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Union Calendar No. 39 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2740 

[Report No. 116–62] 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human 

Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 15, 2019 

Ms. DELAURO, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 

and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, 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 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 


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1 Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 

2 September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, namely: 

3 TITLE I 

4 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 

5 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION

6 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES

7 For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 

8 and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 

9 and the National Apprenticeship Act, $3,977,615,000, 

10 plus reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts 

11 provided: 

12 (1) for grants to States for adult employment 

13 and training activities, youth activities, and dis14 located worker employment and training activities, 

15 $2,967,360,000 as follows: 

16 (A) $900,000,000 for adult employment 

17 and training activities, of which $188,000,000 

18 shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 

19 through June 30, 2021, and of which 

20 $712,000,000 shall be available for the period 

21 October 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; 

22 (B) $964,000,000 for youth activities, 

23 which shall be available for the period April 1, 

24 2020 through June 30, 2021; and 


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1 (C) $1,103,360,000 for dislocated worker 

2 employment and training activities, of which 

3 $243,360,000 shall be available for the period 

4 July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, and of 

5 which $860,000,000 shall be available for the 

6 period October 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021: 

7 Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 

8 outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 

9 WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of 

10 section 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act; and 

11 (2) for national programs, $1,010,255,000 as 

12 follows: 

13 (A) $370,859,000 for the dislocated work14 ers assistance national reserve, of which 

15 $170,859,000 shall be available for the period 

16 July 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021, and 

17 of which $200,000,000 shall be available for the 

18 period October 1, 2020 through September 30, 

19 2021: Provided, That funds provided to carry 

20 out section 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be 

21 used to provide assistance to a State for state22 wide or local use in order to address cases 

23 where there have been worker dislocations 

24 across multiple sectors or across multiple local 

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1 ordinate the State workforce development plan 

2 with emerging economic development needs; and 

3 train such eligible dislocated workers: Provided 

4 further, That funds provided to carry out sec5 tions 168(b) and 169(c) of the WIOA may be 

6 used for technical assistance and demonstration 

7 projects, respectively, that provide assistance to 

8 new entrants in the workforce and incumbent 

9 workers: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

10 section 168(b) of the WIOA, of the funds pro11 vided under this subparagraph, the Secretary of 

12 Labor (referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) 

13 may reserve not more than 7 percent of such 

14 funds to provide technical assistance and carry 

15 out additional activities related to the transition 

16 to the WIOA: Provided further, That of the 

17 funds provided under this subparagraph, 

18 $150,000,000 shall be for training and employ19 ment assistance under sections 168(b), 169(c) 

20 (notwithstanding the 10 percent limitation in 

21 such section) and 170 of the WIOA for the pur22 pose of developing, offering, or improving edu23 cational or career training programs at commu24 nity colleges, defined as public institutions of 

25 higher education, as described in section 101(a) 


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1 of the Higher Education Act and at which the 

2 associate’s degree is primarily the highest de3 gree awarded, with other eligible institutions of 

4 higher education, as defined in section 101(a) 

5 of the Higher Education Act, eligible to partici6 pate through consortia, with community colleges 

7 as the lead grantee: Provided further, That the 

8 Secretary shall follow the requirements for the 

9 program in the committee report accompanying 

10 this Act: Provided further, That any grant 

11 funds used for apprenticeships shall be used to 

12 support only apprenticeship programs reg13 istered under the National Apprenticeship Act 

14 and as referred to in Section 3(7)(B) of the 

15 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; 

16 (B) $55,000,000 for Native American pro17 grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 

18 shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 

19 through June 30, 2021; 

20 (C) $98,896,000 for migrant and seasonal 

21 farmworker programs under section 167 of the 

22 WIOA, including $91,722,000 for formula 

23 grants (of which not less than 70 percent shall 

24 be for employment and training services), 

25 $6,588,000 for migrant and seasonal housing 


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1 (of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 

2 permanent housing), and $586,000 for other 

3 discretionary purposes, which shall be available 

4 for the period April 1, 2020 through June 30, 

5 2021: Provided, That notwithstanding any 

6 other provision of law or related regulation, the 

7 Department of Labor shall take no action lim8 iting the number or proportion of eligible par9 ticipants receiving related assistance services or 

10 discouraging grantees from providing such serv11 ices; 

12 (D) $127,500,000 for YouthBuild activi13 ties as described in section 171 of the WIOA, 

14 which shall be available for the period April 1, 

15 2020 through June 30, 2021; 

16 (E) $100,000,000 for ex-offender activi17 ties, under the authority of section 169 of the 

18 WIOA, which shall be available for the period 

19 April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021: Provided, 

20 That of this amount, $25,000,000 shall be for 

21 competitive grants to national and regional 

22 intermediaries for activities that prepare young, 

23 formerly incarcerated individuals, including 

24 those who have dropped out of school or other 


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1 educational programs, with a priority for 

2 projects serving high-crime, high-poverty areas; 

3 (F) $8,000,000 for the Workforce Data 

4 Quality Initiative, under the authority of section 

5 169 of the WIOA, which shall be available for 

6 the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 

7 2021; and 

8 (G) $250,000,000, to expand opportunities 

9 through apprenticeships only registered under 

10 the National Apprenticeship Act and as referred 

11 to in section 3(7)(B) of the WIOA, to be avail12 able to the Secretary to carry out activities 

13 through grants, cooperative agreements, con14 tracts and other arrangements, with States and 

15 other appropriate entities, which shall be avail16 able for the period July 1, 2020 through June 

17 30, 2021: Provided further, That of the funds 

18 provided to carry out this subparagraph, not 

19 less than 20 percent shall be for making com20 petitive contracts, grants, and cooperative 

21 agreements to national apprenticeship inter22 mediaries, not less than 20 percent shall be for 

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1 mediaries, and not less than 50 percent shall be 

2 used to fund grants to States. 

3 JOB CORPS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ6 ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and 

7 hire of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alter8 ation, and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the 

9 purchase of real property for training centers as author10 ized by the WIOA, $1,868,655,000, plus reimbursements, 

11 as follows: 

12 (1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 

13 which shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 

14 through June 30, 2021; 

15 (2) $233,000,000 for construction, rehabilita16 tion and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which 

17 shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 

18 through June 30, 2023, and which may include the 

19 acquisition, maintenance, and repair of major items 

20 of equipment: Provided, That the Secretary may 

21 transfer up to 15 percent of such funds to meet the 

22 operational needs of such centers or to achieve ad23 ministrative efficiencies: Provided further, That any 

24 funds transferred pursuant to the preceding provi25 sion shall not be available for obligation after June 


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1 30, 2021: Provided further, That the Committees on 

2 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

3 the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 

4 of any transfer; and 

5 (3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job 

6 Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 

7 period October 1, 2019 through September 30, 

8 2020: 

9 Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 

10 shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 

11 centers. 

12 COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER

13 AMERICANS

14 To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 

15 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $463,800,000, 

16 which shall be available for the period April 1, 2020 

17 through June 30, 2021, and may be recaptured and reobli18 gated in accordance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 

19 FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES

20 For payments during fiscal year 2020 of trade ad21 justment benefit payments and allowances under part I 

22 of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act 

23 of 1974, and section 246 of that Act; and for training, 

24 employment and case management services, allowances for 

25 job search and relocation, and related State administrative 


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1 expenses under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of 

2 title II of the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit 

3 payments, allowances, training, employment and case 

4 management services, and related State administration 

5 provided pursuant to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjust6 ment Assistance Extension Act of 2011 and section 405(a) 

7 of the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 

8 $680,000,000 together with such amounts as may be nec9 essary to be charged to the subsequent appropriation for 

10 payments for any period subsequent to September 15, 

11 2020: Provided, That notwithstanding section 502 of this 

12 Act, any part of the appropriation provided under this 

13 heading may remain available for obligation beyond the 

14 current fiscal year pursuant to the authorities of section 

15 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2317(c)). 

16 STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT

17 SERVICE OPERATIONS

18 For authorized administrative expenses, 

19 $84,066,000, together with not to exceed $3,381,695,000 

20 which may be expended from the Employment Security 

21 Administration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund 

22 (‘‘the Trust Fund’’), of which: 

23 (1) $2,618,230,000 from the Trust Fund is for 

24 grants to States for the administration of State un25 employment insurance laws as authorized under title 


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1 III of the Social Security Act (including not less 

2 than $175,000,000 to carry out reemployment serv3 ices and eligibility assessments under section 306 of 

4 such Act, any claimants of regular compensation, as 

5 defined in such section, including those who are 

6 profiled as most likely to exhaust their benefits, may 

7 be eligible for such services and assessments: Pro8 vided, That of such amount, $117,000,000 is speci9 fied for grants under section 306 of the Social Secu10 rity Act and is provided to meet the terms of section 

11 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emer12 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 

13 $58,000,000 is additional new budget authority 

14 specified for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(E)(i)(II) 

15 of such Act; and $9,000,000 for continued support 

16 of the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of 

17 Excellence), the administration of unemployment in18 surance for Federal employees and for ex-service 

19 members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 8501–8523, 

20 and the administration of trade readjustment allow21 ances, reemployment trade adjustment assistance, 

22 and alternative trade adjustment assistance under 

23 the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) of 

24 the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 

25 2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences 


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1 Extension Act of 2015, and shall be available for ob2 ligation by the States through December 31, 2020, 

3 except that funds used for automation shall be avail4 able for Federal obligation through December 31, 

5 2020, and for State obligation through September 

6 30, 2022, or, if the automation is being carried out 

7 through consortia of States, for State obligation 

8 through September 30, 2026, and for expenditure 

9 through September 30, 2027, and funds for competi10 tive grants awarded to States for improved oper11 ations and to conduct in-person reemployment and 

12 eligibility assessments and unemployment insurance 

13 improper payment reviews and provide reemploy14 ment services and referrals to training, as appro15 priate, shall be available for Federal obligation 

16 through December 31, 2020, and for obligation by 

17 the States through September 30, 2022, and funds 

18 for the Unemployment Insurance Integrity Center of 

19 Excellence shall be available for obligation by the 

20 State through September 30, 2021, and funds used 

21 for unemployment insurance workloads experienced 

22 through September 30, 2020 shall be available for 

23 Federal obligation through December 31, 2020: Pro24 vided further, That of the funds available under this 

25 paragraph for grants to States for administering 


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1 claims under State unemployment compensation 

2 laws that remain unallocated at the end of the fiscal 

3 year as a result of state workloads in administering 

4 such claims not supporting the allocation, the Sec5 retary shall use such funds (other than funds speci6 fied for other activities in this paragraph) for sup7 plemental grant funding opportunities to States in 

8 order to improve operations and modernize State 

9 Unemployment Insurance systems and such funds 

10 shall remain available for Federal obligation through 

11 December 31, 2020; 

12 (2) $12,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na13 tional activities necessary to support the administra14 tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 

15 system; 

16 (3) $658,587,000 from the Trust Fund, to17 gether with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of 

18 the Treasury, is for grants to States in accordance 

19 with section 6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall 

20 be available for Federal obligation for the period 

21 July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021; 

22 (4) $22,318,000 from the Trust Fund is for na23 tional activities of the Employment Service, includ24 ing administration of the work opportunity tax cred25 it under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 


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1 1986, and the provision of technical assistance and 

2 staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 

3 (5) $70,560,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 

4 administration of foreign labor certifications and re5 lated activities under the Immigration and Nation6 ality Act and related laws, of which $56,278,000 

7 shall be available for the Federal administration of 

8 such activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available 

9 for grants to States for the administration of such 

10 activities; and 

11 (6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to 

12 provide workforce information, national electronic 

13 tools, and one-stop system building under the Wag14 ner-Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal ob15 ligation for the period July 1, 2020 through June 

16 30, 2021: 

17 Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In18 sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2020 is 

19 projected by the Department of Labor to exceed 

20 1,758,000, an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust 

21 Fund shall be available for obligation for every 100,000 

22 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 

23 for any increment less than 100,000) to carry out title 

24 III of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 

25 funds appropriated in this Act that are allotted to a State 


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1 to carry out activities under title III of the Social Security 

2 Act may be used by such State to assist other States in 

3 carrying out activities under such title III if the other 

4 States include areas that have suffered a major disaster 

5 declared by the President under the Robert T. Stafford 

6 Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act: Provided 

7 further, That the Secretary may use funds appropriated 

8 for grants to States under title III of the Social Security 

9 Act to make payments on behalf of States for the use of 

10 the National Directory of New Hires under section 

11 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That the Sec12 retary may use funds appropriated for grants to States 

13 under title III of the Social Security Act to make pay14 ments on behalf of States to the entity operating the State 

15 Information Data Exchange System: Provided further, 

16 That funds appropriated in this Act which are used to es17 tablish a national one-stop career center system, or which 

18 are used to support the national activities of the Federal19 State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 

20 immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 

21 grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 

22 Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 

23 for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu24 rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi25 ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 


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1 may award subgrants to other States and non-State enti2 ties under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable 

3 to the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 

4 under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 

5 the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 

6 be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment In7 surance and Employment Service automation efforts, not8 withstanding cost allocation principles prescribed under 

9 the final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Require10 ments, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Fed11 eral Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regu12 lations: Provided further, That the Secretary, at the re13 quest of a State participating in a consortium with other 

14 States, may reallot funds allotted to such State under title 

15 III of the Social Security Act to other States participating 

16 in the consortium or to the entity operating the Unemploy17 ment Insurance Information Technology Support Center 

18 in order to carry out activities that benefit the administra19 tion of the unemployment compensation law of the State 

20 making the request: Provided further, That the Secretary 

21 may collect fees for the costs associated with additional 

22 data collection, analyses, and reporting services relating 

23 to the National Agricultural Workers Survey requested by 

24 State and local governments, public and private institu25 tions of higher education, and nonprofit organizations and 


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1 may utilize such sums, in accordance with the provisions 

2 of 29 U.S.C. 9a, for the National Agricultural Workers 

3 Survey infrastructure, methodology, and data to meet the 

4 information collection and reporting needs of such entities, 

5 which shall be credited to this appropriation and shall re6 main available until September 30, 2021, for such pur7 poses. 

8 ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND

9 OTHER FUNDS

10 For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 

11 Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the 

12 Social Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability 

13 Trust Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the In14 ternal Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable ad15 vances to the revolving fund established by section 901(e) 

16 of the Social Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust 

17 Fund as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal 

18 Unemployment Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such 

19 sums as may be necessary, which shall be available for 

20 obligation through September 30, 2021. 

21 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

22 For expenses of administering employment and train23 ing programs, $108,674,000, together with not to exceed 

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1 ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy2 ment Trust Fund. 

3 EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits 

6 Security Administration, $183,155,000, of which up to 

7 $3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 

8 2021, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce9 ment litigation. 

10 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION

11 PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND

12 The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor13 poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, in14 cluding financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of 

15 title IV of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 

16 of 1974, within limits of funds and borrowing authority 

17 available to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and 

18 to make such contracts and commitments without regard 

19 to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, 

20 as may be necessary in carrying out the program, includ21 ing associated administrative expenses, through Sep22 tember 30, 2020, for the Corporation: Provided, That 

23 none of the funds available to the Corporation for fiscal 

24 year 2020 shall be available for obligations for administra25 tive expenses in excess of $452,858,000: Provided further, 


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1 That to the extent that the number of new plan partici2 pants in plans terminated by the Corporation exceeds 

3 100,000 in fiscal year 2020, an amount not to exceed an 

4 additional $9,200,000 shall remain available until ex5 pended for obligations for administrative expenses for 

6 every 20,000 additional terminated participants: Provided 

7 further, That obligations in excess of the amounts provided 

8 for administrative expenses in this paragraph may be in9 curred and shall remain available until expended for obli10 gation for unforeseen and extraordinary pre-termination 

11 or termination expenses or extraordinary multiemployer 

12 program related expenses after approval by the Office of 

13 Management and Budget and notification of the Commit14 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

15 and the Senate: Provided further, That to the extent the 

16 Corporation’s expenses exceed $250,000 for the provision 

17 of credit or identity monitoring to affected individuals 

18 upon suffering a security incident or privacy breach, an 

19 additional amount shall remain available until expended 

20 for obligations for such expenses, not to exceed an addi21 tional $100 per affected individual. 

22 WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi25 sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 


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1 agencies and their employees for inspection services ren2 dered, $298,131,000. 

3 OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Man6 agement Standards, $40,187,000. 

7 OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE

8 PROGRAMS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con11 tract Compliance Programs, $120,000,000. 

12 OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ 

15 Compensation Programs, $118,609,000, together with 

16 $2,173,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 

17 in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 

18 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act. 

19 SPECIAL BENEFITS

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex22 penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during 

23 the current or any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 

24 81; continuation of benefits as provided for under the 

25 heading ‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Security 


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1 Agency Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Com2 pensation Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 

3 5(f) of the War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); obliga4 tions incurred under the War Hazards Compensation Act 

5 (42 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional 

6 compensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the 

7 Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 

8 $234,600,000, together with such amounts as may be nec9 essary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation 

10 for the payment of compensation and other benefits for 

11 any period subsequent to August 15 of the current year, 

12 for deposit into and to assume the attributes of the Em13 ployees’ Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 

14 8147(a): Provided, That amounts appropriated may be 

15 used under 5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse 

16 an employer, who is not the employer at the time of injury, 

17 for portions of the salary of a re-employed, disabled bene18 ficiary: Provided further, That balances of reimbursements 

19 unobligated on September 30, 2019, shall remain available 

20 until expended for the payment of compensation, benefits, 

21 and expenses: Provided further, That in addition there 

22 shall be transferred to this appropriation from the Postal 

23 Service and from any other corporation or instrumentality 

24 required under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for 

25 its fair share of the cost of administration, such sums as 


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1 the Secretary determines to be the cost of administration 

2 for employees of such fair share entities through Sep3 tember 30, 2020: Provided further, That of those funds 

4 transferred to this account from the fair share entities to 

5 pay the cost of administration of the Federal Employees’ 

6 Compensation Act, $74,777,000 shall be made available 

7 to the Secretary as follows: 

8 (1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto9 mated data processing systems operations and tele10 communications systems, $24,540,000; 

11 (2) For automated workload processing oper12 ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 

13 intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000; 

14 (3) For periodic roll disability management and 

15 medical review, $25,535,000; 

16 (4) For program integrity, $1,734,000; and 

17 (5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 

18 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 

19 Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 

20 person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits 

21 under 5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Work22 ers’ Compensation Act, provide as part of such notice and 

23 claim, such identifying information (including Social Secu24 rity account number) as such regulations may prescribe. 


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1 SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS

2 For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 

3 and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 

4 275, $20,970,000, to remain available until expended. 

5 For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 

6 benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 

7 for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 

8 as may be necessary. 

9 For making benefit payments under title IV for the 

10 first quarter of fiscal year 2021, $14,000,000, to remain 

11 available until expended. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES

13 OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND

14 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 

15 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

16 Act, $59,846,000, to remain available until expended: Pro17 vided, That the Secretary may require that any person fil18 ing a claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of 

19 such claim such identifying information (including Social 

20 Security account number) as may be prescribed. 

21 BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 

24 Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 

25 until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 


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1 section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Rev2 enue Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of 

3 interest on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) 

4 of that Act. In addition, the following amounts may be 

5 expended from the Fund for fiscal year 2020 for expenses 

6 of operation and administration of the Black Lung Bene7 fits program, as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to 

8 exceed $38,246,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ 

9 Compensation Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to 

10 exceed $32,844,000 for transfer to Departmental Manage11 ment, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $330,000 

12 for transfer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of In13 spector General’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for pay14 ments into miscellaneous receipts for the expenses of the 

15 Department of the Treasury. 

16 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 

19 and Health Administration, $660,908,000, including not 

20 to exceed $123,233,000 which shall be the maximum 

21 amount available for grants to States under section 23(g) 

22 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), 

23 which grants shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs 

24 of State occupational safety and health programs required 

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1 under section 18 of the Act; and, in addition, notwith2 standing 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Occupational Safety and 

3 Health Administration may retain up to $499,000 per fis4 cal year of training institute course tuition and fees, other5 wise authorized by law to be collected, and may utilize 

6 such sums for occupational safety and health training and 

7 education: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 

8 3302, the Secretary is authorized, during the fiscal year 

9 ending September 30, 2020, to collect and retain fees for 

10 services provided to Nationally Recognized Testing Lab11 oratories, and may utilize such sums, in accordance with 

12 the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, to administer national and 

13 international laboratory recognition programs that ensure 

14 the safety of equipment and products used by workers in 

15 the workplace: Provided further, That $12,690,000 shall 

16 be available for Susan Harwood training grants, of which 

17 not less than $4,500,000 is for Susan Harwood Training 

18 Capacity Building Developmental grants, as described in 

19 Funding Opportunity Number SHTG–FY–16–02 (ref20 erenced in the notice of availability of funds published in 

21 the Federal Register on May 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 

22 30568)) for program activities starting not later than Sep23 tember 30, 2020 and lasting for a period of 12 months: 

24 Provided further, That not more than $3,500,000 shall be 

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1 MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and 

4 Health Administration, $417,290,000, including purchase 

5 and bestowal of certificates and trophies in connection 

6 with mine rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of pas7 senger motor vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for 

8 mine rescue and recovery activities and not less than 

9 $10,537,000 for State assistance grants: Provided, That 

10 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 

11 may be collected by the National Mine Health and Safety 

12 Academy for room, board, tuition, and the sale of training 

13 materials, otherwise authorized by law to be collected, to 

14 be available for mine safety and health education and 

15 training activities: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

16 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Mine Safety and Health Administra17 tion is authorized to collect and retain up to $2,499,000 

18 from fees collected for the approval and certification of 

19 equipment, materials, and explosives for use in mines, and 

20 may utilize such sums for such activities: Provided further, 

21 That the Secretary is authorized to accept lands, build22 ings, equipment, and other contributions from public and 

23 private sources and to prosecute projects in cooperation 

24 with other agencies, Federal, State, or private: Provided 

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1 is authorized to promote health and safety education and 

2 training in the mining community through cooperative 

3 programs with States, industry, and safety associations: 

4 Provided further, That the Secretary is authorized to rec5 ognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safety Association as a prin6 cipal safety association and, notwithstanding any other 

7 provision of law, may provide funds and, with or without 

8 reimbursement, personnel, including service of Mine Safe9 ty and Health Administration officials as officers in local 

10 chapters or in the national organization: Provided further, 

11 That any funds available to the Department of Labor may 

12 be used, with the approval of the Secretary, to provide 

13 for the costs of mine rescue and survival operations in the 

14 event of a major disaster. 

15 BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Sta18 tistics, including advances or reimbursements to State, 

19 Federal, and local agencies and their employees for serv20 ices rendered, $600,800,000, together with not to exceed 

21 $65,000,000 which may be expended from the Employ22 ment Security Administration account in the Unemploy23 ment Trust Fund. 

24 In addition, $10,000,000 to remain available until 

25 September 30, 2024, for costs associated with the physical 


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1 move of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ headquarters, in2 cluding replication of space, furniture, fixtures, equip3 ment, and related costs, as well as relocation of the data 

4 center to a shared facility. 

5 OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability 

8 Employment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy 

9 and initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective 

10 of eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 

11 people with disabilities, $38,500,000. 

12 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For necessary expenses for Departmental Manage16 ment, including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 

17 $382,631,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, 

18 which may be expended from the Employment Security 

19 Administration account in the Unemployment Trust 

20 Fund: Provided, That $89,825,000 for the Bureau of 

21 International Labor Affairs shall be available for obliga22 tion through December 31, 2020: Provided further, That 

23 funds available to the Bureau of International Labor Af24 fairs may be used to administer or operate international 

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1 ance, and microfinance programs, by or through contracts, 

2 grants, subgrants and other arrangements: Provided fur3 ther, That not more than $53,825,000 shall be for pro4 grams to combat exploitative child labor internationally 

5 and not less than $36,000,000 shall be used to implement 

6 model programs that address worker rights issues through 

7 technical assistance in countries with which the United 

8 States has free trade agreements or trade preference pro9 grams: Provided further, That $8,040,000 shall be used 

10 for program evaluation and shall be available for obliga11 tion through September 30, 2021: Provided further, That 

12 funds available for program evaluation may be used to ad13 minister grants for the purpose of evaluation: Provided 

14 further, That grants made for the purpose of evaluation 

15 shall be awarded through fair and open competition: Pro16 vided further, That funds available for program evaluation 

17 may be transferred to any other appropriate account in 

18 the Department for such purpose: Provided further, That 

19 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days 

21 in advance of any transfer: Provided further, That the 

22 funds available to the Women’s Bureau may be used for 

23 grants to serve and promote the interests of women in the 

24 workforce: Provided further, That of the amounts made 

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1 $4,994,000 shall be used for grants authorized by the 

2 Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations 

3 Act. 

4 VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING

5 Not to exceed $256,341,000 may be derived from the 

6 Employment Security Administration account in the Un7 employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 

8 chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, 

9 of which: 

10 (1) $180,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 

11 grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis12 abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 

13 section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ em14 ployment representatives under section 4104(b) of 

15 such title, and for the expenses described in section 

16 4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obliga17 tion by the States through December 31, 2020, and 

18 not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal ex19 penditures for data systems and contract support to 

20 allow for the tracking of participant and perform21 ance information: Provided, That, in addition, such 

22 funds may be used to support such specialists and 

23 representatives in the provision of services to 

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1 gram and have been identified as in need of inten2 sive services, to members of the Armed Forces who 

3 are wounded, ill, or injured and receiving treatment 

4 in military treatment facilities or warrior transition 

5 units, and to the spouses or other family caregivers 

6 of such wounded, ill, or injured members; 

7 (2) $29,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi8 tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 

9 10 U.S.C. 1144; 

10 (3) $43,548,000 is for Federal administration 

11 of chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 

12 2021, 2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States 

13 Code: Provided, That, up to $500,000 may be used 

14 to carry out the Hire VETS Act (division O of Pub15 lic Law 115–31); and 

16 (4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ 

17 Employment and Training Services Institute under 

18 38 U.S.C. 4109: 

19 Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the 

20 appropriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 

21 above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria22 tion from which such reallocation is made. 

23 In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 

24 $60,000,000 is for carrying out programs to assist home25 less veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 


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1 transitioning from certain institutions under sections 

2 2021, 2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: 

3 Provided, That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) 

4 of section 2023, the Secretary may award grants through 

5 September 30, 2020, to provide services under such sec6 tion: Provided further, That services provided under sec7 tions 2021 or under 2021A may include, in addition to 

8 services to homeless veterans described in section 

9 2002(a)(1), services to veterans who were homeless at 

10 some point within the 60 days prior to program entry or 

11 veterans who are at risk of homelessness within the next 

12 60 days, and that services provided under section 2023 

13 may include, in addition to services to the individuals de14 scribed in subsection (e) of such section, services to vet15 erans recently released from incarceration who are at risk 

16 of homelessness: Provided further, That notwithstanding 

17 paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appropriated in 

18 this paragraph may be used for data systems and contract 

19 support to allow for the tracking of participant and per20 formance information: Provided further, That notwith21 standing sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 38, 

22 United States Code, such funds shall be available for ex23 penditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553. 

24 In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in 

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1 tion 5(b) of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall 

2 be available to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets 

3 Medallion Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and 

4 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That such 

5 sums shall be in addition to any other funds available for 

6 such purposes, including funds available under paragraph 

7 (3) of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) 

8 of division O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 

9 (Public Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not 

10 apply. 

11 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION

12 For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen13 tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re14 lated to support systems and modernization, $37,000,000, 

15 which shall be available through September 30, 2021. 

16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 

18 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

19 General Act of 1978, $90,461,000, together with not to 

20 exceed $5,660,000 which may be expended from the Em21 ployment Security Administration account in the Unem22 ployment Trust Fund. 

23 GENERAL PROVISIONS

24 SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

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1 nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora2 tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 

3 Level II. 

4 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre6 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

7 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro8 priated for the current fiscal year for the Department of 

9 Labor in this Act may be transferred between a program, 

10 project, or activity, but no such program, project, or activ11 ity shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any such 

12 transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority granted by 

13 this section shall be available only to meet emergency 

14 needs and shall not be used to create any new program 

15 or to fund any project or activity for which no funds are 

16 provided in this Act: Provided further, That the Commit17 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

18 and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in advance 

19 of any transfer. 

20 SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 

21 13126, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 

22 available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or ex23 pended for the procurement of goods mined, produced, 

24 manufactured, or harvested or services rendered, in whole 

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1 and host countries already identified by the United States 

2 Department of Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 

3 SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this sec4 tion, none of the funds made available to the Department 

5 of Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American 

6 Competitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 

7 (29 U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other 

8 than competitive grants for training individuals who are 

9 older than 16 years of age and are not currently enrolled 

10 in school within a local educational agency in the occupa11 tions and industries for which employers are using H–1B 

12 visas to hire foreign workers, and the related activities 

13 necessary to support such training. 

14 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Ad16 ministration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient 

17 of such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an indi18 vidual, either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate 

19 in excess of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not 

20 apply to vendors providing goods and services as defined 

21 in Office of Management and Budget Circular A–133. 

22 Where States are recipients of such funds, States may es23 tablish a lower limit for salaries and bonuses of those re24 ceiving salaries and bonuses from subrecipients of such 

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1 cost-of-living in the State, the compensation levels for 

2 comparable State or local government employees, and the 

3 size of the organizations that administer Federal pro4 grams involved including Employment and Training Ad5 ministration programs. 

6 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec8 retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ9 ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di10 rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv11 ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 

12 determined that those services will be more efficiently per13 formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 

14 shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 

15 (b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 

16 transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary 

17 appropriation made available to the Employment and 

18 Training Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Admin19 istration’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities 

20 relating to any of the programs or activities that are fund21 ed under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 

22 That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro23 viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 

24 of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 

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1 account to carry out program integrity activities related 

2 to the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds 

3 transferred under the authority provided by this sub4 section shall be available for obligation through September 

5 30, 2021. 

6 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 

8 than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 

9 in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 

10 out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 

11 are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 

12 this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Man13 agement’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation 

14 Officer within the Department of Labor, and shall be 

15 available for obligation through September 30, 2021: Pro16 vided, That such funds shall only be available if the Chief 

17 Evaluation Officer of the Department of Labor submits 

18 a plan to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

19 of Representatives and the Senate describing the evalua20 tions to be carried out 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

21 (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 

22 ‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, 

23 ‘‘Community Service Employment for Older Americans’’, 

24 ‘‘State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 

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1 tion’’, ‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, 

2 ‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract 

3 Compliance Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management 

4 Standards’’, ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Adminis5 tration’’, ‘‘Mine Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Of6 fice of Disability Employment Policy’’, funding made 

7 available to the ‘‘Bureau of International Labor Affairs’’ 

8 and ‘‘Women’s Bureau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Man9 agement, Salaries and Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans 

10 Employment and Training’’. 

11 SEC. 108. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, the Secretary may furnish through grants, coopera13 tive agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to 

14 $2,000,000 of excess personal property, at a value deter15 mined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for 

16 the purpose of training apprentices in those programs. 

17 SEC. 109. Funds made available in prior Acts under 

18 the heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Employment and 

19 Training Administration—State Unemployment Insur20 ance and Employment Service Operations’’ for fiscal years 

21 2015 through 2019 for automation acquisitions that are 

22 being carried out through consortia of States shall be 

23 available for expenditure for six fiscal years after the final 

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1 SEC. 110. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a 

2 Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 

3 736, chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text 

4 is part of such Act: ‘‘ 

5 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is au6 thorized to employ law enforcement officers or special 

7 agents to— 

8 ‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of 

9 Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur10 ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary 

11 to the performance of official duties by the Sec12 retary; 

13 ‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec14 tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the 

15 immediate family of the Secretary who is partici16 pating in an activity or event relating to the official 

17 duties of the Secretary; 

18 ‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec19 retary (including during periods not described in 

20 paragraph (1)) and to the members of the imme21 diate family of the Secretary if there is a unique and 

22 articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 

23 with guidelines established by the Secretary; and 

24 ‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary 

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1 Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a 

2 unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in 

3 accordance with guidelines established by the Sec4 retary. 

5 ‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may 

6 authorize a law enforcement officer or special agent em7 ployed under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing 

8 the duties authorized under subsection (a), to— 

9 ‘‘(1) carry firearms; 

10 ‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of11 fense against the United States committed in the 

12 presence of such officer or special agent; 

13 ‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, in14 cluding identifying and mitigating potential threats 

15 and conducting advance work to review security mat16 ters relating to sites and events; 

17 ‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement 

18 agencies; and 

19 ‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations 

20 into potential threats to the security of the Sec21 retary, in coordination with the Inspector General of 

22 the Department of Labor. 

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1 section (a) shall exercise any authority provided under this 

2 section in accordance with any— 

3 ‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 

6 Labor.’’. 

7 (b) This section shall be effective on the date of en8 actment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 111. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of 

10 or divest, by any means the Secretary determines appro11 priate, including an agreement or partnership to construct 

12 a new Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real prop13 erty on which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center is 

14 situated. Any sale or other disposition will not be subject 

15 to any requirement of any Federal law or regulation relat16 ing to the disposition of Federal real property, including 

17 but not limited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 

18 of the United States Code and subchapter V of chapter 

19 119 of title 42 of the United States Code. The net pro20 ceeds of such a sale shall be transferred to the Secretary, 

21 which shall be available until expended to carry out the 

22 Job Corps Program on Treasure Island. 

23 SEC. 112. Notwithstanding the Federal Assets Sale 

24 and Transfer Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–287), the pro25 ceeds from the sale of any Job Corps facility under such 


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1 Act shall be transferred to the Secretary pursuant to sec2 tion 158(g) of the WIOA. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 

4 Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 

5 TITLE II 

6 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 

7 SERVICES 

8 HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

9 PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

10 For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 

11 Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) 

12 with respect to primary health care and the Native Hawai13 ian Health Care Act of 1988, $1,676,522,000: Provided, 

14 That no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until ex15 pended for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) 

16 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That no more than 

17 $120,000,000 shall be available until expended for car18 rying out subsections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 

19 224 of the PHS Act, and for expenses incurred by the 

20 Department of Health and Human Services (referred to 

21 in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) pertaining to administrative claims 

22 made under such law. 

23 HEALTH WORKFORCE

24 For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 

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1 and 1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care 

2 Quality Improvement Act of 1986, $1,244,942,000: Pro3 vided, That sections 751(j)(2) and 762(k) of the PHS Act 

4 and the proportional funding amounts in paragraphs (1) 

5 through (4) of section 756(f) of the PHS Act shall not 

6 apply to funds made available under this heading: Pro7 vided further, That for any program operating under sec8 tion 751 of the PHS Act on or before January 1, 2009, 

9 the Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to 

10 in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may hereafter waive any 

11 of the requirements contained in sections 751(d)(2)(A) 

12 and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full project period 

13 of a grant under such section: Provided further, That no 

14 funds shall be available for section 340G-1 of the PHS 

15 Act: Provided further, That fees collected for the disclosure 

16 of information under section 427(b) of the Health Care 

17 Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and sections 

18 1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security Act shall be 

19 sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the pro20 grams authorized by such sections and shall remain avail21 able until expended for the National Practitioner Data 

22 Bank: Provided further, That funds transferred to this ac23 count to carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of part D 

24 of title III of the PHS Act may be used to make prior 

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1 subpart: Provided further, That $120,000,000 shall re2 main available until expended for the purposes of pro3 viding primary health services, assigning National Health 

4 Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) members to expand the delivery 

5 of substance use disorder treatment services, notwith6 standing the assignment priorities and limitations under 

7 sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of 

8 the PHS Act, and making payments under the NHSC 

9 Loan Repayment Program under section 338B of such 

10 Act: Provided further, That, within the amount made 

11 available in the previous proviso, $15,000,000 shall re12 main available until expended for the purposes of making 

13 payments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program 

14 under section 338B of the PHS Act to individuals partici15 pating in such program who provide primary health serv16 ices in Indian Health Service facilities, Tribally-Operated 

17 638 Health Programs, and Urban Indian Health Pro18 grams (as those terms are defined by the Secretary), not19 withstanding the assignment priorities and limitations 

20 under section 333(b) of such Act: Provided further, That 

21 for purposes of the previous two provisos, section 

22 331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as if the 

23 term ‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical substance 

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1 ment counselors: Provided further, That of the funds made 

2 available under this heading, $20,000,000 shall be avail3 able to make grants to establish or expand optional com4 munity-based nurse practitioner fellowship programs that 

5 are accredited or in the accreditation process, with a pref6 erence for those in Federally Qualified Health Centers, for 

7 practicing postgraduate nurse practitioners in primary 

8 care or behavioral health. 

9 Of the funds made available under this heading, 

10 $40,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 

11 grants to public institutions of higher education to expand 

12 or support graduate education for physicians provided by 

13 such institutions: Provided, That, in awarding such 

14 grants, the Secretary shall give priority to public institu15 tions of higher education located in States with a projected 

16 primary care provider shortage in 2025, as determined by 

17 the Secretary: Provided further, That grants so awarded 

18 are limited to such public institutions of higher education 

19 in States in the top quintile of States with a projected 

20 primary care provider shortage in 2025, as determined by 

21 the Secretary: Provided further, That the minimum 

22 amount of a grant so awarded to such an institution shall 

23 be not less than $1,000,000 per year: Provided further, 

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1 ed with respect to a year to such an institution shall be 

2 subject to a matching requirement of non-Federal funds 

3 in an amount that is not less than 10 percent of the total 

4 amount of Federal funds provided in the grant to such 

5 institution with respect to such year. 

6 MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH

7 For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 

8 PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health, title 

9 V of the Social Security Act, $972,751,000: Provided, 

10 That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of 

11 the Social Security Act, not more than $119,593,000 shall 

12 be available for carrying out special projects of regional 

13 and national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of 

14 such Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects 

15 described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 

16 501(a)(3) of such Act. 

17 RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM

18 For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with 

19 respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program, 

20 $2,435,157,000, of which $2,009,200,000 shall remain 

21 available to the Secretary through September 30, 2022, 

22 for parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and 

23 of which not less than $912,017,000 shall be for State 

24 AIDS Drug Assistance Programs under the authority of 

25 section 2616 or 311(c) of such Act: Provided, That of the 


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1 funds made available under this heading, $175,000,000 

2 shall be for the Minority AIDS Initiative under section 

3 2693 of such Act, of which $56,664,000 shall be allocated 

4 under subsection (b)(2)(A) of such section and 

5 $74,376,000 shall be allocated under subsection (b)(2)(C) 

6 of such section: Provided further, That of the funds made 

7 available under this heading, $70,000,000, to remain 

8 available until expended, shall be available to the Secretary 

9 for carrying out a program of grants and contracts under 

10 title XXVI or section 311(c) of such Act focused on ending 

11 the nationwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, with any grants 

12 issued under such section 311(c) administered in conjunc13 tion with title XXVI of the PHS Act, including the limita14 tion on administrative expenses. 

15 HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS

16 For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 

17 with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 

18 Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $123,693,000, of 

19 which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facili20 ties renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease 

21 Center. 

22 RURAL HEALTH

23 For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act 

24 with respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal 

25 Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 


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1 711 and 1820 of the Social Security Act, $317,794,000, 

2 of which $59,000,000 from general revenues, notwith3 standing section 1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall 

4 be available for carrying out the Medicare rural hospital 

5 flexibility grants program: Provided, That of the funds 

6 made available under this heading for Medicare rural hos7 pital flexibility grants, $19,942,000 shall be available for 

8 the Small Rural Hospital Improvement Grant Program 

9 for quality improvement and adoption of health informa10 tion technology and up to $1,000,000 shall be to carry 

11 out section 1820(g)(6) of the Social Security Act, with 

12 funds provided for grants under section 1820(g)(6) avail13 able for the purchase and implementation of telehealth 

14 services, including pilots and demonstrations on the use 

15 of electronic health records to coordinate rural veterans 

16 care between rural providers and the Department of Vet17 erans Affairs electronic health record system: Provided 

18 further, That notwithstanding section 338J(k) of the PHS 

19 Act, $12,500,000 shall be available for State Offices of 

20 Rural Health: Provided further, That $10,000,000 shall 

21 remain available through September 30, 2022, to support 

22 the Rural Residency Development Program. 

23 FAMILY PLANNING

24 For carrying out the program under title X of the 

25 PHS Act to provide for voluntary family planning 


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1 projects, $400,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

2 carry out section 1001 of the PHS Act solely in accord3 ance with any regulations or other conditions or instruc4 tions established by the Secretary pursuant to the author5 ity under section 1006 of the PHS Act that applied as 

6 of January 18, 2017, to grants and contracts awarded 

7 under section 1001 of the PHS Act: Provided further, 

8 That amounts provided to said projects under such title 

9 shall not be expended for abortions, that all pregnancy 

10 counseling shall be nondirective, and that such amounts 

11 shall not be expended for any activity (including the publi12 cation or distribution of literature) that in any way tends 

13 to promote public support or opposition to any legislative 

14 proposal or candidate for public office. 

15 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

16 For program support in the Health Resources and 

17 Services Administration, $155,250,000: Provided, That 

18 funds made available under this heading may be used to 

19 supplement program support funding provided under the 

20 headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’, 

21 ‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS 

22 Program’’, ‘‘Health Care Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 

23 VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND

24 For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 

25 Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 


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1 may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-re2 lated injury or death with respect to vaccines administered 

3 after September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title 

4 XXI of the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: 

5 Provided, That for necessary administrative expenses, not 

6 to exceed $11,200,000 shall be available from the Trust 

7 Fund to the Secretary. 

8 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

9 IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES

10 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 

11 section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immi12 gration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Ref13 ugee Education Assistance Act, with respect to immuniza14 tion and respiratory diseases, $499,758,000. 

15 HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED

16 DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION

17 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of 

18 the PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, 

19 sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 

20 $1,335,197,000. 

21 EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES

22 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 

23 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration 

24 and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Edu25 cation Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and 


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1 zoonotic infectious diseases, $592,622,000: Provided, That 

2 of the funds made available under this heading to pay for 

3 the transportation, medical care, treatment, and other re4 lated costs of persons quarantined or isolated under Fed5 eral or State quarantine law, up to $1,000,000 shall re6 main available until expended. 

7 CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH

8 PROMOTION

9 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and 

10 XIX of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease pre11 vention and health promotion, $1,080,121,000: Provided, 

12 That funds made available under this heading may be 

13 available for making grants under section 1509 of the 

14 PHS Act for not less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal orga15 nizations: Provided further, That of the funds made avail16 able under this heading, $15,000,000 shall be available to 

17 continue and expand community specific extension and 

18 outreach programs to combat obesity in counties with the 

19 highest levels of obesity: Provided further, That the pro20 portional funding requirements under section 1503(a) of 

21 the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available 

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1 BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 

2 DISABILITIES AND HEALTH

3 For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 

4 PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis5 abilities, disabilities and health, $161,560,000. 

6 PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES

7 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

8 Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 

9 informatics, and workforce development, $603,897,000. 

10 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

11 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

12 Act with respect to environmental health, $226,350,000. 

13 INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL

14 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

15 Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 

16 $697,559,000, of which $25,000,000 is provided for fire17 arm injury and mortality prevention research. 

18 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND

19 HEALTH

20 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

21 Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 

22 of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 

23 of the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response 

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1 ty and Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and 

2 health, $346,300,000. 

3 ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS

4 COMPENSATION PROGRAM

5 For necessary expenses to administer the Energy 

6 Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program 

7 Act, $55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Pro8 vided, That this amount shall be available consistent with 

9 the provision regarding administrative expenses in section 

10 151(b) of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 

11 GLOBAL HEALTH

12 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

13 Act with respect to global health, $523,621,000, of which: 

14 (1) $128,421,000 shall remain available through Sep15 tember 30, 2021, for international HIV/AIDS; and (2) 

16 $99,762,000 shall be available for global public health pro17 tection: Provided, That funds may be used for purchase 

18 and insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign coun19 tries. 

20 PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE

21 For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 

22 Act with respect to public health preparedness and re23 sponse, and for expenses necessary to support activities 

24 related to countering potential biological, nuclear, radio25 logical, and chemical threats to civilian populations, 


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1 $880,200,000: Provided, That the Director of the Centers 

2 for Disease Control and Prevention (referred to in this 

3 title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the Administrator of the Agency for 

4 Toxic Substances and Disease Registry may detail staff 

5 without reimbursement for up to 180 days to support an 

6 activation of the CDC Emergency Operations Center, so 

7 long as the Director or Administrator, as applicable, pro8 vides a notice to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

9 House of Representatives and the Senate within 15 days 

10 of the use of this authority and a full report within 30 

11 days after use of this authority which includes the number 

12 of staff and funding level broken down by the originating 

13 center and number of days detailed. 

14 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc17 tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 

18 $30,000,000, which shall remain available until September 

19 30, 2024: Provided, That in addition to the amount pro20 vided, for a new CDC research support building and all 

21 related material handling, utility, transportation, and per22 sonnel support infrastructure at the Chamblee campus, in23 cluding necessary acquisition of real property, equipment, 

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1 rived by transfer from the Fund established by Public Law 

2 110-161, division G, title II, section 223 and shall remain 

3 available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That 

4 funds previously set aside by CDC for repair and upgrade 

5 of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory 

6 shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety re7 search facility: Provided further, That in addition, the 

8 prior year unobligated balance of any amounts assigned 

9 to former employees in accounts of CDC made available 

10 for Individual Learning Accounts shall be credited to and 

11 merged with the amounts made available under this head12 ing to support the replacement of the mine safety research 

13 facility. 

14 CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 

17 section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activi18 ties and program support for activities funded in other 

19 appropriations included in this Act for the Centers for 

20 Disease Control and Prevention, $163,570,000, of which 

21 up to $10,000,000 may be transferred to the reserve of 

22 the Working Capital Fund authorized under this heading 

23 in division F of Public Law 112–74: Provided, That para24 graphs (1) through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 

25 of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated 


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1 under this heading and in all other accounts of the CDC: 

2 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 

3 under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be transferred to 

4 and merged with the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response 

5 Reserve Fund established by section 231 of division B of 

6 Public Law 115-245: Provided further, That any funds 

7 made available by this Act to the Centers for Disease Con8 trol and Prevention may be used to support the purchase, 

9 hire, maintenance, and operation of an aircraft for use and 

10 support of the activities of CDC: Provided further, That 

11 employees of CDC or the Public Health Service, both civil12 ian and commissioned officers, detailed to States, munici13 palities, or other organizations under authority of section 

14 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall be 

15 treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes 

16 only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling 

17 applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the pe18 riod of detail or assignment: Provided further, That CDC 

19 may use up to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to 

20 CDC in this Act for official reception and representation 

21 expenses when specifically approved by the Director of 

22 CDC: Provided further, That in addition, such sums as 

23 may be derived from authorized user fees, which shall be 

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1 viso, authorized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Pro2 gram and the Respirator Certification Program shall be 

3 available through September 30, 2021. 

4 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

5 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE

6 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

7 Act with respect to cancer, $6,249,165,000, of which up 

8 to $30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and im9 provements at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick 

10 Federally Funded Research and Development Center in 

11 Frederick, Maryland. 

12 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE

13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

14 Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood dis15 eases, and blood and blood products, $3,658,822,000. 

16 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL

17 RESEARCH

18 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

19 Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 

20 $484,350,000. 

21 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND

22 KIDNEY DISEASES

23 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

24 Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis25 ease, $2,129,027,000. 


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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS

2 AND STROKE

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

4 Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 

5 $2,315,571,000. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS

7 DISEASES

8 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

9 Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 

10 $5,808,268,000. 

11 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES

12 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

13 Act with respect to general medical sciences, 

14 $3,033,183,000, of which $1,146,821,000 shall be from 

15 funds available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Pro16 vided, That not less than $381,573,000 is provided for 

17 the Institutional Development Awards program. 

18 EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF

19 CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

20 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

21 Act with respect to child health and human development, 

22 $1,580,084,000. 


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1 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE

2 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

3 Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 

4 $835,465,000. 

5 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

6 SCIENCES

7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

8 Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 

9 $812,570,000. 

10 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING

11 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

12 Act with respect to aging, $3,286,107,000. 

13 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND

14 MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES

15 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

16 Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 

17 diseases, $634,637,000. 

18 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER

19 COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

20 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

21 Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis22 orders, $497,590,000. 

23 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH

24 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

25 Act with respect to nursing research, $170,958,000. 


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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND

2 ALCOHOLISM

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

4 Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 

5 $551,278,000. 

6 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE

7 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

8 Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,489,237,000. 

9 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

10 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

11 Act with respect to mental health, $1,891,704,000. 

12 NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE

13 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

14 Act with respect to human genome research, 

15 $603,710,000. 

16 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND

17 BIOENGINEERING

18 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

19 Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 

20 research, $408,498,000. 

21 NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND

22 INTEGRATIVE HEALTH

23 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

24 Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 

25 $153,632,000. 


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1 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND

2 HEALTH DISPARITIES

3 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

4 Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 

5 research, $341,244,000. 

6 JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER

7 For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 

8 International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 

9 title IV of the PHS Act), $84,926,000. 

10 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE

11 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

12 Act with respect to health information communications, 

13 $463,599,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 

14 improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 

15 available until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That 

16 in fiscal year 2020, the National Library of Medicine may 

17 enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 

18 services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 

19 the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re20 ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 

21 NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL

22 SCIENCES

23 For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 

24 Act with respect to translational sciences, $845,783,000: 

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1 plement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures 

2 Acceleration Network. 

3 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR

4 For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 

5 the Director, NIH, $2,049,992,000: Provided, That fund6 ing shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 

7 29 passenger motor vehicles for replacement only: Pro8 vided further, That all funds credited to the NIH Manage9 ment Fund shall remain available for one fiscal year after 

10 the fiscal year in which they are deposited: Provided fur11 ther, That $165,000,000 shall be for the Environmental 

12 Influences on Child Health Outcomes study: Provided fur13 ther, That $617,761,000 shall be available for the Com14 mon Fund established under section 402A(c)(1) of the 

15 PHS Act: Provided further, That of the funds provided, 

16 $10,000 shall be for official reception and representation 

17 expenses when specifically approved by the Director of the 

18 NIH: Provided further, That the Office of AIDS Research 

19 within the Office of the Director of the NIH may spend 

20 up to $8,000,000 to make grants for construction or ren21 ovation of facilities as provided for in section 

22 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That 

23 $25,000,000 shall be used to carry out section 404I of 

24 the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283K), relating to biomedical and 

25 behavioral research facilities. 


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1 In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com2 mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS 

3 Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund 

4 from the 10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund de5 scribed in section 9008 of title 26, United States Code, 

6 for the purpose of carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) 

7 of the PHS Act (relating to pediatric research), as author8 ized in the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act. 

9 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES

10 For the study of, construction of, demolition of, ren11 ovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of 

12 or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property, 

13 $200,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 

14 2024. 

15 NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de18 scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures 

19 Act, in addition to amounts available for such purposes 

20 in the appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, 

21 $492,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro22 vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to 

23 section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 

24 amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such 

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1 tional Institutes of Health to other accounts of the Na2 tional Institutes of Health solely for the purposes provided 

3 in such Act: Provided further, That upon a determination 

4 by the Director that funds transferred pursuant to the 

5 previous proviso are not necessary for the purposes pro6 vided, such amounts may be transferred back to the Ac7 count: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro8 vided under this heading is in addition to any other trans9 fer authority provided by law. 

10 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES

11 ADMINISTRATION

12 MENTAL HEALTH

13 For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 

14 Act with respect to mental health, the Protection and Ad15 vocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, and section 

16 224 of the Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014, 

17 $1,622,974,000: Provided, That of the funds made avail18 able under this heading, $70,887,000 shall be for the Na19 tional Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: Provided further, 

20 That notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, 

21 no funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall 

22 be available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: 

23 Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 

24 herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 

25 of the PHS Act to supplement funds otherwise available 


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1 for mental health activities and to carry out subpart I of 

2 part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 

3 1920(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection 

4 and evaluation activities, and further that the total avail5 able under this Act for section 1920(b) activities shall not 

6 exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart 

7 I of part B of title XIX: Provided further, That up to 10 

8 percent of the amounts made available to carry out the 

9 Children’s Mental Health Services program may be used 

10 to carry out demonstration grants or contracts for early 

11 interventions with persons not more than 25 years of age 

12 at clinical high risk of developing a first episode of psy13 chosis: Provided further, That section 520E(b)(2) of the 

14 PHS Act shall not apply to funds appropriated in this Act 

15 for fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That of the total 

16 amount each State receives for carrying out section 1911 

17 of the PHS Act, the State shall expend at least 10 percent 

18 of such total amount to support evidence-based programs 

19 that address the needs of individuals with early serious 

20 mental illness, including psychotic disorders, regardless of 

21 the age at onset, and shall expend at least five percent 

22 of such total amount for evidence-based crisis care pro23 grams addressing the needs of individuals with serious 

24 mental illnesses and children with serious mental and emo25 tional disturbances: Provided further, That $150,000,000 


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1 shall be available until September 30, 2022, for grants to 

2 communities and community organizations who meet cri3 teria for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics 

4 pursuant to section 223(a) of Public Law 113–93: Pro5 vided further, That none of the funds provided for section 

6 1911 of the PHS Act shall be subject to section 241 of 

7 such Act. 

8 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT

9 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 

10 with respect to substance abuse treatment, title XIX of 

11 such Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and 

12 prevention, and section 3203 of the Support for Patients 

13 and Communities Act, $3,761,056,000: Provided, That 

14 $1,500,000,000 shall be for State Opioid Response Grants 

15 for carrying out activities pertaining to opioids undertaken 

16 by the State agency responsible for administering the sub17 stance abuse prevention and treatment block grant under 

18 subpart II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 300x–21 et seq.): Provided further, That of such 

20 amount $50,000,000 shall be made available to Indian 

21 Tribes or tribal organizations: Provided further, That 15 

22 percent of the remaining amount shall be for the States 

23 with the highest mortality rate related to opioid use dis24 orders: Provided further, That of the amounts provided for 

25 State Opioid Response Grants not more than 2 percent 


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1 shall be available for Federal administrative expenses, 

2 training, technical assistance, and evaluation: Provided 

3 further, That of the amount not reserved by the previous 

4 three provisos, the Secretary shall make allocations to 

5 States, territories, and the District of Columbia according 

6 to a formula using national survey results that the Sec7 retary determines are the most objective and reliable 

8 measure of drug use and drug-related deaths: Provided 

9 further, That the Secretary shall submit the formula meth10 odology to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

11 of Representatives and the Senate not less than 15 days 

12 prior to publishing a Funding Opportunity Announce13 ment: Provided further, That prevention and treatment ac14 tivities funded through such grants may include education, 

15 treatment (including the provision of medication), behav16 ioral health services for individuals in treatment programs, 

17 referral to treatment services, recovery support, and med18 ical screening associated with such treatment: Provided 

19 further, That each State, as well as the District of Colum20 bia, shall receive not less than $4,000,000: Provided fur21 ther, That in addition to amounts provided herein, the fol22 lowing amounts shall be available under section 241 of the 

23 PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out subpart II of part 

24 B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 1935(b) 

25 technical assistance, national data, data collection and 


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1 evaluation activities, and further that the total available 

2 under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not ex3 ceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart 

4 II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate 

5 substance abuse treatment programs: Provided further, 

6 That none of the funds provided for section 1921 of the 

7 PHS Act or State Opioid Response Grants shall be subject 

8 to section 241 of such Act. 

9 SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION

10 For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act 

11 with respect to substance abuse prevention, $212,469,000. 

12 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT

13 For program support and cross-cutting activities that 

14 supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental 

15 Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 

16 Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 

17 of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi18 viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse 

19 and Mental Health Services Administration, 

20 $128,830,000: Provided, That in addition to amounts pro21 vided herein, $31,428,000 shall be available under section 

22 241 of the PHS Act to supplement funds available to 

23 carry out national surveys on drug abuse and mental 

24 health, to collect and analyze program data, and to con25 duct public awareness and technical assistance activities: 


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1 Provided further, That, in addition, fees may be collected 

2 for the costs of publications, data, data tabulations, and 

3 data analysis completed under title V of the PHS Act and 

4 provided to a public or private entity upon request, which 

5 shall be credited to this appropriation and shall remain 

6 available until expended for such purposes: Provided fur7 ther, That amounts made available in this Act for carrying 

8 out section 501(o) of the PHS Act shall remain available 

9 through September 30, 2021: Provided further, That 

10 funds made available under this heading may be used to 

11 supplement program support funding provided under the 

12 headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treat13 ment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Prevention’’. 

14 AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

15 HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY

16 For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, 

17 part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 

18 1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, 

19 and Modernization Act of 2003, $339,809,000: Provided, 

20 That in addition to amounts provided herein, $18,408,000 

21 shall be available from amounts available under section 

22 241 of the PHS Act: Provided further, That section 947(c) 

23 of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal year 2020: Pro24 vided further, That in addition, amounts received from 

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1 agency agreements, and the sale of data shall be credited 

2 to this appropriation and shall remain available until Sep3 tember 30, 2021. 

4 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES

5 GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID

6 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

7 XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $273,188,478,000, 

8 to remain available until expended. 

9 In addition, for carrying out such titles after May 31, 

10 2020, for the last quarter of fiscal year 2020 for unantici11 pated costs incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums 

12 as may be necessary, to remain available until expended. 

13 In addition, for carrying out such titles for the first 

14 quarter of fiscal year 2021, $139,903,075,000, to remain 

15 available until expended. 

16 Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 

17 quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 

18 in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 

19 such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent 

20 quarter. 

21 PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS

22 For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance 

23 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In24 surance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 

25 1844, and 1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 


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1 103(c) and 111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 

2 1965, section 278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for 

3 administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 

4 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $410,796,100,000. 

5 In addition, for making matching payments under 

6 section 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D– 

7 16 of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated 

8 in budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 

9 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

10 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

11 XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 

12 XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 

13 Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil14 ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not 

15 to exceed $3,984,744,000, to be transferred from the Fed16 eral Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Sup17 plementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized 

18 by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with 

19 all funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the 

20 PHS Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security 

21 Act, funds retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 

22 1893(h) of the Social Security Act, and such sums as may 

23 be collected from authorized user fees and the sale of data, 

24 which shall be credited to this account and remain avail25 able until expended: Provided, That all funds derived in 


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1 accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations estab2 lished under title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited 

3 to and available for carrying out the purposes of this ap4 propriation: Provided further, That the Secretary is di5 rected to collect fees in fiscal year 2020 from Medicare 

6 Advantage organizations pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) 

7 of the Social Security Act and from eligible organizations 

8 with risk-sharing contracts under section 1876 of that Act 

9 pursuant to section 1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided 

10 further, That amounts available under this heading for 

11 quality improvement organizations (as defined in section 

12 1152 of the Social Security Act) may not exceed the 

13 amount provided under this heading in division H of the 

14 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 115- 

15 141) for such organizations. 

16 In addition, the Secretary shall obligate not less than 

17 $100,000,000 in fiscal year 2020 out of amounts collected 

18 through the user fees on participating health insurance 

19 issuers pursuant to section 156.50 of title 45, Code of 

20 Federal Regulations (or any successor regulations) to 

21 carry out the navigator program (as described in section 

22 1311(i) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act 

23 (42 U.S.C. 18031(i)), and to carry out outreach and edu24 cational activities, for purposes of informing potential en25 rollees in qualified health plans (as defined in section 


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1 1301(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 18021(a)) offered through 

2 an Exchange established or operated by the Secretary 

3 within a State, of the availability of coverage under such 

4 plans and financial assistance for coverage under such 

5 plans: Provided, That awards under such program shall 

6 be based solely on an entity’s demonstrated capacity to 

7 carry out each of the duties specified in section 1311(i)(3) 

8 of such Act: Provided further, That not less than 

9 $15,000,000 shall be obligated for national television and 

10 not less than $15,000,000 shall be obligated for internet 

11 search advertising for purposes of carrying out such out12 reach and educational activities: Provider further, That not 

13 less than $30,000,000 of the funds made available in this 

14 paragraph shall be obligated for advertising during the 

15 final two weeks of the open enrollment period specified by 

16 the Secretary pursuant to section 1311(c)(6)(B) of such 

17 Act occurring during 2019: Provided further, That no 

18 amounts collected through such user fees shall be available 

19 for expenditures for promoting health insurance coverage 

20 or a group health plan (as such terms are defined in sec21 tion 2791 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-91)) that 

22 is not a qualified health plan. 

23 HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT

24 In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro25 gram integrity and program management, $786,000,000, 


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1 to remain available through September 30, 2021, to be 

2 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 

3 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 

4 Trust Fund, as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social 

5 Security Act, of which $610,000,000 shall be for the Cen6 ters for Medicare & Medicaid Services program integrity 

7 activities, of which $93,000,000 shall be for the Depart8 ment of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector 

9 General to carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized 

10 by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act, and of which 

11 $83,000,000 shall be for the Department of Justice to 

12 carry out fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 

13 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, That the report re14 quired by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social Security Act 

15 for fiscal year 2020 shall include measures of the oper16 ational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and abuse 

17 in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for the 

18 funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 

19 That of the amount provided under this heading, 

20 $311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 

21 251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 

22 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 

23 $475,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified 

24 for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided 

25 further, That the Secretary shall provide not less than 


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1 $18,000,000 from amounts made available under this 

2 heading and amounts made available for fiscal year 2020 

3 under section 1817(k)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act for 

4 the Senior Medicare Patrol program to combat health care 

5 fraud and abuse. 

6 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

7 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT

8 ENFORCEMENT AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS

9 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 

10 I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 

11 and the Act of July 5, 1960, $2,890,000,000, to remain 

12 available until expended; and for such purposes for the 

13 first quarter of fiscal year 2021, $1,400,000,000, to re14 main available until expended. 

15 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 

16 year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 

17 XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 

18 July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 

19 year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 

20 year, such sums as may be necessary. 

21 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE

22 For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 

23 of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assist24 ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), 

25 $3,840,304,000: Provided, That notwithstanding section 


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1 2609A(a) of such Act, not more than $2,988,000 may be 

2 reserved by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

3 for technical assistance, training, and monitoring of pro4 gram activities for compliance with internal controls, poli5 cies and procedures and the Secretary may, in addition 

6 to the authorities provided in section 2609A(a)(1), use 

7 such funds through contracts with private entities that do 

8 not qualify as nonprofit organizations: Provided further, 

9 That $3,637,316,000 of the amount appropriated under 

10 this heading shall be allocated to each State and territory 

11 in amounts equal to the amount each State and territory 

12 was allocated in fiscal year 2018 pursuant to allocations 

13 made from amounts appropriated under this heading in 

14 the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 

15 115-141): Provided further, that $37,280,000 of the 

16 amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated 

17 as though the total appropriation for such payments for 

18 fiscal year 2020 was less than $1,975,000,000. 

19 REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE

20 For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant as21 sistance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immi22 gration and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Ref23 ugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying 

24 out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, 

25 section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 


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1 Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking 

2 Victims Protection Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Tor3 ture Victims Relief Act of 1998, $2,411,701,000, of which 

4 $2,364,446,000 shall remain available through September 

5 30, 2022 for carrying out such sections 414, 501, 462, 

6 and 235: Provided, That amounts available under this 

7 heading to carry out the TVPA shall also be available for 

8 research and evaluation with respect to activities under 

9 such Act: Provided further, That not less than 

10 $190,000,000 shall be used for legal services, child advo11 cates, and post-release services: Provided further, That 

12 none of the funds made available by this Act may be used 

13 to implement or enforce the Memorandum of Agreement 

14 Among the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Depart15 ment of Health and Human Services and U.S. Immigra16 tion and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and 

17 Border Protection of the Department of Homeland Secu18 rity Regarding Consultation and Information Sharing in 

19 Unaccompanied Alien Children Matters, dated April 13, 

20 2018: Provided further, That not later than 30 days after 

21 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 

22 and Human Services shall submit to the Committees on 

23 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

24 Senate a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds 

25 made available in this account, including the following: 


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1 costs, capacity, and timelines for existing grants and con2 tracts; costs for expanding capacity through use of com3 munity-based residential care placements (including long4 term and transitional foster care and small group homes) 

5 through new or modified grants and contracts; costs and 

6 services to be provided for legal services, child advocates, 

7 and post-release services; program administration; and the 

8 average number of weekly referrals and discharge rate as9 sumed in the spend plan: Provided further, That such plan 

10 shall be updated to reflect changes and expenditures and 

11 submitted to the Committees every 60 days thereafter. 

12 None of the funds made available in this Act may 

13 be used in contravention of the Homeland Security Act 

14 of 2002, the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Pro15 tection Reauthorization Act of 2008, or the Adoption and 

16 Safe Families Act of 1997 (as those law are in effect on 

17 the date of the enactment of this Act, and including provi18 sions of other statutes amended or added by those laws, 

19 as so in effect), or the Stipulated Settlement Agreement 

20 in Flores v. Reno (U.S. District Court, Central District 

21 of California, 1997). 

22 PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND

23 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT

24 For carrying out the Child Care and Development 

25 Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), 


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1 $7,676,000,000 shall be used to supplement, not supplant 

2 State general revenue funds for child care assistance for 

3 low-income families: Provided, That technical assistance 

4 under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided di5 rectly, or through the use of contracts, grants, cooperative 

6 agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided further, 

7 That all funds made available to carry out section 418 

8 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including 

9 funds appropriated for that purpose in such section 418 

10 or any other provision of law, shall be subject to the res11 ervation of funds authority in paragraphs (4) and (5) of 

12 section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act: Provided further, 

13 That in addition to the amounts required to be reserved 

14 by the Secretary under section 658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, 

15 $156,780,000 shall be for Indian tribes and tribal organi16 zations. 

17 SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

18 For making grants to States pursuant to section 

19 2002 of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Pro20 vided, That notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 

21 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable percent specified 

22 under such subparagraph for a State to carry out State 

23 programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 

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1 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS

2 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 

3 Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, 

4 the Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Preven5 tion and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the 

6 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native 

7 American Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child 

8 Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Reform 

9 Act of 1978 (adoption opportunities), part B–1 of title IV 

10 and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 

11 of the Social Security Act, and the Community Services 

12 Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’); and for necessary admin13 istrative expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, 

14 XVI, and XX–A of the Social Security Act, the Act of 

15 July 5, 1960, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 

16 Act of 1981, the Child Care and Development Block Grant 

17 Act of 1990, the Assets for Independence Act, title IV of 

18 the Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of 

19 the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, 

20 $13,967,468,000, of which $75,000,000, to remain avail21 able through September 30, 2021, shall be for grants to 

22 States for adoption and legal guardianship incentive pay23 ments, as defined by section 473A of the Social Security 

24 Act and may be made for adoptions and legal 

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1 vided, That $11,563,095,000 shall be for making pay2 ments under the Head Start Act, of which, notwith3 standing section 640 of such Act: 

4 (1) $217,000,000 shall be available for a cost 

5 of living adjustment, and with respect to any con6 tinuing appropriations act, funding available for a 

7 cost of living adjustment shall not be construed as 

8 an authority or condition under this Act; 

9 (2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 

10 by the Secretary to supplement activities described 

11 in paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of 

12 the Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal 

13 System, established under the authority of sections 

14 641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, 

15 and such funds shall not be included in the calcula16 tion of ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as 

17 such term is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such 

18 Act; 

19 (3) $1,330,000,000, in addition to funds other20 wise available under such section 640 for such pur21 poses, shall be available through March 31, 2021, 

22 for Early Head Start programs as described in sec23 tion 645A of such Act, for conversion of Head Start 

24 services to Early Head Start services as described in 

25 section 645(a)(5)(A) of such Act, for discretionary 


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1 grants for high quality infant and toddler care 

2 through Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, 

3 to entities defined as eligible under section 645A(d) 

4 of such Act, for training and technical assistance for 

5 such activities, and for up to $26,000,000 in Federal 

6 costs of administration and evaluation; 

7 (4) $750,000,000 shall be available for quality 

8 improvement consistent with section 640(a)(5) of 

9 such Act; and 

10 (5) $8,000,000 shall be available for the pur11 poses of re-establishing the Tribal Colleges and Uni12 versities Head Start Partnership Program consistent 

13 with section 648(g) of such Act: 

14 Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res15 ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act 

16 in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections 

17 640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such 

18 Act: Provided further, That $350,000,000 shall be avail19 able until December 31, 2020 for carrying out sections 

20 9212 and 9213 of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Pro21 vided further, That up to 3 percent of the funds in the 

22 preceding proviso shall be available for technical assist23 ance and evaluation related to grants awarded under such 

24 section 9212: Provided further, That $796,000,000 shall 

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1 further, That $36,000,000 shall be for sections 680 and 

2 678E(b)(2) of the CSBG Act, of which not less than 

3 $25,000,000 shall be for section 680(a)(2) and not less 

4 than $11,000,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of 

5 such Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 

6 675C(a)(3) of such Act, to the extent Community Services 

7 Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a 

8 State to an eligible entity as provided under such Act, and 

9 have not been expended by such entity, they shall remain 

10 with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for 

11 expenditure by such entity consistent with program pur12 poses: Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish 

13 procedures regarding the disposition of intangible assets 

14 and program income that permit such assets acquired 

15 with, and program income derived from, grant funds au16 thorized under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become 

17 the sole property of such grantees after a period of not 

18 more than 12 years after the end of the grant period for 

19 any activity consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the 

20 CSBG Act: Provided further, That intangible assets in the 

21 form of loans, equity investments and other debt instru22 ments, and program income may be used by grantees for 

23 any eligible purpose consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) 

24 of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That these procedures 

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1 vember 29, 1999: Provided further, That funds appro2 priated for section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be 

3 available for financing construction and rehabilitation and 

4 loans or investments in private business enterprises owned 

5 by community development corporations: Provided further, 

6 That $175,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 

7 303(a) of the Family Violence Prevention and Services 

8 Act, of which $5,000,000 shall be allocated notwith9 standing section 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying out 

10 section 309 of such Act: Provided further, That the per11 centages specified in section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse 

12 Prevention and Treatment Act shall not apply to funds 

13 appropriated under this heading: Provided further, That 

14 $1,864,000 shall be for a human services case manage15 ment system for federally declared disasters, to include a 

16 comprehensive national case management contract and 

17 Federal costs of administering the system: Provided fur18 ther, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the 

19 Public Assistance Reporting Information System, includ20 ing grants to States to support data collection for a study 

21 of the system’s effectiveness. 

22 PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES

23 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, sec24 tion 436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, 

25 for carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 


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1 of such Act, $79,765,000: Provided, That of the funds 

2 available to carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be 

3 allocated consistent with subsections (b) through (d) of 

4 such section: Provided further, That of the funds available 

5 to carry out section 437, to assist in meeting the require6 ments described in section 471(e)(4)(C), $20,000,000 

7 shall be for grants to each State, territory, and Indian 

8 tribe operating title IV–E plans for developing, enhancing, 

9 or evaluating kinship navigator programs, as described in 

10 section 427(a)(1) of such Act: Provided further, That sec11 tion 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts in the previous 

12 proviso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘3.3 percent’’, and 

13 notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), such reserved amounts 

14 may be used for identifying, establishing, and dissemi15 nating practices to meet the criteria specified in section 

16 471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That the reservation in 

17 section 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 437(d) 

18 shall not apply to funds specified in the second proviso: 

19 Provided further, That the minimum grant award for kin20 ship navigator programs in the case of States and terri21 tories shall be $200,000, and, in the case of tribes, shall 

22 be $25,000: Provided further, That section 437(b)(4) of 

23 such Act shall be applied by substituting ‘‘fiscal year 

24 2020’’ for ‘‘fiscal year 2018’’. 


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1 PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY

2 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 

3 IV–E of the Social Security Act, $5,744,000,000. 

4 For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 

5 IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of 

6 fiscal year 2021, $3,000,000,000. 

7 For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 

8 year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 

9 E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 

10 current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 

11 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 

12 ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING

13 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro16 vided, the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the 

17 RAISE Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grand18 parents Raising Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX 

19 of the PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, 

20 section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Patients 

21 and Providers Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Secu22 rity Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 

23 Bill of Rights Act, parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title 

24 II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive 

25 Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and section 


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1 14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation Act 

2 of 1973, and for Department-wide coordination of policy 

3 and program activities that assist individuals with disabil4 ities, $2,294,343,000, together with $55,000,000 to be 

5 transferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 

6 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 

7 Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus 

8 Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That 

9 amounts appropriated under this heading may be used for 

10 grants to States under section 361 of the OAA only for 

11 disease prevention and health promotion programs and ac12 tivities which have been demonstrated through rigorous 

13 evaluation to be evidence-based and effective: Provided 

14 further, That of amounts made available under this head15 ing to carry out sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, 

16 up to one percent of such amounts shall be available for 

17 developing and implementing evidence-based practices for 

18 enhancing senior nutrition: Provided further, That not19 withstanding any other provision of this Act, funds made 

20 available under this heading to carry out section 311 of 

21 the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary of Agri22 culture in accordance with such section: Provided further, 

23 That $2,000,000 shall be for competitive grants to sup24 port alternative financing programs that provide for the 

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1 interest loan fund; an interest buy-down program; a re2 volving loan fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance pro3 gram: Provided further, That applicants shall provide an 

4 assurance that, and information describing the manner in 

5 which, the alternative financing program will expand and 

6 emphasize consumer choice and control: Provided further, 

7 That State agencies and community-based disability orga8 nizations that are directed by and operated for individuals 

9 with disabilities shall be eligible to compete: Provided fur10 ther, That none of the funds made available under this 

11 heading may be used by an eligible system (as defined in 

12 section 102 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals 

13 with Mental Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue 

14 to pursue any legal action in a Federal or State court on 

15 behalf of an individual or group of individuals with a de16 velopmental disability (as defined in section 102(8)(A) of 

17 the Developmental Disabilities and Assistance and Bill of 

18 Rights Act of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that is at19 tributable to a mental impairment (or a combination of 

20 mental and physical impairments), that has as the re21 quested remedy the closure of State operated intermediate 

22 care facilities for people with intellectual or developmental 

23 disabilities, unless reasonable public notice of the action 

24 has been provided to such individuals (or, in the case of 

25 mental incapacitation, the legal guardians who have been 


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1 specifically awarded authority by the courts to make 

2 healthcare and residential decisions on behalf of such indi3 viduals) who are affected by such action, within 90 days 

4 of instituting such legal action, which informs such indi5 viduals (or such legal guardians) of their legal rights and 

6 how to exercise such rights consistent with current Fed7 eral Rules of Civil Procedure: Provided further, That the 

8 limitations in the immediately preceding proviso shall not 

9 apply in the case of an individual who is neither competent 

10 to consent nor has a legal guardian, nor shall the proviso 

11 apply in the case of individuals who are a ward of the 

12 State or subject to public guardianship. 

13 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

14 GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

15 For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 

16 general departmental management, including hire of six 

17 passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 

18 XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, functions 

19 of the Departmental Appeals Board authorized in title 

20 XVIII of the Social Security Act, the United States-Mex21 ico Border Health Commission Act, and research studies 

22 under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, 

23 $474,169,000, together with $64,828,000 from the 

24 amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act to 

25 carry out national health or human services research and 


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1 evaluation activities: Provided, That of the funds made 

2 available under this heading, $60,000,000 shall be for mi3 nority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: Provided 

4 further, That of the funds made available under this head5 ing, $20,000,000 shall be for the Departmental Appeals 

6 Board: Provided further, That of the funds made available 

7 under this heading, $110,000,000 shall be for making 

8 competitive grants to public and private entities, as well 

9 as continuing to fund through fiscal year 2020 grants 

10 awarded for fiscal years 2015 through 2019, to fund medi11 cally accurate and age appropriate programs that reduce 

12 teen pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated with 

13 administering and evaluating such grants, of which not 

14 more than 10 percent of the available funds shall be for 

15 training and technical assistance, outreach, and additional 

16 program support activities, and of the remaining amount 

17 75 percent shall be for replicating programs that have 

18 been proven effective through rigorous evaluation to re19 duce teenage pregnancy, behavioral risk factors underlying 

20 teenage pregnancy, or other associated risk factors, and 

21 25 percent shall be available for research and demonstra22 tion grants to develop, replicate, refine, and test additional 

23 models and innovative strategies for preventing teenage 

24 pregnancy: Provided further, That amounts made available 

25 under this heading for programs to reduce teen pregnancy 


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1 shall not be made available by interagency agreement or 

2 otherwise to any agency within the Department of Health 

3 and Human Services other than the Office of the Sec4 retary to carry out or support such programs: Provided 

5 further, That of the amounts provided under this heading 

6 from amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act, 

7 $6,800,000 shall be available to carry out evaluations (in8 cluding longitudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy 

9 prevention approaches: Provided further, That funds pro10 vided in this Act for embryo adoption activities may be 

11 used to provide to individuals adopting embryos, through 

12 grants and other mechanisms, medical and administrative 

13 services deemed necessary for such adoptions: Provided 

14 further, That such services shall be provided consistent 

15 with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4). 

16 For an additional amount for prize competitions (as 

17 authorized by section 24 of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech18 nology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3719)), 

19 $10,000,000. 

20 OFFICE OF MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS

21 For expenses necessary for the Office of Medicare 

22 Hearings and Appeals, $182,381,000 shall remain avail23 able until September 30, 2021, to be transferred in appro24 priate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 


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1 Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 

2 Trust Fund. 

3 OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH

4 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

5 For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 

6 Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 

7 grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the de8 velopment and advancement of interoperable health infor9 mation technology, $60,367,000 shall be available from 

10 amounts available under section 241 of the PHS Act. 

11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

12 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

13 General, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for 

14 investigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspec15 tor General Act of 1978, $85,000,000: Provided, That of 

16 such amount, necessary sums shall be available for pro17 viding protective services to the Secretary and inves18 tigating non-payment of child support cases for which non19 payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228. 

20 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

21 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 

22 Rights, $38,798,000. 


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1 RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR

2 COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

3 For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 

4 Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by 

5 law, for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family 

6 Protection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for med7 ical care of dependents and retired personnel under the 

8 Dependents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be 

9 required during the current fiscal year. 

10 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY

11 FUND

12 For expenses necessary to support activities related 

13 to countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, 

14 chemical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, 

15 and for other public health emergencies, $1,083,458,000, 

16 of which $566,700,000 shall remain available through 

17 September 30, 2021, for expenses necessary to support 

18 advanced research and development pursuant to section 

19 319L of the PHS Act and other administrative expenses 

20 of the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 

21 Authority: Provided, That funds provided under this head22 ing for the purpose of acquisition of security counter23 measures shall be in addition to any other funds available 

24 for such purpose: Provided further, That products pur25 chased with funds provided under this heading may, at 


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1 the discretion of the Secretary, be deposited in the Stra2 tegic National Stockpile pursuant to section 319F–2 of 

3 the PHS Act: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the 

4 amounts made available to support emergency operations 

5 shall remain available through September 30, 2022. 

6 For expenses necessary for procuring security coun7 termeasures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the 

8 PHS Act), $735,000,000, to remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 For expenses necessary to carry out section 319F11 2(a) of the PHS Act, $920,000,000, to remain available 

12 until expended. 

13 For an additional amount for expenses necessary to 

14 prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic, 

15 $270,000,000, of which $225,000,000 shall be available 

16 until expended, for activities including the development 

17 and purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical sup18 plies, diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided, 

19 That notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, 

20 funds may be used for the construction or renovation of 

21 privately owned facilities for the production of pandemic 

22 influenza vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary 

23 finds such construction or renovation necessary to secure 

24 sufficient supplies of such vaccines or biologics. 


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1 GENERAL PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 

3 available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception 

4 and representation expenses when specifically approved by 

5 the Secretary. 

6 SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 

7 shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 

8 a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 

9 of Executive Level II. 

10 SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

11 may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 

12 except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or 

13 for other taps and assessments made by any office located 

14 in HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a re15 port by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropria16 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate de17 tailing the planned uses of such funds. 

18 SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the 

19 PHS Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, 

20 but not more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appro21 priated for programs authorized under such Act shall be 

22 made available for the evaluation (directly, or by grants 

23 or contracts) and the implementation and effectiveness of 

24 programs funded in this title. 


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1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre3 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

4 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro5 priated for the current fiscal year for HHS in this Act 

6 may be transferred between appropriations, but no such 

7 appropriation shall be increased by more than 3 percent 

8 by any such transfer: Provided, That the transfer author9 ity granted by this section shall be available only to meet 

10 emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new 

11 program or to fund any project or activity for which no 

12 funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the 

13 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent14 atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad15 vance of any transfer. 

16 SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 

17 338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in 

18 such section may occur up to 60 days after the effective 

19 date of a contract awarded in fiscal year 2020 under sec20 tion 338B of such Act, or at any time if the individual 

21 who has been awarded such contract has not received 

22 funds due under the contract. 

23 SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

24 may be made available to any entity under title X of the 

25 PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to 


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1 the Secretary that it encourages family participation in 

2 the decision of minors to seek family planning services and 

3 that it provides counseling to minors on how to resist at4 tempts to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 

5 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act 

7 shall be exempt from any State law requiring notification 

8 or the reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual 

9 abuse, rape, or incest. 

10 SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

11 (including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 

12 used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 

13 Secretary denies participation in such program to an oth14 erwise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Or15 ganization) because the entity informs the Secretary that 

16 it will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 

17 referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 

18 make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capita19 tion payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially 

20 sound estimate of the expected costs of providing the serv21 ice to such entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That noth22 ing in this section shall be construed to change the Medi23 care program’s coverage for such services and a Medicare 

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1 responsible for informing enrollees where to obtain infor2 mation about all Medicare covered services. 

3 SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 

4 title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro5 mote gun control. 

6 SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through 

7 assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 

8 Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 

9 work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 

10 by the Agency for International Development, the United 

11 Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 

12 World Health Organization. 

13 SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out inter14 national health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other 

15 infectious disease, chronic and environmental disease, and 

16 other health activities abroad during fiscal year 2020: 

17 (1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiv18 alent to that available to the Secretary of State in 

19 section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authori20 ties Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with 

21 the Secretary of State and relevant Chief of Mission 

22 to ensure that the authority provided in this section 

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1 cable statutes administered by the Department of 

2 State. 

3 (2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 

4 funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 

5 of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac6 quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage7 ment of facilities outside of the United States for 

8 the use of HHS. The Department of State shall co9 operate fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS 

10 has secure, safe, functional facilities that comply 

11 with applicable regulation governing location, set12 back, and other facilities requirements and serve the 

13 purposes established by this Act. The Secretary is 

14 authorized, in consultation with the Secretary of 

15 State, through grant or cooperative agreement, to 

16 make available to public or nonprofit private institu17 tions or agencies in participating foreign countries, 

18 funds to acquire, lease, alter, or renovate facilities in 

19 those countries as necessary to conduct programs of 

20 assistance for international health activities, includ21 ing activities relating to HIV/AIDS and other infec22 tious diseases, chronic and environmental diseases, 

23 and other health activities abroad. 

24 (3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 

25 personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 


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1 serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to 

2 those provided under chapter 9 of title I of the For3 eign Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 

4 through 4086 and subject to such regulations pre5 scribed by the Secretary. The Secretary is further 

6 authorized to provide locality-based comparability 

7 payments (stated as a percentage) up to the amount 

8 of the locality-based comparability payment (stated 

9 as a percentage) that would be payable to such per10 sonnel under section 5304 of title 5, United States 

11 Code if such personnel’s official duty station were in 

12 the District of Columbia. Leaves of absence for per13 sonnel under this subsection shall be on the same 

14 basis as that provided under subchapter I of chapter 

15 63 of title 5, United States Code, or section 903 of 

16 the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to individuals serv17 ing in the Foreign Service. 

18 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 

20 Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 

21 to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 

22 amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 

23 research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 

24 Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 

25 House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 

26 least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 


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1 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

2 SEC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act 

3 for NIH, the amount for research related to the human 

4 immunodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Di5 rector of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Re6 search, shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS 

7 Research’’ account. The Director of the Office of AIDS 

8 Research shall transfer from such account amounts nec9 essary to carry out section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 

10 SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 

11 other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 

12 may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the 

13 PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, 

14 cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research 

15 identified pursuant to or research and activities described 

16 in such section 402(b)(12). 

17 (b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 

18 under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer 

19 review procedures (including consultation with appropriate 

20 scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro21 priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 

22 merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions 

23 in lieu of the peer review and advisory council review pro24 cedures that would otherwise be required under sections 


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1 301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, 

2 and 494 of the PHS Act. 

3 SEC. 216. Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appro4 priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the 

5 National Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, 

6 repair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the 

7 proper and efficient conduct of the activities authorized 

8 herein, at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project. 

9 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 

11 1 percent of the amount made available for National Re12 search Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available 

13 to the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services 

14 Administration to make NRSA awards for research in pri15 mary medical care to individuals affiliated with entities 

16 who have received grants or contracts under sections 736, 

17 739, or 747 of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount 

18 made available for NRSA shall be made available to the 

19 Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Qual20 ity to make NRSA awards for health service research. 

21 SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research 

22 and Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into 

23 a contract, for more than one but no more than 10 pro24 gram years, for purchase of research services or of security 

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1 2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 

2 if— 

3 (1) funds are available and obligated— 

4 (A) for the full period of the contract or 

5 for the first fiscal year in which the contract is 

6 in effect; and 

7 (B) for the estimated costs associated with 

8 a necessary termination of the contract; and 

9 (2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 

10 contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 

11 Government by encouraging full and open competi12 tion or promoting economy in administration, per13 formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 

14 (b) A contract entered into under this section— 

15 (1) shall include a termination clause as de16 scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 

17 United States Code; and 

18 (2) shall be subject to the congressional notice 

19 requirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 

20 SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 

21 year 2021 budget justification and on Departmental Web 

22 sites information concerning the employment of full-time 

23 equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the pur24 poses of implementing, administering, enforcing, or other25 wise carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the 


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1 amendments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year 

2 and each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 

3 (b) With respect to employees or contractors sup4 ported by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying 

5 out the ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), 

6 the Secretary shall include, at a minimum, the following 

7 information: 

8 (1) For each such fiscal year, the section of 

9 such Act under which such funds were appropriated, 

10 a statement indicating the program, project, or ac11 tivity receiving such funds, the Federal operating di12 vision or office that administers such program, and 

13 the amount of funding received in discretionary or 

14 mandatory appropriations. 

15 (2) For each such fiscal year, the number of 

16 full-time equivalent employees or contracted employ17 ees assigned to each authorized and funded provision 

18 detailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 

19 (c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may 

20 exclude from the report employees or contractors who— 

21 (1) are supported through appropriations en22 acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro23 grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 


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1 (2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 

2 activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 

3 or 

4 (3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting 

5 is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed6 price contracts. 

7 SEC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 

8 fiscal year 2021 budget of the President submitted under 

9 section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, informa10 tion that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers 

11 for Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health 

12 Insurance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enact13 ment of the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds 

14 for fiscal year 2021. Such information shall include, for 

15 each such fiscal year, the amount of funds used for each 

16 activity specified under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance 

17 Exchange Transparency’’ in the committee report accom18 panying this Act. 

19 SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 

20 Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 

21 the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 

22 or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 

23 the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program 

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1 section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to 

2 risk corridors). 

3 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 SEC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this 

5 Act, the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under 

6 section 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the 

7 amounts specified, and for the activities specified under 

8 the heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the 

9 committee report accompanying this Act. 

10 (b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 

11 Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 

12 (c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 

13 section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with14 out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 

15 SEC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on 

16 November 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2022, any pro17 vision of law that refers (including through cross-reference 

18 to another provision of law) to the current recommenda19 tions of the United States Preventive Services Task Force 

20 with respect to breast cancer screening, mammography, 

21 and prevention shall be administered by the Secretary in22 volved as if— 

23 (1) such reference to such current recommenda24 tions were a reference to the recommendations of 

25 such Task Force with respect to breast cancer 


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1 screening, mammography, and prevention last issued 

2 before 2009; and 

3 (2) such recommendations last issued before 

4 2009 applied to any screening mammography modal5 ity under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act 

6 (42 U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 

7 SEC. 224. In making Federal financial assistance, the 

8 provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, 

9 Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the 

10 approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall con11 tinue to apply to the National Institutes of Health to the 

12 same extent and in the same manner as such provisions 

13 were applied in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None 

14 of the funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise 

15 made available to the Department of Health and Human 

16 Services or to any department or agency may be used to 

17 develop or implement a modified approach to such provi18 sions, or to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal 

19 effect of the approval of such deviations from negotiated 

20 rates beyond the proportional effect of such approvals in 

21 such quarter. 

22 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 225. The NIH Director may transfer funds spe24 cifically appropriated for opioid addiction, opioid alter25 natives, pain management, and addiction treatment to 

26 other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for 


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1 the same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees 

2 on Appropriations: Provided, That the transfer authority 

3 provided in the previous proviso is in addition to any other 

4 transfer authority provided by law. 

5 SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the 

6 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent7 atives and the Senate: 

8 (1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from 

9 the Exchanges established under the Patient Protec10 tion and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to 

11 enrollments during the open enrollment period; and 

12 (2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 

13 awards, including supplements, authorized under 

14 section 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 

15 (b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 

16 and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 

17 advance of any public release of enrollment information 

18 or the award of such grants. 

19 SEC. 227. Not later than the 15th day of each month, 

20 the Department of Health and Human Services shall pro21 vide the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

22 Representatives and Senate a report on staffing described 

23 in the committee report accompanying this Act. 

24 SEC. 228. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 

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1 partment of Health and Human Services shall also be 

2 available to pay travel and related expenses of such an 

3 employee or of a member of his or her family, when such 

4 employee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in 

5 a U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that 

6 are the subject of a determination of a public health emer7 gency under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 

8 and such travel is necessary to obtain medical care for 

9 an illness, injury, or medical condition that cannot be ade10 quately addressed in that location at that time. For pur11 poses of this section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means 

12 Guam, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern 

13 Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or 

14 the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. 

15 SEC. 229. The Department of Health and Human 

16 Services may accept donations from the private sector, 

17 nongovernmental organizations, and other groups inde18 pendent of the Federal Government for the care of unac19 companied alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) 

20 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 

21 279(g)(2))) in the care of the Office of Refugee Resettle22 ment of the Administration for Children and Families, in23 cluding medical goods and services, school supplies, toys, 

24 clothing, and any other items intended to promote the 

25 wellbeing of such children. 


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1 (RESCISSION)

2 SEC. 230. Of the unobligated balances made available 

3 by section 301(b)(3) of Public Law 114-10, 

4 $4,300,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 

5 SEC. 231. None of the funds made available by this 

6 Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or 

7 Member of the House of Representatives from entering, 

8 for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the 

9 United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody 

10 of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 

11 defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 

12 of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))). Nothing in this section 

13 shall be construed to require such a Senator or Member 

14 to provide prior notice of the intent to enter such a facility 

15 for such purpose. 

16 SEC. 232. To the extent practicable, and so long as 

17 it is appropriate and in the best interest of the child, in 

18 cases where the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the De19 partment of Health and Human Services is responsible for 

20 the care of siblings who are unaccompanied alien children 

21 (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security 

22 Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2)), the Director of the Of23 fice shall place the siblings— 

24 (1) in the same facility; or 

25 (2) with the same sponsor. 


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1 SEC. 233. (a) None of the funds provided by this Act 

2 or provided by any accounts in the Treasury of the United 

3 States derived by the collection of fees available to the Sec4 retary of Health and Human Services, or to any other offi5 cial of a Federal agency funded by this Act may be used 

6 to facilitate the Secretary of Homeland Security placing 

7 in detention, removing, referring for a decision whether 

8 to initiate removal proceedings, or initiating removal pro9 ceedings against a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member 

10 of a household of a sponsor or potential sponsor of an un11 accompanied alien child (as defined in section 462(g) of 

12 the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))) 

13 based on information shared by the Secretary of Health 

14 and Human Services, or information shared by an unac15 companied alien child himself or herself with the Depart16 ment of Homeland Security or the Department of Health 

17 and Human Services. 

18 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if a background 

19 check of a sponsor, potential sponsor, or member of a 

20 household of a sponsor or potential sponsor reveals— 

21 (1) a felony conviction or pending felony charge 

22 that relates to— 

23 (A) an aggravated felony (as defined in 

24 section 101(a)(43) of the Immigration and Na25 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(43))); 


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1 (B) child abuse; 

2 (C) sexual violence or abuse; or 

3 (D) child pornography; 

4 (2) an association with any business that em5 ploys a minor who— 

6 (A) is unrelated to the sponsor, potential 

7 sponsor, or member of a household of a sponsor 

8 or potential sponsor; and 

9 (B) is— 

10 (i) not paid a legal wage; or 

11 (ii) unable to attend school due to em12 ployment; or 

13 (3) an association with the organization or im14 plementation of prostitution. 

15 SEC. 234. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used to house unaccompanied alien children 

17 (as such term is defined in section 462(g) of the Home18 land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g))) in— 

19 (a) soft-sided dormitories; or 

20 (b) an influx facility that is not State-licensed for the 

21 care of dependent minors, except in the case that the Sec22 retary of Health and Human Services determines that 

23 housing unaccompanied alien children in such a facility 

24 is necessary on a temporary basis due to an influx of such 

25 children or an emergency, provided that— 


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1 (1) any such influx facility that remains in op2 eration for more than three consecutive months shall 

3 fully comply with the requirements listed in Exhibit 

4 1 of the Flores Settlement Agreement, regardless of 

5 the status of the underlying settlement agreement, 

6 as well as the standard staffing ratio requirements 

7 for youth care workers, mental health providers, and 

8 clinicians to children that permanent facilities are 

9 required to meet, including those in section 4.4.1 of 

10 the Office of Refugee Resettlement’s (ORR) Policies 

11 and Procedures Guide for ‘‘Children Entering the 

12 United States Unaccompanied’’; 

13 (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Serv14 ices may grant a one-month waiver for an influx fa15 cility’s non-compliance with paragraph (1) if the 

16 Secretary certifies and provides a report to Congress 

17 on the facility’s good-faith efforts and progress to18 wards compliance; 

19 (3) not more than three consecutive waivers 

20 under paragraph (2) may be granted to any one fa21 cility; 

22 (4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the 

23 monitoring requirements set forth in section 5.5 of 

24 its Policies and Procedures Guide; and 


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1 (5) for any such influx facility in operation for 

2 more than three consecutive months, ORR shall con3 duct a minimum of one comprehensive monitoring 

4 visit during the first three months of operation, with 

5 quarterly monitoring visits thereafter. 

6 SEC. 235. Not later than 14 days after the date of 

7 enactment of this Act, and weekly thereafter, the Sec8 retary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the 

9 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent10 atives and the Senate, and make publicly available online, 

11 a report with respect to children who were separated from 

12 their parents or legal guardians by the Department of 

13 Homeland Security (DHS) (regardless of whether or not 

14 such separation was pursuant to an option selected by the 

15 children, parents, or guardians), subsequently classified as 

16 unaccompanied alien children, and transferred to the care 

17 and custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the 

18 Department of Health and Human Services (ORR) during 

19 the previous week. Each report shall contain the following 

20 information: 

21 (1) The number and ages of children so sepa22 rated at or between ports of entry, to be reported by 

23 sector where separation occurred. 

24 (2) The documented cause of separation, as re25 ported by DHS when each child was referred. 


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1 (3) The custody status of the parents or legal 

2 guardians from whom the child was separated. 

3 SEC. 236. (a) None of the funds made available by 

4 this Act may be awarded to any organization, including 

5 under the Federal Foster Care program under part E of 

6 title IV of the Social Security Act, that does not comply 

7 with subsections (c) and (d) of section 75.300 of title 45, 

8 Code of Federal Regulations (prohibiting discrimination 

9 on the basis of age, disability, sex, race, color, national 

10 origin, religion, gender identity, or sexual orientation). 

11 (b) None of the funds made available by this Act may 

12 be used by the Department of Health and Human Services 

13 to grant an exception from either such subsection for any 

14 Federal grantee. 

15 SEC. 237. Funds appropriated under this Act, any 

16 previous appropriations Act, or the Patient Protection and 

17 Affordable Care Act that are available for salaries and ex18 penses of employees of the Department of Health and 

19 Human Services shall also remain available for obligation 

20 for the primary and secondary schooling of eligible de21 pendents of HHS personnel stationed in the Common22 wealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth of the Northern 

23 Mariana Islands, and other territories or possessions of 

24 the United States at costs not in excess of those paid for 

25 or reimbursed by the Department of Defense. 


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1 SEC. 238. None of the funds made available by this 

2 Act may be used to implement, enforce, or otherwise give 

3 effect to the revision to section 447.10 of title 42, Code 

4 of Federal Regulations, contained in the proposed rule en5 titled ‘‘Medicaid Program; Reassignment of Medicaid Pro6 vider Claims’’ (83 Fed. Reg. 32252 (July 12, 2018)). 

7 SEC. 239. None of the funds appropriated in this bill 

8 or otherwise made available to the Department of Health 

9 and Human Services shall be used to publish the proposed 

10 regulation in the Fall 2018 Unified Agenda of Regulatory 

11 and Deregulatory Actions relating to the Medicaid Non12 emergency Medical Transportation benefit for Medicaid 

13 beneficiaries expected to be published for comment in May 

14 2019 and promulgated in Fall 2019 (RIN: 0938–AT81). 

15 SEC. 240. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used to finalize, implement, or enforce the rule 

17 entitled ‘‘Protecting Statutory Conscience Rights in 

18 Health Care; Delegations of Authority’’ issued by the De19 partment of Health and Human Services (RIN 0945– 

20 AA10). 

21 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 

22 and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 


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1 TITLE III 

2 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

3 EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED

4 For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 

5 title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

6 of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 

7 418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to 

8 in this Act as ‘‘HEA’’), $17,563,802,000, of which 

9 $6,638,625,000 shall become available on July 1, 2020, 

10 and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, 

11 and of which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on 

12 October 1, 2020, and shall remain available through Sep13 tember 30, 2021, for academic year 2020–2021: Provided, 

14 That $6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under sec15 tion 1124 of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to 

16 $5,000,000 of these funds shall be available to the Sec17 retary of Education (referred to in this title as ‘‘Sec18 retary’’) on October 1, 2019, to obtain annually updated 

19 local educational agency-level census poverty data from 

20 the Bureau of the Census: Provided further, That 

21 $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentration grants under 

22 section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided further, That 

23 $4,519,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under section 

24 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 

25 $4,519,050,000 shall be for education finance incentive 


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1 grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided fur2 ther, That $224,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 

3 2 of part B of title II: Provided further, That $50,000,000 

4 shall be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA. 

5 IMPACT AID

6 For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 

7 federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 

8 ESEA, $1,498,112,000, of which $1,351,242,000 shall be 

9 for basic support payments under section 7003(b), 

10 $48,316,000 shall be for payments for children with dis11 abilities under section 7003(d), $17,406,000, shall be for 

12 construction under section 7007(a), $76,313,000 shall be 

13 for Federal property payments under section 7002, and 

14 $4,835,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 

15 for facilities maintenance under section 7008: Provided, 

16 That for purposes of computing the amount of a payment 

17 for an eligible local educational agency under section 

18 7003(a) for school year 2019–2020, children enrolled in 

19 a school of such agency that would otherwise be eligible 

20 for payment under section 7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but 

21 due to the deployment of both parents or legal guardians, 

22 or a parent or legal guardian having sole custody of such 

23 children, or due to the death of a military parent or legal 

24 guardian while on active duty (so long as such children 

25 reside on Federal property as described in section 


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1 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible under such section, 

2 shall be considered as eligible students under such section, 

3 provided such students remain in average daily attendance 

4 at a school in the same local educational agency they at5 tended prior to their change in eligibility status. 

6 SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS

7 For carrying out school improvement activities au8 thorized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 

9 1 of part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title 

10 V, and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKin11 ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the 

12 Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Com13 pact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and 

14 the Civil Rights Act of 1964, $6,016,470,000, of which 

15 $4,174,902,000 shall become available on July 1, 2020, 

16 and remain available through September 30, 2021, and 

17 of which $1,681,441,000 shall become available on Octo18 ber 1, 2020, and shall remain available through September 

19 30, 2021, for academic year 2020-2021: Provided, That 

20 $378,000,000 shall be for part B of title I: Provided fur21 ther, That $1,321,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: 

22 Provided further, That $40,000,000 shall be for part B 

23 of title VI and may be used for construction, renovation, 

24 and modernization of any elementary school, secondary 

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1 ondary school, run by the Department of Education of the 

2 State of Hawaii, that serves a predominantly Native Ha3 waiian student body: Provided further, That $36,453,000 

4 shall be for part C of title VI and shall be awarded on 

5 a competitive basis, and also may be used for construction: 

6 Provided further, That $60,400,000 shall be available to 

7 carry out section 203 of the Educational Technical Assist8 ance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make such ar9 rangements as determined to be necessary to ensure that 

10 the Bureau of Indian Education has access to services pro11 vided under this section: Provided further, That 

12 $16,699,000 shall be available to carry out the Supple13 mental Education Grants program for the Federated 

14 States of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Is15 lands: Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve 

16 up to 5 percent of the amount referred to in the previous 

17 proviso to provide technical assistance in the implementa18 tion of these grants: Provided further, That $180,840,000 

19 shall be for part B of title V: Provided further, That 

20 $1,320,000,000 shall be available for grants under sub21 part 1 of part A of title IV. 

22 INDIAN EDUCATION

23 For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent 

24 not otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 

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1 2 of part A of title VI and $13,000,000 shall be for sub2 part 3 of part A of title VI. 

3 INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT

4 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 

5 3 and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and 

6 subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 

7 $1,223,815,000: Provided, That $304,815,000 shall be for 

8 subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made 

9 available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 

10 2241: Provided further, That $619,000,000 shall be for 

11 parts C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, 

12 and shall be made available without regard to sections 

13 4311, 4409(a), and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, 

14 That notwithstanding section 4601(b), $300,000,000 shall 

15 be available through December 31, 2020 for subpart 1 of 

16 part F of title IV, of which $170,000,000 shall be for so17 cial and emotional learning grants, and $125,000,000 

18 shall be used for science, technology, engineering, arts, 

19 and mathematics, including computer science education 

20 grants. 

21 SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

22 For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 

23 and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $240,000,000: 

24 Provided, That $120,000,000 shall be available for section 

25 4631, of which up to $10,000,000, to remain available 


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1 until expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency 

2 Response to Violence (Project SERV) program: Provided 

3 further, That $40,000,000 shall be available for section 

4 4625: Provided further, That $80,000,000 shall be avail5 able through December 31, 2020, for section 4624. 

6 ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

7 For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 

8 $980,000,000, which shall become available on July 1, 

9 2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 

10 2021, except that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be 

11 available on October 1, 2019, and shall remain available 

12 through September 30, 2021, to carry out activities under 

13 section 3111(c)(1)(C). 

14 SPECIAL EDUCATION

15 For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 

16 Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 

17 and Empowerment Act of 2004, $14,523,544,000, of 

18 which $4,975,709,000 shall become available on July 1, 

19 2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 

20 2021, and of which $9,283,383,000 shall become available 

21 on October 1, 2020, and shall remain available through 

22 September 30, 2021, for academic year 2020–2021: Pro23 vided, That the amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA 

24 shall be equal to the lesser of the amount available for 

25 that activity during fiscal year 2019, increased by the 


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1 amount of inflation as specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) 

2 of the IDEA, or the percent change in the funds appro3 priated under section 611(i) of the IDEA, but not less 

4 than the amount for that activity during fiscal year 2019: 

5 Provided further, That the Secretary shall, without regard 

6 to section 611(d) of the IDEA, distribute to all other 

7 States (as that term is defined in section 611(g)(2)), sub8 ject to the third proviso, any amount by which a State’s 

9 allocation under section 611, from funds appropriated 

10 under this heading, is reduced under section 

11 612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on 

12 the basis of the States’ relative populations of children 

13 aged 3 through 21 who are of the same age as children 

14 with disabilities for whom the State ensures the avail15 ability of a free appropriate public education under this 

16 part, and 15 percent to States on the basis of the States’ 

17 relative populations of those children who are living in pov18 erty: Provided further, That the Secretary may not dis19 tribute any funds under the previous proviso to any State 

20 whose reduction in allocation from funds appropriated 

21 under this heading made funds available for such a dis22 tribution: Provided further, That the States shall allocate 

23 such funds distributed under the second proviso to local 

24 educational agencies in accordance with section 611(f): 

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1 cation under section 611(d) of the IDEA is reduced under 

2 section 612(a)(18)(B) and the amounts distributed to 

3 States under the previous provisos in fiscal year 2012 or 

4 any subsequent year shall not be considered in calculating 

5 the awards under section 611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or 

6 for any subsequent fiscal years: Provided further, That, 

7 notwithstanding the provision in section 612(a)(18)(B) re8 garding the fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under 

9 section 611(d) is reduced for failure to comply with the 

10 requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may 

11 apply the reduction specified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over 

12 a period of consecutive fiscal years, not to exceed five, 

13 until the entire reduction is applied: Provided further, 

14 That the Secretary may, in any fiscal year in which a 

15 State’s allocation under section 611 is reduced in accord16 ance with section 612(a)(18)(B), reduce the amount a 

17 State may reserve under section 611(e)(1) by an amount 

18 that bears the same relation to the maximum amount de19 scribed in that paragraph as the reduction under section 

20 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State 

21 would have received in that fiscal year under section 

22 611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Provided further, 

23 That the Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of 

24 funds under section 611 for any fiscal year following the 

25 fiscal year for which the State fails to comply with the 


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1 requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by 

2 section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec3 tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 

4 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved 

5 under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide tech6 nical assistance to States to improve the capacity of the 

7 States to meet the data collection requirements of sections 

8 616 and 618 and to administer and carry out other serv9 ices and activities to improve data collection, coordination, 

10 quality, and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Pro11 vided further, That the Secretary may use funds made 

12 available for the State Personnel Development Grants pro13 gram under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate pro14 gram performance under such subpart: Provided further, 

15 That States may use funds reserved for other State-level 

16 activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of the IDEA 

17 to make subgrants to local educational agencies, institu18 tions of higher education, other public agencies, and pri19 vate non-profit organizations to carry out activities au20 thorized by those sections: Provided further, That, not21 withstanding section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or 

22 fewer States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) 

23 of such Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each 

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1 ther, That if more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant 

2 to section 643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award 

3 funds to those States on the basis of the States’ relative 

4 populations of infants and toddlers except that no such 

5 State shall receive a grant in excess of the amount de6 scribed in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act. 

7 REHABILITATION SERVICES

8 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro9 vided, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller 

10 National Center Act, $3,752,076,000, of which 

11 $3,610,040,000 shall be for grants for vocational rehabili12 tation services under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Pro13 vided, That the Secretary may use amounts provided in 

14 this Act that remain available subsequent to the reallot15 ment of funds to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the 

16 Rehabilitation Act for innovative activities aimed at im17 proving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities as de18 fined in section 7(20)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act, includ19 ing activities aimed at improving the education and post20 school outcomes of children receiving Supplemental Secu21 rity Income (‘‘SSI’’) and their families that may result 

22 in long-term improvement in the SSI child recipient’s eco23 nomic status and self-sufficiency: Provided further, That 

24 States may award subgrants for a portion of the funds 

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1 further, That any funds made available subsequent to real2 lotment for innovative activities aimed at improving the 

3 outcomes of individuals with disabilities shall remain avail4 able until September 30, 2021. 

5 SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH

6 DISABILITIES

7 AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND

8 For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education 

9 of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $39,000,000. 

10 NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF

11 For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 

12 under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act 

13 of 1986, $80,000,000: Provided, That from the total 

14 amount available, the Institute may at its discretion use 

15 funds for the endowment program as authorized under 

16 section 207 of such Act. 

17 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY

18 For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 

19 the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 

20 support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 

21 the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $138,361,000: 

22 Provided, That from the total amount available, the Uni23 versity may at its discretion use funds for the endowment 

24 program as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 


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1 CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION

2 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro3 vided, the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu4 cation Act of 2006 (Perkins Act), and the Adult Edu5 cation and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), 

6 $2,003,133,000, of which $1,212,133,000 shall become 

7 available on July 1, 2020, and shall remain available 

8 through September 30, 2021, and of which $791,000,000 

9 shall become available on October 1, 2020, and shall re10 main available through September 30, 2021: Provided, 

11 That of the amounts made available for the AEFLA, 

12 $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activities 

13 under section 242. 

14 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

15 For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, 

16 and part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,937,352,000, 

17 which shall remain available through September 30, 2021. 

18 The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 

19 be eligible during award year 2020–2021 shall be $5,285. 

20 STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION

21 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 

22 D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 

23 parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 

24 1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 

25 $1,678,943,000, to remain available through September 


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1 30, 2021: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new 

2 student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 

3 servicers on the basis of their past performance compared 

4 to all loan servicers, utilizing established common metrics, 

5 and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process 

6 new and existing accounts and compliance with Federal 

7 and State law: Provided further, That for student loan 

8 contracts awarded prior to October 1, 2017, the Secretary 

9 shall allow student loan borrowers who are consolidating 

10 Federal student loans to select from any student loan 

11 servicer to service their new consolidated student loan: 

12 Provided further, That in order to promote accountability 

13 and high-quality service to borrowers, the Secretary shall 

14 not award funding for any contract solicitation for a new 

15 Federal student loan servicing environment, including the 

16 solicitation for the FSA Next Generation Processing and 

17 Servicing Environment, unless such an environment pro18 vides for the participation of multiple student loan 

19 servicers that contract directly with the Department of 

20 Education: Provided further, That the FSA Next Genera21 tion Processing and Servicing Environment, or any new 

22 Federal student loan servicing environment, shall include 

23 accountability measures that account for the performance 

24 of the portfolio and contractor compliance with Federal 

25 Student Aid (FSA) guidelines: Provided further, That 


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1 FSA shall ensure that contracts for the Next Generation 

2 Processing and Servicing Environment, or any new Fed3 eral loan servicing environment, incentivize more support 

4 to borrowers at risk of delinquency or default: Provided 

5 further, That the Secretary shall provide quarterly brief6 ings to the Committees on Appropriations and Education 

7 and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Com8 mittees on Appropriations and Health, Education, Labor, 

9 and Pensions of the Senate on general progress related 

10 to solicitations for Federal student loan servicing con11 tracts. 

12 HIGHER EDUCATION

13 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro14 vided, titles II, III, IV, V, VI, and VII of the HEA, the 

15 Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, 

16 and section 117 of the Perkins Act, $2,748,533,000: Pro17 vided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

18 funds made available in this Act to carry out title VI of 

19 the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Educational 

20 and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used to sup21 port visits and study in foreign countries by individuals 

22 who are participating in advanced foreign language train23 ing and international studies in areas that are vital to 

24 United States national security and who plan to apply 

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1 the fields of government, the professions, or international 

2 development: Provided further, That of the funds referred 

3 to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used 

4 for program evaluation, national outreach, and informa5 tion dissemination activities: Provided further, That up to 

6 1.5 percent of the funds made available under chapter 2 

7 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be 

8 used for evaluation. 

9 HOWARD UNIVERSITY

10 For partial support of Howard University, 

11 $250,000,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be 

12 for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 

13 University Endowment Act and shall remain available 

14 until expended. 

15 COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS

16 PROGRAM

17 For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac18 tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 

19 121 of the HEA, $435,000. 

20 HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY

21 CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT

22 For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au23 thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 

24 shall remain available through September 30, 2021: Pro25 vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 


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1 such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con2 gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 

3 these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 

4 any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 

5 $212,100,000: Provided further, That these funds may be 

6 used to support loans to public and private Historically 

7 Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limi8 tations within section 344(a) of the HEA. 

9 In addition, $20,000,000 shall be made available to 

10 provide for the deferment of loans made under part D of 

11 title III of the HEA to eligible institutions that are private 

12 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which apply 

13 for the deferment of such a loan and demonstrate financial 

14 need for such deferment by having a score of 2.6 or less 

15 on the Department of Education’s financial responsibility 

16 test: Provided, That during the period of deferment of 

17 such a loan, interest on the loan will not accrue or be cap18 italized, and the period of deferment shall be for at least 

19 a period of 3-fiscal years and not more than 6-fiscal years: 

20 Provided further, That funds available under this para21 graph shall be used to fund eligible deferment requests 

22 submitted for this purpose in fiscal year 2018: Provided 

23 further, That the Secretary shall create and execute an 

24 outreach plan to work with States and the Capital Financ25 ing Advisory Board to improve outreach to States and help 


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1 additional public Historically Black Colleges and Univer2 sities participate in the program. 

3 In addition, $10,000,000 shall be made available to 

4 provide for the deferment of loans made under part D of 

5 title III of the HEA to eligible institutions that are public 

6 Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which apply 

7 for the deferment of such a loan and demonstrate financial 

8 need for such deferment, which shall be determined by the 

9 Secretary of Education based on factors including, but not 

10 limited to, equal to or greater than 5 percent of the 

11 school’s annual revenue from the previous fiscal year rel12 ative to its debt service: Provided, That during the period 

13 of deferment of such a loan, interest on the loan will not 

14 accrue or be capitalized, and the period of deferment shall 

15 be for at least a period of 3-fiscal years and not more 

16 than 6-fiscal years. 

17 In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 

18 the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi19 nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 

20 III of the HEA, $334,000. 

21 INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES

22 For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu23 cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess24 ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 

25 208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 


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1 and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu2 cation Act, $650,000,000, which shall remain available 

3 through September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds avail4 able to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical 

5 Assistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary 

6 and secondary data systems with early childhood, postsec7 ondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop 

8 such systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of 

9 the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Edu10 cational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 

11 to public or private organizations or agencies to support 

12 activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use 

13 at the local, State, and national levels. 

14 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT

15 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION

16 For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro17 vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in18 cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co19 lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 

20 $430,000,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 

21 provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act 

22 or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the De23 partment of Education available for obligation or expendi24 ture in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity 

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1 izes, reduces the staffing level, or alters the responsibil2 ities, structure, authority, or functionality of the Budget 

3 Service of the Department of Education, relative to the 

4 organization and operation of the Budget Service as in 

5 effect on January 1, 2018. 

6 OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS

7 For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 

8 Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 

9 of Education Organization Act, $130,000,000. 

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

12 General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 

13 of Education Organization Act, $63,418,000. 

14 GENERAL PROVISIONS

15 SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 

16 used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol17 untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 

18 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre20 tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 

21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro22 priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 

23 be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro24 priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 

25 such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority 

26 granted by this section shall be available only to meet 


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1 emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new 

2 program or to fund any project or activity for which no 

3 funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the 

4 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent5 atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad6 vance of any transfer. 

7 SEC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and con8 solidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of 

9 the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2020, through 

10 September 30, 2021. 

11 SEC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 

12 maintains an endowment fund supported with funds ap13 propriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 

14 2020 may use the income from that fund to award schol15 arships to students, subject to the limitation in section 

16 331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for 

17 such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 

18 be considered to have been an allowable use of that in19 come, subject to that limitation. 

20 (b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III 

21 and V of the HEA are reauthorized. 

22 SEC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

23 1011c(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 

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1 SEC. 306. Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 

2 1087h(a)) is amended in paragraph (4) by striking 

3 ‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 

4 SEC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 

5 heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available 

6 for payments for student loan servicing to an institution 

7 of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per8 kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Edu9 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). 

10 (RESCISSION)

11 SEC. 308. Section 401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(X) of the Higher 

12 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(X)) 

13 is amended by striking ‘‘$1,430,000,000’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘$1,380,000,000’’. 

15 SEC. 309. (a) An institution of higher education may, 

16 with explicit written consent of an applicant who has com17 pleted a FAFSA under such section 483(a), provide such 

18 information collected from the applicant’s FAFSA as is 

19 necessary to a scholarship granting organization, includ20 ing a tribal organization (defined in section 4 of the Indian 

21 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 

22 U.S.C. 5304)), or to an organization assisting the appli23 cant in applying for and receiving Federal, State, local, 

24 or tribal assistance, that is designated by the applicant 

25 to assist the applicant in applying for and receiving finan26 cial assistance for any component of the applicant’s cost 


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1 of attendance (defined in section 472 of the HEA) at that 

2 institution. 

3 (b) An organization that receives information pursu4 ant to subsection (a) shall not sell or otherwise share such 

5 information. 

6 (c) This section shall be in effect until title IV of the 

7 HEA is reauthorized. 

8 SEC. 310. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department 

9 of Education—Federal Direct Student Loan Program Ac10 count’’, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended, 

11 shall be for the cost, as defined under section 502 of the 

12 Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of the Secretary of 

13 Education providing loan cancellation in the same manner 

14 as under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 

15 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), for borrowers of loans made 

16 under part D of title IV of such Act who would qualify 

17 for loan cancellation under section 455(m) except some, 

18 or all, of the 120 required payments under section 

19 455(m)(1)(A) do not qualify for purposes of the program 

20 because they were monthly payments made in accordance 

21 with graduated or extended repayment plans as described 

22 under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 455(d)(1) or 

23 the corresponding repayment plan for a consolidation loan 

24 made under section 455(g) and that were less than the 

25 amount calculated under section 455(d)(1)(A), based on 


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1 a 10-year repayment period: Provided, That the total loan 

2 volume, including outstanding principal, fees, capitalized 

3 interest, or accrued interest, at application that is eligible 

4 for such loan cancellation by such borrowers shall not ex5 ceed $500,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary 

6 shall develop and make available a simple method for bor7 rowers to apply for loan cancellation under this section 

8 within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 

9 That the Secretary shall provide loan cancellation under 

10 this section to eligible borrowers on a first-come, first11 serve basis, based on the date of application and subject 

12 to both the limitation on total loan volume at application 

13 for such loan cancellation specified in the first proviso and 

14 the availability of appropriations under this section: Pro15 vided further, That no borrower may, for the same service, 

16 receive a reduction of loan obligations under both this sec17 tion and section 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460 of such Act: 

18 Provided further, That the Secretary shall inform all bor19 rowers who have submitted an Employment Certification 

20 Form and are in the incorrect repayment program about 

21 the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgive22 ness Program and requirements for qualification under 

23 the program. 

24 SEC. 311. Of the amounts made available under this 

25 title under the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’, 


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1 $2,300,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Education 

2 to conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made under part 

3 D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who 

4 may intend to qualify for loan cancellation under section 

5 455(m) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that 

6 borrowers are meeting the terms and conditions of such 

7 loan cancellation: Provided, That the Secretary shall spe8 cifically conduct outreach to assist borrowers who would 

9 qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) of such 

10 Act except that the borrower has made some, or all, of 

11 the 120 required payments under a repayment plan that 

12 is not described under section 455(m)(A) of such Act, to 

13 encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying repayment 

14 plan: Provided further, That the Secretary shall also com15 municate to all Direct Loan borrowers the full require16 ments of section 455(m) of such Act and improve the fil17 ing of employment certification by providing improved out18 reach and information such as outbound calls, electronic 

19 communications, ensuring prominent access to program 

20 requirements and benefits on each servicer’s website, and 

21 creating an option for all borrowers to complete the entire 

22 payment certification process electronically and on a cen23 tralized website. 

24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu25 cation Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 


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1 TITLE IV 

2 RELATED AGENCIES 

3 COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE

4 BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur7 chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 

8 (referred to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established 

9 under section 8502 of title 41, United States Code, 

10 $9,000,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any cen11 tral nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section 

12 8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform re13 quirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 

14 51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Com15 mittee shall enter into a written agreement with any such 

16 central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such 

17 agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, and re18 porting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 

19 of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That 

20 such agreement shall include the elements listed under the 

21 heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase From People Who Are 

22 Blind or Severely Disabled—Written Agreement Ele23 ments’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 

24 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter preceding division 

25 A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That any 


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1 such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 

2 section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, 

3 prior to executing a written agreement with the Com4 mittee: Provided further, That no less than $1,650,000 

5 shall be available for the Office of Inspector General. 

6 CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

7 OPERATING EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na9 tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 

10 ‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 

11 of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 

12 National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred 

13 to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $829,665,000, notwith14 standing sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 

15 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the 

16 amounts provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent 

17 of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs 

18 of conducting grant application reviews, including the use 

19 of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of 

20 the grants cycle; (2) $17,538,000 shall be available to pro21 vide assistance to State commissions on national and com22 munity service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and 

23 notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) 

24 $33,000,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of 

25 the 1990 Act; and (4) $6,400,000 shall be available for 


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1 expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 

2 1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions of section 

3 198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: 

4 Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out 

5 the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in section 

6 122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of need by the 

7 local community. 

8 PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For payment to the National Service Trust estab11 lished under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, 

12 $218,691,000, to remain available until expended: Pro13 vided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the 

14 amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated 

15 to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 

16 the National Service Trust upon determination that such 

17 transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 

18 service participants and after notice is transmitted to the 

19 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent20 atives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts ap21 propriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust 

22 may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act 

23 without regard to the requirement to apportion funds 

24 under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 


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1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

2 For necessary expenses of administration as provided 

3 under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 

4 504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au5 thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 

6 of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em7 ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 

8 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep9 tion and representation expenses, $83,737,000. 

10 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

11 For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 

12 General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 

13 $6,013,000. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

15 SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 

16 to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 

17 through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 

18 year 2020, during any grant selection process, an officer 

19 or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov20 ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 

21 directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 

22 or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re23 ceive such information. 

24 SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 

25 under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 


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1 overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 

2 first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 

3 thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require4 ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 

5 Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 

6 match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup7 port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 

8 Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 

9 2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 

10 SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 

11 196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro12 grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 

13 Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 

14 shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro15 grams and operations. 

16 SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 

17 146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 

18 the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 

19 to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 

20 101 of the Act. 

21 SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 

22 189D of the 1990 Act— 

23 (1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 

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1 section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 

2 1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 

3 (2) individuals described in such section shall 

4 be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 

5 NCPA; and 

6 (3) State Commissions on National and Com7 munity Service established pursuant to section 178 

8 of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 

9 history record information, consistent with Public 

10 Law 92–544. 

11 SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and 

12 147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com13 pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours dur14 ing a period of not more than one year may receive a na15 tional service education award having a value of 70 per16 cent of the value of a national service education award 

17 determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 

18 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING

19 For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad20 casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications 

21 Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within 

22 limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2022, 

23 $495,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 

24 available to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for re25 ceptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for 


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1 Government officials or employees: Provided further, That 

2 none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall 

3 be available or used to aid or support any program or ac4 tivity from which any person is excluded, or is denied ben5 efits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, 

6 color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, 

7 That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 

8 Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification 

9 in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other 

10 personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and em11 ployees of CPB. 

12 In addition, for the costs associated with replacing 

13 and upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection 

14 system and other technologies and services that create in15 frastructure and efficiencies within the public media sys16 tem, $20,000,000. 

17 FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 

20 and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func21 tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 

22 1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex23 penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 

24 Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 

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1 Reform Act, $48,200,000, including up to $900,000 to re2 main available through September 30, 2021, for activities 

3 authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 

4 1978: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 

5 fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training 

6 activities and other conflict resolution services and tech7 nical assistance, including those provided to foreign gov8 ernments and international organizations, and for arbitra9 tion services shall be credited to and merged with this ac10 count, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 

11 further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 

12 only for education, training, and professional development 

13 of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Direc14 tor of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf 

15 of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, 

16 or other property in the aid of any projects or functions 

17 within the Director’s jurisdiction. 

18 FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

19 COMMISSION

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 

22 and Health Review Commission, $17,184,000. 


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1 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES

2 OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS

3 AND ADMINISTRATION

4 For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 

5 Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer6 ican History and Culture Act, $267,000,000. 

7 MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS

8 COMMISSION

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 

11 the Social Security Act, $8,480,000. 

12 MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 

15 the Social Security Act, $12,645,000, to be transferred to 

16 this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 

17 Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In18 surance Trust Fund. 

19 NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For expenses necessary for the National Council on 

22 Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 

23 Act of 1973, $3,450,000. 


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1 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela4 tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 

5 Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 

6 $341,500,000. 

7 NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 

10 of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap11 pointed by the President, $15,800,000. 

12 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW

13 COMMISSION

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 

16 and Health Review Commission, $13,225,000. 

17 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

18 DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT

19 For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac20 count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re21 tirement Act of 1974, $16,000,000, which shall include 

22 amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2020 pursuant 

23 to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi24 tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 

25 provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 


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1 amount by which the product of recipients and the average 

2 benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 

3 of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 

4 provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 

5 equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 

6 year. 

7 FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT

8 ACCOUNTS

9 For payment to the accounts established in the 

10 Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 

11 Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 

12 checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 

13 30, 2021, which shall be the maximum amount available 

14 for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 

15 76. 

16 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION

17 For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 

18 Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re19 tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 

20 Act, $135,500,000, to be derived in such amounts as de21 termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac22 counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem23 ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 

24 notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire25 ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 


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1 only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 

2 the previous proviso shall not change the status under 

3 Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 

4 Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro5 vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 

6 Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to 

7 hire students attending qualifying educational institutions 

8 or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu9 cational programs using current excepted hiring authori10 ties established by the Office of Personnel Management: 

11 Provided further, That $13,460,000, to remain available 

12 until expended, shall be used to supplement, not supplant, 

13 existing resources devoted to operations and improvements 

14 for the Board’s Information Technology Investment Initia15 tives. 

16 LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

17 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

18 General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 

19 authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 

20 than $11,500,000, to be derived from the railroad retire21 ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac22 count. 


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1 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

2 PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS

3 For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 

4 Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur5 ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 

6 1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $11,000,000. 

7 SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM

8 For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se9 curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 

10 of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 

11 Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu12 rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur13 suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 

14 $41,938,540,000, to remain available until expended: Pro15 vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 

16 in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 

17 during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro18 vided further, That not more than $101,000,000 shall be 

19 available for research and demonstrations under sections 

20 1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re21 main available through September 30, 2022. 

22 For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 

23 benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So24 cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 

25 current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 


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1 For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 

2 Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 

3 2021, $19,900,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended. 

5 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas7 senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for offi8 cial reception and representation expenses, not more than 

9 $12,940,945,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec10 tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 

11 or all of the trust funds referred to in such section: Pro12 vided, That $2,400,000 shall be for the Social Security 

13 Advisory Board: Provided further, That $45,000,000 shall 

14 remain available until expended for information tech15 nology modernization, including related hardware and 

16 software infrastructure and equipment, and for adminis17 trative expenses directly associated with information tech18 nology modernization: Provided further, That $50,000,000 

19 shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for 

20 activities to address the disability hearings backlog within 

21 the Office of Hearings Operations: Provided further, That 

22 unobligated balances of funds provided under this para23 graph at the end of fiscal year 2020 not needed for fiscal 

24 year 2020 shall remain available until expended to invest 

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1 nology and telecommunications hardware and software in2 frastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll 

3 administrative expenses associated solely with this infor4 mation technology and telecommunications infrastructure: 

5 Provided further, That the Commissioner of Social Secu6 rity shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Senate prior to making 

8 unobligated balances available under the authority in the 

9 previous proviso: Provided further, That reimbursement to 

10 the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for 

11 official time for employees of the Social Security Adminis12 tration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or 

13 support services for labor organizations pursuant to poli14 cies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 

15 7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of 

16 the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general 

17 fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after 

18 such expenditures are made. 

19 Of the total amount made available in the first para20 graph under this heading, not more than $1,582,000,000, 

21 to remain available through March 31, 2021, is for the 

22 costs associated with continuing disability reviews under 

23 titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, including 

24 work-related continuing disability reviews to determine 

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1 dividual’s ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, 

2 for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations 

3 of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, 

4 for the cost of co-operative disability investigation units, 

5 and for the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud 

6 in the programs and operations of the Social Security Ad7 ministration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: 

8 Provided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided 

9 to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the 

10 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

11 1985, as amended, and $1,309,000,000 is additional new 

12 budget authority specified for purposes of section 

13 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That, of the 

14 additional new budget authority described in the preceding 

15 proviso, up to $10,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Of16 fice of Inspector General’’, Social Security Administration, 

17 for the cost of jointly operated co-operative disability in18 vestigation units: Provided further, That such transfer au19 thority is in addition to any other transfer authority pro20 vided by law: Provided further, That the Commissioner 

21 shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fis22 cal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of 

23 these funds, similar to the reports that were required by 

24 section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 

25 1996 through 2002. 


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1 In addition, $130,000,000 to be derived from admin2 istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay3 ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 

4 Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 

5 which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

6 That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 

7 to such sections in fiscal year 2020 exceed $130,000,000, 

8 the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2021 only 

9 to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 

10 In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 

11 collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 

12 Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex13 pended. 

14 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 

17 General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 

18 General Act of 1978, $30,000,000, together with not to 

19 exceed $75,500,000, to be transferred and expended as 

20 authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 

21 from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 

22 Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 

23 In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 

24 the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 

25 from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 


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1 Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 

2 to be available for the time and purposes for which this 

3 account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans4 fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 

5 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

6 Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 

7 TITLE V 

8 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

9 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

11 Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 

12 unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 

13 corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 

14 Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 

15 purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 

16 were originally appropriated. 

17 SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 

18 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

19 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

20 SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 

21 in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 

22 Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 

23 and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub24 licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis25 tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 


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1 electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres2 entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 

3 legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis4 lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 

5 Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de6 signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu7 lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu8 tive branch of any State or local government, except in 

9 presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 

10 government itself. 

11 (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 

12 Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 

13 111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 

14 any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 

15 recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 

16 enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, ad17 ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend18 ing before the Congress or any State government, State 

19 legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 

20 than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela21 tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 

22 State, local or tribal government in policymaking and ad23 ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 

24 government. 


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1 (c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 

2 include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 

3 pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 

4 any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric5 tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 

6 marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 

7 promotion of gun control. 

8 SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 

9 are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 

10 and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala11 ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 

12 official reception and representation expenses; the Direc13 tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 

14 authorized to make available for official reception and rep15 resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 

16 available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 

17 Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na18 tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 

19 official reception and representation expenses not to ex20 ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 

21 Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 

22 SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 

23 requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu24 ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 

25 in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 


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1 funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 

2 State and local governments and recipients of Federal re3 search grants, shall clearly state— 

4 (1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro5 gram or project which will be financed with Federal 

6 money; 

7 (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 

8 project or program; and 

9 (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 

10 costs of the project or program that will be financed 

11 by non-governmental sources. 

12 SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 

13 Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 

14 funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 

15 any abortion. 

16 (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 

17 none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 

18 appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben19 efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 

20 (c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 

21 package of services covered by a managed care provider 

22 or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange23 ment. 

24 SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre25 ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 


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1 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 

2 rape or incest; or 

3 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 

4 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 

5 including a life-endangering physical condition 

6 caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 

7 would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 

8 in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 

9 (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con10 strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 

11 entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 

12 (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 

13 matching funds). 

14 (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con15 strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro16 vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 

17 State or locality to contract separately with such a pro18 vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 

19 State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 

20 funds). 

21 (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 

22 may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 

23 or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 

24 or government subjects any institutional or individual 

25 health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 


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1 health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov2 erage of, or refer for abortions. 

3 (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 

4 includes an individual physician or other health care pro5 fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 

6 health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 

7 or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 

8 plan. 

9 SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 

10 this Act may be used for— 

11 (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 

12 for research purposes; or 

13 (2) research in which a human embryo or em14 bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub15 jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 

16 allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 

17 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 

18 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 

19 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 

20 embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 

21 as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 

22 the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 

23 parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 

24 more human gametes or human diploid cells. 


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1 SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 

2 this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 

3 legalization of any drug or other substance included in 

4 schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab5 lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 

6 except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 

7 communications. 

8 (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 

9 when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 

10 advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 

11 that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 

12 to determine therapeutic advantage. 

13 SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 

14 Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand15 ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro16 viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 

17 health identifier for an individual (except in an individ18 ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 

19 until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 

20 standard. 

21 SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 

22 Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 

23 a contract with an entity if— 

24 (1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 

25 the United States and is subject to the requirement 


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1 in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 

2 annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 

3 employment of certain veterans; and 

4 (2) such entity has not submitted a report as 

5 required by that section for the most recent year for 

6 which such requirement was applicable to such enti7 ty. 

8 SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 

9 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in10 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

11 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro12 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

13 SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 

14 Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 

15 may be made available to any library covered by para16 graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 

17 the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 

18 has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 

19 such section. 

20 SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 

21 Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 

22 agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli23 gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided from 

24 any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 

25 by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 


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1 by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

2 through a reprogramming of funds that— 

3 (1) creates new programs; 

4 (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 

5 (3) increases funds or personnel by any means 

6 for any project or activity for which funds have been 

7 denied or restricted; 

8 (4) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 

9 activities presently performed by Federal employees; 

10 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

11 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 

12 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 

13 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc14 curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 

15 of such reprogramming. 

16 (b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 

17 provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen18 cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 

19 or expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any 

20 accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

21 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 

22 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

23 through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 

24 or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 


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1 (1) augments existing programs, projects (in2 cluding construction projects), or activities; 

3 (2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist4 ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per5 sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 

6 (3) results from any general savings from a re7 duction in personnel which would result in a change 

8 in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap9 proved by Congress; 

10 unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

11 Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 

12 advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 

13 of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc14 curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 

15 of such reprogramming. 

16 (c) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro17 vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 

18 funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 

19 expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any ac20 counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 

21 the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 

22 this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 

23 that— 

24 (1) relocates an office or employees; 

25 (2) reorganizes or renames offices; or 


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1 (3) reorganizes programs or activities; 

2 unless the relocation, renaming, or reorganization was in3 cluded in the President’s fiscal year 2020 budget proposal, 

4 including the accompanying justification documents sub5 mitted to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

6 of Representatives and the Senate, and such committees 

7 are consulted at least 15 days in advance of such reloca8 tion, renaming, or reorganization. 

9 SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in 

10 this Act may be used to request that a candidate for ap11 pointment to a Federal scientific advisory committee dis12 close the political affiliation or voting history of the can13 didate or the position that the candidate holds with re14 spect to political issues not directly related to and nec15 essary for the work of the committee involved. 

16 (b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 

17 be used to disseminate information that is deliberately 

18 false or misleading. 

19 SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 

20 each department and related agency funded through this 

21 Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro22 gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 

23 for fiscal year 2020 that are different than those specified 

24 in this Act, the accompanying detailed table in the joint 


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1 explanatory statement accompanying this Act or the fiscal 

2 year 2020 budget request. 

3 SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 

4 Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 

5 submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

6 of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 

7 and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree8 ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total at the 

9 program, project, or activity level, in value and awarded 

10 by the Department on a non-competitive basis during each 

11 quarter of fiscal year 2020, but not to include grants 

12 awarded on a formula basis or directed by law. Such re13 port shall include the name of the contractor or grantee, 

14 the amount of funding, the governmental purpose, includ15 ing a justification for issuing the award on a non-competi16 tive basis. Such report shall be transmitted to the Commit17 tees within 30 days after the end of the quarter for which 

18 the report is submitted. 

19 SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 

20 shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So21 cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 

22 benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 

23 to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 

24 based on work performed under a social security account 

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1 formance of such work under such number has formed the 

2 basis for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of sec3 tion 208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 

4 SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 

5 may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or 

6 the Social Security Administration to pay the compensa7 tion of employees of the Social Security Administration 

8 to administer Social Security benefit payments, under any 

9 agreement between the United States and Mexico estab10 lishing totalization arrangements between the social secu11 rity system established by title II of the Social Security 

12 Act and the social security system of Mexico, which would 

13 not otherwise be payable but for such agreement. 

14 SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in 

15 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

16 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

17 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

18 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

19 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

20 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi21 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 

22 SEC. 521. For purposes of carrying out Executive 

23 Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo24 randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 


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1 contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 

2 conference attendance and expenditures: 

3 (1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con4 sidered independent agencies; and 

5 (2) attendance at and support for scientific con6 ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 

7 included in agency totals. 

8 SEC. 522. Federal agencies funded under this Act 

9 shall clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for 

10 advertising or educational purposes, including emails or 

11 Internet postings, that the communication is printed, pub12 lished, or produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer ex13 pense. The funds used by a Federal agency to carry out 

14 this requirement shall be derived from amounts made 

15 available to the agency for advertising or other commu16 nications regarding the programs and activities of the 

17 agency. 

18 SEC. 523. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal dis19 cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 

20 carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such 

21 Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 

22 of division H of Public Law 113–76, except that in car23 rying out such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by sub24 stituting ‘‘Fiscal Year 2020’’ for ‘‘Fiscal Year 2014’’ in 

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1 30, 2024’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place it ap2 pears: Provided, That such pilots shall include commu3 nities that have experienced civil unrest. 

4 (b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal 

5 discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 

6 participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are 

7 being carried out pursuant to the authority provided by 

8 section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 

9 524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of 

10 division H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division 

11 H of Public Law 115–31, and section 525 of division H 

12 of Public Law 115–141. 

13 (c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act 

14 and prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant 

15 agencies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such 

16 authorities. 

17 SEC. 524. Not later than 30 days after the end of 

18 each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of 

19 fiscal year 2020, the Departments of Labor, Health and 

20 Human Services and Education and the Social Security 

21 Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro22 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 

23 report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro24 vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom25 mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the 


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1 monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at2 tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 

3 with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier 

4 fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 

5 SEC. 525. Of the unobligated balances made available 

6 for purposes of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) of the So7 cial Security Act, $7,715,000,000 shall not be available 

8 for obligation in this fiscal year. 

9 SEC. 526. (a)(1) The Secretary of Homeland Secu10 rity, after appropriate consultation with the Secretary of 

11 Labor and appropriate employers, shall develop, through 

12 notice and comment rulemaking, a process to provide 

13 quarterly allocation of visas issued pursuant to petitions 

14 submitted by employers for individuals to be admitted 

15 under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigration 

16 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)). 

17 (2) In developing the process described in paragraph 

18 (1), the Secretary shall ensure that— 

19 (A) all such petitions are submitted to the Sec20 retary not later than 45 days before the first day of 

21 the quarter during which the requested beneficiaries 

22 are expected to begin their employment with the em23 ployer; and 


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1 (B) all decisions to approve or deny a petition 

2 are made not later than 15 days before the first date 

3 of employment specified in the petition. 

4 (b) Subject to subsection (c), for fiscal year 2021, 

5 and every fiscal year thereafter, of the visas authorized 

6 under section 214(g)(1)(B) of the Immigration and Na7 tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of 

8 Homeland Security shall issue— 

9 (1) not more than 14 percent to aliens whose employ10 ment is scheduled to begin during the first quarter of the 

11 fiscal year; 

12 (2) not more than 45 percent (plus any visas author13 ized, but not issued, under paragraph (1)) to aliens whose 

14 employment is scheduled to begin during the second quar15 ter of the fiscal year; 

16 (3) not more than 39 percent (plus any visas author17 ized, but not issued, under paragraphs (1) and (2)) to 

18 aliens whose employment is scheduled to begin during the 

19 third quarter of the fiscal year; and 

20 (4) not more than 2 percent (plus any visas author21 ized, but not issued, under paragraph (1), (2), and (3)) 

22 to aliens whose employment is scheduled to begin during 

23 the fourth quarter of the fiscal year. 

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1 retary of Homeland Security, in the Secretary’s sole and 

2 unreviewable discretion, and after consultation with the 

3 Secretary of Labor, shall— 

4 (1) compare the quarterly allocation of visas under 

5 subsection (b) to the actual need for individuals to be ad6 mitted under section 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b) of the Immigra7 tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b)) 

8 in each quarter; and 

9 (2) adjust the quarterly allocation of such visas ac10 cordingly. 

11 (d) For each calendar quarter subject to the visa allo12 cation process set forth in subsection (b) or (c), if the total 

13 number of visas requested by employers whose petitions 

14 meet the standards for approval exceeds the total number 

15 of visas available for such employers, the Secretary shall 

16 ensure that each such petition is approved for a minimum 

17 number of visas, which shall be calculated based on the 

18 ratio between the total number of visas requested by such 

19 employers and the total number of visas available. 

20 (e) Effective October 1, 2020, section 214(g)(10) of 

21 the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 

22 1184(g)(10)) is repealed. 

23 (f) Section 214(c)(14)(C) of the Immigration and 

24 Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(c)(14)(C)) is amended to 

25 read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(C) In determining the level of penalties to be as2 sessed under subparagraph (A), the highest penalties shall 

3 be reserved for— 

4 ‘‘(i) willful failures to meet any of the condi5 tions of the petition that involve harm to United 

6 States workers; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) willful misrepresentations of the number of 

8 necessary nonimmigrants in an application for tem9 porary labor certification in support of a petition for 

10 nonimmigrants described in section 

11 101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(b).’’. 

12 SEC. 527. None of the funds made available by this 

13 Act may be used to replace or diminish the quality of care 

14 provided by Medicare Advantage (as established in Title 

15 42, Chapter 7, Subchapter XVIII, Part C of the United 

16 States Code) and the TRICARE program (as defined in 

17 Section 1072 of Title 10 of the United States Code). 

18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 

19 Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 

20 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 39 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2740 

[Report No. 116–62] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Departments of 

poses. ending September 30, 2020, and for other purcation, and related agencies for the fiscal year Labor, Health and Human Services, and EduMAY 15, 2019 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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