment National Mortgage Association—Guarantees of 

7 Mortgage-Backed Securities Loan Guarantee Program 

8 Account’’ in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 

9 2020 (Public Law 116–94) shall be applied by sub10 stituting ‘‘$1,278,000,000,000’’ for ‘‘$550,000,000,000’’: 

11 Provided, That amounts made available under such head12 ing by this Act may be apportioned up to the rate for oper13 ations necessary to accommodate increased demand for 

14 new commitments to issue guarantees to carry out the 

15 purposes of section 306 of the National Housing Act as 

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

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

18 Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 

19 2013 (Public Law 113–6) for the ‘‘Choice Neighborhoods 

20 Initiative’’ that were available for obligation through fiscal 

21 year 2015 are to remain available through fiscal year 2021 

22 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal 

23 years 2013 through 2015. 

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

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

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

3 effect on September 30, 2020. 

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

5 the Department of Housing and Urban Development for 

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

7 apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to— 

8 (1) maintain project rental assistance for the elderly 

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

10 U.S.C. 1701q(2)), including making amendments to con11 tracts for such assistance and renewing expiring contracts 

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

13 (2) be available to make awards to existing 

14 grantees to continue, without competition, dem15 onstration programs to test housing with services 

16 models for the elderly that demonstrate the potential 

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

18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropria19 tions Act, 2021’’. 


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1 DIVISION B—SURFACE TRANS2 PORTATION PROGRAM EX3 TENSION 

4 TITLE I—SURFACE 

5 TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS 

6 SEC. 1101. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL SURFACE TRANSPOR7 TATION PROGRAMS. 

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

9 this division, the requirements, authorities, conditions, eli10 gibilities, limitations, and other provisions authorized 

11 under the covered laws, which would otherwise expire on 

12 or cease to apply after September 30, 2020, are incor13 porated by reference and shall continue in effect through 

14 September 30, 2021. 

15 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

16 (1) HIGHWAY TRUST FUND.— 

17 (A) HIGHWAY ACCOUNT.—There is author18 ized to be appropriated from the Highway Ac19 count for fiscal year 2021, for each program 

20 with respect to which amounts are authorized 

21 to be appropriated from such account for fiscal 

22 year 2020, an amount equal to the amount au23 thorized for appropriation with respect to the 

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1 (B) MASS TRANSIT ACCOUNT.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated from the Mass 

3 Transit Account for fiscal year 2021, for each 

4 program with respect to which amounts are au5 thorized to be appropriated from such account 

6 for fiscal year 2020, an amount equal to the 

7 amount authorized for appropriation with re8 spect to the program from such account under 

9 the covered laws for fiscal year 2020. 

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

11 appropriated for fiscal year 2021, for each program 

12 under the covered laws with respect to which 

13 amounts are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal 

14 year 2020 from an account other than the Highway 

15 Account or the Mass Transit Account, an amount 

16 that is not less than the amount authorized for ap17 propriation with respect to the program under the 

18 covered laws for fiscal year 2020. 

19 (c) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts authorized to be ap20 propriated for fiscal year 2021 with respect to a program 

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

22 limited, and made available for obligation in the same 

23 manner as amounts authorized to be appropriated with re24 spect to the program for fiscal year 2020 under the cov25 ered laws. 


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

2 amounts are authorized to be appropriated under sub3 section (b)(1) shall be subject to a limitation on obliga4 tions for fiscal year 2021 in the same amount and in the 

5 same manner as the limitation applicable with respect to 

6 the program for fiscal year 2020. 

7 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

9 means the following: 

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

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

12 114–94). 

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

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

15 of MAP–21 (Public Law 112–141). 

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

17 LU Technical Corrections Act of 2008 (Public 

18 Law 110–244). 

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

20 SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59). 

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

22 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century 

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

2 Highway System Designation Act of 1995 

3 (Public Law 104–59). 

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

5 Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency 

6 Act of 1991 (Public Law 102–240). 

7 (H) Title 23, United States Code. 

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

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

10 313, 701, and 702 of title 49, United States 

11 Code. 

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

13 Account’’ means the portion of the Highway Trust 

14 Fund that is not the Mass Transit Account. 

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

16 Transit Account’’ means the portion of the Highway 

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

18 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 

19 SEC. 1102. NATIONALLY SIGNIFICANT FREIGHT AND HIGH20 WAY PROJECTS. 

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

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

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

24 ‘‘$600,000,000’’; and 

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1 SEC. 1103. HIGHWAY SAFETY RESEARCH AND DEVELOP2 MENT. 

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

4 amended— 

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

6 and 

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

8 ‘‘$26,560,000’’. 

9 SEC. 1104. RAIL-RELATED PROVISIONS. 

10 (a) FEDERAL FUNDING FOR OPERATING LOSSES.— 

11 Section 24321 of title 49, United States Code, is amend12 ed— 

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

14 (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub15 section (d). 

16 (b) DIRECT LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES.—Sec17 tion 502(b)(3) of the Railroad Revitalization and Regu18 latory Reform Act of 1976 (45 U.S.C. 822(b)(3)) is 

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

20 ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 

21 SEC. 1105. SUSPENSION FOR EXTENSION PERIOD OF AD22 JUSTMENTS FOR ADDITIONAL DEPOSITS 

23 INTO HIGHWAY TRUST FUND. 

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

25 apply to monies deposited into the Highway Trust Fund 

26 by this division. 


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1 SEC. 1106. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 

2 None of the funds authorized in this division or any 

3 other Act may be used to adjust apportionments for the 

4 Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund or 

5 withhold funds from apportionments for the Mass Transit 

6 Account of the Highway Trust Fund pursuant to section 

7 9503(e)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 in fiscal 

8 year 2021. 

9 SEC. 1107. APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION. 

10 (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

11 14703 of title 40, United States Code, is amended— 

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

13 inserting ‘‘2021’’; and 

14 (2) in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘2020’’ and in15 serting ‘‘2021’’. 

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

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

18 inserting ‘‘2021’’. 

19 TITLE II—TRUST FUNDS 

20 SEC. 1201. EXTENSION OF HIGHWAY TRUST FUND EXPENDI21 TURE AUTHORITY. 

22 Section 9503 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

23 is amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ in sub25 sections (b)(6)(B), (c)(1), and (e)(3) and inserting 

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

2 (c)(1) and (e)(3) and inserting ‘‘Continuing Appro3 priations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act’’. 

4 SEC. 1202. SPORT FISH RESTORATION AND BOATING TRUST 

5 FUND. 

6 Section 9504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

7 is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘FAST Act’’ each place it ap9 pears in subsection (b)(2) and inserting ‘‘Continuing 

10 Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions 

11 Act’’; and 

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

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

14 SEC. 1203. LEAKING UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK TRUST 

15 FUND. 

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

17 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2020’’ and in18 serting ‘‘October 1, 2021’’. 

19 SEC. 1204. FURTHER ADDITIONAL TRANSFERS TO HIGHWAY 

20 TRUST FUND. 

21 Subsection (f) of section 9503 of the Internal Rev22 enue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating paragraph 

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

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1 ‘‘(10) FURTHER TRANSFERS TO TRUST

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

3 appropriated, there is hereby appropriated— 

4 ‘‘(A) $10,400,000,000 to the Highway Ac5 count (as defined in subsection (e)(5)(B)) in 

6 the Highway Trust Fund; and 

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

8 Account in the Highway Trust Fund.’’. 

9 SEC. 1205. ADDITIONAL TRANSFER TO TRUST FUND. 

10 Section 9502 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 

11 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

13 of money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

14 there is hereby appropriated $14,000,000,000 to the Air15 port and Airway Trust Fund.’’. 


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1 DIVISION C—HEALTH 

2 EXTENDERS 

3 TITLE I—PUBLIC HEALTH 

4 EXTENDERS 

5 SEC. 2101. COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, NATIONAL 

6 HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, AND TEACHING 

7 HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE GRAD8 UATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 

9 (a) COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.—Section 

10 10503(b)(1)(F) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

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

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

13 ‘‘$789,041,096’’; and 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in15 serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

16 (b) NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS.—Section 

17 10503(b)(2)(H) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 

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

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

20 ‘‘$61,150,685’’; and 

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

23 (c) TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE

24 GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Section 


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

2 256h(g)(1)) is amended— 

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

4 ‘‘$24,953,425’’; and 

5 (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in6 serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

7 (d) APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—Amounts appro8 priated pursuant to the amendments made by this section 

9 for the period beginning on October 1, 2020, through De10 cember 11, 2020, shall be subject to the requirements con11 tained in Public Law 116–94 for funds for programs au12 thorized under sections 330 through 340 of the Public 

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

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

15 section 3014(h) of title 18, United States Code, is amend16 ed— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘Social Services Act,,,’’ and in18 serting ‘‘Social Services Act,’’; and 

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

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

21 CARES Act, and section 2101 of the Continuing 

22 Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions 

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1 SEC. 2102. DIABETES PROGRAMS. 

2 (a) SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS FOR TYPE I DIA3 BETES.—Section 330B(b)(2)(D) of the Public Health 

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

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

6 ‘‘$29,589,042’’; and 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in8 serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

9 (b) SPECIAL DIABETES PROGRAMS FOR INDIANS.— 

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

11 (42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2)(D)) is amended— 

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

13 ‘‘$29,589,042’’; and 

14 (2) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and in15 serting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

16 SEC. 2103. PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY EDUCATION. 

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

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

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

20 SEC. 2104. SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDUCATION. 

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

22 710) is amended— 

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

24 place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 11, 

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

2 period, for fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘the pe3 riod described in subparagraph (A), for fiscal year 

4 2021’’; and 

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

6 and inserting ‘‘through 2020,’’. 

7 SEC. 2105. RARE PEDIATRIC DISEASE PRIORITY REVIEW 

8 VOUCHER EXTENSION. 

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

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

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

12 place it appears and inserting ‘‘December 11, 

13 2020’’; and 

14 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Sep15 tember 30, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 

16 2022’’. 

17 SEC. 2106. AUTHORIZATION TO ACCUMULATE EXCESS AN18 NUAL LEAVE. 

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

20 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 210–1), a com21 missioned officer of the Public Health Service who, except 

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

23 2020 accumulated annual leave in excess of 60 days, may 

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

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

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

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

5 an officer on terminal leave preceding separation, retire6 ment, or release from active duty, as of the effective date 

7 specified in subsection (d). 

8 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall become ef9 fective on the earlier of— 

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

11 (2) September 30, 2020. 

12 SEC. 2107. HHS SERVICES AND SUPPLY FUND. 

13 Effective as if included in the enactment of the para14 graph beginning with ‘‘Service and supply fund:’’ under 

15 the heading ‘‘Public Health Service’’ in the Federal Secu16 rity Agency Appropriation Act, 1946 (42 U.S.C. 231), 

17 such paragraph shall be applied with respect to any fiscal 

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

19 central services for any Federal agency. 

20 TITLE II—MEDICARE 

21 EXTENDERS 

22 SEC. 2201. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 

23 FLOOR UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. 

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

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

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

3 12, 2020’’. 

4 SEC. 2202. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEAS5 URE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION. 

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

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

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

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

10 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’; and 

11 (2) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘Novem12 ber 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

13 SEC. 2203. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND AS14 SISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 

15 (a) STATE HEALTH INSURANCE PROGRAMS.—Sub16 section (a)(1)(B) of section 119 of the Medicare Improve17 ments for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 

18 1395b–3 note), as amended by section 3306 of the Patient 

19 Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 111– 

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

21 of 2012 (Public Law 112–240), section 1110 of the Path22 way for SGR Reform Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–67), 

23 section 110 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 

24 2014 (Public Law 113–93), section 208 of the Medicare 

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1 Law 114–10), section 50207 of division E of the Bipar2 tisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), section 

3 1402 of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 

4 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 

5 116–59), section 1402 of division B of the Further Con6 tinuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health 

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

8 of division N of the Further Consolidated Appropriations 

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

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

11 (xi) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘De12 cember 11, 2020’’. 

13 (b) AREA AGENCIES ON AGING.—Subsection 

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

15 in clause (xi) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

17 (c) AGING AND DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS.— 

18 Subsection (c)(1)(B) of such section 119, as so amended, 

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

20 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

21 (d) CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR

22 BENEFITS AND OUTREACH ENROLLMENT.—Subsection 

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

24 in clause (xi) by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 


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1 TITLE III—MEDICAID 

2 EXTENDERS 

3 SEC. 2301. EXTENSION OF MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON 

4 REBALANCING DEMONSTRATION. 

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

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

7 3811 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), is amend8 ed by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘De9 cember 11, 2020’’. 

10 SEC. 2302. EXTENSION OF SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT 

11 PROTECTIONS. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2404 of the Patient Pro13 tection and Affordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 

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

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

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

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

18 2404 of Public Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 note) 

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

20 (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(17), 1396r–5) shall be construed as 

21 prohibiting a State from— 

22 (1) applying an income or resource disregard 

23 under a methodology authorized under section 

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1 (A) to the income or resources of an indi2 vidual described in section 

3 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

4 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI)) (including a disregard 

5 of the income or resources of such individual’s 

6 spouse); or 

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

8 home and community-based services authorized 

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

10 1915 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n) or under 

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

12 (2) disregarding an individual’s spousal income 

13 and assets under a plan amendment to provide med14 ical assistance for home and community-based serv15 ices for individuals by reason of being determined el16 igible under section 1902(a)(10)(C) of such Act (42 

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

18 1902(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(f)) or other19 wise on the basis of a reduction of income based on 

20 costs incurred for medical or other remedial care 

21 under which the State disregarded the income and 

22 assets of the individual’s spouse in determining the 

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1 poverishment provisions applied under section 1924 

2 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5). 

3 SEC. 2303. DELAY OF DSH REDUCTIONS. 

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

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

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

7 (1) in clause (i), in the matter preceding sub8 clause (I), by striking ‘‘December 1, 2020’’ and in9 serting ‘‘December 12, 2020’’; and 

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

11 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 12, 2020’’. 

12 SEC. 2304. EXTENSION OF COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH 

13 SERVICES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 

14 Section 223(d)(3) of the Protecting Access to Medi15 care Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note), as amended by 

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

17 is amended by striking ‘‘November 30, 2020’’ and insert18 ing ‘‘December 11, 2020’’. 

19 TITLE IV—MEDICARE PART B 

20 PREMIUM ADJUSTMENT 

21 SEC. 2401. 2021 MEDICARE PART B PREMIUM AND DEDUCT22 IBLE. 

23 (a) 2021 PREMIUM AND DEDUCTIBLE AND REPAY24 MENT THROUGH FUTURE PREMIUMS.—Section 1839(a) 


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1 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395r(a)) is amend2 ed— 

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

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

5 (7)’’; 

6 (2) in paragraph (6)(C)— 

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

8 1844(d)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (d)(1) 

9 and (e)(1) of section 1844’’; and 

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

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

12 and 

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

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

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

16 enrollees age 65 and over for 2021 shall be determined 

17 to be equal to the sum of— 

18 ‘‘(i) the monthly actuarial rate for enrollees age 

19 65 and over for 2020; plus 

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

21 rate for 2020 and the preliminary monthly actuarial 

22 rate for enrollees age 65 and over for 2021 (as esti23 mated under subparagraph (B)). 

24 ‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A)(ii), the Sec25 retary shall estimate a preliminary monthly actuarial rate 


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1 for enrollees age 65 and over for 2021 using the method2 ology described in paragraph (1) and as if subparagraph 

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

4 make the estimate under the previous sentence as if the 

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

6 made.’’. 

7 (b) TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTION.— 

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

9 1395w) is amended— 

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

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

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

13 with respect to enrollees described in subparagraphs 

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

15 premiums payable and deposited in the Trust Fund 

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

17 paragraph (1).’’; and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

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

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

21 by the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medicare & Med22 icaid Services, equal to the reduction in aggregate pre23 miums payable under this part for a month in such year 

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1 1839(i)) that are attributable to the application of section 

2 1839(a)(7) with respect to— 

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

4 ‘‘(B) enrollees under age 65. 

5 Such amounts shall be transferred from time to time as 

6 appropriate. 

7 ‘‘(2) Premium increases affected under section 

8 1839(a)(6) shall not be taken into account in applying 

9 subsection (a). 

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

11 to the General Fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent 

12 to the additional premiums payable as a result of the ap13 plication of section 1839(a)(6), excluding the aggregate 

14 payments attributable to the application of section 

15 1839(i)(3)(A)(ii)(II).’’. 

16 (c) ADDITIONAL TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT CON17 TRIBUTION.—Section 1844 of the Social Security Act (42 

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

19 amended by adding at the end the following: 

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

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

22 estimated by the Chief Actuary of the Centers for Medi23 care & Medicaid Services, equal to amounts paid in ad24 vance for items and services under this part during the 

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

2 of the enactment of this paragraph. 

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

4 to the General Fund of the Treasury amounts equivalent 

5 to the sum of— 

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

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

8 described in paragraph (1); and 

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

10 been repaid (in whole or in part). 

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

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

13 (d) INDENTATION CORRECTION.—Section 

14 1839(i)(3)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

15 1395r(i)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by moving the indentation 

16 of subclause (I) two ems to the right. 

17 TITLE V—ACCELERATED AND 

18 ADVANCE PAYMENT PROGRAMS 

19 SEC. 2501. MODIFYING ACCELERATED AND ADVANCE PAY20 MENT PROGRAMS UNDER PARTS A AND B OF 

21 THE MEDICARE PROGRAM DURING THE 

22 COVID–19 EMERGENCY. 

23 (a) SPECIAL REPAYMENT RULES AND OTHER MODI24 FICATIONS.— 

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

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

3 1395g(f)(2)(C)) is amended to read as follows: 

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

5 terms of the program under subsection (e)(3), in6 cluding such program as expanded pursuant to this 

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

8 the CARES Act and so made during the emergency 

9 period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), upon re10 quest of a hospital, the Secretary shall— 

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

12 items and services furnished by the hospital are 

13 offset to recoup payments under such program; 

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

15 amount equal to— 

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

17 which any such offsets are made with re18 spect to payment for items and services 

19 furnished by the hospital, 25 percent of the 

20 amount of such payment for such items 

21 and services; and 

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

23 50 percent of the amount of such payment 

24 for such items and services; and 


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

2 first payment under such program to such pro3 vider before requiring that the outstanding bal4 ance be paid in full.’’. 

5 (B) AUTHORITY FOR DISCRETION.—Sec6 tion 1815(f)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act 

7 (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by 

8 inserting ‘‘(or, with respect to requests sub9 mitted to the Secretary after April 26, 2020, 

10 may)’’after ‘‘shall.’’. 

11 (C) APPLICATION TO OTHER PART A PRO12 VIDERS.— 

13 (i) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a 

14 payment made under the terms of an ap15 plicable program (as defined in clause (ii)), 

16 on or after the date of the enactment of 

17 the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) 

18 and so made during the emergency period 

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

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

21 5(g)(1)(B)), upon request of an applicable 

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

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

24 Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g(f)(2)(C)), as amend25 ed by subparagraph (A), shall apply with 


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1 respect to such payment in the same man2 ner as such provisions apply with respect 

3 to a payment made under the terms of the 

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

5 1815 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g), in6 cluding such program as expanded pursu7 ant to subsection (f) of such section, on or 

8 after the date of the enactment of the 

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

10 made during such emergency period. 

11 (ii) APPLICABLE PROGRAM DE12 FINED.—In this clause, the term ‘‘applica13 ble program’’ means— 

14 (I) the programs under sections 

15 413.64(g), 412.541(f), 412.632(e), 

16 412.116(f), 413.350(d), or 418.307 of 

17 title 42, Code of Federal Regulations 

18 (or any successor regulations); and 

19 (II) any other comparable pro20 gram under part A of title XVIII of 

21 the Social Security Act, as determined 

22 by the Secretary. 

23 (iii) APPLICABLE PROVIDER.—In this 

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1 means a provider of services that is eligible 

2 for payment under an applicable program. 

3 (2) PART B.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a pay5 ment made under the terms of the program de6 scribed in section 421.214 of title 42, Code of 

7 Federal Regulations (or any successor regula8 tion) on or after the date of the enactment of 

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

10 made during the emergency period described in 

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

12 Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)), the Sec13 retary of Health and Human Services shall, 

14 upon request of the provider of services or sup15 plier receiving such payment— 

16 (i) provide 1 year before payments for 

17 items and services furnished by such pro18 vider or supplier are offset to recoup pay19 ments under such program; 

20 (ii) provide that any such offset be an 

21 amount equal to— 

22 (I) during the first 11 months in 

23 which any such offsets are made with 

24 respect to payment for items and 

25 services furnished by such provider or 


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1 supplier, 25 percent of the amount of 

2 such payment for such items and 

3 services; and 

4 (II) during the succeeding 6 

5 months, 50 percent of the amount of 

6 such payment for such items and 

7 services; and 

8 (iii) allow 29 months from the date of 

9 the first payment under such program to 

10 such provider or supplier before requiring 

11 that the outstanding balance be paid in 

12 full. 

13 (B) LIMITATION ON FURTHER PART B AD14 VANCE PAYMENTS.—With respect to the period 

15 of the emergency period described in section 

16 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 

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

18 date of the enactment of this Act, the total 

19 amount of payments made under the terms of 

20 the program described in section 421.214 of 

21 title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any 

22 successor regulation)— 

23 (i) for the portion of 2020 occurring 

24 during such period of the emergency period 


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1 and for each year, shall not exceed 

2 $10,000,000; 

3 (ii) for each year beginning and end4 ing during such period of the emergency 

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

6 (iii) for the last year beginning during 

7 such period of the emergency period, the 

8 portion of such last year occurring during 

9 such period of the emergency period, shall 

10 not exceed $10,000,000. 

11 (b) INTEREST RATES.— 

12 (1) PART A.— 

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

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

15 amended by inserting before the period at the 

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

17 determination made with respect to a payment 

18 made on or after the date of the enactment of 

19 the CARES Act and during the emergency pe20 riod described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) under 

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

22 such program as expanded pursuant to sub23 section (f), at a rate of 4 percent)’’. 

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

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

3 made on or after the date of the enactment of 

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

5 during the emergency period described in sec6 tion 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act 

7 (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)) under an appli8 cable program (as defined in subsection 

9 (a)(1)(C)(ii)), the amendment made by sub10 paragraph (A) shall apply with respect to such 

11 determination in the same manner as such 

12 amendment applies with respect to a payment 

13 made on or after the date of the enactment of 

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

15 during such emergency period under the pro16 gram under subsection (e)(3) of section 1815 of 

17 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g), including such 

18 program as expanded pursuant to subsection (f) 

19 of such section. 

20 (2) PART B.—Section 1833(j) of the Social Se21 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(j)) is amended by in22 serting before the period at the end the following: 

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

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

25 the enactment of the CARES Act and during the 


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

2 under the program described in section 421.214 of 

3 title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc4 cessor regulation), at a rate of 4 percent)’’. 

5 (c) PUBLICATION OF DATA.— 

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

7 (A) INITIAL PUBLICATION.—Not later than 

8 2 weeks after the date of the enactment of this 

9 section, the Secretary shall post on the public 

10 website of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 

11 Services data that includes the following infor12 mation with respect to specified payments (as 

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

14 date and for which data is available: 

15 (i) The total amount of such pay16 ments made under each applicable pay17 ment program (as defined in paragraph 

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

19 percentage of such payments so made from 

20 the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 

21 Fund established under section 1817 of 

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

23 and the percentage of such payments so 

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1 tion 1841 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395t) 

2 under each such program. 

3 (ii) The amount of specified payments 

4 made under each such program by type of 

5 provider of services or supplier receiving 

6 such payments. 

7 (iii) The Centers for Medicare & Med8 icaid Services certification number or other 

9 appropriate number of, and the amount of 

10 such payments received by, each provider 

11 of services and supplier receiving such pay12 ments. 

13 (B) INTERIM PUBLICATION.—Every 2 

14 weeks thereafter during the emergency period, 

15 if any specified payments are made that were 

16 not included in a preceding publication of data 

17 under this paragraph, the Secretary shall post 

18 on the website described in subparagraph (A) 

19 data containing the information described in 

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

21 with respect to such specified payments. 

22 (2) ADDITIONAL PUBLICATIONS.—Not later 

23 than 15 months after the date of the enactment of 

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

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1 been recouped or repaid, the Secretary shall post on 

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

3 includes the following: 

4 (A) The total amount of all specified pay5 ments not recouped or repaid under each appli6 cable payment program. 

7 (B) The amount of payments made under 

8 each such program and not recouped or repaid 

9 by type of provider of services or supplier. 

10 (C) The total amount of specified pay11 ments that have been recouped or repaid under 

12 each such program, including a specification of 

13 the percentage of such payments so recouped or 

14 repaid that have been deposited into the Fed15 eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 

16 percentage of such payments so recouped or re17 paid that have been deposited into the Federal 

18 Supplementary Insurance Trust Fund under 

19 each such program. 

20 (D) The dollar amount of interest that has 

21 been collected with respect to all specified pay22 ments under each such program. 

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1 (A) APPLICABLE PAYMENT PROGRAM.— 

2 The term ‘‘applicable payment program’’ 

3 means— 

4 (i) the program under subsection 

5 (e)(3) of section 1815 of the Social Secu6 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1395g), including such 

7 program as expanded under subsection (f) 

8 of such section; 

9 (ii) an applicable program (as defined 

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

11 and 

12 (iii) the program described in section 

13 421.214 of title 42, Code of Federal Regu14 lations (or any successor regulation). 

15 (B) EMERGENCY PERIOD.—The term 

16 ‘‘emergency period’’ means the emergency pe17 riod described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the 

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

19 5(g)(1)(B)). 

20 (C) PROVIDER OF SERVICES AND SUP21 PLIER.—The terms ‘‘provider of services’’ and 

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

23 in subsections (u) and (d), respectively, of sec24 tion 1861 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x). 


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

2 means the Secretary of Health and Human 

3 Services. 

4 (E) SPECIFIED PAYMENTS.—The term 

5 ‘‘specified payments’’ means payments made 

6 under an applicable payment program on or 

7 after the date of the enactment of the CARES 

8 Act (Public Law 116–136) during the emer9 gency period. 

10 TITLE VI—OFFSETS 

11 SEC. 2601. INCLUSION IN THE MEDICAID DRUG REBATE 

12 PROGRAM OF COVERED OUTPATIENT DRUGS 

13 USED FOR MEDICATION-ASSISTED TREAT14 MENT. 

15 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905 of the Social Secu16 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended— 

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

18 (A) by moving the margin of such para19 graph 2 ems to the right; and 

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

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

22 (3)’’; and 

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

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1 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION OF REBATE REQUIRE2 MENTS.—The requirements of section 1927 shall 

3 apply to any drug or biological product described in 

4 paragraph (1)(A) that is— 

5 ‘‘(A) furnished as medical assistance in ac6 cordance with subsection (a)(29) and section 

7 1902(a)(10)(A); and 

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

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

10 paragraph (2)(A) of such section to a drug de11 scribed in paragraph (1)(A), such drug shall be 

12 deemed a prescribed drug for purposes of sub13 section (a)(12)).’’. 

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

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

16 amended by adding at the end the following new subpara17 graph: 

18 ‘‘(D) Drugs and biological products de19 scribed in subsection (ee)(1)(A) of section 1905 

20 that are furnished as medical assistance in ac21 cordance with subsection (a)(29) of such section 

22 and section 1902(a)(10)(A).’’. 

23 (c) RETROACTIVE EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amend24 ments made by this section shall take effect as if included 

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

2 Stat. 3914). 

3 SEC. 2602. MEDICAID IMPROVEMENT FUND. 

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

5 1396w–1(b)) is amended— 

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

7 inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘$1,960,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$3,446,000,000’’. 


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1 DIVISION D—OTHER MATTERS 

2 TITLE I—EMERGENCY STOPGAP 

3 USCIS STABILIZATION ACT 

4 SEC. 4101. SHORT TITLE. 

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

6 USCIS Stabilization Act’’. 

7 SEC. 4102. EXPANSION OF PREMIUM PROCESSING. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 286(u) of the Immigra9 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(u)) is amended 

10 to read as follows: 

11 ‘‘(u) PREMIUM FEE FOR CERTAIN IMMIGRATION

12 BENEFIT TYPES.— 

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

14 Security is authorized to establish and collect a pre15 mium fee for the immigration benefit types described 

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

17 to any other fees authorized by law, deposited as off18 setting receipts in the Immigration Examinations 

19 Fee Account established under subsection (m), and 

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

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

22 to reasonable conditions or limitations, the Secretary 

23 shall establish a premium fee under paragraph (1) 

24 in connection with— 


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1 ‘‘(A) employment-based nonimmigrant pe2 titions and associated applications for depend3 ents of the beneficiaries of such petitions; 

4 ‘‘(B) employment-based immigrant peti5 tions filed by or on behalf of aliens described in 

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

7 ‘‘(C) applications to change or extend non8 immigrant status; 

9 ‘‘(D) applications for employment author10 ization; and 

11 ‘‘(E) any other immigration benefit type 

12 that the Secretary deems appropriate for pre13 mium processing. 

14 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF FEE.— 

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara16 graph (C), with respect to an immigration ben17 efit type designated for premium processing by 

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

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

20 premium fee for a petition for classification of 

21 a nonimmigrant described in subparagraph 

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

23 $1,500. 

24 ‘‘(B) OTHER IMMIGRATION BENEFIT

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1 type designated for premium processing but not 

2 described in subparagraph (A), the initial pre3 mium fee shall be established by regulation, 

4 which shall include a detailed methodology sup5 porting the proposed premium fee amount. 

6 ‘‘(C) BIENNIAL ADJUSTMENT.—The Sec7 retary may adjust a premium fee under sub8 paragraph (A) or (B) on a biennial basis by the 

9 percentage (if any) by which the Consumer 

10 Price Index for All Urban Consumers for the 

11 month of June preceding the date on which 

12 such adjustment takes effect exceeds the Con13 sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for 

14 the same month of the second preceding cal15 endar year. The provisions of section 553 of 

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

17 an adjustment authorized under this subpara18 graph. 

19 ‘‘(4) USE OF FEE.—Fees collected under this 

20 subsection may only be used by U.S. Citizenship and 

21 Immigration Services to— 

22 ‘‘(A) provide the services described in 

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1 ‘‘(B) make infrastructure improvements in 

2 adjudications processes and the provision of in3 formation and services to immigration and nat4 uralization benefit requestors; 

5 ‘‘(C) respond to adjudication demands, in6 cluding by reducing the number of pending im7 migration and naturalization benefit requests; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(D) otherwise offset the cost of providing 

10 adjudication and naturalization services. 

11 ‘‘(5) PREMIUM PROCESSING SERVICES.—The 

12 Secretary— 

13 ‘‘(A) may suspend the availability of pre14 mium processing for designated immigration 

15 benefit requests only if circumstances prevent 

16 the completion of processing of a significant 

17 number of such requests within the required pe18 riod; and 

19 ‘‘(B) shall ensure that premium processing 

20 requestors have direct and reliable access to 

21 current case status information as well as the 

22 ability to communicate with the premium proc23 essing units at each service center or office that 

24 provides premium processing services.’’. 

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the re2 quirement to set a fee by regulation under section 

3 286(u)(3)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 

4 Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(u)(3)(B)), as amended by sub5 section (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security may 

6 set a fee under that section without regard to the 

7 provisions of section 553 of title 5, United States 

8 Code, if such fee is consistent with the following: 

9 (A) For a petition for classification under 

10 section 203(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and 

11 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(1)(C)), or a 

12 petition for classification under section 

13 203(b)(2) involving a waiver under section 

14 203(b)(2)(B) of such Act, the fee is set at an 

15 amount not greater than $2,500 and the re16 quired processing timeframe is not greater than 

17 45 days. 

18 (B) For an application under section 248 

19 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

20 U.S.C. 1258) to change status to a classifica21 tion described in subparagraph (F), (J), or (M) 

22 of section 101(a)(15) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

23 1101(a)(15)), the fee is set at an amount not 

24 greater than $1,750 and the required proc25 essing timeframe is not greater than 30 days. 


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1 (C) For an application under section 248 

2 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 

3 U.S.C. 1258) to change status to be classified 

4 as a dependent of a nonimmigrant described in 

5 subparagraph (E), (H), (L), (O), (P), or (R) of 

6 section 101(a)(15) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 

7 1101(a)(15)), or to extend such classification, 

8 the fee is set at an amount not greater than 

9 $1,750 and the required processing timeframe 

10 is not greater than 30 days. 

11 (D) For an application for employment au12 thorization, the fee is set at an amount not 

13 greater than $1,500 and the required proc14 essing timeframe is not greater than 30 days. 

15 (2) CLARIFICATION.—The required processing 

16 timeframe for each of the applications and petitions 

17 described in paragraph (1) shall not commence until 

18 the date that all prerequisites for adjudication are 

19 received by the Secretary of Homeland Security. 

20 (c) OTHER BENEFIT REQUESTS.—In implementing 

21 the amendments made by subsection (a), the Secretary of 

22 Homeland Security shall develop and implement processes 

23 to ensure that the availability of premium processing, or 

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1 migration benefit requests not designated for premium 

2 processing or an increase in regular processing of immi3 gration benefit requests so designated. 

4 SEC. 4103. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

6 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Home7 land Security shall provide to the appropriate Committees 

8 a 5-year plan, including projected cost estimates, procure9 ment strategies, and a project schedule with milestones, 

10 to accomplish each of the following: 

11 (1) Establish electronic filing procedures for all 

12 applications and petitions for immigration benefits. 

13 (2) Accept electronic payment of fees at all fil14 ing locations. 

15 (3) Issue correspondence, including decisions, 

16 requests for evidence, and notices of intent to deny, 

17 to immigration benefit requestors electronically. 

18 (4) Improve processing times for all immigra19 tion and naturalization benefit requests. 

20 (b) SEMI-ANNUAL BRIEFINGS.—Not later than 180 

21 days after submission of the plan described in subsection 

22 (a), and on a semi-annual basis thereafter, the Secretary 

23 shall advise the appropriate Committees on the implemen24 tation status of such plan. 


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1 (c) APPROPRIATE COMMITTEES DEFINED.—In this 

2 section, the term ‘‘appropriate Committees’’ means— 

3 (1) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com4 mittee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 

5 Homeland Security of the House of Representatives; 

6 and 

7 (2) the Committee on Appropriations, the Com8 mittee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 

9 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

10 Senate. 

11 TITLE II—UNITED STATES PA12 ROLE COMMISSION EXTEN13 SION 

14 SEC. 4201. SHORT TITLE. 

15 This title may be cited as the ‘‘United States Parole 

16 Commission Extension Act of 2020’’. 

17 SEC. 4202. AMENDMENT OF SENTENCING REFORM ACT OF 

18 1984. 

19 For purposes of section 235(b) of the Sentencing Re20 form Act of 1984 (18 U.S.C. 3551 note; Public Law 98– 

21 473; 98 Stat. 2032), as such section relates to chapter 

22 311 of title 18, United States Code, and the United States 

23 Parole Commission, each reference in such section to ‘‘33 

24 years’’ or ‘‘33-year period’’ shall be deemed a reference 

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1 SEC. 4203. PAROLE COMMISSION REPORT. 

2 Section 3 of the United States Parole Commission 

3 Extension Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–274) is amend4 ed— 

5 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2021’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘2022’’; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(d) DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA REPORT FOR SUC9 CEEDING FISCAL YEARS.—For each of fiscal years 2021 

10 through 2022, not later than 90 days after the end of the 

11 fiscal year, the United States Parole Commission shall re12 port to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate 

13 and House of Representatives the items in paragraphs (1) 

14 through (3) of subsection (c), for the fiscal year.’’. 

15 TITLE III—ANTITRUST CRIMINAL 

16 PENALTY ENHANCEMENT 

17 AND REFORM PERMANENT 

18 EXTENSION ACT 

19 SEC. 4301. SHORT TITLE. 

20 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Antitrust Criminal 

21 Penalty Enhancement and Reform Permanent Extension 

22 Act’’. 

23 SEC. 4302. FINDINGS; PURPOSE. 

24 (a) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 

25 (1) Conspiracies among competitors to fix 

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1 cally and irredeemably anticompetitive and con2 travene the competition policy of the United States. 

3 (2) Cooperation incentives are important to the 

4 efforts of the Antitrust Division of the Department 

5 of Justice to prosecute and deter the offenses de6 scribed in paragraph (1). 

7 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act, and the 

8 amendments made by this Act, is to strengthen public and 

9 private antitrust enforcement by providing incentives for 

10 antitrust violators to cooperate fully with government 

11 prosecutors and private litigants through the repeal of the 

12 sunset provision of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty En13 hancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note). 

14 SEC. 4303. REPEAL OF SUNSET PROVISION. 

15 (a) REPEAL.—Section 211 of the Antitrust Criminal 

16 Penalty Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 

17 1 note) is repealed. 

18 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

19 (1) REVIVAL AND RESTORATION.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Sections 212, 213, and 

21 214 of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhance22 ment and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 

23 note) as in effect on June 21, 2020, and as 

24 amended by the laws described in subparagraph 

25 (B), are revived and restored. 


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1 (B) LAWS.—The laws described in this 

2 subparagraph are: 

3 (i) Antitrust Criminal Penalty En4 hancement and Reform Act of 2004 Exten5 sion Act (Public Law 111–30; 123 Stat. 

6 1775). 

7 (ii) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to 

8 amend the Antitrust Criminal Penalty En9 hancement and Reform Act of 2004 to ex10 tend the operation of such Act, and for 

11 other purposes’’, approved June 9, 2010 

12 (Public Law 111–90; 124 Stat. 1275). 

13 (2) DEFINITIONS.—Section 212 of the Anti14 trust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform 

15 Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 1 note) is amended— 

16 (A) by striking paragraph (6); and 

17 (B) by redesignating paragraph (7) as 

18 paragraph (6). 

19 (c) APPLICABILITY.— 

20 (1) MARKERS AND AGREEMENTS BEFORE SUN21 SET.—Notwithstanding the repeal under subsection 

22 (a), section 211(b) of the Antitrust Criminal Penalty 

23 Enhancement and Reform Act of 2004 (15 U.S.C. 

24 1 note), as in effect on the day before the date of 

25 enactment of this Act, shall continue to apply to any 


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1 person who received a marker or entered into an 

2 antitrust leniency agreement on or before June 22, 

3 2020. 

4 (2) MARKERS AND AGREEMENTS AFTER SUN5 SET.—The repeal under subsection (a) shall apply to 

6 any person who received a marker or entered into an 

7 antitrust leniency agreement on or after June 23, 

8 2020. 

9 TITLE IV—COMMUNITY 

10 SERVICES AND SUPPORTS 

11 SEC. 4401. HEAD START DESIGNATION RENEWAL SYSTEM. 

12 Notwithstanding section 638 of the Head Start Act 

13 (42 U.S.C. 9833), if the Secretary of Health and Human 

14 Services— 

15 (1) is required to make a determination under 

16 paragraph (6) of section 641(c) of such Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 9836a(c)) whether to renew the designation 

18 of a Head Start agency for which such determina19 tion under the schedule developed pursuant to para20 graph (9)(C) of such section 641(c) is required to be 

21 made before December 31, 2020; and 

22 (2) cannot make such determination in accord23 ance with such schedule because the Secretary lacks 

24 any information described in any of subparagraphs 

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1 quired for the purpose of making such determina2 tion, 

3 then before December 31, 2020, the Secretary shall extend 

4 for not more than 2 years the 5-year period otherwise ap5 plicable to the designation of such Head Start agency 

6 under such Act. 

7 TITLE V—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 

8 SEC. 4501. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 

9 (a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budg10 etary effects of division B and each succeeding division 

11 shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard main12 tained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As13 You-Go Act of 2010. 

14 (b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 

15 effects of division B and each succeeding division shall not 

16 be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for pur17 poses of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Con18 gress). 

19 (c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.— 

20 Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 

21 Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 

22 the committee of conference accompanying Conference Re23 port 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced 

24 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 


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1 budgetary effects of division B and each succeeding divi2 sion shall not be estimated— 

3 (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and 

4 (2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 

5 3 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 

6 being included in an appropriation 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 SITUA6 TIONS.—Section 1(b) of Public Law 116–128 is amended 

7 by striking ‘‘December 21, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘Decem8 ber 21, 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, 

21 is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 


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1 SEC. 5303. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR REFERRAL AND 

2 COUNSELING SERVICES FOR VETERANS AT 

3 RISK OF HOMELESSNESS TRANSITIONING 

4 FROM CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS. 

5 Section 2023(d) of title 38, United States Code, is 

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

7 ‘‘September 30, 2022’’. 

8 SEC. 5304. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR TREATMENT 

9 AND REHABILITATION FOR SERIOUSLY 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 

25 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘and 2020’’; and 


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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 

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1 ‘‘(C) the reference in paragraph (2) to ‘Sep2 tember 30, 1990,’ were a reference to ‘September 

3 30, 2025,’.’’. 

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