To provide additional appropriations for the public health and social services emergency fund, and for other purposes.

To provide additional appropriations for the public health and social services emergency fund, and for other purposes. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020: Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Secretary public health and social services emergency fund (including transfer of funds) For an additional amount for Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Provided Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further 42 U.S.C. 247d–6b Provided further Provided further 42 U.S.C. 247d–6e Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i) For an additional amount for Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Provided Health Resources and Services Administration—Primary Health Care 42 U.S.C. 254b Provided further Provided further 42 U.S.C. 4321 Provided further 42 U.S.C. 254b Provided further Health Resources and Services Administration—Bureau of Health Workforce Provided further Health Resources and Services Administration—Health Care Systems Provided further 42 U.S.C. 1395x(aa)(2) Provided further Public Law 116–136 Provided further Provided further Provided further 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i) For an additional amount for Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Provided Provided further Provided further Provided further, Secretary Provided further Public Law 116–139 Provided further Provided further For an additional amount for Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Provided Provided further Provided further eligible health care providers Provided further Provided further Provided further payment Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further Provided further 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i) General Provisions—This Act (including transfer of funds) 2. Funds appropriated by this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to appoint, without regard to the provisions of sections 3309 through 3319 of title 5 of the United States Code, candidates needed for positions to perform critical work relating to coronavirus for which— (1) public notice has been given; and (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services has determined that such a public health threat exists. 3. Funds made available by this Act may be used to enter into contracts with individuals for the provision of personal services (as described in section 104 of part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (48 CFR 37.104)) to support the prevention of, preparation for, or response to coronavirus, domestically and internationally, subject to prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided Provided further 4. (a) If services performed by an employee during 2020 are determined by the head of the agency to be primarily related to preparation, prevention, or response to coronavirus, any premium pay for such services shall be disregarded in calculating the aggregate of such employee’s basic pay and premium pay for purposes of a limitation under section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, or under any other provision of law, whether such employee’s pay is paid on a biweekly or calendar year basis. (b) Any overtime pay for such services shall be disregarded in calculating any annual limit on the amount of overtime pay payable in a calendar or fiscal year. (c) With regard to such services, any pay that is disregarded under either subsection (a) or (b) shall be disregarded in calculating such employee’s aggregate pay for purposes of the limitation in section 5307 of such title 5. (d) (1) Pay that is disregarded under subsection (a) or (b) shall not cause the aggregate of the employee’s basic pay and premium pay for the applicable calendar year to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for a position at level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, as in effect at the end of such calendar year. (2) For purposes of applying this subsection to an employee who would otherwise be subject to the premium pay limits established under section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, premium pay (3) For purposes of applying this subsection to an employee under a premium pay limit established under an authority other than section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, the agency responsible for administering such limit shall determine what payments are considered premium pay. (e) This section shall take effect as if enacted on February 2, 2020. (f) If application of this section results in the payment of additional premium pay to a covered employee of a type that is normally creditable as basic pay for retirement or any other purpose, that additional pay shall not— (1) be considered to be basic pay of the covered employee for any purpose; or (2) be used in computing a lump-sum payment to the covered employee for accumulated and accrued annual leave under section 5551 or section 5552 of title 5, United States Code. 5. The paragraph codified at 42 U.S.C. 231 central services 6. Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Department of Health and Human Services Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Administration for Children and Families Administration for Community Living National Institutes of Health Provided Provided further Provided further Public Law 116–94 42 U.S.C. 238j(a) 7. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund Office of the Secretary, Office of Inspector General Provided Provided further 8. Funds made available in Public Law 113–235 Provided 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i) 9. Section 675B(b)(3) of the Community Services Block Grant Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9906(b)(3) Public Law 116–136 42 U.S.C. 9901 Provided 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i) 10. (a) Each amount designated in this Act by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the President subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits such designations to the Congress. (b) Any amount appropriated by this Act, designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and subsequently so designated by the President, and transferred pursuant to transfer authorities provided by this Act shall retain such designation.

Summary: This bill provides additional appropriations to the Department of Health and Human Services Public Health and Social Services Emergency Fund for preventing, preparing for, and responding to COVID-19.