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$3,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, to the Department of Commerce for economic adjust-
ment assistance as authorized by sections 209 and 703 of 
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 
(42 U.S.C. 3149 and 3233) to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus and for necessary expenses for re-
sponding to economic injury as a result of coronavirus. 
(b) Of the funds provided by this section, up to 2 per-
cent shall be used for Federal costs to administer such as-
sistance utilizing temporary Federal personnel as may be 
necessary consistent with the requirements applicable to 
such administrative funding in fiscal year 2020 to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and which shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027. 
(c) Of the funds provided by this section, 25 percent 
shall be for assistance to States and communities that have 
suffered economic injury as a result of job and gross domes-
tic product losses in the travel, tourism, or outdoor recre-
ation sectors. 
SEC. 6002. FUNDING FOR POLLUTION AND DISPARATE IM-
PACTS OF THE COVID–19 PANDEMIC. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available, there is appropriated to the Environmental Pro-
tection Agency for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, to
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remain available until expended, to address health outcome 
disparities from pollution and the COVID–19 pandemic, of 
which— 
(1) $50,000,000, shall be for grants, contracts, 
and other agency activities that identify and address 
disproportionate environmental or public health 
harms and risks in minority populations or low-in-
come populations under— 
(A) section 103(b) of the Clean Air Act (42 
U.S.C. 7403(b)); 
(B) section 1442 of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–1); 
(C) section 104(k)(7)(A) of the Comprehen-
sive Environmental Response, Compensation, 
and 
Liability 
Act 
of 
1980 
(42 
U.S.C. 
9604(k)(7)(A)); and 
(D) sections 791 through 797 of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16131 through 
16137); and 
(2) $50,000,000 shall be for grants and activities 
authorized under subsections (a) through (c) of section 
103 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7403) and grants 
and activities authorized under section 105 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 7405). 
(b) ADMINISTRATION OF FUNDS.—
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(1) Of the funds made available pursuant to sub-
section (a)(1), the Administrator shall reserve 2 per-
cent for administrative costs necessary to carry out 
activities funded pursuant to such subsection. 
(2) Of the funds made available pursuant to sub-
section (a)(2), the Administrator shall reserve 5 per-
cent for activities funded pursuant to such subsection 
other than grants. 
SEC. 6003. UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE. 
(a) INSPECTION, INTERDICTION, AND RESEARCH RE-
LATED TO CERTAIN SPECIES AND COVID–19.—In addition 
to amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated 
for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $95,000,000 to remain available 
until expended, to carry out the provisions of the Fish and 
Wildlife Act of 1956 (16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.) and the Fish 
and Wildlife Coordination Act (16 U.S.C. 661 et seq.) 
through direct expenditure, contracts, and grants, of 
which— 
(1) $20,000,000 shall be for wildlife inspections, 
interdictions, investigations, and related activities, 
and for efforts to address wildlife trafficking; 
(2) $30,000,000 shall be for the care of captive 
species listed under the Endangered Species Act of 
1973, for the care of rescued and confiscated wildlife,
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and for the care of Federal trust species in facilities 
experiencing lost revenues due to COVID–19; and 
(3) $45,000,000 shall be for research and exten-
sion activities to strengthen early detection, rapid re-
sponse, and science-based management to address 
wildlife 
disease 
outbreaks 
before 
they 
become 
pandemics and strengthen capacity for wildlife health 
monitoring to enhance early detection of diseases that 
have capacity to jump the species barrier and pose a 
risk in the United States, including the development 
of a national wildlife disease database. 
(b) LACEY ACT PROVISIONS.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise made available, there is appropriated for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to carry out the provisions of section 42(a) of title 
18, United States Code, and the Lacey Act Amendments 
of 1981 (16 U.S.C. 3371–3378).
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TITLE VII—COMMITTEE ON COM-
MERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANS-
PORTATION 
Subtitle A—Transportation and 
Infrastructure 
SEC. 7101. GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PAS-
SENGER CORPORATION. 
(a) NORTHEAST CORRIDOR APPROPRIATION.—In ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated 
for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $970,388,160, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, for grants as authorized under 
section 11101(a) of the FAST Act (Public Law 114–94) to 
prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. 
(b) NATIONAL NETWORK APPROPRIATION.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated 
for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $729,611,840, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, for grants as authorized under 
section 11101(b) of the FAST Act (Public Law 114–94) to 
prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. 
(c) LONG-DISTANCE SERVICE RESTORATION AND EM-
PLOYEE RECALLS.—Not less than $165,926,000 of the ag-
gregate amounts made available under subsections (a) and
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(b) shall be for use by the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration to— 
(1) restore, not later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the frequency of rail service 
on long-distance routes (as defined in section 24102 
of title 49, United States Code) that the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation reduced the fre-
quency of on or after July 1, 2020, and continue to 
operate such service at such frequency; and 
(2) recall and manage employees furloughed on 
or after October 1, 2020, as a result of efforts to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS IN LIEU OF CAPITAL PAYMENTS.— 
Not less than $109,805,000 of the aggregate amounts made 
available under subsections (a) and (b)— 
(1) shall be for use by the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation in lieu of capital payments 
from States and commuter rail passenger transpor-
tation providers that are subject to the cost allocation 
policy under section 24905(c) of title 49, United 
States Code; and 
(2) notwithstanding sections 24319(g) and 
24905(c)(1)(A)(i) of title 49, United States Code, such 
amounts do not constitute cross-subsidization of com-
muter rail passenger transportation.
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(e) USE OF FUNDS FOR STATE PAYMENTS FOR STATE- 
SUPPORTED ROUTES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (b), $174,850,000 shall be for 
use by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
to offset amounts required to be paid by States for 
covered State-supported routes. 
(2) FUNDING SHARE.—The share of funding pro-
vided under paragraph (1) with respect to a covered 
State-supported route shall be distributed as follows: 
(A) Each covered State-supported route 
shall receive 7 percent of the costs allocated to the 
route in fiscal year 2019 under the cost alloca-
tion methodology adopted pursuant to section 
209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Im-
provement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432). 
(B) Any remaining amounts after the dis-
tribution described in subparagraph (A) shall be 
apportioned to each covered State-supported 
route in proportion to the passenger revenue of 
such route and other revenue allocated to such 
route in fiscal year 2019 divided by the total 
passenger revenue and other revenue allocated to 
all covered State-supported routes in fiscal year 
2019.
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(3) COVERED
STATE-SUPPORTED
ROUTE
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘covered State- 
supported route’’ means a State-supported route, as 
such term is defined in section 24102 of title 49, 
United States Code, but does not include a State-sup-
ported route for which service was terminated on or 
before February 1, 2020. 
(f) USE OF FUNDS FOR DEBT REPAYMENT OR PRE-
PAYMENT.—Not more than $100,885,000 of the aggregate 
amounts made available under subsections (a) and (b) shall 
be— 
(1) for the repayment or prepayment of debt in-
curred by the National Railroad Passenger Corpora-
tion under financing arrangements entered into prior 
to the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(2) to pay required reserves, costs, and fees re-
lated to such debt, including for loans from the De-
partment of Transportation and loans that would 
otherwise have been paid from National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation revenues. 
(g) PROJECT MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT.—Not more 
than $2,000,000 of the aggregate amounts made available 
under subsections (a) and (b) shall be for activities author-
ized under section 11101(c) of the FAST Act (Public Law 
114–94).
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SEC. 7102. RELIEF FOR AIRPORTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 
2021, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $8,000,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, for assistance to sponsors 
of airports, as such terms are defined in section 
47102 of title 49, United States Code, to be made 
available to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus. 
(2) 
REQUIREMENTS
AND
LIMITATIONS.— 
Amounts made available under this section— 
(A) may not be used for any purpose not 
directly related to the airport; and 
(B) may not be provided to any airport 
that was allocated in excess of 4 years of oper-
ating funds to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus in fiscal year 2020. 
(b) ALLOCATIONS.—The following terms shall apply to 
the amounts made available under this section: 
(1) OPERATING EXPENSES AND DEBT SERVICE 
PAYMENTS.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Not 
more 
than 
$6,492,000,000 shall be made available for pri-
mary airports, as such term is defined in section
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47102 of title 49, United States Code, and cer-
tain cargo airports, for costs related to oper-
ations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, jani-
torial services, combating the spread of pathogens 
at the airport, and debt service payments. 
(B) DISTRIBUTION.— Amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph— 
(i) shall not be subject to the reduced 
apportionments under section 47114(f) of 
title 49, United States Code; 
(ii) shall first be apportioned as set 
forth 
in 
sections 
47114(c)(1)(A), 
47114(c)(1)(C)(i), 
47114(c)(1)(C)(ii), 
47114(c)(2)(A), 
47114(c)(2)(B), 
and 
47114(c)(2)(E) of title 49, United States 
Code; and 
(iii) shall not be subject to a maximum 
apportionment limit set forth in section 
47114(c)(1)(B) of title 49, United States 
Code. 
(C) REMAINING
AMOUNTS.—Any amount 
remaining after distribution under subpara-
graph (B) shall be distributed to the sponsor of 
each primary airport (as such term is defined in 
section 47102 of title 49, United States Code)
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based on each such primary airport’s passenger 
enplanements compared to the total passenger 
enplanements of all such primary airports in 
calendar year 2019. 
(2) 
FEDERAL
SHARE
FOR
DEVELOPMENT 
PROJECTS.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Not 
more 
than 
$608,000,000 allocated under subsection (a)(1) 
shall be available to pay a Federal share of 100 
percent of the costs for any grant awarded in fis-
cal year 2021, or in fiscal year 2020 with less 
than a 100-percent Federal share, for an airport 
development project (as such term is defined in 
section 47102 of title 49). 
(B) REMAINING
AMOUNTS.—Any amount 
remaining under this paragraph shall be distrib-
uted as described in paragraph (1)(C). 
(3) NONPRIMARY AIRPORTS.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Not 
more 
than 
$100,000,000 shall be made available for general 
aviation and commercial service airports that 
are not primary airports (as such terms are de-
fined in section 47102 of title 49, United States 
Code) for costs related to operations, personnel, 
cleaning, sanitization, janitorial services, com-
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bating the spread of pathogens at the airport, 
and debt service payments. 
(B) DISTRIBUTION.—Amounts made avail-
able under this paragraph shall be apportioned 
to each non-primary airport based on the cat-
egories published in the most current National 
Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, reflecting 
the percentage of the aggregate published eligible 
development costs for each such category, and 
then dividing the allocated funds evenly among 
the eligible airports in each category, rounding 
up to the nearest thousand dollars. 
(C) REMAINING
AMOUNTS.—Any amount 
remaining under this paragraph shall be distrib-
uted as described in paragraph (1)(C). 
(4) AIRPORT CONCESSIONS.— 
(A) 
IN
GENERAL.—Not 
more 
than 
$800,000,000 shall be made available for spon-
sors of primary airports to provide relief from 
rent and minimum annual guarantees to airport 
concessions, of which at least $640,000,000 shall 
be available to provide relief to eligible small air-
port 
concessions 
and 
of 
which 
at 
least 
$160,000,000 shall be available to provide relief
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to eligible large airport concessions located at 
primary airports. 
(B) DISTRIBUTION.—The amounts made 
available for each set-aside in this paragraph 
shall be distributed to the sponsor of each pri-
mary airport (as such term is defined in section 
47102 of title 49, United States Code) based on 
each 
such 
primary 
airport’s 
passenger 
enplanements compared to the total passenger 
enplanements of all such primary airports in 
calendar year 2019. 
(C) CONDITIONS.—As a condition of ap-
proving a grant under this paragraph— 
(i) the sponsor shall provide such relief 
from the date of enactment of this Act until 
the sponsor has provided relief equaling the 
total grant amount, to the extent practicable 
and to the extent permissible under State 
laws, local laws, and applicable trust inden-
tures; and 
(ii) for each set-aside, the sponsor shall 
provide relief from rent and minimum an-
nual guarantee obligations to each eligible 
airport concession in an amount that re-
flects each eligible airport concession’s pro-
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portional share of the total amount of the 
rent and minimum annual guarantees of 
those eligible airport concessions at such 
airport. 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(1) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration may 
retain up to 0.1 percent of the funds provided under 
this section to fund the award of, and oversight by the 
Administrator of, grants made under this section. 
(2) WORKFORCE RETENTION REQUIREMENTS.— 
(A) REQUIRED RETENTION.—As a condition 
for receiving funds provided under this section, 
an airport shall continue to employ, through 
September 30, 2021, at least 90 percent of the 
number of individuals employed (after making 
adjustments for retirements or voluntary em-
ployee separations) by the airport as of March 
27, 2020. 
(B) WAIVER
OF
RETENTION
REQUIRE-
MENT.—The Secretary shall waive the workforce 
retention requirement if the Secretary determines 
that—
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(i) the airport is experiencing eco-
nomic hardship as a direct result of the re-
quirement; or 
(ii) the requirement reduces aviation 
safety or security. 
(C) EXCEPTION.—The workforce retention 
requirement shall not apply to nonhub airports 
or nonprimary airports receiving funds under 
this section. 
(D) NONCOMPLIANCE.—Any financial as-
sistance provided under this section to an air-
port that fails to comply with the workforce re-
tention requirement described in subparagraph 
(A), and does not otherwise qualify for a waiver 
or exception under this paragraph, shall be sub-
ject to clawback by the Secretary. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE
LARGE
AIRPORT
CONCESSION.— 
The term ‘‘eligible large airport concession’’ means a 
concession (as defined in section 23.3 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations), that is in-terminal and has 
maximum gross receipts, averaged over the previous 
three fiscal years, of more than $56,420,000. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
SMALL
AIRPORT
CONCESSION.— 
The term ‘‘eligible small airport concession’’ means a
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concession (as defined in section 23.3 of title 49, Code 
of Federal Regulations), that is in-terminal and— 
(A) a small business with maximum gross 
receipts, averaged over the previous 3 fiscal 
years, of less than $56,420,000; or 
(B) is a joint venture (as defined in section 
23.3 of title 49, Code of Federal Regulations). 
SEC. 7103. EMERGENCY FAA EMPLOYEE LEAVE FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT; APPROPRIATION.—There is es-
tablished in the Federal Aviation Administration the Emer-
gency FAA Employee Leave Fund (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘Fund’’), to be administered by the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration, for the purposes 
set forth in subsection (b). In addition to amounts otherwise 
available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$9,000,000, which shall be deposited into the Fund and re-
main available through September 30, 2022. 
(b) PURPOSE.—Amounts in the Fund shall be avail-
able to the Administrator for the use of paid leave under 
this section by any employee of the Administration who is 
unable to work because the employee— 
(1) is subject to a Federal, State, or local quar-
antine or isolation order related to COVID–19;
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(2) has been advised by a health care provider to 
self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID–19; 
(3) is caring for an individual who is subject to 
such an order or has been so advised; 
(4) is experiencing symptoms of COVID–19 and 
seeking a medical diagnosis; 
(5) is caring for a son or daughter of such em-
ployee if the school or place of care of the son or 
daughter has been closed, if the school of such son or 
daughter requires or makes optional a virtual learn-
ing instruction model or requires or makes optional 
a hybrid of in-person and virtual learning instruc-
tion models, or the child care provider of such son or 
daughter is unavailable, due to COVID–19 pre-
cautions; 
(6) is experiencing any other substantially simi-
lar condition; 
(7) is caring for a family member with a mental 
or physical disability or who is 55 years of age or 
older and incapable of self-care, without regard to 
whether another individual other than the employee is 
available to care for such family member, if the place 
of care for such family member is closed or the direct 
care provider is unavailable due to COVID–19; or
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(8) is obtaining immunization related to 
COVID–19 or is recovering from any injury, dis-
ability, illness, or condition related to such immuni-
zation. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) PERIOD OF AVAILABILITY.—Paid leave under 
this section may only be provided to and used by an 
employee of the Administration during the period be-
ginning on the date of enactment of this section and 
ending on September 30, 2021. 
(2) TOTAL HOURS; AMOUNT.—Paid leave under 
this section— 
(A) shall be provided to an employee of the 
Administration in an amount not to exceed 600 
hours of paid leave for each full-time employee, 
and in the case of a part-time employee, em-
ployee on an uncommon tour of duty, or em-
ployee with a seasonal work schedule, in an 
amount not to exceed the proportional equivalent 
of 600 hours to the extent amounts in the Fund 
remain available for reimbursement; 
(B) shall be paid at the same hourly rate as 
other leave payments; and 
(C) may not be provided to an employee if 
the leave would result in payments greater than
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$2,800 in aggregate for any biweekly pay period 
for a full-time employee, or a proportionally 
equivalent biweekly limit for a part-time em-
ployee. 
(3) RELATIONSHIP
TO
OTHER
LEAVE.—Paid 
leave under this section— 
(A) is in addition to any other leave pro-
vided to an employee of the Administration; and 
(B) may not be used by an employee of the 
Administration concurrently with any other 
paid leave. 
(4) CALCULATION OF RETIREMENT BENEFIT.— 
Any paid leave provided to an employee of the Ad-
ministration under this section shall reduce the total 
service used to calculate any Federal civilian retire-
ment benefit. 
SEC. 7104. EMERGENCY TSA EMPLOYEE LEAVE FUND. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT; APPROPRIATION.—There is es-
tablished in the Transportation Security Administration 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Administration’’) the 
Emergency TSA Employee Leave Fund (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Fund’’), to be administered by the Admin-
istrator of the Administration, for the purposes set forth in 
subsection (b). In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money
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in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $13,000,000, 
which shall be deposited into the Fund and remain avail-
able through September 30, 2022. 
(b) PURPOSE.—Amounts in the Fund shall be avail-
able to the Administration for the use of paid leave under 
this section by any employee of the Administration who is 
unable to work because the employee— 
(1) is subject to a Federal, State, or local quar-
antine or isolation order related to COVID–19; 
(2) has been advised by a health care provider to 
self-quarantine due to concerns related to COVID–19; 
(3) is caring for an individual who is subject to 
such an order or has been so advised; 
(4) is experiencing symptoms of COVID–19 and 
seeking a medical diagnosis; 
(5) is caring for a son or daughter of such em-
ployee if the school or place of care of the son or 
daughter has been closed, if the school of such son or 
daughter requires or makes optional a virtual learn-
ing instruction model or requires or makes optional 
a hybrid of in-person and virtual learning instruc-
tion models, or the child care provider of such son or 
daughter is unavailable, due to COVID–19 pre-
cautions;