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the fields of government, the professions, or international 
development: Provided further, That of the funds referred 
to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used 
for program evaluation, national outreach, and informa-
tion dissemination activities: Provided further, That up to 
1.5 percent of the funds made available under chapter 2 
of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be 
used for evaluation. 
HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For 
partial 
support 
of 
Howard 
University, 
$250,000,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be 
for a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard 
University Endowment Act and shall remain available 
until expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 
121 of the HEA, $435,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY 
CAPITAL FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au-
thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 
shall remain available through September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
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such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Con-
gressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That 
these funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, 
any part of which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed 
$212,100,000: Provided further, That these funds may be 
used to support loans to public and private Historically 
Black Colleges and Universities without regard to the limi-
tations within section 344(a) of the HEA. 
In addition, $20,000,000 shall be made available to 
provide for the deferment of loans made under part D of 
title III of the HEA to eligible institutions that are private 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which apply 
for the deferment of such a loan and demonstrate financial 
need for such deferment by having a score of 2.6 or less 
on the Department of Education’s financial responsibility 
test: Provided, That during the period of deferment of 
such a loan, interest on the loan will not accrue or be cap-
italized, and the period of deferment shall be for at least 
a period of 3-fiscal years and not more than 6-fiscal years: 
Provided further, That funds available under this para-
graph shall be used to fund eligible deferment requests 
submitted for this purpose in fiscal year 2018: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall create and execute an 
outreach plan to work with States and the Capital Financ-
ing Advisory Board to improve outreach to States and help 
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additional public Historically Black Colleges and Univer-
sities participate in the program. 
In addition, $10,000,000 shall be made available to 
provide for the deferment of loans made under part D of 
title III of the HEA to eligible institutions that are public 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which apply 
for the deferment of such a loan and demonstrate financial 
need for such deferment, which shall be determined by the 
Secretary of Education based on factors including, but not 
limited to, equal to or greater than 5 percent of the 
school’s annual revenue from the previous fiscal year rel-
ative to its debt service: Provided, That during the period 
of deferment of such a loan, interest on the loan will not 
accrue or be capitalized, and the period of deferment shall 
be for at least a period of 3-fiscal years and not more 
than 6-fiscal years. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-
nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 
III of the HEA, $334,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess-
ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 
208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 
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and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act, $650,000,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds avail-
able to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical 
Assistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary 
and secondary data systems with early childhood, postsec-
ondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop 
such systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of 
the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 
to public or private organizations or agencies to support 
activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use 
at the local, State, and national levels. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise pro-
vided, the Department of Education Organization Act, in-
cluding rental of conference rooms in the District of Co-
lumbia and hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$430,000,000: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, none of the funds provided by this Act 
or provided by previous Appropriations Acts to the De-
partment of Education available for obligation or expendi-
ture in the current fiscal year may be used for any activity 
relating to implementing a reorganization that decentral-
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izes, reduces the staffing level, or alters the responsibil-
ities, structure, authority, or functionality of the Budget 
Service of the Department of Education, relative to the 
organization and operation of the Budget Service as in 
effect on January 1, 2018. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil 
Rights, as authorized by section 203 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $130,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General, as authorized by section 212 of the Department 
of Education Organization Act, $63,418,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discre-
tionary funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appro-
priated for the Department of Education in this Act may 
be transferred between appropriations, but no such appro-
priation shall be increased by more than 3 percent by any 
such transfer: Provided, That the transfer authority 
granted by this section shall be available only to meet 
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emergency needs and shall not be used to create any new 
program or to fund any project or activity for which no 
funds are provided in this Act: Provided further, That the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate are notified at least 15 days in ad-
vance of any transfer. 
SEC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and con-
solidated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of 
the ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2020, through 
September 30, 2021. 
SEC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 
maintains an endowment fund supported with funds ap-
propriated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 
2020 may use the income from that fund to award schol-
arships to students, subject to the limitation in section 
331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for 
such purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall 
be considered to have been an allowable use of that in-
come, subject to that limitation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III 
and V of the HEA are reauthorized. 
SEC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1011c(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘2020’’. 
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SEC. 306. Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1087h(a)) is amended in paragraph (4) by striking 
‘‘2019’’ and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
SEC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available 
for payments for student loan servicing to an institution 
of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per-
kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 308. Section 401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(X) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(X)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$1,430,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$1,380,000,000’’. 
SEC. 309. (a) An institution of higher education may, 
with explicit written consent of an applicant who has com-
pleted a FAFSA under such section 483(a), provide such 
information collected from the applicant’s FAFSA as is 
necessary to a scholarship granting organization, includ-
ing a tribal organization (defined in section 4 of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 5304)), or to an organization assisting the appli-
cant in applying for and receiving Federal, State, local, 
or tribal assistance, that is designated by the applicant 
to assist the applicant in applying for and receiving finan-
cial assistance for any component of the applicant’s cost 
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of attendance (defined in section 472 of the HEA) at that 
institution. 
(b) An organization that receives information pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall not sell or otherwise share such 
information. 
(c) This section shall be in effect until title IV of the 
HEA is reauthorized. 
SEC. 310. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department 
of Education—Federal Direct Student Loan Program Ac-
count’’, $350,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the cost, as defined under section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of the Secretary of 
Education providing loan cancellation in the same manner 
as under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), for borrowers of loans made 
under part D of title IV of such Act who would qualify 
for loan cancellation under section 455(m) except some, 
or all, of the 120 required payments under section 
455(m)(1)(A) do not qualify for purposes of the program 
because they were monthly payments made in accordance 
with graduated or extended repayment plans as described 
under subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 455(d)(1) or 
the corresponding repayment plan for a consolidation loan 
made under section 455(g) and that were less than the 
amount calculated under section 455(d)(1)(A), based on 
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a 10-year repayment period: Provided, That the total loan 
volume, including outstanding principal, fees, capitalized 
interest, or accrued interest, at application that is eligible 
for such loan cancellation by such borrowers shall not ex-
ceed $500,000,000: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall develop and make available a simple method for bor-
rowers to apply for loan cancellation under this section 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall provide loan cancellation under 
this section to eligible borrowers on a first-come, first- 
serve basis, based on the date of application and subject 
to both the limitation on total loan volume at application 
for such loan cancellation specified in the first proviso and 
the availability of appropriations under this section: Pro-
vided further, That no borrower may, for the same service, 
receive a reduction of loan obligations under both this sec-
tion and section 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460 of such Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall inform all bor-
rowers who have submitted an Employment Certification 
Form and are in the incorrect repayment program about 
the Temporary Expanded Public Service Loan Forgive-
ness Program and requirements for qualification under 
the program. 
SEC. 311. Of the amounts made available under this 
title under the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’, 
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$2,300,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Education 
to conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made under part 
D of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who 
may intend to qualify for loan cancellation under section 
455(m) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that 
borrowers are meeting the terms and conditions of such 
loan cancellation: Provided, That the Secretary shall spe-
cifically conduct outreach to assist borrowers who would 
qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) of such 
Act except that the borrower has made some, or all, of 
the 120 required payments under a repayment plan that 
is not described under section 455(m)(A) of such Act, to 
encourage borrowers to enroll in a qualifying repayment 
plan: Provided further, That the Secretary shall also com-
municate to all Direct Loan borrowers the full require-
ments of section 455(m) of such Act and improve the fil-
ing of employment certification by providing improved out-
reach and information such as outbound calls, electronic 
communications, ensuring prominent access to program 
requirements and benefits on each servicer’s website, and 
creating an option for all borrowers to complete the entire 
payment certification process electronically and on a cen-
tralized website. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
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TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Pur-
chase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
(referred to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established 
under section 8502 of title 41, United States Code, 
$9,000,000: Provided, That in order to authorize any cen-
tral nonprofit agency designated pursuant to section 
8503(c) of title 41, United States Code, to perform re-
quirements of the Committee as prescribed under section 
51–3.2 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, the Com-
mittee shall enter into a written agreement with any such 
central nonprofit agency: Provided further, That such 
agreement shall contain such auditing, oversight, and re-
porting provisions as necessary to implement chapter 85 
of title 41, United States Code: Provided further, That 
such agreement shall include the elements listed under the 
heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase From People Who Are 
Blind or Severely Disabled—Written Agreement Ele-
ments’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter preceding division 
A of that consolidated Act): Provided further, That any 
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such central nonprofit agency may not charge a fee under 
section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations, 
prior to executing a written agreement with the Com-
mittee: Provided further, That no less than $1,650,000 
shall be available for the Office of Inspector General. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 
‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred 
to in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $829,665,000, notwith-
standing sections 198B(b)(3), 198S(g), 501(a)(4)(C), and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the 
amounts provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent 
of program grant funds may be used to defray the costs 
of conducting grant application reviews, including the use 
of outside peer reviewers and electronic management of 
the grants cycle; (2) $17,538,000 shall be available to pro-
vide assistance to State commissions on national and com-
munity service, under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and 
notwithstanding section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) 
$33,000,000 shall be available to carry out subtitle E of 
the 1990 Act; and (4) $6,400,000 shall be available for 
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expenses authorized under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 
1990 Act, which, notwithstanding the provisions of section 
198P shall be awarded by CNCS on a competitive basis: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of carrying out 
the 1990 Act, satisfying the requirements in section 
122(c)(1)(D) may include a determination of need by the 
local community. 
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust estab-
lished under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, 
$218,691,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from the 
amount provided within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated 
to grants under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to 
the National Service Trust upon determination that such 
transfer is necessary to support the activities of national 
service participants and after notice is transmitted to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate: Provided further, That amounts ap-
propriated for or transferred to the National Service Trust 
may be invested under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act 
without regard to the requirement to apportion funds 
under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b). 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of administration as provided 
under section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 
504(a) of the 1973 Act, including payment of salaries, au-
thorized travel, hire of passenger motor vehicles, the rental 
of conference rooms in the District of Columbia, the em-
ployment of experts and consultants authorized under 5 
U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official recep-
tion and representation expenses, $83,737,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the Inspector General Act of 1978, 
$6,013,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. CNCS shall make any significant changes 
to program requirements, service delivery or policy only 
through public notice and comment rulemaking. For fiscal 
year 2020, during any grant selection process, an officer 
or employee of CNCS shall not knowingly disclose any cov-
ered grant selection information regarding such selection, 
directly or indirectly, to any person other than an officer 
or employee of CNCS that is authorized by CNCS to re-
ceive such information. 
SEC. 402. AmeriCorps programs receiving grants 
under the National Service Trust program shall meet an 
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overall minimum share requirement of 24 percent for the 
first 3 years that they receive AmeriCorps funding, and 
thereafter shall meet the overall minimum share require-
ment as provided in section 2521.60 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations, without regard to the operating costs 
match requirement in section 121(e) or the member sup-
port Federal share limitations in section 140 of the 1990 
Act, and subject to partial waiver consistent with section 
2521.70 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 403. Donations made to CNCS under section 
196 of the 1990 Act for the purposes of financing pro-
grams and operations under titles I and II of the 1973 
Act or subtitle B, C, D, or E of title I of the 1990 Act 
shall be used to supplement and not supplant current pro-
grams and operations. 
SEC. 404. In addition to the requirements in section 
146(a) of the 1990 Act, use of an educational award for 
the purpose described in section 148(a)(4) shall be limited 
to individuals who are veterans as defined under section 
101 of the Act. 
SEC. 405. For the purpose of carrying out section 
189D of the 1990 Act— 
(1) entities described in paragraph (a) of such 
section shall be considered ‘‘qualified entities’’ under 
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section 3 of the National Child Protection Act of 
1993 (‘‘NCPA’’); 
(2) individuals described in such section shall 
be considered ‘‘volunteers’’ under section 3 of 
NCPA; and 
(3) State Commissions on National and Com-
munity Service established pursuant to section 178 
of the 1990 Act, are authorized to receive criminal 
history record information, consistent with Public 
Law 92–544. 
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding sections 139(b), 146 and 
147 of the 1990 Act, an individual who successfully com-
pletes a term of service of not less than 1,200 hours dur-
ing a period of not more than one year may receive a na-
tional service education award having a value of 70 per-
cent of the value of a national service education award 
determined under section 147(a) of the Act. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For payment to the Corporation for Public Broad-
casting (‘‘CPB’’), as authorized by the Communications 
Act of 1934, an amount which shall be available within 
limitations specified by that Act, for the fiscal year 2022, 
$495,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds made 
available to CPB by this Act shall be used to pay for re-
ceptions, parties, or similar forms of entertainment for 
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Government officials or employees: Provided further, That 
none of the funds made available to CPB by this Act shall 
be available or used to aid or support any program or ac-
tivity from which any person is excluded, or is denied ben-
efits, or is discriminated against, on the basis of race, 
color, national origin, religion, or sex: Provided further, 
That none of the funds made available to CPB by this 
Act shall be used to apply any political test or qualification 
in selecting, appointing, promoting, or taking any other 
personnel action with respect to officers, agents, and em-
ployees of CPB. 
In addition, for the costs associated with replacing 
and upgrading the public broadcasting interconnection 
system and other technologies and services that create in-
frastructure and efficiencies within the public media sys-
tem, $20,000,000. 
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND CONCILIATION SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service (‘‘Service’’) to carry out the func-
tions vested in it by the Labor-Management Relations Act, 
1947, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; for ex-
penses necessary for the Labor-Management Cooperation 
Act of 1978; and for expenses necessary for the Service 
to carry out the functions vested in it by the Civil Service 
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Reform Act, $48,200,000, including up to $900,000 to re-
main available through September 30, 2021, for activities 
authorized by the Labor-Management Cooperation Act of 
1978: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, 
fees charged, up to full-cost recovery, for special training 
activities and other conflict resolution services and tech-
nical assistance, including those provided to foreign gov-
ernments and international organizations, and for arbitra-
tion services shall be credited to and merged with this ac-
count, and shall remain available until expended: Provided 
further, That fees for arbitration services shall be available 
only for education, training, and professional development 
of the agency workforce: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Service is authorized to accept and use on behalf 
of the United States gifts of services and real, personal, 
or other property in the aid of any projects or functions 
within the Director’s jurisdiction. 
FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $17,184,000. 
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INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS 
AND ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out the Museum and Library Services 
Act of 1996 and the National Museum of African Amer-
ican History and Culture Act, $267,000,000. 
MEDICAID AND CHIP PAYMENT AND ACCESS 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1900 of 
the Social Security Act, $8,480,000. 
MEDICARE PAYMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 1805 of 
the Social Security Act, $12,645,000, to be transferred to 
this appropriation from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical In-
surance Trust Fund. 
NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Council on 
Disability as authorized by title IV of the Rehabilitation 
Act of 1973, $3,450,000. 
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NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
Labor-Management Relations Act, 1947, and other laws, 
$341,500,000. 
NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Railway Labor Act, including emergency boards ap-
pointed by the President, $15,800,000. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH REVIEW 
COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Review Commission, $13,225,000. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
DUAL BENEFITS PAYMENTS ACCOUNT 
For payment to the Dual Benefits Payments Ac-
count, authorized under section 15(d) of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act of 1974, $16,000,000, which shall include 
amounts becoming available in fiscal year 2020 pursuant 
to section 224(c)(1)(B) of Public Law 98–76; and in addi-
tion, an amount, not to exceed 2 percent of the amount 
provided herein, shall be available proportional to the 
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amount by which the product of recipients and the average 
benefit received exceeds the amount available for payment 
of vested dual benefits: Provided, That the total amount 
provided herein shall be credited in 12 approximately 
equal amounts on the first day of each month in the fiscal 
year. 
FEDERAL PAYMENTS TO THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
ACCOUNTS 
For payment to the accounts established in the 
Treasury for the payment of benefits under the Railroad 
Retirement Act for interest earned on unnegotiated 
checks, $150,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2021, which shall be the maximum amount available 
for payment pursuant to section 417 of Public Law 98– 
76. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses for the Railroad Retirement 
Board (‘‘Board’’) for administration of the Railroad Re-
tirement Act and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 
Act, $135,500,000, to be derived in such amounts as de-
termined by the Board from the railroad retirement ac-
counts and from moneys credited to the railroad unem-
ployment insurance administration fund: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act this limitation may be used to hire attorneys 
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only through the excepted service: Provided further, That 
the previous proviso shall not change the status under 
Federal employment laws of any attorney hired by the 
Railroad Retirement Board prior to January 1, 2013: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 7(b)(9) of the 
Railroad Retirement Act, this limitation may be used to 
hire students attending qualifying educational institutions 
or individuals who have recently completed qualifying edu-
cational programs using current excepted hiring authori-
ties established by the Office of Personnel Management: 
Provided further, That $13,460,000, to remain available 
until expended, shall be used to supplement, not supplant, 
existing resources devoted to operations and improvements 
for the Board’s Information Technology Investment Initia-
tives. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General for audit, investigatory and review activities, as 
authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978, not more 
than $11,500,000, to be derived from the railroad retire-
ment accounts and railroad unemployment insurance ac-
count. 
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
PAYMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 
Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insur-
ance Trust Fund, as provided under sections 201(m) and 
1131(b)(2) of the Social Security Act, $11,000,000. 
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM 
For carrying out titles XI and XVI of the Social Se-
curity Act, section 401 of Public Law 92–603, section 212 
of Public Law 93–66, as amended, and section 405 of 
Public Law 95–216, including payment to the Social Secu-
rity trust funds for administrative expenses incurred pur-
suant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, 
$41,938,540,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That any portion of the funds provided to a State 
in the current fiscal year and not obligated by the State 
during that year shall be returned to the Treasury: Pro-
vided further, That not more than $101,000,000 shall be 
available for research and demonstrations under sections 
1110, 1115, and 1144 of the Social Security Act, and re-
main available through September 30, 2022. 
For making, after June 15 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, for unanticipated costs incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
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For making benefit payments under title XVI of the 
Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 
2021, $19,900,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses, including the hire of two pas-
senger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $20,000 for offi-
cial reception and representation expenses, not more than 
$12,940,945,000 may be expended, as authorized by sec-
tion 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, from any one 
or all of the trust funds referred to in such section: Pro-
vided, That $2,400,000 shall be for the Social Security 
Advisory Board: Provided further, That $45,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for information tech-
nology modernization, including related hardware and 
software infrastructure and equipment, and for adminis-
trative expenses directly associated with information tech-
nology modernization: Provided further, That $50,000,000 
shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for 
activities to address the disability hearings backlog within 
the Office of Hearings Operations: Provided further, That 
unobligated balances of funds provided under this para-
graph at the end of fiscal year 2020 not needed for fiscal 
year 2020 shall remain available until expended to invest 
in the Social Security Administration information tech-
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nology and telecommunications hardware and software in-
frastructure, including related equipment and non-payroll 
administrative expenses associated solely with this infor-
mation technology and telecommunications infrastructure: 
Provided further, That the Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate prior to making 
unobligated balances available under the authority in the 
previous proviso: Provided further, That reimbursement to 
the trust funds under this heading for expenditures for 
official time for employees of the Social Security Adminis-
tration pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 7131, and for facilities or 
support services for labor organizations pursuant to poli-
cies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 
7135(b) of such title shall be made by the Secretary of 
the Treasury, with interest, from amounts in the general 
fund not otherwise appropriated, as soon as possible after 
such expenditures are made. 
Of the total amount made available in the first para-
graph under this heading, not more than $1,582,000,000, 
to remain available through March 31, 2021, is for the 
costs associated with continuing disability reviews under 
titles II and XVI of the Social Security Act, including 
work-related continuing disability reviews to determine 
whether earnings derived from services demonstrate an in-
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dividual’s ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, 
for the cost associated with conducting redeterminations 
of eligibility under title XVI of the Social Security Act, 
for the cost of co-operative disability investigation units, 
and for the cost associated with the prosecution of fraud 
in the programs and operations of the Social Security Ad-
ministration by Special Assistant United States Attorneys: 
Provided, That, of such amount, $273,000,000 is provided 
to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, as amended, and $1,309,000,000 is additional new 
budget authority specified for purposes of section 
251(b)(2)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That, of the 
additional new budget authority described in the preceding 
proviso, up to $10,000,000 may be transferred to the ‘‘Of-
fice of Inspector General’’, Social Security Administration, 
for the cost of jointly operated co-operative disability in-
vestigation units: Provided further, That such transfer au-
thority is in addition to any other transfer authority pro-
vided by law: Provided further, That the Commissioner 
shall provide to the Congress (at the conclusion of the fis-
cal year) a report on the obligation and expenditure of 
these funds, similar to the reports that were required by 
section 103(d)(2) of Public Law 104–121 for fiscal years 
1996 through 2002. 
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In addition, $130,000,000 to be derived from admin-
istration fees in excess of $5.00 per supplementary pay-
ment collected pursuant to section 1616(d) of the Social 
Security Act or section 212(b)(3) of Public Law 93–66, 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That to the extent that the amounts collected pursuant 
to such sections in fiscal year 2020 exceed $130,000,000, 
the amounts shall be available in fiscal year 2021 only 
to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 
In addition, up to $1,000,000 to be derived from fees 
collected pursuant to section 303(c) of the Social Security 
Protection Act, which shall remain available until ex-
pended. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $30,000,000, together with not to 
exceed $75,500,000, to be transferred and expended as 
authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act 
from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund. 
In addition, an amount not to exceed 3 percent of 
the total provided in this appropriation may be transferred 
from the ‘‘Limitation on Administrative Expenses’’, Social 
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Security Administration, to be merged with this account, 
to be available for the time and purposes for which this 
account is available: Provided, That notice of such trans-
fers shall be transmitted promptly to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. The Secretaries of Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education are authorized to transfer 
unexpended balances of prior appropriations to accounts 
corresponding to current appropriations provided in this 
Act. Such transferred balances shall be used for the same 
purpose, and for the same periods of time, for which they 
were originally appropriated. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in 
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 503. (a) No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of 
Public Law 111–148 shall be used, other than for normal 
and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for pub-
licity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, dis-
tribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, 
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electronic communication, radio, television, or video pres-
entation designed to support or defeat the enactment of 
legislation before the Congress or any State or local legis-
lature or legislative body, except in presentation to the 
Congress or any State or local legislature itself, or de-
signed to support or defeat any proposed or pending regu-
lation, administrative action, or order issued by the execu-
tive branch of any State or local government, except in 
presentation to the executive branch of any State or local 
government itself. 
(b) No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act or transferred pursuant to section 4002 of Public Law 
111–148 shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of 
any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such 
recipient, related to any activity designed to influence the 
enactment of legislation, appropriations, regulation, ad-
ministrative action, or Executive order proposed or pend-
ing before the Congress or any State government, State 
legislature or local legislature or legislative body, other 
than for normal and recognized executive-legislative rela-
tionships or participation by an agency or officer of a 
State, local or tribal government in policymaking and ad-
ministrative processes within the executive branch of that 
government. 
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(c) The prohibitions in subsections (a) and (b) shall 
include any activity to advocate or promote any proposed, 
pending or future Federal, State or local tax increase, or 
any proposed, pending, or future requirement or restric-
tion on any legal consumer product, including its sale or 
marketing, including but not limited to the advocacy or 
promotion of gun control. 
SEC. 504. The Secretaries of Labor and Education 
are authorized to make available not to exceed $28,000 
and $20,000, respectively, from funds available for sala-
ries and expenses under titles I and III, respectively, for 
official reception and representation expenses; the Direc-
tor of the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service is 
authorized to make available for official reception and rep-
resentation expenses not to exceed $5,000 from the funds 
available for ‘‘Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, 
Salaries and Expenses’’; and the Chairman of the Na-
tional Mediation Board is authorized to make available for 
official reception and representation expenses not to ex-
ceed $5,000 from funds available for ‘‘National Mediation 
Board, Salaries and Expenses’’. 
SEC. 505. When issuing statements, press releases, 
requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other docu-
ments describing projects or programs funded in whole or 
in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal 
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funds included in this Act, including but not limited to 
State and local governments and recipients of Federal re-
search grants, shall clearly state— 
(1) the percentage of the total costs of the pro-
gram or project which will be financed with Federal 
money; 
(2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the 
project or program; and 
(3) percentage and dollar amount of the total 
costs of the project or program that will be financed 
by non-governmental sources. 
SEC. 506. (a) None of the funds appropriated in this 
Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 
funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for 
any abortion. 
(b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are 
appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health ben-
efits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. 
(c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the 
package of services covered by a managed care provider 
or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrange-
ment. 
SEC. 507. (a) The limitations established in the pre-
ceding section shall not apply to an abortion— 
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(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, 
including a life-endangering physical condition 
caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that 
would, as certified by a physician, place the woman 
in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. 
(b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, 
entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds 
(other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid 
matching funds). 
(c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be con-
strued as restricting the ability of any managed care pro-
vider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a 
State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-
vider for such coverage with State funds (other than a 
State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds). 
(d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be made available to a Federal agency or program, 
or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, 
or government subjects any institutional or individual 
health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the 
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health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide cov-
erage of, or refer for abortions. 
(2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ 
includes an individual physician or other health care pro-
fessional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a 
health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, 
or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or 
plan. 
SEC. 508. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used for— 
(1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos 
for research purposes; or 
(2) research in which a human embryo or em-
bryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly sub-
jected to risk of injury or death greater than that 
allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 
CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘human 
embryo or embryos’’ includes any organism, not protected 
as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of 
the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, 
parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or 
more human gametes or human diploid cells. 
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SEC. 509. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the 
legalization of any drug or other substance included in 
schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances estab-
lished under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act 
except for normal and recognized executive-congressional 
communications. 
(b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply 
when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic 
advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or 
that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted 
to determine therapeutic advantage. 
SEC. 510. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to promulgate or adopt any final stand-
ard under section 1173(b) of the Social Security Act pro-
viding for, or providing for the assignment of, a unique 
health identifier for an individual (except in an individ-
ual’s capacity as an employer or a health care provider), 
until legislation is enacted specifically approving the 
standard. 
SEC. 511. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be obligated or expended to enter into or renew 
a contract with an entity if— 
(1) such entity is otherwise a contractor with 
the United States and is subject to the requirement 
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in 38 U.S.C. 4212(d) regarding submission of an 
annual report to the Secretary of Labor concerning 
employment of certain veterans; and 
(2) such entity has not submitted a report as 
required by that section for the most recent year for 
which such requirement was applicable to such enti-
ty. 
SEC. 512. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 513. None of the funds made available by this 
Act to carry out the Library Services and Technology Act 
may be made available to any library covered by para-
graph (1) of section 224(f) of such Act, as amended by 
the Children’s Internet Protection Act, unless such library 
has made the certifications required by paragraph (4) of 
such section. 
SEC. 514. (a) None of the funds provided under this 
Act, or provided under previous appropriations Acts to the 
agencies funded by this Act that remain available for obli-
gation or expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided from 
any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived 
by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded 
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by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds that— 
(1) creates new programs; 
(2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; 
(3) increases funds or personnel by any means 
for any project or activity for which funds have been 
denied or restricted; 
(4) contracts out or privatizes any functions or 
activities presently performed by Federal employees; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 
of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 
of such reprogramming. 
(b) None of the funds provided under this Act, or 
provided under previous appropriations Acts to the agen-
cies funded by this Act that remain available for obligation 
or expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any 
accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 
or 10 percent, whichever is less, that— 
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(1) augments existing programs, projects (in-
cluding construction projects), or activities; 
(2) reduces by 10 percent funding for any exist-
ing program, project, or activity, or numbers of per-
sonnel by 10 percent as approved by Congress; or 
(3) results from any general savings from a re-
duction in personnel which would result in a change 
in existing programs, activities, or projects as ap-
proved by Congress; 
unless the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are consulted 15 days in 
advance of such reprogramming or of an announcement 
of intent relating to such reprogramming, whichever oc-
curs earlier, and are notified in writing 10 days in advance 
of such reprogramming. 
(c) None of the funds provided under this Act, or pro-
vided under previous appropriations Acts to the agencies 
funded by this Act that remain available for obligation or 
expenditure in fiscal year 2020, or provided from any ac-
counts in the Treasury of the United States derived by 
the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by 
this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
that— 
(1) relocates an office or employees; 
(2) reorganizes or renames offices; or 
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