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Union Calendar No. 1 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1319 
[Report No. 117–7] 
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 5. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2021 
Mr. YARMUTH, from the Committee on the Budget, reported the following bill; 
which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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A BILL 
To provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con. 
Res. 5. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Rescue Plan 
Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 
Subtitle A—Agriculture 
Sec. 1001. Food Supply Chain and Agriculture Pandemic Response. 
Sec. 1002. Emergency grants for rural health care. 
Sec. 1003. Pandemic program administration funds. 
Sec. 1004. Funding for the USDA Office of Inspector General for oversight of 
COVID—19-related programs. 
Sec. 1005. Farm loan assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranch-
ers. 
Sec. 1006. Assistance and support for socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, 
forest land owners and operators, and groups. 
Sec. 1007. Funding for Food for Peace title II Grants. 
Subtitle B—Nutrition 
Sec. 1011. Supplemental nutrition assistance program. 
Sec. 1012. Additional assistance for SNAP online purchasing and technology 
improvements. 
Sec. 1013. Additional funding for nutrition assistance programs. 
Sec. 1014. Commodity supplemental food program. 
TITLE II—COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR 
Subtitle A—Education Matters 
PART 1—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
Sec. 2001. Elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund. 
Sec. 2002. Higher education emergency relief fund. 
Sec. 2003. Maintenance of effort and maintenance of equity. 
Sec. 2004. Outlying areas. 
Sec. 2005. Bureau of Indian Education. 
Sec. 2006. Gallaudet University. 
Sec. 2007. Student aid administration. 
Sec. 2008. Howard University. 
Sec. 2009. National Technical Institute for the Deaf. 
Sec. 2010. Institute of Education Sciences. 
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Sec. 2011. Program administration. 
Sec. 2012. Office of inspector general. 
Sec. 2013. Modification of revenue requirements for proprietary institutions of 
higher education. 
PART 2—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 2021. National endowment for the arts. 
Sec. 2022. National endowment for the humanities. 
Sec. 2023. Institute of museum and library services. 
Sec. 2024.
COVID-19 response resources for the preservation and mainte-
nance of Native American languages. 
Subtitle B—Labor Matters 
Sec. 2101. Raising the Federal minimum wage. 
Sec. 2102. Funding for Department of Labor Worker Protection Activities. 
Sec. 2103. Eligibility for workers’ compensation benefits for Federal employees 
diagnosed with COVID–19. 
Sec. 2104. Compensation pursuant to the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 
Compensation Act. 
Subtitle C—Human Services and Community Supports 
Sec. 2201. Additional funding for aging and disability services programs. 
Sec. 2202. Supporting older Americans and their families. 
Sec. 2203. Child Care and Development Block Grant Program. 
Sec. 2204. Child Care Stabilization. 
Sec. 2205. Head Start. 
Sec. 2206. Programs for survivors. 
Sec. 2207. Child abuse prevention and treatment. 
Sec. 2208. LIHEAP. 
Sec. 2209. Department of Health and Human Services. 
Sec. 2210. Corporation for National and Community Service and the National 
Service Trust. 
Subtitle D—Child Nutrition & Related Programs 
Sec. 2301. Improvements to WIC benefits. 
Sec. 2302. WIC program modernization. 
Sec. 2303. Meals and supplements reimbursements for individuals who have not 
attained the age of 25. 
Sec. 2304. Pandemic EBT program. 
Subtitle E—COBRA Continuation Coverage 
Sec. 2401. Preserving health benefits for workers. 
TITLE III—COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE 
Subtitle A—Public Health 
CHAPTER 1—VACCINES AND THERAPEUTICS 
Sec. 3001. Funding for COVID–19 vaccine activities at the centers for disease 
control and prevention. 
Sec. 3002. Funding for vaccine confidence activities. 
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Sec. 3003. Funding for supply chain for COVID–19 vaccines, therapeutics, and 
medical supplies. 
Sec. 3004. Funding for COVID–19 vaccine, therapeutic, and device activities at 
the Food and Drug Administration. 
CHAPTER 2—TESTING 
Sec. 3011. Funding for COVID–19 testing, contact tracing, and mitigation ac-
tivities. 
Sec. 3012. Funding for SARS–CoV–2 genomic sequencing and surveillance. 
Sec. 3013. Funding for global health. 
Sec. 3014. Funding for data modernization and forecasting center. 
CHAPTER 3—PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE 
Sec. 3021. Funding for public health workforce. 
Sec. 3022. Funding for Medical Reserve Corps. 
CHAPTER 4—PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTMENTS 
Sec. 3031. Funding for community health centers and community care. 
Sec. 3032. Funding for National Health Service Corps. 
Sec. 3033. Funding for Nurse Corps. 
Sec. 3034. Funding for teaching health centers that operate graduate medical 
education. 
Sec. 3035. Funding for COVID–19 testing, contact tracing, and mitigation ac-
tivities in congregate settings. 
Sec. 3036. Funding for family planning. 
Sec. 3037. Funding for children under the care of the Department of Health 
and Human Services. 
Sec. 3038. Funding for Office of Inspector General. 
CHAPTER 5—INDIAN HEALTH 
Sec. 3041. Funding for Indian health. 
CHAPTER 6—MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 
Sec. 3051. Funding for block grants for community mental health services. 
Sec. 3052. Funding for block grants for prevention and treatment of substance 
abuse. 
Sec. 3053. Funding for mental and behavioral health training for health care 
professionals, paraprofessionals, and public safety officers. 
Sec. 3054. Funding for education and awareness campaign encouraging healthy 
work conditions and use of mental and behavioral health serv-
ices by health care professionals. 
Sec. 3055. Funding for grants for health care providers to promote mental and 
behavioral health among their health professional workforce. 
Sec. 3056. Funding for community-based funding for local substance use dis-
order services. 
Sec. 3057. Funding for community-based funding for local behavioral health 
needs. 
Sec. 3058. Funding for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. 
Sec. 3059. Funding for Project AWARE. 
Sec. 3059A. Funding for youth suicide prevention. 
Sec. 3059B. Funding for behavioral health workforce education and training. 
CHAPTER 7—EXCHANGE GRANT PROGRAM 
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Sec. 3061. Establishing a grant program for Exchange modernization. 
Subtitle B—Medicaid 
Sec. 3101. Mandatory coverage of COVID–19 vaccines and administration and 
treatment under Medicaid. 
Sec. 3102. Modifications to certain coverage under Medicaid for pregnant and 
postpartum women. 
Sec. 3103. Allowing for medical assistance under Medicaid for inmates during 
30-day period preceding release. 
Sec. 3104. Enhanced Federal Medicaid support for community-based mobile 
crisis intervention services. 
Sec. 3105. Temporary increase in FMAP for medical assistance under State 
Medicaid plans which begin to expend amounts for certain 
mandatory individuals. 
Sec. 3106. Extension of 100 percent Federal medical assistance percentage to 
Urban Indian Health Organizations and Native Hawaiian 
Health Care Systems. 
Sec. 3107. Sunset of limit on maximum rebate amount for single source drugs 
and innovator multiple source drugs. 
Sec. 3108. Additional support for Medicaid home and community-based services 
during the COVID–19 emergency period. 
Sec. 3109. Funding for State strike teams for resident and employee safety in 
nursing facilities. 
Subtitle C—Children’s Health Insurance Program 
Sec. 3201. Mandatory coverage of COVID–19 vaccines and administration and 
treatment under CHIP. 
Sec. 3202. Modifications to certain coverage under CHIP for pregnant and 
postpartum women. 
Subtitle D—Other Provisions 
CHAPTER 1—ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND RATEPAYER 
PROTECTION DURING THE PANDEMIC 
Sec. 3301. Funding for pollution and disparate impacts of the COVID–19 pan-
demic. 
Sec. 3302. Funding for LIHEAP. 
Sec. 3303. Funding for water assistance program. 
CHAPTER 2—DISTANCE LEARNING AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DURING 
THE COVID–19 PANDEMIC 
Sec. 3311. Funding for consumer product safety fund to protect consumers 
from potentially dangerous products related to COVID–19. 
Sec. 3312. Funding for E-Rate support for emergency educational connections 
and devices. 
CHAPTER 3—OVERSIGHT OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PREVENTION AND 
RESPONSE TO COVID–19 
Sec. 3321. Funding for Department of Commerce Inspector General. 
TITLE IV—COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES 
Subtitle A—Defense Production Act of 1950 
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Sec. 4001. COVID–19 emergency medical supplies enhancement. 
Subtitle B—Housing Provisions 
Sec. 4101. Emergency rental assistance. 
Sec. 4102. Emergency housing vouchers. 
Sec. 4103. Emergency assistance for rural housing. 
Sec. 4104. Housing assistance and supportive services programs for Native 
Americans. 
Sec. 4105. Housing counseling. 
Sec. 4106. Homelessness assistance and supportive services program. 
Sec. 4107. Homeowner Assistance Fund. 
Sec. 4108. Relief measures for section 502 and 504 direct loan borrowers. 
Subtitle C—Small Business (SSBCI) 
Sec. 4201. Reauthorization of the State Small Business Credit Initiative Act of 
2010. 
Subtitle D—Airlines 
Sec. 4301. Air Transportation Payroll Support Program Extension. 
TITLE V—COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
Subtitle A—Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds 
Sec. 5001. Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 5111. Emergency Federal Employee Leave Fund. 
Sec. 5112. Funding for the Government Accountability Office. 
Sec. 5113. Pandemic Response Accountability Committee funding availability. 
TITLE VI—COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS 
Sec. 6001. Modifications to paycheck protection program. 
Sec. 6002. Targeted EIDL advance. 
Sec. 6003. Support for restaurants. 
Sec. 6004. Community navigator pilot program. 
Sec. 6005. Shuttered venue operators. 
Sec. 6006. Direct appropriations. 
TITLE VII—COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
Subtitle A—Transportation and Infrastructure 
Sec. 7001. Federal Emergency Management Agency appropriation. 
Sec. 7002. Funeral assistance. 
Sec. 7003. Economic adjustment assistance. 
Sec. 7004. Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation oper-
ations and maintenance. 
Sec. 7005. Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. 
Sec. 7006. Federal Transit Administration grants. 
Sec. 7007. Relief for airports. 
Subtitle B—Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection 
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Sec. 7101. Definitions. 
Sec. 7102. Payroll support program. 
Subtitle C—Continued Assistance to Rail Workers 
Sec. 7201. Additional enhanced benefits under the Railroad Unemployment In-
surance Act. 
Sec. 7202. Extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment 
Insurance Act. 
Sec. 7203. Extension of waiver of the 7-day waiting period for benefits under 
the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. 
Sec. 7204. Railroad Retirement Board and Office of the Inspector General 
funding. 
TITLE VIII—COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS 
Sec. 8001. Funding for claims and appeals processing. 
Sec. 8002. Funding availability for medical care and health needs. 
Sec. 8003. Funding for supply chain modernization. 
Sec. 8004. Funding for state homes. 
Sec. 8005. Funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs office of inspector 
general. 
Sec. 8006. Covid–19 veteran rapid retraining assistance program. 
Sec. 8007. Prohibition on copayments and cost sharing for veterans during 
emergency relating to COVID–19. 
TITLE IX—COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS 
Subtitle A—Crisis Support for Unemployed Workers 
Sec. 9001. Short title. 
PART 1—EXTENSION OF CARES ACT UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS 
Sec. 9011. Extension of pandemic unemployment assistance. 
Sec. 9012. Extension of emergency unemployment relief for governmental enti-
ties and nonprofit organizations. 
Sec. 9013. Extension of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation. 
Sec. 9014. Extension of full Federal funding of the first week of compensable 
regular unemployment for States with no waiting week. 
Sec. 9015. Extension of emergency State staffing flexibility. 
Sec. 9016. Extension of Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation. 
Sec. 9017. Extension of temporary financing of short-time compensation pay-
ments in States with programs in law. 
Sec. 9018. Extension of temporary financing of short-time compensation agree-
ments for States without programs in law. 
PART 2—EXTENSION OF FFCRA UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS 
Sec. 9021. Extension of temporary assistance for States with advances. 
Sec. 9022. Extension of full Federal funding of extended unemployment com-
pensation. 
PART 3—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FUNDING FOR TIMELY, ACCURATE, AND 
EQUITABLE PAYMENT 
Sec. 9031. Funding for administration. 
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Sec. 9032. Funding for fraud prevention, equitable access, and timely payment 
to eligible workers. 
Subtitle B—Emergency Assistance to Families Through Home Visiting 
Programs 
Sec. 9101. Emergency assistance to families through home visiting programs. 
Subtitle C—Emergency Assistance to Children and Families 
Sec. 9201. Pandemic Emergency Assistance Fund. 
Subtitle D—Elder Justice and Support Guarantee 
Sec. 9301. Additional funding for aging and disability services programs. 
Subtitle E—Support to Skilled Nursing Facilities in Response to COVID–19 
Sec. 9401. Providing for infection control support to skilled nursing facilities 
through contracts with quality improvement organizations. 
Sec. 9402. Funding for strike teams for resident and employee safety in skilled 
nursing facilities. 
Subtitle F—Preserving Health Benefits for Workers 
Sec. 9500. Short title. 
Sec. 9501. Preserving health benefits for workers. 
Subtitle G—Promoting Economic Security 
PART 1—2021 RECOVERY REBATES TO INDIVIDUALS 
Sec. 9601. 2021 recovery rebates to individuals. 
PART 2—CHILD TAX CREDIT 
Sec. 9611. Child tax credit improvements for 2021. 
Sec. 9612. Application of child tax credit in possessions. 
PART 3—EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT 
Sec. 9621. Strengthening the earned income tax credit for individuals with no 
qualifying children. 
Sec. 9622. Taxpayer eligible for childless earned income credit in case of quali-
fying children who fail to meet certain identification require-
ments. 
Sec. 9623. Credit allowed in case of certain separated spouses. 
Sec. 9624. Modification of disqualified investment income test. 
Sec. 9625. Application of earned income tax credit in possessions of the United 
States. 
Sec. 9626. Temporary special rule for determining earned income for purposes 
of earned income tax credit. 
PART 4—DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 9631. Refundability and enhancement of child and dependent care tax 
credit. 
Sec. 9632. Increase in exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assist-
ance. 
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PART 5—CREDITS FOR PAID SICK AND FAMILY LEAVE 
Sec. 9641. Extension of credits. 
Sec. 9642. Increase in limitations on credits for paid family leave. 
Sec. 9643. Expansion of leave to which paid family leave credits applies. 
Sec. 9644. Paid leave credits allowed for leave for COVID-vaccination. 
Sec. 9645. Application of non-discrimination rules. 
Sec. 9646. Reset of limitation on paid sick leave. 
Sec. 9647. Credits allowed against employer hospital insurance tax. 
Sec. 9648. Application of credits to certain governmental employers. 
Sec. 9649. Gross up of credit in lieu of exclusion from tax. 
Sec. 9650. Effective date. 
PART 6—EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT 
Sec. 9651. Extension of employee retention credit. 
PART 7—PREMIUM TAX CREDIT 
Sec. 9661. Improving affordability by expanding premium assistance for con-
sumers. 
Sec. 9662. Temporary modification of limitations on reconciliation of tax cred-
its for coverage under a qualified health plan with advance pay-
ments of such credit. 
Sec. 9663. Application of premium tax credit in case of individuals receiving 
unemployment compensation during 2021. 
PART 8—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 9671. Repeal of election to allocate interest, etc. on worldwide basis. 
Sec. 9672. Tax treatment of targeted EIDL advances. 
Sec. 9673. Tax treatment of restaurant revitalization grants. 
Subtitle H—Pensions 
Sec. 9700. Short title. 
Sec. 9701. Temporary delay of designation of multiemployer plans as in endan-
gered, critical, or critical and declining status. 
Sec. 9702. Temporary extension of the funding improvement and rehabilitation 
periods for multiemployer pension plans in critical and endan-
gered status for 2020 or 2021. 
Sec. 9703. Adjustments to funding standard account rules. 
Sec. 9704. Special financial assistance program for financially troubled multi-
employer plans. 
Sec. 9705. Extended amortization for single employer plans. 
Sec. 9706. Extension of pension funding stabilization percentages for single em-
ployer plans. 
Sec. 9707. Modification of special rules for minimum funding standards for 
community newspaper plans. 
Sec. 9708. Cost of living adjustment freeze. 
Subtitle I—Child Care for Workers 
Sec. 9801. Child care assistance. 
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TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON 
AGRICULTURE 
Subtitle A—Agriculture 
SEC. 1001. FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN AND AGRICULTURE PAN-
DEMIC RESPONSE. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 
Agriculture for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,000,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to carry out this section. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall use the amounts made available pursuant to sub-
section (a)— 
(1) to purchase food and agricultural commod-
ities; 
(2) to purchase and distribute agricultural com-
modities (including fresh produce, dairy, seafood, 
eggs, and meat) to individuals in need, including 
through delivery to nonprofit organizations and 
through restaurants and other food related entities, 
as determined by the Secretary, that may receive, 
store, process, and distribute food items; 
(3) to make grants and loans for small or 
midsized food processors or distributors, seafood 
processing facilities and processing vessels, farmers 
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markets, producers, or other organizations to re-
spond to COVID–19, including for measures to pro-
tect workers against COVID–19; 
(4) to make loans and grants and provide other 
assistance to maintain and improve food and agricul-
tural supply chain resiliency; and 
(5) to make payments for necessary expenses 
related to losses of crops (including losses due to 
high winds or derechos) pursuant to title I of the 
Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster 
Relief Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–20), as amended 
by section 116 of the Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–59) and as further 
amended by subsection (c) of section 791 of the 
Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 
(Public Law 116–94) for crop losses in crop year 
2020. 
(c) ANIMAL HEALTH.— 
(1) COVID–19 ANIMAL
SURVEILLANCE.—The 
Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct monitoring 
and surveillance of susceptible animals for incidence 
of SARS–CoV–2. 
(2) INTERGOVERNMENTAL COOPERATION.—Ac-
tivities conducted under paragraph (1) shall be con-
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sistent with guidance provided by the World 
Organisation for Animal Health. 
(3) FUNDING.—Out of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use 
$300,000,000 to carry out this subsection. 
(d) OVERTIME FEES.— 
(1) SMALL ESTABLISHMENT; VERY SMALL ES-
TABLISHMENT DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘small es-
tablishment’’ and ‘‘very small establishment’’ have 
the meaning given those terms in the final rule enti-
tled ‘‘Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and 
Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems’’ published 
in the Federal Register on July 25, 1996 (61 Fed. 
Reg. 38806). 
(2) 
OVERTIME
INSPECTION
COST
REDUC-
TION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
and subject to the availability of funds under para-
graph (3), the Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce 
the amount of overtime inspection costs borne by 
federally-inspected small establishments and very 
small establishments engaged in meat, poultry, or 
egg products processing and subject to the require-
ments of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.), the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.), or the Egg Products 
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Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.), for inspec-
tion activities carried out during the period of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2030. 
(3) FUNDING.—Out of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use 
$100,000,000 to carry out this subsection. 
SEC. 1002. EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR RURAL HEALTH 
CARE. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Agriculture (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall use the funds 
made available by this section to establish an emergency 
pilot program not later than 150 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act to provide grants to eligible appli-
cants (as defined in section 3570.61(a) of title 7, Code 
of Federal Regulations) to be awarded by the Secretary 
based on needs related to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
(b) USES.—An eligible applicant to whom a grant is 
awarded under this section may use the grant funds for 
costs, including those incurred prior to the issuance of the 
grant, as determined by the Secretary, on facilities which 
primarily serve rural areas (as defined in section 
343(a)(13)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(C)), which are located 
in a rural area, the median household income of the popu-
lation to be served by which is less than the greater of 
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the poverty line or the applicable percentage (determined 
under section 3570.63(b) of title 7, Code of Federal Regu-
lations) of the State nonmetropolitan median household 
income, and for which the performance of construction 
work shall meet the condition set forth in section 9003(f) 
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 
(7 U.S.C. 8103(f)), to— 
(1) increase capacity for vaccine distribution; 
(2) provide drugs or medical supplies to in-
crease medical surge capacity; 
(3) reimburse for COVID–19-related expenses 
and lost revenue to maintain capacity, including ex-
penses and revenue losses incurred prior to the 
awarding of the grant; 
(4) increase telehealth capabilities, including 
underlying health care information systems; 
(5) construct temporary or permanent struc-
tures to provide health care services, including vac-
cine administration or testing; 
(6) support staffing needs for vaccine adminis-
tration or testing; and 
(7) engage in any other efforts determined to 
be critical to address the COVID–19 pandemic, in-
cluding nutritional assistance to vulnerable individ-
uals, as approved by the Secretary. 
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(c) FUNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $500,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, to carry out this section, of which 
not more than 3 percent may be used by the Secretary 
for administrative purposes and not more than 2 percent 
may be used by the Secretary for technical assistance as 
defined in section 306(a)(26) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(26)). 
SEC. 1003. PANDEMIC PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION FUNDS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $47,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, for necessary administra-
tive expenses associated with carrying out this subtitle. 
SEC. 1004. FUNDING FOR THE USDA OFFICE OF INSPECTOR 
GENERAL FOR OVERSIGHT OF COVID—19-RE-
LATED PROGRAMS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
there are appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$2,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
to carry out audits, investigations, and other oversight ac-
tivities authorized under the Inspector General Act of 
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1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) of projects and activities carried out 
with funds made available to the Department of Agri-
culture related to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
SEC. 1005. FARM LOAN ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY DIS-
ADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS. 
(a) PAYMENTS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATION.—For the purposes of ad-
dressing the longstanding and widespread discrimi-
nation against socially disadvantaged farmers and 
ranchers in farm loan programs and across the De-
partment of Agriculture, as documented for decades 
by Congress and Federal agencies, and alleviating 
discriminatory barriers preventing socially disadvan-
taged farmers and ranchers from fully participating 
in the American farm economy, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to 
the Secretary for fiscal year 2021, out of amounts 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such 
sums as may be necessary, to remain available until 
expended, for the cost of loan modifications and pay-
ments under this section. 
(2) PAYMENTS.—Using a simplified process to 
be determined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall 
provide a payment in an amount equal to 120 per-
cent of the outstanding indebtedness of each socially 
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disadvantaged farmer or rancher as of January 1, 
2021, to pay off the loan directly or to the socially 
disadvantaged farmer or rancher (or a combination 
of both), on each— 
(A) direct farm loan made by the Secretary 
to the socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher; 
and 
(B) farm loan guaranteed by the Secretary 
the borrower of which is the socially disadvan-
taged farmer or rancher. 
(3) EFFECT ON ELIGIBILITY.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the provision of a pay-
ment under paragraph (2) to a socially disadvan-
taged farmer or rancher shall not affect the eligi-
bility of such farmer or rancher for a farm loan 
after the date on which the payment is provided. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FARM
LOAN.—The term ‘‘farm loan’’ 
means— 
(A) a loan administered by the Farm Serv-
ice Agency under subtitle A, B, or C of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.); and 
(B) a Commodity Credit Corporation Farm 
Storage Facility Loan. 
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(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(3) SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED
FARMER
OR 
RANCHER.—The term ‘‘socially disadvantaged farm-
er or rancher’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a)). 
SEC. 1006. ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR SOCIALLY DIS-
ADVANTAGED FARMERS, RANCHERS, FOREST 
LAND 
OWNERS 
AND 
OPERATORS, 
AND 
GROUPS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 
Agriculture for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,010,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to carry out this section. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
use the amounts made available pursuant to subsection 
(a)— 
(1) to provide outreach, mediation, financial 
training, capacity building training, cooperative de-
velopment training and support, and other technical 
assistance to socially disadvantaged groups; 
(2) to provide grants and loans to improve land 
access for socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, 
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or forest landowners, including issues related to 
heirs’ property in a manner as determined by the 
Secretary; 
(3) to support the development of agricultural 
credit institutions that are designed to serve socially 
disadvantaged groups, including other financing in-
stitutions funded by the Farm Credit System; 
(4) to support the activities of one or more eq-
uity commissions; 
(5) to support the development of one or more 
legal centers focused on agricultural legal issues of 
socially disadvantaged groups; 
(6) to support and supplement research, edu-
cation, and extension, as well as scholarships and 
programs that provide internships and pathways to 
Federal employment, at— 
(A) colleges or universities eligible to re-
ceive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Second Morrill Act’’) 
(7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee Uni-
versity; 
(B) 1994 Institutions (as defined in sec-
tion 532 of the Equity in Educational Land- 
Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; 
Public Law 103–382)); 
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(C) Alaska Native serving institutions and 
Native Hawaiian serving institutions eligible to 
receive grants under subsections (a) and (b), re-
spectively, of section 1419B of the National Ag-
ricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3156); 
(D) Hispanic-serving institutions eligible to 
receive grants under section 1455 of the Na-
tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3241); 
and 
(E) the insular area institutions of higher 
education located in the territories of the 
United States, as referred to in section 1489 of 
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3361); 
(7) to provide assistance to socially disadvan-
taged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners that 
are former farm loan borrowers that suffered related 
adverse actions or past discrimination or bias, as de-
termined by the Secretary; and 
(8) to establish pilot projects to provide tech-
nical and financial assistance to socially disadvan-
taged groups, including projects that focus on land 
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acquisition, financial planning, technical assistance, 
and credit. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST LAND.— 
The term ‘‘nonindustrial private forest land’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 1201(a)(18) of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3801(a)(18)). 
(2) 
SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED
FARMER, 
RANCHER, OR FOREST LANDOWNER.—The term ‘‘so-
cially disadvantaged farmer, rancher, or forest land-
owner’’ means a farmer, rancher, or owner or oper-
ator of nonindustrial private forest land who is a 
member of a socially disadvantaged group. 
(3) SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED
GROUP.—The 
term ‘‘socially disadvantaged group’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 2501(a) of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 2279(a)). 
SEC. 1007. FUNDING FOR FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II 
GRANTS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
there are appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
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2022, for expenses, not otherwise recoverable, and unre-
covered prior years’ costs, including interest thereon, 
under the Food for Peace Act (Public Law 83–480), for 
commodities supplied in connection with dispositions 
abroad under title II of said Act. 
Subtitle B—Nutrition 
SEC. 1011. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) VALUE OF BENEFITS.—Section 702(a) of division 
N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public 
Law 116–260) is amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 2021’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 
(b) SNAP ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—In addition 
to amounts otherwise available, there is hereby appro-
priated for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,150,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023, with amounts 
to be obligated for each of fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 
2023, for the costs of State administrative expenses asso-
ciated with carrying out this section and administering the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program established 
under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 
et seq.), of which— 
(1) $15,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses 
of the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section re-
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ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) for management and 
oversight of the program; and 
(2) $1,135,000,000 shall be for the Secretary to 
make grants to each State agency for each of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2023 as follows: 
(A) 75 percent of the amounts available 
shall be allocated to States based on the share 
of each State of households that participate in 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
as reported to the Department of Agriculture 
for the most recent 12-month period for which 
data are available, adjusted by the Secretary 
(as of the date of the enactment of this Act) for 
participation in disaster programs under section 
5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2014(h)); and 
(B) 25 percent of the amounts available 
shall be allocated to States based on the in-
crease in the number of households that partici-
pate in the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program as reported to the Department of Ag-
riculture over the most recent 12-month period 
for which data are available, adjusted by the 
Secretary (as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act) for participation in disaster programs 
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under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)). 
SEC. 1012. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR SNAP ONLINE 
PURCHASING AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVE-
MENTS. 
(a) FUNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 
out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $25,000,000 to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2026, to carry out this section. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
may use the amounts made available pursuant to sub-
section (a)— 
(1) to make technological improvements to im-
prove online purchasing in the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program established under the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 
(2) to modernize electronic benefit transfer 
technology; 
(3) to support the mobile technologies dem-
onstration projects and the use of mobile tech-
nologies authorized under section 7(h)(14) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2016(h)(14)); and 
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(4) to provide technical assistance to educate 
retailers on the process and technical requirements 
for the online acceptance of the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program benefits, for mobile pay-
ments, and for electronic benefit transfer moderniza-
tion initiatives. 
SEC. 1013. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR NUTRITION ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAMS. 
Section 704 of division N of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In addition’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) COVID–19 RESPONSE FUNDING.—In addi-
tion’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following— 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition to any 
other funds made available, there is appropriated for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $1,000,000,000 to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, for the Secretary of Agriculture to 
provide grants to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 
Islands, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa for nutrition 
assistance, of which $30,000,000 shall be available to pro-
vide grants to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 
Islands for such assistance.’’. 
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SEC. 1014. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$37,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, for activities authorized by section 4(a) of the Agri-
culture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 
612c note). 
TITLE II—COMMITTEE ON 
EDUCATION AND LABOR 
Subtitle A—Education Matters 
PART 1—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
SEC. 2001. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMER-
GENCY RELIEF FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available, there is appropriated to the Department of Edu-
cation for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, $128,554,800,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2023, for providing 
grants to States in accordance with the same terms and 
conditions that apply to the Elementary and Secondary 
School Emergency Relief Fund of the Education Stabiliza-
tion Fund for funding appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 
except that— 
(1) a State that receives a grant under this sec-
tion shall use— 
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(A) not less than 90 percent of such grant 
for subgrants to local educational agencies; and 
(B) not less than 5 percent of such grant 
to carry out, directly or through grants or con-
tracts, activities to address learning loss by sup-
porting the implementation of evidence-based 
interventions, such as summer learning, ex-
tended day comprehensive afterschool pro-
grams, or extended school year programs, and 
ensure such interventions respond to students’ 
academic, social, and emotional needs and ad-
dress the disproportionate impact of the 
coronavirus on the student populations de-
scribed in section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 6311(h)(1)(C)(ii)); and 
(2) each local educational agency that receives 
funds from a subgrant under paragraph (1)(A) 
shall— 
(A) reserve not less than 20 percent of 
such funds to address learning loss through the 
implementation of evidence-based interventions, 
such as summer learning, extended day com-
prehensive afterschool programs, or extended 
school year programs, and ensure such inter-
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ventions respond to students’ academic, social, 
and emotional needs and address the dispropor-
tionate impact of the coronavirus on the stu-
dent 
populations 
described 
in 
section 
1111(h)(1)(C)(ii) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(h)(1)(C)(ii)); and 
(B) using funds reserved under subpara-
graph (A), provide equitable services in the 
same manner as provided under section 1117 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6320) to students and 
teachers in non-public schools, as determined in 
consultation with representatives of non-public 
schools. 
(b) PUBLIC CONTROL OF FUNDS.—Control of funds 
provided under subsection (a)(2)(B), and title to mate-
rials, equipment, and property purchased with such funds, 
shall be in a public agency, and a public agency shall ad-
minister such funds, materials, equipment, and property 
and shall provide such services (or may contract for the 
provision of such services with a public or private entity). 
SEC. 2002. HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
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year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $39,584,570,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2023, for making allocations to in-
stitutions of higher education in accordance with the same 
terms and conditions that apply to the Higher Education 
Emergency Relief Fund of the Education Stabilization 
Fund for funding appropriated for fiscal year 2021, except 
that— 
(1) 91 percent of such funds shall be allocated 
to each institution of higher education as defined in 
section 101 or section 102(c) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001, 1002(c)), and 
shall be apportioned using the same formula used to 
apportion funds to each such institution under such 
Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund; 
(2) 1 percent of such funds shall be allocated 
to institutions of higher education as defined in sec-
tion 102(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1002(b)), and shall be apportioned using 
the same formula used to apportion funds to each 
such institution under such Higher Education Emer-
gency Relief Fund; 
(3) an institution shall solely determine which 
students receive emergency financial aid grants 
under this section; 
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(4) an institution receiving an allocation— 
(A) under paragraph (1) shall use not less 
than 50 percent of such allocation to provide 
emergency financial aid grants to students; and 
(B) under paragraph (2) shall use 100 per-
cent of such allocation to provide emergency fi-
nancial aid grants to students; 
(5) an institution receiving an allocation under 
paragraph (1) shall use a portion of such allocation 
to— 
(A) implement evidence-based practices to 
monitor and suppress coronavirus in accordance 
with public health guidelines; and 
(B) conduct direct outreach to financial 
aid applicants about the opportunity to receive 
a financial aid adjustment due to the recent un-
employment of a family member or independent 
student, or other circumstances, described in 
section 479A of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087tt); 
(6) notwithstanding paragraph (4)(A) or para-
graph (5), an institution receiving an allocation 
under paragraph (1) a portion of which is appor-
tioned according to a relative share (based on full- 
time equivalent enrollment or total number) of stu-
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dents who were Pell grant recipients and who were 
exclusively enrolled in distance education courses 
prior to the qualifying emergency shall use 100 per-
cent of such portion to provide emergency financial 
aid grants to students; and 
(7) institutions required to remit payment to 
the Internal Revenue Service for the excise tax based 
on investment income of private colleges and univer-
sities under section 4968 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 for tax year 2019 shall not be subject 
to restrictions related to the amount of allocations or 
uses of funds applicable to such institutions under 
such Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. 
SEC. 2003. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AND MAINTENANCE 
OF EQUITY. 
(a) STATE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 
funds under section 2001, a State shall maintain 
support for elementary and secondary education, 
and for higher education (which shall include State 
funding to institutions of higher education and State 
need-based financial aid, and shall not include sup-
port for capital projects or for research and develop-
ment or tuition and fees paid by students), in each 
of fiscal years 2022 and 2023 at least at the propor-
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tional levels of such State’s support for elementary 
and secondary education and for higher education 
relative to such State’s overall spending, averaged 
over fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019. 
(2) WAIVER.—For the purpose of relieving fis-
cal burdens incurred by States in preventing, pre-
paring for, and responding to the coronavirus, the 
Secretary of Education may waive any maintenance 
of effort requirements associated with the Education 
Stabilization Fund. 
(b) STATE MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY.— 
(1) HIGH-POVERTY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CIES.—As a condition of receiving funds under sec-
tion 2001, a State educational agency shall not, in 
fiscal year 2022 or 2023, reduce State funding (cal-
culated on a per-pupil basis) for any high-poverty 
local educational agency in the State by an amount 
that exceeds the overall per-pupil reduction in State 
funds, if any, across all local educational agencies in 
such State in such fiscal year. 
(2) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES
WITH 
HIGHEST
SHARE
OF
ECONOMICALLY
DISADVAN-
TAGED STUDENT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), 
as a condition of receiving funds under section 2001, 
a State educational agency shall not, in fiscal year 
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2022 or 2023, reduce State funding for any local 
educational agency that is part of the 20 percent of 
local educational agencies in the State with the high-
est percentage of economically disadvantaged stu-
dents (based on the percentages of economically dis-
advantaged students served by all local educational 
agencies in the State on the basis of the most recent 
satisfactory data available from the Department of 
Commerce) below the level of funding provided to 
such local educational agencies in fiscal year 2019. 
(c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY MAINTENANCE OF 
EQUITY FOR HIGH-POVERTY SCHOOLS.—As a condition 
of receiving funds under section 2001, a local educational 
agency shall not, in fiscal year 2022 or 2023— 
(1) reduce per-pupil funding (from combined 
State and local funding) for any high-poverty school 
served by such local educational agency by an 
amount that exceeds— 
(A) the total reduction in local educational 
agency funding (from combined State and local 
funding) for all schools served by the local edu-
cational agency in such fiscal year (if any); di-
vided by 
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(B) the number of children enrolled in all 
schools served by the local educational agency 
in such fiscal year; or 
(2) reduce per-pupil, full-time equivalent staff 
in any high-poverty school by an amount that ex-
ceeds— 
(A) the total reduction in full-time equiva-
lent staff in all schools served by such local 
educational agency in such fiscal year (if any); 
divided by 
(B) the number of children enrolled in all 
schools served by the local educational agency 
in such fiscal year. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘high-poverty local educational 
agency’’ means, with respect to a local educational 
agency in a State, a local educational agency that 
serves a higher percentage of economically disadvan-
taged students than the local educational agency 
that serves the median percentage of economically 
disadvantaged students, based on the percentages of 
economically disadvantaged students served by all 
local educational agencies in such State, on the basis 
of the most recent satisfactory data available from 
the Department of Commerce. 
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(2) The term ‘‘high-poverty school’’ means, with 
respect to a school served by a local educational 
agency, a school that serves a higher percentage of 
economically disadvantaged students, as determined 
by any of the measures of poverty in section 1113 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6313) than the school that serves 
the median percentage of economically disadvan-
taged students based on the percentages of economi-
cally disadvantaged students— 
(A) at all schools served by such local edu-
cational agency; or 
(B) at all schools within each grade-span 
of such local educational agency. 
(3) The term ‘‘overall per-pupil reduction in 
State funds’’ means, with respect to a fiscal year— 
(A) the amount of any reduction in the 
total amount of State funds provided to all local 
educational agencies in the State in such fiscal 
year compared to the total amount of such 
funds provided to all local educational agencies 
in the State in the previous fiscal year; divided 
by 
(B) the aggregate number of children en-
rolled in all schools served by all local edu-
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cational agencies in the State in the fiscal year 
for which the determination is being made. 
SEC. 2004. OUTLYING AREAS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $850,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for the Secretary of Education to 
allocate awards to the outlying areas on the basis of their 
respective needs, as determined by the Secretary, to be 
allocated not more than 30 calendar days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 2005. BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $850,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the Secretary of Education to allocate to the 
Secretary of the Interior for awards, which awards shall 
be determined and funds for such awards allocated by the 
Secretary of the Interior not more than 30 calendar days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, for programs oper-
ated or funded by the Bureau of Indian Education, for 
Bureau-funded schools (as defined in section 1141(3) of 
the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2021(3)), 
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and for Tribal Colleges or Universities (as defined in sec-
tion 316(b)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1059c(b)(3))). 
SEC. 2006. GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $19,250,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for the Kendall Demonstration Ele-
mentary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, 
and Gallaudet University under titles I and II of the Edu-
cation of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
mestically or internationally, including to defray expenses 
associated with coronavirus (including lost revenue, reim-
bursement for expenses already incurred, technology costs 
associated with a transition to distance education, faculty 
and staff trainings, and payroll) and to provide financial 
aid grants to students, which may be used for any compo-
nent of the student’s cost of attendance. 
SEC. 2007. STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $91,130,000, to remain available through 
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September 30, 2023, for Student Aid Administration with-
in the Department of Education to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation-
ally, including direct outreach to students and borrowers 
about financial aid, economic impact payments, means- 
tested benefits, and tax benefits for which they may be 
eligible. 
SEC. 2008. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $35,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for Howard University to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
internationally, including to defray expenses associated 
with coronavirus (including lost revenue, reimbursement 
for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated 
with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff 
trainings, and payroll) and to provide financial aid grants 
to students, which may be used for any component of the 
student’s cost of attendance. 
SEC. 2009. NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE 
DEAF. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
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year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $19,250,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for the National Technical Institute 
for the Deaf under titles I and II of the Education of the 
Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
internationally, including to defray expenses associated 
with coronavirus (including lost revenue, reimbursement 
for expenses already incurred, technology costs associated 
with a transition to distance education, faculty and staff 
training, and payroll) and to provide financial aid grants 
to students, which may be used for any component of the 
student’s cost of attendance. 
SEC. 2010. INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for the Institute of Education 
Sciences established under part A of title I of the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9511 et 
seq.) to carry out research related to addressing learning 
loss caused by the coronavirus among the student popu-
lations described in section 1111(h)(1)(C)(ii) of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
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6311(h)(1)(C)(ii)) and to disseminate such findings to 
State educational agencies and local educational agencies 
and other appropriate entities. 
SEC. 2011. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $15,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2024, for Program Administration within 
the Department of Education to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, 
and for salaries and expenses necessary to implement this 
part. 
SEC. 2012. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the Office of Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Education, as authorized by section 211 of the 
Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 
3422), to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including for 
salaries and expenses necessary for oversight, investiga-
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tions, and audits of programs, grants, and projects funded 
under this part to respond to coronavirus. 
SEC. 2013. MODIFICATION OF REVENUE REQUIREMENTS 
FOR PROPRIETARY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGH-
ER EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 487(a)(24) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(24)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘funds provided under this title’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Federal funds that are disbursed or delivered to or 
on behalf of a student to be used to attend such institution 
(referred to in this paragraph and subsection (d) as ‘Fed-
eral education assistance funds’)’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF NON-FEDERAL REVENUE 
REQUIREMENT.—Section 487(d) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(d)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘Non- 
title IV’’ and inserting ‘‘Non-Federal’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘funds for 
a program under this title’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 
education assistance funds’’. 
PART 2—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 2021. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $135,000,000, 
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to remain available until expended, under the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), as follows: 
(1) Forty percent shall be for grants, and rel-
evant administrative expenses, to State arts agencies 
and regional arts organizations that support organi-
zations’ programming and general operating ex-
penses to cover up to 100 percent of the costs of the 
programs which the grants support, to prevent, pre-
pare for, respond to, and recover from the 
coronavirus. 
(2) Sixty percent shall be for direct grants, and 
relevant administrative expenses, that support orga-
nizations’ programming and general operating ex-
penses to cover up to 100 percent of the costs of the 
programs which the grants support, to prevent, pre-
pare for, respond to, and recover from the 
coronavirus. 
SEC. 2022. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $135,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, under the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 951 et seq.), as follows: 
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(1) Forty percent shall be for grants, and rel-
evant administrative expenses, to State humanities 
councils that support humanities organizations’ pro-
gramming and general operating expenses to cover 
up to 100 percent of the costs of the programs 
which the grants support, to prevent, prepare for, 
respond to, and recover from the coronavirus. 
(2) Sixty percent shall be for direct grants, and 
relevant administrative expenses, that support hu-
manities organizations’ programming and general 
operating expenses to cover up to 100 percent of the 
costs of the programs which the grants support, to 
prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from 
the coronavirus. 
SEC. 2023. INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $200,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, to carry out the Li-
brary Services and Technology Act (20 U.S.C. 9121 et 
seq.) as authorized under subtitle B of the Museum and 
Library Services Act (20 U.S.C. 9121 et seq.), including 
for administrative costs authorized under section 210C of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 9111), except that— 
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(1) section 221(b)(3)(A) of the Library Services 
and Technology Act shall be applied by substituting 
‘‘$2,000,000’’ for ‘‘$680,000’’ and by substituting 
‘‘$200,000’’ for ‘‘$60,000’’; and 
(2) section 221(b)(3)(C) and subsections (b) 
and (c) of section 223 of such Act shall not apply 
to funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 2024. COVID-19 RESPONSE RESOURCES FOR THE PRES-
ERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIVE 
AMERICAN LANGUAGES. 
(a) Section 816 of the Native American Programs 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992d) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(f) In addition to amounts otherwise 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 expended, to carry out section 
803C(g) of this Act.’’. 
(b) Section 803C of the Native American Programs 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2991b-3) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR NATIVE AMERICAN 
LANGUAGE PRESERVATION
AND MAINTENANCE.—Not 
later than 180 days after the effective date of this sub-
section, the Secretary shall award grants to entities eligi-
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ble to receive assistance under subsection (a) to ensure 
the survival and continuing vitality of Native American 
languages during and after the public health emergency 
declared by the Secretary pursuant to section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect 
to the COVID–19 pandemic.’’. 
Subtitle B—Labor Matters 
SEC. 2101. RAISING THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE. 
(a) MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, not less than— 
‘‘(A) $9.50 an hour, beginning on the ef-
fective date under section 2101(e) of the Amer-
ican Rescue Plan Act of 2021; 
‘‘(B) $11.00 an hour, beginning 1 year 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(C) $12.50 an hour, beginning 2 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(D) $14.00 an hour, beginning 3 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(E) $15.00 an hour, beginning 4 years 
after such effective date; and 
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‘‘(F) beginning on the date that is 5 years 
after such effective date, and annually there-
after, the amount determined by the Secretary 
under subsection (h);’’. 
(2) DETERMINATION BASED ON INCREASE IN 
THE MEDIAN HOURLY WAGE OF ALL EMPLOYEES.— 
Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 206) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(h)(1) Not later than each date that is 90 days be-
fore a new minimum wage determined under subsection 
(a)(1)(F) is to take effect, the Secretary shall determine 
the minimum wage to be in effect under this subsection 
for each period described in subsection (a)(1)(F). The 
wage determined under this subsection for a year shall 
be— 
‘‘(A) not less than the amount in effect under 
subsection (a)(1) on the date of such determination; 
‘‘(B) increased from such amount by the annual 
percentage increase, if any, in the median hourly 
wage of all employees as determined by the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics; and 
‘‘(C) rounded up to the nearest multiple of 
$0.05. 
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‘‘(2) In calculating the annual percentage increase in 
the median hourly wage of all employees for purposes of 
paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary, through the Bureau of 
Labor Statistics, shall compile data on the hourly wages 
of all employees to determine such a median hourly wage 
and compare such median hourly wage for the most recent 
year for which data are available with the median hourly 
wage determined for the preceding year.’’. 
(b) TIPPED EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) BASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOY-
EES AND TIPS RETAINED BY EMPLOYEES.—Section 
3(m)(2)(A)(i) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)(i)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(i) the cash wage paid such em-
ployee, which for purposes of such deter-
mination shall be not less than— 
‘‘(I) for the 1-year period begin-
ning on the effective date under sec-
tion 2101(e) of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021, $4.95 an hour; 
‘‘(II) for each succeeding 1-year 
period until the hourly wage under 
this clause equals the wage in effect 
under section 6(a)(1) for such period, 
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an hourly wage equal to the amount 
determined under this clause for the 
preceding year, increased by the lesser 
of— 
‘‘(aa) $2.00; or 
‘‘(bb) the amount necessary 
for the wage in effect under this 
clause to equal the wage in effect 
under section 6(a)(1) for such 
period, rounded up to the nearest 
multiple of $0.05; and 
‘‘(III) for each succeeding 1-year 
period after all increases are made 
pursuant to subclause (II), the min-
imum wage in effect under section 
6(a)(1); and’’. 
(2) SCHEDULED
REPEAL
OF
SEPARATE
MIN-
IMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) 
TIPPED
EMPLOYEES.—Section 
3(m)(2)(A) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)), as amended by 
paragraph (1), is further amended by striking 
the sentence beginning with ‘‘In determining 
the wage an employer is required to pay a 
tipped employee,’’ and all that follows through 
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‘‘of this subsection.’’ and inserting ‘‘The wage 
required to be paid to a tipped employee shall 
be the wage set forth in section 6(a)(1).’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 
made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on 
the date that is 1 day after the date on which 
the hourly wage under subclause (III) of section 
3(m)(2)(A)(i) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)(i)), as 
amended by paragraph (1), takes effect. 
(3) PENALTIES.—Section 16 of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the third sentence of subsection (b), 
by inserting ‘‘or used’’ after ‘‘kept’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence of subsection 
(e)(2), by inserting ‘‘or used’’ after ‘‘kept’’. 
(c) NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LESS 
THAN 20 YEARS OLD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(g)(1) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(g)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘a wage which is not less 
than $4.25 an hour.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘a 
wage at a rate that is not less than— 
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‘‘(A) for the 1-year period beginning on 
the effective date under section 2101(e) of the 
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, $6.00 an 
hour; 
‘‘(B) for each succeeding 1-year period 
until the hourly wage under this paragraph 
equals the wage in effect under section 6(a)(1) 
for such period, an hourly wage equal to the 
amount determined under this paragraph for 
the preceding year, increased by the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) $1.75; or 
‘‘(ii) the amount necessary for the 
wage in effect under this paragraph to 
equal the wage in effect under section 
6(a)(1) for such period, rounded up to the 
nearest multiple of $0.05; and 
‘‘(C) for each succeeding 1-year period 
after all increases are made pursuant to sub-
paragraph (B), the minimum wage in effect 
under section 6(a)(1).’’. 
(2) SCHEDULED
REPEAL
OF
SEPARATE
MIN-
IMUM WAGE FOR NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES WHO 
ARE LESS THAN 20 YEARS OLD.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 6(g) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
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206(g)), as amended by paragraph (1), shall be 
repealed. 
(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal made 
by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on the 
date that is 1 day after the date on which the 
hourly wage under subparagraph (C) of section 
6(g)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(g)(1)), as amended by 
paragraph (1), takes effect. 
(d) PROMOTING ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR 
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.— 
(1) PROHIBITION
ON
NEW
SPECIAL
CERTIFI-
CATES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 14(c) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
214(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(6) PROHIBITION ON NEW SPECIAL CERTIFI-
CATES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall not issue a special certificate under this 
subsection to an employer that was not issued a spe-
cial certificate under this subsection before the date 
of enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021.’’. 
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‘‘(ii) if applicable, the wage rate in ef-
fect on the day before the date of enact-
ment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021 for the employment, under a special 
certificate issued under this paragraph, of 
the individual for whom the wage rate is 
being determined under this subpara-
graph,’’. 
(3) SUNSET.—Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) SUNSET.—Beginning on the day after the 
date on which the wage rate described in paragraph 
(1)(A)(i)(VI) takes effect, the authority to issue spe-
cial certificates under paragraph (1) shall expire, 
and no special certificates issued under paragraph 
(1) shall have any legal effect.’’. 
(e) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as other-
wise provided in this section, or the amendments made 
by this section, this section and the amendments made by 
this section shall take effect— 
(1) subject to paragraph (2), on the first day 
of the third month that begins after the date of the 
enactment of this Act; and 
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(2) with respect to the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands, on the date that is 18 
months after the effective date described in para-
graph (1). 
SEC. 2102. FUNDING FOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WORKER 
PROTECTION ACTIVITIES. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise made available, out of any funds in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Labor for fiscal year 2021, $150,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023, for the Wage 
and Hour Division, the Office of Workers’ Compensation 
Programs, the Office of the Solicitor, the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, and the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration to carry out COVID–19 related 
worker protection activities, and for the Office of Inspec-
tor General for oversight of the Secretary’s activities to 
prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID–19. 
(b) ALLOCATION
OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts appro-
priated under subsection (a) shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) Not less than $75,000,000 shall be for the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, of 
which $10,000,000 shall be for Susan Harwood 
training grants and not less than $5,000,000 shall 
be for enforcement activities related to COVID–19 
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at high risk workplaces including health care, meat 
and poultry processing facilities, agricultural work-
places and correctional facilities. 
(2) $12,500,000 shall be for the Office of In-
spector General. 
SEC. 2103. ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKERS’ COMPENSATION 
BENEFITS FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES DIAG-
NOSED WITH COVID–19. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), a cov-
ered employee shall, with respect to any claim made by 
or on behalf of the covered employee for benefits under 
subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, 
be deemed to have an injury proximately caused by expo-
sure to the novel coronavirus arising out of the nature of 
the covered employee’s employment. Such covered em-
ployee, or a beneficiary of such an employee, shall be enti-
tled to such benefits for such claim, including disability 
compensation, medical services, and survivor benefits. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the following: 
(1) COVERED EMPLOYEE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘covered em-
ployee’’ means an individual— 
(i) who is an employee under section 
8101(1) of title 5, United States Code, (in-
cluding an employee of the United States 
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Postal Service, the Transportation Security 
Administration, or the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, including any individual ap-
pointed under chapter 73 or 74 of title 38, 
United States Code) employed in the Fed-
eral service at anytime during the period 
beginning on January 27, 2020, and end-
ing on January 27, 2023; 
(ii) who is diagnosed with COVID–19 
during such period; and 
(iii) who, during a covered exposure 
period prior to such diagnosis, carries out 
duties that— 
(I) require contact with patients, 
members of the public, or co-workers; 
or 
(II) include a risk of exposure to 
the novel coronavirus. 
(B) 
TELEWORKING
EXCEPTION.—The 
term ‘‘covered employee’’ does not include any 
employee otherwise covered by subparagraph 
(A) who is exclusively teleworking during a cov-
ered exposure period, regardless of whether 
such employment is full time or part time. 
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(2) COVERED
EXPOSURE
PERIOD.—The term 
‘‘covered exposure period’’ means, with respect to a 
diagnosis of COVID–19, the period beginning on a 
date to be determined by the Secretary of Labor. 
(3) NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS.—The term ‘‘novel 
coronavirus’’ 
means 
SARS–CoV–2 
or 
another 
coronavirus declared to be a pandemic by public 
health authorities. 
(c) LIMITATION.— 
(1) DETERMINATIONS
MADE
ON
OR
BEFORE 
THE DATE OF ENACTMENT.—This section shall not 
apply with respect to a covered employee who is de-
termined to be entitled to benefits under subchapter 
I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, for 
a claim described in subsection (a) if such deter-
mination is made on or before the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
(2) LIMITATION ON DURATION OF BENEFITS.— 
No funds are authorized to be appropriated to pay, 
and no benefits may be paid for, claims approved on 
the basis of subsection (a) after September 30, 
2030. No administrative costs related to any such 
claim may be paid after such date. 
(d) EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION FUND.— 
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(1) IN
GENERAL.—The costs of benefits for 
claims approved on the basis of subsection (a) shall 
not be included in the annual statement of the cost 
of benefits and other payments of an agency or in-
strumentality under section 8147(b) of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(2) FAIR SHARE PROVISION.—Costs of adminis-
tration for claims described in paragraph (1)— 
(A) may be paid from the Employees’ 
Compensation Fund; and 
(B) shall not be subject to the fair share 
provision in section 8147(c) of title 5, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 2104. COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO THE LONGSHORE 
AND 
HARBOR 
WORKERS’ 
COMPENSATION 
ACT. 
(a) CLAIMS RELATED TO COVID–19.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), a 
covered employee who receives a diagnosis or is sub-
ject to an order described in paragraph (2)(B) and 
who provides notice of or files a claim relating to 
such diagnosis or order under section 12 or 13 of 
the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation 
Act (33 U.S.C. 912, 913), respectively, shall be con-
clusively presumed to have an injury arising out of 
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or in the course of employment for the purpose of 
compensation under the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.). 
(2) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered employee’’ means an individual who, 
at any time during the period beginning January 27, 
2020, and ending on January 27, 2023— 
(A) is an employee; and 
(B) is— 
(i) diagnosed with COVID–19; or 
(ii) ordered not to return to work by 
the employee’s employer or by a local, 
State, or Federal agency because of expo-
sure, or the risk of exposure, to 1 or more 
individuals diagnosed with COVID–19 in 
the workplace. 
(3) LIMITATION.—This section shall not apply 
with respect to a covered employee who— 
(A) provides notice or files a claim de-
scribed in paragraph (1) on or before the date 
of the enactment of this Act; and 
(B) is determined to be entitled to the 
compensation described in paragraph (1) or 
awarded such compensation if such determina-
tion or award is made on or before such date. 
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(4) DENIALS ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF EN-
ACTMENT.—Paragraph (1) shall apply with respect 
to a covered employee who is determined not to be 
entitled to, or who is not awarded, compensation de-
scribed in paragraph (1) if such determination or de-
cision not to award such compensation is made on 
or before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) ENTITLEMENT.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B) and to the availability of appropria-
tions and limitation on payments under sub-
section (c), an employer of a covered employee 
or the employer’s carrier shall be entitled to re-
imbursement for any compensation paid with 
respect to a notice or claim described in sub-
section (a), including disability benefits, funeral 
and burial expenses, medical or other related 
costs for treatment and care, and reasonable 
and necessary allocated claims expenses. 
(B) SAFETY
AND
HEALTH
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—To be entitled to reimbursement 
under subparagraph (A)— 
(i) an employer shall be in compliance 
with all applicable safety and health guide-
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lines and standards that are related to the 
prevention of occupational exposure to the 
novel coronavirus that causes COVID–19, 
including such guidelines and standards 
issued by the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration, State plans ap-
proved under section 18 of the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 
U.S.C. 667), and the National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health; and 
(ii) a carrier— 
(I) shall be a carrier for an em-
ployer that is in compliance with 
clause (i); and 
(II) shall not adjust the experi-
ence rating or the annual premium of 
the employer based upon the com-
pensation paid by the carrier with re-
spect to a notice or claim described in 
subparagraph (A). 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT PROCEDURES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection 
(c), to receive reimbursement under paragraph 
(1)— 
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(i) a claim for such reimbursement 
shall be submitted to the Secretary of 
Labor— 
(I) not earlier than— 
(aa) the date on which a 
compensation order (as described 
in section 19(e) of the Longshore 
and Harbor Workers’ Compensa-
tion Act (33 U.S.C. 919(e))) is 
issued that fixes entitlement to 
benefits; or 
(bb) the date on which— 
(AA) 
a 
payment 
is 
made under such Act; 
(BB) 
entitlement 
to 
benefits is established under 
such Act; and 
(CC) the rate of com-
pensation and period of pay-
ment is relatively fixed and 
known; and 
(II) not later than one year after 
the final payment of compensation to 
a covered employee pursuant to this 
section; and 
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(ii) an employer and the employer’s 
carrier shall make, keep, and preserve such 
records, make such reports, and provide 
such information, as the Secretary of 
Labor determines necessary or appropriate 
to carry out this section. 
(B) COMMUTATION OF COMPENSATION IN-
STALLMENTS.—The Secretary may commute 
future compensation installments with respect 
to a claim under this section. 
(c) EMPLOYEES’ COMPENSATION FUND.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A reimbursement under sub-
section (b) shall be paid out of the Employees’ Com-
pensation Fund under section 8147 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(2) FUNDING.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there are authorized to be appro-
priated, and there are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
such funds as may be necessary for the period begin-
ning on the date of enactment of this Act and end-
ing on September 30, 2030, to reimburse the Em-
ployees’ Compensation Fund for each reimbursement 
paid out of such Fund under subsection (b). 
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(3) LIMITATION.—With respect to a claim for 
benefits approved on the basis of subsection (a), no 
payments may be made from the Employees’ Com-
pensation Fund or the special fund established in 
section 44 of Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com-
pensation Act (33 U.S.C. 944) after September 30, 
2030, for benefits, reimbursements, or other expend-
itures relating to such claim. 
(4) FINAL
ACTION.—The action of the Sec-
retary in allowing or denying any reimbursement 
under subsection (b) shall be final and conclusive on 
all questions of law and fact and not subject to re-
view by any other official of the United States or by 
any court by mandamus or otherwise. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) LHWCA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘carrier’’, 
‘‘compensation’’, ‘‘employee’’, and ‘‘employer’’ have 
the meanings given the terms in section 2 of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act 
(33 U.S.C. 902). 
(2) NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS.—The term ‘‘novel 
coronavirus’’ means SARS–CoV–2 or any other 
coronavirus declared to be a pandemic by public 
health authorities. 
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Subtitle C—Human Services and 
Community Supports 
SEC. 2201. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR AGING AND DIS-
ABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS. 
Subtitle A of title XX of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397-1397h) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 2010. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR AGING AND DIS-
ABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS. 
‘‘(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $276,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to carry out the programs described in subtitle B. 
‘‘(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 
available by subsection (a)— 
‘‘(A) $88,000,000 shall be made available 
to carry out the programs described in subtitle 
B in fiscal year 2021, of which not less than an 
amount equal to $100,0000,000 minus the 
amount previously provided in fiscal year 2021 
to carry out section 2042(b) shall be made 
available to carry out such section; and 
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‘‘(B) $188,000,000 shall be made available 
to carry out the programs described in subtitle 
B in fiscal year 2022, of which not less than 
$100,000,000 shall be for activities described in 
section 2042(b). 
‘‘(2) 
SERVICES
FOR
ALL
ADULTS.—The 
amounts made available by subsection (a) of this 
section to carry out section 2042(b) may be used to 
provide services under programs described in section 
2042(b) for all adults.’’. 
SEC. 2202. SUPPORTING OLDER AMERICANS AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $1,444,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to carry out the Older Americans Act of 1965. 
(b) ALLOCATION
OF
AMOUNTS.—Amounts made 
available by subsection (a) shall be available as follows: 
(1) $750,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
part C of title III of such Act. 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
title VI of such Act, including part C of such title. 
(3) $470,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
part B of title III of such Act, including for— 
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(A) supportive services of the types made 
available for fiscal year 2020; 
(B) efforts related to COVID–19 vaccina-
tion outreach, including education, communica-
tion, transportation, and other activities to fa-
cilitate vaccination of older individuals; and 
(C) prevention and mitigation activities re-
lated to COVID–19 focused on addressing ex-
tended social isolation among older individuals, 
including activities for investments in techno-
logical equipment and solutions or other strate-
gies aimed at alleviating negative health effects 
of social isolation due to long-term stay-at-home 
recommendations for older individuals for the 
duration of the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency; 
(4) $44,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
part D of title III of such Act. 
(5) $145,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
part E of title III of such Act. 
(6) $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
the long-term care ombudsman program under title 
VII of such Act. 
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SEC. 2203. CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
FUNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any 
amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$14,990,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2021, to carry out the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) without 
regard to requirements in sections 658E(c)(3)(D)–(E) or 
658G of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3), 9858e). Pay-
ments made to States, territories, Indian Tribes, and Trib-
al organizations from funds made available under this sub-
section shall be obligated in fiscal year 2021 or the suc-
ceeding 2 fiscal years. States, territories, Indian Tribes, 
and Tribal organizations are authorized to use such funds 
to provide child care assistance to health care sector em-
ployees, emergency responders, sanitation workers, and 
other workers deemed essential during the response to 
coronavirus by public officials, without regard to the in-
come eligibility requirements of section 658P(4) of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
9858n(4)). 
(b) CHILD CARE STABILIZATION FUNDING.—In ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available, there is appro-
priated for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the 
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Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $23,975,000,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2021, for grants 
under section 2204(b) of this subtitle and in accordance 
with the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.), except for the require-
ments in subparagraphs (C) through (E) of section 
658E(c)(3), and section 658G, of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
9858c(c)(3), 9858e). 
(c) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fis-
cal year 2021, out of any amounts in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $35,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2025, for the costs of providing 
technical assistance and conducting research and for the 
administrative costs to carry out this section and section 
2204 of this subtitle. 
SEC. 2204. CHILD CARE STABILIZATION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CHILD
CARE
AND
DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK 
GRANT
TERMS.—The terms ‘‘lead agency’’, ‘‘Sec-
retary’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the meanings given those 
terms, and the terms ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ and ‘‘Tribal 
organization’’ have the meanings given the terms 
‘‘Indian tribe’’ and ‘‘tribal organization’’, in section 
658P of the Child Care and Development Block 
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Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) except as oth-
erwise provided in this section. 
(2) COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emergency’’ 
means the public health emergency declared by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services under sec-
tion 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to 
COVID–19, including any renewal of the declara-
tion. 
(3) ELIGIBLE
CHILD
CARE
PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘‘eligible child care provider’’ means an eligible 
child care provider as defined in section 658P of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) or a child care provider 
that is licensed, regulated, or registered in the State, 
territory, or Indian Tribe on the date of enactment 
of this Act and meets applicable State and local 
health and safety requirements. 
(b) GRANTS.—From the amounts appropriated to 
carry out this section and under the authority of section 
658O of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m) and this section, the Secretary 
shall award to the lead agency of each State (as des-
ignated or established under section 658D(a) of such Act 
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(42 U.S.C. 9858b(a)), territory and possession described 
in subsection 658O(a)(1) of such Act, and Indian Tribe 
and Tribal organization described in section 658O(a)(2) 
of such Act that has submitted to the Secretary a letter 
of intent to use funds awarded pursuant to this sub-
section, child care stabilization grants from allotments and 
payments determined in accordance with paragraphs (1) 
and (2) of subsection (a), and subsection (b), of section 
658O of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m). Such grants shall be used 
in accordance with the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.), except for 
the requirements in subparagraphs (C) through (E) of sec-
tion 658E(c)(3), and in section 658G, of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3), 9858e). 
(c) STATE RESERVATIONS AND SUBGRANTS.— 
(1) RESERVATION.—A lead agency for a State 
that receives a child care stabilization grant pursu-
ant to subsection (b) shall reserve not more than 10 
percent of such grant funds to administer subgrants, 
provide technical assistance and support for applying 
for and accessing the subgrant opportunity, publicize 
the availability of the subgrants, and provide tech-
nical assistance to help child care providers imple-
ment policies as described in paragraph (2)(D)(i). 
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(2) SUBGRANTS
TO
QUALIFIED
CHILD
CARE 
PROVIDERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The lead agency shall 
use the remainder of the grant funds awarded 
pursuant to subsection (b) to make subgrants 
to qualified child care providers described in 
subparagraph (B), regardless of such a pro-
vider’s previous receipt of other Federal assist-
ance, to support the stability of the child care 
sector during and after the COVID–19 public 
health emergency. 
(B) QUALIFIED CHILD CARE PROVIDER.— 
To be qualified to receive a subgrant under this 
paragraph, a provider shall be an eligible child 
care provider that on the date of submission of 
an application for the subgrant, was either— 
(i) open and available to provide child 
care services; or 
(ii) closed due to public health, finan-
cial hardship, or other reasons relating to 
the COVID–19 public health emergency. 
(C) SUBGRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of 
such a subgrant to a qualified child care pro-
vider shall be based on the provider’s stated 
current operating expenses, including costs as-
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sociated with providing or preparing to provide 
child care services during the COVID–19 public 
health emergency, and to the extent practicable, 
cover such operating expenses for the intended 
period of the subgrant. 
(D) 
APPLICATION.—The 
lead 
agency 
shall— 
(i) make available on the lead agen-
cy’s website an application for qualified 
child care providers that includes certifi-
cations that, for the duration of the 
subgrant— 
(I) the provider applying will, 
when open and available to provide 
child care services, implement policies 
in line with guidance from the cor-
responding State, Tribal, and local 
authorities, and in accordance with 
State, Tribal, and local orders, and, to 
the greatest extent possible, imple-
ment policies in line with guidance 
from the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention; 
(II) for each employee, the pro-
vider will pay not less than the full 
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compensation, including any benefits, 
that was provided to the employee as 
of the date of submission of the appli-
cation for the subgrant (referred to in 
this subclause as ‘‘full compensa-
tion’’), and will not take any action 
that reduces the weekly amount of the 
employee’s compensation below the 
weekly amount of full compensation, 
or that reduces the employee’s rate of 
compensation below the rate of full 
compensation, including the involun-
tary furloughing of any employee em-
ployed on the date of submission of 
the application for the subgrant; and 
(III) the provider will provide re-
lief from copayments and tuition pay-
ments for the families enrolled in the 
provider’s program, to the extent pos-
sible, and prioritize such relief for 
families struggling to make either 
type of payment; and 
(ii) accept and process applications 
submitted under this subparagraph on a 
rolling basis, and provide subgrant funds 
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in advance of provider expenditures, except 
as provided in subsection (d)(2). 
(E) OBLIGATION.—The lead agency shall 
notify the Secretary if it is unable to obligate 
at least 50 percent of the funds received pursu-
ant to subsection (b) that are available for sub-
grants described in this paragraph within 9 
months of the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A qualified child care pro-
vider that receives funds through such a subgrant 
shall use the funds for at least one of the following: 
(A) Personnel costs, including payroll and 
salaries or similar compensation for an em-
ployee (including any sole proprietor or inde-
pendent contractor), employee benefits, pre-
mium pay, or costs for employee recruitment 
and retention. 
(B) Rent (including rent under a lease 
agreement) or payment on any mortgage obliga-
tion, utilities, facility maintenance or improve-
ments, or insurance. 
(C) Personal protective equipment, clean-
ing and sanitization supplies and services, or 
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training and professional development related to 
health and safety practices. 
(D) Purchases of or updates to equipment 
and supplies to respond to the COVID–19 pub-
lic health emergency. 
(E) Goods and services necessary to main-
tain or resume child care services. 
(F) Mental health supports for children 
and employees. 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT.—The qualified child care 
provider may use the subgrant funds to reimburse 
the provider for sums obligated or expended before 
the date of enactment of this Act for the cost of a 
good or service described in paragraph (1) to re-
spond to the COVID–19 public health emergency. 
(e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts made 
available to carry out this section shall be used to supple-
ment and not supplant other Federal, State, and local 
public funds expended to provide child care services for 
eligible individuals, including funds provided under the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) and State child care programs. 
SEC. 2205. HEAD START. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in 
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the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2022, to carry 
out the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.), includ-
ing for Federal administrative expenses, to be allocated 
to each Head Start agency in an amount that bears the 
same ratio to the portion available for allocations as the 
number of enrolled children served by the Head Start 
agency bears to the number of enrolled children served by 
all Head Start agencies, except that funds appropriated 
in this section— 
(1) shall not be included in the calculation of 
the ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as such 
term 
is 
defined 
in 
section 
640(a)(7)(A), 
641A(h)(1)(B), or 645(d)(3) of the Head Start Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
9835(a)(7)(A), 
9836a(h)(1)(B), 
9840(d)(3)); and 
(2) shall not be subject to the allocation re-
quirements of section 640(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
9835(a)). 
SEC. 2206. PROGRAMS FOR SURVIVORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Family Vio-
lence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10403) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—For the purposes of 
carrying out this title, in addition to amounts otherwise 
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made available for such purposes, there are appropriated, 
out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until ex-
pended, each of the following: 
‘‘(1) $180,000,000 to carry out sections 301 
through 312, to be allocated in the manner described 
in subsection (a)(2), except that a reference in sub-
section (a)(2) to an amount appropriated under sub-
section (a)(1) shall be considered to be a reference 
to an amount appropriated under this paragraph, 
and that the matching requirement under section 
306(c)(4) shall not apply. 
‘‘(2) $18,000,000 to carry out section 309. 
‘‘(3) $2,000,000 to carry out section 313, of 
which $1,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be allo-
cated to support Indian communities.’’. 
(b) COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘COVID–19 public 
health emergency’’ means the public health emergency de-
clared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to 
COVID–19, including any renewal of the declaration. 
(c) GRANTS
TO SUPPORT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC 
POPULATIONS.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise made available, there is appropriated, out of 
any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, $49,500,000 for fiscal year 2021, to be 
available until expended, to carry out this subsection 
(excluding Federal administrative costs, for which 
funds are appropriated under subsection (e)). 
(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—From amounts appro-
priated under paragraph (1), the Secretary acting 
through the Director of the Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services Program, shall— 
(A) support culturally specific community- 
based organizations to provide culturally spe-
cific activities for survivors of sexual assault 
and domestic violence, to address emergent 
needs resulting from the COVID–19 public 
health emergency and other public health con-
cerns; and 
(B) support culturally specific community- 
based organizations that provide culturally spe-
cific activities to promote strategic partnership 
development and collaboration in responding to 
the impact of COVID–19 and other public 
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health concerns on survivors of sexual assault 
and domestic violence. 
(d) GRANTS TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL AS-
SAULT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise made available, there is appropriated, out of 
any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, $198,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to be 
available until expended, to carry out this subsection 
(excluding Federal administrative costs, for which 
funds are appropriated under subsection (e)). 
(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—From amounts appro-
priated under paragraph (1), the Secretary acting 
through the Director of the Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services Program, shall assist rape crisis 
centers in transitioning to virtual services and meet-
ing the emergency needs of survivors. 
(e) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated 
to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, out of 
any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$2,500,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until 
expended, for the Federal administrative costs of carrying 
out subsections (c) and (d). 
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such bases) shall be reduced to zero under 
rules similar to the rules of subsection 
(c)(6). 
‘‘(ii) NEW SHORTFALL AMORTIZATION 
BASE.—Notwithstanding subsection (c)(3), 
the shortfall amortization base for the first 
plan year to which the election under para-
graph (1) applies shall be the funding 
shortfall of such plan for such plan year 
(determined using the interest rates as 
modified under subparagraph (A)). 
‘‘(C) DETERMINATION OF SHORTFALL AM-
ORTIZATION INSTALLMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) 
30-YEAR
PERIOD.—Subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of subsection (c)(2) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘30-plan- 
year’ for ‘7-plan-year’ each place it ap-
pears. 
‘‘(ii) NO
SPECIAL
ELECTION.—The 
election under subparagraph (D) of sub-
section (c)(2) shall not apply to any plan 
year to which the election under paragraph 
(1) applies. 
‘‘(D) EXEMPTION FROM AT-RISK TREAT-
MENT.—Subsection (i) shall not apply. 
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