H. R. 5305 
One Hundred Seventeenth Congress 
of the 
United States of America 
AT THE FIRST SESSION 
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday, 
the fourth day of January, two thousand and twenty-one 
An Act 
Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022, 
and for providing emergency assistance, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Extending Government Funding 
and Delivering Emergency Assistance Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Sec. 1. Short Title 
Sec. 2. Table of Contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
DIVISION A—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
DIVISION B—DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 
2022 
DIVISION C—AFGHANISTAN SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
DIVISION D—OTHER MATTERS 
Title I—Extensions, Technical Corrections, and Other Matters 
Title II—Budgetary Effects 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to ‘‘this 
Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall be treated as 
referring only to the provisions of that division. 
DIVISION A—CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, and out of applicable 
corporate or other revenues, receipts, and funds, for the several 
departments, agencies, corporations, and other organizational units 
of Government for fiscal year 2022, and for other purposes, namely: 
SEC. 101. Such amounts as may be necessary, at a rate for 
operations as provided in the applicable appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2021 and under the authority and conditions provided 
in such Acts, for continuing projects or activities (including the 
costs of direct loans and loan guarantees) that are not otherwise 
specifically provided for in this Act, that were conducted in fiscal 
year 2021, and for which appropriations, funds, or other authority 
were made available in the following appropriations Acts: 
(1) The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021
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(division A of Public Law 116–260), except section 799D, and 
including title IV of division O of Public Law 116–260. 
(2) The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (division B of Public Law 116–260), 
except the proviso in section 541 and sections 542 and 543. 
(3) The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2021 
(division C of Public Law 116–260). 
(4) The Energy and Water Development and Related Agen-
cies Appropriations Act, 2021 (division D of Public Law 116– 
260), except the last proviso under the heading ‘‘Department 
of Energy—Energy Programs—Science’’, the last two provisos 
under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy—Energy Programs— 
Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program’’, and 
the two provisos under the heading ‘‘Department of Energy— 
Energy Programs—Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufac-
turing Loan Program’’. 
(5) The Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (division E of Public Law 116–260), except 
the matter under the heading ‘‘Presidential Transition Adminis-
trative Support’’ in title II, the matter under the heading ‘‘Gen-
eral Services Administration—Expenses, Presidential Transi-
tion’’ in title V, the proviso and the amount specified in such 
proviso under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia—Federal 
Funds—Federal Payment for Emergency Planning and Security 
Costs in the District of Columbia’’ in title IV, and title IX. 
(6) The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations 
Act, 2021 (division F of Public Law 116–260), except section 
538, and including sections 101 through 103 and section 105 
of title I of division O of Public Law 116–260. 
(7) The Department of the Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 (division G of Public 
Law 116–260). 
(8) The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 
and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 
(division H of Public Law 116–260), except sections 118 and 
533. 
(9) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2021 (divi-
sion I of Public Law 116–260), except sections 211 and 213, 
and including section 7 of Public Law 116–260. 
(10) The Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 (division J of Public 
Law 116–260), except sections 514, 515, and 517. 
(11) The Department of State, Foreign Operations, and 
Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021 (division K of Public 
Law 116–260), except title IX other than sections 9001 and 
9002 and the matter preceding the first proviso and the first 
proviso under the heading ‘‘Consular and Border Security Pro-
grams’’. 
(12) The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 (division L of 
Public Law 116–260), except sections 420 and 421. 
SEC. 102. (a) No appropriation or funds made available or 
authority granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of 
Defense shall be used for: 
(1) the new production of items not funded for production 
in fiscal year 2021 or prior years;
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(2) the increase in production rates above those sustained 
with fiscal year 2021 funds; or 
(3) The initiation, resumption, or continuation of any 
project, activity, operation, or organization (defined as any 
project, subproject, activity, budget activity, program element, 
and subprogram within a program element, and for any invest-
ment items defined as a P–1 line item in a budget activity 
within an appropriation account and an R–1 line item that 
includes a program element and subprogram element within 
an appropriation account) for which appropriations, funds, or 
other authority were not available during fiscal year 2021. 
(b) No appropriation or funds made available or authority 
granted pursuant to section 101 for the Department of Defense 
shall be used to initiate multi-year procurements utilizing advance 
procurement funding for economic order quantity procurement 
unless specifically appropriated later. 
SEC. 103. Appropriations made by section 101 shall be available 
to the extent and in the manner that would be provided by the 
pertinent appropriations Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in section 102, no 
appropriation or funds made available or authority granted pursu-
ant to section 101 shall be used to initiate or resume any project 
or activity for which appropriations, funds, or other authority were 
not available during fiscal year 2021. 
SEC. 105. Appropriations made and authority granted pursuant 
to this Act shall cover all obligations or expenditures incurred 
for any project or activity during the period for which funds or 
authority for such project or activity are available under this Act. 
SEC. 106. Unless otherwise provided for in this Act or in the 
applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2022, appropriations 
and funds made available and authority granted pursuant to this 
Act shall be available until whichever of the following first occurs: 
(1) The enactment into law of an appropriation for any 
project or activity provided for in this Act. 
(2) The enactment into law of the applicable appropriations 
Act for fiscal year 2022 without any provision for such project 
or activity. 
(3) December 3, 2021. 
SEC. 107. Expenditures made pursuant to this Act shall be 
charged to the applicable appropriation, fund, or authorization 
whenever a bill in which such applicable appropriation, fund, or 
authorization is contained is enacted into law. 
SEC. 108. Appropriations made and funds made available by 
or authority granted pursuant to this Act may be used without 
regard to the time limitations for submission and approval of appor-
tionments set forth in section 1513 of title 31, United States Code, 
but nothing in this Act may be construed to waive any other 
provision of law governing the apportionment of funds. 
SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except section 106, for those programs that would otherwise have 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution of appropria-
tions at the beginning of fiscal year 2022 because of distributions 
of funding to States, foreign countries, grantees, or others, such 
high initial rates of operation or complete distribution shall not 
be made, and no grants shall be awarded for such programs funded 
by this Act that would impinge on final funding prerogatives.
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SEC. 110. This Act shall be implemented so that only the 
most limited funding action of that permitted in the Act shall 
be taken in order to provide for continuation of projects and activi-
ties. 
SEC. 111. (a) For entitlements and other mandatory payments 
whose budget authority was provided in appropriations Acts for 
fiscal year 2021, and for activities under the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008, activities shall be continued at the rate to maintain 
program levels under current law, under the authority and condi-
tions provided in the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2021, to be continued through the date specified in section 106(3). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 106, obligations for mandatory pay-
ments due on or about the first day of any month that begins 
after October 2021 but not later than 30 days after the date specified 
in section 106(3) may continue to be made, and funds shall be 
available for such payments. 
SEC. 112. Amounts made available under section 101 for civilian 
personnel compensation and benefits in each department and 
agency may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to avoid furloughs within such department or agency, consistent 
with the applicable appropriations Act for fiscal year 2021, except 
that such authority provided under this section shall not be used 
until after the department or agency has taken all necessary actions 
to reduce or defer non-personnel-related administrative expenses. 
SEC. 113. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated 
and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672 
(22 U.S.C. 2412), section 15 of the State Department Basic Authori-
ties Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2680), section 313 of the Foreign Rela-
tions Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 
6212), and section 504(a)(1) of the National Security Act of 1947 
(50 U.S.C. 3094(a)(1)). 
SEC. 114. (a) Each amount incorporated by reference in this 
Act that was previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being 
for disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of such Act is 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 4001 of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent 
resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, or as being for disaster 
relief pursuant to sections 4004(b)(6) and 4005(f) of such concurrent 
resolution, respectively. 
(b) All references to sections 251(b)(2)(B), 251(b)(2)(B)(ii)(III), 
251(b)(2)(C), 
251(b)(2)(C)(ii), 
251(b)(2)(E)(ii), 
251(b)(2)(E)(i)(II), 
251(b)(2)(F), and 251(b)(2)(F)(ii)(I) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(b)) shall be 
treated for each amount incorporated by reference in this Act in 
the Senate as references to sections 4004(b)(1), 4004(b)(1)(B)(i), 
4004(b)(3), 4004(b)(3)(B), 4004(b)(4), 4004(b)(4)(B), 4004(b)(5), 
4004(b)(5)(B), respectively, of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022, and 
in the House of Representatives as references to sections 4005(a), 
4005(a)(2)(A), 4005(c), 4005(c)(2), 4005(d), 4005(d)(2), 4005(e), 
4005(e)(2)(A), respectively, of such concurrent resolution. 
(c) This section shall become effective immediately upon enact-
ment of this Act, and shall remain in effect through the date 
in section 106(3).
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SEC. 115. (a) Rescissions or cancellations of discretionary budget 
authority that continue pursuant to section 101 in Treasury Appro-
priations Fund Symbols (TAFS)— 
(1) to which other appropriations are not provided by this 
Act, but for which there is a current applicable TAFS that 
does receive an appropriation in this Act; or 
(2) which are no-year TAFS and receive other appropria-
tions in this Act, 
may be continued instead by reducing the rate for operations other-
wise provided by section 101 for such current applicable TAFS, 
as long as doing so does not impinge on the final funding preroga-
tives of the Congress. 
(b) Rescissions or cancellations described in subsection (a) shall 
continue in an amount equal to the lesser of— 
(1) the amount specified for rescission or cancellation in 
the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 
of this Act; or 
(2) the amount of balances available, as of October 1, 
2021, from the funds specified for rescission or cancellation 
in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 101 
of this Act. 
(c) No later than November 22, 2021, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall provide to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
a comprehensive list of the rescissions or cancellations that will 
continue pursuant to section 101: Provided, That the information 
in such comprehensive list shall be periodically updated to reflect 
any subsequent changes in the amount of balances available, as 
of October 1, 2021, from the funds specified for rescission or can-
cellation in the applicable appropriations Act referenced in section 
101, and such updates shall be transmitted to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
upon request. 
SEC. 116. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Farm 
Service Agency—Agricultural Credit Insurance Fund Program 
Account’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary 
to accommodate approved applications for direct and guaranteed 
farm ownership loans, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq. 
SEC. 117. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are available 
to the Department of Agriculture for ‘‘Rural Business—Cooperative 
Service—Rural Microentrepreneur Assistance Program’’ for gross 
obligations for the principal amount of direct loans as authorized 
by section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2008s) not to exceed $25,000,000. 
SEC. 118. (a) In carrying out the Special Supplemental Nutrition 
Program for Women, Infants, and Children for the first quarter 
of fiscal year 2022, the Secretary of Agriculture shall increase 
the amount of a cash-value voucher to an amount recommended 
by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine 
and adjusted for inflation for women and children participants. 
(b) Amounts made available by section 101 to the Department 
of Agriculture for ‘‘Domestic Food Programs-Food and Nutrition 
Service-Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, 
Infants, and Children (WIC)’’ shall be apportioned at the rate for 
operations necessary to accommodate the increase described in sub-
section (a).
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SEC. 119. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, in addition 
to amounts otherwise provided by section 101, amounts are provided 
to the Department of Defense for ‘‘Procurement—Other Procure-
ment, Air Force’’ at a rate for operations of $885,000,000, for the 
procurement of equipment for the Strategic Microelectronic Supply 
program, and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate 
for operations necessary to carry out such procurements. 
SEC. 120. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Depart-
ment of Defense for ‘‘Procurement—Procurement, Defense-Wide’’ 
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary for 
the procurement of Military Global Positioning System User Equip-
ment Increment 1 Application Specific Integrated Circuits. 
SEC. 121. Notwithstanding sections 102 and 104, amounts made 
available by section 101 to the Department of Defense for ‘‘Research, 
Development, Test and Evaluation—Research, Development, Test 
and Evaluation, Air Force’’ may be apportioned up to the rate 
of operations necessary for the acquisition of real property by the 
United States Government. 
SEC. 122. During the period covered by this Act, the limitation 
at section 2208(l)(3) of title 10, United States Code, shall not apply 
with respect to advance billing for orders for relief efforts related 
to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
SEC. 123. (a) Funding provided in prior Acts making appropria-
tions for energy and water development and related agencies for 
fiscal years 2019, 2020, and 2021 under the heading ‘‘Department 
of the Interior—Bureau of Reclamation—Water and Related 
Resources’’ for carrying out section 4007 of Public Law 114–322 
shall be made available, in accordance with that section and as 
recommended by the Secretary in a letter dated July 23, 2021, 
for the construction, pre-construction, or study of the North-of- 
the-Delta Off Stream Storage (Sites Reservoir Project), the Los 
Vaqueros Reservoir Phase 2 Expansion Project, the B.F. Sisk Dam 
Raise and Reservoir Expansion Project, and the Del Puerto Canyon 
Reservoir. 
(b) Funding provided in the Energy and Water Development 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 under the heading 
‘‘Department of the Interior—Bureau of Reclamation—Water and 
Related Resources’’ for carrying out section 4009(a) of Public Law 
114–322 shall be made available, in accordance with that section 
and as recommended by the Secretary in a letter dated July 23, 
2021, for the North Pleasant Valley Desalter Facility, the Mission 
Basin Groundwater Purification Facility Well Expansion and Brine 
Minimization Project, the Los Robles Desalter Project, and the 
Regional Brackish Water Reclamation Program. 
(c) Funding provided in the Energy and Water Development 
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021 under the heading 
‘‘Department of the Interior—Bureau of Reclamation—Water and 
Related Resources’’ for carrying out section 4009(c) of Public Law 
114–322 shall be made available, in accordance with that section 
and as recommended by the Secretary in a letter dated July 23, 
2021, for the El Paso Aquifer Storage and Recovery Using Reclaimed 
Water Project, the Pure Water Soquel: Groundwater Replenishment 
and Seawater Intrusion Prevention Project, the North San Diego 
Water Reuse Coalition Project, the Pure Water Oceanside Project, 
the City of Santa Fe Reuse Pipeline Project, the Replenish Big 
Bear Project, the Central Coast Blue: Recycled Water Project, the
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Harvest Water Program, the East County Advanced Water Purifi-
cation Program: Phase Two, the Ventura Water Pure Program, 
and the San Juan Watershed Project. 
SEC. 124. (a) During the period covered by this Act, title I 
of Public Law 108–361 (the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act) 
(118 Stat. 1681), as amended by section 4007(k) of Public Law 
114–322, shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2022’’ for ‘‘2021’’ each 
place it appears. 
(b) During the period covered by this Act, section 9106(g)(2) 
of Public Law 111–11 (Omnibus Public Land Management Act 
of 2009) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2022’’ for ‘‘2021’’. 
(c) During the period covered by this Act, section 104(c) of 
the Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 
(43 U.S.C. 2214(c)) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2022’’ for 
‘‘2021’’. 
(d) During the period covered by this Act, section 301 of the 
Reclamation States Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1991 (43 
U.S.C. 2241) shall be applied by substituting ‘‘2022’’ for ‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 125. (a) Notwithstanding section 101, section 506 of divi-
sion D of Public Law 116–260 shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘$841,000,000’’ for ‘‘$291,000,000’’. 
(b) Amounts provided by this Act for ‘‘Department of Energy— 
Energy Programs—Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and 
Decommissioning Fund’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for 
operations necessary to avoid disruption of continuing projects or 
activities funded in this appropriation. 
(c) The Secretary of Energy shall notify the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 3 days after each use of the authority provided 
in subsection (b). 
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Executive Office of the President and Funds Appropriated 
to the President—The White House—Salaries and Expenses’’ at 
a rate for operations of $60,000,000. 
SEC. 127. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘General Services Administration—Allowances and Office Staff 
for Former Presidents’’ at a rate for operations of $5,000,000. 
SEC. 128. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Small 
Business Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’ may 
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to accommo-
date increased demand for commitments for general business loans 
authorized under paragraphs (1) through (35) of section 7(a) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), for guarantees of trust 
certificates authorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 634(g)), for commitments to guarantee loans under sec-
tion 503 of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 
697), and for commitments to guarantee loans for debentures under 
section 303(b) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (15 
U.S.C. 683(b)). 
SEC. 129. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘District of Columbia—Federal Funds—Federal Payment to the 
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District 
of Columbia’’ at a rate for operations of $249,754,000: Provided, 
That the second proviso under such heading in title IV of division 
E of Public Law 116–260 shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘$70,574,000’’ for ‘‘$66,743,000’’.
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SEC. 130. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, 
except section 106, the District of Columbia may expend local funds 
made available under the heading ‘‘District of Columbia—District 
of Columbia Funds’’ for such programs and activities under the 
District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2021 (title IV of division 
E of Public Law 116–260) at the rate set forth in the Fiscal Year 
2022 Local Budget Act of 2021 (D.C. Act 24–173), as modified 
as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 131. Section 330(e)(3) of title 11, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘in that fiscal year’’ at the end of the 
paragraph. 
SEC. 132. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 
101, an amount is provided to the Department of Homeland Security 
for ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services—Operations and 
Support’’ for application processing, the reduction of backlogs within 
asylum, field, and service center offices, and support of the refugee 
program at a rate for operations of $250,000,000: Provided, That 
such amounts shall be in addition to any other funds made available 
for such purposes, and shall not be construed to require any reduc-
tion of any fee described in section 286(m) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)): Provided further, That 
prior to the obligation of such resources, U.S. Citizenship and 
Immigration Services shall provide to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives an expenditure 
plan that identifies backlog reduction metrics and quarterly reports 
on the execution of such plan. 
SEC. 133. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security under the heading ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ may be apportioned 
up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out response and 
recovery activities under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief 
and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 
SEC. 134. (a) Sections 1309(a) and 1319 of the National Flood 
Insurance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4016(a) and 4026) shall be applied 
by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act 
for ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 
(b) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2021, this section 
shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 30, 2021. 
SEC. 135. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of the Interior—National Park Service—National Recreation 
and Preservation’’ for heritage partnership programs may be used 
to provide financial assistance to any national heritage area, 
national heritage corridor, cultural heritage corridor, national herit-
age partnership, national heritage route, national heritage 
canalway, and battlefields national historic district established as 
of September 1, 2021, notwithstanding any statutory sunset provi-
sion terminating the Secretary’s authority to provide assistance 
to any such area and notwithstanding any limitation on amounts 
authorized to be appropriated with respect to any such area: Pro-
vided, That the Commission sunset provision in section 804(j) of 
division B of H.R. 5666 (Appendix D), as amended, as enacted 
into law by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106– 554, shall be applied 
by substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act 
for ‘‘September 30, 2021’’: Provided further, That the authority 
in section 295D of Public Law 109–338, as amended, shall continue 
in effect through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act.
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SEC. 136. Notwithstanding subsection (c)(2)(B) of section 200303 
of title 54, United States Codes, during the period covered by 
this Act amounts made available from the Land and Water Con-
servation Fund for fiscal year 2022 pursuant to subsection (a) 
of such section of such title shall be allocated by the Secretary 
of the Interior or the Secretary of Agriculture, as appropriate, 
only for the following agencies and accounts, for the purposes speci-
fied, and in the amounts specified multiplied by the percentage 
of fiscal year 2022 covered by this Act: 
(1) ‘‘Department of the Interior—Bureau of Land Manage-
ment—Land Acquisition’’, $7,500,000, for Acquisition Manage-
ment; 
(2) ‘‘Department of the Interior—United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service—Land Acquisition’’, $17,000,000, for Land 
Acquisition Management; 
(3) ‘‘Department of the Interior—National Park Service— 
Land Acquisition and State Assistance’’, $14,500,000, for 
Acquisition Management; 
(4) ‘‘Department of the Interior—Office of the Secretary— 
Departmental Operations’’, $19,000,000, for Management Serv-
ices, Appraisal and Valuation Service Offices-Federal Lands; 
(5) ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—State and 
Private Forestry’’, $6,400,000, for Administrative Funds; and 
(6) ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Forest Service—Land 
Acquisition’’, $12,000,000, for Acquisition Management. 
SEC. 137. (a) In addition to amounts provided by section 101, 
amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Indian Health Service—Indian Health Services’’ at a rate 
for operations of $22,080,000, for an additional amount for costs 
of staffing and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, 
or expanded in fiscal years 2021 and 2022, and such amounts 
may be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to 
staff and operate such facilities. 
(b) In addition to amounts provided by section 101, amounts 
are provided for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services— 
Indian Health Service—Indian Health Facilities’’ at a rate for oper-
ations of $2,261,000, for an additional amount for costs of staffing 
and operating facilities that were opened, renovated, or expanded 
in fiscal years 2021 and 2022, and such amounts may be apportioned 
up to the rate for operations necessary to staff and operate such 
facilities. 
SEC. 138. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by section 
101, for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention—Environmental Health’’, there is 
appropriated $1,500,000, for an additional amount for fiscal year 
2022, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for the Vessel 
Sanitation Program. 
SEC. 139. (a) Funds made available in Public Law 114–113 
to the accounts of the National Institutes of Health that were 
available for obligation through fiscal year 2016 and were obligated 
for multi-year research grants shall be available through fiscal 
year 2022 for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred in fiscal 
year 2016 if the Director of the National Institutes of Health deter-
mines the project suffered an interruption of activities attributable 
to COVID–19. 
(b)(1) Subject to paragraph (2), this section shall become effec-
tive immediately upon enactment of this Act.
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(2) If this Act is enacted after September 30, 2021, this 
section shall be applied as if it were in effect on September 
30, 2021. 
SEC. 140. In addition to amounts provided by section 101, 
amounts are provided for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices—Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra-
tion—Mental Health’’ at a rate for operations of $77,621,000 for 
an additional amount for carrying out section 520E–3 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290bb–36c), and such amounts may 
be apportioned up to the rate for operations necessary to operate 
and maintain the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline program. 
SEC. 141. In addition to amounts otherwise provided by this 
Act, for ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services—Administra-
tion for Children and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’, 
there is appropriated $2,500,000,000, for an additional amount for 
fiscal year 2022, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 
to carry out section 462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 
and section 235 of the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims 
Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008: Provided, That not later 
than November 1, 2021, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a report detailing steps taken 
and planned to be taken by the Department to phase out the 
use of emergency intake sites and a detailed plan for ending the 
use of emergency intake sites, including a timeline of major mile-
stones and projections for delivered online bed capacity by facility 
type: Provided further, That such report shall include an aligned 
spend plan for estimated fiscal year 2022 obligations by major 
category: Provided further, That the Secretary shall submit monthly 
reports during fiscal year 2022 to the Committees on Appropriations 
on all obligations and expenditures incurred by the Department 
for carrying out such sections 462 and 235: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section 
4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), the concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget for fiscal year 2022. 
SEC. 142. Amounts made available by section 101 for ‘‘Depart-
ment of Health and Human Services—Administration for Children 
and Families—Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’ may be apportioned 
up to the rate for operations necessary to carry out section 462 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 and section 235 of the 
William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization 
Act of 2008, and up to the rate for operations necessary for activities 
authorized by section 414 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980. 
SEC. 143. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter through fiscal year 2022, 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate on (1) the total number of children that 
the Office of Refugee Resettlement has released to sponsors living 
in the United States, disaggregated by State, and (2) the number 
of children that the Office of Refugee Resettlement has released 
to sponsors living in the United States for whom the Office of 
Refugee Resettlement has successfully conducted safety and welfare 
checks, and provided post-release services as appropriate, for the 
most recent quarter such data are available.
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SEC. 144. Not later than 10 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
provide a report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate, and disclose on a publicly avail-
able website, on all transfers made for carrying out section 462 
of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 or section 235 of the William 
Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 
2008 during fiscal year 2021. This report shall include: (1) a list 
of the source of funds transferred by public law;(2) the program, 
project, or activity funds were transferred from and the cor-
responding amount that was transferred;(3) date of transfer;(4) 
the number of children referred to the Office of Refugee Resettle-
ment (ORR) by month for fiscal year 2021; and(5) the age distribu-
tion of the children referred to ORR by month for fiscal year 
2021: Provided, That the report shall be updated every 30 days 
throughout fiscal year 2022. 
SEC. 145. During the period covered by this Act, for services 
furnished under the Community Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG 
Act’’) with funds made available by this Act, by the Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260), or by the 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 
116–136), States may apply the last sentence of section 673(2) 
of the CSBG Act by substituting ‘‘200 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’. 
SEC. 146. For purposes of annual leave accumulated in fiscal 
year 2021, the authority provided in section 2106 of division C 
of Public Law 116–159 shall apply to such leave by substituting 
‘‘2021’’ for ‘‘2020’’ in subsections (a) and (d). 
SEC. 147. Activities authorized by part A of title IV (other 
than under section 403(c) or 418) and section 1108(b) of the Social 
Security Act shall continue through the date specified in section 
106(3), in the manner authorized for fiscal year 2021, and out 
of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 
appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as may 
be necessary for such purpose. 
SEC. 148. Section 114(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1011c(f)) shall be applied by substituting the date speci-
fied in section 106(3) of this Act for ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 
SEC. 149. Section 458(a)(4) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087h(a)(4)) shall be applied through the date 
specified in section 106(3) of this Act by substituting ‘‘2022’’ for 
‘‘2021’’. 
SEC. 150. Notwithstanding section 101, section 116 of division 
J of Public Law 116–260 shall be applied during the period covered 
by this Act by substituting ‘‘fifth fiscal year’’ for ‘‘fourth fiscal 
year’’. 
SEC. 151. During the period covered by this Act, the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs may transfer up to $193,500,000 of the unobli-
gated balances from amounts made available for fiscal year 2021 
under the heading ‘‘Veterans Health Administration—Medical Serv-
ices’’ in title II of division F of the Further Consolidated Appropria-
tions Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), or in section 8002 of title 
VIII of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117– 
2) to the following accounts of the Department in the amounts 
specified: 
(1) ‘‘Veterans Benefits Administration—General Operating 
Expenses, 
Veterans 
Benefits 
Administration’’, 
up 
to 
$178,000,000;
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(2) ‘‘Departmental Administration—Board of Veterans 
Appeals’’, up to $5,800,000; and 
(3) 
‘‘Departmental 
Administration—Information 
Tech-
nology Systems’’, up to $9,700,000: 
Provided, That the transferred amounts shall be used, in addition 
to any other amounts available for such purposes, for personnel 
costs and other expenses to implement the interim final rule entitled 
‘‘Presumptive Service Connection for Respiratory Conditions Due 
to Exposure to Particulate Matter’’, published on August 5, 2021 
(86 FR 42724), and any revisions to such rule. 
SEC. 152. Amounts made available by section 101 to United 
States Government-funded entities for ‘‘Related Agency—United 
States Agency for Global Media—International Broadcasting Oper-
ations’’, ‘‘Related Programs—The Asia Foundation’’, ‘‘Related Pro-
grams—United States Institute of Peace’’, and ‘‘Related Programs— 
National Endowment for Democracy’’ may be apportioned up to 
the rate for operations necessary to support the evacuation of 
Afghan journalists and other Afghan employees of such entities, 
following consultation with the Committees on Appropriations. 
SEC. 153. Section 21009 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) shall continue in effect 
through the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act. 
SEC. 154. Amounts made available by section 101 to the United 
States International Development Finance Corporation for ‘‘Cor-
porate Capital Account’’ and paid to the ‘‘Program Account’’ shall 
be available for the costs of modifying loans and loan guarantees 
transferred to the Corporation pursuant to section 1463 of the 
BUILD Act of 2018 (division F of Public Law 115–254): Provided, 
That such costs shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974. 
SEC. 155. Section 1334 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and 
Restructuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6553) shall be applied by 
substituting the date specified in section 106(3) of this Act for 
‘‘October 1, 2021’’. 
SEC. 156. Notwithstanding section 101, amounts are provided 
for ‘‘Department of Transportation—Office of the Secretary—Pay-
ments to Air Carriers’’ at a rate for operations of $247,700,000, 
and such amounts may be apportioned up to the rate for operations 
necessary to maintain Essential Air Service program operations. 
SEC. 157. Amounts made available by section 101 to the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development in the third paragraph 
under the heading ‘‘Public and Indian Housing—Native American 
Programs’’ may be apportioned up to the rate for operations nec-
essary to accommodate demand for guaranteed notes and other 
obligations as authorized by title VI of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2022’’. 
DIVISION B—DISASTER RELIEF SUPPLEMENTAL 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2022, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
PROCESSING, RESEARCH AND MARKETING 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Secretary’’, 
$10,000,000,000, which shall remain available until December 31, 
2023, for necessary expenses related to losses of crops (including 
milk, on-farm stored commodities, crops prevented from planting 
in 2020 and 2021, and harvested adulterated wine grapes), trees, 
bushes, and vines, as a consequence of droughts, wildfires, hurri-
canes, floods, derechos, excessive heat, winter storms, freeze, 
including a polar vortex, smoke exposure, quality losses of crops, 
and excessive moisture occurring in calendar years 2020 and 2021 
under such terms and conditions as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided, That, with respect to smoke tainted wine grapes, the 
loss (including a quality loss) of such crop during the coverage 
period due to wildfire, as determined by the Secretary, is considered 
a qualified loss: Provided further, That losses due to drought shall 
only be eligible under this heading in this Act if any area within 
the county in which the loss occurs was rated by the U.S. Drought 
Monitor as having a D2 (Severe Drought) for eight consecutive 
weeks or a D3 (Extreme Drought) or higher level of drought inten-
sity during the applicable calendar years: Provided further, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading in this Act, the Sec-
retary shall use $750,000,000 to provide assistance to producers 
of livestock, as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture, for 
losses incurred during calendar year 2021 due to drought or 
wildfires: Provided further, That at the election of a processor 
eligible for a loan under section 156 of the Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7272) or a coopera-
tive processor of dairy, the Secretary shall make payments for 
losses in 2021 to such processors (to be paid to producer members, 
as determined by such processors) in lieu of payments to producers 
and under the same terms and conditions as payments made to 
processors pursuant to title I of the Additional Supplemental Appro-
priations for Disaster Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–20) under 
the heading ‘‘Department of Agriculture—Agricultural Programs— 
Processing, Research and Marketing—Office of the Secretary’’, as 
last amended by section 791(c) of title VII of division B of the 
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 
94): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 760.1503(j) of 
title 7 of the Code of Federal Regulations, in the event that a 
processor described in the preceding proviso does not elect to receive 
payments under such clause, the Secretary shall make direct pay-
ments to producers under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That of the amounts provided under this heading in this Act, 
not more than one percent of the funds provided herein may be 
used for administrative costs, including for streamlining the applica-
tion process and easing the burden on county office employees, 
to carry out the matter under this heading in this Act: Provided 
further, That, except as otherwise provided under this heading
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in this Act, the Secretary shall impose payment limitations con-
sistent with section 760.1507 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations 
(as in effect on the date of enactment of this Act): Provided further, 
That, in the case of specialty crops or high value crops, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall impose payment limita-
tions consistent with section 760.1507(a)(2) of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (as in effect on January 1, 2019): Provided further, 
That, with respect to the payment limitations described under this 
heading in this Act, the Secretary shall apply separate payment 
limits for each of 2020 and 2021: Provided further, That the total 
amount of payments received under this heading in this Act and 
applicable policies of crop insurance under the Federal Crop Insur-
ance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) or the Noninsured Crop Disaster 
Assistance Program (NAP) under section 196 of the Federal Agri-
culture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996 (7 U.S.C. 7333) (minus 
any premiums or fees paid for such coverages) shall not exceed 
90 percent of the loss as determined by the Secretary: Provided 
further, That the total amount of payments received under this 
heading in this Act for producers who did not obtain a policy 
or plan of insurance for an insurable commodity for the applicable 
crop year under the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 
et seq.) for the crop incurring the losses or did not file the required 
paperwork and pay the service fee by the applicable State filing 
deadline for a noninsurable commodity for the applicable crop year 
under NAP for the crop incurring the losses shall not exceed 70 
percent of the loss as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 
That producers receiving payments under this heading in this Act, 
as determined by the Secretary, shall be required to purchase 
crop insurance where crop insurance is available for the next two 
available crop years and producers receiving payments under this 
heading in this Act shall be required to purchase coverage under 
NAP where crop insurance is not available in the next two available 
crop years, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That 
not later than 120 days after the end of fiscal year 2021, the 
Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress specifying the 
type, amount, and method of such assistance by state and territory. 
FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION PROGRAMS 
NATURAL RESOURCES CONSERVATION SERVICE 
WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Watershed and Flood Prevention 
Operations’’ for necessary expenses for the Emergency Watershed 
Protection Program, $275,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available 
for such purposes.
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TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Scientific and Technical Research 
and Services’’ for necessary expenses to carry out investigations 
of building failures pursuant to the National Construction Safety 
Team Act of 2002 (15 U.S.C. 7301), $22,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, and Facili-
ties’’ for necessary expenses related to the consequences of hurri-
canes and of wildfires in calendar years 2020 and 2021, $92,834,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2023, as follows: 
(1) $4,709,000 for repair and replacement of observing 
assets, real property, and equipment; 
(2) $3,425,000 for marine debris assessment and removal; 
(3) $4,700,000 for mapping, charting, and geodesy services; 
(4) $35,000,000 to improve: (A) hurricane intensity and 
track forecasting, including through deployment of unmanned 
ocean observing platforms and enhanced data assimilation; 
and(B) precipitation and flood prediction, forecasting, and miti-
gation capabilities; 
(5) $20,000,000 to improve wildfire research, prediction, 
detection, forecasting, monitoring, data management, and 
communication and engagement; and 
(6) $25,000,000 for Title IX Fund grants as authorized 
under section 906(c) of division O of Public Law 114–113: 
Provided, That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 45 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Acquisition and 
Construction’’ for necessary expenses related to the consequences 
of hurricanes and of wildfires in calendar years 2020 and 2021, 
$52,205,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, as fol-
lows: 
(1) $2,205,000 for repair and replacement of observing 
assets, real property, and equipment; and 
(2) $50,000,000 for improvements to operational and 
research weather and climate supercomputing and dissemina-
tion infrastructure, observing assets, and satellites, along with 
associated ground systems, used for hurricane intensity and 
track prediction; precipitation and flood prediction, forecasting, 
and mitigation; and wildfire research, prediction, detection, 
forecasting, and monitoring:
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Provided, That the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion shall submit a spending plan to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate within 45 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Fisheries Disaster Assistance’’ 
for necessary expenses associated with the mitigation of fishery 
disasters, $200,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such funds shall be used for mitigating the effects 
of commercial fishery failures and fishery resource disasters 
declared by the Secretary of Commerce, including those declared 
by the Secretary to be a direct result of hurricanes in calendar 
years 2020 and 2021. 
SCIENCE 
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 
CONSTRUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE AND RESTORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction and Environmental 
Compliance and Restoration’’ for repair at National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration facilities damaged by Hurricanes Zeta 
and Ida, $321,400,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That up to 15 percent of such amount may be transferred 
to ‘‘Exploration’’ for necessary expenses related to flight hardware, 
tooling, production and schedule delays caused by Hurricane Ida: 
Provided further, That except as provided in the preceding proviso, 
the amounts appropriated under this heading in this Act shall 
not be available for transfer under any transfer authority provided 
for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration in an appro-
priation Act for fiscal year 2022. 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
MAJOR RESEARCH EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Major Research Equipment and 
Facilities Construction’’ for necessary expenses related to the 
National Science Foundation Regional Class Research Vessel 
construction impacted by Hurricane Ida, $25,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to the Legal Services 
Corporation’’ to carry out the purposes of the Legal Services Cor-
poration Act by providing for necessary expenses related to the 
consequences of hurricanes, wildfires, other extreme weather, and 
earthquakes that occurred during calendar years 2020 and 2021,
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$40,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022: Pro-
vided, That none of the funds appropriated in this Act to the 
Legal Services Corporation shall be expended for any purpose 
prohibited or limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions of, 
sections 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105– 
119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal Services 
Corporation shall be subject to the same terms and conditions 
set forth in such sections, except that all references in sections 
502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall be deemed to refer instead 
to 2021 and 2022, respectively, and except that sections 501 and 
503 of Public Law 104–134 (referenced by Public Law 105–119) 
shall not apply to the amount made available under this heading: 
Provided further, That, for the purposes of this Act, the Legal 
Services Corporation shall be considered an agency of the United 
States. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—MILITARY 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Navy’’, $565,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
for necessary expenses related to the consequences of severe storms, 
straight-line winds, flooding, tornadoes, earthquakes, wildfires, and 
hurricanes occurring in calendar years 2020 and 2021. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance, 
Air Force’’, $330,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Winter 
Storm Uri occurring in calendar year 2021. 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 1301. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
provided by this title shall only be for the purposes specified, 
and shall not be subject to any transfer authority provided by 
law. 
TITLE IV 
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 
INVESTIGATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Investigations’’ for necessary 
expenses related to the completion, or initiation and completion, 
of flood and storm damage reduction, including shore protection, 
studies that are currently authorized or that are authorized after
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the date of enactment of this Act, to reduce risk from future floods 
and hurricanes, at full Federal expense, $100,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading in this Act shall be for high-priority studies 
of projects in States with a major disaster declared due to Hurricane 
Ida pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in fiscal year 2021: 
Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Civil Works shall provide a monthly report directly to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, 
including new studies selected to be initiated using funds provided 
under this heading in this Act, beginning not later than 60 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act. 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’ for necessary 
expenses, $3,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, to 
construct flood and storm damage reduction, including shore protec-
tion, projects that are currently authorized or that are authorized 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and flood and storm damage 
reduction, including shore protection, projects that have signed 
Chief’s Reports as of the date of enactment of this Act or that 
are studied using funds provided under the heading ‘‘Investigations’’ 
if the Secretary determines such projects to be technically feasible, 
economically justified, and environmentally acceptable: Provided, 
That of such amount, $1,500,000,000 shall be available for such 
projects in States with a major disaster declared due to Hurricane 
Ida pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in fiscal year 2021: 
Provided further, That the provisions of section 902 of the Water 
Resources Development Act of 1986 shall not apply to the construc-
tion of projects, including initial construction or periodic nourish-
ment, completed using funding under this heading in this Act: 
Provided further, That the completion of ongoing construction 
projects receiving funding provided under this heading in this Act 
shall be at full Federal expense with respect to such funds: Provided 
further, That for any projects using funding provided under this 
heading in this Act, the non-Federal cash contribution for projects 
other than ongoing construction projects shall be financed in accord-
ance with the provisions of section 103(k) of Public Law 99–662 
over a period of 30 years from the date of completion of the project 
or separable element: Provided further, That up to $65,000,000 
of the amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
shall be used for continuing authorities projects to reduce the risk 
of flooding and storm damage: Provided further, That any projects 
using funding appropriated under this heading in this Act shall 
be initiated only after non-Federal interests have entered into 
binding agreements with the Secretary requiring, where applicable, 
the non-Federal interests to pay 100 percent of the operation, 
maintenance, repair, replacement, and rehabilitation costs of the 
project and to hold and save the United States free from damages 
due to the construction or operation and maintenance of the project, 
except for damages due to the fault or negligence of the United 
States or its contractors: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act, such sums as are
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necessary to cover the Federal share of construction costs for facili-
ties under the Dredged Material Disposal Facilities Program shall 
be derived from the general fund of the Treasury: Provided further, 
That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall 
provide a monthly report directly to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing 
the allocation and obligation of these funds, beginning not later 
than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Mississippi River and Tribu-
taries’’ for necessary expenses to address emergency situations at 
Corps of Engineers projects, and to construct, and rehabilitate and 
repair damages to Corps of Engineers projects, caused by natural 
disasters, $868,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That of the amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act, such sums as are necessary to cover the Federal share 
of eligible operation and maintenance costs for coastal harbors 
and channels, and for inland harbors shall be derived from the 
general fund of the Treasury: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act, $500,000,000 shall 
be available to construct flood and storm damage reduction projects 
that are currently authorized or that are authorized after the date 
of enactment of this Act in States with a major disaster declared 
due to Hurricane Ida pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) in 
fiscal year 2021: Provided further, That the provisions of section 
902 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 shall not 
apply to the construction of projects, including initial construction 
or periodic nourishment, completed using funding under this 
heading in this Act: Provided further, That to the extent that 
ongoing construction projects are constructed using funding pro-
vided under this heading in this Act, such construction shall be 
at full Federal expense: Provided further, That for any projects 
using funding provided under this heading in this Act, the non- 
Federal cash contribution for projects other than ongoing construc-
tion projects shall be financed in accordance with the provisions 
of section 103(k) of Public Law 99–662 over a period of 30 years 
from the date of completion of the project or separable element: 
Provided further, That any projects using funding appropriated 
under this heading in this Act shall be initiated only after non- 
Federal interests have entered into binding agreements with the 
Secretary requiring, where applicable, the non-Federal interests 
to pay 100 percent of the operation, maintenance, repair, replace-
ment, and rehabilitation costs of the project and to hold and save 
the United States free from damages due to the construction or 
operation and maintenance of the project, except for damages due 
to the fault or negligence of the United States or its contractors: 
Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Civil Works shall provide a monthly report directly to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of these funds, begin-
ning not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act.
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OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Maintenance’’ 
for necessary expenses to dredge Federal navigation projects in 
response to, and repair damages to Corps of Engineers Federal 
projects caused by, natural disasters, $887,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, of which such sums as are necessary to cover 
the Federal share of eligible operation and maintenance costs for 
coastal harbors and channels, and for inland harbors shall be 
derived from the general fund of the Treasury: Provided, That 
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide 
a monthly report directly to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the alloca-
tion and obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
FLOOD CONTROL AND COASTAL EMERGENCIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Flood Control and Coastal Emer-
gencies’’, as authorized by section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 
(33 U.S.C. 701n), for necessary expenses to prepare for flood, hurri-
cane and other natural disasters and support emergency operations, 
repairs, and other activities in response to such disasters, as author-
ized by law, $826,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That funding utilized for authorized shore protection 
projects shall restore such projects to the full project profile at 
full Federal expense: Provided further, That the Assistant Secretary 
of the Army for Civil Works shall provide a monthly report directly 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of 
these funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Expenses’’ for necessary expenses 
to administer and oversee the obligation and expenditure of 
amounts provided in this Act for the Corps of Engineers, 
$30,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works shall provide 
a monthly report directly to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the alloca-
tion and obligation of these funds, beginning not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT 
CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Central Utah Project Completion 
Account’’, $10,000,000 to be deposited into the Utah Reclamation 
Mitigation and Conservation Account for use by the Utah Reclama-
tion Mitigation and Conservation Commission, to remain available 
until expended, for expenses necessary in carrying out fire remedi-
ation activities for wildfires.
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BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related Resources’’, 
$210,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of such amount, $200,000,000 shall be available for activities to 
address drought, as determined by the Secretary of the Interior: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available under this 
heading in this Act, $10,000,000 shall be for fire remediation and 
suppression emergency assistance related to wildfires: Provided 
further, That the Commissioner shall provide a monthly report 
directly to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation 
of these funds, beginning not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Strategic Petroleum Reserve’’, 
$43,300,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses related to damages caused by natural disasters. 
TITLE V 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Loans Program Account’’ 
for the cost of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 
Business Act, $1,189,100,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That up to $620,000,000 may be transferred to and 
merged with ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ for administrative expenses 
to carry out the disaster loan program authorized by section 7(b) 
of the Small Business Act. 
TITLE VI 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
PROTECTION, PREPAREDNESS, RESPONSE, AND RECOVERY 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Assistance’’, $50,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2022, for emergency 
management performance grants under the National Flood Insur-
ance Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 4001 et seq.), the Robert T. Stafford
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Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121), 
the Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act of 1977 (42 U.S.C. 7701), 
section 762 of title 6, United States Code, and Reorganization 
Plan No. 3 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 1601. (a) Repayments of the remaining balances of all 
loans, as of September 30, 2021, by the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency under section 417 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5184) are hereby 
cancelled. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available to the Department 
of Homeland Security for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’, such sums as are necessary may 
be transferred to the Disaster Assistance Direct Loan Program 
Account for carrying out subsection (a). 
(c) Each amount repurposed or transferred by this section that 
was previously designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment or as being for disaster relief pursuant to the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or a concurrent resolu-
tion on the budget is designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b), 
or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 4004(b)(6) and 
section 4005(f), respectively, of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th Congress), 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2022. 
TITLE VII 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT 
MANAGEMENT OF LANDS AND RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Management of Lands and 
Resources’’, $1,192,000, to remain available until expended, for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of calendar year 
2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disas-
ters. 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, $58,227,000, to 
remain available until expended, for necessary expenses related 
to the consequences of calendar year 2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, 
hurricanes and other natural disasters. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, $229,472,000, to 
remain available until expended, for necessary expenses related 
to the consequences of calendar year 2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, 
hurricanes and other natural disasters.
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UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investigations, and 
Research’’, $26,284,000, to remain available until expended, for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of calendar year 
2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disas-
ters. 
BUREAU OF SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
OFFSHORE SAFETY AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Offshore Safety and Environ-
mental Enforcement’’, $223,000, to remain available until expended, 
for necessary expenses related to the consequences of calendar 
year 2019, 2020 and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes and natural disas-
ters. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Construction’’, $452,000, to 
remain available until expended, for necessary expenses related 
to the consequences of calendar year 2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, 
hurricanes and other natural disasters. 
DEPARTMENT-WIDE PROGRAMS 
WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Management’’, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses related to wildfires: Provided, That of the amounts pro-
vided under this heading in this Act, $55,000,000 shall be for 
hazardous fuels management activities: Provided further, That of 
the amounts provided under this heading in this Act, $45,000,000, 
shall be for burned area recovery. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
FOREST SERVICE 
FOREST SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Forest Service Operations’’, 
$105,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses related to the consequences of calendar year 2019, 2020, 
and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters.
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FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Forest and Rangeland Research’’, 
$25,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses related to the consequences of calendar year 2019, 2020, 
and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters for the 
forest inventory and analysis program. 
STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Private Forestry’’, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses related to the consequences of calendar year 2019, 2020, 
and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters. 
NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest System’’, 
$710,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading in this Act, 
$535,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses related to the con-
sequences of calendar year 2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, hurri-
canes and other natural disasters, including no less than 
$175,000,000 for high priority post-wildfire restoration for water-
shed protection, critical habitat, and burned area recovery: Provided 
further, That of the amounts provided under this heading in this 
Act, $175,000,000 shall be for hazardous fuels mitigation. 
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Improvement and 
Maintenance’’, $470,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for necessary expenses related to the consequences of calendar 
year 2019, 2020, and 2021 wildfires, hurricanes and other natural 
disasters. 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 1701. (a)(1) If services performed by the designated 
employees under paragraph (2) of this subsection at the Department 
of the Interior or the Department of Agriculture during 2021 are 
determined by the Secretary of the Interior or the Secretary of 
Agriculture, as applicable, to be primarily related to emergency 
wildland fire suppression activities, any premium pay for such 
services shall be disregarded in calculating the aggregate of such 
employee’s basic pay and premium pay for purposes of a limitation 
under section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code, or under 
any other provision of law, whether such employee’s pay is paid 
on a biweekly or calendar year basis. Any services during 2021 
that generate payments payable in 2022 shall be disregarded in 
applying this subsection. 
(2) The premium pay waiver under paragraph (1) of this sub-
section shall apply to individuals serving as wildland firefighters 
and as fire management response officials, including regional fire 
directors, deputy regional fire directors, agency officials who directly 
oversee fire operations, and fire management officers, and individ-
uals serving on incident management teams (IMTs), at the National
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Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), at Geographic Area Coordinating 
Centers (GACCs), and at Operations centers. 
(3) The Departments of the Interior and Agriculture shall pro-
vide a report to Congress detailing the number of positions, 
including by occupation, grade, and the aggregate pay by type 
of pay for each individual who receives pay authorized under sub-
section (a)(1). 
(b) Any overtime pay for services described in subsection (a) 
that is payable under an authority outside of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be disregarded in calculating any annual limit on the 
amount of overtime pay payable in 2021. 
(c) Any pay that is disregarded under either subsection (a) 
or (b) shall be disregarded in calculating such employee’s aggregate 
pay for purposes of applying the limitation in section 5307 of 
title 5, United States Code, during 2021. 
(d)(1) Pay that is disregarded under subsection (a) or (b) shall 
not cause the aggregate of the employee’s basic pay and premium 
pay for the applicable calendar year to exceed the rate of basic 
pay payable for a position at level II of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code, as in effect 
at the end of such calendar year. 
(2) For purposes of applying this subsection to an employee 
who would otherwise be subject to the premium pay limits estab-
lished under section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, ‘‘premium 
pay’’ means the premium pay paid under the provisions of law 
cited in section 5547(a). 
(3) For purposes of applying this subsection to an employee 
under a premium pay limit established under an authority other 
than section 5547 of title 5, United States Code, the agency respon-
sible for administering such limit shall determine what payments 
are considered premium pay. 
(4) For the purpose of applying this subsection, ‘‘basic pay’’ 
includes any applicable locality-based comparability payment under 
section 5304 of title 5, United States Code, any applicable special 
rate supplement under section 5305 of such title, or any equivalent 
payment under a similar provision of law. 
(e) This section shall take effect as if enacted on January 
1, 2021. 
(f) If application of this section results in the payment of 
additional premium pay to a covered employee of a type that is 
normally creditable as basic pay for retirement or any other pur-
pose, that additional pay shall not— 
(1) be considered to be basic pay of the covered employee 
for any purpose; or 
(2) be used in computing a lump-sum payment to the 
covered employee for accumulated and accrued annual leave 
under section 5551 or section 5552 of title 5, United States 
Code, or other similar provision of law. 
(g) Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Secretary of the Interior and Secretary of Agriculture 
shall jointly provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, the Senate Committee 
on Agriculture Nutrition and Forestry, the House of Representatives 
Committee on Agriculture, the Senate Committee on Energy and 
Natural Resources, the House of Representatives Committee on 
Natural Resources, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs, and the House of Representatives Committee
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on Oversight and Reform, a framework to modernize the wildland 
firefighting workforce beginning in fiscal year 2022. 
TITLE VIII 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Facilities and Equipment’’, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2024, for 
necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hurricane Ida. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
EMERGENCY RELIEF PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency Relief Program’’ 
as authorized under section 125 of title 23, United States Code, 
$2,600,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Development Fund’’, 
$5,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for necessary 
expenses for activities authorized under title I of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) 
related to disaster relief, long-term recovery, restoration of infra-
structure and housing, economic revitalization, and mitigation, in 
the most impacted and distressed areas resulting from a major 
disaster that occurred in 2020 or 2021 pursuant to the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5121 et seq.): Provided, That amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act shall be awarded directly to the State, unit 
of general local government, or Indian tribe (as such term is defined 
in section 102 of the Housing and Community Development Act 
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) at the discretion of the Secretary: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall allocate, using the best available 
data, an amount equal to the total estimate for unmet needs for 
qualifying disasters under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 
That any final allocation for the total estimate for unmet need 
made available under the preceding proviso shall include an addi-
tional amount of 15 percent of such estimate for additional mitiga-
tion: Provided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, no less than $1,610,000,000 shall be 
allocated for major declared disasters that occurred in 2020 within 
30 days of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall not prohibit the use of amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act for non-Federal share 
as authorized by section 105(a)(9) of the Housing and Community
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Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(9)): Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act, grantees may establish grant programs to assist small 
businesses for working capital purposes to aid in recovery: Provided 
further, That as a condition of drawing funds for any activity 
other than general administration, the Secretary shall certify in 
advance that such grantee has in place proficient financial controls 
and procurement processes and has established adequate proce-
dures to prevent any duplication of benefits as defined by section 
312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155), to ensure timely expenditure of funds, 
to maintain comprehensive websites regarding all disaster recovery 
activities assisted with amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act, and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 
of funds: Provided further, That with respect to any such duplication 
of benefits, the Secretary shall act in accordance with section 1210 
of Public Law 115–254 (132 Stat. 3442) and section 312 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5155): Provided further, That the Secretary shall require 
grantees to maintain on a public website information containing 
common reporting criteria established by the Department that per-
mits individuals and entities awaiting assistance and the general 
public to see how all grant funds are used, including copies of 
all relevant procurement documents, including grantee administra-
tive contracts and details of ongoing procurement processes, as 
determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That prior to the 
obligation of funds a grantee shall submit a plan to the Secretary 
for approval detailing the proposed use of all funds, including 
criteria for eligibility and how the use of these funds will address 
long-term recovery and restoration of infrastructure and housing, 
economic revitalization, and mitigation in the most impacted and 
distressed areas: Provided further, That such funds may not be 
used for activities reimbursable by, or for which funds are made 
available by, the Federal Emergency Management Agency or the 
Army Corps of Engineers: Provided further, That funds allocated 
under this heading in this Act shall not be considered relevant 
to the non-disaster formula allocations made pursuant to section 
106 of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5306): Provided further, That a State, unit of general local 
government, or Indian tribe may use up to 5 percent of its allocation 
for administrative costs related to a major disaster under this 
heading in this Act and for the same purposes in prior and future 
Acts and such amounts shall be available for any eligible adminis-
trative costs without regard to a particular disaster: Provided fur-
ther, That in administering the amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, the Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development may waive, or specify alternative requirements for, 
any provision of any statute or regulation that the Secretary admin-
isters in connection with the obligation by the Secretary or the 
use by the recipient of these funds (except for requirements related 
to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environ-
ment), if the Secretary finds that good cause exists for the waiver 
or alternative requirement and such waiver or alternative require-
ment would not be inconsistent with the overall purpose of title 
I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding the preceding proviso, recipients of 
funds provided under this heading in this Act that use such funds
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to supplement Federal assistance provided under section 402, 403, 
404, 406, 407, 408(c)(4), or 502 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.) may 
adopt, without review or public comment, any environmental 
review, approval, or permit performed by a Federal agency, and 
such adoption shall satisfy the responsibilities of the recipient with 
respect to such environmental review, approval or permit: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding section 104(g)(2) of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(g)(2)), 
the Secretary or a State may, upon receipt of a request for release 
of funds and certification, immediately approve the release of funds 
for an activity or project assisted under this heading in this Act 
if the recipient has adopted an environmental review, approval 
or permit under the preceding proviso or the activity or project 
is categorically excluded from review under the National Environ-
mental Policy Act of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.): Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall publish via notice in the Federal Register 
or on the website of the Department any waiver, or alternative 
requirement, to any statute or regulation that the Secretary admin-
isters pursuant to title I of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 no later than 5 days before the effective date 
of such waiver or alternative requirement: Provided further, That 
the Secretary is authorized to approve the use of amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act or a prior or future Act 
for activities authorized under title I of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) related to unmet 
recovery needs in the most impacted and distressed areas resulting 
from a major disaster in this Act or in a prior or future Act 
to be used interchangeably and without limitation for the same 
activities in the most impacted and distressed areas resulting from 
other major disasters assisted under this Act or a prior or future 
Act when such areas overlap and when the use of the funds will 
address unmet recovery needs of both disasters: Provided further, 
That, until the Secretary publishes a Federal Register Notice estab-
lishing the requirements for the previous proviso, grantees that 
received grants under the same heading for 2017, 2018 or 2019 
disasters may submit for approval revised plans for the use of 
funds related to those major disasters to expand the eligible bene-
ficiaries of existing programs contained in such previously approved 
plans to include those impacted by disasters in 2020 or 2021: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act, up to $7,000,000 shall be made available 
for capacity building and technical assistance, including assistance 
on contracting and procurement, to support States, units of general 
local government, or Indian tribes, and subrecipients that receive 
allocations for disaster recovery pursuant to the authority under 
this heading in this Act and allocations for disaster recovery in 
any prior or future Acts: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act, up to $5,500,000 
shall be transferred to ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment—Program Office Salaries and Expenses—Community Plan-
ning and Development’’ for necessary costs, including information 
technology costs, of administering and overseeing the obligation 
and expenditure of amounts made available under the heading 
‘‘Community Development Fund’’ in this Act or any prior or future 
Act that makes amounts available for purposes related to major 
disasters under such heading.
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TITLE IX 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 1901. Each amount appropriated or made available by 
this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the 
fiscal year involved. 
SEC. 1902. 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. 1903. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the addi-
tional amounts appropriated by this Act to appropriations accounts 
shall be available under the authorities and conditions applicable 
to such appropriations accounts for fiscal year 2022. 
SEC. 1904. Each amount provided by this division is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2022. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Disaster Relief Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2022’’. 
DIVISION C—AFGHANISTAN SUPPLEMENTAL 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2022 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2022, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 
$50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for 
investigative activities associated with Afghan resettlement oper-
ations. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OVERSEAS HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER, AND CIVIC AID 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Overseas Humanitarian, Dis-
aster, and Civic Aid’’, $2,200,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, for support of Operation Allies Welcome by 
the Department of Defense. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 2201. Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter through fiscal year 2022,
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the Secretary of Defense shall provide a written report to the 
congressional defense committees describing the execution of funds 
provided in this title, including the amounts obligated and 
expended, in total and since the previous report; the nature of 
the costs incurred or services provided by such funds; and any 
reimbursements or funds transferred by another Federal agency 
to the Department of Defense which relates to the purpose of 
the funds provided by this title. 
SEC. 2202. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
provided by this title shall only be for the purposes specified, 
and shall not be subject to any transfer authority provided by 
law. 
SEC. 2203. The Inspector General of the Department of Defense 
shall carry out reviews of the activities of the Department of Defense 
to transport and care for Afghans, including but not limited to, 
the humane treatment and living conditions of Afghans at any 
Department of Defense facility; the use of funds by the Department 
of Defense to support such persons, including the monitoring of 
potential waste, fraud, or abuse of such funds; and any related 
issues that the Inspector General may direct: Provided, That the 
Inspector General shall provide to the congressional defense 
committees periodic updates on such oversight efforts and a written 
report to such committees not later than 60 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 2204. Title IX of division C of Public Law 116–260 is 
amended under the heading ‘‘Afghanistan Security Forces Fund’’ 
by inserting the following before the penultimate proviso: ‘‘Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Defense may obligate and expend 
funds made available under this heading for costs associated with 
the termination of contracts previously funded with amounts pro-
vided under this heading in prior Acts, and to pay valid invoices 
in satisfaction of liabilities under such contracts for which the 
applicable prior appropriation cannot be identified:’’. 
SEC. 2205. Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the 
Service Secretaries and the Commander of United States Central 
Command, shall submit to the congressional defense committees 
a report regarding the disposition of United States property, equip-
ment, and supplies, including property, equipment, and supplies 
provided to the Afghanistan National Security Forces, which were 
destroyed, taken out of Afghanistan, or remain in Afghanistan 
in connection with the United States military withdrawal: Provided, 
That such report shall include information on the future plans 
of the Department of Defense regarding any such items. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
CDC–WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘CDC–Wide Activities and Pro-
gram Support’’, $21,500,000, for support of Operation Allies Wel-
come, to remain available until September 30, 2022, for medical 
support, screening, and other related public health activities related 
to Afghan arrivals and refugees.
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ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Refugee and Entrant Assistance’’, 
$1,680,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2023, for 
support of Operation Allies Welcome for carrying out refugee and 
entrant assistance activities in support of citizens or nationals 
of Afghanistan paroled into the United States under section 
212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act and citizens or 
nationals of Afghanistan for whom such refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities are authorized: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able under this heading in this Act may be used for grants or 
contracts with qualified nonprofit organizations to provide culturally 
and linguistically appropriate services, including wrap-around serv-
ices during temporary housing and after resettlement, housing 
assistance, medical assistance, legal assistance, and case manage-
ment assistance: Provided further, That the Director of the Office 
of Refugee Resettlement, in carrying out section 412(c)(1)(A) of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act with amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act, may allocate such amounts among 
the States in a manner that accounts for the most current data 
available. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families Services 
Programs’’, $7,773,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, for support of Operation Allies Welcome for necessary 
administrative expenses to carry out refugee and entrant assistance 
activities in support of citizens or nationals of Afghanistan. 
GENERAL PROVISION—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 2301. (a) Not later than 45 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Homeland Security 
shall jointly submit a strategy on Afghan evacuee resettlement 
to the appropriate congressional committees and leadership 
describing agency roles and responsibilities, vetting, immigration 
status of each Afghan, and anticipated costs associated with imple-
menting such strategy. 
(b) DEFINITION OF AFGHAN EVACUEE.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Afghan evacuee’’ means a person whose evacuation from Afghani-
stan to the United States, or a location overseas controlled by 
the United States, was facilitated by the United States as part 
of Operation Allies Refuge. 
TITLE IV 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic 
and Consular Service’’, $276,900,000, to remain available until
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expended, for support for Operation Allies Welcome and related 
efforts by the Department of State, including additional relocations 
of individuals at risk as a result of the situation in Afghanistan 
and related expenses, and to reimburse the account under this 
heading in prior acts making appropriations for the Department 
of State, foreign operations, and related programs for obligations 
previously incurred. 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster Assist-
ance’’, $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, to address 
humanitarian needs in Afghanistan and the region impacted by 
the situation in Afghanistan. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Refugee Assist-
ance’’, $415,000,000, to remain available until expended, to address 
humanitarian needs in, and to assist refugees from, Afghanistan. 
UNITED STATES EMERGENCY REFUGEE AND MIGRATION ASSISTANCE 
FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘United States Emergency Ref-
ugee and Migration Assistance Fund’’, $1,076,100,000, to remain 
available until expended, notwithstanding section 2(c)(2) of the 
Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)(2)), 
of which $976,100,000 is for support for Operation Allies Welcome 
and related efforts by the Department of State, including additional 
relocations of individuals at risk as a result of the situation in 
Afghanistan and related expenses, and $100,000,000 is to respond 
to other unexpected and urgent humanitarian emergencies. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 2401. During fiscal years 2022 and 2023, notwithstanding 
any applicable restrictions on the ability of the Department of 
State and the United States Agency for International Development 
to enter into personal services contracts, including section 704 of 
the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations 
Act, 2021 (division E of Public Law 116–260) as continued by 
section 101 of division A of this Act (and any successor provision 
in a subsequently enacted appropriations Act), the authorities of 
section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 
(22 U.S.C. 2669(c)), section 636(a)(3) of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(a)(3)), and section 5(a)(6) of the Migra-
tion and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (22 U.S.C. 2605(a)(6)) 
may be exercised, without regard to the geographic limitations 
referenced therein, particularly to enter into, extend, and maintain 
contracts with individuals who have served as locally employed 
staff of the United States mission in Afghanistan.
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SEC. 2402. The Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations, 
not later than 45 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
a report on the proposed uses of funds appropriated by this title 
under the headings ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular 
Service’’ and ‘‘United States Emergency Refugee and Migration 
Assistance Fund’’, by program, project, and activity, for which the 
obligation of funds is anticipated: Provided, That such report shall 
be updated (including any changes in proposed uses from the initial 
plan) and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations every 
45 days until September 30, 2023. 
SEC. 2403. Not later than 45 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary 
of Homeland Security and the heads of other relevant Federal 
agencies, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report 
on the status of the Priority 2 (P–2) designation granting United 
States Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) access for certain 
at risk Afghan nationals and their eligible family members that 
was announced by the Department of State on August 2, 2021: 
Provided, That such report shall include the approximate number 
of Afghan nationals and their eligible family members who have 
been referred to the program, the number of Afghan nationals 
who have contacted a Resettlement Support Center to begin proc-
essing of their P–2 referral, the estimated time for processing 
such applications, an assessment of the obstacles facing P–2 eligible 
individuals seeking to leave Afghanistan, and a plan for augmenting 
personnel needed for refugee processing or humanitarian parole: 
Provided further, That such report shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may be accompanied by a classified annex. 
SEC. 2404. None of the funds appropriated in this title and 
made available for assistance for Afghanistan may be made avail-
able for direct assistance to the Taliban. 
TITLE V 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 
SEC. 2501. In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
there is appropriated for ‘‘U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Serv-
ices—Immigration Examinations Fee Account’’, $193,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, for necessary expenses in support 
of Operation Allies Welcome, to be deposited and used as provided 
in section 286(n) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1356(n)): Provided, That such amounts shall be in addition to any 
other amounts made available for such purposes and shall not 
be construed to require any reduction of any fee described in section 
286(m) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(m)): 
Provided further, That amounts provided in this section shall only 
be for the purposes specified, and notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law are not available for non-expenditure transfer or re-
programming: Provided further, That within 15 days of the date 
of enactment of this Act, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services 
shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations and the Commit-
tees on the Judiciary of the Senate and the House of Representatives 
an expenditure plan for the funds provided under this paragraph, 
and every 30 days thereafter shall provide updated execution data
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to such Committees for such funds: Provided further, That the 
reporting requirement in the previous proviso shall end on Sep-
tember 30, 2026. 
SEC. 2502. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, a citizen or national of Afghanistan (or a person with 
no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) shall 
be eligible for the benefits described in subsections (b) and (c) 
if— 
(1) such individual completed security and law enforcement 
background checks to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Home-
land Security and was subsequently— 
(A) paroled into the United States between July 31, 
2021, and September 30, 2022; or 
(B) paroled into the United States after September 
30, 2022, and— 
(i) is the spouse or child (as such term is defined 
under section 101(b) of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)) of an individual described 
in subparagraph (A); or 
(ii) is the parent or legal guardian of an individual 
described in subparagraph (A) who is determined to 
be an unaccompanied child under 6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2); 
and 
(2) such individual’s parole has not been terminated by 
the Secretary of Homeland Security. 
(b) BENEFITS.—An individual described in subsection (a) shall 
be eligible for— 
(1) resettlement assistance, entitlement programs, and 
other benefits available to refugees admitted under section 
207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157) 
until March 31, 2023, or the term of parole granted under 
subsection (a), whichever is later; 
(2) services described under section 412(d)(2) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1522(d)(2)), subject 
to subparagraph (B) of such section, if such individual is an 
unaccompanied alien child as defined under 6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2); 
and 
(3) a driver’s license or identification card under section 
202 of the REAL ID Act of 2005 (division B of Public Law 
109–13; 49 U.S.C. 30301 note), notwithstanding subsection 
(c)(2)(B) of such Act. 
(c) EXPEDITIOUS ADJUDICATION
OF ASYLUM APPLICATIONS.— 
With respect to an application for asylum under section 208 of 
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1158) filed by an 
individual described in subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland 
Security shall— 
(1) conduct the initial interview on the asylum application 
not later than 45 days after the date on which the application 
is filed; and 
(2) in the absence of exceptional circumstances, issue a 
final administrative adjudication on the asylum application 
within 150 days after the date the application is filed. 
(d) CLARIFICATION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, nothing in this act shall be interpreted to— 
(1) preclude an individual described in subsection (a), from 
applying for or receiving any immigration benefits to which 
such individual is otherwise eligible; or
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(2) entitle a person described in subsection (a) to lawful 
permanent resident status. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and every 3 months thereafter, the Secretary 
of Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense 
and the Secretary of State, shall submit a report to Congress 
detailing the number of individuals described in subsection (a); 
the number of individuals receiving benefits in subsection (b), 
including their eligibility for benefits as refugees notwithstanding 
this Act; and any other information deemed relevant by the Sec-
retary. 
REPORTING REQUIREMENT 
SEC. 2503. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and quarterly thereafter 
through September 30, 2023, the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
in coordination with the head of any other applicable Federal 
agency, shall submit to Congress a report that includes the elements 
described in subsection (b). 
(b) ELEMENTS.—The report required by subsection (a) shall 
include the following: 
(1) A summary of the status of Afghan evacuees, 
including— 
(A) the number of the Afghan evacuees present in 
the United States, located at overseas bases of the United 
States Armed Forces, or located in third countries who 
are not located at such a base including— 
(i) the number who are U.S. lawful permanent 
residents; 
(ii) the number who are Special Immigrant Visa 
holders; 
(iii) the number who are Special Immigrant Visa 
applicants; 
(iv) the number who are in possession of a valid 
nonimmigrant visa to enter the United States; 
(v) the number who are employees of a U.S. 
Government agency; 
(vi) the number who are employees of a U.S. 
funded partner organization, media, or non-profit; 
(vii) the number of Priority 1 refugee referrals; 
(viii) the number of Priority 2 refugee referrals; 
(ix) the number who have been relocated from 
the United States to a third country, and the country 
to which they were relocated; and 
(x) the number who do not fall into any of the 
above categories; 
(B) the number of Afghan evacuees at overseas bases 
or other official staging areas who have been flagged as 
potential security concerns or risks or included on the 
United States no-fly list and who were therefore denied 
clearance to enter the United States; and 
(C) the number of the Afghan evacuees who have been 
paroled into the United States— 
(i) the number whose parole was terminated; and 
(ii) the number whose parole has been extended.
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(2) The number of Afghan evacuees who have been inter-
viewed by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in connec-
tion with an application or petition for immigration benefits, 
including— 
(A) the number of such interviews conducted since 
the United States withdrawal; 
(B) the rate at which individuals were granted or 
refused the benefits that formed the basis for such inter-
views; 
(C) the number of individuals who did not appear 
at a scheduled interview; and 
(D) a description of the procedures for screening for 
and detecting child marriage, human trafficking, gender- 
based violence, and marriages entered into or relationships 
as fiancee or fiance claimed for the sole purpose of securing 
evacuation. 
(3) For each Federal department and agency involved in 
Operation Allies Welcome— 
(A) as of the date of the report, the costs incurred; 
and 
(B) an identification of the source of appropriated or 
other funds used to fund the effort. 
(c) DEFINITION OF AFGHAN EVACUEE.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Afghan evacuee’’ means a person whose evacuation from Afghani-
stan to the United States, or a location overseas controlled by 
the United States, was facilitated by the United States as part 
of Operation Allies Refuge. 
SEC. 2504. Each amount appropriated or made available by 
this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for the 
fiscal year involved. 
SEC. 2505. 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. 2506. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the addi-
tional amounts appropriated by this Act to appropriations accounts 
shall be available under the authorities and conditions applicable 
to such appropriations accounts for fiscal year 2022. 
SEC. 2507. Each amount provided by this division is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 4001(a)(1) and section 4001(b) of S. Con. Res. 14 (117th 
Congress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 
2022. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Afghanistan Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 2022’’. 
DIVISION D—OTHER MATTERS 
TITLE I—EXTENSIONS, TECHNICAL 
CORRECTIONS, AND OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 3101. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO MAKE CERTAIN APPOINT-
MENTS FOR NATIONAL DISASTER MEDICAL SYSTEM. 
Section 2812(c)(4)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
300hh–11(c)(4)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 3, 2021’’.
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SEC. 3102. EXTENDING CERTAIN WAIVER AUTHORITIES. 
(a) NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM REQUIREMENT WAIVERS 
ADDRESSING COVID–19.—Section 2202(e) of the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116–127; 42 U.S.C. 1760 
note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ and inserting 
‘‘June 30, 2022: Provided, That such waivers shall only apply to 
school year 2021–2022’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—There are hereby appropriated, out of any funds 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may 
be necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 3103. EXTENSION OF ADDITIONAL SPECIAL ASSESSMENT. 
Section 3014(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended 
by striking ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 
2021’’. 
SEC. 3104. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ORDER FOR FENTANYL- 
RELATED SUBSTANCES. 
Effective as if included in the enactment of the Temporary 
Reauthorization and Study of the Emergency Scheduling of 
Fentanyl Analogues Act (Public Law 116–114), section 2 of such 
Act (as amended by Public Law 117–12) is amended by striking 
‘‘October 22, 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘January 28, 2022’’. 
SEC. 3105. EXTENDING THE INCREASED FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSIST-
ANCE PERCENTAGE FOR TERRITORIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905(ff) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1396d(ff)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 3, 2021’’ ; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2021’’ 
and inserting ‘‘December 3, 2021’’. 
(b) GAO REVIEW.—Not later than November 15, 2021, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall review the deter-
mination of the allotment for Puerto Rico for fiscal year 2022 
under section 1108(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(g)), 
and include in the review the legal opinion of the Comptroller 
General on the most plausible plain reading of how such fiscal 
year 2022 allotment level should be calculated. 
SEC. 3106. MEDICARE IMPROVEMENT FUND. 
Section 1898(b)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395iii(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$165,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$69,000,000’’. 
TITLE II—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
SEC. 3201. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
(a) STATUTORY PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects 
of this division shall not be entered on either PAYGO scorecard 
maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay-As-You- 
Go Act of 2010. 
(b) SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary effects of this 
division shall not be entered on any PAYGO scorecard maintained 
for purposes of section 4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 
(c) CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.—Notwithstanding 
Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the
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joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference accom-
panying Conference Report 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 
budgetary effects of this division shall not be estimated— 
(1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; 
(2) for purposes of an allocation to the Committee on Appro-
priations pursuant to section 302(a) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974; and 
(3) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the 
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 
appropriation Act. 
Speaker of the House of Representatives. 
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.