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SEC. 34104. 21ST CENTURY INDIAN HEALTH PROGRAM HOS-
PITALS AND OUTPATIENT HEALTH CARE FA-
CILITIES. 
The Indian Health Care Improvement Act is amend-
ed by inserting after section 301 of such Act (25 U.S.C. 
1631) the following: 
‘‘SEC. 301A. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR PLANNING, DESIGN, 
CONSTRUCTION, MODERNIZATION, AND REN-
OVATION OF HOSPITALS AND OUTPATIENT 
HEALTH CARE FACILITIES. 
‘‘(a) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—For the purpose de-
scribed in subsection (b), in addition to any other funds 
available for such purpose, there is authorized to be appro-
priated $5,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2021 
through 2025. 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose described in this sub-
section is the planning, design, construction, moderniza-
tion, and renovation of hospitals and outpatient health 
care facilities that are funded, in whole or part, by the 
Service through, or provided for in, a contract or compact 
with the Service under the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), in-
cluding to address COVID–19 and other subsequent pub-
lic health crises. 
‘‘(c) TRIBAL CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall 
engage in consultation with Indian Tribes and Tribal or-
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ganizations to receive guidance and recommendations 
from Tribal officials before initiating any construction 
projects under this section on federally-operated facilities 
of the Service. 
‘‘(d) ENERGY EFFICIENCY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition on receipt of 
funding under this section for a project, the recipi-
ent of such funding shall ensure that the project in-
creases— 
‘‘(A) energy efficiency; 
‘‘(B) energy resilience; or 
‘‘(C) the use of renewable energy. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—Paragraph (1) shall be 
waived in any case or category of cases in which the 
Secretary finds that applying paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) would be inconsistent with the public 
interest; or 
‘‘(B) will increase the cost of the overall 
project by more than 25 percent. 
‘‘(3) WAIVER.—If the Secretary receives a re-
quest for a waiver under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall make available to the public, on an in-
formal basis, a copy of the request and information 
available to the Secretary concerning the request. 
The Secretary shall make the request and accom-
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panying information available by electronic means, 
including on the official public internet site of the 
Department of Health and Human Services. 
‘‘(4) MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT.—The Sec-
retary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds 
appropriated for this section for management and 
oversight of the requirements of this subsection. 
‘‘(5) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection does 
not apply with respect to a project if a State agency 
approves the engineering plans and specifications for 
the project, in that agency’s capacity to approve 
such plans and specifications prior to a project re-
questing bids, prior to the date of enactment of this 
subsection.’’. 
SEC. 34105. PILOT PROGRAM TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY- 
BASED CARE INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services may award grants to qualified teaching 
health centers (as defined in section 340H of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 256h)) and behavioral 
health care centers (as defined by the Secretary, to include 
both substance abuse and mental health care facilities) to 
support the improvement, renovation, or modernization of 
infrastructure at such centers, including to address 
COVID–19 and other subsequent public health crises. 
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(b) ENERGY EFFICIENCY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition on receipt of 
a grant under this section for a project, a grant re-
cipient shall ensure that the project increases— 
(A) energy efficiency; 
(B) energy resilience; or 
(C) the use of renewable energy. 
(2) APPLICATION.—Paragraph (1) shall be 
waived in any case or category of cases in which the 
Secretary finds that applying paragraph (1)— 
(A) would be inconsistent with the public 
interest; or 
(B) will increase the cost of the overall 
project by more than 25 percent. 
(3) WAIVER.—If the Secretary receives a re-
quest for a waiver under this subsection, the Sec-
retary shall make available to the public, on an in-
formal basis, a copy of the request and information 
available to the Secretary concerning the request, 
and shall allow for informal public input on the re-
quest for at least 15 days prior to making a finding 
based on the request. The Secretary shall make the 
request and accompanying information available by 
electronic means, including on the official public 
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internet site of the Department of Health and 
Human Services. 
(4) MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT.—The Sec-
retary may retain up to 0.25 percent of the funds 
appropriated for this section for management and 
oversight of the requirements of this subsection. 
(5) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection does 
not apply with respect to a project if a State agency 
approves the engineering plans and specifications for 
the project, in that agency’s capacity to approve 
such plans and specifications prior to a project re-
questing bids, prior to the date of enactment of this 
subsection. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF DAVIS-BACON ACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall require 
that each qualified teaching health center or behav-
ioral health care center applying for a grant, with 
respect to a project for the improvement, renovation, 
or modernization of infrastructure at a qualified 
teaching health center or behavior health care center 
under this section, funded in whole or in part with 
funds made available under this section, shall in-
clude in such application written assurance that all 
laborers and mechanics employed by contractors or 
subcontractors in the performance of construction, 
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alternation, or repair, as part of such project, shall 
be paid wages at rates not less than those prevailing 
on similar work in the locality as determined by the 
Secretary of Labor in accordance with subchapter 
IV of chapter 31 of part A of subtitle II of title 40, 
United States Code (commonly referred to (and re-
ferred to in this section) as the ‘‘Davis-Bacon Act’’). 
(2) AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE.—With respect to 
the labor standards specified in the Davis-Bacon 
Act, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority 
and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 Fed. Reg. 3176; 5 U.S.C. 
App.) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934 (40 
U.S.C. 276c). 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 34106. ACCESS ROAD FOR DESERT SAGE YOUTH 
WELLNESS CENTER. 
(a) ACQUISITION OF LAND.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, acting through the Director of 
the Indian Health Service, is authorized to acquire, 
from willing sellers, the land in Hemet, California, 
upon which is located a dirt road known as ‘‘Best 
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Road’’, beginning at the driveway of the Desert Sage 
Youth Wellness Center at Faure Road and extending 
to the junction of Best Road and Sage Road. 
(2) COMPENSATION.—The Secretary shall pay 
fair market value for the land authorized to be ac-
quired under paragraph (1). Fair market value shall 
be determined— 
(A) using Uniform Appraisal Standards 
for Federal Land Acquisitions; and 
(B) by an appraiser acceptable to the Sec-
retary and the owners of the land to be ac-
quired. 
(3) ADDITIONAL RIGHTS.—In addition to the 
land referred to in paragraph (1), the Secretary is 
authorized to acquire, from willing sellers, land or 
interests in land as reasonably necessary to con-
struct and maintain the road as required by sub-
section (b). 
(b) CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE OF ROAD.— 
(1) CONSTRUCTION.—After the Secretary ac-
quires the land pursuant to subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall construct on that land a paved road that 
is generally located over Best Road to facilitate ac-
cess to the Desert Sage Youth Wellness Center in 
Hemet, California. 
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(2) MAINTENANCE.—The Secretary— 
(A) shall maintain and manage the road 
constructed pursuant to paragraph (1); or 
(B) enter into an agreement with Riverside 
County, California, to own, maintain and man-
age the road constructed pursuant to paragraph 
(1). 
DIVISION H—ADDITIONAL 
PROGRAMS 
TITLE I—ADDITIONAL 
PROGRAMS 
SEC. 40001. NATIONAL SCENIC BYWAYS PROGRAM. 
There are authorized to be appropriated out of the 
general fund of the Treasury, for the national scenic by-
ways program under section 162 of title 23, United States 
Code— 
(1) $55,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
(2) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(3) $65,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(4) $70,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 
(5) $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 
SEC. 40002. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated 
for 
the 
Department 
of 
Veterans 
Affairs 
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$3,396,000,000 to carry out subsection (b). Amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to this section shall remain available 
for obligation or expenditure without fiscal year limitation. 
(b) USE OF AMOUNTS.—The amount authorized to 
be appropriated under subsection (a) shall be used by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs as follows: 
(1) $750,000,000 for minor construction. 
(2) $750,000,000 for non-recurring mainte-
nance. 
(3) $1,350,000,000 for major construction 
projects that are partially funded for fiscal year 
2021. 
(4) $546,000,000 for grants under subchapter 
III of chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code. 
(c) CONTRACTING GOALS.—The contracting goals 
under section 15(g)(1) and (2) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 644) shall apply to a contract entered into 
using amounts authorized to be appropriated under this 
section and used pursuant to subsection (b)(1) and (2). 
SEC. 40003. REQUIREMENTS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS 
OF EQUIPMENT OR FACILITIES USED BY PAS-
SENGER OR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION EM-
PLOYERS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) AT-RISK
EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘at-risk 
employee’’ means an employee (including a Federal 
employee) or contractor of a passenger or freight 
transportation employer— 
(A) whose job responsibilities involve inter-
action with— 
(i) passengers; 
(ii) the public; or 
(iii) coworkers who interact with the 
public; 
(B) who handles items which are handled 
or will be handled by the public; or 
(C) who works in locations where social 
distancing and other preventative measures 
with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
(COVID–19) are not possible. 
(2) PASSENGER OR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION 
EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘passenger or freight trans-
portation employer’’ includes— 
(A) the owner, charterer, managing oper-
ator, master, or other individual in charge of a 
passenger vessel (as defined in section 2101 of 
title 46, United States Code); 
(B) an air carrier (as defined in section 
40102 of title 49, United States Code); 
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(C) a commuter authority (as defined in 
section 24102 of title 49, United State Code); 
(D) an entity that provides intercity rail 
passenger transportation (as defined in section 
24102 of title 49, United States Code); 
(E) a rail carrier (as defined in section 
10102 of title 49, United States Code); 
(F) a regional transportation authority (as 
defined in section 24102 of title 49, United 
States Code); 
(G) a provider of public transportation (as 
defined in section 5302 of title 49, United 
States Code); 
(H) a provider of motorcoach services (as 
defined in section 32702 of the Motorcoach En-
hanced Safety Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 31136 
note; Public Law 112–141)); 
(I) a motor carrier that owns or operates 
more than 100 motor vehicles (as those terms 
are defined in section 390.5 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or successor regulations)); 
(J) a sponsor, owner, or operator of a pub-
lic-use airport (as defined in section 47102 of 
title 49, United States Code); 
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(K) a marine terminal operator (as defined 
in section 40102 of title 46, United States 
Code) and the relevant authority or operator of 
a port or harbor; 
(L) the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration, exclusively with respect to Transpor-
tation Security Officers; and 
(M) a marine terminal operator (as defined 
in section 40102 of title 46, United States 
Code) and the relevant authority or operator of 
a port or harbor, or any other employer of indi-
viduals covered under section 2(3) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation 
Act (33 U.S.C. 902(3)). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—For the purposes of respond-
ing to, or for purposes relating to operations during the 
national emergency declared by the President under the 
National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) re-
lated to the pandemic of SARS–4CoV–2 or coronavirus 
disease 2019 (COVID–19), the Secretary shall require— 
(1) the owners or operators of equipment, sta-
tions, or facilities used by passenger or freight 
transportation employers, as applicable— 
(A) to clean, disinfect, and sanitize, in ac-
cordance with guidance issued by the Centers 
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for Disease Control and Prevention, the equip-
ment and facilities, including, as applicable— 
(i) buses; 
(ii) commercial motor vehicles; 
(iii) freight and passenger rail loco-
motives; 
(iv) freight and passenger rail cars; 
(v) vessels; 
(vi) airports; 
(vii) fleet vehicles used for the trans-
portation of workers to job sites; 
(viii) aircraft, including the cockpit 
and the cabin; and 
(ix) other equipment and facilities; 
(B) to ensure that stations and facilities, 
including enclosed facilities, owned, operated, 
and used by passenger or freight transportation 
employers, including facilities used for employee 
training or the performance of indoor or out-
door maintenance, repair, or overhaul work, are 
disinfected and sanitized frequently in accord-
ance with guidance issued by the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention; 
(C) to provide to at-risk employees— 
(i) masks or protective face coverings; 
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(ii) gloves; 
(iii) hand sanitizer; 
(iv) sanitizing wipes with sufficient al-
cohol content; and 
(v) training on the proper use of per-
sonal protective equipment and sanitizing 
equipment; 
(D) to ensure that employees whose job re-
sponsibilities include the cleaning, disinfecting, 
or sanitizing described in subparagraph (A) or 
(B) are provided— 
(i) masks or protective face coverings; 
(ii) gloves; 
(iii) hand sanitizer; and 
(iv) sanitizing wipes with sufficient al-
cohol content; 
(E) to establish guidelines, or adhere to 
any existing applicable guidelines, for notifying 
an employee of the owner or operator of a con-
firmed diagnosis of the Coronavirus Disease 
2019 (COVID–19) with respect to any other 
employee of the owner or operator with whom 
the notified employee had physical contact or a 
physical interaction during the 48-hour period 
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preceding the time at which the diagnosed em-
ployee developed symptoms; 
(F) to require that passengers and cabin 
crew members wear masks or protective face 
coverings while in or using a passenger aircraft 
of an air carrier; 
(G) to require each flight crew member to 
wear a mask or protective face covering while 
on board an aircraft and outside the flight 
deck; and 
(H) ensure that each contractor of an 
owner or operator identified under this para-
graph provides masks or protective face cov-
erings, gloves, hand sanitizer, and sanitizing 
wipes with sufficient alcohol content, to employ-
ees of such contractor whose job responsibilities 
include the cleaning, disinfecting, or sanitizing 
described in subparagraph (A) or (B). 
(2) an air carrier to submit to the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration a pro-
posal to permit flight crew members to wear masks 
or protective face coverings in the flight deck, in-
cluding a safety risk assessment with respect to that 
proposal. 
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(c) 
MARKET
UNAVAILABILITY
OF
NECESSARY 
ITEMS.— 
(1) NOTICE OF MARKET UNAVAILABILITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If an owner or operator 
described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) is 
unable to acquire 1 or more items necessary to 
comply with the requirements prescribed under 
that paragraph due to market unavailability of 
the items, the owner or operator shall— 
(i) not later than 7 days after the 
date on which the owner or operator is un-
able to acquire each applicable item, sub-
mit to the Secretary a written notice ex-
plaining the efforts made and obstacles 
faced by the owner or operator to acquire 
that item; and 
(ii) continue making efforts to acquire 
that item until the item is acquired. 
(B) UPDATED NOTICE WITH RESPECT TO 
THE SAME ITEM.—If an owner or operator is 
unable to acquire an item described in a notice 
submitted under subparagraph (A) by the date 
described in paragraph (4)(B)(ii) with respect 
to the notice, the owner or operator may submit 
an updated notice with respect to that item. 
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(2) REASONABLE EFFORT DETERMINATION.— 
With respect to each notice submitted under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall determine whether the 
owner or operator submitting the notice has made 
reasonable efforts to acquire the item described in 
the notice. 
(3) NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 7 
days after the date on which an owner or operator 
acquires an item described in a notice submitted by 
that owner or operator under paragraph (1) in a 
quantity sufficient to comply with the requirements 
prescribed under subsection (b)(1), the owner or op-
erator shall submit to the Secretary a written notice 
of compliance with those requirements. 
(4) LIST OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS MAKING 
REASONABLE EFFORTS TO ACQUIRE UNAVAILABLE 
ITEMS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
publish on a public website of the Department 
of Transportation a list that, with respect to 
each notice submitted to the Secretary under 
paragraph (1) for which the Secretary has 
made a positive determination under paragraph 
(2)— 
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(i) identifies the owner or operator 
that submitted the notice; 
(ii) identifies the item that the owner 
or operator was unable to acquire; and 
(iii) describes the reasonable efforts 
made by the owner or operator to acquire 
that item. 
(B) REMOVAL FROM LIST.—The Secretary 
shall remove each entry on the list described in 
subparagraph (A) on the earlier of— 
(i) the date on which the applicable 
owner or operator submits to the Secretary 
a notice of compliance under paragraph (3) 
with respect to the item that is the subject 
of the entry; and 
(ii) the date that is 90 days after the 
date on which the entry was added to the 
list. 
(d) PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For the purposes of re-
sponding to, or for purposes relating to operations 
during the national emergency declared by the Presi-
dent under the National Emergencies Act (50 
U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) related to the pandemic of 
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SARS–4CoV–2 
or 
coronavirus 
disease 
2019 
(COVID–19), in order to maintain the safe and effi-
cient operation of the air traffic control system, the 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administra-
tion shall— 
(A) provide any air traffic controller and 
airway transportation systems specialist of the 
Federal Aviation Administration with masks or 
protective face coverings, gloves, and hand sani-
tizer and wipes of sufficient alcohol content, 
and provide training on the proper use of per-
sonal protective equipment and sanitizing 
equipment; 
(B) ensure that each air traffic control fa-
cility is cleaned, disinfected, and sanitized fre-
quently in accordance with Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention guidance; and 
(C) provide any employee of the Federal 
Aviation Administration whose job responsibil-
ities involve cleaning, disinfecting, and sani-
tizing a facility described in subparagraph (B) 
with masks or protective face coverings and 
gloves, and ensure that each contractor of the 
Federal Aviation Administration provides any 
employee of the contractor with those materials. 
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(2) SOURCE
OF
EQUIPMENT.—The items de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A) may be procured or pro-
vided under that paragraph through any source 
available to the Administrator of the Federal Avia-
tion Administration. 
SEC. 40004. REVOLVING LOAN FUND FLEXIBILITY. 
Section 209(d) of the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149(d)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as 
paragraphs (4) and (5); and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) REVOLVING LOAN FUND REPURPOSING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A grantee of revolving 
loan funds may, upon request, transfer any 
funds that have been repaid to a revolving loan 
fund under this section to any other project eli-
gible to receive funding under this section. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to 
transfer revolving loan funds under this para-
graph, a grantee shall have more cash available 
for lending than the average cash available for 
lending in the EDA region in which such grant-
ee is located. 
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‘‘(C) DISCRETION.—The Secretary shall 
retain the discretion to approve or deny a trans-
fer request under this paragraph. 
‘‘(D) CASH AVAILABLE FOR LENDING DE-
FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘cash 
available for lending’ means the revolving loan 
fund cash available for lending net of the com-
mitted revolving loan fund cash.’’. 
SEC. 40005. AUTHORIZATION FOR SCIENCE CENTER CON-
STRUCTION. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Director of the 
United States Geological Survey $166,800,000 to fund, 
through a cooperative agreement with an academic part-
ner, the design, construction, and tenant build-out of a 
facility to support energy and minerals research and ap-
purtenant associated structures. 
(b) AGREEMENTS.—The United States Geological 
Survey will retain ownership of the facility and associated 
structures once constructed and is authorized to enter into 
agreements with, and to collect and spend funds or in- 
kind contributions from, academic, Federal, State, or 
other facility tenants on facility planning, design, mainte-
nance, operation, or facility improvement costs during the 
life of the facility. 
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(c) LEASE.—The Director of the United States Geo-
logical Survey is authorized to enter into a lease or other 
agreement with the academic partner, at no cost to the 
United States, for that partner to provide land on which 
to construct the facility for a minimum term of not less 
than 99 years. 
(d) REPORTS.—The Director of the United States 
Geological Survey shall submit annual reports on the 
science center constructed and the authorities utilized 
under this section to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees. 
SEC. 40006. GAO STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF TRANSPOR-
TATION POLICIES ON MARGINALIZED COM-
MUNITIES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study to identify the impact of cer-
tain transportation policies on people based on their race, 
ethnicity, nationality, age, disability status, and gender 
identity, including— 
(1) data on fare evasion policies, including— 
(A) the number of people stopped for sus-
pected fare evasion by transit law enforcement 
officers or transit agency personnel, aggregated 
by tract, as designated by the Bureau of the 
Census; 
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(B) the race, ethnicity, nationality, age, 
disability status, and gender identity of people 
stopped by law enforcement officers or transit 
agency personnel and provided a citation or 
summons for suspected fare evasion; 
(C) an analysis on the dollar amount, or-
ganized by transit station, of— 
(i) fines issued as penalty for fare 
evasion citations to individuals by race, 
ethnicity, nationality, age, disability status, 
and gender identity; 
(ii) fare revenue lost due to fare eva-
sion; and 
(iii) fare evasion fines collected by 
transit agency, law enforcement, or other 
entity; and 
(D) the number of complaints filed against 
law enforcement officers or transit agency per-
sonnel while enforcing fare evasion policies; 
(2) data on speed enforcement cameras, includ-
ing— 
(A) the location of speed enforcement cam-
eras and the demographics of the location of 
such region by tract, as designated by the Bu-
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reau of the Census, including race, ethnicity, 
nationality, and median income; 
(B) the original intent for placement of the 
speed enforcement camera, whether to address 
a specific safety concern or otherwise; 
(C) the affiliated policy for enforcement, 
whether 
automated 
enforcement, 
in-person 
ticketing, or otherwise; and 
(D) the dollar amount of fines to drivers 
by speed enforcement camera location; and 
(3) any other transportation policy that may 
have a disproportionate impact on low-income com-
munities and communities of color. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House 
of Representatives a report on the results of the study con-
ducted under subsection (a), including— 
(1) any disproportionate impacts of transpor-
tation policies on marginalized communities; and 
(2) recommendations on ways to reduce such 
disproportionate impacts. 
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SEC. 40007. USE OF BIRD-SAFE FEATURES, PRACTICES, AND 
STRATEGIES IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 33 of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘§ 3319. Use of bird-safe features, practices, and strat-
egies in public buildings 
‘‘(a) CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION, AND ACQUISI-
TION OF PUBLIC BUILDINGS.—The Administrator of Gen-
eral Services shall incorporate, to the extent practicable, 
features, practices, and strategies to reduce bird fatality 
resulting from collisions with public buildings for each 
public building— 
‘‘(1) constructed; 
‘‘(2) acquired; or 
‘‘(3) of which more than 50 percent of the fa-
cade is substantially altered (in the opinion of the 
Commissioner of Public Buildings). 
‘‘(b) DESIGN GUIDE.—The Administrator shall de-
velop a design guide to carry out subsection (a) that in-
cludes the following: 
‘‘(1) Features for reducing bird fatality result-
ing from collisions with public buildings throughout 
all construction phases, taking into account the 
number of each such bird fatality that occurs at dif-
ferent types of public buildings. 
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‘‘(2) Methods and strategies for reducing bird 
fatality resulting from collisions with public build-
ings during the operation and maintenance of such 
buildings, including installing interior, exterior, and 
site lighting. 
‘‘(3) Best practices for reducing bird fatality re-
sulting from collisions with public buildings, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(A) a description of the reasons for 
adopting such practices; and 
‘‘(B) an explanation for the omission of a 
best practice identified pursuant to subsection 
(c). 
‘‘(c) IDENTIFYING BEST PRACTICES.—To carry out 
subsection (b)(3), the Administrator may identify best 
practices for reducing bird fatality resulting from colli-
sions with public buildings, including best practices rec-
ommended by— 
‘‘(1) Federal agencies with expertise in bird 
conservation; 
‘‘(2) nongovernmental organizations with exper-
tise in bird conservation; and 
‘‘(3) representatives of green building certifi-
cation systems. 
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‘‘(d) DISSEMINATION OF DESIGN GUIDE.—The Ad-
ministrator shall disseminate the design guide developed 
pursuant to subsection (b) to all Federal agencies, sub-
agencies, and departments with independent leasing au-
thority from the Administrator. 
‘‘(e) UPDATE
TO DESIGN GUIDE.—The Adminis-
trator shall, on a regular basis, update the design guide 
developed pursuant to subsection (b) with respect to the 
priorities of the Administrator for reducing bird fatality 
resulting from collisions with public buildings. 
‘‘(f) EXEMPT BUILDINGS.—This section shall not 
apply to— 
‘‘(1) any building or site listed, or eligible for 
listing, on the National Register of Historic Places; 
‘‘(2) the White House and the grounds of the 
White House; 
‘‘(3) the Supreme Court building and the 
grounds of the Supreme Court; or 
‘‘(4) the United States Capitol and any building 
on the grounds of the Capitol. 
‘‘(g) CERTIFICATION.—Not later than October 1 of 
each fiscal year, the Administrator, acting through the 
Commissioner, shall certify to Congress that the Adminis-
trator uses the design guide developed pursuant to sub-
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section (b) for each public building described in subsection 
(a). 
‘‘(h) REPORT.—Not later than October 1 of each fis-
cal year, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a re-
port that includes— 
‘‘(1) the certification under subsection (g); and 
‘‘(2) to the extent practicable, the number of 
each such bird fatality that occurred as a result of 
a collision with the public buildings occupied by the 
respective head of each Federal agency.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
at the beginning of chapter 33 of title 40, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
‘‘3319. Use of bird-safe features, practices, and strategies in public buildings.’’. 
SEC. 40008. GAO STUDY. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) mass transit and civilian airlines have an 
essential role in keeping the United States moving; 
(2) while the COVID–19 pandemic has dev-
astated the industry, transit agencies and companies 
are leading the way in implementing safety measures 
and exploring new technologies to protect essential 
workers who continue to rely on our bus and rail 
systems; 
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(3) Congress can support the transportation 
sector by authorizing a GAO study that would rec-
ommend specific safety measures to reduce exposure 
to the SARS–CoV–2 virus on mass transportation 
systems, as well as technologies that can assist with 
the implementation of such safety measures, includ-
ing technologies that facilitate large-scale sanitation 
and 
decontamination 
and 
encourage 
social 
distancing; and 
(4) implementation of such safety measures and 
technologies will help the transportation sector be 
more resilient in the face of future pandemics. 
(b) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall carry out a study to— 
(1) research and recommend specific measures 
that civilian transit companies and agencies (includ-
ing rail, airlines, and buses) should implement to im-
prove the safety of passengers and crew; 
(2) research and recommend technologies being 
developed within and outside the United States Gov-
ernment, including the Department of Defense and 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
that can be transitioned to the civilian transpor-
tation sector; and 
(3) study technologies that— 
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(A) provide an alternative to decontamina-
tion with chemical solutions which is labor in-
tensive, and has material compatibility and cor-
rosion concerns; 
(B) decontaminate crevices and hard to 
reach areas that can be missed with other tech-
nologies; 
(C) minimize personnel exposure to the 
contaminated aircraft to personnel required for 
set-up; and 
(D) allow timely decontamination (under 3 
hours) to return the bus, train, or aircraft to 
operational status. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 3 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to Congress a report containing the results of the 
study required under subsection (b). 
SEC. 40009. LAND PORT OF ENTRY INFRASTRUCTURE MOD-
ERNIZATION. 
There is authorized to be appropriated from the gen-
eral fund of the Treasury for fiscal year 2021 
$100,000,000 to the Administrator of General Services for 
the necessary expenses for the construction, repair, up-
grades, and maintenance necessary to fulfill the backlog 
of port infrastructure improvement projects at land ports 
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of entry that experienced no less than 5 percent growth 
in total trade in the year of 2019, according to data pro-
duced by the Bureau of the Census. 
SEC. 40010. COLONIAS STATE OF GOOD REPAIR GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation 
shall establish a state of good repair surface transpor-
tation grant program to provide grants that increase the 
state of good repair for surface infrastructure in and 
around colonias. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The following entities are 
eligible to receive a grant under this section: 
(1) States. 
(2) Metropolitan planning organizations. 
(3) Units of local government. 
(4) Federal land management agencies. 
(5) Tribal governments. 
(c) COLONIA DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘colonia’’ means any identifiable community that— 
(1) is in the State of Arizona, California, New 
Mexico, or Texas; 
(2) is in the area of the United States within 
150 miles of the border between the United States 
and Mexico, except that the term does not include 
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any standard metropolitan statistical area that has 
a population exceeding 1,000,000; 
(3) is determined to be a colonia on the basis 
of objective criteria, including lack of potable water 
supply, lack of adequate sewage systems, and lack of 
decent, safe, and sanitary housing; and 
(4) was in existence as a colonia before Novem-
ber 28, 1990. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for each 
of fiscal years 2022 through 2025 to carry out this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 40011. ACCESSIBILITY OF PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION 
FOR PREGNANT WOMEN. 
Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Transportation shall 
submit to Congress a report that includes— 
(1) a description of the unique challenges that 
pregnant women face when riding public transpor-
tation; and 
(2) an assessment of how accessible public 
transportation that receives Federal funds is for 
pregnant women. 
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SEC. 40012. NATIONAL LABS RESTORATION AND MOD-
ERNIZATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Energy shall 
fund projects described in subsection (b) as needed to ad-
dress deferred maintenance, critical infrastructure needs, 
and modernization of National Laboratories. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The projects described in this 
subsection are the following: 
(1) Priority deferred maintenance projects, in-
cluding facilities maintenance and refurbishment of 
research laboratories, administrative and support 
buildings, utilities, roads, power plants and any 
other critical infrastructure, as determined by the 
Secretary of Energy. 
(2) Lab modernization projects, including core 
infrastructure needed to support emerging science 
missions with new and specialized requirements and 
to maintain safe, efficient, reliable, and environ-
mentally responsible operations, as determined by 
the Secretary of Energy. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal 
years 2021 to 2025 $1,200,000,000; whereas not less than 
one sixth of what is appropriated must be stewarded by 
the Department of Energy Office of Science. 
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(d) SUBMISSION TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary of 
the Energy shall submit to the Committee on Appropria-
tions and the Committee on Science, Space and Tech-
nology of the House of Representatives and to the Com-
mittee on Appropriations and the Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources of the Senate, with the annual 
budget submission of the President for each year through 
fiscal year 2025, a list of projects for which the Secretary 
will provide funding under this section, including a de-
scription of each such project. 
(e) NATIONAL LABORATORY.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘National Laboratory’’ has the meaning given the 
term in section 2 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (42 
U.S.C. 15801). 
SEC. 40013. DEFINITIONS. 
In this division: 
(1) 
CHESAPEAKE
BAY
AGREEMENTS.—The 
term ‘‘Chesapeake Bay agreements’’ means the for-
mal, voluntary agreements— 
(A) executed to achieve the goal of restor-
ing and protecting the Chesapeake Bay water-
shed ecosystem and the living resources of the 
Chesapeake Bay watershed ecosystem; and 
(B) signed by the Chesapeake Executive 
Council. 
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(2) CHESAPEAKE
BAY
PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘Chesapeake Bay program’’ means the program di-
rected by the Chesapeake Executive Council in ac-
cordance with the Chesapeake Bay agreements. 
(3) CHESAPEAKE BAY WATERSHED.—The term 
‘‘Chesapeake Bay watershed’’ means the region that 
covers— 
(A) the Chesapeake Bay; 
(B) the portions of the States of Delaware, 
Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 
and West Virginia that drain into the Chesa-
peake Bay; and 
(C) the District of Columbia. 
(4) CHESAPEAKE
EXECUTIVE
COUNCIL.—The 
term ‘‘Chesapeake Executive Council’’ means the 
council comprised of— 
(A) the Governors of each of the States of 
Delaware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, 
Virginia, and West Virginia; 
(B) the Mayor of the District of Columbia; 
(C) the Chair of the Chesapeake Bay Com-
mission; and 
(D) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
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(5) CHESAPEAKE WILD PROGRAM.—The term 
‘‘Chesapeake WILD program’’ means the nonregula-
tory program established by the Secretary under sec-
tion 40014(a). 
(6) GRANT PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘grant pro-
gram’’ means the Chesapeake Watershed Invest-
ments for Landscape Defense grant program estab-
lished by the Secretary under section 40015(a). 
(7) RESTORATION
AND
PROTECTION
ACTIV-
ITY.—The term ‘‘restoration and protection activity’’ 
means an activity carried out for the conservation, 
stewardship, and enhancement of habitat for fish 
and wildlife— 
(A) to preserve and improve ecosystems 
and ecological processes on which the fish and 
wildlife depend; and 
(B) for use and enjoyment by the public. 
(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of the Interior, acting through the Di-
rector of the United States Fish and Wildlife Serv-
ice. 
SEC. 40014. PROGRAM ESTABLISHMENT. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall es-
tablish a nonregulatory program, to be known as the 
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‘‘Chesapeake Watershed Investments for Landscape De-
fense program’’. 
(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of the Chesapeake 
WILD program include— 
(1) coordinating restoration and protection ac-
tivities among Federal, State, local, and regional en-
tities and conservation partners throughout the 
Chesapeake Bay watershed; 
(2) engaging other agencies and organizations 
to build a broader range of partner support, capac-
ity, and potential funding for projects in the Chesa-
peake Bay watershed; 
(3) carrying out coordinated restoration and 
protection activities, and providing for technical as-
sistance, throughout the Chesapeake Bay water-
shed— 
(A) to sustain and enhance restoration and 
protection activities; 
(B) to improve and maintain water quality 
to support fish and wildlife, habitats of fish and 
wildlife, and drinking water for people; 
(C) to sustain and enhance water manage-
ment for volume and flood damage mitigation 
improvements to benefit fish and wildlife habi-
tat; 
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(D) to improve opportunities for public ac-
cess and recreation in the Chesapeake Bay wa-
tershed consistent with the ecological needs of 
fish and wildlife habitat; 
(E) to facilitate strategic planning to maxi-
mize the resilience of natural ecosystems and 
habitats under changing watershed conditions; 
(F) to utilize green infrastructure or nat-
ural infrastructure best management practices 
to enhance fish and wildlife habitat; 
(G) to engage the public through outreach, 
education, and citizen involvement to increase 
capacity and support for coordinated restora-
tion and protection activities in the Chesapeake 
Bay watershed; 
(H) to sustain and enhance vulnerable 
communities and fish and wildlife habitat; 
(I) to conserve and restore fish, wildlife, 
and plant corridors; and 
(J) to increase scientific capacity to sup-
port the planning, monitoring, and research ac-
tivities necessary to carry out coordinated res-
toration and protection activities. 
(c) DUTIES.—In carrying out the Chesapeake WILD 
program, the Secretary shall— 
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(1) draw on existing plans for the Chesapeake 
Bay watershed, or portions of the Chesapeake Bay 
watershed, including the Chesapeake Bay agree-
ments, and work in consultation with applicable 
management entities, including Chesapeake Bay pro-
gram partners, such as the Federal Government, 
State and local governments, the Chesapeake Bay 
Commission, and other regional organizations, as 
appropriate, to identify, prioritize, and implement 
restoration and protection activities within the 
Chesapeake Bay watershed; 
(2) adopt a Chesapeake Bay watershed-wide 
strategy that— 
(A) supports the implementation of a 
shared set of science-based restoration and pro-
tection activities developed in accordance with 
paragraph (1); and 
(B) targets cost-effective projects with 
measurable results; and 
(3) establish the grant program in accordance 
with section 40015. 
(d) COORDINATION.—In establishing the Chesapeake 
WILD program, the Secretary shall consult, as appro-
priate, with— 
(1) the heads of Federal agencies, including— 
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(A) the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency; 
(B) the Administrator of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration; 
(C) the Chief of the Natural Resources 
Conservation Service; 
(D) the Chief of Engineers; 
(E) the Director of the United States Geo-
logical Survey; 
(F) the Secretary of Transportation; 
(G) the Chief of the Forest Service; and 
(H) the head of any other applicable agen-
cy; 
(2) the Governors of each of the States of Dela-
ware, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 
and West Virginia and the Mayor of the District of 
Columbia; 
(3) fish and wildlife joint venture partnerships; 
and 
(4) other public agencies and organizations with 
authority for the planning and implementation of 
conservation strategies in the Chesapeake Bay wa-
tershed. 
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SEC. 40015. GRANTS AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) CHESAPEAKE WILD GRANT PROGRAM.—To the 
extent that funds are made available to carry out this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall establish and carry out, as part 
of the Chesapeake WILD program, a voluntary grant and 
technical assistance program, to be known as the ‘‘Chesa-
peake Watershed Investments for Landscape Defense 
grant program’’, to provide competitive matching grants 
of varying amounts and technical assistance to eligible en-
tities described in subsection (b) to carry out activities de-
scribed in section 40014(b). 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The following entities are 
eligible to receive a grant and technical assistance under 
the grant program: 
(1) A State. 
(2) The District of Columbia. 
(3) A unit of local government. 
(4) A nonprofit organization. 
(5) An institution of higher education. 
(6) Any other entity that the Secretary deter-
mines to be appropriate in accordance with the cri-
teria established under subsection (c). 
(c) CRITERIA.—The Secretary, in consultation with 
officials and entities described in section 40014(d), shall 
establish criteria for the grant program to help ensure 
that activities funded under this section— 
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(1) accomplish one or more of the purposes de-
scribed in section 40014(b); and 
(2) advance the implementation of priority ac-
tions or needs identified in the Chesapeake Bay wa-
tershed-wide 
strategy 
adopted 
under 
section 
40014(c)(2). 
(d) COST SHARING.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR SHARE.— 
The Department of the Interior share of the cost of 
a project funded under the grant program shall not 
exceed 50 percent of the total cost of the project, as 
determined by the Secretary. 
(2) NON-DEPARTMENT
OF
THE
INTERIOR 
SHARE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The non-Department of 
the Interior share of the cost of a project fund-
ed under the grant program may be provided in 
cash or in the form of an in-kind contribution 
of services or materials. 
(B) OTHER FEDERAL FUNDING.—Non-De-
partment of the Interior Federal funds may be 
used for not more than 25 percent of the total 
cost of a project funded under the grant pro-
gram. 
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(e) ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary may enter into 
an agreement to manage the grant program with an orga-
nization that offers grant management services. 
SEC. 40016. REPORTING. 
Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
submit to Congress a report describing the implementation 
of sections 40014 through 40017 of this Act, including 
a description of each project that has received funding 
under this Act. 
SEC. 40017. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro-
priated such sums as are necessary to carry out sections 
40014 through 40017 of this Act. 
(b) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available under subsection (a) shall supplement, and not 
supplant, funding for other activities conducted by the 
Secretary in the Chesapeake Bay watershed. 
SEC. 40018. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
FEDERAL RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1007(c)(1) of the America 
COMPETES Act (42 U.S.C. 6619(c)(1)) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘and funding for research infrastructure’’ after 
‘‘research infrastructure’’. 
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(b) GAO REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of enactment of this Act and every 3 years thereafter, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit 
to Congress a report that includes— 
(1) an assessment of the current state of Fed-
eral science facilities and related infrastructure, in-
cluding with respect to climate control systems, the 
functionality of equipment and the usage of such 
equipment, the quality of buildings in which such fa-
cilities are housed (including the resiliency of such 
buildings to changes in climate, weather, and nat-
ural surroundings), and the safety of the materials 
used in construction of facilities; 
(2) an identification of the facilities in most 
critical need of repair or renovation; 
(3) the estimated costs of completing such re-
pairs or renovations; and 
(4) an evaluation of whether facility occupancy 
is sufficient to meet agency demands. 
SEC. 40019. AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITY 
BONDS. 
Chapter 31 of title 31, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) by adding at the end the following new sub-
chapter: 
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‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—AMERICAN 
INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITY BONDS 
‘‘§ 3131. Issuance of American Infrastructure Oppor-
tunity Bonds and use of proceeds 
‘‘(a) ISSUANCE OF BONDS.—If the Secretary of the 
Treasury determines that the real rate is equal to zero 
percent or less, the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) issue Government bonds with a face value 
of $20,000,000,000; and 
‘‘(2) deposit amounts equivalent to the proceeds 
from such issuance into the Highway Trust Fund, of 
which 20 percent shall be deposited into the Mass 
Transit Account established under section 9503(e) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 
‘‘(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) FEDERAL
INTEREST
RATE.—The term 
‘Federal interest rate’ means the current market 
yields on outstanding marketable obligations of the 
United States with remaining periods to maturity of 
approximately 1 year, as determined by the Sec-
retary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(2) INFLATION
RATE.—The term ‘inflation 
rate’ means the change in the Consumer Price Index 
for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau 
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of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor with 
respect to the previous calendar month. 
‘‘(3) 
REAL
RATE.—The 
term 
‘real 
rate’ 
means— 
‘‘(A) the Federal interest rate, minus 
‘‘(B) the inflation rate.’’; and 
(2) in the analysis for such chapter, by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—AMERICAN INFRASTRUCTURE OPPORTUNITY BONDS 
‘‘3131. Issuance of American Infrastructure Opportunity Bonds and use of pro-
ceeds.’’. 
TITLE II—BUILDING U.S. INFRA-
STRUCTURE BY LEVERAGING 
DEMANDS 
FOR 
SKILLS 
(BUILDS) 
SEC. 40101. DEFINITIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In this title, except as otherwise 
provided in this title, the terms have the meanings given 
the terms in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(b) 
APPRENTICESHIP, 
APPRENTICESHIP
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘apprenticeship’’ or ‘‘apprenticeship 
program’’ means an apprenticeship program registered 
under the Act of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as 
the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 
663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.), including any requirement, 
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standard, or rule promulgated under such Act, as such 
requirement, standard, or rule was in effect on December 
30, 2019. 
(c) CTE TERMS.—The terms ‘‘area career and tech-
nical education school’’, ‘‘articulation agreement’’, ‘‘career 
guidance and academic counseling’’, ‘‘credit transfer 
agreement’’, ‘‘early college high school’’, ‘‘high school’’, 
‘‘program of study’’, ‘‘Tribal educational agency’’, and 
‘‘work-based learning’’ have the meanings given the terms 
in section 3 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2302). 
(d) EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROVIDER.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘education and 
training provider’’ means an entity listed in subpara-
graph (B) that provides academic curriculum and in-
struction related to targeted infrastructure indus-
tries. 
(2) ENTITIES.—An entity described in this sub-
paragraph is as follows: 
(A) An area career and technical education 
school, early college high school, or high school 
providing career and technical education pro-
grams of study. 
(B) An Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, 
or Tribal educational agency. 
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(C) A minority-serving institution (as de-
scribed in any of paragraphs (1) through (7) of 
section 371(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a))). 
(D) A provider of adult education and lit-
eracy activities under the Adult Education and 
Family Literacy Act (29 U.S.C. 3271 et seq.). 
(E) A local agency administering plans 
under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 
(29 U.S.C. 720 et seq.), other than section 112 
or part C of that title (29 U.S.C. 732 and 741). 
(F) A related instruction provider for an 
apprenticeship program. 
(G) A public institution of higher edu-
cation (as defined in section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001). 
(H) A provider included on the list of eligi-
ble providers of training services described in 
section 122(d) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(d)). 
(I) A consortium of entities described in 
any of subparagraph (A) through (H). 
(e) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible entity’’ 
means— 
(1) an industry or sector partnership; 
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(2) a State board or State workforce develop-
ment agency, or a local board or local workforce de-
velopment agency; 
(3) an eligible institution, or a consortium 
thereof; 
(4) an Indian Tribe, Tribal organization, or 
Tribal educational agency; 
(5) a labor organization or joint-labor manage-
ment organization; or 
(6) a qualified intermediary. 
(f) 
NONTRADITIONAL
POPULATION.—The 
term 
‘‘nontraditional population’’ means a group of individuals 
(such as a group of individuals from the same gender or 
race) the members of which comprise fewer than 25 per-
cent of the individuals employed in a targeted infrastruc-
ture industry. 
(g) QUALIFIED INTERMEDIARY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified inter-
mediary’’ means an entity that demonstrates an ex-
pertise— 
(A) in engaging in the partnerships de-
scribed in paragraph (2); and 
(B) serving participants and employers of 
programs funded under this title by— 
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(i) connecting employers to programs 
funded under this title; 
(ii) assisting in the design and imple-
mentation of such programs, including cur-
riculum development and delivery of in-
struction; 
(iii) providing professional develop-
ment activities such as training to men-
tors; 
(iv) connecting students or workers to 
programs funded under this title; 
(v) developing and providing personal-
ized support for individuals participating 
in programs funded under this title, in-
cluding by partnering with organizations to 
provide access to or referrals for supportive 
services and financial advising; or 
(vi) providing services, resources, and 
supports for development, delivery, expan-
sion, or improvement of programs funded 
under this title. 
(2) REQUIRED
PARTNERSHIPS.—In carrying 
out activities under this title, the qualified inter-
mediary shall act in partnerships with— 
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(A) industry or sector partnerships, includ-
ing establishing a new industry or sector part-
nership or expanding an existing industry or 
sector partnership; 
(B) partnerships among employers, joint 
labor-management organizations, labor organi-
zations, community-based organizations, State 
or local workforce development boards, edu-
cation and training providers, social service or-
ganizations, economic development organiza-
tions, Indian Tribes or Tribal organizations, or 
one-stop operators, or one-stop partners, in the 
State workforce development system; or 
(C) partnerships among one or more of the 
entities described in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B). 
(h) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the 
Secretary of Labor. 
(i) TARGETED INFRASTRUCTURE INDUSTRY.—The 
term ‘‘targeted infrastructure industry’’ means an indus-
try, including the transportation (including surface, tran-
sit, aviation, maritime, or railway transportation), con-
struction, energy (including the deployment of renewable 
and clean energy, energy efficiency, transmission, and bat-
tery storage), information technology, or utilities industry) 
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to be served by a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement 
under this title. 
SEC. 40102. GRANTS AUTHORIZED. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consultation 
with the Secretary of Transportation, the Secretary of En-
ergy, the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Edu-
cation, and the Chief of Engineers and Commanding Gen-
eral of the Army Corps of Engineers, shall award, on a 
competitive basis, grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments to eligible entities to plan and implement activities 
to achieve the strategic objectives described in section 
40104(b) with respect to a targeted infrastructure indus-
try identified in the application submitted under section 
40103 by such eligible entities. 
(b) TYPES OF AWARDS.—A grant, contract, or coop-
erative agreement awarded under this title may be in the 
form of— 
(1) an implementation grant, contract, or coop-
erative agreement, for entities seeking an initial 
grant under this title; or 
(2) a renewal grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement for entities that have already received an 
implementation grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement under this title. 
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(c) DURATION.—Each grant awarded under this title 
shall be for a period not to exceed 3 years. 
(d) AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant, contract, or 
cooperative agreement awarded under this title may not 
exceed— 
(1) for an implementation grant, contract, or 
cooperative agreement, $2,500,000; and 
(2) for a renewal grant, contract, or cooperative 
agreement, $1,500,000. 
(e) AWARD BASIS.— 
(1) GEOGRAPHIC
DIVERSITY.—The Secretary 
shall award funds under this title in a manner that 
ensures geographic diversity (such as urban and 
rural distribution) in the areas in which activities 
will be carried out using such funds. 
(2) PRIORITY
FOR
AWARDS.—In awarding 
funds under this title, the Secretary shall give pri-
ority to eligible entities that— 
(A) in the case of awarding implementa-
tion grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-
ments— 
(i) demonstrate long-term sustain-
ability of a program or activity funded 
under this title; 
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(ii) will serve a high number or high 
percentage of nontraditional populations 
and individuals with barriers to employ-
ment; and 
(iii) will provide a non-Federal share 
of the cost of the activities; and 
(B) in the case of awarding renewal 
grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements— 
(i) meet the criteria established in 
subparagraph (A); and 
(ii) have demonstrated ability to meet 
the— 
(I) strategic objectives of the im-
plementation grant, contract or coop-
erative agreement described in section 
40103(b)(4); and 
(II) meet or exceed the require-
ments of the evaluations and progress 
reports described in section 40104(f). 
SEC. 40103. APPLICATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity desiring a grant. 
contract, or cooperative agreement under this title shall 
submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
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retary may require, including the contents described in 
subsection (b). 
(b) CONTENTS.—An application submitted under this 
title shall contain, at a minimum— 
(1) a description of the entities engaged in ac-
tivities funded under the grant, including— 
(A) evidence of the eligible entity’s capac-
ity to carry out activities to achieve the stra-
tegic objectives described in section 40104(b); 
and 
(B) identification, and expected participa-
tion and responsibilities of each key stakeholder 
in the targeted infrastructure industry de-
scribed in section 40104(b)(1) with which the 
eligible entity will partner to carry out such ac-
tivities; 
(2) a description of the targeted infrastructure 
industry to be served by the eligible entity with 
funds received under this title, and a description of 
how such industry was identified, including— 
(A) the quantitative data and evidence that 
demonstrates the demand for employment in 
such industry in the geographic area served by 
the eligible entity under this title; and 
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(B) a description of the local, State, or 
federally funded infrastructure projects with re-
spect to which the eligible entity anticipates en-
gaging the partners described in paragraph 
(1)(B); 
(3) a description of the workers that will be tar-
geted or recruited by the eligible entity, including— 
(A) how recruitment activities will target 
nontraditional populations to improve the per-
centages of nontraditional populations employed 
in targeted infrastructure industries; and 
(B) a description of potential barriers to 
employment for targeted workers, and a de-
scription of strategies that will be used to help 
workers overcome such barriers; 
(4) a description of the strategic objectives de-
scribed in section 40104(b) that the eligible entity 
intends to achieve concerning the targeted infra-
structure industry and activities to be carried out as 
described in section 40104, including— 
(A) a timeline for progress towards achiev-
ing such strategic objectives; 
(B) a description of the manner in which 
the eligible entity intends to make sustainable 
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progress towards achieving such strategic objec-
tives; and 
(C) assurances the eligible entity will pro-
vide performance measures for measuring 
progress towards achieving such strategic objec-
tives, as described in section 40104(f); 
(5) a description of the recognized postsec-
ondary credentials that the eligible entity proposes 
to prepare individuals participating in activities 
under this title for, which shall— 
(A) be nationally or regionally portable and 
stackable; 
(B) be related to the targeted infrastruc-
ture industry that the eligible entity proposes to 
support; and 
(C) be aligned to a career pathway and 
work-based learning opportunity, such as an ap-
prenticeship program or a pre-apprenticeship 
program articulating to an apprenticeship pro-
gram; 
(6) a description of the Federal and non-Fed-
eral resources, available under provisions of law 
other than this title, that will be leveraged in sup-
port of the partnerships and activities under this 
title; and 
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(7) a description of how the eligible entity or 
the education and training provider in partnership 
with such eligible entity under this title will establish 
or implement plans to be included on the list of eligi-
ble providers of training services described in section 
122(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(d)). 
SEC. 40104. ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity receiving funds 
under this title shall carry out activities described this sec-
tion to achieve the strategic objectives identified in the en-
tity’s application under section 40103, including the objec-
tives described in subsection (b). 
(b) STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES.—The activities to be 
carried out with the funds awarded under this title shall 
be designed to achieve strategic objectives, including the 
following: 
(1) Recruiting key stakeholders (such as em-
ployers, labor organizations, local boards, and edu-
cation and training providers, economic development 
agencies, and as applicable, qualified intermediaries) 
in the targeted infrastructure industry to establish 
or expand industry and sector partnerships for the 
purpose of— 
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(A) assisting the eligible entity in carrying 
out the activities described in subsection (a); 
and 
(B) convening with the eligible entity in a 
collaborative structure that supports the shar-
ing of information and best practices for sup-
porting the development of a diverse workforce 
to support the targeted infrastructure industry. 
(2) Identifying the training needs of the State 
or local area in the targeted infrastructure industry, 
including— 
(A) needs for skills critical to competitive-
ness and innovation in the industry; 
(B) needs of the apprenticeship programs 
or other paid work-based learning programs 
supported by the funds; and 
(C) the needed establishment, expansion, 
or revisions of career pathways and academic 
curriculum in the targeted infrastructure indus-
tries to establish talent pipelines for such indus-
try. 
(3) Identifying and quantifying any disparities 
or gaps in employment of nontraditional populations 
in the targeted infrastructure industries and estab-
lishing or expanding strategies to close such gaps. 
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(4) Supporting the development of consortia of 
education and training providers receiving assistance 
under this title to align curricula, recognized post-
secondary credentials, and programs to the targeted 
infrastructure industry needs and the credentials de-
scribed in section 40103(b)(5), particularly for high- 
skill, high-wage or in-demand industry sectors or oc-
cupations related to the targeted infrastructure in-
dustry. 
(5) Providing information on activities carried 
out with such funds to the State and local board and 
the State agency carrying out the State program 
under the Wagner-Peyser Act (29 U.S.C. 49 et 
seq.), including staff of the agency that provide serv-
ices under such Act, to enable the State agency to 
inform recipients of unemployment compensation or 
the employment and training opportunities that may 
be offered through such activities. 
(6) Establishing or expanding partnerships with 
employers in industry or sector partnerships to at-
tract potential workers from a diverse jobseeker 
base, including individuals with barriers to employ-
ment and nontraditional populations, by identifying 
any such barriers through analysis of the labor mar-
ket data and recruitment strategies, and imple-
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menting strategies to help such workers overcome 
such barriers and increase diversity in the targeted 
infrastructure industries. 
(c) PLANNING ACTIVITIES.—An eligible entity receiv-
ing a planning grant, contract, or cooperative agreement 
under this title shall use not more than $250,000 of such 
funds to carry out planning activities during the first year 
of the grant, contract, or agreement period, which may 
include— 
(1) establishing or expanding industry or sector 
partnerships described in subsection (b)(1); 
(2) conducting outreach to local labor organiza-
tions, employers, industry associations, education 
and training providers, economic development orga-
nizations, and qualified intermediaries, as applicable; 
(3) recruiting individuals for participation in 
programs assisted with funds under this title, includ-
ing individuals with barriers to employment and 
nontraditional populations; 
(4) establishing or expanding paid work-based 
learning opportunities, including apprenticeship pro-
grams or programs articulating to apprenticeship 
programs; 
(5) establishing or implementing plans for any 
education and training provider receiving funding 
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under this title to be included on the list of eligible 
providers of training services described in section 
122(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act (29 U.S.C. 3152(d)); 
(6) establishing or implementing plans for 
awarding academic credit or providing for academic 
alignment towards credit pathways for programs or 
programs of study assisted with funds under this 
title, including academic credit for industry recog-
nized credentials, competency-based education, work- 
based learning, or apprenticeship programs; 
(7) making available open, searchable, and com-
parable information on the recognized postsecondary 
credentials awarded under such programs, including 
the related skills or competencies and related em-
ployment and earnings outcomes; 
(8) conducting an evaluation of workforce needs 
in the local area; or 
(9) career pathway and curriculum development 
or expansion, program establishment, and acquiring 
equipment necessary to support activities permitted 
under this section. 
(d) EMPLOYER ENGAGEMENT.—An eligible entity re-
ceiving funds under this title shall use the grant funds 
to provide services to engage employers in efforts to 
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achieve the strategic objectives identified in the partner-
ship’s application under section 40103(b)(4), such as— 
(1) navigating the registration process for a 
sponsor of an apprenticeship program; 
(2) connecting the employer with an education 
and training provider, to support the development of 
curriculum for work-based learning opportunities, in-
cluding the related instruction for apprenticeship 
programs; 
(3) providing training to incumbent workers to 
serve as trainers or mentors to individuals partici-
pating in a work-based learning program funded 
under this title; 
(4) subsidizing the wages and benefits for indi-
viduals participating in activities or programs fund-
ed under this title for a period of not more than 6 
months for employers demonstrating financial need, 
including due to COVID–19; and 
(5) recruiting for employment or participation 
in programs funded under this title, including work- 
based learning programs, including— 
(A) individuals participating in programs 
under the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.), or the Re-
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habilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et 
seq.); 
(B) recipients of assistance through the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program es-
tablished under the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 
(C) recipients of assistance through the 
program of block grants to States for tem-
porary assistance for needy families established 
under part A of title IV of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 
(D) individuals with a barrier to employ-
ment; or 
(E) nontraditional populations in the tar-
geted infrastructure industry served by such 
funds. 
(e) PARTICIPANT SUPPORTS.—The eligible entity re-
ceiving funds under this title shall use the grant funds 
to provide services to support the success of individuals 
participating in a program supported under this title, 
which shall include— 
(1) in coordination with the State or local 
board— 
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(A) training services as described in sec-
tion 134(c)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(c)(3)); 
(B) career services as described in section 
134(c)(2) of such Act; and 
(C) supportive services, such as child care 
and transportation; 
(2) providing access to necessary supplies, ma-
terials, technological devices, or required equipment, 
attire, and other supports necessary to participate in 
such programs or to start employment; 
(3) job placement assistance, including in paid 
work-based learning opportunities which may include 
apprenticeship programs, or employment at the com-
pletion of a program provided by an education and 
training provider; 
(4) providing career awareness activities, such 
as career guidance and academic counseling; and 
(5) services to ensure individuals served by 
funds under this title maintain employment after the 
completion of a program funded under this title for 
at least 12 months, including through the continu-
ation of services described under paragraphs (1) 
through (4) as applicable continuation of services de-
scribed under paragraphs (1) through (4). 
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(f) EVALUATION
AND PROGRESS REPORTS.—Not 
later than 1 year after receiving a grant under this title, 
and annually thereafter, the eligible entity receiving the 
grant shall submit a report to the Secretary and the Gov-
ernor of the State that the eligible entity serves, that— 
(1) describes the activities funded under this 
title; 
(2) evaluates the progress the eligible entity has 
made towards achieving the strategic objectives iden-
tified under section 40103(b)(4); and 
(3) evaluates the levels of performance achieved 
by the eligible entity for training participants with 
respect to the performance indicators under section 
116(b)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3141(b)(2)(A)) for all such 
workers, disaggregated by each population specified 
in section 3(24) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102(24)) and by race, 
ethnicity, sex, and age. 
(g) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An eligible partner-
ship may use not more than 5 percent of the funds award-
ed through a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement 
under this title for administrative expenses in carrying out 
this section. 
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SEC. 40105. ADMINISTRATION BY THE SECRETARY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may use not more 
than 2 percent of the amount appropriated under section 
40106 for each fiscal year for administrative expenses to 
carry out this title, including the expenses of providing 
the technical assistance and oversight activities under sub-
section (b). 
(b) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; OVERSIGHT.—The Sec-
retary shall provide technical assistance and oversight to 
assist the eligible entities in applying for and admin-
istering grants awarded under this title. 
SEC. 40106. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this title such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 
2021 and each of the succeeding 4 fiscal years. 
SEC. 40107. SPECIAL RULE. 
Any funds made available under this title that are 
used to fund an apprenticeship or apprenticeship program 
shall only be used for, or provided to, an apprenticeship 
or apprenticeship program that meets the definition of 
such term in section 40101 of this title, including any 
funds awarded for the purposes of grants, contracts, or 
cooperative agreements, or the development, implementa-
tion, or administration, of an apprenticeship or an appren-
ticeship program. 
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DIVISION 
I—ZERO-EMISSION 
POSTAL FLEET AND OTHER 
MATTERS 
SEC. 50001. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION FOR 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE FOR MOD-
ERNIZATION OF POSTAL INFRASTRUCTURE. 
There is authorized to be appropriated to the United 
States Postal Service for the modernization of postal in-
frastructure and operations, including through capital ex-
penditures to purchase delivery vehicles, processing equip-
ment, trailers, and other goods, $25,000,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. Of the amount authorized 
to be appropriated under this subsection, $6,000,000,000 
shall be for the purchase of vehicles and $50,000,000 shall 
be for updating postal facilities to increase accessibility for 
disabled individuals, with a focus on such facilities that 
are included in the National Register of Historic Places. 
Any amount appropriated under this subsection shall be 
deposited into the Postal Service Fund established under 
section 2003 of title 39, United States Code. 
SEC. 50002. ELECTRIC OR ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLES FOR 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE FLEET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Any next generation delivery vehi-
cle purchased by the United States Postal Service using 
the funds appropriated under section 50001 shall, to the 
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greatest extent practicable, be an electric or zero-emission 
vehicle, and the Postal Service shall ensure that at least 
75 percent of the total number of vehicles purchased using 
such funds shall be electric or zero emission vehicles. In 
this subsection, the term ‘‘next generation delivery vehi-
cle’’ means a vehicle purchased to replace a right-hand- 
drive, long-life vehicle in use by the Postal Service. 
(b) MEDIUM- AND HEAVY-DUTY VEHICLES.— 
(1) DATE OF ENACTMENT AND 2030.—Between 
the period beginning on the date of enactment of 
this Act and ending on December 31, 2029, not less 
than 50 percent of the total number of new medium- 
or heavy-duty vehicles purchased by the Postal Serv-
ice during such period shall be electric or zero-emis-
sion vehicles. 
(2) AFTER
2039.—Beginning on January 1, 
2040, the Postal Service may not purchase any new 
medium or heavy-duty vehicle that is not an electric 
or zero-emission vehicle. 
(c) COMPLIANCE.—In carrying out subsections (a) 
and (b), the Postal Service shall comply with chapter 83 
of title 41, United States Code (popularly known as the 
Buy American Act) and any applicable Federal labor or 
civil rights laws. 
(d) CHARGING STATIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 
2026, the Postal Service shall provide, at each postal 
facility accessible to the public, not less than one 
electric vehicle charging station for use by the public 
or officers and employees of the Postal Service. 
(2) FLEET
OPERATION.—The Postal Service 
shall ensure that adequate charging stations are 
available at Postal Service facilities to keep the 
Postal Service fleet operational. 
(e) PLAN AND UPDATE.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Postmaster 
General shall submit a plan to carry out this section to 
the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. The Postmaster General shall submit an 
update and progress report on implementing such plan to 
such committees not less than once every 2 years begin-
ning on the date the plan is submitted under the previous 
sentence and ending on the day that is 6 years after such 
date. 
(f) CONTINGENT ON APPROPRIATION.—The require-
ments of subsections (a) through (e) of this section shall 
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not apply unless the funds authorized for vehicles under 
section 50001 are appropriated. 
(g) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that, as the Postal Service replaces or upgrades its 
fleet of delivery vehicles, the Postal Service should take 
all reasonable steps to ensure that its vehicles are 
equipped with climate control units to protect the health 
and safety of its mail carriers, especially those working 
in areas of the country that are subject to extreme tem-
peratures. 
SEC. 50003. CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY OF DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA TO CARRY OUT LONG BRIDGE 
PROJECT. 
(a) CLARIFICATION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 244 of 
the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the 
District of Columbia (sec. 9–1201.03, D.C. Official Code) 
does not apply with respect to any railroads installed pur-
suant to the Long Bridge Project. 
(b) LONG BRIDGE PROJECT DEFINED.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘Long Bridge Project’’ means the project 
carried out by the District of Columbia and the Common-
wealth of Virginia to construct a new Long Bridge adja-
cent to the existing Long Bridge over the Potomac River, 
including related infrastructure and other related projects, 
to expand commuter and regional passenger rail service 
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and to provide bike and pedestrian access crossings over 
the Potomac River. 
DIVISION J—COMMITTEE ON 
FINANCIAL SERVICES 
SEC. 60001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Housing is Infra-
structure Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 60002. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
(1) Residential segregation and systemic com-
munity disinvestment continue to disproportionately 
affect the well-being and socioeconomic opportunity 
of children, low-income residents, and people of 
color. 
(2) Affordable and accessible housing allows 
people with disabilities to live independent lives and 
supports aging in place, yet less than 2 percent of 
the housing stock in the United States is accessible 
for individuals with disabilities. 
(3) Affordable housing is a critical part of the 
national infrastructure of the United States but 
there is a severe shortage of affordable housing in 
the United States and the existing stock is badly in 
need of repair. 
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(4) According to a 2010 study sponsored by the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
there was a $26 billion backlog of capital needs for 
public housing; that figure is likely higher today, 
with some groups estimating the backlog of capital 
needs for public housing to be as high as $70 billion. 
(5) There are 14,000 units supported by Rural 
Rental Housing Loans under section 515 of the 
Housing Act of 1949 and Farm Labor Housing 
Loans under section 514 of the Housing Act of 
1949. According to National Rural Housing Coali-
tion, it would take an estimated $1 billion in the 
Multi-Family Housing Revitalization Demonstration 
Program (MPR) funding to fully address the capital 
backlog for rural housing properties. 
(6) Federal investment in housing helps to cre-
ate jobs and stimulate the economy. 
(7) When the American Recovery and Reinvest-
ment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) was enacted, 
which included funding for public housing, research-
ers found that for each $1.00 in direct spending on 
public housing, there was an additional $2.12 of in-
direct and induced economic activity nationwide for 
a total economic impact of $3.12 for each $1.00 in 
direct spending on public housing. 
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(8) According to the National Association of 
Home Builders, building 100 affordable rental 
homes generates $11.7 million in local income, 
$2,200,000 in taxes and revenue for local govern-
ments, and 161 local jobs. 
(9) Researchers estimate that the growth in the 
gross domestic product from 1964–2009 would have 
been 13.5 percent higher if families had better ac-
cess to affordable housing, which in turn could have 
led to an additional $1.7 trillion increase in income, 
equivalent to $8,775 in additional wages for each 
worker. 
SEC. 60003. PUBLIC HOUSING CAPITAL FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated for the Capital Fund under section 9(d) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(d)) 
$70,000,000,000 and any amounts appropriated pursuant 
to this subsection shall remain available until the expira-
tion of the 7-year period beginning upon the date of such 
appropriation. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development (in this division referred to as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) shall— 
(1) distribute not less than 50 percent of any 
amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) 
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under the same formula used for amounts made 
available for the Capital Fund for fiscal year 2020; 
and 
(2) make available all remaining amounts by 
competition for priority investments, which shall not 
exclude public housing agencies working in good 
faith to resolve urgent health and safety concerns 
based on written notification of violations from the 
Department of Environmental Protection, Depart-
ment of Justice, or Department of Housing and 
Urban Development. 
(c) TIMING.—The Secretary shall obligate amounts— 
(1) made available under subsection (b)(1) 
within 30 days of enactment of the Act appro-
priating such funds; and 
(2) made available under subsection (b)(2) 
within 12 months of enactment of the Act appro-
priating such funds. 
(d) LIMITATION.—Amounts provided pursuant to 
this section may not be used for operating costs or rental 
assistance. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Not more than 0.5 percent of 
any amount appropriated pursuant to this section shall be 
used by the Secretary for costs associated with staff, train-
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ing, technical assistance, technology, monitoring, travel, 
enforcement, research, and evaluation. 
(f) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The Secretary 
shall ensure that amounts provided pursuant to this sec-
tion shall serve to supplement and not supplant other 
amounts generated by a recipient of such amounts or 
amounts provided by other Federal, State, or local 
sources. 
(g) WATER AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—In distrib-
uting any amounts pursuant to subsection (b), the Sec-
retary shall give priority to public housing agencies located 
in States and localities that have a plan to increase water 
and energy efficiency when developing or rehabilitating 
public housing using any amounts distributed. 
SEC. 60004. RURAL MULTIFAMILY PRESERVATION AND RE-
VITALIZATION DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated for carrying out the Multifamily Preservation and 
Revitalization Demonstration program of the Rural Hous-
ing Service (as authorized under sections 514, 515, and 
516 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1485, 
and 1486)) $1,000,000,000 and any amounts appro-
priated pursuant to this section shall remain available 
until expended. 
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(b) WATER
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—Not less 
than 10 percent of all amounts made available pursuant 
to this section shall be used only for activities relating to 
water and energy efficiency and, at the discretion of the 
Secretary of Agriculture, other strategies to enhance the 
environmental sustainability of housing production and 
design. 
SEC. 60005. FLOOD MITIGATION ASSISTANCE GRANT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated for carrying out the Flood Mitigation Assistance 
Grant Program under section 1366 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4104c) $1,000,000,000 
and any amounts appropriated pursuant to this section 
shall remain available until expended. 
(b) MULTIFAMILY RESIDENCES AND ATTACHED AND 
SEMI-ATTACHED HOMES.—With regard to any structure 
that is a multifamily residence or an attached or semi- 
attached residence, the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency shall consult with the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and estab-
lish alternative forms of mitigation. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘multifamily residence’’ has the same meaning 
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as in the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 and the 
National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. 
(d) STANDARDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—All laborers and mechanics 
employed by contractors or subcontractors in the 
performance of construction, alteration or repair 
work carried out, in whole or in part, with assistance 
made available through this section shall be paid 
wages at rates not less than those prevailing on 
projects of a similar character in the locality as de-
termined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance 
with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United 
States Code. With respect to the labor standards in 
this paragraph, the Secretary of Labor shall have 
the authority and functions set forth in Reorganiza-
tion Plan Numbered 14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 
U.S.C. App.) and section 3145 of title 40, United 
States Code. 
(2) 
EXCEPTION
BASED
ON
NUMBER
OF 
UNITS.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to single- 
family homes or residential properties of less than 5 
units. 
(3) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS.— 
Paragraph (1) shall not apply to any individual 
that— 
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(A) performs services for which the indi-
vidual volunteered; 
(B) does not receive compensation for such 
services or is paid expenses, reasonable benefits, 
or a nominal fee for such services; and 
(C) is not otherwise employed at any time 
in the construction work. 
SEC. 60006. HOUSING TRUST FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated for the Housing Trust Fund under section 1338 
of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1992 (12 
U.S.C. 4568) $5,000,000,000 and any amounts appro-
priated pursuant to this subsection shall remain available 
until expended. The Secretary shall ensure that priority 
for occupancy in dwelling units assisted with amounts 
made available pursuant to this section that become avail-
able for occupancy shall be given to persons and house-
holds who are homeless (as such term is defined in section 
103 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11302)) or at risk of homelessness (as such term 
is defined in section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11360)). 
(b) WATER
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—Not less 
than 10 percent of all amounts made available pursuant 
to this section shall be used only for activities relating to 
water and energy efficiency and, at the Secretary’s discre-
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tion, other strategies to enhance the environmental sus-
tainability of housing production and design. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF DAVIS-BACON ACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—All laborers and mechanics 
employed by contractors and subcontractors in the 
performance of construction work financed in whole 
or in part with amounts made available pursuant to 
this section shall be paid wages at rates not less 
than those prevailing on similar construction in the 
locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in 
accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended 
(40 U.S.C. 276a through 276a–5). The preceding 
sentence shall apply to the rehabilitation of residen-
tial property only if such property contains not less 
than 12 units. The Secretary of Labor shall have, 
with respect to such labor standards, the authority 
and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 Fed. Reg. 3176; 64 Stat. 
1267) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, 
as amended (48 Stat. 948; 40 U.S.C. 276(c)). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to any individual that— 
(A) performs services for which the indi-
vidual volunteered; 
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(B) does not receive compensation for such 
services or is paid expenses, reasonable benefits, 
or a nominal fee for such services; and 
(C) is not otherwise employed at any time 
in the construction work. 
SEC. 60007. SINGLE-FAMILY HOUSING REPAIR LOANS AND 
GRANTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated for carrying out single family housing repair loans 
and grants under section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 
(42 U.S.C. 1474) $100,000,000 and any amounts appro-
priated pursuant to this section shall remain available 
until expended. 
(b) WATER
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—Not less 
than 10 percent of all amounts made available pursuant 
to this section shall be used only for activities relating to 
water and energy efficiency and, at the discretion of the 
Secretary of Agriculture, other strategies to enhance the 
environmental sustainability of housing production and 
design. 
SEC. 60008. NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING BLOCK GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated for carrying out the Native American housing 
block grant program under title I of the Native American 
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Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.) $1,000,000,000 and any 
amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall re-
main available until expended. 
(b) WATER
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—Not less 
than 10 percent of all amounts made available pursuant 
to this section shall be used only for activities relating to 
water and energy efficiency and, at the Secretary’s discre-
tion, other strategies to enhance the environmental sus-
tainability of housing production and design. 
SEC. 60009. HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIPS PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated for carrying out the HOME Investment Partner-
ship Program under title II of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na-
tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12721 et seq.) 
$5,000,000,000 and any amounts appropriated pursuant 
to this section shall remain available until expended. 
(b) WATER
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—Not less 
than 10 percent of all amounts made available pursuant 
to this section shall be used only for activities relating to 
water and energy efficiency and, at the Secretary’s discre-
tion, other strategies to enhance the environmental sus-
tainability of housing production and design. 
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SEC. 60010. PROGRAM FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR 
PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $2,500,000,000 for project rental assistance under 
the program for supportive housing for persons with dis-
abilities under section 811(b)(3) of the Cranston-Gonzalez 
National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013(b)(3)) 
for State housing finance agencies and any amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to this section shall remain available 
until expended. 
(b) WATER
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—Not less 
than 10 percent of all amounts made available pursuant 
to this section shall be used only for activities relating to 
water and energy efficiency and, at the Secretary’s discre-
tion, other strategies to enhance the environmental sus-
tainability of housing production and design. 
SEC. 60011. PROGRAM FOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR THE 
ELDERLY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to be appro-
priated $2,500,000,000 for— 
(1) capital advances pursuant to section 
202(c)(1) of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 
1701q(c)(1)), including amendments to capital ad-
vance contracts for housing for the elderly as au-
thorized by section 202 of such Act; 
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(2) project rental assistance for the elderly 
under section 202(c)(2) of such Act, including 
amendments to contracts for such assistance and re-
newal of expiring contracts for such assistance for 
up to a 1-year term; 
(3) senior preservation rental assistance con-
tracts, including renewals, as authorized by section 
811(e) of the American Housing and Economic Op-
portunity Act of 2000 (12 U.S.C. 1701g note); and 
(4) supportive services associated with housing 
assisted under paragraph (1), (2), or (3). 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Any amounts ap-
propriated pursuant to this section shall remain available 
until September 30, 2023. 
(c) WATER
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—Not less 
than 10 percent of all amounts made available pursuant 
to this section shall be used only for activities relating to 
water and energy efficiency and, at the Secretary’s discre-
tion, other strategies to enhance the environmental sus-
tainability of housing production and design. 
SEC. 60012. CAPITAL MAGNET FUND. 
(a) There is authorized to be appropriated for the 
Capital Magnet Fund under section 1339 of the Federal 
Housing Enterprises Financial Safety and Soundness Act 
of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 4569) $2,500,000,000 and any 
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amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall re-
main available until expended. 
(b) WATER
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—Not less 
than 10 percent of all amounts made available pursuant 
to this section shall be used only for activities relating to 
water and energy efficiency and, at the discretion of the 
Secretary of the Treasury, other strategies to enhance the 
environmental sustainability of housing production and 
design. 
(c) APPLICABILITY OF DAVIS-BACON ACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—All laborers and mechanics 
employed by contractors and subcontractors in the 
performance of construction work financed in whole 
or in part with amounts made available pursuant to 
this section shall be paid wages at rates not less 
than those prevailing on similar construction in the 
locality as determined by the Secretary of Labor in 
accordance with the Davis-Bacon Act, as amended 
(40 U.S.C. 276a through 276a–5). The preceding 
sentence shall apply to the rehabilitation of residen-
tial property only if such property contains not less 
than 12 units. The Secretary of Labor shall have, 
with respect to such labor standards, the authority 
and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 14 of 1950 (15 Fed. Reg. 3176; 64 Stat. 
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1267) and section 2 of the Act of June 13, 1934, 
as amended (48 Stat. 948; 40 U.S.C. 276(c)). 
(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not 
apply to any individual that— 
(A) performs services for which the indi-
vidual volunteered; 
(B) does not receive compensation for such 
services or is paid expenses, reasonable benefits, 
or a nominal fee for such services; and 
(C) is not otherwise employed at any time 
in the construction work. 
SEC. 60013. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
FUNDING FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the provisions of 
this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
for assistance under the community development 
block grant program under title I of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) $10,000,000,000 and any 
amounts appropriated pursuant to this section shall 
remain available until expended. 
(2) ADMINISTRATIVE AND PLANNING COSTS.— 
Not more than 15 percent of any amounts appro-
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priated pursuant to paragraph (1) may be used for 
administrative and planning costs. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—Amounts made available 
for assistance under this section may be used only for— 
(1) the development and preservation of quali-
fied affordable housing, including the construction of 
such housing; 
(2) the responsible elimination or waiving of 
zoning requirements and other requirements that 
limit affordable housing development, including high 
density and multifamily development restrictions, 
off-street parking requirements, and height limita-
tions; 
(3) activities designed to preserve existing hous-
ing by remediation of iron sulfide or other minerals 
causing housing degredation; or 
(4) any project or entity eligible for a discre-
tionary grant provided by the Department of Trans-
portation. 
(c) LIMITATION.—With respect to amounts used pur-
suant to subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall ensure that 
recipients of amounts provided pursuant to this section 
are not incentivized or otherwise rewarded for eliminating 
or undermining the intent of the zoning regulations or 
other regulations or policies that— 
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(1) establish fair wages for labors; 
(2) ensure the health and safety of buildings for 
residents and the general public; 
(3) protect fair housing; 
(4) provide environmental protections; 
(5) prevent tenant displacement; or 
(6) protect any other interest that the Secretary 
determines is in the public interest to preserve. 
(d) COMPETITION.—Amounts made available for as-
sistance under this section shall be awarded to States, 
units of general local government, and Indian tribes on 
a competitive basis, based on the extent to which the appli-
cant— 
(1) demonstrates that the applicant is respon-
sibly streamlining the process for development of 
qualified affordable housing; 
(2) is eliminating or reducing impact fees for 
housing within boundaries of the State, unit of local 
government, or Indian tribe, as applicable, and other 
assessments by State or local governments upon the 
owners of new housing development projects that 
offset governmental capital expenditures for infra-
structure required to serve or made necessary by the 
new housing developments, except for fees that are 
invested exclusively for housing; and 
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(3) provides assurances that the applicant will 
supplement assistance provided under this section 
with amounts from non-Federal sources for costs of 
the qualified affordable housing or infrastructure eli-
gible under subsection (b) to be funded with assist-
ance under this section, and the extent of such sup-
plemental assistance to be provided. 
(e) WATER
AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY.—Not less 
than 10 percent of all amounts made available for assist-
ance pursuant to this section shall be used only for eligible 
activities relating to water and energy efficiency and, at 
the Secretary’s discretion, other strategies to enhance the 
environmental sustainability of housing production and 
design. 
(f) QUALIFIED AFFORDABLE HOUSING.—For pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘qualified affordable hous-
ing’’ means a housing development that— 
(1) is either— 
(A) funded in any part by assistance pro-
vided by the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development or the Rural Housing Service of 
the Department of Agriculture; or 
(B) includes a qualified low income build-
ing as such term is defined in section 42 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986; or 
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(2) consists of five or more dwelling units of 
which 20 percent or more are made available— 
(A) for rental only by a low-income family 
(as defined in section 3(b) of the United States 
Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b))); 
(B) at a monthly rent amount that does 
not exceed 30 percent of the monthly adjusted 
income (as defined in such section 3(b)) of the 
tenant low-income family; and 
(C) maintains affordability for residents 
who are low-income families for a period of not 
less than 30 years. 
SEC. 60014. INCLUSION OF MINORITY AND WOMEN’S BUSI-
NESS ENTERPRISES. 
(a) DUTY.—It shall be the duty of each relevant 
agency head— 
(1) to consult and cooperate with grantees and 
recipients, when utilizing funds made available pur-
suant to this division, to promote the inclusion of 
minority and women’s business enterprises, as de-
fined in subsection (b) including to establish— 
(A) special consideration to increasing 
grantee and recipient outreach to minority and 
women’s business enterprises to inform such 
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businesses of hiring opportunities created 
through such funds; and 
(B) procurement goals for the utilization of 
minority and women’s business enterprises; and 
(2) to convene meetings with leaders and offi-
cials of State and local governments, tribal entities, 
and public housing authorities for the purpose of 
recommending and promoting funding opportunities 
and initiatives needed to advance the position of mi-
nority and women’s business enterprises when com-
peting for funds provided in this division. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purposes of this section, 
the following definitions shall apply: 
(1) MINORITY.—The term ‘‘minority’’ has the 
meaning given such term in section 308(b) of the 
Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and En-
forcement Act of 1989 (12 U.S.C. 1463 note) and 
also includes any indigenous person in the United 
States or its territories. 
(2) MINORITY AND WOMEN’S BUSINESS ENTER-
PRISE.—The term ‘‘minority and women’s business 
enterprise’’ means a business at least 51 percent 
owned and controlled by minority group members or 
women. 
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(3) RELEVANT AGENCY HEAD.—The term ‘‘rel-
evant agency head’’ means, with respect to funds 
made available pursuant to any section of this divi-
sion, the head of the Federal agency responsible for 
administering the program under which such funds 
are to be expended. 
SEC. 60015. REPORTS ON OUTCOMES. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, 
in coordination with the Secretary of the Treasury, the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, and the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit a 
report to the Congress on an annual basis until all funds 
made available pursuant to this Act (but not including 
funds made available pursuant to section 60009) are ex-
pended, that provides a summary of outcomes for each 
program for which such funds were made available (but 
not including funds made available pursuant to section 
60009), disaggregated at the census tract level, or block 
group level when available, that shall include, to the max-
imum extent possible, identification for the preceding year 
of— 
(1) the total number of housing units produced, 
rehabilitated, or mitigated using such funds; 
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(2) the percentage of such housing units that 
are affordable to low-, to very low-, and to extremely 
low-income households; 
(3) the number of such housing units that are 
located in high-poverty census tracts; 
(4) the number of such housing units that are 
located in low-poverty census tracts; 
(5) the number of such housing units located in 
areas where the percentage of households in a racial 
or ethnic minority group— 
(A) is at least 20 percentage points higher 
than the percentage of that minority group for 
the Metropolitan Statistical Area; 
(B) is at least 20 percentage points higher 
than the percentage of all minorities for the 
Metropolitan Statistical Area; or 
(C) exceeds 50 percent of the population; 
(6) the number of such housing units with three 
or more bedrooms; 
(7) the number of such housing units located in 
qualified opportunity zones designated pursuant to 
section 1400Z–1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986; 
(8) the number of such housing units that are 
in compliance with the design and construction re-
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quirements of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development under section 100.205 of title 
24 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and 
(9) any other information that the Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development considers appro-
priate to illustrate the number of housing units 
made available and accessible to protected classes 
under the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 3601 et 
seq.), disaggregated by protected class. 
SEC. 60016. GAO STUDY OF FLOOD DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
INEQUITIES. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall conduct a study on the accessibility of the 
Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Public Assist-
ance, Individual Assistance, and other relevant flood dis-
aster assistance programs and shall identify barriers to 
access based on race, ethnicity, language, and income 
level. The study shall identify inequities in— 
(1) the Agency’s core mission of response; 
(2) the Agency’s core mission of recovery; and 
(3) the Agency’s implementation of the Public 
Assistance and Individual Assistance programs. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than the expiration of the 
1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report 
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to the Congress setting forth the results and conclusions 
of the study under subsection (a). 
SEC. 60017. GRANT PROGRAM FOR MANUFACTURED HOUS-
ING PRESERVATION. 
(a) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development shall establish a grant program under 
this section and, to the extent amounts are made available 
pursuant to subsection (j), make grants under such pro-
gram to eligible entities under subsection (b) for acquiring 
and preserving manufactured housing communities. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—A grant under this section 
may be made only to entities that meet such requirements 
as the Secretary shall establish to ensure that any entity 
receiving a grant has the capacity to acquire and preserve 
housing affordability in such communities, including— 
(1) a nonprofit organization, including land 
trusts; 
(2) a public housing agency or other State or 
local government agency; 
(3) an Indian tribe (as such term is defined in 
section 4 of the Native American Housing Assist-
ance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 (25 U.S.C. 
4103)) or an agency of an Indian tribe; 
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(4) a resident organization in which home-
owners are members and have open and equal access 
to membership; or 
(5) such other entities as the Secretary deter-
mines will maintain housing affordability in manu-
factured housing communities. 
(c) USE OF GRANT AMOUNTS.—Amounts from a 
grant under this section may be used only for— 
(1) the acquisition and preservation of manu-
factured housing communities; 
(2) such acquisition and preservation, together 
with costs for making improvements to common 
areas and community property for acquired manu-
factured housing communities; or 
(3) the demolition, removal, and replacement of 
dilapidated homes from a manufactured housing 
community. 
(d) PRESERVATION; AFFORDABILITY; OWNERSHIP.— 
A grant under this section may be made only if the Sec-
retary determines that the grantee will enter into such 
binding agreements as the Secretary considers sufficient 
to ensure that— 
(1) the manufactured housing community ac-
quired using such grant amounts— 
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(A) will be maintained as a manufactured 
housing community for a period that begins 
upon the making of such grant and has a dura-
tion not shorter than 20 years; 
(B) will be managed in a manner that ben-
efits the residents and maintains their quality 
of life for a period not shorter than 20 years; 
(C) will, for a period not shorter than 20 
years, be subject to limitations on annual in-
creases in rents for lots for manufactured 
homes in such community either through resi-
dent control over increases or, if owned by a 
party other than the residents, as the Secretary 
considers appropriate to ensure continued af-
fordability and maintenance of the property, 
but not in any case annually to exceed the per-
centage that is equal to the percentage increase 
for the immediately preceding year in the Con-
sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers 
(CPI–U) plus 7 percent, and such rents will 
comply with any applicable State laws; 
(D) will be owned by an entity described in 
subsection (b) for a period not shorter than 20 
years; and 
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(E) has not been the primary beneficiary 
of a grant under this section during the pre-
ceding 5 years; and 
(2) if in the determination of the Secretary the 
provisions of the agreement have not been met, the 
grant shall be repaid. 
(e) AMOUNT.—The amount of any grant under this 
section may not exceed the lesser of— 
(1) $1,000,000; or 
(2) the amount that is equal to $20,000 multi-
plied by the number of manufactured home lots in 
the manufactured housing community for which the 
grant is made. 
(f) MATCHING FUNDS.—The Secretary shall require 
a grantee of grant under this section to provide non-Fed-
eral matching funds for use only for the same purposes 
for which the grant is used in an amount equal or exceed-
ing the amount of the grant provided to the grantee. Such 
non-Federal matching funds may be provided by State, 
tribal, local, or private resources and may be a grant or 
loan, in cash or in-kind. 
(g) APPLICATIONS; SELECTION.— 
(1) APPLICATIONS.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide for eligible entities under subsection (b) to 
apply for grants under this section, and shall require 
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such applications to contain such assurances as the 
Secretary may require regarding the availability of 
matching funds sufficient to comply with subsection 
(f) and any organizational documents regarding the 
manufactured housing community for which the 
grant is made, as may be required by the State in 
which such community is located. The Secretary 
shall accept applications on a rolling basis and ap-
prove or deny each application within 20 business 
days of receipt in order to facilitate market-based 
transactions by an applicant. 
(2) SELECTION.—The Secretary shall establish 
criteria for selection of applicants to receive grants 
under this section, which criteria shall— 
(A) give priority to grantees who would use 
such grant amounts to carry out activities 
under subsection (c) within areas having a high 
concentration of low-, very low-, or extremely 
low-income families (as such terms are defined 
in section 3(b) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437a(b)); 
(B) give priority to grants for the benefit 
of communities that have not received a grant 
under this section during the preceding 10 
years; and 
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(C) ensure that not more than 40 percent 
of grant funds for any fiscal year are awarded 
to entities identified in subsection (b)(5). 
(h) REPORTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall submit 
a report annually regarding the grant program 
under this section to Committee on Financial Serv-
ices of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 
the Senate, and shall make each such report publicly 
available on the website of the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development. The first such report 
shall be made for the first fiscal year in which any 
grants are made under this section and a report 
shall be made for each fiscal year in which a grantee 
is subject to the requirements under subparagraph 
(d)(1)(A). 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each such report shall in-
clude, for the fiscal year covered by the report— 
(A) a description of the grants made under 
the program, including identification of what 
type of eligible entity under subsection (b) each 
grantee is; 
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(B) for each manufactured home commu-
nity for which a grant under this section is 
made, identification of— 
(i) the number of manufactured home 
units in the community at the time of the 
grant; 
(ii) the lot rents in the community at 
such time; and 
(iii) if a manufactured home commu-
nity was purchased using grant amounts, 
the purchase price of the community; 
(C) summary information identifying the 
total applications received for grants under this 
section 
and 
total 
grant 
funding 
sought, 
disaggregated by the types of eligible entities 
under subsection (b) of the applicants; and 
(D) an analysis of the effectiveness of the 
program, including identification of changes to 
the number of units and lot rents in commu-
nities for which a grant was made, any signifi-
cant upgrades made to the communities, demo-
graphic changes in communities, and, if any 
community is sold during the period covered 
under subsection (d), the sale price of the com-
munity. 
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(i) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
(1) MANUFACTURED HOME.—The term ‘‘manu-
factured home’’ means a structure, transportable in 
one or more sections, that— 
(A) in the traveling mode, is 8 body feet 
or more in width and 40 body feet or more in 
length, or when erected on site is 320 square 
feet or more; 
(B) is built on a permanent chassis and 
designed to be used as a dwelling (with or with-
out a permanent foundation when connected to 
required utilities) and includes plumbing, heat-
ing, air conditioning, and electrical systems; 
and 
(C) in the case of a structure manufac-
tured after June 15, 1976, is certified as meet-
ing the Manufactured Home Construction and 
Safety Standards issued under the National 
Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety 
Standards Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5401 et 
seq.) by the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development and displays a label of such cer-
tification on the exterior of each transportable 
section. 
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Such term shall not include any self-propelled rec-
reational vehicle. 
(2) MANUFACTURED
HOUSING
COMMUNITY.— 
The term ‘‘manufactured housing community’’ 
means a community comprised primarily of manu-
factured homes used primarily for residential pur-
poses. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(j) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for grants under this section 
$100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025, 
of which not more than 5 percent may be used for admin-
istration and oversight. 
(k) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue any 
regulations necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 60018. LEAD ABATEMENT FOR FAMILIES. 
(a) IDENTIFICATION
OF LEAD WATER SERVICE 
LINES.— 
(1) REVIEW.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, in consultation with public 
housing agencies, owners of other federally assisted 
housing, and the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Administration shall, not later 
than the expiration of the 24-month period begin-
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ning upon the date of the enactment of this Act, un-
dertake and complete a review of all public housing 
projects and all other federally assisted housing 
projects to identify any such projects for which the 
source of potable water is a lead-based water service 
pipe or pipes. 
(2) REPORT.—Upon completion of the review 
required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the Congress setting forth the re-
sults of the review and identifying any projects for 
which the source of potable water is a lead-based 
water service pipe or pipes. 
(b) GRANT AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may make 
grants to public housing agencies and owners of 
other federally assisted housing to cover the eligible 
costs of removing and replacing lead-based water 
service pipes for housing projects identified pursuant 
to the review under subsection (a). 
(2) ELIGIBLE COSTS.—Amounts from a grant 
under this subsection may be used only for costs of 
removing and replacing a lead-based water service 
pipe for a housing project. 
(3) ASSURANCES.—The Secretary shall require 
each public housing agency and owner of other fed-
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erally assisted housing receiving a grant under this 
subsection for a housing project to make such assur-
ances and enter into such agreements as the Sec-
retary considers necessary to ensure that— 
(A) the lead-based water service pipes for 
the project that will be removed and replaced 
using such grant amounts are identified; and 
(B) all work to remove and replace such 
pipes is completed before the expiration of the 
24-month period beginning upon the initial 
availability to the agency or owner of such 
grant amounts. 
(4) LIMITATION ON AMOUNTS.—The amount of 
grant under this subsection with respect to a hous-
ing project may not exceed the estimate of the Sec-
retary of the full cost or removing and replacing the 
lead-based water service pipes for the project identi-
fied pursuant to paragraph (3)(A). 
(c) FINAL REPORT.—Upon the expiration of the 6- 
year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Congress a report 
identifying the housing projects for which lead -based 
water service pipes were removed and replaced using 
grants under subsection (b) and analyzing the effective-
ness of the program for such grants. 
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sectionn, the 
following definitions shall apply: 
(1) HOUSING
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘housing 
project’’ means a public housing project or a project 
that is other federally assisted housing. 
(2) OTHER FEDERALLY ASSISTED HOUSING.— 
The term ‘‘other federally assisted housing’’ has the 
meaning given the term ‘‘federally assisted housing’’ 
in section 683 of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13641), except 
that such term does not include any public housing 
project described in paragraph (2)(A) of such sec-
tion. 
(3) LEAD-BASED WATER SERVICE PIPE.—The 
term ‘‘lead-based water service pipe’’ means, with re-
spect to a housing project, a pipe or other conduit 
that— 
(A) is used to supply potable water for the 
housing project from outside the project; and 
(B) does not satisfy the definition of ‘‘lead- 
free’’ established under section 1417 of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300g–6). 
(4) PUBLIC HOUSING.—The term ‘‘public hous-
ing’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
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3(b) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 
U.S.C. 1437a(b)). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary, after consulta-
tion with the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Administration, may issue any regulations necessary 
to carry out this section. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated for grants under subsection 
(b)— 
(1) $90,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 
(2) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 
(3) $80,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 
SEC. 60019. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT ON HIGH- 
SPEED INTERNET CONNECTIVITY IN FEDER-
ALLY-ASSISTED HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 
of the United States shall submit to Congress a report 
on broadband service in Federally-assisted housing. 
(b) CONTENTS.—The report required under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) an analysis of Federally-assisted housing 
units that have access to broadband service and the 
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number of such units that do not have access to 
broadband service, disaggregated by State, county, 
and congressional district, that includes geographic 
information and any Federal agency responsible for 
such units; 
(2) an analysis of which such units are not cur-
rently capable of supporting broadband service de-
ployment and would require retrofitting to support 
broadband service deployment, disaggregated by 
State, county, and congressional district, that in-
cludes geographic information and any Federal 
agency responsible for such units; 
(3) an analysis of the estimated costs and time-
frame necessary for retrofitting buildings to achieve 
100 percent access to broadband service; 
(4) an analysis of the challenges to more wide-
spread deployment of broadband service, including 
the comparative markets dynamics to expansion in 
rural areas and low-income urban areas, and the 
challenges to pursuing retrofits to achieve 100 per-
cent access to broadband service; 
(5) descriptions of lessons learned from pre-
vious retrofitting actions; 
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(6) an evaluation of the ConnectHome pilot 
program of the Secretary of Housing and Urban De-
velopment; and 
(7) recommendations for Congress for achieving 
100 percent access to broadband service in Feder-
ally-assisted housing. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
BROADBAND
SERVICE.—The 
term 
‘‘broadband service’’ has the meaning given the term 
‘‘broadband internet access service’’ in section 8.1(b) 
of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations, or any suc-
cessor regulation. 
(2) FEDERALLY-ASSISTED
HOUSING.—In this 
section, the term ‘‘Federally-assisted housing’’ 
means any single-family or multifamily housing that 
is assisted under a program administered by the 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development or the 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
SEC. 60020. MASTER PLAN FOR BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY 
IN FEDERALLY-ASSISTED HOUSING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, in consultation with other relevant 
heads of Federal agencies, shall develop a master plan for 
achieving retrofitting Federally-assisted housing to sup-
port broadband service. The Secretary shall submit such 
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plan to Congress not later than 18 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms 
‘‘broadband service’’ and ‘‘Federally-assisted housing’’ 
have the meanings given in section 60019. 
SEC. 60021. UNITED STATES INTERAGENCY COUNCIL ON 
HOMELESSNESS. 
(a) REPEAL
OF TERMINATION.—Title II of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11311 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) by striking section 209 (42 U.S.C. 11319); 
and 
(2) by redesignating sections 207 and 208 (42 
U.S.C. 11317, 11318) as sections 208 and 209, re-
spectively. 
(b) FUNCTIONS.—Section 203 of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11313) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (12), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in paragraph (13), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
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‘‘(14) rely on evidence-based practices; 
‘‘(15) identify and promote successful practices, 
including the Housing First strategy and the perma-
nent supportive housing model; and 
‘‘(16) prioritize addressing disparities faced by 
members of a population at higher risk of homeless-
ness, including by issuing reports and making rec-
ommendations to agencies.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) make formal reports and recommendations 
to Federal agencies, which shall include comments 
on how proposed regulatory changes would impact 
persons experiencing homelessness, housing insta-
bility, or who are cost-burdened.’’. 
(c) ADVISORY BOARD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act is amended by in-
serting after section 206 (42 U.S.C. 11316) the fol-
lowing new section: 
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‘‘SEC. 207. ADVISORY BOARD. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established an advi-
sory board for the Council. 
‘‘(b) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) COMPOSITION.—The advisory board shall 
be composed of not less than 20 individuals, selected 
in accordance with paragraph (3) from nominees 
proposed pursuant to paragraph (2), as follows: 
‘‘(A) Not less than 10 members shall be 
individuals who are homeless or experiencing 
housing instability, or were so during the 5 cal-
endar years preceding appointment to the advi-
sory board or who have been so in the last 5 
calendar years. 
‘‘(B) Not less than eight members shall be 
individuals who are members of, or advocate on 
behalf of, or both, a population at higher risk 
of homelessness, including such transgender 
and gender non-conforming persons, Asian, 
Black, Latino, Native American, Native Hawai-
ian, Pacific Islander, and other communities of 
color, youth in or formerly in the foster care 
system, and justice-system involved youth and 
adults. 
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‘‘(2) NOMINATION.—Nominees for members of 
the advisory board shall be proposed by any grantee 
or subgrantee under this Act. 
‘‘(3) SELECTION.—Advisory Board members 
shall be selected as follows: 
‘‘(A) At least five members shall be se-
lected by the majority party members of the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House 
of Representatives and five members shall be 
selected by the minority party members of such 
committee. 
‘‘(B) At least five members shall be se-
lected by the majority party members of the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 
Affairs of the Senate and five members shall be 
selected by the minority party members of such 
committee. 
‘‘(4) TERMS.—Members of the advisory board 
shall serve terms of 2 years. 
‘‘(c) FUNCTIONS.—The advisory board shall review 
the work of the Council, make recommendations regarding 
how the Council can most effectively pursue the goal of 
ending homelessness, and raise specific points of concern 
with members of the Council who represent Federal agen-
cies. 
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‘‘(d) MEETINGS.—The advisory board shall meet not 
less often than twice each year. 
‘‘(e) COUNCIL MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet 
regularly and not less often than once a year with the advi-
sory board and shall provide timely written responses to 
recommendations, proposals, and concerns issued by the 
advisory board. 
‘‘(f) CHAIRMAN.—The position of Chairman of the 
advisory board shall be filled by an individual who is a 
current or former member of the advisory board, is nomi-
nated by at least two members of the advisory board, and 
is confirmed by a vote of not less than 75 percent of the 
members of the advisory board. 
‘‘(g) COMPENSATION.—Any amounts made available 
for administrative costs of the Council may be used for 
costs of travel or online access to meetings for participa-
tion by members of the advisory board in board meetings, 
and for per diem compensation to advisory board members 
for board meetings. 
‘‘(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The agencies imple-
menting this Act shall construe this Act in a manner that 
facilitates and encourage the full participation of advisory 
board members and shall consider the barriers faced by 
persons experiencing homelessness and shall endeavor to 
overcome such barriers to participation.’’. 
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(2) REPRESENTATION OF CHAIRMAN ON COUN-
CIL.—Section 202(a) of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11312(a)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (22) as 
paragraph (21); and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(22) The chairman of the advisory board es-
tablished by section 207.’’. 
(d) DIRECTOR.— Subsection (a) of section 204 of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
11314(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(a) DIRECTOR.—The Council 
shall appoint an Executive Director, who shall be’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) DIRECTOR.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The chief executive officer 
of the Council shall be the Executive Director, who 
shall be appointed in accordance with paragraph (2) 
and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(1) PROCESS FOR APPOINTMENT.—A vacancy 
in the position of Executive Director shall be filled 
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by an individual nominated and appointed to such 
position by the Council, except that the Council may 
not appoint any nominee who is not confirmed by 
approval of 75 percent of the aggregate of all mem-
bers of the Council and the advisory board under 
section 207 pursuant to an election in which each 
such member’s vote is given identical weight. If the 
Council is unable to agree on an Executive Director, 
the chairperson of the advisory council shall act as 
interim Executive Director.’’. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—Section 207 of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11317) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graphs: 
‘‘(3) The term ‘Housing First’ means, with re-
spect to addressing homelessness, an approach to 
quickly and successfully connect individuals and 
families experiencing homelessness to permanent and 
affordable housing opportunities and appropriate 
services without preconditions and low or no barriers 
to entry, including barriers relating to sobriety, 
treatment, work requirements, and service participa-
tion requirements. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘permanent supportive housing’ 
means housing that provides— 
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‘‘(A) indefinite leasing or rental assistance; 
and 
‘‘(B) non-mandatory, culturally competent 
supportive services to assist persons to achieve 
housing stability and maintain their health and 
well-being. 
‘‘(5)(A) The term ‘population at higher risk of 
homelessness’ means a group of persons that is de-
fined by a common characteristic and that has been 
found to experience homelessness, housing insta-
bility, or to be cost-burdened at a rate higher than 
that of the general public. 
‘‘(B) Information that may be used in dem-
onstrating such a higher rate includes data gen-
erated by the Federal Government, by State or mu-
nicipal governments, by peer-reviewed research, and 
by organizations having expertise in working with or 
advocating on behalf of homeless, housing unstable, 
or cost-burdened groups. 
‘‘(C) Such term shall include populations for 
which such higher rate has already been dem-
onstrated, including Asian, Black, Latino, Native 
American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander and 
other communities of color; persons with disabilities, 
including mental health disabilities, elderly persons, 
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foster and former foster youth; LGBTQ persons, 
gender non-binary and gender non-conforming per-
sons, justice system-involved persons, and vet-
erans.’’. 
(f) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of con-
tents in section 101(b) of the McKinney-Vento Homeless 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11301 note) is amended by 
striking the items relating to sections 209 and 210 and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘Sec. 209. Encouragement of State involvement.’’. 
SEC. 60022. GAO STUDY OF HOUSING NEEDS OF POPU-
LATIONS AT HIGHER RISK OF HOMELESS-
NESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—No later than the expiration of 
the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall identify and analyze the housing infrastructure needs 
of populations at higher risk of homelessness, and shall 
submit a report to the Congress recommending regulatory, 
policy, and practice changes that would ensure that Fed-
eral agencies better reduce and prevent homelessness and 
housing instability faced by populations at higher risk of 
homelessness. 
(b) POPULATION AT HIGHER RISK OF HOMELESS-
NESS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘population at higher risk of homelessness’’ 
means a group of persons that is defined by a com-
mon characteristic and that has been found to expe-
rience homelessness, housing instability, or to be 
cost-burdened at a rate higher than that of the gen-
eral public. 
(2) HIGHER RATE.—Information that may be 
used in demonstrating such a higher rate includes 
data generated by the Federal Government, by State 
or municipal governments, by peer-reviewed re-
search, and by organizations having expertise in 
working with or advocating on behalf of homeless, 
housing unstable, or cost-burdened groups. 
(3) INCLUDED POPULATIONS.—Such term shall 
include populations for which such higher rate has 
already been demonstrated, including Asian, Black, 
Latino, Native American, Native Hawaiian, Pacific 
Islander and other communities of color; persons 
with disabilities, including mental health disabilities, 
elderly persons, foster and former foster youth; 
LGBTQ persons, gender non-binary and gender non- 
conforming persons, justice system-involved persons, 
survivors of domestic violence, sexual assault, and 
other intimate partner violence, and veterans. 
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SEC. 60023. BUY AMERICA REQUIREMENTS FOR COMMU-
NITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACTIVI-
TIES. 
Title I of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 5323. BUY AMERICA. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, the Secretary shall not obligate any funds 
authorized to be appropriated for any project authorized 
under this title and administered by the Secretary, unless 
steel, iron, manufactured products, and construction ma-
terials used in such project are produced in the United 
States. 
‘‘(b) INAPPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall not 
apply to the development of any housing, including single- 
family and multifamily housing. 
‘‘(c) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the require-
ments of subsection (a) if the Secretary finds— 
‘‘(1) that such requirements would be incon-
sistent with the public interest; 
‘‘(2) that products described in subsection (a) 
are not produced in the United States in sufficient 
and reasonably available quantities and of a satisfac-
tory quality; or 
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‘‘(3) that inclusion of domestic material will in-
crease the cost of the overall project by more than 
25 percent. 
‘‘(d) NOTICE.—Not later than 15 days before making 
a determination regarding a waiver described in subsection 
(b), the Secretary shall provide notification and an oppor-
tunity for public comment on the request for such waiver. 
‘‘(e) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS.—This section 
shall be applied in a manner consistent with the obliga-
tions of the United States under international agree-
ments.’’. 
SEC. 60024. REPEAL OF FAIRCLOTH AMENDMENT. 
Section 9(g) of the United States Housing Act of 
1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(g)) is amended by striking para-
graph (3) (relating to limitation on new construction). 
SEC. 60025. STUDY OF EFFECTS OF CRIMINAL HISTORY ON 
ACCESS TO HOUSING. 
Not later than the expiration of the 2-year period be-
ginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development shall— 
(1) conduct and complete a study on the effects 
of criminal history or involvement with the criminal 
legal system on access to private and assisted hous-
ing, taking into consideration demographic informa-
tion, type of housing, socio-economic status, geog-
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raphy, nature of the offense, and other relevant fac-
tors allowing greater understanding of the impact of 
criminal history on access to housing; and 
(2) submit to the Congress a report setting 
forth the findings of the study, which shall be 
disaggregated according to the factors considered 
pursuant to paragraph (1). 
DIVISION K—REOPEN AND RE-
BUILD AMERICA’S SCHOOLS 
ACT OF 2020 
SEC. 70000. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This division may be cited as the 
‘‘Reopen and Rebuild America’s Schools Act of 2020’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this division is as follows: 
DIVISION K—REOPEN AND REBUILD AMERICA’S SCHOOLS ACT 
OF 2020 
Sec. 70000. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 70001. Definitions. 
TITLE I—GRANTS FOR THE LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENT OF 
PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILITIES 
Subtitle A—Reservation and Allocation of Funds 
Sec. 70101. Purpose and reservation. 
Sec. 70102. Allocation to States. 
Subtitle B—Grants to Local Educational Agencies 
Sec. 70111. Need-based grants to qualified local educational agencies. 
Sec. 70112. Allowable uses of funds. 
Sec. 70113. Prohibited uses. 
Sec. 70114. Requirements for hazard-resistance, energy and water conserva-
tion, and air quality. 
Sec. 70115. Green Practices. 
Sec. 70116. Use of American iron, steel, and manufactured products. 
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Sec. 70117. Prohibition on use of funds for facilities of for-profit charter 
schools. 
Sec. 70118. Prohibition on use of funds for certain charter schools. 
Subtitle C—Annual Report and Authorization of Appropriations 
Sec. 70121. Annual report on grant program. 
Sec. 70122. Authorization of appropriations. 
TITLE II—OTHER REPORTS, DEVELOPMENT OF STANDARDS, AND 
INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE 
Sec. 70201. Comptroller general report. 
Sec. 70202. Study and report physical condition of public schools. 
Sec. 70203. Development of data standards. 
Sec. 70204. Information clearinghouse. 
Sec. 70205. Sense of Congress on Opportunity Zones. 
TITLE III—IMPACT AID CONSTRUCTION 
Sec. 70301. Temporary increase in funding for impact aid construction. 
TITLE IV—ASSISTANCE FOR REPAIR OF SCHOOL FOUNDATIONS 
AFFECTED BY PYRRHOTITE 
Sec. 70401. Allocations to States. 
Sec. 70402. Grants to local educational agencies. 
Sec. 70403. Definitions. 
Sec. 70404. Authorization of appropriations. 
SEC. 70001. DEFINITIONS. 
In this division: 
(1) APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of 
the Senate. 
(2) BUREAU-FUNDED SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘Bu-
reau-funded school’’ has the meaning given that 
term in section 1141 of the Education Amendments 
of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021). 
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(3) COVERED
FUNDS.—The term ‘‘covered 
funds’’ means funds received under title I of this di-
vision. 
(4) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘outlying area’’, and ‘‘secondary school’’ 
have the meanings given those terms in section 8101 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 
(5) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) 
except that such term does not include a Bureau- 
funded school. 
(6) PUBLIC
SCHOOL
FACILITIES.—The term 
‘‘public school facilities’’ means the facilities of a 
public elementary school or a public secondary 
school. 
(7) QUALIFIED
LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGEN-
CY.—The term ‘‘qualified local educational agency’’ 
means a local educational agency that receives funds 
under part A of title I of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 
seq.). 
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(8) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(9) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
(10) ZERO ENERGY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘zero 
energy school’’ means a public elementary school or 
public secondary school that— 
(A) generates renewable energy on-site; 
and 
(B) on an annual basis, exports an amount 
of such renewable energy that equals or exceeds 
the total amount of renewable energy that is 
delivered to the school from outside sources. 
TITLE 
I—GRANTS 
FOR 
THE 
LONG-TERM 
IMPROVEMENT 
OF PUBLIC SCHOOL FACILI-
TIES 
Subtitle A—Reservation and 
Allocation of Funds 
SEC. 70101. PURPOSE AND RESERVATION. 
(a) PURPOSE.—Funds made available under this title 
shall be for the purpose of supporting long-term improve-
ments to public school facilities in accordance with this 
division. 
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(b) RESERVATION FOR OUTLYING AREAS AND BU-
REAU-FUNDED SCHOOLS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—For each of fiscal years 
2020 through 2024, the Secretary shall reserve, 
from the amount appropriated to carry out this 
title— 
(A) one-half of 1 percent, to make alloca-
tions to the outlying areas in accordance with 
paragraph (3); and 
(B) one-half of 1 percent, for payments to 
the Secretary of the Interior to provide assist-
ance to Bureau-funded schools. 
(2) USE OF RESERVED FUNDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Funds reserved under 
paragraph (1) shall be used in accordance with 
sections 70112 through 70116. 
(B) SPECIAL RULES FOR BUREAU-FUNDED 
SCHOOLS.— 
(i) APPLICABILITY.—Sections 70112 
through 70116 shall apply to a Bureau- 
funded school that receives assistance 
under paragraph (1)(B) in the same man-
ner that such sections apply to a qualified 
local educational agency that receives cov-
ered funds. The facilities of a Bureau- 
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funded school shall be treated as public 
school facilities for purposes of the applica-
tion of such sections. 
(ii) TREATMENT OF TRIBALLY OPER-
ATED SCHOOLS.—The Secretary of the In-
terior shall provide assistance to Bureau- 
funded schools under paragraph (1)(B) 
without regard to whether such schools are 
operated by the Bureau of Indian Edu-
cation or by an Indian Tribe. In the case 
of a Bureau-funded school that is a con-
tract or grant school (as that term is de-
fined in section 1141 of the Education 
Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021)) 
operated by an Indian Tribe, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall provide assistance 
under such paragraph to the Indian Tribe 
concerned. 
(3) ALLOCATION TO OUTLYING AREAS.—From 
the amount reserved under paragraph (1)(A) for a 
fiscal year, the Secretary shall allocate to each out-
lying area an amount in proportion to the amount 
received by the outlying area under part A of title 
I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) for the previous 
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fiscal year relative to the total such amount received 
by all outlying areas for such previous fiscal year. 
SEC. 70102. ALLOCATION TO STATES. 
(a) ALLOCATION TO STATES.— 
(1) STATE-BY-STATE ALLOCATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), of the amount appropriated to carry 
out this title for each fiscal year and not re-
served under section 70101(b), each State that 
has a plan approved by the Secretary under 
subsection (b) shall be allocated an amount in 
proportion to the amount received by all local 
educational agencies in the State under part A 
of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 
seq.) for the previous fiscal year relative to the 
total such amount received by all local edu-
cational agencies in every State that has a plan 
approved by the Secretary under subsection (b). 
(B) FISCAL YEAR 2020.—Of the amount 
appropriated to carry out this title for fiscal 
year 2020 and not reserved under section 
70101(b), not later than 30 days after such 
funds are appropriated, each State that pro-
vides an assurance to the Secretary that the 
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State will comply with the requirements of sec-
tion 70111(c)(2) shall be allocated an amount 
in proportion to the amount received by all local 
educational agencies in the State under part A 
of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et 
seq.) for the previous fiscal year relative to the 
total such amount received by all local edu-
cational agencies in every State that provides 
such an assurance to the Secretary. 
(2) STATE RESERVATION.—A State may reserve 
not more than 1 percent of its allocation under para-
graph (1) to carry out its responsibilities under this 
division, which— 
(A) shall include— 
(i) providing technical assistance to 
local educational agencies, including by— 
(I) identifying which State agen-
cies have programs, resources, and ex-
pertise relevant to the activities sup-
ported by the allocation under this 
section; and 
(II) coordinating the provision of 
technical assistance across such agen-
cies; 
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(ii) in accordance with the guidance 
issued by the Secretary under section 
70203, developing an online, publicly 
searchable database that contains an in-
ventory of the infrastructure of all public 
school facilities in the State (including the 
facilities of Bureau-funded schools, as ap-
propriate), including, with respect to each 
such facility, an identification of— 
(I) the information described in 
subclauses (I) through (VII) of clause 
(vi); 
(II) the age (including an identi-
fication of the date of any retrofits or 
recent renovations) of— 
(aa) the facility; 
(bb) its roof; 
(cc) its lighting system; 
(dd) its windows; 
(ee) its ceilings; 
(ff) its plumbing; and 
(gg) its heating, ventilation, 
and air conditioning system; 
(III) fire safety inspection re-
sults; 
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(IV) the proximity of the facili-
ties to toxic sites or the vulnerability 
of the facilities to natural disasters, 
including the extent to which facilities 
that are vulnerable to seismic natural 
disasters are seismically retrofitted; 
(V) 
any 
previous 
inspections 
showing the presence of toxic sub-
stances; and 
(VI) any improvements to sup-
port 
indoor 
and 
outdoor 
social 
distancing, 
personal 
hygiene, 
and 
building hygiene (including with re-
spect to HVAC usage and ventilation) 
in schools, consistent with guidance 
issued by the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention; 
(iii) updating the database developed 
under clause (ii) not less frequently than 
once every 2 years; 
(iv) ensuring that the information in 
the database developed under clause (ii)— 
(I) is posted on a publicly acces-
sible State website; and 
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(II) is regularly distributed to 
local educational agencies and Tribal 
governments in the State; 
(v) issuing and reviewing regulations 
to ensure the health and safety of students 
and staff during construction or renovation 
projects; and 
(vi) issuing or reviewing regulations to 
ensure safe, healthy, and high-performing 
school buildings, including regulations gov-
erning— 
(I) indoor environmental quality 
and ventilation, including exposure to 
carbon 
monoxide, 
carbon 
dioxide, 
lead-based paint, and other combus-
tion by-products such as oxides of ni-
trogen; 
(II) mold, mildew, and moisture 
control; 
(III) the safety of drinking water 
at the tap and water used for meal 
preparation, 
including 
regulations 
that— 
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(aa) address the presence of 
lead and other contaminants in 
such water; and 
(bb) require the regular test-
ing of the potability of water at 
the tap; 
(IV) energy and water efficiency; 
(V) excessive classroom noise due 
to activities allowable under section 
70112; 
(VI) the levels of maintenance 
work, operational spending, and cap-
ital investment needed to maintain the 
quality of public school facilities; and 
(VII) the construction or renova-
tion of such facilities, including appli-
cable building codes; and 
(vii) creating a plan to reduce or 
eliminate exposure to toxic substances, in-
cluding mercury, radon, PCBs, lead, vapor 
intrusions, and asbestos; and 
(B) may include the development of a plan 
to increase the number of zero energy schools 
in the State. 
(b) STATE PLAN.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive an 
allocation under this section, a State shall submit to 
the Secretary a plan that— 
(A) describes how the State will use the al-
location to make long-term improvements to 
public school facilities; 
(B) explains how the State will carry out 
each of its responsibilities under subsection 
(a)(2); 
(C) explains how the State will make the 
determinations under subsections (b) and (c) of 
section 70111; 
(D) identifies how long, and at what levels, 
the State will maintain fiscal effort for the ac-
tivities supported by the allocation after the 
State no longer receives the allocation; and 
(E) includes such other information as the 
Secretary may require. 
(2) APPROVAL
AND
DISAPPROVAL.—The Sec-
retary shall have the authority to approve or dis-
approve a State plan submitted under paragraph 
(1). 
(c) CONDITIONS.—As a condition of receiving an allo-
cation under this section, a State shall agree to the fol-
lowing: 
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(1) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The State shall con-
tribute, from non-Federal sources, an amount 
equal to 10 percent of the amount of the alloca-
tion received under this section to carry out the 
activities supported by the allocation. 
(B) DEADLINE.—The State shall provide 
any contribution required under subparagraph 
(A) not later than September 30, 2029. 
(C) CERTAIN
FISCAL
YEARS.—With re-
spect to a fiscal year for which more than 
$7,000,000,000 are appropriated to carry out 
this title, subparagraph (A) shall be applied as 
if ‘‘, from non-Federal sources,’’ were struck. 
(2) MAINTENANCE
OF
EFFORT.—The State 
shall provide an assurance to the Secretary that the 
combined fiscal effort or the aggregate expenditures 
of the State with respect to the activities supported 
by the allocation under this section for fiscal years 
beginning with the fiscal year for which the alloca-
tion is received will be not less than 90 percent of 
the 5 year average for total capital outlay of the 
combined fiscal effort or aggregate expenditures by 
the State for the purposes for which the allocation 
is received. 
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(3) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—The State 
shall use an allocation under this section only to 
supplement the level of Federal, State, and local 
public funds that would, in absence of such alloca-
tion, be made available for the activities supported 
by the allocation, and not to supplant such funds. 
Subtitle B—Grants to Local 
Educational Agencies 
SEC. 70111. NEED-BASED GRANTS TO QUALIFIED LOCAL 
EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES. 
(a) GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
from the amounts allocated to a State under section 
70102(a) and contributed by the State under section 
70102(c)(1), the State shall award grants to quali-
fied local educational agencies, on a competitive 
basis, to carry out the activities described in section 
70112(a). 
(2) ALLOWANCE FOR DIGITAL LEARNING.—A 
State may use up to 10 percent of the amount de-
scribed in paragraph (1) to make grants to qualified 
local educational agencies carry out activities to im-
prove digital learning in accordance with section 
70112(b). 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section a qualified local educational 
agency— 
(A) shall be among the local educational 
agencies in the State with the highest numbers 
or percentages of students counted under sec-
tion 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)); 
(B) shall agree to prioritize the improve-
ment of the facilities of public schools that 
serve the highest percentages of students who 
are eligible for a free or reduced price lunch 
under the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) (which, in 
the case of a high school, may be calculated 
using comparable data from the schools that 
feed into the high school), as compared to other 
public schools in the jurisdiction of the agency; 
and 
(C) may be among the local educational 
agencies in the State— 
(i) with the greatest need to improve 
public school facilities, as determined by 
the State, which may include consideration 
of threats posed by the proximity of the fa-
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cilities to toxic sites or brownfield sites or 
the vulnerability of the facilities to natural 
disasters; and 
(ii) with the most limited capacity to 
raise funds for the long-term improvement 
of public school facilities, as determined by 
an assessment of— 
(I) the current and historic abil-
ity of the agency to raise funds for 
construction, renovation, moderniza-
tion, and major repair projects for 
schools; 
(II) whether the agency has been 
able to issue bonds or receive other 
funds to support school construction 
projects; and 
(III) the bond rating of the agen-
cy. 
(2) GEOGRAPHIC
DISTRIBUTION.—The State 
shall ensure that grants under this section are 
awarded to qualified local educational agencies that 
represent the geographic diversity of the State. 
(3) STATEWIDE THRESHOLDS.—The State shall 
establish reasonable thresholds for determining 
whether a local educational agency is among agen-
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cies in the State with the highest numbers or per-
centages of students counted under section 1124(c) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)) as required under para-
graph (1)(A). 
(c) PRIORITY
OF GRANTS.—In awarding grants 
under this section, the State— 
(1) subject to paragraph (2), shall give priority 
to qualified local educational agencies that— 
(A) demonstrate the greatest need for such 
a grant, as determined by a comparison of the 
factors described in subsection (b)(1) and other 
indicators of need in the public school facilities 
of such local educational agencies, including— 
(i) the median age of facilities; 
(ii) the extent to which student enroll-
ment exceeds physical and instructional ca-
pacity; 
(iii) the condition of major building 
systems such as heating, ventilation, air 
conditioning, electrical, water, and sewer 
systems; 
(iv) the condition of roofs, windows, 
and doors; and 
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(v) other critical health and safety 
conditions; and 
(B) will use the grant to improve the facili-
ties of— 
(i) elementary schools or middle 
schools that have an enrollment of stu-
dents who are eligible for a free or reduced 
price lunch under the Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1751 et seq.) that constitutes not less than 
40 percent of the total student enrollment 
at such schools; or 
(ii) high schools that have an enroll-
ment of students who are eligible for a free 
or reduced price lunch under such Act that 
constitutes not less than 30 percent of the 
total student enrollment at such schools 
(which may be calculated using comparable 
data from the schools that feed into the 
high school); and 
(C) operate public school facilities that 
pose a severe health and safety threat to stu-
dents and staff, which may include a threat 
posed by the proximity of the facilities to toxic 
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sites or the vulnerability of the facilities to nat-
ural disasters; 
(2) with respect to grants awarded for fiscal 
year 2020, shall give priority to local educational 
agencies described in paragraph (1) that will use the 
grant to improve the facilities of schools described in 
paragraph (1)(B) to support indoor and outdoor so-
cial distancing, personal hygiene, and building hy-
giene (including with respect to HVAC usage and 
ventilation) in schools, consistent with guidance 
issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention; and 
(3) may give priority to qualified local edu-
cational agencies that— 
(A) will use the grant to improve access to 
high-speed broadband sufficient to support dig-
ital learning accordance with section 70112(b); 
(B) serve elementary schools or secondary 
schools, including rural schools, that lack such 
access; and 
(C) meet one or more of the requirements 
set forth in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 
paragraph (1). 
(d) APPLICATION.—To be considered for a grant 
under this section, a qualified local educational agency 
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shall submit an application to the State at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information as the 
State may require. Such application shall include, at min-
imum— 
(1) the information necessary for the State to 
make the determinations under subsections (b) and 
(c); 
(2) a description of the projects that the agency 
plans to carry out with the grant; 
(3) an explanation of how such projects will re-
duce risks to the health and safety of staff and stu-
dents at schools served by the agency; and 
(4) in the case of a local educational agency 
that proposes to fund a repair, renovation, or con-
struction project for a public charter school, the ex-
tent to which— 
(A) the public charter school lacks access 
to funding for school repair, renovation, and 
construction through the financing methods 
available to other public schools or local edu-
cational agencies in the State; and 
(B) the charter school operator owns or 
has care and control of the facility that is to be 
repaired, renovated, or constructed. 
(e) FACILITIES MASTER PLAN.— 
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(1) PLAN REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after receiving a grant under this section, a qualified 
local educational agency shall submit to the State a 
comprehensive 10-year facilities master plan. 
(2) ELEMENTS.—The facilities master plan re-
quired under paragraph (1) shall include, with re-
spect to all public school facilities of the qualified 
local educational agency, a description of— 
(A) the extent to which public school facili-
ties meet students’ educational needs and sup-
port the agency’s educational mission and vi-
sion; 
(B) the physical condition of the public 
school facilities; 
(C) the current health, safety, and environ-
mental conditions of the public school facilities, 
including— 
(i) indoor air quality; 
(ii) the presence of toxic substances; 
(iii) the safety of drinking water at 
the tap and water used for meal prepara-
tion, including the level of lead and other 
contaminants in such water; 
(iv) energy and water efficiency; 
(v) excessive classroom noise; and 
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(vi) other health, safety, and environ-
mental conditions that would impact the 
health, safety, and learning ability of stu-
dents; 
(D) how the local educational agency will 
address any conditions identified under sub-
paragraph (C); 
(E) the impact of current and future stu-
dent enrollment levels (as of the date of appli-
cation) on the design of current and future pub-
lic school facilities, as well as the financial im-
plications of such enrollment levels; 
(F) the dollar amount and percentage of 
funds the local educational agency will dedicate 
to capital construction projects for public school 
facilities, including— 
(i) any funds in the budget of the 
agency that will be dedicated to such 
projects; and 
(ii) any funds not in the budget of the 
agency that will be dedicated to such 
projects, including any funds available to 
the agency as the result of a bond issue; 
and 
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(G) the dollar amount and percentage of 
funds the local educational agency will dedicate 
to the maintenance and operation of public 
school facilities, including— 
(i) any funds in the budget of the 
agency that will be dedicated to the main-
tenance and operation of such facilities; 
and 
(ii) any funds not in the budget of the 
agency that will be dedicated to the main-
tenance and operation of such facilities. 
(3) CONSULTATION.—In developing the facili-
ties master plan required under paragraph (1)— 
(A) a qualified local educational agency 
shall consult with teachers, principals and other 
school leaders, custodial and maintenance staff, 
emergency first responders, school facilities di-
rectors, students and families, community resi-
dents, and Indian Tribes; and 
(B) in addition to the consultation required 
under subparagraph (A), a Bureau-funded 
school shall consult with the Bureau of Indian 
Education. 
(f) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—A qualified local 
educational agency shall use a grant received under this 
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section only to supplement the level of Federal, State, and 
local public funds that would, in the absence of such grant, 
be made available for the activities supported by the grant, 
and not to supplant such funds. 
SEC. 70112. ALLOWABLE USES OF FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in section 
70113, a local educational agency that receives covered 
funds may use such funds to— 
(1) develop the facilities master plan required 
under section 70111(e); 
(2) construct, modernize, renovate, or retrofit 
public school facilities, which may include seismic 
retrofitting for schools vulnerable to seismic natural 
disasters; 
(3) carry out major repairs of public school fa-
cilities; 
(4) install furniture or fixtures with at least a 
10-year life in public school facilities; 
(5) construct new public school facilities; 
(6) acquire and prepare sites on which new 
public school facilities will be constructed; 
(7) extend the life of basic systems and compo-
nents of public school facilities; 
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(8) ensure current or anticipated enrollment 
does not exceed the physical and instructional capac-
ity of public school facilities; 
(9) ensure the building envelopes and interiors 
of public school facilities protect occupants from nat-
ural elements and human threats, and are struc-
turally sound and secure; 
(10) compose building design plans that 
strengthen the safety and security on school prem-
ises by utilizing design elements, principles, and 
technology that— 
(A) guarantee layers of security through-
out the school premises; and 
(B) uphold the aesthetics of the school 
premises as a learning and teaching environ-
ment; 
(11) improve energy and water efficiency to 
lower the costs of energy and water consumption in 
public school facilities; 
(12) improve indoor air quality in public school 
facilities; 
(13) reduce or eliminate the presence of— 
(A) toxic substances, including mercury, 
radon, PCBs, lead, and asbestos; 
(B) mold and mildew; or 
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(C) rodents and pests; 
(14) ensure the safety of drinking water at the 
tap and water used for meal preparation in public 
school facilities, which may include testing of the po-
tability of water at the tap for the presence of lead 
and other contaminants; 
(15) bring public school facilities into compli-
ance with applicable fire, health, and safety codes; 
(16) make public school facilities accessible to 
people with disabilities through compliance with the 
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12101 et seq.) and section 504 of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794); 
(17) provide instructional program space im-
provements (including through the construction of 
outdoor instructional space) for programs relating to 
early learning (including early learning programs op-
erated by partners of the agency), special education, 
science, technology, career and technical education, 
physical education, music, the arts, and literacy (in-
cluding library programs); 
(18) increase the use of public school facilities 
for the purpose of community-based partnerships 
that provide students with academic, health, and so-
cial services; 
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(19) ensure the health of students and staff 
during the construction or modernization of public 
school facilities; or 
(20) reduce or eliminate excessive classroom 
noise due to activities allowable under this section. 
(b) ALLOWANCE FOR DIGITAL LEARNING.—A local 
educational agency may use funds received under section 
70111(a)(2) to leverage existing public programs or pub-
lic-private partnerships to expand access to high-speed 
broadband sufficient for digital learning. 
SEC. 70113. PROHIBITED USES. 
A local educational agency that receives covered 
funds may not use such funds for— 
(1) payment of routine and predictable mainte-
nance costs and minor repairs; 
(2) any facility that is primarily used for ath-
letic contests or exhibitions or other events for which 
admission is charged to the general public; 
(3) vehicles; or 
(4) central offices, operation centers, or other 
facilities that are not primarily used to educate stu-
dents. 
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SEC. 70114. REQUIREMENTS FOR HAZARD-RESISTANCE, EN-
ERGY AND WATER CONSERVATION, AND AIR 
QUALITY. 
(a) REQUIREMENTS.—A local educational agency 
that receives covered funds shall ensure that any new con-
struction, modernization, or renovation project carried out 
with such funds meets or exceeds the requirements of the 
following: 
(1) Requirements for such projects set forth in 
the most recent published edition of a nationally rec-
ognized, consensus-based model building code. 
(2) Requirements for such projects set forth in 
the most recent published edition of a nationally rec-
ognized, consensus-based energy conservation stand-
ard or model code. 
(3) Performance criteria under the WaterSense 
program, established under section 324B of the En-
ergy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 
6294b), applicable to such projects within a nation-
ally recognized, consensus-based model code. 
(4) Indoor environmental air quality require-
ments applicable to such projects as set forth in the 
most recent published edition of a nationally-recog-
nized, consensus-based standard. 
(b) ADDITIONAL USE
OF FUNDS.—A local edu-
cational agency that uses covered funds for a new con-
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struction project or renovation project may use such funds 
to assess vulnerabilities, risks, and hazards, to address 
and mitigate such vulnerabilities, risks and hazards, to en-
hance resilience, and to provide for passive survivability. 
SEC. 70115. GREEN PRACTICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In a given fiscal year, a local edu-
cational agency that uses covered funds for a new con-
struction project or renovation project shall use not less 
than the applicable percentage (as described in subsection 
(b)) of the funds used for such project for construction 
or renovation that is certified, verified, or consistent with 
the applicable provisions of— 
(1) the United States Green Building Council 
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design 
green building rating standard (commonly known as 
the ‘‘LEED Green Building Rating System’’); 
(2) the Living Building Challenge developed by 
the International Living Future Institute; 
(3) a green building rating program developed 
by the Collaborative for High-Performance Schools 
(commonly known as ‘‘CHPS’’) that is CHPS- 
verified; or 
(4) a program that— 
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(A) has standards that are equivalent to or 
more stringent than the standards of a program 
described in paragraphs (1) through (3); 
(B) is adopted by the State or another ju-
risdiction with authority over the agency; and 
(C) includes a verifiable method to dem-
onstrate compliance with such program. 
(b) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—The applicable per-
centage described in this subsection is— 
(1) for fiscal year 2020, 60 percent; 
(2) for fiscal year 2021, 70 percent; 
(3) for fiscal year 2022; 80 percent; 
(4) for fiscal year 2023, 90 percent; and 
(5) for fiscal year 2024, 100 percent. 
SEC. 70116. USE OF AMERICAN IRON, STEEL, AND MANU-
FACTURED PRODUCTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency that 
receives covered funds shall ensure that any iron, steel, 
and manufactured products used in projects carried out 
with such funds are produced in the United States. 
(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may waive 
the requirement of subsection (a) if the Secretary 
determines that— 
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(A) applying subsection (a) would be in-
consistent with the public interest; 
(B) iron, steel, and manufactured products 
produced in the United States are not produced 
in a sufficient and reasonably available amount 
or are not of a satisfactory quality; or 
(C) using iron, steel, and manufactured 
products produced in the United States will in-
crease the cost of the overall project by more 
than 25 percent. 
(2) PUBLICATION.—Before issuing a waiver 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall publish in 
the Federal Register a detailed written explanation 
of the waiver determination. 
(c) CONSISTENCY WITH INTERNATIONAL AGREE-
MENTS.—This section shall be applied in a manner con-
sistent with the obligations of the United States under 
international agreements. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) PRODUCED IN THE UNITED STATES.—The 
term ‘‘produced in the United States’’ means the fol-
lowing: 
(A) When used with respect to a manufac-
tured product, the product was manufactured in 
the United States and the cost of the compo-
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nents of such product that were mined, pro-
duced, or manufactured in the United States 
exceeds 60 percent of the total cost of all com-
ponents of the product. 
(B) When used with respect to iron or 
steel products, or an individual component of a 
manufactured product, all manufacturing proc-
esses for such iron or steel products or compo-
nents, from the initial melting stage through 
the application of coatings, occurred in the 
United States, except that the term does not in-
clude— 
(i) steel or iron material or products 
manufactured abroad from semi-finished 
steel or iron from the United States; and 
(ii) steel or iron material or products 
manufactured in the United States from 
semi-finished steel or iron of foreign origin. 
(2) MANUFACTURED
PRODUCT.—The term 
‘‘manufactured product’’ means any construction 
material or end product (as such terms are defined 
in part 25.003 of the Federal Acquisition Regula-
tion) that is not an iron or steel product, includ-
ing— 
(A) electrical components; and 
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(B) non-ferrous building materials, includ-
ing, aluminum and polyvinylchloride (PVC), 
glass, fiber optics, plastic, wood, masonry, rub-
ber, manufactured stone, any other non-ferrous 
metals, and any unmanufactured construction 
material. 
SEC. 70117. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR FACILI-
TIES OF FOR-PROFIT CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
No covered funds may be used for the facilities of 
a public charter school that is operated by a for-profit en-
tity. 
SEC. 70118. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR CERTAIN 
CHARTER SCHOOLS. 
No covered funds may be used for the facilities of 
a public charter school if— 
(1) the school leases the facilities from an indi-
vidual or private sector entity; and 
(2) such individual, or an individual with a di-
rect or indirect financial interest in such entity, has 
a management or governance role in such school. 
Subtitle C—Annual Report and 
Authorization of Appropriations 
SEC. 70121. ANNUAL REPORT ON GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30 of 
each fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment 
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of this division, the Secretary shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the projects 
carried out with funds made available under this title. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include, with respect to the fiscal year preceding the 
year in which the report is submitted, the following: 
(1) An identification of each local educational 
agency that received a grant under this title. 
(2) With respect to each such agency, a descrip-
tion of— 
(A) the demographic composition of the 
student population served by the agency, 
disaggregated by— 
(i) race; 
(ii) the number and percentage of stu-
dents counted under section 1124(c) of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)); and 
(iii) the number and percentage of 
students who are eligible for a free or re-
duced price lunch under the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 
(B) the population density of the geo-
graphic area served by the agency; 
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(C) the projects for which the agency used 
the grant received under this title, described 
using measurements of school facility quality 
from the most recent available version of the 
Common Education Data Standards published 
by the National Center for Education Statistics; 
(D) the demonstrable or expected benefits 
of the projects; and 
(E) the estimated number of jobs created 
by the projects. 
(3) The total dollar amount of all grants re-
ceived by local educational agencies under this title. 
(c) LEA INFORMATION COLLECTION.—A local edu-
cational agency that receives a grant under this title 
shall— 
(1) annually compile the information described 
in subsection (b)(2); 
(2) make the information available to the pub-
lic, including by posting the information on a pub-
licly accessible agency website; and 
(3) submit the information to the State. 
(d) STATE INFORMATION DISTRIBUTION.—A State 
that receives information from a local educational agency 
under subsection (c) shall— 
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(1) compile the information and report it annu-
ally to the Secretary at such time and in such man-
ner as the Secretary may require; 
(2) make the information available to the pub-
lic, including by posting the information on a pub-
licly accessible State website; and 
(3) regularly distribute the information to local 
educational agencies and Tribal governments in the 
State. 
SEC. 70122. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There 
are 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated 
$20,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 
2024 to carry out this title. Amounts so appropriated are 
authorized to remain available through fiscal year 2029. 
TITLE II—OTHER REPORTS, DE-
VELOPMENT OF STANDARDS, 
AND 
INFORMATION 
CLEAR-
INGHOUSE 
SEC. 70201. COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of the enactment of this division, the Comptroller 
General of the United States shall submit to the appro-
priate congressional committees a report on the projects 
carried out with covered funds. 
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(b) ELEMENTS.—The report under subsection (a) 
shall include an assessment of— 
(1) State activities, including— 
(A) the types of public school facilities 
data collected by each State, if any; 
(B) technical assistance with respect to 
public school facilities provided by each State, if 
any; 
(C) future plans of each State with respect 
to public school facilities; 
(D) criteria used by each State to deter-
mine high-need students and facilities for pur-
poses of the projects carried out with covered 
funds; and 
(E) whether the State issued new regula-
tions to ensure the health and safety of stu-
dents and staff during construction or renova-
tion projects or to ensure safe, healthy, and 
high-performing school buildings; 
(2) the types of projects carried out with cov-
ered funds, including— 
(A) the square footage of the improve-
ments made with covered funds; 
(B) the total cost of each such project; and 
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(C) the cost described in subparagraph 
(B), disaggregated by, with respect to such 
project, the cost of planning, design, construc-
tion, site purchase, and improvements; 
(3) the geographic distribution of the projects; 
(4) the demographic composition of the student 
population served by the projects, disaggregated 
by— 
(A) race; 
(B) the number and percentage of students 
counted under section 1124(c) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 6333(c)); and 
(C) the number and percentage of students 
who are eligible for a free or reduced price 
lunch under the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); 
(5) an assessment of the impact of the projects 
on the health and safety of school staff and stu-
dents; and 
(6) how the Secretary or States could make 
covered funds more accessible— 
(A) to schools with the highest numbers 
and percentages of students counted under sec-
tion 1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary 
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Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6333(c)); 
and 
(B) to schools with fiscal challenges in 
raising 
capital 
for 
school 
infrastructure 
projects. 
(c) UPDATES.—The Comptroller General shall up-
date and resubmit the report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees— 
(1) on a date that is between 5 and 6 years 
after the date of the enactment of this division; and 
(2) on a date that is between 10 and 11 years 
after such date of enactment. 
SEC. 70202. STUDY AND REPORT PHYSICAL CONDITION OF 
PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 
(a) STUDY AND REPORT.—Not less frequently than 
once in each 5-year period beginning after the date of the 
enactment of this division, the Secretary, acting through 
the Director of the Institute of Education Sciences, 
shall— 
(1) carry out a comprehensive study of the 
physical conditions of all public schools in the 50 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands; and 
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(2) submit a report to the appropriate congres-
sional committees that includes the results of the 
study. 
(b) ELEMENTS.—Each study and report under sub-
section (a) shall include— 
(1) an assessment of— 
(A) the effect of school facility conditions 
on student and staff health and safety; 
(B) the effect of school facility conditions 
on student academic outcomes; 
(C) the condition of school facilities, set 
forth separately by geographic region; 
(D) the condition of school facilities for 
economically disadvantaged students as well as 
students from major racial and ethnic sub-
groups; 
(E) the accessibility of school facilities for 
students and staff with disabilities; 
(F) the prevalence of school facilities at 
which student enrollment exceeds the physical 
and instructional capacity of the facility and the 
effect of such excess enrollment on instructional 
quality and delivery of school wraparound serv-
ices; 
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