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(3) FUNDING.—Out of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use 
$100,000,000 to carry out this subsection. 
SEC. 1002. EMERGENCY RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS FOR 
RURAL HEALTH CARE. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Agriculture (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall use the funds 
made available by this section to establish an emergency 
pilot program for rural development not later than 150 
days after the date of enactment of this Act to provide 
grants to eligible applicants (as defined in section 
3570.61(a) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations) to be 
awarded by the Secretary based on rural development needs 
related to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
(b) USES.—An eligible applicant to whom a grant is 
awarded under this section may use the grant funds for 
costs, including those incurred prior to the issuance of the 
grant, as determined by the Secretary, of facilities which 
primarily serve rural areas (as defined in section 
343(a)(13)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(C)), which are located 
in a rural area, the median household income of the popu-
lation to be served by which is less than the greater of the 
poverty line or the applicable percentage (determined under 
section 3570.63(b) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations)
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of the State nonmetropolitan median household income, and 
for which the performance of any construction work com-
pleted with grant funds shall meet the condition set forth 
in section 9003(f) of the Farm Security and Rural Invest-
ment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103(f)), to— 
(1) increase capacity for vaccine distribution; 
(2) provide medical supplies to increase medical 
surge capacity; 
(3) reimburse for revenue lost during the 
COVID–19 pandemic, including revenue losses in-
curred prior to the awarding of the grant; 
(4) increase telehealth capabilities, including un-
derlying health care information systems; 
(5) construct temporary or permanent structures 
to provide health care services, including vaccine ad-
ministration or testing; 
(6) support staffing needs for vaccine adminis-
tration or testing; and 
(7) engage in any other efforts to support rural 
development determined to be critical to address the 
COVID–19 pandemic, including nutritional assist-
ance to vulnerable individuals, as approved by the 
Secretary. 
(c) FUNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal
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year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $500,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2023, to carry out this section, of which not more 
than 3 percent may be used by the Secretary for adminis-
trative purposes and not more than 2 percent may be used 
by the Secretary for technical assistance as defined in sec-
tion 306(a)(26) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(26)). 
SEC. 1003. PANDEMIC PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION FUNDS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $47,500,000, to re-
main available until expended, for necessary administrative 
expenses associated with carrying out this subtitle. 
SEC. 1004. FUNDING FOR THE USDA OFFICE OF INSPECTOR 
GENERAL FOR OVERSIGHT OF COVID–19-RE-
LATED PROGRAMS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
there is appropriated to the Office of the Inspector General 
of the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2021, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$2,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
for audits, investigations, and other oversight activities of 
projects and activities carried out with funds made avail-
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able to the Department of Agriculture related to the 
COVID–19 pandemic. 
SEC. 1005. FARM LOAN ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY DIS-
ADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS. 
(a) PAYMENTS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Sec-
retary for fiscal year 2021, out of amounts in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until expended, 
for the cost of loan modifications and payments under 
this section. 
(2) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall provide a 
payment in an amount up to 120 percent of the out-
standing indebtedness of each socially disadvantaged 
farmer or rancher as of January 1, 2021, to pay off 
the loan directly or to the socially disadvantaged 
farmer or rancher (or a combination of both), on 
each— 
(A) direct farm loan made by the Secretary 
to the socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher; 
and 
(B) farm loan guaranteed by the Secretary 
the borrower of which is the socially disadvan-
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
FARM
LOAN.—The 
term 
‘‘farm 
loan’’ 
means— 
(A) a loan administered by the Farm Serv-
ice Agency under subtitle A, B, or C of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 
U.S.C. 1922 et seq.); and 
(B) a Commodity Credit Corporation Farm 
Storage Facility Loan. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(3) SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED
FARMER
OR 
RANCHER.—The term ‘‘socially disadvantaged farmer 
or rancher’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a)). 
SEC. 1006. USDA ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR SOCIALLY 
DISADVANTAGED FARMERS, RANCHERS, FOR-
EST LAND OWNERS AND OPERATORS, AND 
GROUPS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of Ag-
riculture for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,010,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to carry out this section.
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(b) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
use the amounts made available pursuant to subsection (a) 
for purposes described in this subsection by— 
(1) using not less than 5 percent of the total 
amount of funding provided under subsection (a) to 
provide outreach, mediation, financial training, ca-
pacity building training, cooperative development 
training and support, and other technical assistance 
on issues concerning food, agriculture, agricultural 
credit, agricultural extension, rural development, or 
nutrition to socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, 
or forest landowners, or other members of socially dis-
advantaged groups; 
(2) using not less than 5 percent of the total 
amount of funding provided under subsection (a) to 
provide grants and loans to improve land access for 
socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest 
landowners, including issues related to heirs’ property 
in a manner as determined by the Secretary; 
(3) using not less than 0.5 percent of the total 
amount of funding provided under subsection (a) to 
fund the activities of one or more equity commissions 
that will address racial equity issues within the De-
partment of Agriculture and its programs;
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(4) using not less than 5 percent of the total 
amount of funding provided under subsection (a) to 
support and supplement agricultural research, edu-
cation, and extension, as well as scholarships and 
programs that provide internships and pathways to 
Federal employment, by— 
(A) using not less than 1 percent of the total 
amount of funding provided under subsection (a) 
at colleges or universities eligible to receive funds 
under the Act of August 30, 1890 (commonly 
known as the ‘‘Second Morrill Act’’) (7 U.S.C. 
321 et seq.), including Tuskegee University; 
(B) using not less than 1 percent of the 
total amount of funding provided under sub-
section (a) at 1994 Institutions (as defined in 
section 532 of the Equity in Educational Land- 
Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; 
Public Law 103–382)); 
(C) using not less than 1 percent of the total 
amount of funding provided under subsection (a) 
at Alaska Native serving institutions and Native 
Hawaiian serving institutions eligible to receive 
grants under subsections (a) and (b), respec-
tively, of section 1419B of the National Agricul-
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(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST LAND.— 
The term ‘‘nonindustrial private forest land’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 1201(a)(18) of the 
Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3801(a)(18)). 
(2) SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMER, RANCH-
ER, OR FOREST LANDOWNER.—The term ‘‘socially dis-
advantaged farmer, rancher, or forest landowner’’ 
means a farmer, rancher, or owner or operator of 
nonindustrial private forest land who is a member of 
a socially disadvantaged group. 
(3) SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED
GROUP.—The 
term ‘‘socially disadvantaged group’’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 2501(a) of the Food, Agri-
culture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 2279(a)). 
SEC. 1007. USE OF THE COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
FOR COMMODITIES AND ASSOCIATED EX-
PENSES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
there are appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, to use the Commodity Credit Corporation to acquire 
and make available commodities under section 406(b) of the
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Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736(b)) and for expenses 
under such section. 
Subtitle B—Nutrition 
SEC. 1101. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) VALUE OF BENEFITS.—Section 702(a) of division 
N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public 
Law 116–260) is amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 2021’’ and 
inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 
(b) SNAP ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—In addition 
to amounts otherwise available, there is hereby appro-
priated for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,150,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023, with amounts to 
be obligated for each of fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023, 
for the costs of State administrative expenses associated 
with carrying out this section and administering the sup-
plemental nutrition assistance program established under 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), 
of which— 
(1) $15,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses of 
the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) for management and oversight 
of the program; and
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(2) $1,135,000,000 shall be for the Secretary to 
make grants to each State agency for each of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2023 as follows: 
(A) 75 percent of the amounts available 
shall be allocated to States based on the share of 
each State of households that participate in the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program as 
reported to the Department of Agriculture for the 
most recent 12-month period for which data are 
available, adjusted by the Secretary (as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act) for participa-
tion in disaster programs under section 5(h) of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2014(h)); and 
(B) 25 percent of the amounts available 
shall be allocated to States based on the increase 
in the number of households that participate in 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
as reported to the Department of Agriculture 
over the most recent 12-month period for which 
data are available, adjusted by the Secretary (as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act) for par-
ticipation in disaster programs under section 
5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2014(h)).
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SEC. 1102. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR SNAP ONLINE 
PURCHASING AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVE-
MENTS. 
(a) FUNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 
out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $25,000,000 to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2026, to carry out this section. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
may use the amounts made available pursuant to subsection 
(a)— 
(1) to make technological improvements to im-
prove online purchasing in the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program established under the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 
(2) to modernize electronic benefit transfer tech-
nology; 
(3) to support the mobile technologies demonstra-
tion projects and the use of mobile technologies au-
thorized under section 7(h)(14) of the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(h)(14)); and 
(4) to provide technical assistance to educate re-
tailers on the process and technical requirements for 
the online acceptance of the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program benefits, for mobile payments, and
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for electronic benefit transfer modernization initia-
tives. 
SEC. 1103. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR NUTRITION ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAMS. 
Section 704 of division N of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In addition’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) COVID–19 RESPONSE FUNDING.—In addition’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following— 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition to any other 
funds made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 
2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, $1,000,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2027, for the Secretary of Agriculture to provide 
grants to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands, 
Puerto Rico, and American Samoa for nutrition assistance, 
of which $30,000,000 shall be available to provide grants 
to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands for such 
assistance.’’. 
SEC. 1104. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $37,000,000,
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to remain available until September 30, 2022, for activities 
authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 
Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note). 
SEC. 1105. IMPROVEMENTS TO WIC BENEFITS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘applicable 
period’’ means a period— 
(A) beginning after the date of enactment of 
this Act, as selected by a State agency; and 
(B) ending not later than the earlier of— 
(i) 4 months after the date described in 
subparagraph (A); or 
(ii) September 30, 2021. 
(2) CASH-VALUE
VOUCHER.—The term ‘‘cash- 
value voucher’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 246.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as 
in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act). 
(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means the 
special supplemental nutrition program for women, 
infants, and children established by section 17 of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786). 
(4) QUALIFIED
FOOD
PACKAGE.—The term 
‘‘qualified food package’’ means each of the following 
food packages (as defined in section 246.10(e) of title
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7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act)): 
(A) Food package III–Participants with 
qualifying conditions. 
(B) Food Package IV–Children 1 through 4 
years. 
(C) Food Package V–Pregnant and par-
tially (mostly) breastfeeding women. 
(D) Food Package VI–Postpartum women. 
(E) Food Package VII–Fully breastfeeding. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(6) STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘State agency’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 17(b) of the 
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)). 
(b) AUTHORITY
TO INCREASE AMOUNT
OF CASH- 
VALUE VOUCHER.—During the public health emergency de-
clared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19), and in response to 
challenges relating to that public health emergency, the Sec-
retary may, in carrying out the program, increase the 
amount of a cash-value voucher under a qualified food pack-
age to an amount that is less than or equal to $35.
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(c) APPLICATION OF INCREASED AMOUNT OF CASH- 
VALUE VOUCHER TO STATE AGENCIES.— 
(1) NOTIFICATION.—An increase to the amount 
of a cash-value voucher under subsection (b) shall 
apply to any State agency that notifies the Secretary 
of— 
(A) the intent to use that increased amount, 
without further application; and 
(B) the applicable period selected by the 
State agency during which that increased 
amount shall apply. 
(2) USE OF INCREASED AMOUNT.—A State agen-
cy that makes a notification to the Secretary under 
paragraph (1) shall use the increased amount de-
scribed in that paragraph— 
(A) during the applicable period described 
in that notification; and 
(B) only during a single applicable period. 
(d) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary under 
subsection (b), and the authority of a State agency to in-
crease the amount of a cash-value voucher under subsection 
(c), shall terminate on September 30, 2021. 
(e) FUNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise made 
available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, out of 
funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
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$490,000,000 to carry out this section, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022. 
SEC. 1106. WIC PROGRAM MODERNIZATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are 
appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture, out of 
amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$390,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, to carry out outreach, innovation, and 
program modernization efforts, including appropriate 
waivers and flexibility, to increase participation in and re-
demption of benefits under programs established under sec-
tion 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (7 U.S.C. 1431), 
except that such waivers may not relate to the content of 
the WIC Food Packages (as defined in section 246.10(e) of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the date 
of enactment of this Act)), or the nondiscrimination re-
quirements under section 246.8 of title 7, Code of Federal 
Regulations (as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act). 
SEC. 1107. MEALS AND SUPPLEMENTS REIMBURSEMENTS 
FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT ATTAINED 
THE AGE OF 25. 
(a) PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK SCHOOL CHILDREN.—Be-
ginning on the date of enactment of this section, notwith-
standing paragraph (1)(A) of section 17(r) of the Richard
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B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)), 
during the COVID–19 public health emergency declared 
under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d), the Secretary shall reimburse institutions 
that are emergency shelters under such section 17(r) (42 
U.S.C. 1766(r)) for meals and supplements served to indi-
viduals who, at the time of such service— 
(1) have not attained the age of 25; and 
(2) are receiving assistance, including non-resi-
dential assistance, from such emergency shelter. 
(b) PARTICIPATION BY EMERGENCY SHELTERS.—Be-
ginning on the date of enactment of this section, notwith-
standing paragraph (5)(A) of section 17(t) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(t)), 
during the COVID–19 public health emergency declared 
under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d), the Secretary shall reimburse emergency shel-
ters under such section 17(t) (42 U.S.C. 1766(t)) for meals 
and supplements served to individuals who, at the time of 
such service have not attained the age of 25. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EMERGENCY
SHELTER.—The term ‘‘emer-
gency shelter’’ has the meaning given the term under 
section 17(t)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(t)(1)).
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(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 1108. PANDEMIC EBT PROGRAM. 
Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Re-
sponse Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 note; Public Law 116–127) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘During fiscal years 2020 
and 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘In any school year in 
which there is a public health emergency des-
ignation’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or in a covered summer 
period following a school session’’ after ‘‘in ses-
sion’’; 
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘During fiscal 
year 2020, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(3) in subsection (h)(1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘either’’ after ‘‘at least 1 
child enrolled in such a covered child care facil-
ity and’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or a Department of Agri-
culture grant-funded nutrition assistance pro-
gram in the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or American
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Samoa’’ before ‘‘shall be eligible to receive assist-
ance’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as 
subsections (j) and (k), respectively; 
(5) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) EMERGENCIES DURING SUMMER.—The Secretary 
of Agriculture may permit a State agency to extend a State 
agency plan approved under subsection (b) for not more 
than 90 days for the purpose of operating the plan during 
a covered summer period, during which time schools par-
ticipating in the school lunch program under the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the school break-
fast program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act 
of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773 ) and covered child care facilities 
shall be deemed closed for purposes of this section.’’; 
(6) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (6) as paragraphs (3) through (7), re-
spectively; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(2) COVERED SUMMER PERIOD.—The term ‘cov-
ered summer period’ means a summer period that fol-
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lows a school year during which there was a public 
health emergency designation.’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘or another coronavirus with pan-
demic potential’’; and 
(7) in subsection (k) (as so redesignated), by in-
serting ‘‘Federal agencies,’’ before ‘‘State agencies’’. 
TITLE 
II—COMMITTEE 
ON 
HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR, 
AND PENSIONS 
Subtitle A—Education Matters 
PART 1—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
SEC. 2001. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMER-
GENCY RELIEF FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available through the Education Stabilization Fund, there 
is appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $122,774,800,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2023, to carry out this section. 
(b) GRANTS.—From funds provided under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall— 
(1) use $800,000,000 for the purposes of identi-
fying homeless children and youth and providing 
homeless children and youth with—
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(A) wrap-around services in light of the 
challenges of COVID–19; and 
(B) assistance needed to enable homeless 
children and youth to attend school and partici-
pate fully in school activities; and 
(2) from the remaining amounts, make grants to 
each State educational agency in accordance with this 
section. 
(c) ALLOCATIONS TO STATES.—The amount of each 
grant under subsection (b) shall be allocated by the Sec-
retary to each State in the same proportion as each State 
received under part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 in the most recent fiscal 
year. 
(d) SUBGRANTS
TO
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGEN-
CIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall allocate not 
less than 90 percent of the grant funds awarded to the 
State under this section as subgrants to local edu-
cational agencies (including charter schools that are 
local educational agencies) in the State in proportion 
to the amount of funds such local educational agencies 
and charter schools that are local educational agencies 
received under part A of title I of the Elementary and
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Secondary Education Act of 1965 in the most recent 
fiscal year. 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Each State shall 
make allocations under paragraph (1) to local edu-
cational agencies in an expedited and timely manner 
and, to the extent practicable, not later than 60 days 
after the receipt of such funds. 
(e) USES OF FUNDS.—A local educational agency that 
receives funds under this section— 
(1) shall reserve not less than 20 percent of such 
funds to address learning loss through the implemen-
tation of evidence-based interventions, such as sum-
mer learning or summer enrichment, extended day, 
comprehensive afterschool programs, or extended 
school year programs, and ensure that such interven-
tions respond to students’ academic, social, and emo-
tional needs and address the disproportionate impact 
of the coronavirus on the student subgroups described 
in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students experiencing homeless-
ness, and children and youth in foster care; and 
(2) shall use the remaining funds for any of the 
following:
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(A) Any activity authorized by the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
(B) Any activity authorized by the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act. 
(C) Any activity authorized by the Adult 
Education and Family Literacy Act. 
(D) Any activity authorized by the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
2006. 
(E) Coordination of preparedness and re-
sponse efforts of local educational agencies with 
State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health 
departments, and other relevant agencies, to im-
prove coordinated responses among such entities 
to 
prevent, 
prepare 
for, 
and 
respond 
to 
coronavirus. 
(F) Activities to address the unique needs of 
low-income children or students, children with 
disabilities, English learners, racial and ethnic 
minorities, students experiencing homelessness, 
and foster care youth, including how outreach 
and service delivery will meet the needs of each 
population.
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(G) Developing and implementing proce-
dures and systems to improve the preparedness 
and response efforts of local educational agencies. 
(H) Training and professional development 
for staff of the local educational agency on sani-
tation and minimizing the spread of infectious 
diseases. 
(I) Purchasing supplies to sanitize and 
clean the facilities of a local educational agency, 
including buildings operated by such agency. 
(J) Planning for, coordinating, and imple-
menting activities during long-term closures, in-
cluding providing meals to eligible students, pro-
viding technology for online learning to all stu-
dents, providing guidance for carrying out re-
quirements under the Individuals with Disabil-
ities Education Act and ensuring other edu-
cational services can continue to be provided 
consistent with all Federal, State, and local re-
quirements. 
(K) Purchasing educational technology (in-
cluding hardware, software, and connectivity) 
for students who are served by the local edu-
cational agency that aids in regular and sub-
stantive educational interaction between students
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and their classroom instructors, including low- 
income students and children with disabilities, 
which may include assistive technology or adapt-
ive equipment. 
(L) Providing mental health services and 
supports, including through the implementation 
of evidence-based full-service community schools. 
(M) Planning and implementing activities 
related to summer learning and supplemental 
afterschool programs, including providing class-
room instruction or online learning during the 
summer months and addressing the needs of low- 
income students, children with disabilities, 
English learners, migrant students, students ex-
periencing homelessness, and children in foster 
care. 
(N) Addressing learning loss among stu-
dents, including low-income students, children 
with disabilities, English learners, racial and 
ethnic minorities, students experiencing home-
lessness, and children and youth in foster care, 
of the local educational agency, including by— 
(i) administering and using high-qual-
ity assessments that are valid and reliable, 
to accurately assess students’ academic
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fans, control systems, and window and door re-
pair and replacement. 
(Q) Developing strategies and implementing 
public health protocols including, to the greatest 
extent practicable, policies in line with guidance 
from the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion for the reopening and operation of school fa-
cilities to effectively maintain the health and 
safety of students, educators, and other staff. 
(R) Other activities that are necessary to 
maintain the operation of and continuity of 
services in local educational agencies and con-
tinuing to employ existing staff of the local edu-
cational agency. 
(f) STATE FUNDING.—With funds not otherwise allo-
cated under subsection (d), a State— 
(1) shall reserve not less than 5 percent of the 
total amount of grant funds awarded to the State 
under this section to carry out, directly or through 
grants or contracts, activities to address learning loss 
by supporting the implementation of evidence-based 
interventions, such as summer learning or summer 
enrichment, extended day, comprehensive afterschool 
programs, or extended school year programs, and en-
sure that such interventions respond to students’ aca-
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demic, social, and emotional needs and address the 
disproportionate impact of the coronavirus on the stu-
dent subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students experi-
encing homelessness, and children and youth in foster 
care, including by providing additional support to 
local educational agencies to fully address such im-
pacts; 
(2) shall reserve not less than 1 percent of the 
total amount of grant funds awarded to the State 
under this section to carry out, directly or through 
grants or contracts, the implementation of evidence- 
based summer enrichment programs, and ensure such 
programs respond to students’ academic, social, and 
emotional needs and address the disproportionate im-
pact of the coronavirus on the student populations de-
scribed in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), students experiencing homeless-
ness, and children and youth in foster care; 
(3) shall reserve not less than 1 percent of the 
total amount of grant funds awarded to the State 
under this section to carry out, directly or through 
grants or contracts, the implementation of evidence-
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based comprehensive afterschool programs, and ensure 
such programs respond to students’ academic, social, 
and emotional needs and address the disproportionate 
impact of the coronavirus on the student populations 
described in section 1111(b)(2)(B)(xi) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(B)(xi)), 
students 
experiencing 
homelessness, and children and youth in foster care; 
and 
(4) may reserve not more than one-half of 1 per-
cent of the total amount of grant funds awarded to 
the State under this section for administrative costs 
and the remainder for emergency needs as determined 
by the State educational agency to address issues re-
sponding to coronavirus, which may be addressed 
through the use of grants or contracts. 
(g) REALLOCATION.—A State shall return to the Sec-
retary any funds received under this section that the State 
does not award within 1 year of receiving such funds and 
the Secretary shall reallocate such funds to the remaining 
States in accordance with subsection (c). 
(h) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the terms ‘‘child’’, ‘‘children with disabil-
ities’’, ‘‘distance education’’, ‘‘elementary school’’, 
‘‘English 
learner’’, 
‘‘evidence-based’’, 
‘‘secondary
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school’’, ‘‘local educational agency’’, ‘‘parent’’, ‘‘Sec-
retary’’, ‘‘State educational agency’’, and ‘‘tech-
nology’’ have the meanings given those terms in sec-
tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801); 
(2) the term ‘‘full-service community school’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 4622(2) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7272(2)); and 
(3) the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 States, 
the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico. 
(i) SAFE RETURN TO IN-PERSON INSTRUCTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency re-
ceiving funds under this section shall develop and 
make publicly available on the local educational agen-
cy’s website, not later than 30 days after receiving the 
allocation of funds described in paragraph (d)(1), a 
plan for the safe return to in-person instruction and 
continuity of services. 
(2) COMMENT PERIOD.—Before making the plan 
described in paragraph (1) publicly available, the 
local educational agency shall seek public comment on 
the plan and take such comments into account in the 
development of the plan.
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(3) PREVIOUS
PLANS.—If a local educational 
agency has developed a plan for the safe return to in- 
person instruction before the date of enactment of this 
Act that meets the requirements described in para-
graphs (1) and (2), such plan shall be deemed to sat-
isfy the requirements under this subsection. 
SEC. 
2002. 
EMERGENCY 
ASSISTANCE 
TO 
NON-PUBLIC 
SCHOOLS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available through the Emergency Assistance to Non-Public 
Schools Program, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Education for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,750,000,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2023, for making al-
locations to Governors under the Emergency Assistance to 
Non-Public Schools Program to provide services or assist-
ance to non-public schools that enroll a significant percent-
age of low-income students and are most impacted by the 
qualifying emergency. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—Funds provided under subsection 
(a) shall not be used to provide reimbursements to any non- 
public school. 
SEC. 2003. HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal
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year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $39,584,570,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for making allocations to institutions 
of higher education in accordance with the same terms and 
conditions of section 314 of the Coronavirus Response and 
Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 (division M 
of Public Law 116–260), except that— 
(1) subsection (a)(1) of such section 314 shall be 
applied by substituting ‘‘91 percent’’ for ‘‘89 percent’’; 
(2) subsection (a)(2) of such section 314 shall be 
applied— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by substituting ‘‘under the heading ‘Higher 
Education’ in the Department of Education Ap-
propriations Act, 2020’’ for ‘‘in the Further Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 
116–94)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by substituting 
‘‘under the heading ‘Higher Education’ in the 
Department of Education Appropriations Act, 
2020’’ for ‘‘in the Further Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94)’’; 
(3) an institution that receives an allocation ap-
portioned in accordance with clause (iii) of subsection 
(a)(2)(A) of such section 314 that has a total endow-
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spective needs, as determined by the Secretary, to be allo-
cated not more than 30 calendar days after the date of en-
actment of this Act. 
SEC. 2006. GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $19,250,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for the Kendall Demonstration Ele-
mentary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, 
and Gallaudet University to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, including to defray expenses associ-
ated with coronavirus (including lost revenue, reimburse-
ment for expenses already incurred, technology costs associ-
ated with a transition to distance education, faculty and 
staff trainings, and payroll) and to provide financial aid 
grants to students, which may be used for any component 
of the student’s cost of attendance. 
SEC. 2007. STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $91,130,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for Student Aid Administration with-
in the Department of Education to prevent, prepare for,