283 
(C) DEADLINE FOR IMMEDIATE PAYROLL 
ASSISTANCE.—Not later than 10 days after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall make initial payments to air carriers and 
contractors that submit requests for financial 
assistance approved by the Secretary. 
(4) TAXPAYER
PROTECTION.—The Secretary 
shall receive financial instruments issued by recipi-
ents of financial assistance under this section in the 
same form and amount, and under the same terms 
and conditions, as determined by the Secretary 
under section 408 of subtitle A of title IV of division 
N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 
(Pub. L. No. 116-260). 
(5) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Of 
the 
amounts made available under paragraph (1)(A), 
$10,000,000 shall be made available to the Sec-
retary for costs and administrative expenses associ-
ated with providing financial assistance under this 
section. 
(c) FUNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$15,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
carry out this section. 
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TITLE V—COMMITTEE ON 
OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
Subtitle A—Coronavirus State and 
Local Fiscal Recovery Funds 
SEC. 5001. CORONAVIRUS STATE AND LOCAL FISCAL RE-
COVERY FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title VI of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘SEC. 602. CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RECOVERY FUND. 
‘‘(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $219,800,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for making payments under this section to States, 
territories, and Tribal governments to mitigate the fiscal 
effects stemming from the public health emergency with 
respect to the Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19). 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) PAYMENTS TO TERRITORIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
reserve $4,500,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a) to make payments 
to the territories. 
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‘‘(B) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount re-
served under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) 50 percent of such amount shall 
be allocated by the Secretary equally 
among each territory; and 
‘‘(ii) 50 percent of such amount shall 
be allocated by the Secretary as an addi-
tional amount to each territory in an 
amount which bears the same proportion 
to 1⁄2 of the total amount reserved under 
subparagraph (A) as the relative popu-
lation of the territory bears to the total 
population of all such territories. 
‘‘(C) PAYMENT.—The Secretary shall pay 
each territory the total of the amounts allocated 
for the territory under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(2) PAYMENTS TO TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
reserve $20,000,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a) to make payments 
to Tribal governments. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount re-
served under subparagraph (A)— 
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‘‘(i) $1,000,000,000 shall be allocated 
by the Secretary equally among each Trib-
al government; and 
‘‘(ii) $19,000,000,000 shall be allo-
cated by the Secretary among each Tribal 
government in an amount determined by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) PAYMENT.— The Secretary shall pay 
each Tribal government the total of the 
amounts allocated for the Tribal government 
under subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(3) PAYMENTS TO EACH OF THE 50 STATES 
AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
reserve $195,300,000,000 of the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a) to make payments 
to each of the 50 States and the District of Co-
lumbia. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATIONS.—Of the amount re-
served under subparagraph (A)— 
‘‘(i) $25,500,000,000 of such amount 
shall be allocated by the Secretary equally 
among each of the 50 States and the Dis-
trict of Columbia; 
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‘‘(ii) 
an 
amount 
equal 
to 
$1,250,000,000 less the amount allocated 
for the District of Columbia pursuant to 
section 601(c)(6) shall allocated by the 
Secretary as an additional amount to the 
District of Columbia; and 
‘‘(iii) an amount equal to the remain-
der of the amount reserved under subpara-
graph (A) after the application of clauses 
(i) and (ii) of this subparagraph shall be 
allocated by the Secretary as an additional 
amount to each of the 50 States and the 
District of Columbia in an amount which 
bears the same proportion to such remain-
der as the average estimated number of 
seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals 
(as measured by the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics Local Area Unemployment Statistics 
program) in the State or District of Co-
lumbia over the 3-month period ending in 
December 2020 bears to the average esti-
mated number of seasonally-adjusted un-
employed individuals in all of the 50 States 
and the District of Columbia over the same 
period. 
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‘‘(C) PAYMENT.—The Secretary shall pay 
each of the 50 States and the District of Co-
lumbia the total of the amounts allocated for 
the State and District of Columbia under sub-
paragraph (B). 
‘‘(4) POPULATION DATA.—For purposes of de-
termining allocations for a State or territory under 
this section, the population of the State or territory 
shall be determined based on the most recent data 
available from the Bureau of the Census. 
‘‘(5) TIMING.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), to the extent practicable, with re-
spect to each State, territory, and Tribal gov-
ernment allocated a payment under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall make the payment 
required for the State, territory, or Tribal gov-
ernment (as applicable) not later than 60 days 
after the date on which the certification re-
quired under subsection (d) is provided to the 
Secretary. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—With respect to the 
amount allocated to the District of Columbia 
under paragraph (3)(B)(ii)— 
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‘‘(i) the Secretary shall pay such 
amount to the District of Columbia not 
later than 15 days after the date of enact-
ment of this section; and 
‘‘(ii) the District of Columbia shall 
not be required to submit a certification 
under subsection (d) as a condition for re-
ceiving such payment. 
‘‘(6) PRO
RATA
ADJUSTMENT
AUTHORITY.— 
The amounts otherwise determined for allocation 
and payment under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata 
basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all avail-
able funds are distributed to territories, Tribal gov-
ernments, and States in accordance with the require-
ments specified in each paragraph (as applicable) 
and the certification requirement specified in sub-
section (d). 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) USE OF FUNDS.—A State, territory, or 
Tribal government shall only use the funds provided 
under a payment made under this section to— 
‘‘(A) respond to or mitigate the public 
health 
emergency 
with 
respect 
to 
the 
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) or its 
negative economic impacts; 
‘‘(B) cover costs incurred as a result of 
such emergency; 
‘‘(C) replace revenue that was lost, de-
layed, or decreased (as determined based on 
revenue projections for the State, Tribal Gov-
ernment, or territory as of January 27, 2020) 
as a result of such emergency; or 
‘‘(D) address the negative economic im-
pacts of such emergency. 
‘‘(2) TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.—A State, terri-
tory, or Tribal government receiving a payment from 
funds made available under this section may transfer 
funds to a private nonprofit organization (as that 
term is defined in paragraph (17) of section 401 of 
the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 11360(17)), a public benefit corporation in-
volved in the transportation of passengers or cargo, 
a special-purpose unit of State or local government, 
or a multi-State entity involved in the transportation 
of passengers or cargo. 
‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION
OF
NEED
AND
INTENDED 
USES.—In order to receive a payment under this section 
(other than the payment made in accordance with sub-
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section (b)(5)(B)), a State, territory, or Tribal govern-
ment shall provide the Secretary with a certification 
signed by the authorized officer of such State, territory, 
or Tribal government, that— 
‘‘(1) such State, territory, or Tribal government 
requires Federal assistance under this section to ef-
fectively carry out the activities specified in sub-
section (c); and 
‘‘(2) such State, territory, or Tribal govern-
ment’s intended uses of any payment under this sec-
tion are consistent with subsection (c). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(2) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the 50 States and the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(3) TERRITORY.—The term ‘territory’ means 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 
States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and American 
Samoa. 
‘‘(4) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘Tribal 
Government’ means the recognized governing body 
of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, 
pueblo, village, community, component band, or com-
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ponent reservation, individually identified (including 
parenthetically) in the list published most recently as 
of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to sec-
tion 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe 
List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). 
‘‘SEC. 603. CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RECOVERY FUND. 
‘‘(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $130,200,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for making payments under this section to metro-
politan cities, nonentitlement units of local government, 
and counties to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming from 
the public health emergency with respect to the 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19). 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) METROPOLITAN CITIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall reserve $45,570,000,000 to make pay-
ments to metropolitan cities. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION AND PAYMENT.—From 
the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary shall allocate and pay to each 
metropolitan city an amount determined for the 
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metropolitan city pursuant to the formula 
under section 106(b)(1) of the Housing and 
Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5306(b)(1)), except that, in applying 
such formula, the Secretary shall substitute ‘all 
metropolitan cities’ for ‘all metropolitan areas’ 
each place it appears. 
‘‘(2) NONENTITLEMENT UNITS OF LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall reserve $19,530,000,000 to make pay-
ments to States for distribution by the State to 
nonentitlement units of local government in the 
State. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION AND PAYMENT.—From 
the amount reserved under subparagraph (A), 
the Secretary shall allocate and pay to each 
State an amount which bears the same propor-
tion to such reserved amount as the total popu-
lation of all nonentitlement units of local gov-
ernment in the State bears to the total popu-
lation of all nonentitlement units of local gov-
ernment in all such States. 
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‘‘(C) DISTRIBUTION TO NONENTITLEMENT 
UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 
days after a State receives a payment 
under subparagraph (B), the State shall 
distribute to each nonentitlement unit of 
local government in the State an amount 
that bears the same proportion to the 
amount of such payment as the population 
of the nonentitlement unit of local govern-
ment bears to the total population of all 
the nonentitlement units of local govern-
ment in the State, subject to clause (iii). 
‘‘(ii) DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(I) EXTENSION FOR DISTRIBU-
TION.—If an authorized officer of a 
State required to make distributions 
under clause (i) certifies in writing to 
the Secretary before the end of the 
30-day distribution period described 
in such clause that it would constitute 
an excessive administrative burden for 
the State to meet the terms of such 
clause with respect to 1 or more such 
distributions, the authorized officer 
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may request, and the Secretary shall 
grant, an extension of such period of 
not more than 30 days to allow the 
State to make such distributions in 
accordance with clause (i). 
‘‘(II) 
ADDITIONAL
EXTEN-
SIONS.— 
‘‘(aa) IN
GENERAL.—If a 
State has been granted an exten-
sion to the distribution period 
under subclause (I) but is unable 
to make all the distributions re-
quired under clause (i) before the 
end of such period as extended, 
the authorized officer of the 
State may request an additional 
extension of the distribution pe-
riod of not more than 30 days. 
The Secretary may grant a re-
quest for an additional extension 
of such period only if— 
‘‘(AA) the authorized 
officer making such request 
provides a written plan to 
the Secretary specifying, for 
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each distribution for which 
an additional extension is re-
quested, when the State ex-
pects to make such distribu-
tion and the actions the 
State has taken and will 
take in order to make all 
such distributions before the 
end of the distribution pe-
riod (as extended under sub-
clause (I) and this sub-
clause); and 
‘‘(BB) 
the 
Secretary 
certifies in writing that the 
actions specified in such 
plan are likely sufficient for 
the State to make all such 
distributions before the end 
of the distribution period (as 
so extended). 
‘‘(bb) 
FURTHER
ADDI-
TIONAL EXTENSIONS.—If a State 
granted an additional extension 
of the distribution period under 
item (aa) requires any further 
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additional extensions of such pe-
riod, the request only may be 
made and granted subject to the 
requirements specified in item 
(aa). 
‘‘(iii) CAPPED
AMOUNT.—The total 
amount distributed to a nonentitlement 
unit of local government under this para-
graph may not exceed the amount equal to 
75 percent of the most recent budget for 
the nonentitlement unit of local govern-
ment as of January 27, 2020. 
‘‘(iv) REDISTRIBUTION
OF
EXCESS 
AMOUNTS.—Any amounts not distributed 
to a nonentitlement unit of local govern-
ment as a result of the application of 
clause (iii) shall be retained or paid as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(I) 50 percent of all such undis-
tributed amounts shall be retained by 
the State. 
‘‘(II) Subject to the payment 
limit under clause (iii), the remainder 
of all such undistributed amounts 
shall be allocated and paid by the 
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State to each nonentitlement unit of 
local government in the State an 
amount that bears the same propor-
tion to such remainder as the popu-
lation of the nonentitlement unit of 
local government bears to the total 
population of all nonentitlement units 
of local government in the State. 
‘‘(v) ADJUSTMENT
AUTHORITY.—A 
State may make pro rata adjustments to 
the allocations determined under clause 
(iv)(II) as necessary to comply with clause 
(iii) and ensure that all available funds are 
distributed to nonentitlement units of local 
government in a State. 
‘‘(D) PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—If, 
by the end of the 120-day period that begins on 
the date a State receives a payment under sub-
paragraph (B) or, if later, the last day of the 
distribution period for the State (as extended 
with respect to the State under subparagraph 
(C)(ii)), such State has failed to make all the 
distributions from such payment in accordance 
with the terms of subparagraph (C) (including 
any extensions of the distribution period grant-
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ed in accordance with such subparagraph), an 
amount equal to the amount of such payment 
that remains undistributed as of such date shall 
be booked as a debt of such State owed to the 
Federal Government, shall be paid back from 
the State’s allocation provided under section 
602(b)(3)(B)(iii), and shall be deposited into 
the general fund of the Treasury. 
‘‘(3) COUNTIES.— 
‘‘(A) AMOUNT.—From the amount appro-
priated under subsection (a), the Secretary 
shall reserve $65,100,000,000 of such amount 
to make payments directly to counties within 
the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 
States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
American Samoa in an amount which bears the 
same proportion to the total amount reserved 
under this paragraph as the relative population 
of each such county bears to the total popu-
lation of all such entities. 
‘‘(B) SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(i) URBAN
COUNTIES.—No county 
that is an ‘urban county’ (as defined in 
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section 102 of the Housing and Commu-
nity Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
5302)) shall receive less than the amount 
the county would otherwise receive if the 
amount paid under this paragraph were al-
located to metropolitan cities and urban 
counties under section 106(b) of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)). 
‘‘(ii) COUNTIES THAT ARE NOT UNITS 
OF
GENERAL
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT.—In 
the case of an amount to be paid to a 
county that is not a unit of general local 
government, the amount shall instead be 
paid to the State in which such county is 
located, and such State shall distribute 
such amount to units of general local gov-
ernment within such county in an amounts 
that bear the same proportion as the popu-
lation of such units of general local govern-
ment bear to the total population of such 
county. 
‘‘(iii) DISTRICT
OF
COLUMBIA.—For 
purposes of this paragraph, the District of 
Columbia shall be considered to consist of 
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a single county that is a unit of general 
local government. 
‘‘(4) CONSOLIDATED
GOVERNMENTS.—A unit 
of general local government that has formed a con-
solidated government, or that is geographically con-
tained (in full or in part) within the boundaries of 
another unit of general local government may receive 
a distribution under each of paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3), as applicable, based on the respective formulas 
specified in such paragraphs. 
‘‘(5) PRO
RATA
ADJUSTMENT
AUTHORITY.— 
The amounts otherwise determined for allocation 
and payment under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) 
may be adjusted by the Secretary on a pro rata 
basis to the extent necessary to ensure that all avail-
able funds are distributed to metropolitan cities, 
counties, and States in accordance with the require-
ments specified in each paragraph (as applicable) 
and the certification requirement specified in sub-
section (d). 
‘‘(6) POPULATION.—For purposes of deter-
mining allocations under this section, the population 
of an entity shall be determined based on the most 
recent data are available from the Bureau of the 
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Census or, if not available, from such other data as 
a State determines appropriate. 
‘‘(7) TIMING.—To the extent practicable— 
‘‘(A) with respect to each metropolitan city 
allocated a payment under paragraph (1) and 
each county allocated a payment under para-
graph (3), the Secretary shall make the pay-
ment required for the metropolitan city or coun-
ty (as applicable) not later than 60 days after 
the date on which the certification required 
under subsection (d) is provided to the Sec-
retary; and 
‘‘(B) with respect to the payments allo-
cated to States under paragraph (2) for dis-
tribution to nonentitlement units of local gov-
ernment, the Secretary shall make such pay-
ments not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this section. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) USE
OF
FUNDS.—A metropolitan city, 
nonentitlement unit of local government, or county 
receiving a payment from funds made available 
under this section shall only use such amounts to— 
‘‘(A) respond to or mitigate the public 
health 
emergency 
with 
respect 
to 
the 
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Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) or its 
negative economic impacts; 
‘‘(B) cover costs incurred as a result of 
such emergency; 
‘‘(C) replace revenue that was lost, de-
layed, or decreased (as determined based on 
revenue projections for the metropolitan city, 
nonentitlement unit of local government, or 
county as of January 27, 2020) as a result of 
such emergency; or 
‘‘(D) address the negative economic im-
pacts of such emergency. 
‘‘(2) TRANSFER
AUTHORITY.—A metropolitan 
city, nonentitlement unit of local government, or 
county receiving a payment from funds made avail-
able under this section may transfer funds to a pri-
vate nonprofit organization (as that term is defined 
in paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney- 
Vento 
Homeless 
Assistance 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
11360(17)), a public benefit corporation involved in 
the transportation of passengers or cargo, a special- 
purpose unit of State or local government, or a 
multi-State entity involved in the transportation of 
passengers or cargo. 
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‘‘(d) CERTIFICATION
OF
NEED
AND
INTENDED 
USES.—In order to receive a payment under paragraphs 
(1) or (3) of subsection (b), a metropolitan city or a coun-
ty (as each of those terms are defined in subsection (e), 
shall provide the Secretary with a certification signed by 
the authorized officer of such metropolitan city or county, 
that— 
‘‘(1) such metropolitan city or county requires 
Federal assistance under this section to effectively 
carry out the activities specified in subsection (c); 
and 
‘‘(2) such metropolitan city or county’s intended 
uses of any payment under this section are con-
sistent with subsection (c). 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) COUNTY.—The term ‘county’ means a 
county, parish, or other equivalent county division 
(as defined by the Bureau of the Census). 
‘‘(2) METROPOLITAN CITY.—The term ‘metro-
politan city’ has the meaning given that term in sec-
tion 102(a)(4) of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)) and 
includes cities that relinquish or defer their status as 
a metropolitan city for purposes of receiving alloca-
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tions under section 106 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5306) for fiscal year 2021. 
‘‘(3) NONENTITLEMENT UNIT OF LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT.—The term ‘nonentitlement unit of local 
government’ means a unit of general local govern-
ment, other than a county, that is located in a non-
entitlement area (as defined in section 102 of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5302)) of a State (as that term is de-
fined in such section 102). 
‘‘(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 102(a)(2) of the 
Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 
(42 U.S.C. 5302 (a)(2). 
‘‘(6) UNIT
OF
GENERAL
LOCAL
GOVERN-
MENT.—The term ‘unit of general local government’ 
has the meaning given that term in section 
102(a)(1) of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(1)).’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—The heading for title 
VI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.) is 
amended by striking ‘‘FUND’’ and inserting ‘‘AND 
FISCAL RECOVERY FUNDS’’. 
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Subtitle B—Other Matters 
SEC. 5111. EMERGENCY FEDERAL EMPLOYEE LEAVE FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT; APPROPRIATION.—There is es-
tablished in the Treasury the Emergency Federal Em-
ployee Leave Fund (in this section referred to as the 
‘‘Fund’’), to be administered by the Director of the Office 
of Personnel Management, for the purposes set forth in 
subsection (b). In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$570,000,000, to be deposited into the Fund. 
(b) PURPOSE.—Amounts in the Fund shall be avail-
able for payment to an agency for the use of paid leave 
by any employee of the agency who is unable to work be-
cause the employee— 
(1) is subject to a Federal, State, or local quar-
antine or isolation order related to COVID–19; 
(2) has been advised by a health care provider 
to self-quarantine due to concerns related to 
COVID–19; 
(3) is caring for an individual who is subject to 
such an order or has been so advised; 
(4) is experiencing symptoms of COVID–19 
and seeking a medical diagnosis; 
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(5) is caring for a son or daughter of such em-
ployee if the school or place of care of the son or 
daughter has been closed, if the school of such son 
or daughter requires or makes optional a virtual 
learning instruction model or requires or makes op-
tional a hybrid of in-person and virtual learning in-
struction models, or the child care provider of such 
son or daughter is unavailable, due to COVID–19 
precautions; 
(6) is experiencing any other substantially simi-
lar condition; 
(7) is caring for a family member with a mental 
or physical disability or who is 55 years of age or 
older and incapable of self-care, without regard to 
whether another individual other than the employee 
is available to care for such family member, if the 
place of care for such family member is closed or the 
direct care provider is unavailable due to COVID– 
19; or 
(8) is obtaining immunization related to 
COVID–19 or to recover from any injury, disability, 
illness, or condition related to such immunization. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) PERIOD
OF
AVAILABILITY.—Paid leave 
under this section may only be provided to and used 
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by an employee during the period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act and ending on Sep-
tember 30, 2021. 
(2) TOTAL HOURS; AMOUNT.—Paid leave under 
this section— 
(A) may be provided to an employee in an 
amount not to exceed 600 hours of paid leave 
for each full-time employee, and in the case of 
a part-time employee, employee on an uncom-
mon tour of duty, or employee with a seasonal 
work schedule, in an amount not to exceed the 
proportional equivalent of 600 hours as estab-
lished by the applicable agency; and 
(B) may not be provided to an employee — 
(i) at a rate that exceeds $35 for each 
hour of leave taken; and 
(ii) in an amount greater than $1,400 
in aggregate for any week. 
(3) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
LEAVE.—Paid 
leave under this section— 
(A) is in addition to any other leave pro-
vided to an employee; and 
(B) may not be used by an employee con-
currently with any other paid leave. 
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(4) CALCULATION
OF
ANNUITY.—Any paid 
leave provided to an employee under this section 
shall not count for purposes of determining the an-
nuity of the employee, including an annuity under 
chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States Code. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ means— 
(A) any agency or instrumentality of the 
executive branch of Government; 
(B) the United States Postal Service and 
the Postal Regulatory Commission; and 
(C) the Public Defender Service for the 
District of Columbia and the District of Colum-
bia Courts; and 
(2) the term ‘‘employee’’ does not include any 
member of the Armed Forces. 
(e) 
CLARIFICATION.—Notwithstanding 
section 
7425(b) of title 38, United States Code, the term ‘‘agen-
cy’’ in subsection (d)(1) includes the Veterans Health Ad-
ministration. 
SEC. 5112. FUNDING FOR THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNT-
ABILITY OFFICE. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $77,000,000, to 
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remain available until September 30, 2025, for necessary 
expenses of the Government Accountability Office to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to Coronavirus and to sup-
port oversight of the Coronavirus response and of funds 
provided in this Act or any other Act pertaining to the 
Coronavirus pandemic. 
SEC. 5113. PANDEMIC RESPONSE ACCOUNTABILITY COM-
MITTEE FUNDING AVAILABILITY. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $40,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2025, for the Pan-
demic Response Accountability Committee to promote 
transparency and support oversight of the Coronavirus re-
sponse and of funds provided in this Act or any other Act 
pertaining to the Coronavirus pandemic. 
TITLE VI—COMMITTEE ON 
SMALL BUSINESS 
SEC. 6001. MODIFICATIONS TO PAYCHECK PROTECTION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN NONPROFIT ENTITIES 
FOR COVERED LOANS UNDER THE PAYCHECK PROTEC-
TION PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 7(a)(36) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)), as 
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amended by the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small 
Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of 
division N of Public Law 116–260), is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (xv), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in clause (xvi), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(xvii) the term ‘additional covered 
nonprofit entity’— 
‘‘(I) means an organization de-
scribed in any paragraph of section 
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986, other than paragraph (3), 
(4), (6), or (19), and exempt from tax 
under section 501(a) of such Code; 
and 
‘‘(II) does not include any entity 
that, if the entity were a business con-
cern, would be described in section 
120.110 of title 13, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or in any successor regu-
lation or other related guidance or 
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rule that may be issued by the Admin-
istrator) other than a business con-
cern described in paragraph (a) or (k) 
of such section.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (D)— 
(i) in clause (iii), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(III) ELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN 
ORGANIZATIONS.—Subject to the pro-
visions in this subparagraph, during 
the covered period— 
‘‘(aa) a nonprofit organiza-
tion shall be eligible to receive a 
covered loan if the nonprofit or-
ganization employs not more 
than 500 employees per physical 
location of the organization; and 
‘‘(bb) an additional covered 
nonprofit entity and an organiza-
tion that, but for subclauses 
(I)(dd) and (II)(dd) of clause 
(vii), would be eligible for a cov-
ered loan under clause (vii) shall 
be eligible to receive a covered 
loan if the entity or organization 
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employs not more than 300 em-
ployees per physical location of 
the entity or organization.’’; 
(ii) in clause (iv)— 
(I) in subclause (III), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(II) in subclause (IV)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘(aa)’’; 
(bb) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon; and 
(cc) by striking item (bb); 
and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(V) any nonprofit organization, 
additional covered nonprofit entity, or 
any organization made eligible for a 
loan under clause (vii); and’’; and 
(iii) by striking clause (vi) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(vi) ELIGIBILITY
OF
ADDITIONAL 
COVERED NONPROFIT ENTITIES.—An addi-
tional covered nonprofit entity shall be eli-
gible to receive a covered loan if— 
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‘‘(I) the additional covered non-
profit entity does not receive more 
than 15 percent of its receipts from 
lobbying activities; 
‘‘(II) the lobbying activities of 
the additional covered nonprofit entity 
do not comprise more than 15 percent 
of the total activities of the organiza-
tion; 
‘‘(III) the cost of the lobbying ac-
tivities of the additional covered non-
profit 
entity 
did 
not 
exceed 
$1,000,000 during the most recent 
tax year of the additional covered non-
profit entity that ended prior to Feb-
ruary 15, 2020; and 
‘‘(IV) the additional covered non-
profit entity employs not more than 
300 employees.’’. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR SECOND DRAW LOANS.— 
Paragraph (37)(A)(i) of section 7(a) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), as added by the 
Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Non-
profits, and Venues Act (title III of division N of 
Public Law 116–260), is amended by inserting ‘‘ ‘ad-
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ditional covered nonprofit entity’,’’ after ‘‘the 
terms’’. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY OF INTERNET PUBLISHING ORGANI-
ZATIONS FOR COVERED LOANS UNDER THE PAYCHECK 
PROTECTION PROGRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)), as 
amended by subsection (a), is further amended— 
(A) in clause (iii), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(IV) ELIGIBILITY OF INTERNET 
PUBLISHING
ORGANIZATIONS.—A 
business concern or other organization 
that was not eligible to receive a cov-
ered loan the day before the date of 
enactment of this subclause, is as-
signed a North American Industry 
Classification System code of 519130, 
certifies in good faith as an Internet- 
only news publisher or Internet-only 
periodical publisher, and is engaged in 
the collection and distribution of local 
or regional and national news and in-
formation shall be eligible to receive a 
covered loan for the continued provi-
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sion of news, information, content, or 
emergency information if— 
‘‘(aa) the business concern 
or organization employs not more 
than 500 employees, or the size 
standard established by the Ad-
ministrator for that North Amer-
ican Industry Classification code, 
per physical location of the busi-
ness concern or organization; and 
‘‘(bb) the business concern 
or organization makes a good 
faith certification that proceeds 
of the loan will be used to sup-
port expenses at the component 
of the business concern or orga-
nization that supports local or re-
gional news.’’; 
(B) in clause (iv), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(VI) any business concern or 
other organization that was not eligi-
ble to receive a covered loan the day 
before the date of enactment of this 
subclause, is assigned a North Amer-
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ican Industry Classification System 
code of 519130, certifies in good faith 
as an Internet-only news publisher or 
Internet-only periodical publisher, and 
is engaged in the collection and dis-
tribution of local or regional and na-
tional news and information, if the 
business concern or organization— 
‘‘(aa) 
employs 
not 
more 
than 500 employees, or the size 
standard established by the Ad-
ministrator for that North Amer-
ican Industry Classification code, 
per physical location of the busi-
ness concern or organization; and 
‘‘(bb) is majority owned or 
controlled by a business concern 
or organization that is assigned a 
North American Industry Classi-
fication 
System 
code 
of 
519130.’’; 
(C) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘clause 
(iii)(II), (iv)(IV), or (vii)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
clause (II), (III), or (IV) of clause (iii), sub-
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clause (IV) or (VI) of clause (iv), clause (vi), or 
clause (vii)’’; and 
(D) in clause (viii)(II)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘business concern made 
eligible by clause (iii)(II) or clause (iv)(IV) 
of this subparagraph’’ and inserting ‘‘busi-
ness concern made eligible by subclause 
(II) or (IV) of clause (iii) or subclause (IV) 
or (VI) of clause (iv) of this subpara-
graph’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or organization’’ 
after ‘‘business concern’’ each place it ap-
pears. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR SECOND DRAW LOANS.— 
Section 7(a)(37)(A)(iv)(II) of the Small Business 
Act, as amended by the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit 
Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title 
III of division N of Public Law 116–260), is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘clause (iii)(II), (iv)(IV), or (vii)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subclause (II) or (III) of clause (iii), sub-
clause (IV) or (V) of clause (iv), clause (vi), or 
clause (vii)’’. 
(c) COORDINATION WITH CONTINUATION COVERAGE 
PREMIUM ASSISTANCE.— 
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(1) PAYCHECK
PROTECTION
PROGRAM.—Sec-
tion 7A(a)(12) of the Small Business Act (as redes-
ignated, transferred, and amended by section 304(b) 
of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, 
Nonprofits, and Venues Act (Public Law 116–260)) 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘CARES Act or’’ and in-
serting ‘‘CARES Act,’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the period at the 
end the following: ‘‘, or premiums taken into 
account in determining the credit allowed under 
section 6432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986’’. 
(2) PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM SECOND 
DRAW.—Section 7(a)(37)(J)(iii)(I) of the Small 
Business Act, as amended by the Economic Aid to 
Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues 
Act (title III of division N of Public Law 116–260), 
is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of item 
(aa); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
item (bb) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
item: 
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‘‘(cc) premiums taken into 
account in determining the credit 
allowed under section 6432 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 
(3) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply only with respect to 
applications for forgiveness of covered loans made 
under paragraphs (36) or (37) of section 7(a) of the 
Small Business Act, as amended by the Economic 
Aid to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and 
Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 
116–260), that are received on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(d) COMMITMENT
AUTHORITY
AND
APPROPRIA-
TIONS.— 
(1) 
COMMITMENT
AUTHORITY.—Section 
1102(b)(1) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136) is amended by striking ‘‘$806,450,000,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$813,700,000,000’’. 
(2) DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to 
the Administrator of the Small Business Administra-
tion for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the 
Treasury 
not 
otherwise 
appropriated, 
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$7,250,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for carrying out this section. 
SEC. 6002. TARGETED EIDL ADVANCE. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 
(1) the term ‘‘Administrator’’ means the Ad-
ministrator of the Small Business Administration; 
(2) the terms ‘‘covered entity’’ and ‘‘economic 
loss’’ have the meanings given the terms in section 
331(a) of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small 
Businesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of 
division N of Public Law 116–260); 
(3) the term ‘‘severely impacted small business’’ 
means a covered entity that— 
(A) has suffered an economic loss of great-
er than 50 percent; and 
(B) employs not more than 10 employees; 
(4) the term ‘‘substantially impacted small busi-
ness’’ means a covered entity that— 
(A) employs not more than 10 employees; 
and 
(B) is not a severely impacted small busi-
ness; and 
(5) the term ‘‘supplemental payment’’ means a 
payment— 
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(A) made by the Administrator under sec-
tion 1110(e) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
9009(e)) to a severely impacted small business 
or a substantially impacted small business; 
(B) in an amount that is $5,000; and 
(C) that, with respect to a covered entity, 
is in addition to any payment made to the cov-
ered entity under section 1110(e) of the 
CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9009(e)) or section 331 
of the Economic Aid to Hard-Hit Small Busi-
nesses, Nonprofits, and Venues Act (title III of 
division N of Public Law 116–260). 
(b) PAYMENTS.—The Administrator shall take the 
following actions: 
(1) Not later than 14 days after the date of the 
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall 
begin processing applications for payments, and may 
make payments, to covered entities that have not re-
ceived the full amounts to which the covered entities 
are entitled under section 331 of the Economic Aid 
to Hard-Hit Small Businesses, Nonprofits, and 
Venues Act (title III of division N of Public Law 
116–260). 
(2)(A) During the 14-day period beginning on 
the date that is 28 days after the date of enactment 
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of this subsection, and subject to the availability of 
funds, the Administrator shall— 
(i) begin processing applications for sup-
plemental payments to severely impacted small 
businesses; and 
(ii) continue to process applications for the 
payments described in paragraph (1). 
(B) During the period described in subpara-
graph (A), the Administrator may make supple-
mental payments to severely impacted small busi-
nesses, and payments described in paragraph (1), in 
the order that the Administrator receives applica-
tions for those payments. 
(3)(A) Beginning on the date that is 42 days 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, and 
subject to the availability of funds, the Adminis-
trator shall— 
(i) begin processing applications for sup-
plemental payments to substantially impacted 
small businesses; and 
(ii) continue to process applications for the 
supplemental payments described in paragraph 
(2) and payments described in paragraph (1). 
(B) During the period described in subpara-
graph (A), the Administrator may make supple-
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mental payments to substantially impacted small 
businesses, supplemental payments described in 
paragraph (2), and payments described in paragraph 
(1), in the order that the Administrator receives ap-
plications for those payments. 
(c) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Administrator 
for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, $15,000,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for carrying out this section. 
SEC. 6003. SUPPORT FOR RESTAURANTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis-
trator’’ means the Administrator of the Small Busi-
ness Administration. 
(2) AFFILIATED BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘affili-
ated business’’ means a business in which an eligible 
entity has an equity or right to profit distributions 
of not less than 50 percent, or in which an eligible 
entity has the contractual authority to control the 
direction of the business, provided that such affili-
ation shall be determined as of any arrangements or 
agreements in existence as of March 13, 2020. 
(3) COVERED PERIOD.—The term ‘‘covered pe-
riod’’ means the period— 
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(A) beginning on February 15, 2020; and 
(B) ending on December 31, 2021, or a 
date to be determined by the Administrator 
that is not later than 2 years after the date of 
enactment of this section. 
(4) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible enti-
ty’’— 
(A) means a restaurant, food stand, food 
truck, food cart, caterer, saloon, inn, tavern, 
bar, lounge, brewpub, tasting room, taproom, li-
censed facility or premise of a beverage alcohol 
producer where the public may taste, sample, or 
purchase products, or other similar place of 
business in which the public or patrons assem-
ble for the primary purpose of being served food 
or drink; 
(B) includes an entity described in sub-
paragraph (A) that is located in an airport ter-
minal or that is a Tribally-owned concern; and 
(C) does not include— 
(i) an entity described in subpara-
graph (A) that— 
(I) is a State or local govern-
ment-operated business; 
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submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs of the Sen-
ate and House of Representatives a report containing the 
following information about veterans who participate in 
the retraining assistance program under this section: 
(1) The percentage of such veterans who found 
employment before the end of the second calendar 
quarter after exiting the program. 
(2) The percentage of such veterans who found 
employment before the end of the fourth calendar 
quarter after exiting the program. 
(3) The median earnings of all such veterans 
for the second quarter after exiting the program. 
(4) The percentage of such veterans who attain 
a recognized postsecondary credential during the 12- 
month period after exiting the program. 
(j) LIMITATION.—Not more than 17,250 eligible vet-
erans may receive retraining assistance under this section. 
(k) TERMINATION.—No retraining assistance may be 
paid under this section after the date that is 21 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(l) COMPTROLLER GENERAL REPORT.—Not later 
than 180 days after the termination of the retraining as-
sistance program under subsection (k), the Comptroller 
General shall submit to the Committees on Veterans’ Af-
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