Act, referred to as the ‘‘Longshore COVID–19 
Fund’’). 
(2) FUNDS.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available, there are authorized to be appropriated, 
and there are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as 
may be necessary to the Longshore COVID–19 
Fund for each reimbursement paid out of such Fund 
under this section. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 60 days after the end 
of each of fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 2023, the Sec-
retary of Labor shall submit to the Committee on Edu-
cation and Labor of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of 
the Senate, an annual report enumerating— 
(1) the number of claims filed pursuant to sec-
tion 2(a); 
(2) of such filed claims— 
(A) the number and types of claims under 
the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensa-
tion Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) with respect to 
which the presumption under section 2(a) is 
made; 
(B) the number and types of such claims 
denied; and 
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(C) the number and types of such claims 
pending; and 
(3) the total number of claims for reimburse-
ment and the total amounts paid for such reim-
bursement from the Longshore COVID–19 Fund 
under subsection (c)(1) for the fiscal year for which 
the report is being submitted. 
(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary of Labor may 
promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry 
out this Act. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) COVERED
EXPOSURE
PERIOD.—The term 
‘‘covered exposure period’’ with respect to the date 
of a diagnosis described in section 2(b)(1)(A), means 
the period of days— 
(A) ending on the date of such diagnosis; 
and 
(B) equal to the maximum number of days 
that the Secretary of Labor, with the concur-
rence of the Director of the National Institute 
of Occupational Safety and Health, determines 
could occur between an exposure to the novel 
coronavirus and a diagnosis of COVID–19 re-
sulting from such exposure. 
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(2) LHWCA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘carrier’’, 
‘‘compensation’’, ‘‘employee’’, and ‘‘employer’’ have 
the meanings given the terms in section 2 of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act 
(33 U.S.C. 902). 
(3) NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS.—The term ‘‘novel 
coronavirus’’ means SARS–CoV–2, a variant of 
SARS–CoV–2, or any other coronavirus declared to 
be a pandemic by public health authorities. 
SEC. 4. LONGSHORE COVID–19 FUND. 
The Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation 
Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.) is amended by adding after 
section 44 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 45. LONGSHORE COVID–19 FUND. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
Treasury of the United States the Longshore COVID–19 
Fund (in this section, referred to as the ‘Fund’), which 
consists of sums that are appropriated to the Fund under 
section 3(c) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 
COVID–19 Compensation Act of 2021. 
‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES.—Amounts in the Fund shall be 
available for the reimbursement of an employer or the em-
ployer’s carrier for compensation payments and expenses 
approved under section 3 of the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers’ COVID–19 Compensation Act of 2021, includ-
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ing disability compensation, death benefits, funeral and 
burial expenses, medical or other related costs for treat-
ment and care, and reasonable and necessary allocated 
claims expenses paid under this Act when reimbursement 
is required under section 3 of the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers’ COVID–19 Compensation Act of 2021, subject 
to any limitations in such section.’’. 
Æ 
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