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its expenses related to program administration and over-
sight. 
(d) HOUSING COUNSELING SERVICES DEFINED.— 
For the purposes of this section, the term ‘‘housing coun-
seling services’’ means— 
(1) housing counseling provided directly to 
households facing housing instability, such as evic-
tion, default, foreclosure, loss of income, or home-
lessness; 
(2) education, outreach, training, technology 
upgrades, and other program related support; and 
(3) operational oversight funding for grantees 
and subgrantees that receive funds under this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 4106. HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORTIVE 
SERVICES PROGRAM. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, except that amounts authorized under 
subsection (d)(3) shall remain available until September 
30, 2029, for assistance under title II of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 
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12721 et seq.) for the following activities to primarily ben-
efit qualifying individuals or families: 
(1) Tenant-based rental assistance. 
(2) The development and support of affordable 
housing pursuant to section 212(a) of the Cranston- 
Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 
U.S.C. 12742(a)) (‘‘the Act’’ herein). 
(3) Supportive services to qualifying individuals 
or families not already receiving such supportive 
services, including— 
(A) activities listed in section 401(29) of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 11360(29)); 
(B) housing counseling; and 
(C) homeless prevention services. 
(4) The acquisition and development of non- 
congregate shelter units, all or a portion of which 
may— 
(A) be converted to permanent affordable 
housing; 
(B) be used as emergency shelter under 
subtitle B of title IV of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371- 
11378); 
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(C) be converted to permanent housing 
under subtitle C of title IV of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11381-11389); or 
(D) remain as non-congregate shelter 
units. 
(b) QUALIFYING INDIVIDUALS
OR FAMILIES DE-
FINED.—For the purposes of this section, qualifying indi-
viduals or families are those who are— 
(1) homeless, as defined in section 103(a) of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11302(a)); 
(2) at-risk of homelessness, as defined in sec-
tion 401(1) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1)); 
(3) fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, or 
human trafficking; 
(4) in other populations where providing sup-
portive services or assistance under section 212(a) of 
the Act (42 U.S.C. 12742(a)) would prevent the 
family’s homelessness or would serve those with the 
greatest risk of housing instability; or 
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(5) veterans and families that include a veteran 
family member that meet one of the preceding cri-
teria. 
(c) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 
(1) FUNDING RESTRICTIONS.—The cost limits 
in section 212(e) (42 U.S.C. 12742(e)), the commit-
ment requirements in section 218(g) (42 U.S.C. 
12749(g)), the matching requirements in section 220 
(42 U.S.C. 12750), and the set-aside for housing de-
veloped, sponsored, or owned by community housing 
development organizations required in section 231 of 
the Act (42 U.S.C. 12771) shall not apply for 
amounts made available in this section. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.— Notwithstanding 
sections 212(c) and (d)(1) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12742(c) and (d)(1)), of the funds made available in 
this section for carrying out activities authorized in 
this section, a grantee may use up to fifteen percent 
of its allocation for administrative and planning 
costs. 
(3) OPERATING
EXPENSES.—Notwithstanding 
sections 212(a) and (g) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 
12742(a) and (g)), a grantee may use up to an addi-
tional five percent of its allocation for the payment 
of operating expenses of community housing develop-
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ment organizations and nonprofit organizations car-
rying out activities authorized under this section, 
but only if— 
(A) such funds are used to develop the ca-
pacity of the community housing development 
organization or nonprofit organization in the ju-
risdiction or insular area to carry out activities 
authorized under this section; and 
(B) the community housing development 
organization or nonprofit organization complies 
with the limitation on assistance in section 
234(b) of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12774(b)). 
(4) CONTRACTING.—A grantee, when con-
tracting with service providers engaged directly in 
the provision of services under paragraph (a)(3), 
shall, to the extent practicable, enter into contracts 
in amounts that cover the actual total program costs 
and administrative overhead to provide the services 
contracted. 
(d) ALLOCATION.— 
(1) FORMULA
ASSISTANCE.—Except as pro-
vided in paragraphs (2) and (3), amounts made 
available under this section shall be allocated pursu-
ant to section 217 of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12746) to 
grantees that received allocations pursuant to that 
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same formula in fiscal year 2021, and such alloca-
tions shall be made within 30 days of enactment of 
this Act. 
(2) 
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—Up 
to 
$25,000,000 of the amounts made available under 
this section shall be used, without competition, to 
make new awards or increase prior awards to exist-
ing technical assistance providers to provide an im-
mediate increase in capacity building and technical 
assistance available to any grantees implementing 
activities or projects consistent with this section. 
(3) OTHER COSTS.—Up to $50,000,000 of the 
amounts made available under this section shall be 
used for the administrative costs to oversee and ad-
minister implementation of this section and the 
HOME program generally, including information 
technology, financial reporting, and other costs. 
(4) WAIVERS.—Any provision of any statute or 
regulation used to administer the amounts made 
available under this section (except for requirements 
related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 
standards, and the environment), may be waived 
upon a finding that any such waivers or alternative 
requirements are necessary to expedite or facilitate 
the use of amounts made available in this section. 
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SEC. 4107. HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE FUND. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Homeowner 
Assistance Fund established under subsection (c) for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $9,961,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, for qualified expenses that meet the 
purposes specified under subsection (c) and expenses de-
scribed in subsection (d)(1). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CONFORMING LOAN LIMIT.—The term ‘‘con-
forming loan limit’’ means the applicable limitation 
governing the maximum original principal obligation 
of a mortgage secured by a single-family residence, 
a mortgage secured by a 2-family residence, a mort-
gage secured by a 3-family residence, or a mortgage 
secured by a 4-family residence, as determined and 
adjusted annually under section 302(b)(2) of the 
Federal National Mortgage Association Charter Act 
(12 U.S.C. 1717(b)(2)) and section 305(a)(2) of the 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Act (12 
U.S.C. 1454(a)(2)). 
(2) DWELLING.—The term ‘‘dwelling’’ means 
any building, structure, or portion thereof which is 
occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy 
as, a residence by one or more individuals. 
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(3) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’ means— 
(A) a State; or 
(B) any entity eligible for payment under 
subsection (f). 
(4) MORTGAGE.—The term ‘‘mortgage’’ means 
any credit transaction— 
(A) that is secured by a mortgage, deed of 
trust, or other consensual security interest on a 
principal residence of a borrower that is (i) a 1- 
to 4-unit dwelling, or (ii) residential real prop-
erty that includes a 1- to 4-unit dwelling; and 
(B) the unpaid principal balance of which 
was, at the time of origination, not more than 
the conforming loan limit. 
(5) FUND.—The term ‘‘Fund’’ means the 
Homeowner Assistance Fund established under sub-
section (c). 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Treasury. 
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 
State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American 
Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
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(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT; QUALIFIED EXPENSES.— 
There is established in the Department of the Treas-
ury a Homeowner Assistance Fund to mitigate fi-
nancial hardships associated with the coronavirus 
pandemic by providing such funds as are appro-
priated by subsection (a) to eligible entities, and to 
require an eligible entity that receives funds pursu-
ant to this section to periodically submit to the Sec-
retary a report that describes the activities carried 
out by the eligible entity using the funds provided 
under this section, for the purpose of preventing 
homeowner mortgage delinquencies, defaults, fore-
closures, loss of utilities or home energy services, 
and displacements of homeowners experiencing fi-
nancial hardship after January 21, 2020, through 
qualified expenses related to mortgages and housing, 
which include— 
(A) mortgage payment assistance; 
(B) financial assistance to allow a home-
owner to reinstate a mortgage or to pay other 
housing related costs related to a period of for-
bearance, delinquency, or default; 
(C) principal reduction; 
(D) facilitating interest rate reductions; 
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(E) payment assistance for— 
(i) utilities, including electric, gas, 
and water; 
(ii) 
internet 
service, 
including 
broadband internet access service, as de-
fined in section 8.1(b) of title 47, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or any successor reg-
ulation); 
(iii) property taxes; 
(iv) homeowner’s insurance, flood in-
surance, and mortgage insurance; and 
(v) homeowner’s association, condo-
minium 
association 
fees, 
or 
common 
charges; 
(F) reimbursement of funds expended by a 
State, local government, or designated entity 
under subsection (e) during the period begin-
ning on January 21, 2020, and ending on the 
date that the first funds are disbursed by the 
eligible entity under the Homeowner Assistance 
Fund, for the purpose of providing housing or 
utility payment assistance to individuals or oth-
erwise providing funds to prevent foreclosure or 
eviction of a homeowner or tenant or prevent 
mortgage delinquency or loss of housing or util-
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ities as a response to the coronavirus disease 
(COVID) pandemic; and 
(G) any other assistance to promote hous-
ing stability for homeowners, including pre-
venting eviction, mortgage delinquency or de-
fault, foreclosure, or the loss of utility or home 
energy services, as determined by the Secretary. 
(2) TARGETING.—Not less than 60 percent of 
amounts made to each eligible entity allocated 
amounts under subsection (d) or (f) shall be used 
for qualified expenses that assist homeowners having 
incomes equal to or less than 100 percent of the 
area median income for their household size or equal 
to or less than 100 percent of the median income for 
the United States, as determined by the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, whichever is 
greater. The eligible entity shall prioritize remaining 
funds to populations or geographies experiencing the 
greatest need. 
(d) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATION.—Of any amounts made 
available under this section, the Secretary shall re-
serve— 
(A) to the Department of the Treasury, an 
amount not to exceed $40,000,000 to admin-
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ister and oversee the Fund, and to provide tech-
nical assistance to eligible entities for the cre-
ation and implementation of State and tribal 
programs to administer assistance from the 
Fund; and 
(B) to the Inspector General of the De-
partment of the Treasury, an amount to not ex-
ceed $2,600,000 for oversight of the program 
under this section. 
(2) FOR
STATES.—After the application of 
paragraphs (1), (4), and (5) of this subsection and 
subject to paragraph (3) of this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall establish such criteria as are necessary 
to allocate the remaining funds available within the 
Homeowner Assistance Fund to each State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, taking into consider-
ation, for such State relative to all States of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act— 
(A) the average number of unemployed in-
dividuals measured over a period of time not 
fewer than 3 months and not more than 12 
months; 
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(B) the total number or mortgagors with— 
(i) mortgage payments that are more 
than 30 days past due; or 
(ii) mortgages in foreclosure. 
(3) SMALL STATE MINIMUM.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Each State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, and 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico shall receive 
no less than $40,000,000 for the purposes es-
tablished in (c). 
(B) PRO RATA ADJUSTMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall adjust on a pro rata basis the 
amount of the payments for each State of the 
United States, the District of Columbia, and 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico determined 
under this subsection without regard to this 
subparagraph to the extent necessary to comply 
with the requirements of subparagraph (A). 
(4) TERRITORY
SET-ASIDE.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this section, of the amounts 
appropriated under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall reserve $30,000,000 to be disbursed to Guam, 
American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, 
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands based on each such territory’s share of the 
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combined total population of all such territories, as 
determined by the Secretary. For the purposes of 
this paragraph, population shall be determined based 
on the most recent year for which data are available 
from the United States Census Bureau. 
(5) TRIBAL
SET-ASIDE.—The Secretary shall 
allocate funds to any eligible entity designated under 
subsection (f) pursuant to the requirements of that 
subsection. 
(e) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS TO STATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
payments, beginning not later than 45 days after en-
actment of this Act, from amounts allocated under 
subsection (d) to eligible entities that have notified 
the Secretary that they request to receive payment 
from the Fund and that the eligible entity will use 
such payments in compliance with this section. 
(2) REALLOCATION.—If a State does not re-
quest allocated funds by the 90th day after the date 
of enactment of this Act, such State shall not be eli-
gible for a payment from the Secretary pursuant to 
this section, and the Secretary shall reallocate any 
funds that were not requested by such State among 
the States that have requested funds by the 90th 
day after the date of enactment of this Act. For any 
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such reallocation of funds, the Secretary shall ad-
here to the requirements of subsection (d), except 
for paragraph (1), to the greatest extent possible, 
provided that the Secretary shall also take into con-
sideration in determining such reallocation a State’s 
remaining need and a State’s record of using pay-
ments from the Fund to serve homeowners at dis-
proportionate risk of mortgage default, foreclosure, 
or displacement, including homeowners having in-
comes equal to or less than 100 percent of the area 
median income for their household size or 100 per-
cent of the median income for the United States, as 
determined by the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, whichever is greater, and minority 
homeowners. 
(f) TRIBAL SET-ASIDE.— 
(1) SET-ASIDE.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this section, of the amounts appro-
priated under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use 
5 percent to make payments to entities that are eli-
gible for payments under clauses (i) and (ii) of sec-
tion 501(b)(2)(A) of subtitle A of title V of division 
N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
(Public Law 116-260) for the purposes described in 
subsection (c). 
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(2) ALLOCATION
AND
PAYMENT.—The Sec-
retary shall allocate the funds set aside under para-
graph (1) using the allocation formulas described in 
clauses (i) and (ii) of section 501(b)(2)(A) of sub-
title A of title V of division N of the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260), 
and shall make payments of such amounts beginning 
no later than 45 days after enactment of this Act to 
entities eligible for payment under clauses (i) and 
(ii) of section 501(b)(2)(A) of subtitle A of title V 
of division N of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260) that notify the Sec-
retary that they request to receive payments allo-
cated from the Fund by the Secretary for purposes 
described under subsection (c) and will use such 
payments in compliance with this section. 
(3) ADJUSTMENT.—Allocations provided under 
this subsection may be further adjusted as provided 
by section 501(b)(2)(B) of subtitle A of title V of di-
vision N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2021 (Public Law 116-260). 
SEC. 4108. RELIEF MEASURES FOR SECTION 502 AND 504 DI-
RECT LOAN BORROWERS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 
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out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $39,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023, for direct loans made under sections 502 and 
504 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472, 1474). 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—The Secretary 
may use not more than 3 percent of the amounts appro-
priated under this section for administrative purposes. 
Subtitle C—Small Business (SSBCI) 
SEC. 4201. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE STATE SMALL BUSI-
NESS CREDIT INITIATIVE ACT OF 2010. 
(a) REAUTHORIZATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The State Small Business 
Credit Initiative Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5701 et 
seq.) is amended— 
(A) in section 3003— 
(i) in subsection (b)— 
(I) by amending paragraph (1) to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of subsection (d), the 
Secretary shall allocate Federal funds to partici-
pating States so that each State is eligible to receive 
an amount equal to what the State would receive 
under the 2021 allocation, as determined under 
paragraph (2).’’; 
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(II) in paragraph (2)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘2009’’ 
each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘2021’’; 
(bb) by striking ‘‘2008’’ 
each place such term appears 
and inserting ‘‘2020’’; 
(cc) in subparagraph (A), by 
striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and in-
serting ‘‘With respect to States 
other than Tribal governments, 
the Secretary’’; 
(dd) in subparagraph (C)(i), 
by striking ‘‘2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘2019’’; and 
(ee) by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(C) SEPARATE ALLOCATION FOR TRIBAL 
GOVERNMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—With respect to 
States that are Tribal governments, the 
Secretary shall determine the 2021 alloca-
tion by allocating $500,000,000 among the 
Tribal governments in the proportion the 
Secretary determines appropriate, includ-
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ing with consideration to available employ-
ment and economic data regarding each 
such Tribal government. 
‘‘(ii) NOTICE OF INTENT; TIMING OF 
ALLOCATION.—With respect to allocations 
to States that are Tribal governments, the 
Secretary may— 
‘‘(I) require Tribal governments 
that individually or jointly wish to 
participate in the Program to file a 
notice of intent with the Secretary not 
later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of subsection (d); and 
‘‘(II) notwithstanding paragraph 
(1), allocate Federal funds to partici-
pating Tribal governments not later 
than 60 days after the date of enact-
ment of subsection (d). 
‘‘(D) EMPLOYMENT
DATA.—If the Sec-
retary determines that employment data with 
respect to a State is unavailable from the Bu-
reau of Labor Statistics of the Department of 
Labor, the Secretary shall consider such other 
economic and employment data that is other-
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wise available for purposes of determining the 
employment data of such State.’’; and 
(III) by striking paragraph (3); 
and 
(ii) in subsection (c)— 
(I) in paragraph (1)(A)(iii), by 
inserting before the period the fol-
lowing: ‘‘that have delivered loans or 
investments to eligible businesses’’; 
and 
(II) by amending paragraph (4) 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) 
TERMINATION
OF
AVAILABILITY
OF 
AMOUNTS NOT TRANSFERRED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any portion of a par-
ticipating State’s allocated amount that has not 
been transferred to the State under this section 
may be deemed by the Secretary to be no longer 
allocated to the State and no longer available to 
the State and shall be returned to the general 
fund of the Treasury or reallocated as described 
under subparagraph (B), if— 
‘‘(i) the second 1⁄3 of a State’s allo-
cated amount has not been transferred to 
the State before the end of the end of the 
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3-year period beginning on the date that 
the Secretary approves the State for par-
ticipation; or 
‘‘(ii) the last 1⁄3 of a State’s allocated 
amount has not been transferred to the 
State before the end of the end of the 6- 
year period beginning on the date that the 
Secretary approves the State for participa-
tion. 
‘‘(B) 
REALLOCATION.—Any 
amount 
deemed by the Secretary to be no longer allo-
cated to a State and no longer available to such 
State under subparagraph (A) may be reallo-
cated by the Secretary to other participating 
States. In making such a reallocation, the Sec-
retary shall not take into account the minimum 
allocation 
requirements 
under 
subsection 
(b)(2)(B) or the specific allocation for Tribal 
governments 
described 
under 
subsection 
(b)(2)(C).’’; 
(B) in section 3004(d), by striking ‘‘date 
of enactment of this Act’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘date of the enactment of section 
3003(d)’’; 
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(C) in section 3005(b), by striking ‘‘date of 
enactment of this Act’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘date of the enactment of section 
3003(d)’’; 
(D) in section 3006(b)(4), by striking 
‘‘date of enactment of this Act’’ and inserting 
‘‘date of the enactment of section 3003(d)’’; 
(E) in section 3007(b), by striking ‘‘March 
31, 2011’’ and inserting ‘‘March 31, 2022’’; 
(F) in section 3009, by striking ‘‘date of 
enactment of this Act’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘date of the enactment of section 
3003(d)’’; and 
(G) in section 3011(b), by striking ‘‘date 
of the enactment of this Act’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘date of the enactment of 
section 3003(d)’’. 
(2) APPROPRIATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, there is hereby appropriated 
to the Secretary of the Treasury for fiscal year 
2021, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to reauthorize, 
expand, and enhance the State Small Business 
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Credit Initiative established under the State 
Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 2010, 
including to provide support to small businesses 
responding to and recovering from the economic 
effects of the COVID–19 pandemic, ensure 
business enterprises owned and controlled by 
socially and economically disadvantaged individ-
uals have access to credit and investments, pro-
vide technical assistance to help small busi-
nesses applying for various support programs, 
and to pay reasonable costs of administering 
such Initiative. 
(B) 
RESCISSION.—With 
respect 
to 
amounts 
appropriated 
under 
subparagraph 
(A)— 
(i) the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
complete all disbursements and remaining 
obligations before September 30, 2030; 
and 
(ii) any amounts that remain unex-
pended (whether obligated or unobligated) 
on September 30, 2030, shall be rescinded 
and deposited into the general fund of the 
Treasury. 
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(b) ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS TO SUPPORT BUSI-
NESS ENTERPRISES OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SO-
CIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVID-
UALS.—Section 3003 of the State Small Business Credit 
Initiative Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5702) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS TO SUPPORT BUSI-
NESS ENTERPRISES OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SO-
CIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVID-
UALS.—Of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2021 
to carry out the Program, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) ensure that $1,500,000,000 from funds al-
located under this section shall be allocated to States 
to be expended for business enterprises owned and 
controlled by socially and economically disadvan-
taged individuals; 
‘‘(2) allocate such amounts to States based on 
the needs of business enterprises owned and con-
trolled by socially and economically disadvantaged 
individuals, as determined by the Secretary, in each 
State, and not subject to the allocation formula de-
scribed under subsection (b); 
‘‘(3) oversee the States’ use of these funds to 
ensure they directly support business enterprises 
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owned and controlled by socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals; and 
‘‘(4) establish a minimum amount of support 
that a State shall provide to business enterprises 
owned and controlled by socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals. 
‘‘(e) INCENTIVE ALLOCATIONS TO SUPPORT BUSI-
NESS ENTERPRISES OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY SO-
CIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INDIVID-
UALS.—Of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2021 
to carry out the Program, the Secretary shall set aside 
$1,000,000,000 for an incentive program under which the 
Secretary shall increase the second 1⁄3 and last 1⁄3 alloca-
tions for States that demonstrate robust support, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, for business concerns owned and 
controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged indi-
viduals in the deployment of prior allocation amounts.’’. 
(c) ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS TO SUPPORT VERY 
SMALL BUSINESSES.—Section 3003 of the State Small 
Business Credit Initiative Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5702), 
as amended by subsection (b), is further amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) ADDITIONAL ALLOCATIONS TO SUPPORT VERY 
SMALL BUSINESSES.— 
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‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amounts appro-
priated to carry out the Program, the Secretary 
shall ensure that not less than $500,000,000 from 
funds allocated under this section shall be expended 
for very small businesses. 
‘‘(2) VERY SMALL BUSINESS DEFINED.—In this 
subsection, the term ‘very small business’— 
‘‘(A) means a business with fewer than 10 
employees; and 
‘‘(B) may include independent contractors 
and sole proprietors.’’. 
(d) CDFI AND MDI PARTICIPATION PLAN.—Section 
3004 of the State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 
2010 (12 U.S.C. 5703) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(e) CDFI AND MDI PARTICIPATION PLAN.—The 
Secretary may not approve a State to be a participating 
State unless the State has provided the Secretary with a 
plan detailing how minority depository institutions and 
community development financial institutions will be en-
couraged to participate in State programs.’’. 
(e) PANDEMIC RESPONSE PLAN.—Section 3004 of 
the State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 2010 (12 
U.S.C. 5703), as amended by subsection (c), is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(f) PANDEMIC RESPONSE PLAN.—The Secretary 
may not approve a State to be a participating State unless 
the State has provided the Secretary with a description 
of how the State will expeditiously utilize funds to support 
small businesses, including business enterprises owned and 
controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged indi-
viduals, in responding to and recovering from the eco-
nomic effects of the COVID–19 pandemic.’’. 
(f) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Section 3009 of the 
State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 2010 (12 
U.S.C. 5708) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(e) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—Of the amounts ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2021 to carry out the Program, 
$500,000,000 may be used by the Secretary to— 
‘‘(1) provide funds to States to carry out a 
technical assistance plan under which a State will 
provide legal, accounting, and financial advisory 
services, either directly or contracted with legal, ac-
counting, and financial advisory firms, with priority 
given to business enterprises owned and controlled 
by socially and economically disadvantaged individ-
uals, to very small businesses and business enter-
prises owned and controlled by socially and economi-
cally disadvantaged individuals applying for— 
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‘‘(A) State programs under the Program; 
and 
‘‘(B) other State or Federal programs that 
support small businesses; 
‘‘(2) transfer amounts to the Minority Business 
Development Agency, so that the Agency may use 
such amounts in a manner the Agency determines 
appropriate, including through contracting with 
third parties, to provide technical assistance to busi-
ness enterprises owned and controlled by socially 
and economically disadvantaged individuals applying 
to— 
‘‘(A) State programs under the Program; 
and 
‘‘(B) other State or Federal programs that 
support small businesses; and 
‘‘(3) contract with legal, accounting, and finan-
cial advisory firms (with priority given to business 
enterprises owned and controlled by socially and eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals), to provide 
technical assistance to business enterprises owned 
and controlled by socially and economically disadvan-
taged individuals applying to— 
‘‘(A) State programs under the Program; 
and 
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‘‘(B) other State or Federal programs that 
support small businesses.’’. 
(g) MULTI-STATE PARTICIPATION PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 3009 of the State Small Business Credit Initiative 
Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5708), as amended by subsection 
(d)(2), is further amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(f) MULTI-STATE PARTICIPATION PROGRAM.—The 
Secretary may establish a multi-State participation pro-
gram under which— 
‘‘(1) the Secretary determines which State pro-
grams are similar to each other, with respect to eli-
gibility criteria and such other criteria as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate; and 
‘‘(2) a State may elect to automatically deem a 
person eligible for a State program if the person is 
already participating in another State’s State pro-
gram that the Secretary has determined is similar 
under paragraph (1).’’. 
(h) APPROVAL OF MULTI-STATE PROGRAMS.—Sec-
tion 3004 of the State Small Business Credit Initiative 
Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5703), as amended by subsection 
(d), is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) APPROVAL OF MULTI-STATE PROGRAMS.—In 
approving State programs under section 3005 or 3006, 
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the Secretary may approve a State program carried out 
jointly by more than one State.’’. 
(i) PREDATORY
LENDING
PROHIBITED.—Section 
3004 of the State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 
2010 (15 U.S.C. 5702), as amended by subsection (g), 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) PREDATORY LENDING PROHIBITED.—The Sec-
retary may not approve a State to be a participating State 
unless the State has agreed that no lending activity sup-
ported by amounts received by the State under the Pro-
gram would result in predatory lending, as determined by 
the Secretary.’’. 
(j) INCLUSION OF TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—Section 
3002(10) of the State Small Business Credit Initiative Act 
of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5701(10)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) a Tribal government, or a group of 
Tribal governments that jointly apply for an al-
location.’’. 
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(k) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3002 of the State Small 
Business Credit Initiative Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5701) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(15) BUSINESS ENTERPRISE OWNED AND CON-
TROLLED
BY
SOCIALLY
AND
ECONOMICALLY
DIS-
ADVANTAGED INDIVIDUALS.—The term ‘business en-
terprise owned and controlled by socially and eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals’ means a busi-
ness that— 
‘‘(A) if privately owned, 51 percent is 
owned by one or more socially and economically 
disadvantaged individuals; 
‘‘(B) if publicly owned, 51 percent of the 
stock is owned by one or more socially and eco-
nomically disadvantaged individuals; and 
‘‘(C) in the case of a mutual institution, a 
majority of the Board of Directors, account 
holders, and the community which the institu-
tion services is predominantly comprised of so-
cially and economically disadvantaged individ-
uals. 
‘‘(16) COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
FINANCIAL 
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘community development 
financial institution’ has the meaning given that 
term under section 103 of the Riegle Community 
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Development and Regulatory Improvement Act of 
1994. 
‘‘(17) MINORITY DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.— 
The term ‘minority depository institution’ has the 
meaning given that term under section 308(b) of the 
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and En-
forcement Act of 1989. 
‘‘(18) SOCIALLY
AND
ECONOMICALLY
DIS-
ADVANTAGED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘socially and 
economically disadvantaged individual’ means an in-
dividual who is a socially disadvantaged individual or 
an economically disadvantaged individual, as such 
terms are defined, respectively, under section 8 of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 637) and the 
regulations thereunder. 
‘‘(19) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘Tribal 
government’ means a government of an Indian Tribe 
listed on the list of recognized Tribes published by 
the Secretary of the Interior under section 104 of 
the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 
1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).’’ 
(l) RULE OF APPLICATION.—The amendments made 
by this section shall apply with respect to funds appro-
priated under this section and funds appropriated on and 
after the date of enactment of this section. 
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Subtitle D—Airlines 
SEC. 4301. AIR TRANSPORTATION PAYROLL SUPPORT PRO-
GRAM EXTENSION. 
(a) 
DEFINITIONS.—The 
definitions 
in 
section 
40102(a) of title 49, United States Code, shall apply with 
respect to terms used in this section, except that— 
(1) the term ‘‘catering functions’’ means prepa-
ration, assembly, or both, of food, beverages, provi-
sions and related supplies for delivery, and the deliv-
ery of such items, directly to aircraft or to a location 
on or near airport property for subsequent delivery 
to aircraft; 
(2) the term ‘‘contractor’’ means— 
(A) a person that performs, under contract 
with a passenger air carrier conducting oper-
ations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations— 
(i) catering functions; or 
(ii) functions on the property of an 
airport that are directly related to the air 
transportation of persons, property, or 
mail, including the loading and unloading 
of property on aircraft, assistance to pas-
sengers under part 382 of title 14, Code of 
Federal 
Regulations, 
security, 
airport 
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ticketing and check-in functions, ground- 
handling of aircraft, or aircraft cleaning 
and sanitization functions and waste re-
moval; or 
(B) a subcontractor that performs such 
functions; 
(3) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an individual, 
other than a corporate officer, who is employed by 
an air carrier or a contractor; 
(4) the term ‘‘eligible air carrier’’ means an air 
carrier that— 
(A) received financial assistance pursuant 
section 402(a)(1) of division N of the Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 
116-260); 
(B) provides air transportation as of 
March 31, 2021; 
(C) has not conducted involuntary fur-
loughs or reduced pay rates or benefits between 
March 31, 2021, and the date on which the air 
carrier makes a certification to the Secretary 
pursuant to subparagraph (D); and 
(D) certifies to the Secretary that such air 
carrier will— 
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(i) refrain from conducting involun-
tary furloughs or reducing pay rates or 
benefits until September 30, 2021, or the 
date on which assistance provided under 
this section is exhausted, whichever is 
later; 
(ii) refrain from purchasing an equity 
security of the air carrier or the parent 
company of the air carrier that is listed on 
a national securities exchange through 
September 30, 2022; 
(iii) refrain from paying dividends, or 
making other capital distributions, with re-
spect to common stock (or equivalent inter-
est) of such air carrier through September 
30, 2022; 
(iv) during the 2-year period begin-
ning April 1, 2021, and ending April 1, 
2023, refrain from paying— 
(I) any officer or employee of the 
air carrier whose total compensation 
exceeded $425,000 in calendar year 
2019 (other than an employee whose 
compensation is determined through 
an 
existing 
collective 
bargaining 
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(bb) 50 percent of the excess 
over $3,000,000 of the total com-
pensation received by the officer 
or employee from the air carrier 
in calendar year 2019. 
(5) the term ‘‘eligible contractor’’ means a con-
tractor that— 
(A) received financial assistance pursuant 
to section 402(a)(2) of division N of the Con-
solidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 
116-260); 
(B) performs one or more of the functions 
described under paragraph (2) as of March 31, 
2021; 
(C) has not conducted involuntary fur-
loughs or reduced pay rates or benefits between 
March 31, 2021, and the date on which the 
contractor makes a certification to the Sec-
retary pursuant to subparagraph (D); and 
(D) certifies to the Secretary that such 
contractor will— 
(i) refrain from conducting involun-
tary furloughs or reducing pay rates or 
benefits until September 30, 2021, or the 
date on which assistance provided under 
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this section is exhausted, whichever is 
later; 
(ii) refrain from purchasing an equity 
security of the contractor or the parent 
company of the contractor that is listed on 
a national securities exchange through 
September 30, 2022; 
(iii) refrain from paying dividends, or 
making other capital distributions, with re-
spect to common stock (or equivalent inter-
est) of the contractor through September 
30, 2022; 
(iv) during the 2-year period begin-
ning April 1, 2021, and ending April 1, 
2023, refrain from paying— 
(I) any officer or employee of the 
contractor whose total compensation 
exceeded $425,000 in calendar year 
2019 (other than an employee whose 
compensation is determined through 
an 
existing 
collective 
bargaining 
agreement entered into prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act)— 
(aa) total compensation that 
exceeds, during any 12 consecu-
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tive months of such 2-year pe-
riod, the total compensation re-
ceived by the officer or employee 
from the contractor in calendar 
year 2019; or 
(bb) severance pay or other 
benefits upon termination of em-
ployment with the contractor 
which exceeds twice the max-
imum total compensation re-
ceived by the officer or employee 
from the contractor in calendar 
year 2019; and 
(II) any officer or employee of 
the contractor whose total compensa-
tion exceeded $3,000,000 in calendar 
year 2019 during any 12 consecutive 
months of such period total compensa-
tion in excess of the sum of— 
(aa) $3,000,000; and 
(bb) 50 percent of the excess 
over $3,000,000 of the total com-
pensation received by the officer 
or employee from the contractor 
in calendar year 2019. 
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(6) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of the Treasury. 
(b) PAYROLL SUPPORT GRANTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—To preserve aviation jobs 
and compensate air carrier industry workers, the 
Secretary shall make available to eligible air carriers 
and eligible contractors, financial assistance exclu-
sively for the continuation of payment of employee 
wages, salaries, and benefits to— 
(A) eligible air carriers, in an aggregate 
amount of $14,000,000,000; and 
(B) eligible contractors, in an aggregate 
amount of $1,000,000,000. 
(2) APPORTIONMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall ap-
portion funds to eligible air carriers and eligible 
contractors in accordance with the requirements 
of this section not later than April 15, 2021. 
(B) ELIGIBLE
AIR
CARRIERS.—The Sec-
retary shall apportion funds made available 
under paragraph (1)(A) to each eligible air car-
rier in the ratio that— 
(i) the amount received by the air car-
rier pursuant to section 403(a) of division 
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N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2021 (Public Law 116-260) bears to 
(ii) $15,000,000,000. 
(C) ELIGIBLE
CONTRACTORS.—The Sec-
retary shall apportion, to each eligible con-
tractor, an amount equal to the total amount 
such contractor received pursuant to section 
403(a) of division N of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116-260). 
(3) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) FORMS; TERMS
AND
CONDITIONS.— 
The Secretary shall provide financial assistance 
to an eligible air carrier or eligible contractor 
under this section in the same form and on the 
same terms and conditions as determined by 
pursuant to section 403(b)(1)(A) of subtitle A 
of title IV of division N of the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2021 (Pub. L. No. 116-260). 
(B) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall 
publish streamlined and expedited procedures 
not later than 5 days after the date of enact-
ment of this section for eligible air carriers and 
eligible contractors to submit requests for fi-
nancial assistance under this section. 
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(B) by striking ‘‘12 consecutive 14-day pe-
riods’’ and inserting ‘‘24 consecutive 14-day pe-
riods’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘6 consecutive 14-day peri-
ods’’ and inserting ‘‘18 consecutive 14-day peri-
ods’’; and 
(3) in clause (iii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘June 30, 2021’’ and in-
serting ‘‘June 30, 2022’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the provisions of clauses 
(i) and (ii) shall not apply to any employee 
whose extended benefit period under subpara-
graph (B) begins after March 14, 2021, and 
shall not apply to any employee with respect to 
any registration period beginning after April 5, 
2021.’’ and inserting ‘‘the provisions of clauses 
(i) and (ii) shall not apply to any employee with 
respect to any registration period beginning 
after August 29, 2021.’’ 
(b) 
CLARIFICATION
ON
AUTHORITY
TO
USE 
FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under either the first or 
second sentence of clause (v) of section 2(c)(2)(D) of the 
Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act shall be available 
to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment 
benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason 
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completes or fails to complete a program of edu-
cation under the retraining assistance program 
under this section if the veteran fails to find employ-
ment in a field related to the program of education 
within the 180-period beginning on the date on 
which the veteran withdraws from or completes the 
program. 
(e) NO TRANSFERABILITY.—Retraining assistance 
provided under this section may not be transferred to an-
other individual. 
(f) EMPLOYEE ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Vet-
erans Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, 
shall contact each veteran who pursues a covered program 
of education under this section— 
(1) not later than 30 days after the date on 
which the veteran begins the program of education 
to notify the veteran of the availability of employ-
ment placement services upon completion of the pro-
gram; and 
(2) not later than 14 days after the date on 
which the veteran completes, or terminates partici-
pation in, such program to facilitate the provision of 
employment placement services to such veteran. 
(g) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.— 
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