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Provided further, That projects funded under paragraph (8) of this 
heading shall be for not less than 90 percent of the net total 
project cost: Provided further, That amounts made available by 
this heading shall be derived from the general fund: Provided 
further, That the amounts made available under this heading shall 
not be subject to any limitation on obligations for transit programs 
set forth in any Act. 
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING 
For necessary expenses to carry out section 5314 of title 49, 
United States Code, $7,500,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022: Provided, That the assistance provided under 
this heading does not duplicate the activities of section 5311(b) 
or section 5312 of title 49, United States Code. 
CAPITAL INVESTMENT GRANTS 
For necessary expenses to carry out fixed guideway capital 
investment grants under section 5309 of title 49, United States 
Code, and section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transpor-
tation Act (Public Law 114–94), $2,014,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024: Provided, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading, $1,169,000,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 5309(d) of title 49, United States 
Code, $525,000,000 shall be available for projects authorized under 
section 5309(e) of title 49, United States Code, $200,000,000 shall 
be available for projects authorized under section 5309(h) of title 
49, United States Code, and $100,000,000 shall be available for 
projects authorized under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall continue to administer the capital investment grants program 
in accordance with the procedural and substantive requirements 
of section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, and of section 
3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act: Pro-
vided further, That projects that receive a grant agreement under 
the Expedited Project Delivery for Capital Investment Grants Pilot 
Program under section 3005(b) of the Fixing America’s Surface 
Transportation Act shall be deemed eligible for funding provided 
for projects under section 5309 of title 49, United States Code, 
without further evaluation or rating under such section: Provided 
further, That such funding shall not exceed the Federal share 
under section 3005(b): Provided Further, That funds allocated 
pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 5309 to any project during fiscal years 
2015 or 2017 shall remain allocated to that project until December 
31, 2021. 
GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT 
AUTHORITY 
For grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit 
Authority as authorized under section 601 of division B of the 
Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public 
Law 110–432), $150,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall approve grants 
for capital and preventive maintenance expenditures for the Wash-
ington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority only after receiving 
and reviewing a request for each specific project: Provided further,
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That the Secretary shall determine that the Washington Metropoli-
tan Area Transit Authority has placed the highest priority on 
those investments that will improve the safety of the system before 
approving such grants: Provided further, That the Secretary, in 
order to ensure safety throughout the rail system, may waive the 
requirements of section 601(e)(1) of division B of the Passenger 
Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 
432). 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 160. The limitations on obligations for the programs of 
the Federal Transit Administration shall not apply to any authority 
under 49 U.S.C. 5338, previously made available for obligation, 
or to any other authority previously made available for obligation. 
SEC. 161. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
appropriated or limited by this Act under the heading ‘‘Capital 
Investment Grants’’ of the Federal Transit Administration for 
projects specified in this Act or identified in the explanatory state-
ment described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A 
of this consolidated Act) not obligated by September 30, 2024, 
and other recoveries, shall be directed to projects eligible to use 
the funds for the purposes for which they were originally provided. 
SEC. 162. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds appropriated before October 1, 2020, under any section of 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, that remain available 
for expenditure, may be transferred to and administered under 
the most recent appropriation heading for any such section. 
SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
any other Act shall be used to adjust apportionments or withhold 
funds from apportionments pursuant to section 9503(e)(4) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 9503(e)(4)). 
SEC. 164. An eligible recipient of a grant under section 5339(c) 
may submit an application in partnership with other entities, 
including a transit vehicle manufacturer, that intend to participate 
in the implementation of a project under section 5339(c) of title 
49, United States Code, and a project awarded with such partner-
ship shall be treated as satisfying the requirement for a competitive 
procurement under section 5325(a) of title 49, United States Code, 
for the named entity. 
SEC. 165. None of the funds made available by this Act or 
any other Act shall be used to impede or hinder project advancement 
or approval for any project seeking a Federal contribution from 
the capital investment grant program of greater than 40 percent 
of project costs as authorized under section 5309 of title 49, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 166. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Department of Transportation to implement any 
policy that requires a capital investment grant project to receive 
a medium or higher project rating before taking actions to finalize 
an environmental impact statement. 
SEC. 167. Of the unobligated amounts made available for prior 
fiscal years to Formula Grants in Treasury Account 69–X–1129, 
a total of $1,606,849 are hereby permanently rescinded: Provided,
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That no amounts may be rescinded from amounts that were des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency or disaster relief require-
ment pursuant to a concurrent resolution on the budget or the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 168. Of the unobligated amounts made available for the 
Job Access and Reverse Commute program, as authorized by Public 
Law 105–178, as amended, a total of $320,230 are hereby perma-
nently rescinded. 
SEC. 169. Of the unobligated amounts made available for 
Research, Training, and Human Resources, as authorized by Public 
Law 95–599, as amended, a total of $31,634 are hereby permanently 
rescinded. 
SEC. 169A. Any unexpended balances from amounts previously 
appropriated for low or no emission vehicle component assessment 
under 49 U.S.C. 5312(h) under the headings ‘‘Transit Formula 
Grants’’ and ‘‘Transit Infrastructure Grants’’ in fiscal years 2016 
through 2020 may be used by the facilities selected for such vehicle 
component assessment for capital projects in order to build new 
infrastructure and enhance existing facilities in order to expand 
bus and component testing capability, in accordance with the 
industry stakeholder testing objectives and capabilities as outlined 
through the work of the Federal Transit Administration Transit 
Vehicle Innovation and Deployment Centers program and included 
in the Center for Transportation and the Environment report sub-
mitted to the Federal Transit Administration for review. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is 
hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits 
of funds and borrowing authority available to the Corporation, 
and in accord with law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by 
section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary 
in carrying out the programs set forth in the Corporation’s budget 
for the current fiscal year. 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, maintenance, 
and capital infrastructure activities on portions of the Saint Law-
rence Seaway owned, operated, and maintained by the Saint Law-
rence Seaway Development Corporation, $38,000,000, to be derived 
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, pursuant to section 
210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 (33 U.S.C. 
2238): Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, not less than $14,500,000 shall be for the seaway infra-
structure program. 
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag 
merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United 
States, $314,007,780, to remain available until expended, of which
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$7,780 shall be derived from unobligated balances from prior year 
appropriations available under this heading. 
CABLE SECURITY FLEET 
For the Cable Security Fleet program, as authorized by chapter 
532 of title 46, United States Code, $10,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities 
authorized by law, $155,616,000: Provided, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading— 
(1) $80,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, shall be for the operations of the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy; 
(2) $5,944,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for facilities maintenance and repair, and equipment, at 
the United States Merchant Marine Academy; 
(3) $3,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, shall be for the Maritime Environmental and Technical 
Assistance program authorized under section 50307 of title 
46, United States Code; and 
(4) $10,819,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for the Short Sea Transportation Program (America’s Marine 
Highways) to make grants for the purposes authorized under 
paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, United 
States Code: 
Provided further, That the Administrator of the Maritime Adminis-
tration shall transmit to the House and Senate Committees on 
Appropriations the annual report on sexual assault and sexual 
harassment at the United States Merchant Marine Academy as 
required pursuant to section 3510 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (46 U.S.C. 51318): Provided 
further, That available balances under this heading for the Short 
Sea Transportation Program (America’s Marine Highways) from 
prior year recoveries shall be available to carry out activities author-
ized under paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 55601(b) of title 46, 
United States Code: Provided further, That any unobligated bal-
ances and obligated balances not yet expended from previous appro-
priations under this heading for programs and activities supporting 
State Maritime Academies shall be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration—State Maritime 
Academy Operations’’ and shall be made available for the same 
purposes as the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration—State 
Maritime Academy Operations’’. 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 
For necessary expenses of operations, support, and training 
activities for State Maritime Academies, $432,700,000: Provided, 
That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $30,500,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for maintenance, repair, life extension, insurance, and 
capacity improvement of National Defense Reserve Fleet
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training ships, and for support of training ship operations at 
the State Maritime Academies, of which $8,500,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for expenses related to 
training mariners; and for costs associated with training vessel 
sharing pursuant to 46 U.S.C. 51504(g)(3) for costs associated 
with mobilizing, operating and demobilizing the vessel, 
including travel costs for students, faculty and crew, the costs 
of the general agent, crew costs, fuel, insurance, operational 
fees, and vessel hire costs, as determined by the Secretary; 
(2) $390,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 
be for the National Security Multi-Mission Vessel Program, 
including funds for construction, planning, administration, and 
design of school ships; 
(3) $2,400,000 to remain available through September 30, 
2022, shall be for the Student Incentive Program; 
(4) $3,800,000 shall remain available until expended, shall 
be for training ship fuel assistance; and 
(5) $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, shall be for direct payments for State Maritime Acad-
emies. 
ASSISTANCE TO SMALL SHIPYARDS 
To make grants to qualified shipyards as authorized under 
section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, $20,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
SHIP DISPOSAL 
For necessary expenses related to the disposal of obsolete ves-
sels in the National Defense Reserve Fleet of the Maritime Adminis-
tration, $4,200,000, to remain available until expended. 
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE XI) PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan 
program, $3,000,000, which shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriations for ‘‘Maritime Administration—Operations 
and Training’’. 
PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 
To make grants to improve port facilities as authorized under 
section 50302(c) of title 46, United States Code, $230,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided, That projects eligible 
for amounts made available under this heading shall be projects 
for coastal seaports, inland river ports, or Great Lakes ports: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading, not less than $205,000,000 shall be for coastal seaports 
or Great Lakes ports: Provided further, That the Maritime Adminis-
tration shall distribute amounts made available under this heading 
as discretionary grants to port authorities or commissions or their 
subdivisions and agents under existing authority, as well as to 
a State or political subdivision of a State or local government, 
a Tribal Government, a public agency or publicly chartered 
authority established by one or more States, a special purpose
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district with a transportation function, a multistate or multijuris-
dictional group of entities, or a lead entity described above jointly 
with a private entity or group of private entities: Provided further, 
That projects eligible for amounts made available under this 
heading shall be designed to improve the safety, efficiency, or reli-
ability of the movement of goods into, out of, around, or within 
a port and located— 
(1) within the boundary of a port; or 
(2) outside the boundary of a port, and directly related 
to port operations, or to an intermodal connection to a port: 
Provided further, That project awards eligible under this heading 
shall be only for— 
(1) port gate improvements; 
(2) road improvements both within and connecting to the 
port; 
(3) rail improvements both within and connecting to the 
port; 
(4) berth improvements (including docks, wharves, piers 
and dredging incidental to the improvement project); 
(5) fixed landside improvements in support of cargo oper-
ations (such as silos, elevators, conveyors, container terminals, 
Ro/Ro structures including parking garages necessary for inter-
modal freight transfer, warehouses including refrigerated facili-
ties, lay-down areas, transit sheds, and other such facilities); 
(6) utilities necessary for safe operations (including 
lighting, stormwater, and other such improvements that are 
incidental to a larger infrastructure project); or 
(7) a combination of activities described above: 
Provided further, That the Federal share of the costs for which 
an amount is provided under this heading shall be up to 80 percent: 
Provided further, That for grants awarded under this heading, 
the minimum grant size shall be $1,000,000: Provided further, 
That for grant awards less than $10,000,000, the Secretary shall 
prioritize ports that handled less than 10,000,000 short tons in 
2017, as identified by the Corps of Engineers: Provided further, 
That for grant awards less than $10,000,000, the Secretary may 
increase the Federal share of costs above 80 percent: Provided 
further, That not to exceed 2 percent of the amounts made available 
under this heading shall be available for necessary costs of grant 
administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 170. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
in addition to any existing authority, the Maritime Administration 
is authorized to furnish utilities and services and make necessary 
repairs in connection with any lease, contract, or occupancy 
involving Government property under control of the Maritime 
Administration: Provided, That payments received therefor shall 
be credited to the appropriation charged with the cost thereof 
and shall remain available until expended: Provided further, That 
rental payments under any such lease, contract, or occupancy for 
items other than such utilities, services, or repairs shall be depos-
ited into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
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PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
For necessary operational expenses of the Pipeline and Haz-
ardous Materials Safety Administration, $28,715,000, of which 
$4,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2023. 
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SAFETY 
For expenses necessary to discharge the hazardous materials 
safety functions of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety 
Administration, $62,000,000, of which $14,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That up to $800,000 
in fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 5108(g) shall be deposited in 
the general fund of the Treasury as offsetting receipts: Provided 
further, That there may be credited to this appropriation, to be 
available until expended, funds received from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training, for reports publication and dissemi-
nation, and for travel expenses incurred in performance of haz-
ardous materials exemptions and approvals functions. 
PIPELINE SAFETY 
(PIPELINE SAFETY FUND) 
(OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out a pipeline safety program, 
as authorized by 49 U.S.C. 60107, and to discharge the pipeline 
program responsibilities of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, 
$168,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, of 
which $23,000,000 shall be derived from the Oil Spill Liability 
Trust Fund; of which $137,000,000 shall be derived from the Pipe-
line Safety Fund; and of which $8,000,000 shall be derived from 
fees collected under 49 U.S.C. 60302 and deposited in the Under-
ground Natural Gas Storage Facility Safety Account for the purpose 
of carrying out 49 U.S.C. 60141: Provided, That not less than 
$1,058,000 of the funds provided under this heading shall be for 
the One-Call State grant program: Provided further, That any 
amounts provided under this heading in this Act or in prior Acts 
for research contracts, grants, cooperative agreements or research 
other transactions agreements (‘‘OTAs’’) shall require written 
notification to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations 
not less than 3 full business days before such research contracts, 
grants, cooperative agreements, or research OTAs are announced 
by the Department of Transportation: Provided further, That the 
Administrator may obligate amounts made available under this 
heading to engineer, erect, alter, and repair buildings or make 
any other public improvements for research facilities at the 
Transportation Technology Center after the Administrator submits 
an updated research plan to the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations and after such plan is approved by the House 
and Senate Committees on Appropriations.
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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS 
(LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS) 
(EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FUND) 
For expenses necessary to carry out the Emergency Prepared-
ness Grants program, not more than $28,318,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023, from amounts made available 
by section 5116(h) and subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 5116(h)(4) of title 49, United States Code, not more than 
4 percent of the amounts made available from this account shall 
be available to pay administrative costs: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of section 5128 of title 
49, United States Code, and the limitation on obligations provided 
under this heading, prior year recoveries recognized in the current 
year shall be available to develop and deliver hazardous materials 
emergency response training for emergency responders, including 
response activities for the transportation of crude oil, ethanol, flam-
mable liquids, and other hazardous commodities by rail, consistent 
with National Fire Protection Association standards, and to make 
such training available through an electronic format: Provided fur-
ther, That the prior year recoveries made available under this 
heading shall also be available to carry out sections 5116(a)(1)(C), 
5116(h), 5116(i), and 5107(e) of title 49, United States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—PIPELINE AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS 
SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 180. In addition to the amounts made available under 
the heading, ‘‘Emergency Preparedness Grants’’, $1,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023, shall be made available 
to the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration 
from the general fund of the Treasury, in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes, to develop and deliver haz-
ardous materials emergency response training for emergency 
responders, including response activities for the transportation of 
crude oil, ethanol, flammable liquids, and other hazardous commod-
ities by rail, consistent with National Fire Protection Association 
standards, and to make such training available through an elec-
tronic format. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General to 
carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
as amended, $98,150,000: Provided, That the Inspector General 
shall have all necessary authority, in carrying out the duties speci-
fied in the Inspector General Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. App. 
3), to investigate allegations of fraud, including false statements 
to the government (18 U.S.C. 1001), by any person or entity that 
is subject to regulation by the Department of Transportation.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
SEC. 190. (a) During the current fiscal year, applicable appro-
priations to the Department of Transportation shall be available 
for maintenance and operation of aircraft; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of liability insurance for motor 
vehicles operating in foreign countries on official department busi-
ness; and uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by sections 
5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) During the current fiscal year, applicable appropriations 
to the Department and its operating administrations shall be avail-
able for the purchase, maintenance, operation, and deployment 
of unmanned aircraft systems that advance the missions of the 
Department of Transportation or an operating administration of 
the Department of Transportation. 
(c) Any unmanned aircraft system purchased, procured, or con-
tracted for by the Department prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act shall be deemed authorized by Congress as if this provision 
was in effect when the system was purchased, procured, or con-
tracted for. 
SEC. 191. Appropriations contained in this Act for the Depart-
ment of Transportation shall be available for services as authorized 
by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate 
for an Executive Level IV. 
SEC. 192. (a) No recipient of amounts made available by this 
Act shall disseminate personal information (as defined in section 
2725(3) of title 18, United States Code) obtained by a State depart-
ment of motor vehicles in connection with a motor vehicle record 
as defined in section 2725(1) of title 18, United States Code, except 
as provided in section 2721 of title 18, United States Code, for 
a use permitted under section 2721 of title 18, United States Code. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary shall not with-
hold amounts made available by this Act for any grantee if a 
State is in noncompliance with this provision. 
SEC. 193. None of the funds made available by this Act shall 
be available for salaries and expenses of more than 125 political 
and Presidential appointees in the Department of Transportation: 
Provided, That none of the personnel covered by this provision 
may be assigned on temporary detail outside the Department of 
Transportation. 
SEC. 194. Funds received by the Federal Highway Administra-
tion and Federal Railroad Administration from States, counties, 
municipalities, other public authorities, and private sources for 
expenses incurred for training may be credited respectively to the 
Federal Highway Administration’s ‘‘Federal-Aid Highways’’ account 
and to the Federal Railroad Administration’s ‘‘Safety and Oper-
ations’’ account, except for State rail safety inspectors participating 
in training pursuant to section 20105 of title 49, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 195. None of the funds made available by this Act to 
the Department of Transportation may be used to make a loan, 
loan guarantee, line of credit, letter of intent, federally funded 
cooperative agreement, full funding grant agreement, or discre-
tionary grant unless the Secretary of Transportation notifies the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations not less than 
3 full business days before any project competitively selected to
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receive any discretionary grant award, letter of intent, loan commit-
ment, loan guarantee commitment, line of credit commitment, feder-
ally funded cooperative agreement, or full funding grant agreement 
is announced by the Department or its operating administrations: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation shall provide the 
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations with a comprehen-
sive list of all such loans, loan guarantees, lines of credit, letters 
of intent, federally funded cooperative agreements, full funding 
grant agreements, and discretionary grants prior to the notification 
required under the previous proviso: Provided further, That the 
Secretary gives concurrent notification to the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations for any ‘‘quick release’’ of funds 
from the emergency relief program: Provided further, That no 
notification shall involve funds that are not available for obligation. 
SEC. 196. Rebates, refunds, incentive payments, minor fees, 
and other funds received by the Department of Transportation 
from travel management centers, charge card programs, the sub-
leasing of building space, and miscellaneous sources are to be 
credited to appropriations of the Department of Transportation 
and allocated to elements of the Department of Transportation 
using fair and equitable criteria and such funds shall be available 
until expended. 
SEC. 197. Amounts made available by this Act or any prior 
Act that the Secretary determines represent improper payments 
by the Department of Transportation to a third-party contractor 
under a financial assistance award, which are recovered pursuant 
to law, shall be available— 
(1) to reimburse the actual expenses incurred by the 
Department of Transportation in recovering improper pay-
ments: Provided, That amounts made available by this Act 
shall be available until expended; and 
(2) to pay contractors for services provided in recovering 
improper payments or contractor support in the implementation 
of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (Public 
Law 107–300), as amended by the Improper Payments Elimi-
nation and Recovery Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–204) and 
Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement 
Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–248), and Fraud Reduction and 
Data Analytics Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–186): Provided, 
That amounts in excess of that required for paragraphs (1) 
and (2)— 
(A) shall be credited to and merged with the appropria-
tion from which the improper payments were made, and 
shall be available for the purposes and period for which 
such appropriations are available: Provided further, That 
where specific project or accounting information associated 
with the improper payment or payments is not readily 
available, the Secretary may credit an appropriate account, 
which shall be available for the purposes and period associ-
ated with the account so credited; or 
(B) if no such appropriation remains available, shall 
be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts: 
Provided further, That prior to depositing such recovery 
in the Treasury, the Secretary shall notify the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations of the amount and 
reasons for such transfer: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of this section, the term ‘‘improper payments’’ has
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the same meaning as that provided in section 2(e)(2) of 
the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 
2010 (Public Law 111–204). 
SEC. 198. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if any 
funds provided by or limited by this Act are subject to a reprogram-
ming action that requires notice to be provided to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, transmission of such re-
programming notice shall be provided solely to the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations, and such reprogramming 
action shall be approved or denied solely by the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Transportation may provide notice to other congressional commit-
tees of the action of the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations on such reprogramming but not sooner than 30 days 
after the date on which the reprogramming action has been 
approved or denied by the House and Senate Committees on Appro-
priations. 
SEC. 199. Funds appropriated by this Act to the operating 
administrations may be obligated for the Office of the Secretary 
for the costs related to assessments or reimbursable agreements 
only when such amounts are for the costs of goods and services 
that are purchased to provide a direct benefit to the applicable 
operating administration or administrations. 
SEC. 199A. The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to 
carry out a program that establishes uniform standards for devel-
oping and supporting agency transit pass and transit benefits 
authorized under section 7905 of title 5, United States Code, 
including distribution of transit benefits by various paper and elec-
tronic media. 
SEC. 199B. The Department of Transportation may use funds 
provided by this Act, or any other Act, to assist a contract under 
title 49 U.S.C. or title 23 U.S.C. utilizing geographic, economic, 
or any other hiring preference not otherwise authorized by law, 
or to amend a rule, regulation, policy or other measure that forbids 
a recipient of a Federal Highway Administration or Federal Transit 
Administration grant from imposing such hiring preference on a 
contract or construction project with which the Department of 
Transportation is assisting, only if the grant recipient certifies 
the following: 
(1) that except with respect to apprentices or trainees, 
a pool of readily available but unemployed individuals pos-
sessing the knowledge, skill, and ability to perform the work 
that the contract requires resides in the jurisdiction; 
(2) that the grant recipient will include appropriate provi-
sions in its bid document ensuring that the contractor does 
not displace any of its existing employees in order to satisfy 
such hiring preference; and 
(3) that any increase in the cost of labor, training, or 
delays resulting from the use of such hiring preference does 
not delay or displace any transportation project in the 
applicable Statewide Transportation Improvement Program or 
Transportation Improvement Program. 
SEC. 199C. The Secretary of Transportation shall coordinate 
with the Secretary of Homeland Security to ensure that best prac-
tices for Industrial Control Systems Procurement are up-to-date 
and shall ensure that systems procured with funds provided under 
this title were procured using such practices.
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SEC. 199D. None of the funds made available by this Act 
to the Department of Transportation may be used in contravention 
of section 306108 of title 54, United States Code. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Transportation 
Appropriations Act, 2021’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 
EXECUTIVE OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Executive Offices, 
which shall be comprised of the offices of the Secretary, Deputy 
Secretary, Adjudicatory Services, Congressional and Intergovern-
mental Relations, Public Affairs, Small and Disadvantaged Business 
Utilization, and the Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Part-
nerships, $17,292,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That not to exceed $25,000 of the amount made 
available under this heading shall be available to the Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development (referred to in this title as 
‘‘the Secretary’’) for official reception and representation expenses 
as the Secretary may determine. 
ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Administrative Support 
Offices, $576,689,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: 
Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $74,462,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Financial Officer; 
(2) $107,254,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
General Counsel, of which not less than $20,050,000 shall 
be for the Departmental Enforcement Center; 
(3) $207,693,000 shall be available for the Office of 
Administration, of which not more than $10,000,000 may be 
for modernizing the Weaver Building and space consolidation; 
(4) $38,933,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Human Capital Officer; 
(5) $59,652,000 shall be available for the Office of Field 
Policy and Management; 
(6) $21,013,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Procurement Officer; 
(7) $4,239,000 shall be available for the Office of Depart-
mental Equal Employment Opportunity; and 
(8) $63,443,000 shall be available for the Office of the 
Chief Information Officer: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this heading 
may be used for necessary administrative and non-administrative 
expenses of the Department, not otherwise provided for, including 
purchase of uniforms, or allowances therefor, as authorized by 
sections 5901 and 5902 of title 5, United States Code; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, funds appropriated under 
this heading may be used for advertising and promotional activities
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that directly support program activities funded in this title: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall provide the House and 
Senate Committees on Appropriations quarterly written notification 
regarding the status of pending congressional reports: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall provide in electronic form all 
signed reports required by Congress: Provided further, That not 
more than 10 percent of the funds made available under this 
heading for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer for the financial 
transformation initiative may be obligated until the Secretary sub-
mits to the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations, for 
approval, a plan for expenditure that includes the financial and 
internal control capabilities to be delivered and the mission benefits 
to be realized, key milestones to be met, and the relationship 
between the proposed use of funds made available under this 
heading and the projected total cost and scope of the initiative. 
PROGRAM OFFICES 
For necessary salaries and expenses for Program Offices, 
$904,673,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: Pro-
vided, That of the sums appropriated under this heading— 
(1) $243,056,000 shall be available for the Office of Public 
and Indian Housing; 
(2) $131,107,000 shall be available for the Office of Commu-
nity Planning and Development; 
(3) $404,194,000 shall be available for the Office of Housing, 
of which not less than $13,200,000 shall be for the Office 
of Recapitalization; 
(4) $36,250,000 shall be available for the Office of Policy 
Development and Research; 
(5) $79,763,000 shall be available for the Office of Fair 
Housing and Equal Opportunity; and 
(6) $10,303,000 shall be available for the Office of Lead 
Hazard Control and Healthy Homes. 
WORKING CAPITAL FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the working capital fund for the Department of Housing 
and Urban Development (referred to in this paragraph as the 
‘‘Fund’’), pursuant, in part, to section 7(f) of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3535(f)), amounts 
transferred, including reimbursements pursuant to section 7(f), to 
the Fund under this heading shall be available only for Federal 
shared services used by offices and agencies of the Department, 
and for any such portion of any office or agency’s printing, records 
management, space renovation, furniture, or supply services the 
Secretary has determined shall be provided through the Fund, 
and the operational expenses of the Fund: Provided, That amounts 
within the Fund shall not be available to provide services not 
specifically authorized under this heading: Provided further, That 
upon a determination by the Secretary that any other service (or 
portion thereof) authorized under this heading shall be provided 
through the Fund, amounts made available in this title for salaries 
and expenses under the headings ‘‘Executive Offices’’, ‘‘Administra-
tive Support Offices’’, ‘‘Program Offices’’, and ‘‘Government National 
Mortgage Association’’, for such services shall be transferred to
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the Fund, to remain available until expended: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall notify the House and Senate Committees 
on Appropriations of its plans for executing such transfers at least 
15 days in advance of such transfers. 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance for the provision of tenant-based 
rental assistance authorized under the United States Housing Act 
of 1937, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (in this title ‘‘the 
Act’’), not otherwise provided for, $21,777,439,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, which shall be available on October 1, 2020 
(in addition to the $4,000,000,000 previously appropriated under 
this heading that shall be available on October 1, 2020), and 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall 
be available on October 1, 2021: Provided, That the amounts made 
available under this heading are provided as follows: 
(1) $23,080,000,000 shall be available for renewals of 
expiring section 8 tenant-based annual contributions contracts 
(including renewals of enhanced vouchers under any provision 
of law authorizing such assistance under section 8(t) of the 
Act) and including renewal of other special purpose incremental 
vouchers: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, from amounts provided under this paragraph and any 
carryover, the Secretary for the calendar year 2021 funding 
cycle shall provide renewal funding for each public housing 
agency based on validated voucher management system (VMS) 
leasing and cost data for the prior calendar year and by 
applying an inflation factor as established by the Secretary, 
by notice published in the Federal Register, and by making 
any necessary adjustments for the costs associated with the 
first-time renewal of vouchers under this paragraph including 
tenant protection and Choice Neighborhoods vouchers: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided under this paragraph 
may be used to fund a total number of unit months under 
lease which exceeds a public housing agency’s authorized level 
of units under contract, except for public housing agencies 
participating in the Moving to Work (MTW) demonstration, 
which are instead governed in accordance with the require-
ments of the MTW demonstration program or their MTW agree-
ments, if any: Provided further, That the Secretary shall, to 
the extent necessary to stay within the amount specified under 
this paragraph (except as otherwise modified under this para-
graph), prorate each public housing agency’s allocation other-
wise established pursuant to this paragraph: Provided further, 
That except as provided in the following provisos, the entire 
amount specified under this paragraph (except as otherwise 
modified under this paragraph) shall be obligated to the public 
housing agencies based on the allocation and pro rata method 
described above, and the Secretary shall notify public housing 
agencies of their annual budget by the latter of 60 days after 
enactment of this Act or March 1, 2021: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may extend the notification period with 
the prior written approval of the House and Senate Committees
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on Appropriations: Provided further, That public housing agen-
cies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be funded 
in accordance with the requirements of the MTW demonstration 
program or their MTW agreements, if any, and shall be subject 
to the same pro rata adjustments under the previous provisos: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may offset public housing 
agencies’ calendar year 2021 allocations based on the excess 
amounts of public housing agencies’ net restricted assets 
accounts, including HUD-held programmatic reserves (in 
accordance with VMS data in calendar year 2020 that is 
verifiable and complete), as determined by the Secretary: Pro-
vided further, That public housing agencies participating in 
the MTW demonstration shall also be subject to the offset, 
as determined by the Secretary, excluding amounts subject 
to the single fund budget authority provisions of their MTW 
agreements, from the agencies’ calendar year 2021 MTW 
funding allocation: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
use any offset referred to in the previous two provisos through-
out the calendar year to prevent the termination of rental 
assistance for families as the result of insufficient funding, 
as determined by the Secretary, and to avoid or reduce the 
proration of renewal funding allocations: Provided further, That 
up to $110,000,000 shall be available only: (1) for adjustments 
in the allocations for public housing agencies, after application 
for an adjustment by a public housing agency that experienced 
a significant increase, as determined by the Secretary, in 
renewal costs of vouchers (including Mainstream vouchers) 
resulting from unforeseen circumstances or from portability 
under section 8(r) of the Act; (2) for vouchers that were not 
in use during the previous 12-month period in order to be 
available to meet a commitment pursuant to section 8(o)(13) 
of the Act, or an adjustment for a funding obligation not yet 
expended in the previous calendar year for a MTW-eligible 
activity to develop affordable housing for an agency added 
to the MTW demonstration under the expansion authority pro-
vided in section 239 of the Transportation, Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 
(division L of Public Law 114–113); (3) for adjustments for 
costs associated with HUD–Veterans Affairs Supportive 
Housing (HUD–VASH) vouchers; (4) for public housing agencies 
that despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, would otherwise be required to termi-
nate rental assistance for families, including Mainstream fami-
lies, as a result of insufficient funding; (5) for adjustments 
in the allocations for public housing agencies that (i) are leasing 
a lower-than-average percentage of their authorized vouchers, 
(ii) have low amounts of budget authority in their net restricted 
assets accounts and HUD-held programmatic reserves, relative 
to other agencies, and (iii) are not participating in the Moving 
to Work demonstration, to enable such agencies to lease more 
vouchers; and (6) for public housing agencies that have experi-
enced increased costs or loss of units in an area for which 
the President declared a disaster under title IV of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5170 et seq.): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
allocate amounts under the previous proviso based on need, 
as determined by the Secretary;
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(2) $116,000,000 shall be for section 8 rental assistance 
for relocation and replacement of housing units that are demol-
ished or disposed of pursuant to section 18 of the Act, conversion 
of section 23 projects to assistance under section 8, the family 
unification program under section 8(x) of the Act, relocation 
of witnesses (including victims of violent crimes) in connection 
with efforts to combat crime in public and assisted housing 
pursuant to a request from a law enforcement or prosecution 
agency, enhanced vouchers under any provision of law author-
izing such assistance under section 8(t) of the Act, Choice 
Neighborhood vouchers, mandatory and voluntary conversions, 
and tenant protection assistance including replacement and 
relocation assistance or for project-based assistance to prevent 
the displacement of unassisted elderly tenants currently 
residing in section 202 properties financed between 1959 and 
1974 that are refinanced pursuant to Public Law 106–569, 
as amended, or under the authority as provided under this 
Act: Provided, That when a public housing development is 
submitted for demolition or disposition under section 18 of 
the Act, the Secretary may provide section 8 rental assistance 
when the units pose an imminent health and safety risk to 
residents: Provided further, That the Secretary may provide 
section 8 rental assistance from amounts made available under 
this paragraph for units assisted under a project-based subsidy 
contract funded under the ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’ 
heading under this title where the owner has received a Notice 
of Default and the units pose an imminent health and safety 
risk to residents: Provided further, That to the extent that 
the Secretary determines that such units are not feasible for 
continued rental assistance payments or transfer of the subsidy 
contract associated with such units to another project or 
projects and owner or owners, any remaining amounts associ-
ated with such units under such contract shall be recaptured 
and used to reimburse amounts used under this paragraph 
for rental assistance under the previous proviso: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts made available under this paragraph, 
at least $5,000,000 may be available to provide tenant protec-
tion assistance, not otherwise provided under this paragraph, 
to residents residing in low vacancy areas and who may have 
to pay rents greater than 30 percent of household income, 
as the result of: (A) the maturity of a HUD-insured, HUD- 
held or section 202 loan that requires the permission of the 
Secretary prior to loan prepayment; (B) the expiration of a 
rental assistance contract for which the tenants are not eligible 
for enhanced voucher or tenant protection assistance under 
existing law; or (C) the expiration of affordability restrictions 
accompanying a mortgage or preservation program adminis-
tered by the Secretary: Provided further, That such tenant 
protection assistance made available under the previous proviso 
may be provided under the authority of section 8(t) or section 
8(o)(13) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(t)): Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue guid-
ance to implement the previous provisos, including, but not 
limited to, requirements for defining eligible at-risk households 
within 60 days of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That any tenant protection voucher made available from 
amounts under this paragraph shall not be reissued by any
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public housing agency, except the replacement vouchers as 
defined by the Secretary by notice, when the initial family 
that received any such voucher no longer receives such voucher, 
and the authority for any public housing agency to issue any 
such voucher shall cease to exist: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may only provide replacement vouchers for units 
that were occupied within the previous 24 months that cease 
to be available as assisted housing, subject only to the avail-
ability of funds; 
(3) $2,159,000,000 shall be for administrative and other 
expenses of public housing agencies in administering the section 
8 tenant-based rental assistance program, of which up to 
$30,000,000 shall be available to the Secretary to allocate to 
public housing agencies that need additional funds to admin-
ister their section 8 programs, including fees associated with 
section 8 tenant protection rental assistance, the administration 
of disaster related vouchers, HUD–VASH vouchers, and other 
special purpose incremental vouchers: Provided, That no less 
than $2,129,000,000 of the amount provided in this paragraph 
shall be allocated to public housing agencies for the calendar 
year 2021 funding cycle based on section 8(q) of the Act (and 
related Appropriation Act provisions) as in effect immediately 
before the enactment of the Quality Housing and Work Respon-
sibility Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–276): Provided further, 
That if the amounts made available under this paragraph are 
insufficient to pay the amounts determined under the previous 
proviso, the Secretary may decrease the amounts allocated 
to agencies by a uniform percentage applicable to all agencies 
receiving funding under this paragraph or may, to the extent 
necessary to provide full payment of amounts determined under 
the previous proviso, utilize unobligated balances, including 
recaptures and carryover, remaining from funds appropriated 
to the Department of Housing and Urban Development under 
this heading from prior fiscal years, excluding special purpose 
vouchers, notwithstanding the purposes for which such amounts 
were appropriated: Provided further, That all public housing 
agencies participating in the MTW demonstration shall be 
funded in accordance with the requirements of the MTW dem-
onstration program or their MTW agreements, if any, and 
shall be subject to the same uniform percentage decrease as 
under the previous proviso: Provided further, That amounts 
provided under this paragraph shall be only for activities 
related to the provision of tenant-based rental assistance 
authorized under section 8, including related development 
activities; 
(4) $314,000,000 for the renewal of tenant-based assistance 
contracts under section 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National 
Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), including necessary 
administrative expenses: Provided, That administrative and 
other expenses of public housing agencies in administering 
the special purpose vouchers in this paragraph shall be funded 
under the same terms and be subject to the same pro rata 
reduction as the percent decrease for administrative and other 
expenses to public housing agencies under paragraph (3) of 
this heading: Provided further, That upon turnover, section 
811 special purpose vouchers funded under this heading in
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development and use of internal controls to monitor adher-
ence to applicable statutes, regulations, and program 
requirements. Such internal controls may include illus-
trative examples of nonquantitative treatment limitations 
on mental health and substance use disorder benefits, 
which may fail to comply with this section, section 2726 
of the Public Health Service Act, or section 9812 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as applicable, in relation 
to nonquantitative treatment limitations on medical and 
surgical benefits. 
‘‘(D) UPDATING THE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM GUIDANCE 
DOCUMENT.—The Secretary, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, and the Secretary of the Treasury, in 
consultation with the Inspector General of the Department 
of Health and Human Services, the Inspector General of 
the Department of Labor, and the Inspector General of 
the Department of the Treasury, shall update the compli-
ance program guidance document every 2 years to include 
illustrative, de-identified examples (that do not disclose 
any protected health information or individually identifi-
able information) of previous findings of compliance and 
noncompliance with this section, section 2726 of the Public 
Health Service Act, or section 9812 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, as applicable. 
‘‘(7) ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall issue guidance to group health plans and 
health insurance issuers offering group health insurance 
coverage to assist such plans and issuers in satisfying 
the requirements of this section, section 2726 of the Public 
Health Service Act, or section 9812 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, as applicable. 
‘‘(B) DISCLOSURE.— 
‘‘(i) GUIDANCE FOR PLANS AND ISSUERS.—The guid-
ance issued under this paragraph shall include clari-
fying information and illustrative examples of methods 
that group health plans and health insurance issuers 
offering group or individual health insurance coverage 
may use for disclosing information to ensure compli-
ance with the requirements under this section, section 
2726 of the Public Health Service Act, or section 9812 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as applicable, 
(and any regulations promulgated pursuant to such 
sections, as applicable). 
‘‘(ii) DOCUMENTS FOR PARTICIPANTS, BENEFICIARIES, 
CONTRACTING PROVIDERS, OR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—The guidance issued under this paragraph 
shall include clarifying information and illustrative 
examples of methods that group health plans and 
health insurance issuers offering group health insur-
ance coverage may use to provide any participant, 
beneficiary, contracting provider, or authorized rep-
resentative, as applicable, with documents containing 
information that the health plans or issuers are 
required to disclose to participants, beneficiaries, con-
tracting providers, or authorized representatives to
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ensure compliance with this section, section 2726 of 
the Public Health Service Act, or section 9812 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as applicable, compli-
ance with any regulation issued pursuant to such 
respective section, or compliance with any other 
applicable law or regulation. Such guidance shall 
include information that is comparative in nature with 
respect to— 
‘‘(I) nonquantitative treatment limitations for 
both medical and surgical benefits and mental 
health and substance use disorder benefits; 
‘‘(II) the processes, strategies, evidentiary 
standards, and other factors used to apply the 
limitations described in subclause (I); and 
‘‘(III) 
the 
application 
of 
the 
limitations 
described in subclause (I) to ensure that such 
limitations are applied in parity with respect to 
both medical and surgical benefits and mental 
health and substance use disorder benefits. 
‘‘(C) NONQUANTITATIVE TREATMENT LIMITATIONS.—The 
guidance issued under this paragraph shall include clari-
fying information and illustrative examples of methods, 
processes, strategies, evidentiary standards, and other fac-
tors that group health plans and health insurance issuers 
offering group health insurance coverage may use regarding 
the development and application of nonquantitative treat-
ment limitations to ensure compliance with this section, 
section 2726 of the Public Health Service Act, or section 
9812 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as applicable, 
(and any regulations promulgated pursuant to such respec-
tive section), including— 
‘‘(i) examples of methods of determining appro-
priate types of nonquantitative treatment limitations 
with respect to both medical and surgical benefits and 
mental health and substance use disorder benefits, 
including nonquantitative treatment limitations per-
taining to— 
‘‘(I) medical management standards based on 
medical necessity or appropriateness, or whether 
a treatment is experimental or investigative; 
‘‘(II) limitations with respect to prescription 
drug formulary design; and 
‘‘(III) use of fail-first or step therapy protocols; 
‘‘(ii) examples of methods of determining— 
‘‘(I) network admission standards (such as 
credentialing); and 
‘‘(II) factors used in provider reimbursement 
methodologies (such as service type, geographic 
market, demand for services, and provider supply, 
practice size, training, experience, and licensure) 
as such factors apply to network adequacy; 
‘‘(iii) examples of sources of information that may 
serve as evidentiary standards for the purposes of 
making determinations regarding the development and 
application of nonquantitative treatment limitations; 
‘‘(iv) examples of specific factors, and the evi-
dentiary standards used to evaluate such factors, used
H. R. 133—1731 
to monitor adherence to applicable statutes, regulations, 
and program requirements. Such internal controls may 
include illustrative examples of nonquantitative treatment 
limitations on mental health and substance use disorder 
benefits, which may fail to comply with this section, section 
2726 of the Public Health Service Act, or section 712 of 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
as applicable, in relation to nonquantitative treatment 
limitations on medical and surgical benefits. 
‘‘(D) UPDATING THE COMPLIANCE PROGRAM GUIDANCE 
DOCUMENT.—The Secretary, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, and the Secretary of Labor, in consulta-
tion with the Inspector General of the Department of 
Health and Human Services, the Inspector General of the 
Department of Labor, and the Inspector General of the 
Department of the Treasury, shall update the compliance 
program guidance document every 2 years to include illus-
trative, de-identified examples (that do not disclose any 
protected health information or individually identifiable 
information) of previous findings of compliance and non-
compliance with this section, section 2726 of the Public 
Health Service Act, or section 712 of the Employee Retire-
ment Income Security Act of 1974, as applicable. 
‘‘(7) ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of Labor 
shall issue guidance to group health plans to assist such 
plans in satisfying the requirements of this section, section 
2726 of the Public Health Service Act, or section 712 of 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
as applicable. 
‘‘(B) DISCLOSURE.— 
‘‘(i) GUIDANCE FOR PLANS.—The guidance issued 
under this paragraph shall include clarifying informa-
tion and illustrative examples of methods that group 
health plans may use for disclosing information to 
ensure compliance with the requirements under this 
section, section 2726 of the Public Health Service Act, 
or section 712 of the Employee Retirement Income 
Security Act of 1974, as applicable, (and any regula-
tions promulgated pursuant to such sections, as 
applicable). 
‘‘(ii) DOCUMENTS FOR PARTICIPANTS, BENEFICIARIES, 
CONTRACTING PROVIDERS, OR AUTHORIZED REPRESENTA-
TIVES.—The guidance issued under this paragraph 
shall include clarifying information and illustrative 
examples of methods that group health plans may 
use to provide any participant, beneficiary, contracting 
provider, or authorized representative, as applicable, 
with documents containing information that the health 
plans are required to disclose to participants, bene-
ficiaries, contracting providers, or authorized rep-
resentatives to ensure compliance with this section, 
section 2726 of the Public Health Service Act, or section 
712 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974, as applicable, compliance with any regulation
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issued pursuant to such respective section, or compli-
ance with any other applicable law or regulation. Such 
guidance shall include information that is comparative 
in nature with respect to— 
‘‘(I) nonquantitative treatment limitations for 
both medical and surgical benefits and mental 
health and substance use disorder benefits; 
‘‘(II) the processes, strategies, evidentiary 
standards, and other factors used to apply the 
limitations described in subclause (I); and 
‘‘(III) 
the 
application 
of 
the 
limitations 
described in subclause (I) to ensure that such 
limitations are applied in parity with respect to 
both medical and surgical benefits and mental 
health and substance use disorder benefits. 
‘‘(C) NONQUANTITATIVE TREATMENT LIMITATIONS.—The 
guidance issued under this paragraph shall include clari-
fying information and illustrative examples of methods, 
processes, strategies, evidentiary standards, and other fac-
tors that group health plans may use regarding the develop-
ment and application of nonquantitative treatment limita-
tions to ensure compliance with this section, section 2726 
of the Public Health Service Act, or section 712 of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as 
applicable, (and any regulations promulgated pursuant to 
such respective section), including— 
‘‘(i) examples of methods of determining appro-
priate types of nonquantitative treatment limitations 
with respect to both medical and surgical benefits and 
mental health and substance use disorder benefits, 
including nonquantitative treatment limitations per-
taining to— 
‘‘(I) medical management standards based on 
medical necessity or appropriateness, or whether 
a treatment is experimental or investigative; 
‘‘(II) limitations with respect to prescription 
drug formulary design; and 
‘‘(III) use of fail-first or step therapy protocols; 
‘‘(ii) examples of methods of determining— 
‘‘(I) network admission standards (such as 
credentialing); and 
‘‘(II) factors used in provider reimbursement 
methodologies (such as service type, geographic 
market, demand for services, and provider supply, 
practice size, training, experience, and licensure) 
as such factors apply to network adequacy; 
‘‘(iii) examples of sources of information that may 
serve as evidentiary standards for the purposes of 
making determinations regarding the development and 
application of nonquantitative treatment limitations; 
‘‘(iv) examples of specific factors, and the evi-
dentiary standards used to evaluate such factors, used 
by such plans in performing a nonquantitative treat-
ment limitation analysis; 
‘‘(v) examples of how specific evidentiary standards 
may be used to determine whether treatments are 
considered experimental or investigative;
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‘‘(3) PAYMENT FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES.—For provisions 
relating to payment for ambulance services furnished by an 
entity owned and operated by a rural emergency hospital, see 
section 1834(l). 
‘‘(4) PAYMENT FOR POST-HOSPITAL EXTENDED CARE SERV-
ICES.—For provisions relating to payment for post-hospital 
extended care services furnished by a rural emergency hospital 
that has a unit that is a distinct part licensed as a skilled 
nursing facility, see section 1888(e). 
‘‘(5) SOURCE OF PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), payments under this subsection shall be made from 
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund 
under section 1841. 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL FACILITY PAYMENT AND POST-HOSPITAL 
EXTENDED CARE SERVICES.—Payments under paragraph (2) 
shall be made from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund under section 1817.’’. 
(b) PROVIDER AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) AGREEMENT WITH QIO.—Section 1866(a) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395cc(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(F)(ii), by inserting ‘‘rural emer-
gency hospitals,’’ after ‘‘critical access hospitals,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘rural emer-
gency hospital,’’ after ‘‘critical access hospital,’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘rural emer-
gency hospital,’’ after ‘‘critical access hospital,’’ each 
place it appears; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (C)(ii)(II), by inserting ‘‘rural 
emergency hospitals,’’ after ‘‘critical access hospitals,’’ 
each place it appears. 
(2) EMERGENCY
MEDICAL
TREATMENT
AND
LABOR
ACT.— 
(A) Section 1866(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395cc(a)(1)) is amended— 
(i) in subparagraph (I)— 
(I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking ‘‘or critical access hospital’’ and inserting 
‘‘, critical access hospital, or rural emergency hos-
pital’’; and 
(II) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘, critical access 
hospital, or rural emergency hospital’’ after ‘‘hos-
pital’’; and 
(ii) in subparagraph (N)— 
(I) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 
striking 
‘‘and 
critical 
access 
hospitals’’ 
and 
inserting ‘‘, critical access hospitals, and rural 
emergency hospitals’’; 
(II) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or critical access 
hospital’’ and inserting ‘‘, critical access hospital, 
or rural emergency hospital’’; and 
(III) in clause (iv), by inserting ‘‘, critical access 
hospital, or rural emergency hospital’’ after ‘‘hos-
pital’’.
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limitation under subparagraph (F) for such hos-
pital and each such hospital located in a rural 
area that participates in such a training.’’. 
SEC. 128. FIVE-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE RURAL COMMUNITY HOS-
PITAL DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a)(5) of section 410A of the 
Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization 
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173; 42 U.S.C. 1395ww note), 
is amended by striking ‘‘10-year extension period’’ and inserting 
‘‘15-year extension period’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS FOR EXTENSION.— 
(A) EXTENSION
OF
DEMONSTRATION
PERIOD.—Sub-
section (g) of such section 410A is amended— 
(i) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘TEN- 
YEAR’’ and inserting ‘‘FIFTEEN-YEAR’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘additional 10-year’’ and 
inserting ‘‘additional 15-year’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘10-year extension period’’ and 
inserting ‘‘15-year extension period’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘10-year exten-
sion period’’ and inserting ‘‘15-year extension period’’; 
(iv) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘10-year extension 
period’’ and inserting ‘‘15-year extension period’’; 
(v) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘10-year extension 
period’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘15-year 
extension period’’; 
(vi) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘10-year extension 
period’’ and inserting ‘‘15-year extension period’’; and 
(vii) in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (6), by 
striking ‘‘10-year extension period’’ and inserting ‘‘15- 
year extension period’’. 
(B) RULE
FOR
HOSPITALS
THAT
ARE
NOT
ORIGINAL 
PARTICIPANTS IN THE DEMONSTRATION.—Paragraph (5) of 
subsection (g) of such section 410A is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘PROGRAM.—During’’ and inserting 
‘‘PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(A) CURES ACT EXTENSION.—During’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) ADDITIONAL EXTENSION.—During the third 5 years 
of the 15-year extension period, the Secretary shall apply 
the provisions of paragraph (4) to rural community hos-
pitals that are not described in paragraph (4) but are 
participating in the demonstration program under this sec-
tion as of December 30, 2019, in a similar manner as 
such provisions apply to rural community hospitals 
described in paragraph (4).’’. 
(b) CLARIFYING TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Such section 410A, 
as amended by subsection (a), is further amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘of Health and Human 
Services’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’; 
(2) in subsection (f)(1)(A)(iv) by inserting ‘‘of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i–4)’’ after ‘‘section 1820’’; and 
(3) in subsection (g)—
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(A) in the heading of paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘HOS-
PITALS IN DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM ON DATE OF ENACT-
MENT’’ and inserting ‘‘HOSPITALS
PARTICIPATING
IN
THE 
DEMONSTRATION
PROGRAM
DURING
THE
INITIAL
5-YEAR 
PERIOD’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (6)(A), by striking ‘‘not later than 
120 days after the date of the enactment of this paragraph’’ 
and inserting ‘‘not later than April 12, 2017’’. 
SEC. 129. EXTENSION OF FRONTIER COMMUNITY HEALTH INTEGRA-
TION PROJECT DEMONSTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (f) of section 123 of the Medicare 
Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 
1395i–4 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘3-year period beginning 
on October 1, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘3-year period beginning 
on August 1, 2016 (referred to in this section as the ‘initial 
period’), and 5-year period beginning on July 1, 2021 (referred 
to in this section as the ‘extension period’)’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘PROJECT.—The demonstration’’ and 
inserting ‘‘PROJECT.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL
PERIOD.—During the initial period, the 
demonstration’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following new subpara-
graph: 
‘‘(B) EXTENSION PERIOD.—During the extension period, 
the demonstration project under this section shall be 
considered to have begun in a State on the date during 
such period on which the eligible counties selected to 
participate in the demonstration project under subsection 
(d)(3) begin operations in accordance with the requirements 
under the demonstration project.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) RE-ENTRY
ON
A
ROLLING
BASIS
FOR
EXTENSION 
PERIOD.—A critical access hospital participating in the dem-
onstration project under this section during the extension period 
shall begin such participation in the cost reporting year that 
begins on or after July 1, 2021.’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Subsection (d)(1) of such section 123 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by striking ‘‘In this section’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to 
subparagraph (C), in this section’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) EXTENSION
PERIOD.—An entity shall only be 
eligible to participate in the demonstration project under 
this section during the extension period if the entity partici-
pated in the demonstration project under this section 
during the initial period.’’. 
(c) FUNDING.—Subsection (g)(1) of such section 123 is 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘IN GENERAL’’ and inserting ‘‘INITIAL 
PERIOD’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘with respect to the initial period’’ 
before the period at the end; and
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(2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) EXTENSION PERIOD.—The Secretary shall provide 
for the transfer of $10,000,000, in appropriate part from 
the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund established 
under section 1817 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395i) and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund established under section 1841 of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395t), to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
Services for the purposes of carrying out its duties under 
the demonstration project under this section with respect 
to the extension period.’’. 
SEC. 130. IMPROVING RURAL HEALTH CLINIC PAYMENTS. 
Section 1833(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395l(f)) 
is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(before April 1, 2021)’’ after ‘‘in a 
subsequent year’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘this subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘this 
paragraph’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as subpara-
graphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(3) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), as redesig-
nated by paragraph (2)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(f)’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘prior to April 1, 2021’’ after ‘‘services 
provided’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) In establishing limits under subsection (a) on payment 
for rural health clinic services furnished on or after April 1, 2021, 
by a rural health clinic (other than a rural health clinic described 
in paragraph (3)(B)), the Secretary shall establish such limit, for 
services provided— 
‘‘(A) in 2021, after March 31, at $100 per visit; 
‘‘(B) in 2022, at $113 per visit; 
‘‘(C) in 2023, at $126 per visit; 
‘‘(D) in 2024, at $139 per visit; 
‘‘(E) in 2025, at $152 per visit; 
‘‘(F) in 2026, at $165 per visit; 
‘‘(G) in 2027, at $178 per visit; 
‘‘(H) in 2028, at $190 per visit; and 
‘‘(I) in a subsequent year, at the limit established under 
this paragraph for the previous year increased by the percent-
age increase in the MEI applicable to primary care services 
furnished as of the first day of such subsequent year. 
‘‘(3)(A) In establishing limits under subsection (a) on payment 
for rural health clinic services furnished on or after April 1, 2021, 
by a rural health clinic described in subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
shall establish such limit, with respect to each such rural health 
clinic, for services provided— 
‘‘(i) in 2021, after March 31, at an amount equal to the 
greater of— 
‘‘(I) the per visit payment amount applicable to such 
rural health clinic for rural health clinic services furnished 
in 2020, increased by the percentage increase in the MEI 
applicable to primary care services furnished as of the 
first day of 2021; or
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) AMOUNT OF ADJUSTMENT SUBJECT TO UNCOMPEN-
SATED COSTS.—A payment adjustment during a fiscal year 
shall not be considered to be consistent with subsection 
(c) with respect to a hospital (other than a hospital 
described in paragraph (2)(B)) if the payment adjustment 
exceeds an amount equal to— 
‘‘(i) the costs incurred during the year of furnishing 
hospital services by the hospital to individuals 
described in subparagraph (B) minus— 
‘‘(ii) the sum of— 
‘‘(I) payments under this title (other than 
under this section) for such services; and 
‘‘(II) payments by uninsured patients for such 
services. 
‘‘(B) 
INDIVIDUALS
DESCRIBED.—For 
purposes 
of 
subparagraph (A), the individuals described in this clause 
are the following: 
‘‘(i) Individuals who are eligible for medical assist-
ance under the State plan or under a waiver of such 
plan and for whom the State plan or waiver is the 
primary payor for such services. 
‘‘(ii) Subject to subparagraph (C), individuals who 
have no health insurance (or other source of third 
party coverage) for services provided during the year, 
as determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(C) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS.—For purposes 
of subparagraph (B)(ii), payments made to a hospital for 
services provided to indigent patients made by a State 
or a unit of local government within a State shall not 
be considered to be a source of third party coverage. 
‘‘(2) APPLICATION OF LIMITS FOR CERTAIN HOSPITALS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—A payment adjustment during a 
fiscal year shall not be considered to be consistent with 
subsection (c) with respect to a hospital described in 
subparagraph (B) if the payment adjustment exceeds the 
higher of— 
‘‘(i) the amount determined for the hospital and 
fiscal year under paragraph (1)(A); and 
‘‘(ii) the amount determined for the hospital under 
paragraph (1)(A) as in effect on January 1, 2020. 
‘‘(B) HOSPITALS
DESCRIBED.—A hospital is described 
in this subparagraph for a fiscal year if, for the most 
recent cost reporting period, the hospital is in at least 
the 97th percentile of all hospitals with respect to— 
‘‘(i) the number of inpatient days for such period 
that were made up of patients who (for such days) 
were entitled to benefits under part A of title XVIII 
and were entitled to supplemental security income 
benefits under title XVI (excluding any State supple-
mentary benefits paid with respect to such patients); 
or 
‘‘(ii) the percentage of total inpatient days that 
were made up of patients who (for such days) were 
described in clause (i).’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall take effect on October 1, 2021, and shall apply to payment
H. R. 133—1799 
adjustments made under section 1923 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396r–4) during fiscal years beginning on or after such 
date. 
SEC. 204. EXTENSION OF MONEY FOLLOWS THE PERSON REBALANCING 
DEMONSTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) FUNDING.—Section 6071(h) of the Deficit Reduction Act 
of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) in each of subparagraphs (F) through (H), by 
striking ‘‘subject to paragraph (3),’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (G), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; 
(iii) in subparagraph (H), by striking the period 
and inserting a semicolon; and 
(iv) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(I) for the period beginning on December 19, 2020, 
and ending on September 30, 2021, the amount equal to 
the pro rata portion of an annual appropriation of 
$450,000,000; 
‘‘(J) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; and 
‘‘(K) $450,000,000 for fiscal year 2023.’’; 
(B) in paragraph (2)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘Subject to paragraph (3), amounts’’ 
and inserting ‘‘Amounts’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2021’’ and inserting ‘‘2023’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (3). 
(2) RESEARCH
AND
EVALUATION.—Section 6071(g) of the 
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is 
amended— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘2026’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and for each of 
fiscal years 2021 through 2023’’ after ‘‘2016,’’. 
(b) CHANGES TO INSTITUTIONAL RESIDENCY PERIOD REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6071(b)(2) of the Deficit Reduction 
Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘90’’ and 
inserting ‘‘60’’; and 
(B) by striking the flush sentence after subparagraph 
(B). 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by paragraph 
(1) shall take effect on the date that is 30 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) UPDATES TO STATE APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
6071 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘, which shall include’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘2007’’; 
(B) in paragraph (7)— 
(i) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘REBAL-
ANCING’’ and inserting ‘‘EXPENDITURES’’;
H. R. 133—1800 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the 
end; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(III) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(iii) include a work plan that describes for each Fed-
eral fiscal year that occurs during the proposed MFP dem-
onstration project— 
‘‘(I) the use of grant funds for each proposed initia-
tive that is designed to accomplish the objective 
described in subsection (a)(1), including a funding 
source for each activity that is part of each such pro-
posed initiative; 
‘‘(II) an evaluation plan that identifies expected 
results for each such proposed initiative; and 
‘‘(III) a sustainability plan for components of such 
proposed initiatives that are intended to improve 
transitions, which shall be updated with actual 
expenditure information for each Federal fiscal year 
that occurs during the MFP demonstration project; 
and 
‘‘(iv) contain assurances that grant funds used to 
accomplish the objective described in subsection (a)(1) shall 
be obligated not later than 24 months after the date on 
which the funds are awarded and shall be expended not 
later than 60 months after the date on which the funds 
are awarded (unless the Secretary waives either such 
requirement).’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (13)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; and’’ and 
inserting ‘‘, and in such manner as will meet the 
reporting requirements set forth for the Transformed 
Medicaid Statistical Information System (T–MSIS);’’; 
(ii) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subpara-
graph (D); and 
(iii) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(B) the State shall report on a quarterly basis on 
the use of grant funds by distinct activity, as described 
in the approved work plan, and by specific population as 
targeted by the State; 
‘‘(C) if the State fails to report the information required 
under subparagraph (B), fails to report such information 
on a quarterly basis, or fails to make progress under the 
approved work plan, the State shall implement a corrective 
action plan approved by the Secretary; and’’; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(4), by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) CORRECTIVE ACTION PLAN PROGRESS.—In the case 
of a State required to implement a corrective action plan 
under subparagraph (C) of subsection (c)(13), the State 
must implement such plan and demonstrate progress in 
reporting information under subparagraph (B) of such sub-
section or progress under the approved work plan (as 
applicable).’’.
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The Tribes shall have the authority to 
allocate, distribute, and lease the Tribal Water Right for any 
use on the Reservation in accordance with— 
(A) the Compact; 
(B) the Law of Administration; 
(C) this Act; and 
(D) applicable Federal law. 
(2) OFF-RESERVATION USE.—The Tribes may allocate, dis-
tribute, and lease the Tribal Water Right for off-Reservation 
use in the State in accordance with the Compact, subject to 
the approval of the Secretary. 
(3) LAND LEASES BY ALLOTTEES.—Notwithstanding para-
graph (1), an allottee may lease any interest in land held 
by the allottee, together with any water right determined to 
be appurtenant to the interest in land, in accordance with 
the Law of Administration. 
(f) LAW OF ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—During the period beginning on the date 
of enactment of this Act and ending on the date on which 
the Law of Administration becomes effective on the Reservation, 
the Secretary shall administer, with respect to the rights of 
allottees, the Tribal Water Right in accordance with this Act. 
(2) APPROVAL.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Law of Administration is 
approved. 
(B) REGISTRATIONS.—As provided in sections 3 and 
4 of article IX of the Montana State Constitution and 
section 1–1–108 of the Law of Administration, all water 
rights and changes of use authorized under the Law of 
Administration, including all registrations required by sec-
tions 2–1–101 through 2–1–107, shall be provided to the 
department of natural resources and conservation of the 
State, to be entered into the water rights database of 
the department. 
(3) AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An otherwise valid amendment to 
the Law of Administration that affects a right of an allottee 
shall not be effective unless the amendment is approved 
by the Secretary in accordance with this subsection. 
(B) APPROVAL PERIOD.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause (ii), the Sec-
retary shall approve or disapprove an amendment to 
the Law of Administration not later than 180 days 
after the date of ratification of the amendment by 
the Tribes and the State. 
(ii) EXTENSION.—The deadline described in clause 
(i) may be extended by the Secretary after consultation 
with the Tribes. 
(4) CONFLICT.—In the event of a conflict between the Law 
of Administration and this Act, the provisions of this Act shall 
control. 
(g) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) ALIENATION.—The Tribes shall not permanently 
alienate any portion of the Tribal Water Right. 
(2) PURCHASES OR GRANTS OF LAND FROM INDIANS.—An 
authorization provided by this Act for an allocation, distribu-
tion, lease, or any other arrangement shall be considered to
H. R. 133—1869 
(c) DISTILLED SPIRITS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 5001(c)(2)(D) is amended by 
striking ‘‘marketed under a similar brand, license’’ and inserting 
‘‘under a license’’. 
(2) APPLICATION TO PROCESSORS.—Section 5001(c)(2)(D) is 
further amended by inserting ‘‘or process’’ after ‘‘that produce’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to beer, wine, and distilled spirits removed after 
December 31, 2020. 
Subtitle B—Certain Provisions Extended 
Through 2025 
SEC. 111. LOOK-THRU RULE FOR RELATED CONTROLLED FOREIGN 
CORPORATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 954(c)(6)(C) is amended by striking 
‘‘January 1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2026’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to taxable years of foreign corporations beginning after 
December 31, 2020, and to taxable years of United States share-
holders with or within which such taxable years of foreign corpora-
tions end. 
SEC. 112. NEW MARKETS TAX CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45D(f)(1)(H) is amended by striking 
‘‘2020’’ and inserting ‘‘for each of calendar years 2020 through 
2025’’. 
(b) CARRYOVER OF UNUSED LIMITATION.—Section 45D(f)(3) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2025’’ and inserting ‘‘2030’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to calendar years beginning after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 113. WORK OPPORTUNITY CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 51(c)(4) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to individuals who begin work for the employer after 
December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 114. EXCLUSION FROM GROSS INCOME OF DISCHARGE OF QUALI-
FIED PRINCIPAL RESIDENCE INDEBTEDNESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 108(a)(1)(E) is amended by striking 
‘‘January 1, 2021’’ both places it appears and inserting ‘‘January 
1, 2026’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION
OF MAXIMUM ACQUISITION INDEBTEDNESS 
TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—Section 108(h)(2) is amended by striking 
‘‘ $2,000,000 ( $1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘ $750,000 ( $375,000’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to discharges of indebtedness after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 115. 7-YEAR RECOVERY PERIOD FOR MOTORSPORTS ENTERTAIN-
MENT COMPLEXES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168(i)(15)(D) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2020.
H. R. 133—1870 
SEC. 116. EXPENSING RULES FOR CERTAIN PRODUCTIONS. 
(a) EXTENSION.—Section 181(g) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to productions commencing after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 117. OIL SPILL LIABILITY TRUST FUND RATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4611(f)(2) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply on and after January 1, 2021. 
SEC. 118. EMPOWERMENT ZONE TAX INCENTIVES. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 1391(d)(1)(A)(i) is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 
(b) TERMINATION OF INCREASE IN EXPENSING UNDER SECTION 
179.—Section 1397A is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply to any property 
placed in service in taxable years beginning after December 31, 
2020.’’. 
(c) TERMINATION OF NONRECOGNITION OF GAIN ON ROLLOVER 
OF EMPOWERMENT ZONE INVESTMENTS.—Section 1397B is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) TERMINATION.—This section shall not apply to sales in 
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.’’. 
(d) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN TERMINATION DATES SPECIFIED IN 
NOMINATIONS.—In the case of a designation of an empowerment 
zone the nomination for which included a termination date which 
is contemporaneous with the date specified in subparagraph (A)(i) 
of section 1391(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as 
in effect before the enactment of this Act), subparagraph (B) of 
such section shall not apply with respect to such designation if, 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the entity which 
made such nomination amends the nomination to provide for a 
new termination date in such manner as the Secretary of the 
Treasury (or the Secretary’s designee) may provide. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 119. EMPLOYER CREDIT FOR PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 45S(i) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2025’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to wages paid in taxable years beginning after December 
31, 2020. 
SEC. 120. EXCLUSION FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYER PAYMENTS OF STU-
DENT LOANS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 127(c)(1)(B) is amended by striking 
‘‘January 1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2026’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to payments made after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 121. EXTENSION OF CARBON OXIDE SEQUESTRATION CREDIT. 
Section 45Q(d)(1) is amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2024’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2026’’.
H. R. 133—1871 
Subtitle C—Extension of Certain Other 
Provisions 
SEC. 131. CREDIT FOR ELECTRICITY PRODUCED FROM CERTAIN 
RENEWABLE RESOURCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The following provisions of section 45(d) are 
each amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2022’’: 
(1) Paragraph (1). 
(2) Paragraph (2)(A). 
(3) Paragraph (3)(A). 
(4) Paragraph (4)(B). 
(5) Paragraph (6). 
(6) Paragraph (7). 
(7) Paragraph (9). 
(8) Paragraph (11)(B). 
(b) EXTENSION OF ELECTION TO TREAT QUALIFIED FACILITIES 
AS
ENERGY
PROPERTY.—Section 48(a)(5)(C)(ii) is amended by 
striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2022’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATED
TO APPLICATION
OF 
PHASEOUT PERCENTAGE.— 
(1) Section 45(b)(5)(D) is amended by striking ‘‘January 
1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2022’’. 
(2) Section 48(a)(5)(E)(iv) is amended by striking ‘‘January 
1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2022’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on January 1, 2021. 
SEC. 132. EXTENSION AND PHASEOUT OF ENERGY CREDIT. 
(a) EXTENSIONS.—Section 48 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A)(i)(II), by striking ‘‘January 1, 
2022’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2024’’, and 
(B) in paragraph (3)(A)— 
(i) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2022’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2024’’, and 
(ii) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2022’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2024’’, and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2022’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2024’’, 
(B) in paragraph (2)(D), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2022’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2024’’, 
(C) in paragraph (3)(A)(iv), by striking ‘‘January 1, 
2022’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2024’’, and 
(D) in paragraph (4)(C), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2022’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2024’’. 
(b) PHASEOUTS.— 
(1) 
SOLAR
ENERGY
PROPERTY.—Section 
48(a)(6) 
is 
amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2022, the energy 
percentage’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2024, the energy 
percentage’’, 
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2023’’, and
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(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘after December 31, 
2020, and before January 1, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘after 
December 31, 2022, and before January 1, 2024’’, and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘begins before 
January 1, 2022, and which is not placed in service before 
January 1, 2024’’ and inserting ‘‘begins before January 
1, 2024, and which is not placed in service before January 
1, 2026’’. 
(2) FIBER-OPTIC SOLAR, QUALIFIED FUEL CELL, AND QUALI-
FIED
SMALL
WIND
ENERGY
PROPERTY.—Section 48(a)(7) is 
amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2023’’, and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘after December 31, 
2020, and before January 1, 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘after 
December 31, 2022, and before January 1, 2024’’, and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘January 1, 2024’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2026’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall take effect on January 1, 2020. 
SEC. 133. TREATMENT OF MORTGAGE INSURANCE PREMIUMS AS 
QUALIFIED RESIDENCE INTEREST. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 163(h)(3)(E)(iv)(I) is amended by 
striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to amounts paid or accrued after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 134. CREDIT FOR HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS OF ELIGIBLE 
INDIVIDUALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 35(b)(1)(B) is amended by striking 
‘‘January 1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2022’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 135. INDIAN EMPLOYMENT CREDIT. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 45A(f) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 136. MINE RESCUE TEAM TRAINING CREDIT. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 45N(e) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 137. CLASSIFICATION OF CERTAIN RACE HORSES AS 3-YEAR 
PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168(e)(3)(A)(i) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ in subclause (I) and 
inserting ‘‘January 1, 2022’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ in subclause (II) and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2020.
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SEC. 138. ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION FOR BUSINESS PROPERTY 
ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 168(j)(9) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 139. AMERICAN SAMOA ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 119(d) of division A of the Tax Relief 
and Health Care Act of 2006 is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2022’’, 
(2) by striking ‘‘first 15 taxable years’’ in paragraph (1) 
and inserting ‘‘first 16 taxable years’’, and 
(3) by striking ‘‘first 9 taxable years’’ in paragraph (2) 
and inserting ‘‘first 10 taxable years’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 140. SECOND GENERATION BIOFUEL PRODUCER CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 40(b)(6)(J)(i) is amended by striking 
‘‘January 1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2022’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to qualified second generation biofuel production after 
December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 141. NONBUSINESS ENERGY PROPERTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 25C(g)(2) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 142. QUALIFIED FUEL CELL MOTOR VEHICLES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 30B(k)(1) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to property purchased after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 143. ALTERNATIVE FUEL REFUELING PROPERTY CREDIT. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 30C(g) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 144. 2-WHEELED PLUG-IN ELECTRIC VEHICLE CREDIT. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 30D(g)(3)(E)(ii) is amended by 
striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2022’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to vehicles acquired after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 145. PRODUCTION CREDIT FOR INDIAN COAL FACILITIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 45(e)(10)(A) is amended by striking 
‘‘15-year period’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘16-year 
period’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to coal produced after December 31, 2020.
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SEC. 146. ENERGY EFFICIENT HOMES CREDIT. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 45L(g) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to homes acquired after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 147. EXTENSION OF EXCISE TAX CREDITS RELATING TO ALTER-
NATIVE FUELS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Sections 6426(d)(5) and 6426(e)(3) are each 
amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 
31, 2021’’. 
(b) OUTLAY
PAYMENTS
FOR
ALTERNATIVE
FUELS.—Section 
6427(e)(6)(C) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and 
inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this subsection 
shall apply to fuel sold or used after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 148. EXTENSION OF RESIDENTIAL ENERGY-EFFICIENT PROPERTY 
CREDIT AND INCLUSION OF BIOMASS FUEL PROPERTY 
EXPENDITURES. 
(a) EXTENSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 25D(h) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2023’’. 
(2) PHASEDOWN.—Section 25D(g) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ in paragraph (2) 
and inserting ‘‘January 1, 2023’’, and 
(B) by striking ‘‘after December 31, 2020, and before 
January 1, 2022’’ in paragraph (3) and inserting ‘‘after 
December 31, 2022, and before January 1, 2024’’. 
(b) QUALIFIED BIOMASS FUEL PROPERTY EXPENDITURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 25D(a) is amended by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the 
end of paragraph (5), and by inserting after paragraph (5) 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) the qualified biomass fuel property expenditures, and’’. 
(2) QUALIFIED
BIOMASS
FUEL
PROPERTY
EXPENDITURES 
DEFINED.—Section 25D(d) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) QUALIFIED BIOMASS FUEL PROPERTY EXPENDITURE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘qualified biomass fuel 
property expenditure’ means an expenditure for property— 
‘‘(i) which uses the burning of biomass fuel to 
heat a dwelling unit located in the United States and 
used as a residence by the taxpayer, or to heat water 
for use in such a dwelling unit, and 
‘‘(ii) which has a thermal efficiency rating of at 
least 75 percent (measured by the higher heating value 
of the fuel). 
‘‘(B) BIOMASS FUEL.—For purposes of this section, the 
term ‘biomass fuel’ means any plant-derived fuel available 
on a renewable or recurring basis.’’. 
(3) DENIAL
OF
DOUBLE
BENEFIT
FOR
BIOMASS
STOVES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 25C(d)(3) is amended by 
adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘, and’’ at the end of subparagraph (D) and inserting a 
period, and by striking subparagraph (E).
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(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 25C(d) is 
amended by striking paragraph (6). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) EXTENSION.—The amendments made by subsection (a) 
shall apply to property placed in service after December 31, 
2020. 
(2) QUALIFIED BIOMASS FUEL PROPERTY EXPENDITURES.— 
The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply to expendi-
tures paid or incurred in taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 149. BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND EXCISE TAX. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 4121(e)(2)(A) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply to sales after December 31, 2020. 
TITLE II—OTHER PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. MINIMUM LOW-INCOME HOUSING TAX CREDIT RATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 42 is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4), and 
(2) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(3) MINIMUM CREDIT RATE.—In the case of any new or 
existing building to which paragraph (2) does not apply and 
which is placed in service by the taxpayer after December 
31, 2020, the applicable percentage shall not be less than 
4 percent.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to— 
(1) any building which receives an allocation of housing 
credit dollar amount after December 31, 2020, and 
(2) in the case of any building any portion of which is 
financed with an obligation described in section 42(h)(4)(A), 
any such building if any such obligation which so finances 
such building is issued after December 31, 2020. 
SEC. 202. DEPRECIATION OF CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROP-
ERTY OVER 30-YEAR PERIOD. 
Section 13204(b) of Public Law 115–97 is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’, and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL RENTAL PROPERTY.—In the case 
of any residential rental property— 
‘‘(A) which was placed in service before January 1, 
2018, 
‘‘(B) which is held by an electing real property trade 
or business (as defined in section 163(j)(7)(B) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986), and 
‘‘(C) for which subparagraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E) 
of section 168(g)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
did not apply prior to such date, 
the amendments made by subsection (a)(3)(C) shall apply to 
taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.’’.
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 2301(m) of the CARES Act is 
amended by striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘July 
1, 2021’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2301(c)(2)(A)(i) of 
the CARES Act is amended by striking ‘‘during calendar year 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘during the calendar quarter for which 
the credit is determined under subsection (a)’’. 
(b) INCREASE IN CREDIT PERCENTAGE.—Section 2301(a) of the 
CARES Act is amended by striking ‘‘50 percent’’ and inserting 
‘‘70 percent’’. 
(c) INCREASE IN PER EMPLOYEE LIMITATION.—Section 2301(b)(1) 
of the CARES Act is amended by striking ‘‘for all calendar quarters 
shall not exceed $10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘for any calendar quarter 
shall not exceed $10,000’’. 
(d) MODIFICATIONS TO DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER.— 
(1) DECREASE IN REDUCTION IN GROSS RECEIPTS NECESSARY 
TO QUALIFY AS ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 2301(c)(2)(A)(ii)(II) of the 
CARES Act is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(II) the gross receipts (within the meaning 
of section 448(c) of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986) of such employer for such calendar quarter 
are less than 80 percent of the gross receipts of 
such employer for the same calendar quarter in 
calendar year 2019.’’. 
(B) APPLICATION TO EMPLOYERS NOT IN EXISTENCE IN 
2019.—Section 2301(c)(2)(A) of the CARES Act, as amended 
by subparagraph (A), is amended by adding at the end 
the following new flush sentence: 
‘‘With respect to any employer for any calendar quarter, if such 
employer was not in existence as of the beginning of the same 
calendar quarter in calendar year 2019, clause (ii)(II) shall be 
applied by substituting ‘2020’ for ‘2019’.’’. 
(2) ELECTION TO DETERMINE GROSS RECEIPTS TEST BASED 
ON PRIOR QUARTER.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Subparagraph 
(B) 
of 
section 
2301(c)(2) of the CARES Act is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) ELECTION TO USE ALTERNATIVE QUARTER.—At the 
election of the employer— 
‘‘(i) subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) shall be applied— 
‘‘(I) by substituting ‘for the immediately pre-
ceding calendar quarter’ for ‘for such calendar 
quarter’, and 
‘‘(II) by substituting ‘the corresponding cal-
endar quarter in calendar year 2019’ for ‘the same 
calendar quarter in calendar year 2019’, and 
‘‘(ii) the last sentence of subparagraph (A) shall 
be applied by substituting ‘the corresponding calendar 
quarter in calendar year 2019’ for ‘the same calendar 
quarter in calendar year 2019’. 
An election under this subparagraph shall be made at 
such time and in such manner as the Secretary shall pre-
scribe.’’. 
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2301(l) of the 
CARES Act, as amended by section 206, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (3), by striking
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paragraph (4), and by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (4). 
(3) APPLICATION TO CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 2301(f) of the CARES Act 
is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘This’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—This’’, and 
(ii) by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to— 
‘‘(A) any organization described in section 501(c)(1) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and exempt from tax 
under section 501(a) of such Code, or 
‘‘(B) any entity described in paragraph (1) if — 
‘‘(i) such entity is a college or university, or 
‘‘(ii) the principal purpose or function of such entity 
is providing medical or hospital care. 
In the case of any entity described in subparagraph (B), 
such entity shall be treated as satisfying the requirements 
of subsection (c)(2)(A)(i).’’. 
(B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2301(c)(5)(A) of 
the CARES Act, as amended by section 206(b)(2), is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case of 
any organization or entity described in subsection (f)(2), 
wages as defined in section 3121(a) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 shall be determined without regard to para-
graphs (5), (6), (7), (10), and (13) of section 3121(b) of 
such Code (except with respect to services performed in 
a penal institution by an inmate thereof).’’. 
(e) MODIFICATION OF DETERMINATION OF QUALIFIED WAGES.— 
(1) MODIFICATION
OF
THRESHOLD
FOR
TREATMENT
AS
A 
LARGE EMPLOYER.—Section 2301(c)(3)(A) of the CARES Act is 
amended by striking ‘‘100’’ each place it appears in clauses 
(i) and (ii) and inserting ‘‘500’’. 
(2) ELIMINATION OF LIMITATION.—Section 2301(c)(3) of the 
CARES Act is amended— 
(A) by striking subparagraph (B), and 
(B) by striking ‘‘Such term’’ in the second sentence 
of subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘qualified wages’ ’’. 
(f) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—Section 2301(h) of the CARES 
Act is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(1) DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—Any wages taken into 
account in determining the credit allowed under this section 
shall not be taken into account as wages for purposes of sections 
41, 45A, 45P, 45S, 51, and 1396 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986.’’. 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 
(g) ADVANCE PAYMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 2301 of the CARES Act, as 
amended by section 206(c)(2)(B)(i), is amended by inserting 
after subsection (i) the following new subsection: 
‘‘(j) ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—
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defined in section 72(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986)— 
(A) if the due date pursuant to subparagraph (B) or 
(C) of section 72(p)(2) of such Code for any repayment 
with respect to such loan occurs during the period begin-
ning on the first day of the incident period of such qualified 
disaster and ending on the date which is 180 days after 
the last day of such incident period, such due date shall 
be delayed for 1 year (or, if later, until the date which 
is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act), 
(B) any subsequent repayments with respect to any 
such loan shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the 
delay in the due date under subparagraph (A) and any 
interest accruing during such delay, and 
(C) in determining the 5-year period and the term 
of a loan under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 72(p)(2) 
of such Code, the period described in subparagraph (A) 
of this paragraph shall be disregarded. 
(3) QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this subsection, 
the term ‘‘qualified individual’’ means any individual— 
(A) whose principal place of abode at any time during 
the incident period of any qualified disaster is located 
in the qualified disaster area with respect to such qualified 
disaster, and 
(B) who has sustained an economic loss by reason 
of such qualified disaster. 
(d) PROVISIONS RELATING TO PLAN AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—If this subsection applies to any amend-
ment to any plan or annuity contract, such plan or contract 
shall be treated as being operated in accordance with the terms 
of the plan during the period described in paragraph (2)(B)(i). 
(2) AMENDMENTS TO WHICH SUBSECTION APPLIES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—This subsection shall apply to any 
amendment to any plan or annuity contract which is 
made— 
(i) pursuant to any provision of this section, or 
pursuant to any regulation issued by the Secretary 
or the Secretary of Labor under any provision of this 
section, and 
(ii) on or before the last day of the first plan 
year beginning on or after January 1, 2022, or such 
later date as the Secretary may prescribe. 
In the case of a governmental plan (as defined in section 
414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), clause (ii) 
shall be applied by substituting the date which is 2 years 
after the date otherwise applied under clause (ii). 
(B) CONDITIONS.—This subsection shall not apply to 
any amendment unless— 
(i) during the period— 
(I) beginning on the date that this section 
or the regulation described in subparagraph (A)(i) 
takes effect (or in the case of a plan or contract 
amendment not required by this section or such 
regulation, the effective date specified by the plan), 
and
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(II) ending on the date described in subpara-
graph (A)(ii) (or, if earlier, the date the plan or 
contract amendment is adopted), 
the plan or contract is operated as if such plan or contract 
amendment were in effect, and 
(ii) such plan or contract amendment applies retro-
actively for such period. 
SEC. 303. EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT FOR EMPLOYERS AFFECTED 
BY QUALIFIED DISASTERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of section 38 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, in the case of an eligible employer, the 
2020 qualified disaster employee retention credit shall be treated 
as a credit listed at the end of subsection (b) of such section. 
For purposes of this subsection, the 2020 qualified disaster employee 
retention credit for any taxable year is an amount equal to 40 
percent of the qualified wages with respect to each eligible employee 
of such employer for such taxable year. The amount of qualified 
wages with respect to any employee which may be taken into 
account under this subsection by the employer for any taxable 
year shall not exceed $6,000 (reduced by the amount of qualified 
wages with respect to such employee taken into account for any 
prior taxable year). 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 
(1) ELIGIBLE
EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘eligible employer’’ 
means any employer— 
(A) which conducted an active trade or business in 
a qualified disaster zone at any time during the incident 
period of the qualified disaster with respect to such quali-
fied disaster zone, and 
(B) with respect to whom the trade or business 
described in subparagraph (A) is inoperable at any time 
during the period beginning on the first day of the incident 
period of such qualified disaster and ending on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, as a result of damage sus-
tained by reason of such qualified disaster. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘eligible employee’’ 
means with respect to an eligible employer an employee whose 
principal place of employment with such eligible employer 
(determined immediately before the qualified disaster referred 
to in paragraph (1)) was in the qualified disaster zone referred 
to in such paragraph. 
(3) QUALIFIED WAGES.—The term ‘‘qualified wages’’ means 
wages (as defined in section 51(c)(1) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986, but without regard to section 3306(b)(2)(B) of 
such Code) paid or incurred by an eligible employer with respect 
to an eligible employee at any time on or after the date on 
which the trade or business described in paragraph (1) first 
became inoperable at the principal place of employment of 
the employee (determined immediately before the qualified dis-
aster referred to in such paragraph) and before the earlier 
of— 
(A) the date on which such trade or business has 
resumed significant operations at such principal place of 
employment, or
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(B) Section 6103(p)(3)(A) of such Code, as amended 
by section 3516(a)(2) of such Act, is amended by striking 
‘‘(13)(A), 
(13)(B), 
(13)(C), 
(13)(D)(i),’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(13)(D)(iv), (13)(D)(v), (13)(D)(vi)’’. 
(4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this sub-
section shall apply to disclosures made after the date of the 
enactment of the FUTURE Act (Public Law 116–91). 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 494 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1098h(a)) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)(1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
inserting ‘‘, including return information,’’ after ‘‘finan-
cial information’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A)— 
(I) in clause (i)— 
(aa) by striking ‘‘subparagraph (B), the’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘subparagraph 
(B)— 
‘‘(I) the’’; and 
(bb) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(II) the return information of such individuals 
may be redisclosed pursuant to clauses (iii), (iv), 
(v), and (vi) of section 6103(l)(13)(D) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, for the relevant purposes 
described in such section; and’’; and 
(II) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘such disclosure’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the disclosures described in sub-
clauses (I) and (II) of clause (i)’’; and 
(iii) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘disclosure 
described in subparagraph (A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘disclo-
sures described in subclauses (I) and (II) of subpara-
graph (A)(i)’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘affirmatively 
approve the disclosure described in paragraph (1)(A)(i) and 
agree that such approval shall serve as an ongoing approval 
of such disclosure until the date on which the individual 
elects to opt out of such disclosure’’ and inserting ‘‘affirma-
tively approve the disclosures described in subclauses (I) 
and (II) of paragraph (1)(A)(i), to the extent applicable, 
and agree that such approval shall serve as an ongoing 
approval of such disclosures until the date on which the 
individual elects to opt out of such disclosures’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) ACCESS TO FAFSA INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) REDISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION.—The information in 
a complete, unredacted Student Aid Report (including any 
return information disclosed under section 6103(l)(13) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 6103(l)(13))) with 
respect to an application described in subsection (a)(1) of an 
applicant for Federal student financial aid— 
‘‘(A) upon request for such information by such 
applicant, shall be provided to such applicant by— 
‘‘(i) the Secretary; or 
‘‘(ii) in a case in which the Secretary has requested 
that institutions of higher education carry out the 
requirements of this subparagraph, an institution of
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‘‘Asset Protection Allowances for Parents of Dependent Students— 
Continued 
If the age of the oldest 
parent is— 
And there are 
two parents 
one parent 
then the allowance is— 
28 ..................................
$1,100 
$400
29 ..................................
$1,500 
$600
30 ..................................
$1,800 
$700
31 ..................................
$2,200 
$800
32 ..................................
$2,600 
$1,000
33 ..................................
$2,900 
$1,100
34 ..................................
$3,300 
$1,300
35 ..................................
$3,700 
$1,400
36 ..................................
$4,000 
$1,500
37 ..................................
$4,400 
$1,700
38 ..................................
$4,800 
$1,800
39 ..................................
$5,100 
$2,000
40 ..................................
$5,500 
$2,100
41 ..................................
$5,600 
$2,200
42 ..................................
$5,700 
$2,200
43 ..................................
$5,900 
$2,300
44 ..................................
$6,000 
$2,300
45 ..................................
$6,200 
$2,400
46 ..................................
$6,300 
$2,400
47 ..................................
$6,500 
$2,500
48 ..................................
$6,600 
$2,500
49 ..................................
$6,800 
$2,600
50 ..................................
$7,000 
$2,700
51 ..................................
$7,100 
$2,700
52 ..................................
$7,300 
$2,800
53 ..................................
$7,500 
$2,900
54 ..................................
$7,700 
$2,900
55 ..................................
$7,900 
$3,000
56 ..................................
$8,100 
$3,100
57 ..................................
$8,400 
$3,100
58 ..................................
$8,600 
$3,200
59 ..................................
$8,800 
$3,300
60 ..................................
$9,100 
$3,400
61 ..................................
$9,300 
$3,500
62 ..................................
$9,600 
$3,600
63 ..................................
$9,900 
$3,700
64 ..................................
$10,200 
$3,800
65 or more ....................
$10,500 
$3,900. 
‘‘(e) ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE.—The assessment of the parents’ 
adjusted available income (as determined under subsection (b)(1) 
and hereafter in this subsection referred to as ‘AAI’) is calculated 
based on the following table (as revised by the Secretary pursuant 
to section 478(e)):
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‘‘Income Protection Allowance (to be adjusted for 2023–2024 and 
succeeding years) 
Family Size (including student) 
Amount 
2 ....................................................................................................
$43,920
3 ....................................................................................................
$54,690
4 ....................................................................................................
$67,520
5 ....................................................................................................
$79,680
6 ....................................................................................................
$93,180
For each additional add ..............................................................
$10,530. 
‘‘(4) EMPLOYMENT EXPENSE ALLOWANCE.—The employment 
expense allowance is equal to the lesser of $4,000 or 35 percent 
of the student’s earned income or the combined earned income 
of the student and the student’s spouse, if applicable (as 
adjusted by the Secretary pursuant to section 478(g)). 
‘‘(c) FAMILY’S AVAILABLE ASSETS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) DETERMINATION.—Except as provided in subpara-
graph (B), the family’s available assets are equal to— 
‘‘(i) the difference between the family’s assets (as 
defined in 480(f)) and the asset protection allowance 
(determined in accordance with paragraph (2)); multi-
plied by 
‘‘(ii) 7 percent. 
‘‘(B) NOT
LESS
THAN
ZERO.—The family’s available 
assets under this subsection shall not be less than zero. 
‘‘(2) ASSET PROTECTION ALLOWANCE.—The asset protection 
allowance is calculated based on the following table (as revised 
by the Secretary pursuant to section 478(d)): 
‘‘Asset Protection Allowances for Families and Students 
If the age of the student 
is— 
And the student is 
married 
single 
then the allowance is— 
25 or less ......................
$0 
$0
26 ..................................
$400 
$100
27 ..................................
$700 
$300
28 ..................................
$1,100 
$400
29 ..................................
$1,500 
$600
30 ..................................
$1,800 
$700
31 ..................................
$2,200 
$800
32 ..................................
$2,600 
$1,000
33 ..................................
$2,900 
$1,100
34 ..................................
$3,300 
$1,300
35 ..................................
$3,700 
$1,400
36 ..................................
$4,000 
$1,500
37 ..................................
$4,400 
$1,700
38 ..................................
$4,800 
$1,800
39 ..................................
$5,100 
$2,000
40 ..................................
$5,500 
$2,100
41 ..................................
$5,600 
$2,200
42 ..................................
$5,700 
$2,200
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‘‘Asset Protection Allowances for Families and Students— 
Continued 
If the age of the student 
is— 
And the student is 
married 
single 
then the allowance is— 
43 ..................................
$5,900 
$2,300
44 ..................................
$6,000 
$2,300
45 ..................................
$6,200 
$2,400
46 ..................................
$6,300 
$2,400
47 ..................................
$6,500 
$2,500
48 ..................................
$6,600 
$2,500
49 ..................................
$6,800 
$2,600
50 ..................................
$7,000 
$2,700
51 ..................................
$7,100 
$2,700
52 ..................................
$7,300 
$2,800
53 ..................................
$7,500 
$2,900
54 ..................................
$7,700 
$2,900
55 ..................................
$7,900 
$3,000
56 ..................................
$8,100 
$3,100
57 ..................................
$8,400 
$3,100
58 ..................................
$8,600 
$3,200
59 ..................................
$8,800 
$3,300
60 ..................................
$9,100 
$3,400
61 ..................................
$9,300 
$3,500
62 ..................................
$9,600 
$3,600
63 ..................................
$9,900 
$3,700
64 ..................................
$10,200 
$3,800
65 or more ....................
$10,500 
$3,900. 
‘‘(d) ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE.—The assessment of adjusted avail-
able income (as determined under subsection (a)(1) and hereafter 
in this subsection referred to as ‘AAI’) is calculated based on the 
following table (as revised by the Secretary pursuant to section 
478(e)): 
‘‘Assessment From Adjusted Available Income 
If AAI is— 
Then the assessment is— 
Less than – $6,820 ....................................
– $1,500 
– $6,820 to $17,400 ...................................
22% of AAI 
$17,401 to $21,800 ...................................
$3,828 + 25% of AAI over $17,400 
$21,801 to $26,200 ...................................
$4,928 + 29% of AAI over $21,800 
$26,201 to $30,700 ...................................
$6,204 + 34% of AAI over $26,200 
$30,701 to $35,100 ...................................
$7,734 + 40% of AAI over $30,700 
$35,101 or more ........................................
$9,494 + 47% of AAI over $35,100. 
‘‘(e) COMPUTATIONS
IN CASE
OF SEPARATION, DIVORCE, OR 
DEATH.—In the case of a student who is divorced or separated, 
or whose spouse has died, the spouse’s income and assets shall 
not be considered in determining the family’s available income 
or assets.’’. 
(g) REGULATIONS; UPDATED TABLES.—Section 478 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087rr) is amended to read as 
follows:
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‘‘(aa) Is an unaccompanied homeless 
youth, or is unaccompanied, at risk of 
homelessness, and self-supporting. 
‘‘(bb) Is an emancipated minor. 
‘‘(cc) Is in legal guardianship. 
‘‘(dd) Has been a dependent ward of the 
court at any time since the applicant turned 
13. 
‘‘(ee) Has been in foster care at any time 
since the applicant turned 13. 
‘‘(ff) Both parents have died since the 
applicant turned 13. 
‘‘(gg) Is a veteran of the Armed Forces 
of the United States or is serving (on the 
date of the application) on active duty in the 
Armed Forces for other than training pur-
poses. 
‘‘(hh) Is under the age of 24 and has a 
dependent child or relative. 
‘‘(ii) Does not have access to parental 
information due to an unusual circumstance 
described in section 480(d)(9). 
‘‘(XVII) If the applicant receives or has 
received any of the following means-tested Federal 
benefits within the last two years: 
‘‘(aa) The supplemental security income 
program under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.). 
‘‘(bb) The supplemental nutrition assist-
ance program under the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), a nutrition 
assistance program carried out under section 
19 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2028), or a supple-
mental nutrition assistance program carried 
out under section 3(c) of the Act entitled ‘An 
Act to authorize appropriations for certain 
insular areas of the United States, and for 
other purposes’ (Public Law 95–348). 
‘‘(cc) The free and reduced price school 
lunch program established under the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1751 et seq.). 
‘‘(dd) The program of block grants for 
States for temporary assistance for needy 
families established under part A of title IV 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.). 
‘‘(ee) The special supplemental nutrition 
program for women, infants, and children 
established by section 17 of the Child Nutri-
tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786). 
‘‘(ff) The Medicaid program under title XIX 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 
et seq.). 
‘‘(gg) Federal housing assistance pro-
grams, 
including 
tenant-based 
assistance 
under section 8(o) of the United States
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extended repayment of the funds by, a transferred works oper-
ating entity or project beneficiary responsible for repayment 
of reimbursable costs for the conduct of extraordinary operation 
and maintenance work at a project facility, which shall consist 
of— 
‘‘(A) any amounts that are specifically appropriated 
to the Account under section 9605; and 
‘‘(B) any amounts deposited in the Account under para-
graph (3)(B). 
‘‘(2) EXPENDITURES.—Subject to paragraphs (3) and (6), 
the Secretary may expend amounts in the Account to fund 
and provide for extended repayment of the funds for eligible 
projects identified in a report submitted under paragraph (5)(B). 
‘‘(3) REPAYMENT CONTRACT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary may not expend 
amounts under paragraph (2) with respect to an eligible 
project described in that paragraph unless the transferred 
works operating entity or project beneficiary responsible 
for repayment of reimbursable costs has entered into a 
contract to repay the amounts under subsection (b)(2). 
‘‘(B) DEPOSIT OF REPAID FUNDS.—Amounts repaid by 
a transferred works operating entity or project beneficiary 
responsible for repayment of reimbursable costs receiving 
funds under a repayment contract entered into under this 
subsection shall be deposited in the Account and shall 
be available to the Secretary for expenditure, subject to 
paragraph (6), in accordance with this subsection, and with-
out further appropriation. 
‘‘(4) APPLICATION FOR FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with fiscal year 2022, 
not less than once per fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
accept, during an application period established by the 
Secretary, applications from transferred works operating 
entities or project beneficiaries responsible for payment 
of reimbursable costs for funds and extended repayment 
for eligible projects. 
‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE PROJECT.—A project eligible for funding 
and extended repayment under this subsection is a project 
that— 
‘‘(i) qualifies as an extraordinary operation and 
maintenance work under this section; 
‘‘(ii) is for the major, non-recurring maintenance 
of a mission-critical asset; and 
‘‘(iii) is not eligible to be carried out or funded 
under the repayment provisions of section 4(c) of the 
Reclamation Safety of Dams Act of 1978 (43 U.S.C. 
508(c)). 
‘‘(C) GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATIONS.—Not later than 
60 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
the Secretary shall issue guidelines describing the informa-
tion required to be provided in an application for funds 
and extended repayment under this subsection that 
require, at a minimum— 
‘‘(i) a description of the project for which the funds 
are requested; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of funds requested;
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‘‘(iii) the repayment period requested by the trans-
ferred works operating entity or project beneficiary 
responsible for repayment of reimbursable costs; 
‘‘(iv) alternative non-Federal funding options that 
have been evaluated; 
‘‘(v) the financial justification for requesting an 
extended repayment period; and 
‘‘(vi) the financial records of the transferred works 
operating entity or project beneficiary responsible for 
repayment of reimbursable costs. 
‘‘(D) REVIEW BY THE SECRETARY.—The Secretary shall 
review each application submitted under subparagraph 
(A)— 
‘‘(i) to determine whether the project is eligible 
for funds and an extended repayment period under 
this subsection; 
‘‘(ii) to determine if the project has been identified 
by the Bureau of Reclamation as part of the major 
rehabilitation and replacement of a project facility; 
and 
‘‘(iii) to conduct a financial analysis of— 
‘‘(I) the project; and 
‘‘(II) repayment capability of the transferred 
works operating entity or project beneficiary 
responsible for repayment of reimbursable costs. 
‘‘(5) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date on 
which an application period closes under paragraph (4)(A), the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Energy and Nat-
ural Resources and Appropriations of the Senate and the 
Committees on Natural Resources and Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives a report that— 
‘‘(A) describes the results of the Secretary’s review 
of each application under paragraph (4)(D), including a 
determination of whether the project is eligible; 
‘‘(B) identifies each project eligible for funds and 
extended repayment under this subsection; 
‘‘(C) with respect to each eligible project identified 
under subparagraph (B), includes— 
‘‘(i) a description of— 
‘‘(I) the eligible project; 
‘‘(II) the anticipated cost and duration of the 
eligible project; 
‘‘(III) any remaining engineering or environ-
mental compliance that is required before the 
eligible project commences; 
‘‘(IV) any recommendations the Secretary may 
have concerning the plan or design of the project; 
and 
‘‘(V) any conditions the Secretary may require 
for construction of the project; 
‘‘(ii) an analysis of— 
‘‘(I) the repayment period proposed in the 
application; and 
‘‘(II) if the Secretary recommends a minimum 
necessary repayment period that is different than 
the repayment period proposed in the application,
H. R. 133—2048 
beginning on the enforceability date and subject to the uses 
and restrictions set forth in this subsection. 
(6) WITHDRAWALS.— 
(A) WITHDRAWALS UNDER THE AMERICAN INDIAN TRUST 
FUND MANAGEMENT REFORM ACT OF 1994.—The Nation may 
withdraw any portion of the funds in the Trust Fund 
on approval by the Secretary of a tribal management plan 
submitted by the Nation in accordance with the American 
Indian Trust Fund Management Reform Act of 1994 (25 
U.S.C. 4001 et seq.). 
(i) REQUIREMENTS.—In addition to the require-
ments under the American Indian Trust Fund Manage-
ment Reform Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), 
the tribal management plan under this subparagraph 
shall require that the Nation shall spend all amounts 
withdrawn from the Trust Fund and any investment 
earnings accrued through the investments under the 
Tribal management plan in accordance with this sec-
tion. 
(ii) ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may carry out 
such judicial and administrative actions as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to enforce the Tribal 
management plan to ensure that amounts withdrawn 
by the Nation from the Trust Fund under this subpara-
graph are used in accordance with this section. 
(B) WITHDRAWALS
UNDER
EXPENDITURE
PLAN.—The 
Nation may submit to the Secretary a request to withdraw 
funds from the Trust Fund pursuant to an approved 
expenditure plan. 
(i) REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible to withdraw 
funds under an expenditure plan under this subpara-
graph, the Nation shall submit to the Secretary for 
approval an expenditure plan for any portion of the 
Trust Fund that the Nation elects to withdraw pursu-
ant to this subparagraph, subject to the condition that 
the funds shall be used for the purposes described 
in this section. 
(ii) INCLUSIONS.—An expenditure plan under this 
subparagraph shall include a description of the manner 
and purpose for which the amounts proposed to be 
withdrawn from the Trust Fund will be used by the 
Nation, in accordance with paragraphs (3) and (8). 
(iii) APPROVAL.—On receipt of an expenditure plan 
under this subparagraph, the Secretary shall approve 
the plan, if the Secretary determines that the plan— 
(I) is reasonable; 
(II) is consistent with, and will be used for, 
the purposes of this section; and 
(III) contains a schedule which describes that 
tasks will be completed within 18 months of receipt 
of withdrawn amounts. 
(iv) ENFORCEMENT.—The Secretary may carry out 
such judicial and administrative actions as the Sec-
retary determines to be necessary to enforce an 
expenditure plan to ensure that amounts disbursed 
under this subparagraph are used in accordance with 
this section.
H. R. 133—2054 
SEC. 1103. AAMODT LITIGATION SETTLEMENT COMPLETION. 
(a) DEFINITION
OF 611(g) AGREEMENT.—Section 602 of the 
Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act (Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 
3134) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (23) as para-
graphs (2) through (24), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as so redesignated) 
the following: 
‘‘(1) 611(g)
AGREEMENT.—The term ‘611(g) Agreement’ 
means the agreement dated September 17, 2019, executed by 
the United States, the State, the Pueblos, the County, and 
the City pursuant to section 611(g).’’. 
(b) FINAL PROJECT DESIGN.—Section 611(b) of the Aamodt 
Litigation Settlement Act (Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3137) 
is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘within 90 days of’’ and inserting ‘‘as soon as feasible after’’. 
(c) CONSTRUCTION COSTS FOR PUEBLO WATER FACILITIES.—Sec-
tion 611(f) of the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act (Public Law 
111–291; 124 Stat. 3138) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘ $106,400,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘ $243,400,000’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—Of the amount described in subpara-
graph (A)— 
‘‘(i) the initial $106,400,000 shall be increased or 
decreased, as appropriate, based on ordinary fluctua-
tions in construction costs since October 1, 2006, as 
determined using applicable engineering cost indices; 
and 
‘‘(ii) any amounts made available in excess of the 
amount described in clause (i) shall be increased or 
decreased, as appropriate, based on ordinary fluctua-
tions in construction costs since October 1, 2018, as 
determined using applicable engineering cost indices.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and the 611(g) Agree-
ment’’ after ‘‘the Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agree-
ment’’. 
(d) 
FUNDING
FOR
REGIONAL
WATER
SYSTEM.—Section 
617(a)(1)(B) of the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act (Public Law 
111–291; 124 Stat. 3147) is amended— 
(1) by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘section 616 $50,000,000’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘section 616— 
‘‘(i) $50,000,000’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) subject to the availability of appropriations 
and in addition to the amounts made available under 
clause (i), $137,000,000, as adjusted under paragraph 
(4), for the period of fiscal years 2021 through 2028.’’. 
(e) ADJUSTMENT.—Section 617(a)(4) of the Aamodt Litigation 
Settlement Act (Public Law 111–291; 124 Stat. 3147) is amended 
by striking ‘‘since October 1, 2006, as determined using applicable 
engineering cost indices’’ and inserting ‘‘pursuant to section 
611(f)(1)(B)’’.
H. R. 133—2055 
(f) EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT UNDER SECTION 611(g).—Section 
621 of the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act (Public Law 111– 
291; 124 Stat. 3149) is amended by striking subsections (a) and 
(b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) APPROVAL.—To the extent the Settlement Agreement, the 
Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement, and the 611(g) 
Agreement do not conflict with this title, the Settlement Agreement, 
the Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement, and the 611(g) 
Agreement (including any amendments to the Settlement Agree-
ment, the Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement, and 
the 611(g) Agreement that are executed to make the Settlement 
Agreement, the Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement, 
or the 611(g) Agreement consistent with this title) are authorized, 
ratified, and confirmed. 
‘‘(b) EXECUTION.—To the extent the Settlement Agreement, the 
Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement, and the 611(g) 
Agreement do not conflict with this title, the Secretary shall execute 
the Settlement Agreement, the Cost-Sharing and System Integra-
tion Agreement, and the 611(g) Agreement (including any amend-
ments that are necessary to make the Settlement Agreement, the 
Cost-Sharing and System Integration Agreement, or the 611(g) 
Agreement consistent with this title).’’. 
(g) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
DETERMINATION
OF
SUBSTANTIAL 
COMPLETION OF THE REGIONAL WATER SYSTEM.—Section 623(e) of 
the Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act (Public Law 111–291; 124 
Stat. 3151) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) CRITERIA FOR SUBSTANTIAL COMPLETION OF REGIONAL 
WATER
SYSTEM.—Subject to the provisions of section 611(d) 
concerning the extent, size, and capacity of the County Distribu-
tion System, the Regional Water System shall be determined 
to be substantially completed if— 
‘‘(A) the infrastructure has been constructed capable 
of— 
‘‘(i) diverting, treating, transmitting, and distrib-
uting a supply of 2,500 acre-feet of water to the Pueblos 
consistent with the Engineering Report (as amended 
by the 611(g) Agreement and the Operating Agree-
ment); and 
‘‘(ii) diverting, treating, and transmitting the 
quantity of water specified in the Engineering Report 
to the County Distribution System and consistent with 
the Engineering Report (as amended by the 611(g) 
Agreement and the Operating Agreement); or 
‘‘(B) the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) issues a notice to proceed authorizing the 
commencement of Phase I construction of the Regional 
Water System by December 31, 2019, and subsequently 
commences construction of the Regional Water System; 
‘‘(ii) diligently proceeds to construct the Regional 
Water System in accordance with the Engineering 
Report (as amended by the 611(g) Agreement), on a 
schedule for completion by June 30, 2028; 
‘‘(iii) expends all of the available funding provided 
to construct the Regional Water System under section 
611(f)(1)(A), in the Cost-Sharing and System Integra-
tion Agreement, and in the 611(g) Agreement;
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of the county line between Golden Valley and Yellowstone 
Counties in the State, inclusive of the Town of Broadview, 
Montana; and 
(C) the portion of Fergus County in the State within 
2 miles of U.S. Highway 87 and within 4 miles of the 
county line between Fergus and Judith Basin Counties 
in the State, inclusive of the Town of Moore, Montana. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the State of Montana. 
(d) MUSSELSHELL-JUDITH RURAL WATER SYSTEM.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary may carry out the plan-
ning, design, and construction of the Musselshell-Judith Rural 
Water System in a manner that is substantially in accordance 
with the feasibility report entitled ‘‘Musselshell-Judith Rural 
Water System Feasibility Report’’ (including any and all revi-
sions of the report). 
(2) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT.—The Secretary shall enter 
into a cooperative agreement with the Authority to provide 
Federal assistance for the planning, design, and construction 
of the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System. 
(3) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— 
(A) FEDERAL SHARE.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Federal share of the costs 
relating to the planning, design, and construction of 
the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System shall not 
exceed 65 percent of the total cost of the Musselshell- 
Judith Rural Water System. 
(ii) LIMITATION.—Amounts made available under 
clause (i) shall not be returnable or reimbursable under 
the reclamation laws. 
(B) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
(i) GENERAL
USES.—Subject to clause (ii), the 
Musselshell-Judith Rural Water System may use Fed-
eral funds made available to carry out this subsection 
for— 
(I) facilities relating to— 
(aa) water pumping; 
(bb) water treatment; 
(cc) water storage; 
(dd) water supply wells; 
(ee) distribution pipelines; and 
(ff) control systems; 
(II) transmission pipelines; 
(III) pumping stations; 
(IV) 
appurtenant 
buildings, 
maintenance 
equipment, and access roads; 
(V) any interconnection facility that connects 
a pipeline of the Musselshell-Judith Rural Water 
System to a pipeline of a public water system; 
(VI) electrical power transmission and dis-
tribution facilities required for the operation and 
maintenance of the Musselshell-Judith Rural 
Water System; 
(VII) any other facility or service required for 
the development of a rural water distribution 
system, as determined by the Secretary; and
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of any other appropriate Federal agency, shall submit to 
the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Com-
mittee on Science, Space, and Technology of the House 
of Representatives, and the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation of the Senate, and make pub-
licly available on the website of the Department of Com-
merce, a report that contains— 
(i) the results of the study conducted under para-
graph (1); and 
(ii) recommendations to— 
(I) develop and implement a comprehensive 
plan to promote the development and adoption 
of unmanned delivery services in the United 
States; 
(II) develop policies that States can adopt to 
encourage the development and adoption of 
unmanned delivery services; 
(III) develop a national strategy to advance 
the United States position in the world on the 
development and adoption of unmanned delivery 
services, and manufacture of technology behind 
unmanned delivery services; 
(IV) develop strategies to mitigate current and 
emerging risks to the marketplace and supply 
chain of unmanned delivery services; and 
(V) develop legislation to accomplish such rec-
ommendations. 
(h) STUDY TO ADVANCE INTERNET OF THINGS.— 
(1) STUDY.—The Secretary of Commerce shall conduct a 
study on the state of the internet-connected devices industry 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Internet of Things’’) in the United 
States. In conducting the study, the Secretary shall— 
(A) develop and conduct a survey of the internet-con-
nected devices industry through outreach to participating 
entities as appropriate, including— 
(i) a list of the industry sectors that develop inter-
net-connected devices; 
(ii) a list of public-private partnerships focused 
on promoting the adoption and use of internet-con-
nected devices, as well as industry-based bodies, 
including international bodies, which have developed, 
or are developing, mandatory or voluntary standards 
for internet-connected devices; 
(iii) the status of the industry-based mandatory 
or voluntary standards identified in clause (ii); and 
(iv) a description of the ways entities or industry 
sectors develop, use, or promote the use of internet- 
connected devices; 
(B) develop a comprehensive list of Federal agencies 
with jurisdiction over the entities and industry sectors 
identified under subparagraph (A); 
(C) identify which Federal agency or agencies listed 
under subparagraph (B) each entity or industry sector 
interacts with;