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SEC. 523. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal dis-
cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 
carry out up to 10 Performance Partnership Pilots. Such 
Pilots shall be governed by the provisions of section 526 
of division H of Public Law 113–76, except that in car-
rying out such Pilots section 526 shall be applied by sub-
stituting ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2021’’ for ‘‘FISCAL YEAR 2014’’ 
in the title of subsection (b) and by substituting ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2025’’ for ‘‘September 30, 2018’’ each place 
it appears: Provided, That such pilots shall include com-
munities that have experienced civil unrest. 
(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal 
discretionary funds that are made available in this Act to 
participate in Performance Partnership Pilots that are 
being carried out pursuant to the authority provided by 
section 526 of division H of Public Law 113–76, section 
524 of division G of Public Law 113–235, section 525 of 
division H of Public Law 114–113, section 525 of division 
H of Public Law 115–31, section 525 of division H of 
Public Law 115–141, and section 524 of division A of 
Public Law 116–94. 
(c) Pilot sites selected under authorities in this Act 
and prior appropriations Acts may be granted by relevant 
agencies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such 
authorities. 
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SEC. 524. Not later than 30 days after the end of 
each calendar quarter, beginning with the first month of 
fiscal year 2021, the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services and Education and the Social Security 
Administration shall provide the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate a 
report on the status of balances of appropriations: Pro-
vided, That for balances that are unobligated and uncom-
mitted, committed, and obligated but unexpended, the 
monthly reports shall separately identify the amounts at-
tributable to each source year of appropriation (beginning 
with fiscal year 2012, or, to the extent feasible, earlier 
fiscal years) from which balances were derived. 
SEC. 525. The Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, or Education shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate a comprehensive list of any new or com-
petitive grant award notifications, including supplements, 
issued at the discretion of such Departments not less than 
3 full business days before any entity selected to receive 
a grant award is announced by the Department or its of-
fices (other than emergency response grants at any time 
of the year or for grant awards made during the last 10 
business days of the fiscal year, or if applicable, of the 
program year). 
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SEC. 526. Each department and related agency fund-
ed through this Act shall provide answers to questions 
submitted for the record by members of the Committee 
within 45 business days after receipt. 
SEC. 527. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to finalize or implement the proposed regula-
tion titled ‘‘Rules Regarding the Frequency and Notice of 
Continuing Disability Reviews’’ published by the Social 
Security Administration on November 18, 2019 (84 Fed. 
Reg. 63588 et seq.). 
SEC. 528. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be used to finalize or implement the notice of pro-
posed rulemaking titled ‘‘Hearings Held by Administrative 
Appeals Judges of the Appeals Council’’ published by the 
Social Security Administration on December 20, 2019 (84 
Fed. Reg. 70080 et seq.). 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 529. Of the unobligated balances made available 
by 
section 
301(b)(3) 
of 
Public 
Law 
114–10, 
$5,185,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
SEC. 530. Of the unobligated balances made available 
for purposes of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) of the So-
cial Security Act, $6,566,000,000 shall not be available 
for obligation in this fiscal year. 
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SEC. 531. (a) Any funds made available by this Act 
that are used to fund an apprenticeship or apprenticeship 
program shall only be used for, or provided to, an appren-
ticeship or apprenticeship program that meets the defini-
tion in subsection (b), including any funds awarded for 
the purposes of grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments, or the development, implementation, or administra-
tion, of an apprenticeship or an apprenticeship program. 
(b) The term ‘‘apprenticeship’’ or ‘‘apprenticeship 
program’’ means an apprenticeship program registered 
under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as 
the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 
663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), including any requirement, 
standard, or rule promulgated under such Act, as such 
requirement, standard, or rule was in effect on December 
30, 2019. 
TITLE VI 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘CDC-Wide Activities 
and Program Support’’, $9,000,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025, for public health and emer-
gency preparedness and response, domestically or inter-
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nationally: Provided, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall be for public 
health emergency preparedness cooperative agreements 
under section 319C–1 of the PHS Act: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$1,000,000,000 shall be for epidemiology and laboratory 
capacity cooperative agreements under section 2821 of the 
PHS: Provided further, That funds made available in the 
preceding proviso may be used for construction, alteration, 
or renovation of non-federally owned facilities, or the pur-
chase of equipment: Provided further, That all construc-
tion, alteration, or renovation work, carried out in whole 
or in part with funds appropriated under this heading in 
this Act, shall be subject to the requirements of section 
1621(b)(1)(I) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300s- 
1(b)(1)(I)): Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading for specified programs, not 
less than $150,000,000 shall be allocated to Tribes, Tribal 
organizations, urban Indian health organizations, or 
health service providers to Tribes: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, 
$1,000,000,000 shall be for global disease detection and 
emergency response: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $4,000,000,000 shall 
be for a vaccination campaign, including preparedness, op-
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erations, and distribution, and a comprehensive campaign 
to achieve coverage goals, and for an enhanced influenza 
vaccination campaign, including purchase of vaccine as 
necessary to increase coverage: Provided further, That the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion shall provide a briefing to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least one week prior to obligating funds made available 
in the preceding proviso on the CDC’s plans for vaccina-
tion campaigns in fiscal year 2021: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading, 
$400,000,000 shall be for public health data surveillance 
and analytics infrastructure modernization: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, $200,000,000 shall be for activities to support public 
health workforce development, including the Epidemic In-
telligence Service fellowship program: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$400,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
amounts in the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Re-
serve Fund, established by section 231 of Division B of 
Public Law 115–245: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Direc-
tor’’, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2025: Provided, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used to offset the costs related to reduc-
tions in laboratory productivity resulting from interrup-
tions or shutdowns of research activity in fiscal year 2020: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be transferred to the accounts of the Insti-
tutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health 
(‘‘NIH’’): Provided further, That the transfer authority in 
the preceding proviso is in addition to any other transfer 
authority available to the NIH: Provided further, That of 
the amount made available under this heading, the Direc-
tor of NIH shall transfer not less than $2,500,000,000 
to the accounts of the Institutes and Centers of the NIH 
in proportion to the amounts otherwise made available to 
such Institutes and Centers under the heading ‘‘National 
Institutes of Health’’ in division A of the Further Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): 
Provided further, That of the amount made available 
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under this heading, the Director of NIH shall transfer to 
‘‘Buildings and Facilities’’ an amount equal to the amount 
made available for buildings and facilities at the NIH in 
section 237 of division A of such Act: Provided further, 
That the Director of the NIH shall provide a briefing to 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate at least one week prior to obli-
gating funds made available under this heading on the 
NIH’s plans for obligating emergency funds: Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY 
FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $4,500,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2025, for the develop-
ment of necessary countermeasures and vaccines, 
prioritizing platform-based technologies with U.S.-based 
manufacturing capabilities, the purchase of vaccines, 
therapeutics, diagnostics, and necessary medical supplies, 
as well as initial advance manufacturing and novel dis-
pensing: Provided, That funds made available under this 
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heading may be used to develop and demonstrate innova-
tions and enhancements to manufacturing platforms to 
support such capabilities: Provided further, That products 
purchased with funds appropriated under this heading 
may, at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, be deposited in the Strategic National 
Stockpile under section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading 
may be transferred to, and merged with, the fund author-
ized by section 319F–4, the Covered Countermeasure 
Process Fund, of the PHS Act: Provided further, That of 
the 
amount 
made 
available 
under 
this 
heading, 
$3,500,000,000 shall be available to the Biomedical Ad-
vanced Research and Development Authority for necessary 
expenses of advanced research, development, manufac-
turing, production, and purchase of vaccines and thera-
peutics: Provided further, That the Director of the Bio-
medical Advanced Research and Development Authority 
shall provide a briefing to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate at 
least one week prior to obligating funds made available 
in the preceding proviso on the Department’s plans to 
produce a sufficient supply of vaccine for the U.S. popu-
lation: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, $500,000,000 shall be available 
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to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development 
Authority for the construction, renovation, or equipping 
of U.S.-based next generation manufacturing facilities, 
other than facilities owned by the United States Govern-
ment: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $500,000,000 shall be available to the 
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Author-
ity to promote innovation in antibacterial research and de-
velopment: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading may be used for grants for the rent, 
lease, purchase, acquisition, construction, alteration, or 
renovation of non-federally owned facilities to improve pre-
paredness and response capability at the State and local 
levels: Provided further, That funds made available under 
this heading may be used for the construction, alteration, 
renovation or equipping of non-federally owned facilities 
for the production of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, 
and medicines and other items purchased under section 
319F–2(a) of the PHS Act where the Secretary deter-
mines that such use is necessary to assure sufficient do-
mestic production of such supplies: Provided further, That 
all construction, alteration, or renovation work, carried out 
in whole or in part with funds made available under this 
heading, shall be subject to the requirements of section 
1621(b)(1)(I) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300s- 
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1(b)(1)(I)): Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health Emer-
gency Fund’’, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to be deposited into the Public Health Emer-
gency Fund, as established under section 319(b) of the 
Public Health Service Act: Provided, That products pur-
chased with funds appropriated under this heading may, 
at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile 
under section 319F-2 of the Public Health Service Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services (or the Assistant Secretary for Prepared-
ness and Response on behalf of the Secretary) shall pro-
vide a briefing to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate at least one 
week prior to obligating funds made available under this 
heading on the Department’s plans for obligating emer-
gency funds: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 601. The amounts provided by the first proviso 
following paragraph (6) under the heading ‘‘Department 
of Labor—Employment and Training Administration— 
State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service 
Operations’’ in title I of this Act are designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 602. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall provide a detailed spend plan of an-
ticipated uses of funds made available to the Department 
of Health and Human Services in this title, including esti-
mated personnel and administrative costs, to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: Provided, That such plans shall be up-
dated and submitted to such Committees every 60 days 
until September 30, 2025: Provided further, That the 
spend plans shall be accompanied by a listing of each con-
tract obligation incurred that exceeds $5,000,000 which 
has not previously been reported, including the amount of 
each such obligation. 
SEC. 603. Each amount designated in this Act by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
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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. 
SEC. 604. Any amount appropriated by this Act, des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and subse-
quently so designated by the President, and transferred 
pursuant to transfer authorities provided by this Act shall 
retain such designation. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related 
Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 362 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7614 
[Report No. 116–450] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Edu-
cation, and related agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2021, and for other pur-
poses. 
JULY 15, 2020 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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