948 
XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 
July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 
year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary. 
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 
of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), $3,750,304,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 2609A(a) of such Act, 
not more than $3,500,000 may be reserved by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services for technical assistance, 
training, and monitoring of program activities for compli-
ance with internal controls, policies and procedures and the 
Secretary may, in addition to the authorities provided in 
section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with 
private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organiza-
tions: Provided further, That all but $760,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated 
as though the total appropriation for such payments for fis-
cal year 2021 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That, after applying all applicable provisions of sec-
tion 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, each State 
or territory that would otherwise receive an allocation that 
is less than 97 percent of the amount that it received under 
this heading for fiscal year 2020 from amounts appro-
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priated in Public Law 116–94 shall have its allocation in-
creased to that 97 percent level, with the portions of other 
States’ and territories’ allocations that would exceed 100 
percent of the amounts they respectively received in such 
fashion for fiscal year 2020 being ratably reduced. 
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 
462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of 
the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Re-
authorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Torture Victims Relief 
Act of 1998, $1,910,201,000, of which $1,864,446,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2023 for carrying 
out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235: Provided, That 
amounts available under this heading to carry out the 
TVPA shall also be available for research and evaluation 
with respect to activities under such Act: Provided further, 
That the limitation in section 205 of this Act regarding 
transfers increasing any appropriation shall apply to 
transfers to appropriations under this heading by sub-
stituting ‘‘15 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’: Provided further, 
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That the contribution of funds requirement under section 
235(c)(6)(C)(iii) of the William Wilberforce Trafficking 
Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008 shall not 
apply to funds made available under this heading. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
For carrying out the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), $5,911,000,000 
shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general rev-
enue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: 
Provided, 
That 
technical 
assistance 
under 
section 
658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided directly, or through 
the use of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or 
interagency agreements: Provided further, That all funds 
made available to carry out section 418 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including funds appropriated for 
that purpose in such section 418 or any other provision 
of law, shall be subject to the reservation of funds authority 
in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 658O(a) of the CCDBG 
Act: Provided further, That in addition to the amounts re-
quired to be reserved by the Secretary under section 
658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, $177,330,000 shall be for Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations. 
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SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 
of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of 
such Act, the applicable percent specified under such sub-
paragraph for a State to carry out State programs pursu-
ant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 percent. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the 
Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the Family 
Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native American 
Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption 
opportunities), part B–1 of title IV and sections 429, 473A, 
477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, 
and the Community Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG 
Act’’); and for necessary administrative expenses to carry 
out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX–A of the Social 
Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low-Income 
Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990, the Assets for Inde-
pendence Act, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance 
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Act of 1980, $13,040,511,000, of which $75,000,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2022, shall be for 
grants to States for adoption and legal guardianship incen-
tive payments, as defined by section 473A of the Social Se-
curity Act and may be made for adoptions and legal 
guardianships completed before September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That $10,748,095,000 shall be for making payments 
under the Head Start Act, including for Early Head Start- 
Child Care Partnerships, and, of which, notwithstanding 
section 640 of such Act: 
(1) $123,000,000 shall be available for a cost of 
living adjustment, and with respect to any continuing 
appropriations act, funding available for a cost of liv-
ing adjustment shall not be construed as an authority 
or condition under this Act; 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 
by the Secretary to supplement activities described in 
paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of the 
Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal Sys-
tem, established under the authority of sections 
641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, and 
such funds shall not be included in the calculation of 
‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as such term 
is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such Act; 
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(3) $10,000,000 shall be available to migrant 
and seasonal Head Start programs, in addition to 
funds made available for migrant and seasonal Head 
Start programs under section 640(a) of the Head 
Start Act, for the purposes of quality improvement 
consistent with section 640(a)(5) of such Act except 
that any amount of the funds may be used on any 
of the activities in such section 640(a)(5): Provided 
further, That funds derived from a migrant and sea-
sonal Head Start program held by the Secretary as 
a result of recapturing, withholding, or reducing a 
base grant that were unable to be redistributed con-
sistent with section 641A(h)(6)(A)(ii) of such Act 
shall be added to the amount in this paragraph; 
(4) $4,000,000 shall be available for the purposes 
of maintaining the Tribal Colleges and Universities 
Head Start Partnership Program consistent with sec-
tion 648(g) of such Act; and 
(5) $21,000,000 shall be available to supplement 
funding otherwise available for research, evaluation, 
and Federal administrative costs: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res-
ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act 
in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections 
640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such Act: 
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Provided further, That $275,000,000 shall be available until 
December 31, 2021 for carrying out sections 9212 and 9213 
of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Provided further, That 
up to 3 percent of the funds in the preceding proviso shall 
be available for technical assistance and evaluation related 
to grants awarded under such section 9212: Provided fur-
ther, That $775,383,000 shall be for making payments 
under the CSBG Act: Provided further, That $30,383,000 
shall be for section 680 of the CSBG Act, of which not less 
than $20,383,000 shall be for section 680(a)(2) and not less 
than $10,000,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such 
Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
675C(a)(3) of the CSBG Act, to the extent Community 
Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds 
by a State to an eligible entity as provided under such Act, 
and have not been expended by such entity, they shall re-
main with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year 
for expenditure by such entity consistent with program pur-
poses: Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish 
procedures regarding the disposition of intangible assets 
and program income that permit such assets acquired with, 
and program income derived from, grant funds authorized 
under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole prop-
erty of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 
years after the end of the grant period for any activity con-
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sistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided 
further, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity 
investments and other debt instruments, and program in-
come may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose con-
sistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided 
further, That these procedures shall apply to such grant 
funds made available after November 29, 1999: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of 
the CSBG Act shall be available for financing construction 
and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private 
business enterprises owned by community development cor-
porations: Provided further, That $182,500,000 shall be for 
carrying out section 303(a) of the Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services Act, of which $7,000,000 shall be allocated 
notwithstanding section 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying 
out section 309 of such Act: Provided further, That the per-
centages specified in section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act shall not apply to funds ap-
propriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
$1,864,000 shall be for a human services case management 
system for federally declared disasters, to include a com-
prehensive national case management contract and Federal 
costs of administering the system: Provided further, That 
up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assist-
ance Reporting Information System, including grants to 
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States to support data collection for a study of the system’s 
effectiveness. 
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 
436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for car-
rying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such 
Act, $82,515,000: Provided, That of the funds available to 
carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be allocated con-
sistent with subsections (b) through (d) of such section: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds available to carry out sec-
tion 437, to assist in meeting the requirements described 
in section 471(e)(4)(C), $20,000,000 shall be for grants to 
each State, territory, and Indian tribe operating title IV– 
E plans for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship 
navigator programs, as described in section 427(a)(1) of 
such Act and $2,750,000, in addition to funds otherwise 
appropriated in section 476 for such purposes, shall be for 
the Family First Clearinghouse: Provided further, That sec-
tion 437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts in the previous 
proviso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘3.3 percent’’, and 
notwithstanding section 436(b)(1), such reserved amounts 
may be used for identifying, establishing, and dissemi-
nating practices to meet the criteria specified in section 
471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That the reservation in sec-
tion 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 437(d) shall 
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not apply to funds specified in the second proviso: Provided 
further, That the minimum grant award for kinship navi-
gator programs in the case of States and territories shall 
be $200,000, and, in the case of tribes, shall be $25,000. 
PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 
IV–E of the Social Security Act, $7,012,000,000. 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 
IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fis-
cal year 2022, $3,000,000,000. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 
year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 
E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 
current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the RAISE 
Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grandparents Rais-
ing Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX of the PHS 
Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, section 119 
of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers 
Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Security Act, the De-
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velopmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 
parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, titles 
II and VII (and section 14 with respect to such titles) of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and for Department-wide 
coordination of policy and program activities that assist 
individuals with disabilities, $2,206,000,000, together with 
$52,115,000 to be transferred from the Federal Hospital In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med-
ical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, 
That amounts appropriated under this heading may be 
used for grants to States under section 361 of the OAA only 
for disease prevention and health promotion programs and 
activities which have been demonstrated through rigorous 
evaluation to be evidence-based and effective: Provided fur-
ther, That of amounts made available under this heading 
to carry out sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up 
to one percent of such amounts shall be available for devel-
oping and implementing evidence-based practices for en-
hancing senior nutrition, including medically-tailored 
meals: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, funds made available under this head-
ing to carry out section 311 of the OAA may be transferred 
to the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with such sec-
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tion: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for com-
petitive grants to support alternative financing programs 
that provide for the purchase of assistive technology devices, 
such as a low-interest loan fund; an interest buy-down pro-
gram; a revolving loan fund; a loan guarantee; or an insur-
ance program: Provided further, That applicants shall pro-
vide an assurance that, and information describing the 
manner in which, the alternative financing program will 
expand and emphasize consumer choice and control: Pro-
vided further, That State agencies and community-based 
disability organizations that are directed by and operated 
for individuals with disabilities shall be eligible to compete: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading may be used by an eligible system (as 
defined in section 102 of the Protection and Advocacy for 
Individuals with Mental Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to 
continue to pursue any legal action in a Federal or State 
court on behalf of an individual or group of individuals 
with a developmental disability (as defined in section 
102(8)(A) of the Developmental Disabilities and Assistance 
and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that 
is attributable to a mental impairment (or a combination 
of mental and physical impairments), that has as the re-
quested remedy the closure of State operated intermediate 
care facilities for people with intellectual or developmental 
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disabilities, unless reasonable public notice of the action has 
been provided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental 
incapacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifi-
cally awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare 
and residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who 
are affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting 
such legal action, which informs such individuals (or such 
legal guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise 
such rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil 
Procedure: Provided further, That the limitations in the im-
mediately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of 
an individual who is neither competent to consent nor has 
a legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case 
of individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to 
public guardianship. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
general departmental management, including hire of six 
passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 
XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 
States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and research 
studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, 
$485,794,000, together with $64,828,000 from the amounts 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out 
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national health or human services research and evaluation 
activities: Provided, That of this amount, $55,400,000 shall 
be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $101,000,000 shall be for making competitive 
contracts and grants to public and private entities to fund 
medically accurate and age appropriate programs that re-
duce teen pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated 
with administering and evaluating such contracts and 
grants, of which not more than 10 percent of the available 
funds shall be for training and technical assistance, evalua-
tion, outreach, and additional program support activities, 
and of the remaining amount 75 percent shall be for repli-
cating programs that have been proven effective through rig-
orous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral 
risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associ-
ated risk factors, and 25 percent shall be available for re-
search and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, re-
fine, and test additional models and innovative strategies 
for preventing teenage pregnancy: Provided further, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading from amounts 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000 
shall be available to carry out evaluations (including longi-
tudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention ap-
proaches: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
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able under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be for making 
competitive grants which exclusively implement education 
in sexual risk avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining 
from non-marital sexual activity): Provided further, That 
funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoid-
ance shall use medically accurate information referenced to 
peer-reviewed publications by educational, scientific, gov-
ernmental, or health organizations; implement an evidence- 
based approach integrating research findings with practical 
implementation that aligns with the needs and desired out-
comes for the intended audience; and teach the benefits asso-
ciated with self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty 
prevention, healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting 
sexual coercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behav-
iors such as underage drinking or illicit drug use without 
normalizing teen sexual activity: Provided further, That no 
more than 10 percent of the funding for such competitive 
grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be available for tech-
nical assistance and administrative costs of such programs: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act for em-
bryo adoption activities may be used to provide to individ-
uals adopting embryos, through grants and other mecha-
nisms, medical and administrative services deemed nec-
essary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such serv-
ices shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): 
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Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out prize 
competitions sponsored by the Office of the Secretary to ac-
celerate innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treat-
ment of kidney diseases (as authorized by section 24 of the 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
U.S.C. 3719)). 
MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and ap-
peals in the Office of the Secretary, $191,881,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2022, to be transferred 
in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insur-
ance Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the devel-
opment and advancement of interoperable health informa-
tion technology, $62,367,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for in-
vestigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
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General Act of 1978, $80,000,000: Provided, That of such 
amount, necessary sums shall be available for providing 
protective services to the Secretary and investigating non- 
payment of child support cases for which non-payment is 
a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
$38,798,000. 
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, 
for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Pro-
tection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical 
care of dependents and retired personnel under the Depend-
ents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required 
during the current fiscal year. 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND 
For expenses necessary to support activities related to 
countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, chem-
ical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, and 
for other public health emergencies, $1,085,458,000, of 
which $596,700,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2022, for expenses necessary to support advanced 
research and development pursuant to section 319L of the 
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PHS Act and other administrative expenses of the Bio-
medical Advanced Research and Development Authority: 
Provided, That funds provided under this heading for the 
purpose of acquisition of security countermeasures shall be 
in addition to any other funds available for such purpose: 
Provided further, That products purchased with funds pro-
vided under this heading may, at the discretion of the Sec-
retary, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile pur-
suant to section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, 
That $5,000,000 of the amounts made available to support 
emergency operations shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2023. 
For expenses necessary for procuring security counter-
measures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS 
Act), $770,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 319F–2(a) 
of the PHS Act, $705,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary to 
prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic, 
$287,000,000; of which $252,000,000 shall be available 
until expended, for activities including the development and 
purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, 
diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may 
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be used for the construction or renovation of privately 
owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza 
vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such con-
struction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient sup-
plies of such vaccines or biologics. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 
a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 
of Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH 
from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an indi-
vidual at this rate. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 
except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for 
other taps and assessments made by any office located in 
HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a report 
by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 
planned uses of such funds. 
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SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS 
Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not 
more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for 
programs authorized under such Act shall be made available 
for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) and 
the implementation and effectiveness of programs funded in 
this title. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
current fiscal year for HHS in this Act may be transferred 
between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 
this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 
338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such 
section may occur up to 60 days after the effective date of 
a contract awarded in fiscal year 2021 under section 338B 
of such Act, or at any time if the individual who has been 
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awarded such contract has not received funds due under the 
contract. 
SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be made available to any entity under title X of the 
PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the 
Secretary that it encourages family participation in the de-
cision of minors to seek family planning services and that 
it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts 
to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall 
be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the 
reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, 
rape, or incest. 
SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 
used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 
Secretary denies participation in such program to an other-
wise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Orga-
nization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it 
will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 
referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation 
payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound 
estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such 
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entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this 
section shall be construed to change the Medicare program’s 
coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage orga-
nization described in this section shall be responsible for 
informing enrollees where to obtain information about all 
Medicare covered services. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro-
mote gun control. 
SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through 
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 
by the Agency for International Development, the United 
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 
World Health Organization. 
SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out international 
health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious 
disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other 
health activities abroad during fiscal year 2021: 
(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiva-
lent to that available to the Secretary of State in sec-
tion 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with the Sec-
retary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to en-
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sure that the authority provided in this section is ex-
ercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable stat-
utes administered by the Department of State. 
(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 
funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 
of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac-
quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage-
ment of facilities outside of the United States for the 
use of HHS. The Department of State shall cooperate 
fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has se-
cure, safe, functional facilities that comply with ap-
plicable regulation governing location, setback, and 
other facilities requirements and serve the purposes 
established by this Act. The Secretary is authorized, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, through 
grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to 
public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in 
participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, 
lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as 
necessary to conduct programs of assistance for inter-
national health activities, including activities relating 
to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, chronic 
and environmental diseases, and other health activi-
ties abroad. 
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(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 
personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to 
serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those 
provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 through 
4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to pro-
vide locality-based comparability payments (stated as 
a percentage) up to the amount of the locality-based 
comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that 
would be payable to such personnel under section 
5304 of title 5, United States Code if such personnel’s 
official duty station were in the District of Columbia. 
Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection 
shall be on the same basis as that provided under sub-
chapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, 
or section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to 
individuals serving in the Foreign Service. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 
Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 
to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 
amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 
research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 
Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 
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House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 
least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act 
for NIH, the amount for research related to the human im-
munodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director 
of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, 
shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ 
account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall 
transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out 
section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 
may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the 
PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, 
cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research 
identified pursuant to or research and activities described 
in such section 402(b)(12). 
(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 
under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer re-
view procedures (including consultation with appropriate 
scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro-
priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 
merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in 
lieu of the peer review and advisory council review proce-
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dures that would otherwise be required under sections 
301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 
494 of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 216. Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appro-
priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, re-
pair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the prop-
er and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, 
at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 
percent of the amount made available for National Research 
Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available to the 
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Admin-
istration to make NRSA awards for research in primary 
medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have 
received grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747 
of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made avail-
able for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make 
NRSA awards for health service research. 
SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and 
Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into a con-
tract, for more than one but no more than 10 program 
years, for purchase of research services or of security coun-
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termeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F– 
2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 
if— 
(1) funds are available and obligated— 
(A) for the full period of the contract or for 
the first fiscal year in which the contract is in 
effect; and 
(B) for the estimated costs associated with 
a necessary termination of the contract; and 
(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 
contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 
Government by encouraging full and open competi-
tion or promoting economy in administration, per-
formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 
(b) A contract entered into under this section— 
(1) shall include a termination clause as de-
scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 
United States Code; and 
(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice re-
quirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 
SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 
year 2022 budget justification and on Departmental Web 
sites information concerning the employment of full-time 
equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the purposes 
of implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise 
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carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the amend-
ments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year and 
each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 
(b) With respect to employees or contractors supported 
by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the 
ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary 
shall include, at a minimum, the following information: 
(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such 
Act under which such funds were appropriated, a 
statement indicating the program, project, or activity 
receiving such funds, the Federal operating division 
or office that administers such program, and the 
amount of funding received in discretionary or man-
datory appropriations. 
(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full- 
time equivalent employees or contracted employees as-
signed to each authorized and funded provision de-
tailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 
(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may ex-
clude from the report employees or contractors who— 
(1) are supported through appropriations en-
acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro-
grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 
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(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 
activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 
or 
(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting 
is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed- 
price contracts. 
SEC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 
fiscal year 2022 budget of the President submitted under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information 
that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health Insur-
ance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enactment of 
the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal year 
2022. Such information shall include, for each such fiscal 
year, the amount of funds used for each activity specified 
under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance Exchange Trans-
parency’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 
Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 
the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 
or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 
the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program 
Management’’ account, may be used for payments under 
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section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to risk 
corridors). 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under sec-
tion 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the 
amounts specified, and for the activities specified under the 
heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 
Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 
(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 
section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with-
out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 
SEC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on No-
vember 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2023, any provision 
of law that refers (including through cross-reference to an-
other provision of law) to the current recommendations of 
the United States Preventive Services Task Force with re-
spect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and pre-
vention shall be administered by the Secretary involved as 
if— 
(1) such reference to such current recommenda-
tions were a reference to the recommendations of such 
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Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening, 
mammography, and prevention last issued before 
2009; and 
(2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 
applied to any screening mammography modality 
under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 
SEC. 224. In making Federal financial assistance, the 
provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, 
Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the 
approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall continue 
to apply to the National Institutes of Health to the same 
extent and in the same manner as such provisions were ap-
plied in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None of the 
funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Health and Human Services 
or to any department or agency may be used to develop 
or implement a modified approach to such provisions, or 
to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal effect of 
the approval of such deviations from negotiated rates be-
yond the proportional effect of such approvals in such quar-
ter. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. The NIH Director may transfer funds for 
opioid addiction, opioid alternatives, stimulant misuse and 
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addiction, pain management, and addiction treatment to 
other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for the 
same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided, That the transfer authority provided in 
the previous proviso is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided by law. 
SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: 
(1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the 
Exchanges established under the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to enroll-
ments during the open enrollment period; and 
(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 
awards, including supplements, authorized under sec-
tion 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 
(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 
and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 
advance of any public release of enrollment information or 
the award of such grants. 
SEC. 227. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail-
able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Pro-
gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services may transfer up to $305,000,000 to such account 
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from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to 
support program management activity related to the Medi-
care Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing pur-
pose, such funds may not be used to support any provision 
of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or any 
amendment made by either such Public Law) or to supplant 
any other amounts within such account. 
SEC. 228. The Department of Health and Human 
Services shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate a biannual report 
30 days after enactment of this Act on staffing described 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
SEC. 229. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 
available for salaries and expenses of employees of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services shall also be 
available to pay travel and related expenses of such an em-
ployee or of a member of his or her family, when such em-
ployee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in a 
U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that are 
the subject of a determination of a public health emergency 
under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act and such 
travel is necessary to obtain medical care for an illness, 
injury, or medical condition that cannot be adequately ad-
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dressed in that location at that time. For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means Guam, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory 
of the Pacific Islands. 
SEC. 230. The Department of Health and Human 
Services may accept donations from the private sector, non-
governmental organizations, and other groups independent 
of the Federal Government for the care of unaccompanied 
alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in the care 
of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Administration 
for Children and Families, including medical goods and 
services, which may include early childhood developmental 
screenings, school supplies, toys, clothing, and any other 
items intended to promote the wellbeing of such children. 
SEC. 231. (a) None of the funds provided by this or 
any prior appropriations Act may be used to reverse 
changes in procedures made by operational directives issued 
to providers by the Office of Refugee Resettlement on Decem-
ber 18, 2018, March 23, 2019, and June 10, 2019 regarding 
the Memorandum of Agreement on Information Sharing ex-
ecuted April 13, 2018. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may 
make changes to such operational directives upon making 
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a determination that such changes are necessary to prevent 
unaccompanied alien children from being placed in danger, 
and the Secretary shall provide a written justification to 
Congress and the Inspector General of the Department of 
Health and Human Services in advance of implementing 
such changes. 
(c) Within 15 days of the Secretary’s communication 
of the justification, the Inspector General of the Department 
of Health and Human Services shall provide an assessment, 
in writing, to the Secretary and to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
of whether such changes to operational directives are nec-
essary to prevent unaccompanied children from being 
placed in danger. 
SEC. 232. None of the funds made available in this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human 
Services—Administration for Children and Families—Ref-
ugee and Entrant Assistance’’ may be obligated to a grantee 
or contractor to house unaccompanied alien children (as 
such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in any facility 
that is not State-licensed for the care of unaccompanied 
alien children, except in the case that the Secretary deter-
mines that housing unaccompanied alien children in such 
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a facility is necessary on a temporary basis due to an influx 
of such children or an emergency, provided that— 
(1) the terms of the grant or contract for the op-
erations of any such facility that remains in oper-
ation for more than six consecutive months shall re-
quire compliance with— 
(A) the same requirements as licensed place-
ments, as listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores Settle-
ment Agreement that the Secretary determines 
are applicable to non-State licensed facilities; 
and 
(B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty Youth 
Care Worker for every eight (8) children or youth 
during waking hours, one (1) on-duty Youth 
Care Worker for every sixteen (16) children or 
youth during sleeping hours, and clinician ratios 
to children (including mental health providers) 
as required in grantee cooperative agreements; 
(2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver for 
a contractor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with para-
graph (1) if the Secretary certifies and provides a re-
port to Congress on the contractor’s or grantee’s good- 
faith efforts and progress towards compliance; 
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(3) not more than four consecutive waivers under 
paragraph (2) may be granted to a contractor or 
grantee with respect to a specific facility; 
(4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the moni-
toring requirements set forth in section 5.5 of its Poli-
cies and Procedures Guide as of May 15, 2019; 
(5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation 
for more than three consecutive months, ORR shall 
conduct a minimum of one comprehensive monitoring 
visit during the first three months of operation, with 
quarterly monitoring visits thereafter; and 
(6) not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate outlining the requirements of ORR for 
influx facilities including any requirement listed in 
paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has determined 
are not applicable to non-State licensed facilities. 
SEC. 233. In addition to the existing Congressional no-
tification for formal site assessments of potential influx fa-
cilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed facil-
ity, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard-sided 
or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates that, 
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in the absence of the influx facility, the likely outcome is 
that unaccompanied alien children will remain in the cus-
tody of the Department of Homeland Security for longer 
than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children will 
be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of bringing 
such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary 
shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report detailing 
the total number of children in care at the facility, the aver-
age length of stay and average length of care of children 
at the facility, and, for any child that has been at the facil-
ity for more than 60 days, their length of stay and reason 
for delay in release. 
SEC. 234. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or 
Member of the House of Representatives from entering, for 
the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the 
United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody 
of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 
defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator 
or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the Of-
fice of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business days 
in advance to ensure that such visit would not interfere 
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with the operations (including child welfare and child safe-
ty operations) of such facility. 
SEC. 235. Not later than 14 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and make pub-
licly available online, a report with respect to children who 
were separated from their parents or legal guardians by the 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regardless of 
whether or not such separation was pursuant to an option 
selected by the children, parents, or guardians), subse-
quently classified as unaccompanied alien children, and 
transferred to the care and custody of ORR during the pre-
vious month. Each report shall contain the following infor-
mation: 
(1) the number and ages of children so separated 
subsequent to apprehension at or between ports of 
entry, to be reported by sector where separation oc-
curred; and 
(2) the documented cause of separation, as re-
ported by DHS when each child was referred. 
SEC. 236. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 
available for salaries and expenses of employees of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be avail-
able for the primary and secondary schooling of eligible de-
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pendents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory as de-
fined in section 229 of this Act at costs not in excess of 
those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of Defense. 
SEC. 237. Of the unobligated balances available in fis-
cal year 2021 in the ‘‘Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ estab-
lished in section 223 of division G of Public Law 110–161, 
$225,000,000, in addition to any funds otherwise made 
available for such purposes in this, prior, or subsequent fis-
cal years, shall be available during the period of avail-
ability of the Fund for the study of, construction of, demoli-
tion of, renovation of, and acquisition of equipment for, fa-
cilities of or used by the National Institutes of Health, in-
cluding the acquisition of real property. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 238. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non-
recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of di-
vision G of Public Law 110–161, $375,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded not later than September 30, 2021. 
SEC. 239. (a) The Chamblee Research Support Build-
ing (Building 108) at the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention is hereby renamed as the Johnny Isakson Public 
Health Research Building. 
(b) Section 238 of division A of the Further Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘during the period of availability of 
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the Fund’’ after ‘‘shall be available’’ and by inserting ‘‘mov-
ing expenses,’’ after ‘‘renovation of facilities,’’. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 
title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 
418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to in 
this 
Act 
as 
‘‘HEA’’), 
$17,226,790,000, 
of 
which 
$6,306,490,000 shall become available on July 1, 2021, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2022, and of 
which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2021, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2022, for academic year 2021–2022: Provided, That 
$6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under section 1124 
of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of 
these funds shall be available to the Secretary of Education 
(referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) on October 1, 2020, 
to obtain annually updated local educational agency-level 
census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: Pro-
vided further, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentra-
tion grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided fur-
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ther, That $4,357,550,000 shall be for targeted grants under 
section 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
$4,357,550,000 shall be for education finance incentive 
grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided further, 
That $220,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 2 of 
part B of title II: Provided further, That $46,123,000 shall 
be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 
ESEA, $1,501,112,000, of which $1,354,242,000 shall be for 
basic support payments under section 7003(b), $48,316,000 
shall be for payments for children with disabilities under 
section 7003(d), $17,406,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2022, shall be for construction under section 
7007(b), $76,313,000 shall be for Federal property pay-
ments under section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance 
under section 7008: Provided, That for purposes of com-
puting the amount of a payment for an eligible local edu-
cational agency under section 7003(a) for school year 2020– 
2021, children enrolled in a school of such agency that 
would otherwise be eligible for payment under section 
7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both 
parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian 
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having sole custody of such children, or due to the death 
of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty 
(so long as such children reside on Federal property as de-
scribed in section 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible 
under such section, shall be considered as eligible students 
under such section, provided such students remain in aver-
age daily attendance at a school in the same local edu-
cational agency they attended prior to their change in eligi-
bility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities author-
ized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of 
part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V, 
and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of 
Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil 
Rights 
Act 
of 
1964, 
$5,444,217,000, 
of 
which 
$3,613,652,000 shall become available on July 1, 2021, and 
remain available through September 30, 2022, and of which 
$1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2021, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2022, for 
academic year 2021–2022: Provided, That $378,000,000 
shall be for part B of title I: Provided further, That 
$1,259,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided fur-
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ther, That $37,397,000 shall be for part B of title VI, which 
may be used for construction, renovation, and moderniza-
tion of any public elementary school, secondary school, or 
structure related to a public elementary school or secondary 
school that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian stu-
dent body, and that the 5 percent limitation in section 
6205(b) of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative 
purposes shall apply only to direct administrative costs: 
Provided further, That $36,453,000 shall be for part C of 
title VI, which shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and 
may be used for construction, and that the 5 percent limita-
tion in section 6305 of the ESEA on the use of funds for 
administrative purposes shall apply only to direct adminis-
trative costs: Provided further, That $52,000,000 shall be 
available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Tech-
nical Assistance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make 
such arrangements as determined to be necessary to ensure 
that the Bureau of Indian Education has access to services 
provided under this section: Provided further, That 
$16,699,000 shall be available to carry out the Supple-
mental Education Grants program for the Federated States 
of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up to 5 
percent of the amount referred to in the previous proviso 
to provide technical assistance in the implementation of 
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these grants: Provided further, That $187,840,000 shall be 
for part B of title V: Provided further, That $1,220,000,000 
shall be available for grants under subpart 1 of part A of 
title IV. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 
otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 
$181,239,000, of which $67,993,000 shall be for subpart 2 
of part A of title VI and $7,865,000 shall be for subpart 
3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent limita-
tion in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of the ESEA 
on the use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply 
only to direct administrative costs. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 
3 and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and 
subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 
$1,114,250,000: Provided, That $285,250,000 shall be for 
subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made 
available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 
2241: Provided further, That $635,000,000 shall be for parts 
C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, and shall 
be made available without regard to sections 4311, 4409(a), 
and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, That section 
4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available for 
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part C of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds avail-
able for part C of title IV, the Secretary shall use 
$60,000,000 to carry out section 4304, of which not more 
than $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 
4304(k), $140,000,000, to remain available through March 
31, 2022, to carry out section 4305(b), and not more than 
$15,000,000 to carry out the activities in section 
4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
4601(b), $194,000,000 shall be available through December 
31, 2021 for subpart 1 of part F of title IV. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 
and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $217,000,000: Pro-
vided, That $106,000,000 shall be available for section 
4631, of which up to $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Re-
sponse to Violence (Project SERV) program: Provided fur-
ther, That $30,000,000 shall be available for section 4625: 
Provided further, That $81,000,000 shall be available 
through December 31, 2021, for section 4624. 
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 
$797,400,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2021, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2022, ex-
cept that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on 
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October 1, 2020, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2022, to carry out activities under section 
3111(c)(1)(C). 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 
and Empowerment Act of 2004, $14,070,743,000, of which 
$4,533,544,000 shall become available on July 1, 2021, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2022, and of 
which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2021, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2022, for academic year 2021–2022: Provided, That the 
amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal 
to the lesser of the amount available for that activity during 
fiscal year 2020, increased by the amount of inflation as 
specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the per-
cent change in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) 
of the IDEA, but not less than the amount for that activity 
during fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, without regard to section 611(d) of the IDEA, 
distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in 
section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount 
by which a State’s allocation under section 611, from funds 
appropriated under this heading, is reduced under section 
612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on the 
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basis of the States’ relative populations of children aged 3 
through 21 who are of the same age as children with disabil-
ities for whom the State ensures the availability of a free 
appropriate public education under this part, and 15 per-
cent to States on the basis of the States’ relative populations 
of those children who are living in poverty: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds 
under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction 
in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading 
made funds available for such a distribution: Provided fur-
ther, That the States shall allocate such funds distributed 
under the second proviso to local educational agencies in 
accordance with section 611(f): Provided further, That the 
amount by which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) 
of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) and 
the amounts distributed to States under the previous pro-
visos in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not 
be considered in calculating the awards under section 
611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any subsequent fiscal 
years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provi-
sion in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal year in 
which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced 
for failure to comply with the requirement of section 
612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply the reduction spec-
ified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a period of consecutive 
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fiscal years, not to exceed 5, until the entire reduction is 
applied: Provided further, That the Secretary may, in any 
fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under section 611 
is reduced in accordance with section 612(a)(18)(B), reduce 
the amount a State may reserve under section 611(e)(1) by 
an amount that bears the same relation to the maximum 
amount described in that paragraph as the reduction under 
section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allocation the State 
would have received in that fiscal year under section 611(d) 
in the absence of the reduction: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall either reduce the allocation of funds under 
section 611 for any fiscal year following the fiscal year for 
which the State fails to comply with the requirement of sec-
tion 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized by section 612(a)(18)(B), 
or seek to recover funds under section 452 of the General 
Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1234a): Provided fur-
ther, That the funds reserved under 611(c) of the IDEA may 
be used to provide technical assistance to States to improve 
the capacity of the States to meet the data collection re-
quirements of sections 616 and 618 and to administer and 
carry out other services and activities to improve data col-
lection, coordination, quality, and use under parts B and 
C of the IDEA: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
use funds made available for the State Personnel Develop-
ment Grants program under part D, subpart 1 of IDEA 
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to evaluate program performance under such subpart: Pro-
vided further, That States may use funds reserved for other 
State-level activities under sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of 
the IDEA to make subgrants to local educational agencies, 
institutions of higher education, other public agencies, and 
private non-profit organizations to carry out activities au-
thorized by those sections: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing section 643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or fewer 
States apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) of such 
Act, the Secretary shall provide a grant to each State in 
an amount equal to the maximum amount described in sec-
tion 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That if 
more than 5 States apply for grants pursuant to section 
643(e) of the IDEA, the Secretary shall award funds to 
those States on the basis of the States’ relative populations 
of infants and toddlers except that no such State shall re-
ceive a grant in excess of the amount described in section 
643(e)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That States may 
use funds allotted under section 643(c) of the IDEA to make 
subgrants to local educational agencies, institutions of high-
er education, other public agencies, and private non-profit 
organizations to carry out activities authorized by section 
638 of IDEA. 
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REHABILITATION SERVICES 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller Na-
tional Center Act, $3,814,220,000, of which $3,675,021,000 
shall be for grants for vocational rehabilitation services 
under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided, That the 
Secretary may use amounts provided in this Act that re-
main available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to 
States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act 
for innovative activities aimed at increasing competitive 
integrated employment as defined in section 7 of such Act 
for youth and other individuals with disabilities: Provided 
further, That States may award subgrants for a portion 
of the funds to other public and private, nonprofit entities: 
Provided further, That any funds made available subse-
quent to reallotment for innovative activities aimed at im-
proving the outcomes of individuals with disabilities shall 
remain available until September 30, 2022. 
SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education 
of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $34,431,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
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1986, $81,500,000: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for 
the endowment program as authorized under section 207 
of such Act. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $140,361,000: Pro-
vided, That from the total amount available, the University 
may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program 
as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 
CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Education and Fam-
ily Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), $2,030,936,000, of which 
$1,239,936,000 shall become available on July 1, 2021, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2022, and of 
which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2021, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2022: Provided, That of the amounts made available for 
AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activi-
ties under section 242. 
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STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and 
part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,545,352,000 which shall 
remain available through September 30, 2022. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2021–2022 shall be $5,435. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 
parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 
1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 
$1,853,943,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2022: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new stu-
dent loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 
servicers on the basis of their past performance compared 
to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 
and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process 
new and existing accounts: Provided further, That for stu-
dent loan contracts awarded prior to October 1, 2017, the 
Secretary shall allow student loan borrowers who are con-
solidating Federal student loans to select from any student 
loan servicer to service their new consolidated student loan: 
Provided further, That in order to promote accountability 
and high-quality service to borrowers, the Secretary shall 
not award funding for any contract solicitation for a new 
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Federal student loan servicing environment, including the 
solicitation for the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Next Gen-
eration Processing and Servicing Environment, unless such 
an environment provides for the participation of multiple 
student loan servicers that contract directly with the De-
partment of Education to manage a unique portfolio of bor-
rower accounts and the full life-cycle of loans from disburse-
ment to pay-off with certain limited exceptions, and allo-
cates student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 
servicers based on performance: Provided further, That the 
Department shall re-allocate accounts from servicers for re-
curring non-compliance with FSA guidelines, contractual 
requirements, and applicable laws, including for failure to 
sufficiently inform borrowers of available repayment op-
tions: Provided further, That such servicers shall be evalu-
ated based on their ability to meet contract requirements 
(including an understanding of Federal and State law), fu-
ture performance on the contracts, and history of compli-
ance with applicable consumer protections laws: Provided 
further, That to the extent FSA permits student loan serv-
icing subcontracting, FSA shall hold prime contractors ac-
countable for meeting the requirements of the contract, and 
the performance and expectations of subcontractors shall be 
accounted for in the prime contract and in the overall per-
formance of the prime contractor: Provided further, That 
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FSA shall ensure that the Next Generation Processing and 
Servicing Environment, or any new Federal loan servicing 
environment, incentivize more support to borrowers at risk 
of delinquency or default: Provided further, That FSA shall 
ensure that in such environment contractors have the capac-
ity to meet and are held accountable for performance on 
service levels; are held accountable for and have a history 
of compliance with applicable consumer protection laws; 
and have relevant experience and demonstrated effective-
ness: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
quarterly briefings to the Committees on Appropriations 
and Education and Labor of the House of Representatives 
and the Committees on Appropriations and Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on general 
progress related to solicitations for Federal student loan 
servicing contracts: Provided further, That FSA shall 
strengthen transparency through expanded publication of 
aggregate data on student loan and servicer performance: 
Provided further, That not later than 60 days after enact-
ment of this Act, FSA shall provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a detailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds 
made available in this account for fiscal year 2021 and pro-
vide quarterly updates on this plan (including contracts 
awarded, change orders, bonuses paid to staff, reorganiza-
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tion costs, and any other activity carried out using 
amounts provided under this heading for fiscal year 2021): 
Provided further, That the FSA Next Generation Processing 
and Servicing Environment, or any new Federal student 
loan servicing environment, shall include accountability 
measures that account for the performance of the portfolio 
and contractor compliance with FSA guidelines: Provided 
further, That, due to concerns with the transfer of borrower 
accounts and to allow appropriate time for review of the 
risks of current contracting plans, FSA shall suspend 
awarding of any contract for the Interim Servicing Solu-
tion (ISS) Solicitation (Solicitation No. 91003120R0018) 
for a period of not less than 90 days after enactment of 
this Act: Provided further, That FSA may not award fund-
ing for any contract under such ISS Solicitation unless 
Business Process Operations (BPO) Contractors are, as bor-
rower accounts are migrated to ISS, immediately respon-
sible for all contact center and back-office processing, as de-
scribed in BPO Solicitation No. 91003119R0008, necessary 
to deliver all such servicing requirements for accounts that 
have been migrated to ISS: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the requirements of the Federal Property and Ad-
ministration Services Act of 1949, 41 U.S.C. 3101 et. seq, 
as amended; parts 6, 16, and 37 of title 48, Code of Federal 
Regulations; or any other procurement limitation on the 
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period of performance, the Secretary may extend the period 
of performance for any contract under section 456 of the 
HEA for servicing activities scheduled to expire on Decem-
ber 14, 2021, or March 30, 2022, as applicable, for up to 
two additional years from the date of expiration. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, the Mu-
tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and 
section 117 of the Perkins Act, $2,541,661,000, of which 
$96,000,000 shall remain available through December 31, 
2021: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title 
VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used 
to support visits and study in foreign countries by individ-
uals who are participating in advanced foreign language 
training and international studies in areas that are vital 
to United States national security and who plan to apply 
their language skills and knowledge of these countries in 
the fields of government, the professions, or international 
development: Provided further, That of the funds referred 
to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used 
for program evaluation, national outreach, and informa-
tion dissemination activities: Provided further, That up to 
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1.5 percent of the funds made available under chapter 2 
of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be used 
for evaluation: Provided further, That section 313(d) of the 
HEA shall not apply to an institution of higher education 
that is eligible to receive funding under section 318 of the 
HEA. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For 
partial 
support 
of 
Howard 
University, 
$251,018,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for 
a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard Uni-
versity Endowment Act and shall remain available until 
expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 
121 of the HEA, $435,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL 
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $22,150,000, as au-
thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 
shall remain available through September 30, 2022: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are 
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available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $278,266,000: Pro-
vided further, That these funds may be used to support 
loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities without regard to the limitations within sec-
tion 344(a) of the HEA. 
In addition, $16,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2022, shall be made available to provide for 
the deferment of loans made under part D of title III of 
the HEA to eligible institutions that are private Histori-
cally Black Colleges and Universities, which apply for the 
deferment of such a loan and demonstrate financial need 
for such deferment by having a score of 2.6 or less on the 
Department of Education’s financial responsibility test: 
Provided, That the loan has not been paid in full and is 
not paid in full during the period of deferment: Provided 
further, That during the period of deferment of such a loan, 
interest on the loan will not accrue or be capitalized, and 
the period of deferment shall be for at least a period of 3- 
fiscal years and not more than 6-fiscal years: Provided fur-
ther, That funds available under this paragraph shall be 
used to fund eligible deferment requests submitted for this 
purpose in fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall create and execute an outreach plan to work 
with States and the Capital Financing Advisory Board to 
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improve outreach to States and help additional public His-
torically Black Colleges and Universities participate in the 
program. 
In addition, $10,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2022, shall be made available to provide for 
the deferment of loans made under part D of title III of 
the HEA to eligible institutions that are public Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities, which apply for the 
deferment of such a loan and demonstrate financial need 
for such deferment, which shall be determined by the Sec-
retary of Education based on factors including, but not lim-
ited to, equal to or greater than 5 percent of the school’s 
operating revenue relative to its annual debt service pay-
ment: Provided, That during the period of deferment of such 
a loan, interest on the loan will not accrue or be capitalized, 
and the period of deferment shall be for at least a period 
of 3-fiscal years and not more than 6-fiscal years. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-
nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 
III of the HEA, $334,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess-
ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 
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208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 
and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act, $642,462,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2022: Provided, That funds available 
to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical As-
sistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and 
secondary data systems with early childhood, postsec-
ondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop 
such systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of 
the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 
to public or private organizations or agencies to support 
activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use 
at the local, State, and national levels. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Department of Education Organization Act, including 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $430,000,000: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act or provided by pre-
vious Appropriations Acts to the Department of Education 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal 
year may be used for any activity relating to implementing 
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a reorganization that decentralizes, reduces the staffing 
level, or alters the responsibilities, structure, authority, or 
functionality of the Budget Service of the Department of 
Education, relative to the organization and operation of the 
Budget Service as in effect on January 1, 2018. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Edu-
cation Organization Act, $131,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of 
Education Organization Act, $63,000,000, of which 
$2,000,000 shall remain available until expended. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
Department of Education in this Act may be transferred 
between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
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vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 
this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and consoli-
dated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the 
ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2021, through Sep-
tember 30, 2022. 
SEC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 
maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appro-
priated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2021 
may use the income from that fund to award scholarships 
to 
students, 
subject 
to 
the 
limitation 
in 
section 
331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such 
purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be consid-
ered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject 
to that limitation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and 
V of the HEA are reauthorized. 
SEC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1011c(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘2021’’. 
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SEC. 306. Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1087h(a)) is amended in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘2020’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available 
for payments for student loan servicing to an institution 
of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per-
kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 308. Of the unobligated balances available under 
the heading ‘‘Student Financial Assistance’’ for carrying 
out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, $500,000,000 
are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 309. Of the amounts appropriated under Section 
401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(XI) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(XI)) for fiscal year 2021, 
$28,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 310. Of the amounts made available under this 
title under the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’, 
$2,300,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Education to 
conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made under part D 
of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who may 
intend to qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) 
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of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that borrowers 
are meeting the terms and conditions of such loan cancella-
tion: Provided, That the Secretary shall specifically conduct 
outreach to assist borrowers who would qualify for loan can-
cellation under section 455(m) of such Act except that the 
borrower has made some, or all, of the 120 required pay-
ments under a repayment plan that is not described under 
section 455(m)(A) of such Act, to encourage borrowers to 
enroll in a qualifying repayment plan: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall also communicate to all Direct 
Loan borrowers the full requirements of section 455(m) of 
such Act and improve the filing of employment certification 
by providing improved outreach and information such as 
outbound calls, electronic communications, ensuring promi-
nent access to program requirements and benefits on each 
servicer’s website, and creating an option for all borrowers 
to complete the entire payment certification process elec-
tronically and on a centralized website. 
SEC. 311. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department 
of Education—Federal Direct Student Loan Program Ac-
count’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the cost, as defined under section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of the Secretary of Edu-
cation providing loan cancellation in the same manner as 
under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
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(20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), for borrowers of loans made under 
part D of title IV of such Act who would qualify for loan 
cancellation under section 455(m) except some, or all, of 
the 120 required payments under section 455(m)(1)(A) do 
not qualify for purposes of the program because they were 
monthly payments made in accordance with graduated or 
extended repayment plans as described under subparagraph 
(B) or (C) of section 455(d)(1) or the corresponding repay-
ment plan for a consolidation loan made under section 
455(g) and that were less than the amount calculated under 
section 455(d)(1)(A), based on a 10-year repayment period: 
Provided, That the monthly payment made 12 months be-
fore the borrower applied for loan cancellation as described 
in the matter preceding this proviso and the most recent 
monthly payment made by the borrower at the time of such 
application were each not less than the monthly amount 
that would be calculated under, and for which the borrower 
would otherwise qualify for, clause (i) or (iv) of section 
455(m)(1)(A) regarding income-based or income-contingent 
repayment plans, with exception for a borrower who would 
have otherwise been eligible under this section but dem-
onstrates an unusual fluctuation of income over the past 
5 years: Provided further, That the total loan volume, in-
cluding outstanding principal, fees, capitalized interest, or 
accrued interest, at application that is eligible for such loan 
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cancellation by such borrowers shall not exceed $75,000,000: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall develop and 
make available a simple method for borrowers to apply for 
loan cancellation under this section within 60 days of en-
actment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide loan cancellation under this section to eligible 
borrowers on a first-come, first-serve basis, based on the date 
of application and subject to both the limitation on total 
loan volume at application for such loan cancellation speci-
fied in the second proviso and the availability of appropria-
tions under this section: Provided further, That no borrower 
may, for the same service, receive a reduction of loan obliga-
tions under both this section and section 428J, 428K, 428L, 
or 460 of such Act. 
SEC. 312. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 203 of the De-
partment of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3413). 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 313. There is hereby established in the Treasury 
of the United States a fund to be known as the ‘‘Department 
of Education Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ (the Fund): 
Provided, That unobligated balances of expired discre-
tionary funds appropriated for this or any succeeding fiscal 
year from the General Fund of the Treasury to the Depart-
ment of Education by this or any other Act may be trans-
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ferred (not later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 
the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for 
the purposes for which appropriated) into the Fund: Pro-
vided further, That amounts deposited in the Fund shall 
be available until expended, and in addition to such other 
funds as may be available for such purposes, for informa-
tion and business technology system modernization and fa-
cilities infrastructure improvements necessary for the oper-
ation of the Department, subject to approval by the Office 
of Management and Budget: Provided further, That 
amounts in the Fund may be obligated only after the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate are notified at least 30 days in advance 
of the specific information and business technology system 
modernization project or facility infrastructure improve-
ment obligations planned for such amounts. 
SEC. 314. (a) The General Education Provisions Act 
(20 U.S.C. 1221 et seq.) is amended by striking section 426. 
(b) Paragraph (9) of section 4407(a) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7231f(a)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘notwithstanding section 426 of the 
General Education Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1228),’’. 
SEC. 315. Section 2101(b) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6611(b)) is 
amended—(1) in paragraph (2)(A)(iv), by inserting 
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‘‘through fiscal year 2022’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘2021’’ both places it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘2023’’ in its place. 
RURAL AND LOW-INCOME SCHOOL PROGRAM ADJUSTMENTS 
SEC. 316. (a) HOLD HARMLESS.—For the purpose of 
making awards under section 5221 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7351) for a 
fiscal year during the period described in subsection (c), 
the Secretary of Education and each State educational 
agency shall treat as eligible to receive a grant under such 
section— 
(1) any local educational agency that meets the 
eligibility 
requirements 
described 
in 
section 
5221(b)(1) of such Act for such fiscal year, in accord-
ance with subsection (d); and 
(2) notwithstanding such section 5221(b)(1), any 
local educational agency that does not meet the eligi-
bility requirements described in such section for such 
fiscal year if— 
(A) the local educational agency received a 
grant under section 5221 of such Act for fiscal 
year 2019; 
(B) for fiscal year 2019, less than 20 per-
cent of the children ages 5 through 17 years 
served by the local educational agency were from 
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families with incomes below the poverty line, as 
determined by data from the Small Area Income 
and Poverty Estimates of the Bureau of the Cen-
sus; 
(C) the award for fiscal year 2019 was 
based on alternative poverty data submitted by 
the State to the Secretary despite data being 
available from the Small Area Income and Pov-
erty Estimates of the Bureau of the Census; and 
(D) the local educational agency meets the 
eligibility 
criteria 
described 
in 
section 
5221(b)(1)(A)(ii) of such Act, or has obtained a 
waiver under section 5221(b)(2) of such Act, for 
the fiscal year for which the eligibility deter-
mination is being made. 
(b) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) LIMITS
ON
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCY 
AWARDS.—For the purposes of making an award 
under section 5221(b) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7351(b)) to 
local educational agencies described in subsection 
(a)(2) for a fiscal year during the period described in 
subsection (c), a State educational agency shall pro-
vide an award to each such local educational agency 
for such fiscal year that is not larger than— 
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(A) for fiscal year 2021, 100 percent of the 
amount such local educational agency received 
for fiscal year 2019; 
(B) for fiscal year 2022, 100 percent of the 
amount such local educational agency received 
for fiscal year 2019; 
(C) for fiscal year 2023, 83.33 percent of the 
amount such local educational agency received 
for fiscal year 2019; 
(D) for fiscal year 2024, 66.67 percent of 
the amount such local educational agency re-
ceived for fiscal year 2019; 
(E) for fiscal year 2025, 50 percent of the 
amount such local educational agency received 
for fiscal year 2019; 
(F) for fiscal year 2026, 33.33 percent of the 
amount such local educational agency received 
for fiscal year 2019; and 
(G) for fiscal year 2027, 16.67 percent of 
the amount such local educational agency re-
ceived for fiscal year 2019. 
(2) ADJUSTMENTS TO STATE ALLOCATIONS.—In 
determining grant amounts for each State edu-
cational agency under section 5221(a)(2) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
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U.S.C. 7351(a)(2)) for each fiscal year during the pe-
riod described in subsection (c), the Secretary of Edu-
cation shall reduce the amount that the State edu-
cational agency would otherwise receive by the com-
bined amount of any reductions in grant awards re-
quired under paragraph (1) for such year for the local 
educational agencies described in subsection (a)(2) 
that are served by the State educational agency. 
(c) APPLICABILITY.—Subsections (a) and (b) shall be 
in effect during the period— 
(1) beginning on the first day of the fiscal year 
in which this Act is enacted; and 
(2) ending on the earlier of— 
(A) September 30, 2027; or 
(B) the last day of the fiscal year in which 
an Act that reauthorizes the rural and low-in-
come school program under subpart 2 of part B 
of title V of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7351 et seq.) is en-
acted. 
(d) USE OF DATA MEASURES.—Except as provided in 
subsection (a)(2), for the purpose of making awards under 
section 5221 of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7351) for any fiscal year— 
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(1) if data are available from the Small Area In-
come and Poverty Estimates of the Bureau of the 
Census to determine a local educational agency’s en-
rollment of children from families with incomes below 
the 
poverty 
line 
as 
described 
in 
section 
5221(b)(1)(A)(i) of such Act, the Secretary of Edu-
cation and each State educational agency shall not 
use alternative poverty data in determining such local 
educational agency’s eligibility under such section; 
and 
(2) if data are not available from the Small 
Area Income and Poverty Estimates of the Bureau of 
the Census to determine a local educational agency’s 
enrollment of children from families with incomes 
below the poverty line as described in such section 
5221(b)(1)(A)(i), the Secretary and the State edu-
cational agency shall determine such local educational 
agency’s eligibility under such section using the same 
State-derived poverty data used to determine local 
educational agency allocations under part A of title 
I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.). 
SEC. 317. (a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of car-
rying out section 435(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(2)), the Secretary of Education 
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may waive the requirements under sections 435(a)(5)(A)(i) 
and 
435(a)(5)(A)(ii) 
of 
such 
Act 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1085(a)(5)(A)(i) and 20 U.S.C. 1085(a)(5)(A)(ii)) for a 
private non-profit institution of higher education—(1) that 
is an Alaska Native-Serving Institution (as defined in sec-
tion 317(A)(2) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059d)) and a Native 
American-Serving Non-Tribal Institution (as defined in 
section 319(b)(2) (20 U.S.C. 1059f)) whose fall enrollment 
for the most recently completed academic year was com-
prised of a majority of students who are Indian (as defined 
in such section) or Alaska Native (as defined in section 
317(b) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1059d(b)) and who are eligi-
ble to receive the maximum award under the Pell Grant 
program; or (2) whose fall enrollment for the most recently 
completed academic year was comprised of a majority of 
the students who are African American (as defined in sec-
tion 322(2) of such act (20 U.S.C. 1061(2)) and at least 
50% or more received Federal Pell Grant Funds. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply to an 
institution of higher education that otherwise would be in-
eligible to participate in a program under part A of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act due to the application of sec-
tion 435(a)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1085(a)(2)). 
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(c) COVERAGE.—This section shall be in effect for the 
period covered by this Act and for the succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 318. Of the amounts made available under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Education—Rehabilitation Serv-
ices’’ in title III of the Departments of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Ap-
propriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public Law 116–94) 
that remain available subsequent to the reallotment of funds 
to States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (Public Law 93–112), $20,000,000 shall be 
available to the Secretary for one-time financial relief and 
restoration grants consistent with the purposes of the Ran-
dolph-Sheppard Act as authorized under section 10 of such 
Act (20 U.S.C. 107f): Provided, That the Secretary shall 
use such funds to make grants to each State licensing agen-
cy in the same proportion as the number of blind vendors 
operating a vending facility in such State as compared to 
the number of blind vendors operating a vending facility 
in all the States on September 30, 2019: Provided further, 
That the State licensing agency shall use these grants to 
make financial relief and restoration payments to offset 
losses of blind vendors that occurred during calendar year 
2020, but only to the extent that such losses are not other-
wise compensated: Provided further, That any funds in ex-
cess of the amount needed for financial relief and restora-
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tion payments to blind vendors shall be used by the State 
licensing agency for other purposes authorized by section 
395.9 of title 34, Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect 
on the date of enactment of this Act, and determined 
through active participation with the State committee of 
blind vendors as required: Provided further, That such 
funds shall remain available to the Secretary until Sep-
tember 30, 2021. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (referred 
to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established under sec-
tion 8502 of title 41, United States Code, $10,500,000: Pro-
vided, That in order to authorize any central nonprofit 
agency designated pursuant to section 8503(c) of title 41, 
United States Code, to perform requirements of the Com-
mittee as prescribed under section 51–3.2 of title 41, Code 
of Federal Regulations, the Committee shall enter into a 
written agreement with any such central nonprofit agency: 
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Provided further, That such agreement shall contain such 
auditing, oversight, and reporting provisions as necessary 
to implement chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code: 
Provided further, That such agreement shall include the ele-
ments listed under the heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled—Written 
Agreement Elements’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter 
preceding division A of that consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That any such central nonprofit agency may not 
charge a fee under section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations, prior to executing a written agreement with 
the Committee: Provided further, That no less than 
$2,500,000 shall be available for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 
‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to 
in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $843,115,000, notwithstanding 
sections 
198B(b)(3), 
198S(g), 
501(a)(4)(C), 
and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts 
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provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program 
grant funds may be used to defray the costs of conducting 
grant application reviews, including the use of outside peer 
reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle; 
(2) $18,538,000 shall be available to provide assistance to 
State commissions on national and community service, 
under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding 
section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) $33,500,000 shall 
be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and 
(4) $6,400,000 shall be available for expenses authorized 
under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 198P shall be awarded 
by CNCS on a competitive basis: Provided further, That 
for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying 
the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a de-
termination of need by the local community. 
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust established 
under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $185,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That CNCS 
may transfer additional funds from the amount provided 
within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated to grants under sub-
title C of title I of the 1990 Act to the National Service 
Trust upon determination that such transfer is necessary 
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to support the activities of national service participants 
and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided further, That amounts appropriated for or trans-
ferred to the National Service Trust may be invested under 
section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the require-
ment to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 
504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-
thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the employ-
ment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 U.S.C. 
3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and 
representation expenses, $86,487,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$6,500,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 
to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 
through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 
year 2021, during any grant selection process, an officer 
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or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-
ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 
directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 
or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to receive 
such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 
first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 
thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-
ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 
match requirement in section 121(e) or the member support 
Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 Act, 
and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 
2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 196 
of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing programs and 
operations under titles I and II of the 1973 Act or subtitle 
B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act shall be used to 
supplement and not supplant current programs and oper-
ations. 
SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 
146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 
the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 
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to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 
101 of the Act. 
SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 
189D of the 1990 Act— 
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 
section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 
section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 1993 
(‘‘NCPA’’); 
(2) individuals described in such section shall be 
considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of NCPA; and 
(3) State Commissions on National and Commu-
nity Service established pursuant to section 178 of the 
1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal history 
record information, consistent with Public Law 92– 
544. 
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and 
147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com-
pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours during 
a period of not more than one year may receive a national 
service education award having a value of 70 percent of 
the value of a national service education award determined 
under section 147(a) of the Act. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications Act 
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of 1934, an amount which shall be available within limita-
tions specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2023, 
$475,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made avail-
able to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for receptions, 
parties, or similar forms of entertainment for Government 
officials or employees: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be available 
or used to aid or support any program or activity from 
which any person is excluded, or is denied benefits, or is 
discriminated against, on the basis of race, color, national 
origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, That none of the 
funds made available to CPB by this Act shall be used to 
apply any political test or qualification in selecting, ap-
pointing, promoting, or taking any other personnel action 
with respect to officers, agents, and employees of CPB. 
In addition, for the costs associated with replacing and 
upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection system 
and other technologies and services that create infrastruc-
ture and efficiencies within the public media system, 
$20,000,000. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation and 
Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the functions 
vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, 
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including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses nec-
essary for the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978; 
and for expenses necessary for the Service to carry out the 
functions vested in it by the Civil Service Reform Act, 
$48,600,000, including up to $900,000 to remain available 
through September 30, 2022, for activities authorized by the 
Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 1978: Provided, 
That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, fees charged, up to 
full-cost recovery, for special training activities and other 
conflict resolution services and technical assistance, includ-
ing those provided to foreign governments and international 
organizations, and for arbitration services shall be credited 
to and merged with this account, and shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided further, That fees for arbitra-
tion services shall be available only for education, training, 
and professional development of the agency workforce: Pro-
vided further, That the Director of the Service is authorized 
to accept and use on behalf of the United States gifts of 
services and real, personal, or other property in the aid of 
any projects or functions within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $17,184,000. 
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INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African American 
History and Culture Act, $257,000,000. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of the 
Social Security Act, $8,780,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of the 
Social Security Act, $12,905,000, to be transferred to this 
appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,350,000. 
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$274,224,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available to organize or assist in organizing agri-
cultural laborers or used in connection with investigations, 
hearings, directives, or orders concerning bargaining units 
composed of agricultural laborers as referred to in section 
2(3) of the Act of July 5, 1935, and as amended by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and as defined in 
section 3(f) of the Act of June 25, 1938, and including in 
said definition employees engaged in the maintenance and 
operation of ditches, canals, reservoirs, and waterways 
when maintained or operated on a mutual, nonprofit basis 
and at least 95 percent of the water stored or supplied there-
by is used for farming purposes. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 407. None of the funds provided by this Act or 
previous Acts making appropriations for the National 
Labor Relations Board may be used to issue any new ad-
ministrative directive or regulation that would provide em-
ployees any means of voting through any electronic means 
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in an election to determine a representative for the purposes 
of collective bargaining. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $14,300,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $13,225,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Account, 
authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Retirement 
Act of 1974, $13,000,000, which shall include amounts be-
coming available in fiscal year 2021 pursuant to section 
224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addition, an 
amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount provided 
herein, shall be available proportional to the amount by 
which the product of recipients and the average benefit re-
ceived exceeds the amount available for payment of vested 
dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount provided 
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herein shall be credited in 12 approximately equal amounts 
on the first day of each month in the fiscal year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the Treas-
ury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad Retire-
ment Act for interest earned on unnegotiated checks, 
$150,000, to remain available through September 30, 2022, 
which shall be the maximum amount available for payment 
pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98–76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, 
$123,500,000, to be derived in such amounts as determined 
by the Board from the railroad retirement accounts and 
from moneys credited to the railroad unemployment insur-
ance administration fund: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act this limita-
tion may be used to hire attorneys only through the excepted 
service: Provided further, That the previous proviso shall 
not change the status under Federal employment laws of 
any attorney hired by the Railroad Retirement Board prior 
to January 1, 2013: Provided further, That notwith-
standing section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retirement Act, 
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this limitation may be used to hire students attending 
qualifying educational institutions or individuals who have 
recently completed qualifying educational programs using 
current excepted hiring authorities established by the Office 
of 
Personnel 
Management: 
Provided 
further, 
That 
$9,000,000 to remain available until expended, shall be used 
to supplement, not supplant, existing resources devoted to 
operations and improvements for the Board’s Information 
Technology Investment Initiatives. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral for audit, investigatory and review activities, as au-
thorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 
than $11,500,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-
ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-
count. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 
Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $11,000,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Secu-
rity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
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of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of Public 
Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Security 
trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pursuant 
to 
section 
201(g)(1) 
of 
the 
Social 
Security 
Act, 
$40,158,768,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $86,000,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections 
1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-
main available through September 30, 2023. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2022, 
$19,600,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for official 
reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$12,794,945,000 may be expended, as authorized by section 
201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one or all 
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of the trust funds referred to in such section: Provided, That 
not less than $2,500,000 shall be for the Social Security 
Advisory Board: Provided further, That $45,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for information technology 
modernization, including related hardware and software 
infrastructure and equipment, and for administrative ex-
penses directly associated with information technology mod-
ernization: Provided further, That $50,000,000 shall re-
main available through September 30, 2022, for activities 
to address the disability hearings backlog within the Office 
of Hearings Operations: Provided further, That unobligated 
balances of funds provided under this paragraph at the end 
of fiscal year 2021 not needed for fiscal year 2021 shall 
remain available until expended to invest in the Social Se-
curity Administration information technology and tele-
communications hardware and software infrastructure, in-
cluding related equipment and non-payroll administrative 
expenses associated solely with this information technology 
and telecommunications infrastructure: Provided further, 
That the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate prior to making unobligated balances 
available under the authority in the previous proviso: Pro-
vided further, That reimbursement to the trust funds under 
this heading for expenditures for official time for employees 
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of the Social Security Administration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 
7131, and for facilities or support services for labor organi-
zations pursuant to policies, regulations, or procedures re-
ferred to in section 7135(b) of such title shall be made by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, with interest, from amounts 
in the general fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as 
possible after such expenditures are made. 
Of the total amount made available in the first para-
graph under this heading, not more than $1,575,000,000, 
to remain available through March 31, 2022, is for the costs 
associated with continuing disability reviews under titles 
II and XVI of the Social Security Act, including work-re-
lated continuing disability reviews to determine whether 
earnings derived from services demonstrate an individual’s 
ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, for the cost 
associated with conducting redeterminations of eligibility 
under title XVI of the Social Security Act, for the cost of 
co-operative disability investigation units, and for the cost 
associated with the prosecution of fraud in the programs 
and operations of the Social Security Administration by 
Special Assistant United States Attorneys: Provided, That, 
of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided to meet the terms 
of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and 
$1,302,000,000 is additional new budget authority specified 
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for purposes of section 251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided 
further, That, of the additional new budget authority de-
scribed in the preceding proviso, up to $11,200,000 may 
be transferred to the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’, Social 
Security Administration, for the cost of jointly operated co- 
operative disability investigation units: Provided further, 
That such transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That 
the Commissioner shall provide to the Congress (at the con-
clusion of the fiscal year) a report on the obligation and 
expenditure of these funds, similar to the reports that were 
required by section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for 
fiscal years 1996 through 2002. 
In addition, $135,000,000 to be derived from adminis-
tration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary payment 
collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social Security 
Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, which shall 
remain available until expended: Provided, That to the ex-
tent that the amounts collected pursuant to such sections 
in fiscal year 2021 exceed $135,000,000, the amounts shall 
be available in fiscal year 2022 only to the extent provided 
in advance in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
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Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, $30,000,000, together with not to exceed 
$75,500,000, to be transferred and expended as authorized 
by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act from the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the 
total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 
Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 
to be available for the time and purposes for which this 
account is available: Provided, That notice of such transfers 
shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 
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unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 
purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 
were originally appropriated. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public 
Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal and rec-
ognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or 
propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or 
use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, electronic 
communication, radio, television, or video presentation de-
signed to support or defeat the enactment of legislation be-
fore the Congress or any State or local legislature or legisla-
tive body, except in presentation to the Congress or any 
State or local legislature itself, or designed to support or 
defeat any proposed or pending regulation, administrative 
action, or order issued by the executive branch of any State 
or local government, except in presentation to the executive 
branch of any State or local government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 
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111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any 
grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipi-
ent, related to any activity designed to influence the enact-
ment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, administra-
tive action, or Executive order proposed or pending before 
the Congress or any State government, State legislature or 
local legislature or legislative body, other than for normal 
and recognized executive-legislative relationships or partici-
pation by an agency or officer of a State, local or tribal 
government in policymaking and administrative processes 
within the executive branch of that government. 
(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 
pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 
any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restriction 
on any legal consumer product, including its sale or mar-
keting, including but not limited to the advocacy or pro-
motion of gun control. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education are 
authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 and 
$20,000, respectively, from funds available for salaries and 
expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for official re-
ception and representation expenses; the Director of the 
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is authorized 
to make available for official reception and representation 
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expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds available for 
‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, Salaries and 
Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the National Mediation 
Board is authorized to make available for official reception 
and representation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from funds 
available for ‘‘National Mediation Board, Salaries and Ex-
penses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, re-
quests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents 
describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part 
with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds 
included in this Act, including but not limited to State and 
local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, 
shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds 
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are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any 
abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health bene-
fits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 
package of services covered by a managed care provider or 
organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 
including a life-endangering physical condition 
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 
would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 
as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, 
or private person of State, local, or private funds (other 
than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid match-
ing funds). 
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(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed 
as restricting the ability of any managed care provider 
from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or 
locality to contract separately with such a provider for such 
coverage with State funds (other than a State’s or locality’s 
contribution of Medicaid matching funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 
or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 
or government subjects any institutional or individual 
health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 
health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-
erage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care enti-
ty’’ includes an individual physician or other health 
care professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored or-
ganization, a health maintenance organization, a 
health insurance plan, or any other kind of health 
care facility, organization, or plan. 
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 
for research purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected 
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to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed 
for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 
46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human em-
bryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected as 
a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, par-
thenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more 
human gametes or human diploid cells. 
SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legaliza-
tion of any drug or other substance included in schedule 
I of the schedules of controlled substances established under 
section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for nor-
mal and recognized executive-congressional communica-
tions. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 
advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that 
federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to de-
termine therapeutic advantage. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final standard 
under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act providing 
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for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique health 
identifier for an individual (except in an individual’s ca-
pacity as an employer or a health care provider), until leg-
islation is enacted specifically approving the standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 
a contract with an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with the 
United States and is subject to the requirement in 38 
U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an annual 
report to the Secretary of Labor concerning employ-
ment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as re-
quired by that section for the most recent year for 
which such requirement was applicable to such entity. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 
may be made available to any library covered by paragraph 
(1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by the Chil-
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dren’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library has made 
the certifications required by paragraph (4) of such section. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2021, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) relocates an office or employees; 
(5) reorganizes or renames offices; 
(6) reorganizes programs or activities; or 
(7) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 
intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 
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earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro-
vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2021, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the 
collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this 
Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through 
a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 per-
cent, whichever is less, that— 
(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement of 
intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever occurs 
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earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance of 
such reprogramming. 
SEC. 515. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to request that a candidate for appoint-
ment to a Federal scientific advisory committee disclose the 
political affiliation or voting history of the candidate or 
the position that the candidate holds with respect to polit-
ical issues not directly related to and necessary for the work 
of the committee involved. 
(b) None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to disseminate information that is deliberately false 
or misleading. 
SEC. 516. Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
each department and related agency funded through this 
Act shall submit an operating plan that details at the pro-
gram, project, and activity level any funding allocations 
for fiscal year 2021 that are different than those specified 
in this Act, the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), or the fiscal year 2021 budget request. 
SEC. 517. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education shall each prepare and 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report on the number 
and amount of contracts, grants, and cooperative agree-
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ments exceeding $500,000, individually or in total for a 
particular project, activity, or programmatic initiative, in 
value and awarded by the Department on a non-competitive 
basis during each quarter of fiscal year 2021, but not to 
include grants awarded on a formula basis or directed by 
law. Such report shall include the name of the contractor 
or grantee, the amount of funding, the governmental pur-
pose, including a justification for issuing the award on a 
non-competitive basis. Such report shall be transmitted to 
the Committees within 30 days after the end of the quarter 
for which the report is submitted. 
SEC. 518. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be expended or obligated by the Commissioner of So-
cial Security, for purposes of administering Social Security 
benefit payments under title II of the Social Security Act, 
to process any claim for credit for a quarter of coverage 
based on work performed under a social security account 
number that is not the claimant’s number and the perform-
ance of such work under such number has formed the basis 
for a conviction of the claimant of a violation of section 
208(a)(6) or (7) of the Social Security Act. 
SEC. 519. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used by the Commissioner of Social Security or the 
Social Security Administration to pay the compensation of 
employees of the Social Security Administration to admin-
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ister Social Security benefit payments, under any agree-
ment between the United States and Mexico establishing to-
talization arrangements between the social security system 
established by title II of the Social Security Act and the 
social security system of Mexico, which would not otherwise 
be payable but for such agreement. 
SEC. 520. (a) None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer net-
work unless such network blocks the viewing, downloading, 
and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi-
nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities. 
SEC. 521. None of the funds made available under this 
or any other Act, or any prior Appropriations Act, may 
be provided to the Association of Community Organizations 
for Reform Now (ACORN), or any of its affiliates, subsidi-
aries, allied organizations, or successors. 
SEC. 522. For purposes of carrying out Executive 
Order 13589, Office of Management and Budget Memo-
randum M–12–12 dated May 11, 2012, and requirements 
contained in the annual appropriations bills relating to 
conference attendance and expenditures: 
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(1) the operating divisions of HHS shall be con-
sidered independent agencies; and 
(2) attendance at and support for scientific con-
ferences shall be tabulated separately from and not 
included in agency totals. 
SEC. 523. Federal agencies funded under this Act shall 
clearly state within the text, audio, or video used for adver-
tising or educational purposes, including emails or Internet 
postings, that the communication is printed, published, or 
produced and disseminated at U.S. taxpayer expense. The 
funds used by a Federal agency to carry out this require-
ment shall be derived from amounts made available to the 
agency for advertising or other communications regarding 
the programs and activities of the agency. 
SEC. 524. (a) Federal agencies may use Federal discre-
tionary 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 carrying out such 
Pilots section 526 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘Fiscal 
Year 2021’’ for ‘‘Fiscal Year 2014’’ in the title of subsection 
(b) and by substituting ‘‘September 30, 2025’’ for ‘‘Sep-
tember 30, 2018’’ each place it appears: Provided, That 
such pilots shall include communities that have experienced 
civil unrest. 
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(b) In addition, Federal agencies may use Federal dis-
cretionary funds that are made available in this Act to par-
ticipate 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 Pub-
lic 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 agen-
cies up to an additional 5 years to operate under such au-
thorities. 
SEC. 525. 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 Adminis-
tration shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate a report on the 
status of balances of appropriations: Provided, That for bal-
ances that are unobligated and uncommitted, committed, 
and obligated but unexpended, the monthly reports shall 
separately identify the amounts attributable to each source 
year of appropriation (beginning with fiscal year 2012, or, 
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to the extent feasible, earlier fiscal years) from which bal-
ances were derived. 
SEC. 526. 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 competi-
tive 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 offices 
(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). 
SEC. 527. Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, no funds appropriated in this Act shall be used to pur-
chase sterile needles or syringes for the hypodermic injection 
of any illegal drug: Provided, That such limitation does not 
apply to the use of funds for elements of a program other 
than making such purchases if the relevant State or local 
health department, in consultation with the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention, determines that the State or 
local jurisdiction, as applicable, is experiencing, or is at 
risk for, a significant increase in hepatitis infections or an 
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HIV outbreak due to injection drug use, and such program 
is operating in accordance with State and local law. 
SEC. 528. Each department and related agency funded 
through this Act shall provide answers to questions sub-
mitted for the record by members of the Committee within 
45 business days after receipt. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 529. Of the unobligated balances made available 
by section 301(b)(3) of Public Law 114–10, $2,000,000,000 
are hereby rescinded. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 530. Of any available amounts appropriated 
under section 2104(a)(24) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397dd) that are unobligated as of September 25, 
2021, $1,000,000,000 are hereby rescinded as of such date. 
SEC. 531. Of the unobligated balances made available 
for purposes of carrying out section 2105(a)(3) of the Social 
Security Act, $4,000,000,000 shall not be available for obli-
gation in this fiscal year. 
SEC. 532. Of amounts deposited in the Child Enroll-
ment Contingency Fund under section 2104(n)(2) of the So-
cial Security Act and the income derived from investment 
of those funds pursuant to section 2104(n)(2)(C) of that Act, 
$14,000,000,000 shall not be available for obligation in this 
fiscal year. 
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SEC. 533. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department 
of Health and Human Services—Administration for Chil-
dren and Families—Children and Families Services Pro-
grams’’, $638,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus, for necessary expenses for grants to carry 
out a Low-Income Household Drinking Water and Waste-
water Emergency Assistance Program: Provided, That the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make grants 
to States and Indian Tribes to assist low-income households, 
particularly those with the lowest incomes, that pay a high 
proportion of household income for drinking water and 
wastewater services, by providing funds to owners or opera-
tors of public water systems or treatment works to reduce 
arrearages of and rates charged to such households for such 
services: Provided further, That in carrying out this appro-
priation, the Secretary, States, and Indian Tribes, as ap-
plicable, shall, as appropriate and to the extent practicable, 
use existing processes, procedures, policies, and systems in 
place to provide assistance to low-income households, in-
cluding by using existing programs and program an-
nouncements, application and approval processes: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall allot amounts appro-
priated in this section to a State or Indian Tribe based 
on the following (i) the percentage of households in the 
State, or under the jurisdiction of the Indian Tribe, with 
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income equal to or less than 150 percent of the Federal pov-
erty line, and (ii) the percentage of such households in the 
State, or under the jurisdiction of the Indian Tribe, that 
spend more than 30 percent of monthly income on housing: 
Provided further, That up to 3 percent of the amount ap-
propriated in this section shall be reserved for Indian 
Tribes and tribal organizations: 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 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Departments of 
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 
DIVISION I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; 
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority 
Whip of the Senate, $9,980; President Pro Tempore Emer-
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itus, $15,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Con-
ference Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; and Chair-
men of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, 
$4,690 for each Chairman; in all, $189,840. 
For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; 
in all, $28,140. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
$222,727,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $2,533,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $759,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus, 
$326,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
$5,506,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 
$3,525,000. 
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$16,143,000. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 
of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
Chairman of each such committee, $1,738,000 for each such 
committee; in all, $3,476,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF 
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $862,000. 
POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $1,776,000 for each such com-
mittee; in all, $3,552,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $510,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $26,818,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$88,879,000. 
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OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
Secretary for the Minority, $1,940,000. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $67,898,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $6,681,000. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
Counsel, $1,197,000. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN-
ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE 
SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
$7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; 
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; in all, 
$28,440. 
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CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 
by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of 
the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 
(Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th 
Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, of which 
$13,350,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2023. 
U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS 
CONTROL 
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control, $508,000. 
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $9,536,000 of which $6,436,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025 and of which $3,100,000 shall re-
main available until expended. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $139,221,200, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2025: Provided, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading, $4,740,000, to 
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remain available until expended, shall be for the Joint Au-
dible Warning System. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $24,877,100 which shall re-
main available until September 30, 2023. 
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE 
ACCOUNT 
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 
Account, $461,000,000 of which $20,128,950 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023 and of which $6,000,000 
shall be allocated solely for the purpose of providing finan-
cial compensation to Senate interns. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
Senate, $300,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFICIAL 
PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO BE 
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE 
FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
any amounts appropriated under this Act under the head-
ing ‘‘SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EX-
PENSES OF THE SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATORS’ 
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OFFICIAL
PERSONNEL
AND
OFFICE
EXPENSE
ACCOUNT’’ 
shall be available for obligation only during the fiscal year 
or fiscal years for which such amounts are made available. 
Any unexpended balances under such allowances remaining 
after the end of the period of availability shall be returned 
to the Treasury in accordance with the undesignated para-
graph under the center heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ 
under chapter XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation 
Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107) and used for deficit reduction 
(or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such pay-
ments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in 
such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers ap-
propriate). 
RESCISSION 
SEC. 102. Of the unobligated balances made available 
under the heading ‘‘Senate—Contingent Expenses of the 
Senate—Settlements and Awards Reserve’’ in the Legisla-
tive Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104– 
53), $1,000,000 are hereby permanently rescinded. 
EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY 
SEC. 103. Section 21(d) of Senate Resolution 64 of the 
One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, 1st session (agreed to 
on March 5, 2013), as most recently amended by section 
103 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (di-
vision B of Public Law 115–244), is further amended by 
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striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2022’’. 
SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP OFFICES FUNDING AND 
AUTHORITIES 
SEC. 104. (a) In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘applicable conference’’ means the 
majority or minority conference of the Senate, as ap-
plicable, that represents the Democratic party; 
(2) the term ‘‘covered Congress’’ means the 117th 
Congress; and 
(3) the term ‘‘covered period’’ means the period 
beginning on the date on which the Secretary of the 
applicable conference submits the letter described in 
subsection (b) and ending on January 3, 2023. 
(b) The Secretary of the applicable conference may, by 
submission of a letter to the Disbursing Office of the Senate 
on or after January 3, 2021, assign to the Assistant Leader 
of the applicable conference the following duties and au-
thorities for the duration of the covered Congress: 
(1) The authority over any amounts made avail-
able for the Office of the Secretary of the applicable 
conference. 
(2) The duties and authorities of the Secretary 
of the applicable conference under section 3 of title I 
of division H of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
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2008 (2 U.S.C. 6154), section 102 of chapter VIII of 
title I of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1979 
(2 U.S.C. 6156), or any other provision of law. 
(c) For purposes of any individual employed by the 
Office of the Assistant Leader of the applicable conference 
during the covered period— 
(1) any reference to the Office of the Secretary 
of the applicable conference in the last sentence of sec-
tion 506(e) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1973 (2 U.S.C. 6314(e)) shall be deemed to refer to 
the Office of the Assistant Leader of the applicable 
conference; 
(2) any reference to the Office of the Secretary 
of the applicable conference under subsection (b) of the 
first section of S. Res. 458 (98th Congress) shall be 
deemed to refer to the Office of the Assistant Leader 
of the applicable conference; and 
(3) any reference to the Secretary of the applica-
ble conference under section 207(e)(9)(M) of title 18, 
United States Code, shall be deemed to refer to the As-
sistant Leader of the applicable conference. 
(d) For purposes of any individual employed by the 
Office of the Assistant Leader of the applicable conference 
during the covered period and with respect to any practice 
that occurs during the covered period, any reference to the 
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Office of the Secretary of the applicable conference under 
section 220(e)(2)(C) of the Congressional Accountability Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1351(e)(2)(C)) shall be deemed to be a 
reference to the Office of the Assistant Leader of the applica-
ble conference. 
(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to have 
any effect on the continuation of any procedure or action 
initiated under the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) or section 207 of title 18, 
United States Code. 
STUDENT LOAN CAP ADJUSTMENT 
SEC. 105. (a) Section 102 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 4579) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(2)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘ $500’’ and 
inserting ‘‘ $833’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘ $40,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘ $80,000’’; and 
(2) in subsection (h)(1), by striking ‘‘2 percent’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2.5 percent’’. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect on March 1, 2021. 
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pensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices 
of the majority, to be allocated among such offices by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives, and $165,000 shall 
be available for the compensation of interns who serve in 
House leadership offices of the minority, to be allocated 
among such offices by the Minority Floor Leader. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe-
cial 
and 
select, 
authorized 
by 
House 
resolutions, 
$138,100,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
2022, except that $3,100,000 of such amount shall remain 
available until expended for committee room upgrading. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro-
priations, $24,725,000, including studies and examinations 
of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 
such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 
202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 
to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 
performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail-
able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2022. 
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SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employ-
ees, as authorized by law, $260,781,000, including: for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the 
positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including 
not more than $25,000 for official representation and recep-
tion expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the 
Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office 
of the Chaplain, $31,975,000, of which $4,000,000 shall re-
main available until expended; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position 
of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 
Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $23,260,000, of 
which $11,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Adminis-
trative Officer including not more than $3,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, $177,200,000, of 
which $26,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of Diversity and In-
clusion, $1,500,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of the Whistleblower Ombudsman, $1,000,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
$5,019,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 
Counsel, $1,815,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
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of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, 
$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 
$1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$2,088,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,469,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
House, $11,937,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of Interparliamentary Affairs, $934,000; for other author-
ized employees, $584,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $374,939,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$1,555,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Govern-
ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 
contractor support for actuarial projections, and other ap-
plicable employee benefits, $335,000,000, to remain avail-
able until March 31, 2022; salaries and expenses for Busi-
ness Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $18,508,000, of 
which $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 
transition 
activities 
for 
new 
members 
and 
staff, 
$13,000,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded 
Warrior Program and the Congressional Gold Star Family 
Fellowship Program, $3,975,000, to remain available until 
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expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,711,000; and 
miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte-
nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, inter-
parliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of de-
ceased employees of the House, $1,000,000. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION 
INITIATIVES ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the House of Representatives Modernization Ini-
tiatives Account established in section 115, $2,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That disburse-
ment from this account is subject to approval of the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this account shall 
only be used for initiatives recommended by the Select Com-
mittee on Modernization or approved by the Committee on 
House Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REPRESEN-
TATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT RE-
DUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT 
SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOWANCES’’ 
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shall be available only for fiscal year 2021. Any amount 
remaining after all payments are made under such allow-
ances for fiscal year 2021 shall be deposited in the Treasury 
and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal 
budget deficit after all such payments have been made, for 
reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary 
of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) The Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of the 
House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives to make any payments from any 
Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a 
vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate 
amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month. 
CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
SEC. 112. The head of any Federal entity that provides 
assistance to the House of Representatives in the House’s 
efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate cybersecu-
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rity risks to, and incidents involving, the information sys-
tems of the House shall take all necessary steps to ensure 
the constitutional integrity of the separate branches of the 
government at all stages of providing the assistance, includ-
ing applying minimization procedures to limit the spread 
or sharing of privileged House and Member information. 
RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 113. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 
from prior appropriations Acts from the revolving fund es-
tablished under House Resolution 64, Ninety Eighth Con-
gress, agreed to February 8, 1983, as enacted into perma-
nent law by section 110 of the Congressional Operations 
Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 4917), $212,976 is here-
by rescinded. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 
appropriations Acts from the revolving fund established in 
the item relating to ‘‘Stationery’’ under the heading ‘‘House 
of Representatives, Contingent Expenses of the House’’ in 
the first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriation 
Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 5534), $1,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
(c) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 
appropriations Acts from the Net Expenses of Tele-
communications Revolving Fund under section 102 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 
5538), $3,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
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STUDENT LOAN CAP ADJUSTMENT 
SEC. 114. (a) INCREASE IN LIFETIME LIMIT.—Section 
105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 
U.S.C. 4536) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(b) LIFETIME LIMIT
ON AGGREGATE PAYMENTS 
MADE ON BEHALF OF ANY INDIVIDUAL.—The aggregate 
amount of payments made on behalf of any individual 
under the program under this section by all employing of-
fices of the House of Representatives may not exceed 
$80,000.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2021 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
(2) PERMITTING ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS ON BE-
HALF OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE PAYMENTS REACHED 
PRIOR LIMIT.—In promulgating regulations to carry 
out the amendment made by subsection (a), the Com-
mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall include regulations to permit pay-
ments to be made under the program under section 
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105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536) on behalf of an individual 
who— 
(A) is an employee of an employing office 
of the House during fiscal year 2021 or any suc-
ceeding fiscal year; 
(B) prior to fiscal year 2021, had payments 
made on the individual’s behalf under the pro-
gram under such section; and 
(C) prior to fiscal year 2021, became ineli-
gible to have payments made on the individual’s 
behalf under the program because the aggregate 
amount of the payments made on the individ-
ual’s behalf under the program reached the limit 
on such aggregate amount which (under regula-
tions promulgated by the Committee) was in ef-
fect prior to fiscal year 2021. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION INITIATIVES 
ACCOUNT 
SEC. 115. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es-
tablished in the Treasury of the United States an account 
for the House of Representatives to be known as the ‘‘House 
of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Account’’ 
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Account’’). 
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(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds in the Account shall be 
used by the House of Representatives to carry out initiatives 
to modernize the operations of the House, including initia-
tives to promote administrative efficiencies and expand the 
use of innovative technologies in offices of the House. 
(c) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds in 
the Account are available without fiscal year limitation. 
(d) AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS
OF FUNDS AMONG 
OTHER HOUSE ACCOUNTS.—Section 101(c)(2) of the Legis-
lative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 
5507(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and ‘Allowance for 
Compensation of Interns in House Leadership Offices’.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘ ‘Allowance for Compensation of Interns in 
House Leadership Offices’, and ‘House of Representatives 
Modernization Initiatives Account’.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect to fiscal 
year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
CONGRESSIONAL MAILING STANDARDS 
SEC. 116. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be 
cited as the ‘‘Communications Outreach Media and Mail 
Standards Act’’ or the ‘‘COMMS Act’’. 
(b) RENAMING HOUSE COMMISSION
ON CONGRES-
SIONAL MAILING STANDARDS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(a) of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to amend title 39, United States Code, 
to clarify the proper use of the franking privilege by 
Members of Congress, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved December 18, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 501(a)), is 
amended by striking ‘‘House Commission on Congres-
sional Mailing Standards’’ and inserting ‘‘House 
Communications Standards Commission’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) TITLE
39.—Title 39, United States 
Code, is amended by striking ‘‘House Commis-
sion on Congressional Mailing Standards’’ and 
inserting ‘‘House Communications Standards 
Commission’’ each place it appears in the fol-
lowing sections: 
(i) 
Section 
3210(a)(5), 
(a)(6)(D), 
(b)(3), (d)(5), and (d)(6)(A). 
(ii) Section 3216(e)(1) and (e)(2). 
(iii) Section 3220(b). 
(B) OTHER
PROVISIONS.—Section 311 of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 
(2 U.S.C. 503) is amended by striking ‘‘House 
Commission on Congressional Mailing Stand-
ards’’ and inserting ‘‘House Communications 
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Standards Commission’’ each place it appears in 
subsections (a)(3), (e)(1)(B), and (f). 
(3) REFERENCES IN OTHER DOCUMENTS.—Any 
reference in any rule, regulation, or other document 
to the House Commission on Congressional Mailing 
Standards shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
House Communications Standards Commission. 
(c) AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION OVER OFFICIAL MASS 
COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE REGARD-
ING DISSEMINATION OF MASS COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 5(d) of the Act 
entitled ‘‘An Act to amend title 39, United 
States Code, to clarify the proper use of the 
franking privilege by Members of Congress, and 
for other purposes’’, approved December 18, 1973 
(2 U.S.C. 501(d)), is amended— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘The Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘(1) The 
Commission’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) In addition to the guidance, assistance, ad-
vice, and counsel described in paragraph (1), the 
Commission shall provide— 
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‘‘(A) guidance, assistance, advice, and coun-
sel, through advisory opinions or consultations, 
in connection with any law and with any rule 
or regulation of the House of Representatives 
governing the dissemination of mass communica-
tions other than franked mail; and 
‘‘(B) guidance, assistance, advice, and coun-
sel in connection with any law and with any 
rule or regulation of the House of Representa-
tives governing the official content of other offi-
cial communications of any quantity, whether 
solicited or unsolicited.’’. 
(B) AUTHORITY
TO
INVESTIGATE
COM-
PLAINTS.—Section 5(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
501(e)) is amended— 
(i) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘Any complaint’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘is about to occur’’ and inserting 
the following: ‘‘Any complaint that a viola-
tion of any provision of law or any rule or 
regulation of the House of Representatives 
to which subsection (d) applies is about to 
occur’’; and 
(ii) in the sentence beginning with 
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of 
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law’’, by striking ‘‘a violation of the frank-
ing laws or an abuse of the franking privi-
lege by any person listed under subsection 
(d) of this section as entitled to send mail 
as franked mail,’’ and inserting ‘‘a viola-
tion of any provision of law or any rule or 
regulation of the House of Representatives 
to which subsection (d) applies,’’. 
(C) MASS COMMUNICATION DEFINED.—Sec-
tion 5 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 501) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) In this section, the term ‘mass communication’ 
means a mass mailing described in section 3210(a)(6)(E) 
of title 39, United States Code, or any other unsolicited 
communication of substantially identical content which is 
transmitted to 500 or more persons in a session of Congress, 
as provided under regulations of the Commission, except 
that such term does not include— 
‘‘(1) any communication from an individual de-
scribed in subsection (d) to another individual de-
scribed in subsection (d), a Senator, or any Federal, 
State, local, or Tribal government official; 
‘‘(2) any news release to the communications 
media; 
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‘‘(3) any such mass mailing or unsolicited com-
munication made in direct response to a communica-
tion from a person to whom the mass mailing or un-
solicited communication was transmitted; or 
‘‘(4) in the case of any such unsolicited commu-
nication which is transmitted in a digital format, a 
communication for which the cost of the content is 
less than a threshold amount established under regu-
lations of the House Communications Standards 
Commission.’’. 
(2) AUTHORITY
TO
REVIEW
ALL
UNSOLICITED 
MASS COMMUNICATIONS.— 
(A) REQUIRING REVIEW BEFORE DISSEMI-
NATION.—Section 
311(f) 
of 
the 
Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 
503(f)) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘any mass mailing’’ 
and inserting ‘‘any mass communication’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘mail matter’’ and in-
serting ‘‘matter’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘such proposed mail-
ing’’ and inserting ‘‘such proposed commu-
nication’’. 
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(B) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN COMMUNICA-
TIONS.—Section 311(f) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
503(f)) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘A Member’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph 
(2), a Member’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply in the case of any 
type of mass communication which is designated as exempt 
from the requirements of such paragraph as provided under 
regulations of the House Communications Standards Com-
mission.’’. 
(C) DEFINITION.—Section 311(g) of such 
Act (2 U.S.C. 503(g)) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
paragraph (1); 
(ii) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (2) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) the term ‘mass communication’ means a 
mass mailing described in section 3210(a)(6)(E) of 
title 39, United States Code, or any other unsolicited 
communication of substantially identical content 
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which is transmitted to 500 or more persons in a ses-
sion of Congress, as provided under regulations of the 
House Communications Standards Commission, ex-
cept that such term does not include— 
‘‘(A) any communication from a Member of 
the House of Representatives to another Member 
of the House of Representatives, a Senator, or 
any Federal, State, or local government official; 
‘‘(B) any news release to the communica-
tions media; 
‘‘(C) any such mass mailing or unsolicited 
communication made in direct response to a 
communication from a person to whom the mass 
mailing or unsolicited communication was 
transmitted; or 
‘‘(D) in the case of any such unsolicited 
communication which is transmitted in a digital 
format, a communication for which the cost of 
the content is less than a threshold amount estab-
lished under regulations of the House Commu-
nications Standards Commission.’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO RULES OF THE 
HOUSE
OF
REPRESENTATIVES.—Clause 9 of rule 
XXIV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by inserting after ‘‘that session,’’ the fol-
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lowing: ‘‘or any other unsolicited communication of 
substantially identical content which is transmitted 
to 500 or more persons in that session or, in the case 
of a digital communication of substantially identical 
content, which is disseminated at a cost exceeding a 
designated amount, as provided under regulations of 
the House Communications Standards Commission,’’. 
(d) REVISION TO MASS MAILING NOTICE ON TAX-
PAYER FUNDING.—Section 311(a) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 506(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) Each mass mailing’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(a)(1) Each mass mailing’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘the following notice:’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘or a notice’’ and inserting ‘‘one 
of the notices described in paragraph (2) or a notice’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) The notices described in this paragraph are as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) ‘Paid for with official funds from the office 
of lllll.’, with the blank filled in with the 
name of the Member sending the mailing. 
‘‘(B) ‘Paid for by the funds authorized by the 
House of Representatives for District ll of 
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lllll.’, with the first blank filled in with the 
name of the congressional district number, and the 
second blank filled in with the name of the State, of 
the Member sending the mailing. 
‘‘(C) ‘Paid for by official funds authorized by the 
House of Representatives.’ ’’. 
(e) REVISIONS TO RESTRICTIONS ON MAIL MATTER 
CONSIDERED FRANKABLE.— 
(1) EXPRESSIONS OF CONGRATULATIONS.—Sec-
tion 3210(a)(3)(F) of title 39, United States Code, is 
amended by striking ‘‘to a person who has achieved 
some public distinction’’. 
(2) BIOGRAPHICAL
INFORMATION
RELATED
TO 
OFFICIAL AND REPRESENTATIONAL DUTIES.—Section 
3210(a)(3)(I) of such title is amended by striking 
‘‘publication or in response to a specific request there-
for’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘publication, in re-
sponse to a specific request therefor, or which relates 
to the Member’s or Member-elect’s official and rep-
resentational duties,’’. 
(3) PHOTOS
AND
LIKENESSES
INCLUDED
IN 
NEWSLETTERS OR GENERAL MASS MAILINGS.—Section 
3210(a)(3) of such title is amended— 
(A) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (H); 
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(B) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘; or’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(C) by striking subparagraph (J). 
(4) CLARIFICATION OF ABILITY OF MEMBERS TO 
USE FRANKED MAIL TO SEND PERSONAL MESSAGES 
TO CONSTITUENTS.—Section 3210(a)(4) of such title 
is amended by striking the period at the end and in-
serting the following: ‘‘, except that nothing in this 
paragraph may be construed to prohibit the use of the 
franking privilege for the transmission of matter 
which is purely personal to a recipient who is a con-
stituent of a Member of Congress and which is related 
to the official business, activities, and duties of the 
Member.’’. 
(5) UNIFORM BLACKOUT PERIOD FOR ALL MEM-
BERS OF CONGRESS.— 
(A) 
UNIFORM
PERIOD.—Section 
3210(a)(6)(A) of such title is amended— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘(or, in 
the case of a Member of the House, fewer 
than 90 days)’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘90 
days’’ and inserting ‘‘60 days’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendments 
made by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect 
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to the regularly scheduled general election for 
Federal office held in November 2020 and each 
succeeding election for public office. 
(6) INFORMATION ON CERTAIN MATTERS.—Sec-
tion 3210(a)(6)(E) of such title is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause 
(ii); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
clause (iii) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iv) providing information exclusively on com-
petitions which are officially sanctioned by the House 
of Representatives or Senate, nominations to military 
service academies, official employment listings for po-
sitions in the House of Representatives (including 
listings for positions in the Wounded Warrior Pro-
gram or the Gold Star Family Fellowship Program), 
or natural disasters or other threats to public health 
and life safety.’’. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (e)(5)(B), this section and the amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to communications 
disseminated on or after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
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AUTHORIZING USE OF MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL 
ALLOWANCE FOR EXPENSES OF MEMBERS-ELECT 
SEC. 117. (a) AUTHORIZATION.—Section 101(a) of the 
House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical 
Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5341(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘a Member’’ and inserting ‘‘a 
Member or Member-elect’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘the Member’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Member or Member-elect’’. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Section 101(d) of such Act (2 
U.S.C. 5341(d)) is amended by striking the period at the 
end and inserting the following: ‘‘, including regulations 
establishing under subsection (a) the official and represen-
tational duties during a Congress of a Member-elect of the 
House of Representatives who is not an incumbent Member 
re-elected to the ensuing Congress.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to Members-elect of the 
House of Representatives for the One Hundred Seventeenth 
Congress and each succeeding Congress. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
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