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Subtitle B—Other Matters 
SEC. 5111. EMERGENCY FEDERAL EMPLOYEE LEAVE FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT; APPROPRIATION.—There is es-
tablished in the Treasury the Emergency Federal Em-
ployee Leave Fund (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Fund’’), to be administered by the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management, for the purposes set forth in 
subsection (b). In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$570,000,000, which shall be deposited into the Fund and 
remain available through September 30, 2022. The Fund 
is available for reasonable expenses incurred by the Office 
of Personnel Management in administering this section. 
(b) PURPOSE.—Amounts in the Fund shall be avail-
able for reimbursement to an agency for the use of paid 
leave under this section by any employee of the agency 
who is unable to work because the employee— 
(1) is subject to a Federal, State, or local quar-
antine or isolation order related to COVID–19; 
(2) has been advised by a health care provider 
to self-quarantine due to concerns related to 
COVID–19; 
(3) is caring for an individual who is subject to 
such an order or has been so advised;
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(4) is experiencing symptoms of COVID–19 
and seeking a medical diagnosis; 
(5) is caring for a son or daughter of such em-
ployee if the school or place of care of the son or 
daughter has been closed, if the school of such son 
or daughter requires or makes optional a virtual 
learning instruction model or requires or makes op-
tional a hybrid of in-person and virtual learning in-
struction models, or the child care provider of such 
son or daughter is unavailable, due to COVID–19 
precautions; 
(6) is experiencing any other substantially simi-
lar condition; 
(7) is caring for a family member with a mental 
or physical disability or who is 55 years of age or 
older and incapable of self-care, without regard to 
whether another individual other than the employee 
is available to care for such family member, if the 
place of care for such family member is closed or the 
direct care provider is unavailable due to COVID– 
19; or 
(8) is obtaining immunization related to 
COVID–19 or to recover from any injury, disability, 
illness, or condition related to such immunization. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—
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(1) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY.—Paid leave 
under this section may only be provided to and used 
by an employee during the period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act and ending on Sep-
tember 30, 2021. 
(2) TOTAL HOURS; AMOUNT.—Paid leave under 
this section— 
(A) shall be provided to an employee in an 
amount not to exceed 600 hours of paid leave 
for each full-time employee, and in the case of 
a part-time employee, employee on an uncom-
mon tour of duty, or employee with a seasonal 
work schedule, in an amount not to exceed the 
proportional equivalent of 600 hours to the ex-
tent amounts in the Fund remain available for 
reimbursement; 
(B) shall be paid at the same hourly rate 
as other leave payments; and 
(C) may not be provided to an employee if 
the leave would result in payments greater than 
$2,800 in aggregate for any biweekly pay pe-
riod for a full-time employee, or a proportion-
ally equivalent biweekly limit for a part-time 
employee.
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(3) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
LEAVE.—Paid 
leave under this section— 
(A) is in addition to any other leave pro-
vided to an employee; and 
(B) may not be used by an employee con-
currently with any other paid leave. 
(4) CALCULATION OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT.— 
Any paid leave provided to an employee under this 
section shall reduce the total service used to cal-
culate any Federal civilian retirement benefit. 
(d) EMPLOYEE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘employee’’ means— 
(1) an individual in the executive branch for 
whom annual and sick leave is provided under sub-
chapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States 
Code; 
(2) an individual employed by the United States 
Postal Service; 
(3) an individual employed by the Postal Regu-
latory Commission; and 
(4) an employee of the Public Defender Service 
for the District of Columbia and the District of Co-
lumbia Courts.
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SEC. 5112. FUNDING FOR THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT-
ABILITY OFFICE. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $77,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, for necessary 
expenses of the Government Accountability Office to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to Coronavirus and to sup-
port oversight of the Coronavirus response and of funds 
provided in this Act or any other Act pertaining to the 
Coronavirus pandemic. 
SEC. 5113. PANDEMIC RESPONSE ACCOUNTABILITY COM-
MITTEE FUNDING AVAILABILITY. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $40,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, for the Pan-
demic Response Accountability Committee to promote 
transparency and support oversight of the Coronavirus re-
sponse and of funds provided in this Act or any other Act 
pertaining to the Coronavirus pandemic. 
SEC. 5114. FUNDING FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $12,800,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021, for necessary