1748 
(i) the work involves the diagnosis, 
treatment, or prevention of COVID–19; 
(ii) the alien has maintained lawful 
nonimmigrant status and has otherwise 
complied with the terms of the education 
or training program; and 
(iii) the program sponsor approves the 
additional work by annotating the non-
immigrant’s Certificate of Eligibility for 
Exchange Visitor (J–1) Status (Form DS– 
2019) and notifying the Immigration and 
Customs Enforcement Student and Ex-
change Visitor Program of the approval of 
such work. 
(C) CLARIFICATION ON TELEMEDICINE.— 
Section 214(l)(1)(D) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(1)(D)) may 
be satisfied through the provision of care to pa-
tients located in areas designated by the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services as having 
a shortage of health care professionals, through 
the physician’s use of real-time audio-video 
communication tools to consult with patients 
and other technologies to collect, analyze, and 
transmit medical data and images. 
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(4) PORTABILITY OF O–1 NONIMMIGRANTS.—A 
nonimmigrant who was previously issued a visa or 
otherwise provided nonimmigrant status under sec-
tion 101(a)(15)(O)(i) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(O)(i)), and is 
seeking an extension of such status, is authorized to 
accept new employment under the terms and condi-
tions described in section 214(n) of such Act (8 
U.S.C. 1184(n)). 
(5) INCREASING THE ABILITY OF PHYSICIANS 
TO CHANGE NONIMMIGRANT STATUS.— 
(A) CHANGE OF NONIMMIGRANT CLASSI-
FICATION.—Section 248(a) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)), is 
amended— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘and’’ after the comma at the end; 
(ii) by striking paragraphs (2) and 
(3); and 
(iii) by redesignating paragraph (4) as 
paragraph (2). 
(B) ADMISSION
OF
NONIMMIGRANTS.— 
Section 214(l)(2)(A) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(l)(2)(A)) is 
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amended by striking ‘‘Notwithstanding section 
248(a)(2), the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
(6) TERMINATION.—This subsection shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this title and 
except as provided in paragraphs (2)(B), (3)(C), (4), 
and (5), shall cease to be effective on that date that 
is 180 days after the termination of the public 
health emergency declared by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under section 319 of 
the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), 
with respect to COVID–19. 
(e) CONRAD 30 PROGRAM.— 
(1) 
PERMANENT
AUTHORIZATION.—Section 
220(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Technical 
Corrections Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–416; 8 
U.S.C. 1182 note) is amended by striking ‘‘and be-
fore September 30, 2015’’. 
(2) ADMISSION
OF
NONIMMIGRANTS.—Section 
214(l) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1184(l)), is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘30’’ and inserting 
‘‘35’’; and 
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(ii) by inserting ‘‘, except as provided 
in paragraph (4)’’ before the semicolon at 
the end; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) ADJUSTMENT IN WAIVER NUMBERS.— 
‘‘(A) INCREASES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), if in any fiscal year, 
not less than 90 percent of the waivers 
provided under paragraph (1)(B) are uti-
lized by States receiving at least 5 such 
waivers, the number of such waivers allot-
ted to each State shall increase by 5 for 
each subsequent fiscal year. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—If 45 or more 
waivers are allotted to States in any fiscal 
year, an increase of 5 waivers in subse-
quent fiscal years shall be provided only in 
the case that not less than 95 percent of 
such waivers are utilized by States receiv-
ing at least 1 waiver. 
‘‘(B) DECREASES.—If in any fiscal year in 
which there was an increase in waivers, the 
total number of waivers utilized is 5 percent 
lower than in the previous fiscal year, the num-
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ber of such waivers allotted to each State shall 
decrease by 5 for each subsequent fiscal year, 
except that in no case shall the number of waiv-
ers allotted to each State drop below 35.’’. 
(f) TEMPORARY PORTABILITY FOR PHYSICIANS AND 
CRITICAL HEALTHCARE WORKERS
IN RESPONSE
TO 
COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of the enactment of this title, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Labor and the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, shall establish emergency proce-
dures to provide employment authorization to aliens 
described in paragraph (2), for purposes of facili-
tating the temporary deployment of such aliens to 
practice medicine, provide healthcare, or engage in 
medical research involving the diagnosis, treatment, 
or prevention of COVID–19. 
(2) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien described in 
this paragraph is an alien who is— 
(A) physically present in the United 
States; 
(B) maintaining lawful nonimmigrant sta-
tus that authorizes employment with a specific 
employer incident to such status; and 
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(C) working in the United States in a 
healthcare occupation essential to COVID–19 
response, as determined by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services. 
(3) EMPLOYMENT AUTHORIZATION.— 
(A) APPLICATION.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of 
Homeland Security may grant employment 
authorization to an alien described in para-
graph (2) if such alien submits an Applica-
tion for Employment Authorization (Form 
I–765 or any successor form), which shall 
include— 
(I) evidence of the alien’s current 
nonimmigrant status; 
(II) copies of the alien’s academic 
degrees and any licenses, credentials, 
or other documentation confirming 
authorization to practice in the alien’s 
occupation; and 
(III) any other evidence deter-
mined necessary by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security to establish by a 
preponderance of the evidence that 
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(D) DECISION.—The Secretary of Home-
land Security shall issue a final decision on an 
application for employment authorization under 
this subsection not later than 30 days after re-
ceipt of such application, or, if a request for 
evidence is issued, not later than 15 days after 
the Secretary receives the alien’s response to 
such request. 
(E) 
EMPLOYMENT
AUTHORIZATION 
CARD.—An employment authorization document 
issued under this subsection shall— 
(i) be valid for a period of not less 
than 1 year; 
(ii) include the annotation ‘‘COVID– 
19’’; and 
(iii) notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, allow the bearer of such docu-
ment to engage in employment during its 
validity period, with any United States em-
ployer to perform services described in 
paragraph (1). 
(F) RENEWAL.—Subject to paragraph (5), 
the Secretary of Homeland Security may renew 
an employment authorization document issued 
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under this subsection in accordance with proce-
dures established by the Secretary. 
(G) CLARIFICATIONS.— 
(i) MAINTENANCE OF STATUS.—Not-
withstanding a reduction in hours or ces-
sation of work with the employer that peti-
tioned for the alien’s underlying non-
immigrant status, an alien granted employ-
ment authorization under this subsection, 
and the spouse and children of such alien 
shall, for the period of such authorization, 
be deemed— 
(I) to be lawfully present in the 
United States; and 
(II) to have continuously main-
tained the alien’s underlying non-
immigrant status for purposes of an 
extension of such status, a change of 
nonimmigrant status under section 
248 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1258), or adjust-
ment of status under section 245 of 
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1255). 
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(ii) LIMITATIONS.—An employment 
authorization document described in sub-
paragraph (E) may not be— 
(I) utilized by the alien to engage 
in any employment other than that 
which is described in paragraph (1); 
or 
(II) accepted by an employer as 
evidence of authorization under sec-
tion 274A(b)(1)(C) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1324a(b)(1)(C)), to engage in employ-
ment other than that which is de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(4) TREATMENT OF TIME SPENT ENGAGING IN 
COVID–19-RELATED
WORK.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, time spent by an alien physi-
cian engaged in direct patient care involving the di-
agnosis, treatment, or prevention of COVID–19 
shall count towards— 
(A) the 5 years that an alien is required to 
work as a full-time physician for purposes of a 
national 
interest 
waiver 
under 
section 
203(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Immigration and Na-
tionality Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(2)(B)(ii)); and 
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(B) the 3 years that an alien is required 
to work as a full-time physician for purposes of 
a waiver of the 2-year foreign residence require-
ment under section 212(e) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(e)), as pro-
vided in section 214(l) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 
1184(l)). 
(5) EXTENSION OR TERMINATION.—The proce-
dures described in paragraph (1) shall take effect on 
the date that is 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this title and shall remain in effect until 
180 days after the termination of the public health 
emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under section 319 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), with respect 
to COVID–19. 
(g) 
SPECIAL
IMMIGRANT
STATUS
FOR
NON-
IMMIGRANT COVID–19 WORKERS
AND THEIR FAMI-
LIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Homeland 
Security may grant a petition for special immigrant 
classification to an alien described in paragraph (2) 
(and the spouse and children of such alien) if the 
alien files a petition for special immigrant status 
under section 204 of the Immigration and Nation-
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ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1154) for classification under 
section 203(b)(4) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1153(b)(4)). 
(2) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is described 
in this paragraph if, during the period beginning on 
the date that the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency was declared by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under section 319 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) and ending 
180 days after the termination of such emergency, 
the alien was— 
(A) authorized for employment in the 
United States and maintaining a nonimmigrant 
status; and 
(B) engaged in the practice of medicine, 
provision of healthcare services, or medical re-
search involving the diagnosis, treatment, or 
prevention of COVID–19 disease. 
(3) PRIORITY DATE.—Subject to paragraph (5), 
immigrant visas under paragraph (1) shall be made 
available to aliens in the order in which a petition 
on behalf of each such alien is filed with the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security, except that an alien 
shall maintain any priority date that was assigned 
with respect to an immigrant visa petition or appli-
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cation for labor certification that was previously filed 
on behalf of such alien. 
(4) PROTECTIONS
FOR
SURVIVING
SPOUSES 
AND CHILDREN.— 
(A) 
SURVIVING
SPOUSES
AND
CHIL-
DREN.—Notwithstanding the death of an alien 
described in paragraph (2), the Secretary of 
State may approve an application for an immi-
grant visa, and the Secretary of Homeland Se-
curity may approve an application for adjust-
ment of status to lawful permanent resident, 
filed by or on behalf of a spouse or child of 
such alien. 
(B) AGE-OUT PROTECTION.—For purposes 
of an application for an immigrant visa or ad-
justment of status filed by or on behalf of a 
child of an alien described in paragraph (2), the 
determination of whether the child satisfies the 
age requirement under section 101(b)(1) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1101(b)(1)) shall be made using the age of the 
child on the date the immigrant visa petition 
under paragraph (1) was approved. 
(C) CONTINUATION
OF
NONIMMIGRANT 
STATUS.—A spouse or child of an alien de-
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scribed in paragraph (2) shall be considered to 
have maintained lawful nonimmigrant status 
until the earlier of the date— 
(i) on which the Secretary of Home-
land Security accepts for filing, an applica-
tion for adjustment of status based on a 
petition described in paragraph (1); or 
(ii) that is 2 years after the date of 
the principal nonimmigrant’s death. 
(5) NUMERICAL LIMITATIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The total number of 
principal aliens who may be provided special 
immigrant status under this subsection may not 
exceed 4,000 per year for each of the 3 fiscal 
years beginning after the date of the enactment 
of this title. 
(B) EXCLUSION FROM NUMERICAL LIMITA-
TIONS.—Aliens provided special immigrant sta-
tus under this subsection shall not be counted 
against any numerical limitations under section 
201(d), 202(a), or 203(b)(4) of the Immigra-
tion and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1151(d), 
1152(a), or 1153(b)(4)). 
(C) CARRY
FORWARD.—If the numerical 
limitation specified in subparagraph (A) is not 
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reached during a given fiscal year referred to in 
such subparagraph, the numerical limitation 
specified in such subparagraph for the following 
fiscal year shall be increased by a number equal 
to the difference between— 
(i) the numerical limitation specified 
in subparagraph (A) for the given fiscal 
year; and 
(ii) the number of principal aliens pro-
vided special immigrant status under this 
subsection during the given fiscal year. 
SEC. 191205. ICE DETENTION. 
(a) REVIEWING ICE DETENTION.—During the public 
health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under section 319 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect to COVID–19, 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall review the immi-
gration files of all individuals in the custody of U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement to assess the need for 
continued detention. The Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall prioritize for release on recognizance or alternatives 
to detention individuals who are not subject to mandatory 
detention laws, unless the individual is a threat to public 
safety or national security. 
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(b) ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS AND 
HYGIENE PRODUCTS.—During the period described in 
subsection (c), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall 
ensure that— 
(1) all individuals in the custody of U.S. Immi-
gration and Customs Enforcement— 
(A) have access to telephonic or video com-
munication at no cost to the detained indi-
vidual; 
(B) have access to free, unmonitored tele-
phone calls, at any time, to contact attorneys or 
legal service providers in a sufficiently private 
space to protect confidentiality; 
(C) are permitted to receive legal cor-
respondence by fax or email rather than postal 
mail; and 
(D) are provided sufficient soap, hand san-
itizer, and other hygiene products; and 
(2) nonprofit organizations providing legal ori-
entation programming or know-your-rights program-
ming to individuals in the custody of U.S. Immigra-
tion and Customs Enforcement are permitted broad 
and flexible access to such individuals— 
(A) to provide group presentations using 
remote videoconferencing; and 
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(B) to schedule and provide individual ori-
entations using free telephone calls or remote 
videoconferencing. 
(c) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described in 
this subsection— 
(1) begins on the first day of the public health 
emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services under section 319 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect to 
COVID–19; and 
(2) ends 90 days after the date on which such 
public health emergency terminates. 
TITLE XIII—CORONAVIRUS 
RELIEF FUND AMENDMENTS 
SEC. 191301. CONGRESSIONAL INTENT RELATING TO TRIB-
AL 
GOVERNMENTS 
ELIGIBLE 
FOR 
CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND PAYMENTS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section and the 
amendments made by subsection (b) is to affirm the April 
27, 2020, memorandum and decision of the United States 
District Court for the District of Columbia in Confederated 
Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation et al v. Mnuchin (Case 
No. 1:20–cv–01002) and clarify the intent of Congress 
that only Federally recognized Tribal Governments are eli-
gible for payments from the Coronavirus Relief Fund es-
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tablished in section 601 of the Social Security Act, as 
added by section 5001(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136). 
(b) ELIGIBLE TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—Effective as 
if included in the enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Re-
lief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136), 
section 601 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 
5001(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Se-
curity Act, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(7), by striking ‘‘Indian 
Tribes’’ and inserting ‘‘Tribal Governments’’; and 
(2) in subsection (g)— 
(A) by striking paragraph (1); 
(B) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (5) as paragraphs (1) through (4), re-
spectively; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (4) (as redesig-
nated by subparagraph (B)) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘Tribal 
Government’ means the recognized governing body 
of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, 
pueblo, village, community, component band, or com-
ponent reservation, individually identified (including 
parenthetically) in the list published most recently as 
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of the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to sec-
tion 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian Tribe 
List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131).’’. 
(c) RULES RELATING TO PAYMENTS MADE BEFORE 
THE DATE OF ENACTMENT OF THIS ACT.— 
(1) PAYMENTS
MADE
TO
INELIGIBLE
ENTI-
TIES.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall require 
any entity that was not eligible to receive a payment 
from the amount set aside for fiscal year 2020 
under subsection (a)(2)(B) of section 601 of the So-
cial Security Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
(Public Law 116–136) and after the application of 
the amendments made by subsection (a) clarifying 
congressional intent relating to eligibility for such a 
payment, to return the full payment to the Depart-
ment. 
(2) DISTRIBUTION
OF
PAYMENTS
RETURNED 
BY
INELIGIBLE
ENTITIES.—The Secretary of the 
Treasury shall distribute payments returned under 
paragraph (1), without further appropriation or fis-
cal year limitation and not later than 7 days after 
receiving any returned funds as required under 
paragraph (1) to Tribal Governments eligible for 
payments under such section 601 of the Social Secu-
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rity Act, as amended by subsection (a), in accord-
ance with subsection (c)(7) of such Act. 
(3) LIMITATION
ON
SECRETARIAL
AUTHOR-
ITY.—The Secretary of the Treasury is prohibited 
from requiring an entity that is eligible for a pay-
ment from the amount set aside for fiscal year 2020 
under subsection (a)(2)(B) of section 601 of the So-
cial Security Act, as amended by subsection(a), and 
that received a payment before the date of enact-
ment of this Act, from requiring the entity to return 
all or part of the payment except to the extent au-
thorized under section 601(f) of such Act in the case 
of a determination by the Inspector General of the 
Department of the Treasury that the Tribal govern-
ment failed to comply with the use of funds require-
ments of section 601(d) of such Act. 
SEC. 191302. REDISTRIBUTION OF AMOUNTS RECOVERED 
OR RECOUPED FROM PAYMENTS FOR TRIBAL 
GOVERNMENTS; 
REPORTING 
REQUIRE-
MENTS. 
Effective as if included in the enactment of the 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
lic Law 116–136), section 601(c)(7) of the Social Security 
Act, as added by section 5001(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, 
Relief, and Economic Security Act, is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘From the amount’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—From the amount’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) REDISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(i) REQUIREMENT.—In carrying out 
the requirement under subparagraph (A) 
to ensure that all amounts available under 
subsection (a)(2)(B) for fiscal year 2020 
are distributed to Tribal governments, the 
Secretary shall redistribute any amounts 
from payments for Tribal Governments 
that are recovered through recoupment ac-
tivities carried out by the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of the Treasury 
under subsection (f), without further ap-
propriation, using a procedure and meth-
odology determined by the Secretary in 
consultation with Tribal Governments, to 
Tribal Governments that apply for pay-
ments from such amounts. 
‘‘(ii) REPAYMENT.—In carrying out 
the recoupment activities by the Inspector 
General of the Department of the Treasury 
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under subsection (f), Treasury shall not 
impose any additional fees, penalties, or in-
terest payments on Tribal Governments as-
sociated with any amounts that are recov-
ered. 
‘‘(C) DISCLOSURE
AND
REPORTING
RE-
QUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) DISCLOSURE OF FUNDING FOR-
MULA
AND
METHODOLOGY.—Not later 
than 24 hours before any payments for 
Tribal Governments are distributed by the 
Secretary pursuant to the requirements 
under subparagraph (A) and subparagraph 
(B), the Secretary shall publish on the 
website of the Department of the Treas-
ury— 
‘‘(I) a detailed description of the 
funding allocation formula; and 
‘‘(II) a detailed description of the 
procedure and methodology used to 
determine the funding allocation for-
mula. 
‘‘(ii) REPORT
TO
CONGRESS.—No 
later than 7 days after payments for Tribal 
Governments are distributed by the Sec-
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retary pursuant to the requirements under 
subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B), 
the Secretary shall submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the Chair 
and Ranking Members of the House Com-
mittee on Natural Resources and the Chair 
and Vice-Chair of the Senate Committee 
on Indian Affairs a report summarizing— 
‘‘(I) an overview of actions taken 
by the Secretary in carrying out the 
requirements under subparagraph (A) 
and subparagraph (B); and 
‘‘(II) the date and amount of all 
fund disbursements, broken down by 
individual Tribal Government recipi-
ents.’’. 
SEC. 191303. USE OF RELIEF FUNDS. 
Effective as if included in the Coronavirus, Aid, Re-
lief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136), 
section 601 of the Social Security Act, as added by section 
5001(a) of such Act, is amended by striking subsection 
(d) and inserting the following: 
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‘‘(d) USE OF FUNDS.—A State, Tribal government, 
and unit of local government shall use the funds provided 
under a payment made under this section to 
‘‘(1) cover only those costs of the State, Tribal 
government, or unit of local government that— 
‘‘(A) Are necessary expenditures incurred 
due to the public health emergency with respect 
to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19); 
‘‘(B) were not accounted for in the budget 
most recently approved as of the date of enact-
ment of this section for the State or govern-
ment; and 
‘‘(C) were incurred during the period that 
begins on January 31, 2020, and ends on De-
cember 31, 2020; or 
‘‘(2) Replace lost, delayed, or decreased reve-
nues, stemming from the public health emergency 
with respect to the coronavirus disease (COVID– 
19).’’. 
TITLE XIV—RURAL DIGITAL 
OPPORTUNITY 
SEC. 191401. ACCELERATION OF RURAL DIGITAL OPPOR-
TUNITY FUND PHASE I AUCTION. 
With respect to the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund 
Phase I auction (in this section referred to as the ‘‘auc-
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tion’’) provided for in the Report and Order in the matter 
of Rural Digital Opportunity Fund and Connect America 
Fund adopted by the Federal Communications Commis-
sion (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’) on 
January 30, 2020 (FCC 20–5), the Commission shall 
modify the framework for the auction adopted in such Re-
port and Order as follows: 
(1) The Commission shall begin accepting long- 
form applications before the auction, not later than 
the earlier of the date that is 30 days after the date 
on which the Commission begins accepting short- 
form applications or July 31, 2020, from such appli-
cants as are willing to commit to the schedule de-
scribed in paragraph (3)(B) for deployment of net-
works capable of providing symmetrical Gigabit per-
formance service. 
(2) If the long-form applications accepted pur-
suant to paragraph (1) indicate that, for any census 
block or census block group identified in the Prelimi-
nary List of Eligible Areas released by the Commis-
sion on March 17, 2020, there is only 1 qualified ap-
plicant willing to commit to provide symmetrical 
Gigabit performance service pursuant to the sched-
ule described in paragraph (3)(B), the Commission 
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SEC. 191402. ENSURING THE FCC CREATES ACCURATE 
SERVICE MAPS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.—Title 
VIII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 641 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 807. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There is authorized to be appropriated to the Com-
mission to carry out this title— 
‘‘(1) $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; and 
‘‘(2) $9,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 
2021 through 2027.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR CREATION OF MAPS.—Section 
802(c)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
642(c)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘create’’ and inserting 
‘‘create, not later than October 1, 2020’’. 
TITLE XV—FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
PROVISIONS 
Subtitle A—Matters Relating to the 
Department of State 
SEC. 191501. MITIGATION PLAN TO ASSIST FEDERAL VOT-
ERS OVERSEAS IMPACTED BY COVID–19. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall submit 
to the appropriate congressional committees a plan to 
mitigate the effects of limited or curtailed diplomatic 
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pouch capacities or other operations constraints at United 
States diplomatic and consular posts, due to coronavirus, 
on overseas voters (as such term is defined in section 
107(5) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee 
Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20310(5))) seeking to return ab-
sentee ballots and other balloting materials under such 
Act with respect to elections for Federal office held in 
2020. Such plan shall include steps to— 
(1) restore or augment diplomatic pouch capac-
ities; 
(2) facilitate using the Army Post Office, Fleet 
Post Office, the United States mails, or private 
couriers, if available; 
(3) mitigate other operations constraints affect-
ing eligible overseas voters; and 
(4) develop specific outreach plans to educate 
eligible overseas voters about accessing all available 
forms of voter assistance prior to the date of the 
regularly scheduled general election for Federal of-
fice. 
(b) REPORT ON EFFORTS TO ASSIST AND INFORM 
FEDERAL VOTERS OVERSEAS.—Not later than 90 days 
before the date of the regularly scheduled general election 
for Federal office held in November 2020, the Secretary 
of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, 
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shall report to the appropriate congressional committees 
on the implementation of efforts to carry out the plan sub-
mitted pursuant to subsection (a). 
(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
SEC. 191502. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS 
REPATRIATION TASK FORCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than the date specified 
in subsection (b), the Secretary of State shall submit to 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
the Senate a report evaluating the efforts of the 
Coronavirus Repatriation Task Force of the Department 
of State to repatriate United States citizens and legal per-
manent residents in response to the 2020 coronavirus out-
break. The report shall identify— 
(1) the most significant impediments to repa-
triating such persons; 
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(2) the lessons learned from such repatriations; 
and 
(3) any changes planned to future repatriation 
efforts of the Department of State to incorporate 
such lessons learned. 
(b) DEADLINE.—The date specified in this subsection 
is the earlier of— 
(1) the date that is 90 days after the date on 
which the Coronavirus Repatriation Task Force of 
the Department of State is disbanded; or 
(2) September 30, 2020. 
Subtitle B—Global Health Security 
Act of 2020 
SEC. 191503. SHORT TITLE. 
This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Global Health Se-
curity Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 191504. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In December 2009, President Obama re-
leased the National Strategy for Countering Biologi-
cal Threats, which listed as one of seven objectives 
‘‘Promote global health security: Increase the avail-
ability of and access to knowledge and products of 
the life sciences that can help reduce the impact 
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from outbreaks of infectious disease whether of nat-
ural, accidental, or deliberate origin’’. 
(2) In February 2014, the United States and 
nearly 30 other nations launched the Global Health 
Security Agenda (GHSA) to address several high- 
priority, global infectious disease threats. The 
GHSA is a multi-faceted, multi-country initiative in-
tended to accelerate partner countries’ measurable 
capabilities to achieve specific targets to prevent, de-
tect, and respond to infectious disease threats, 
whether naturally occurring, deliberate, or acci-
dental. 
(3) In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which in-
clude specific reference to the importance of global 
health security as part of SDG 3 ‘‘ensure healthy 
lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’’ as 
follows: ‘‘strengthen the capacity of all countries, in 
particular developing countries, for early warning, 
risk reduction and management of national and 
global health risks’’. 
(4) On November 4, 2016, President Obama 
signed Executive Order 13747, ‘‘Advancing the 
Global Health Security Agenda to Achieve a World 
Safe and Secure from Infectious Disease Threats’’. 
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