In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 17, 2019. 
Resolved, That the House agree to the amendment of the 
Senate to the bill (H.R. 1865) entitled ‘‘An Act to require 
the Secretary of the Treasury to mint a coin in commemora-
tion of the opening of the National Law Enforcement Mu-
seum in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.’’, 
with the following 
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO SENATE AMENDMENT: 
At the end of the Senate amendment, add the fol-
lowing: 
SECTION 1 SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Further Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
Sec. 4. Explanatory statement. 
Sec. 5. Statement of appropriations. 
Sec. 6. Availability of funds. 
Sec. 7. Adjustments to compensation. 
Sec. 8 Office of Management and Budget Reporting Requirements. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPRO-
PRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
Title I—Department of Labor 
Title II—Department of Health and Human Services 
Title III—Department of Education 
Title IV—Related Agencies
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND 
DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2020 
Title I—Agricultural Programs 
Title II—Farm Production and Conservation Programs 
Title III—Rural Development Programs 
Title IV—Domestic Food Programs 
Title V—Foreign Assistance and Related Programs 
Title VI—Related Agencies and Food and Drug Administration 
Title VII—General Provisions 
DIVISION C—ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
Title I—Corps of Engineers—Civil 
Title II—Department of the Interior 
Title III—Department of Energy 
Title IV—Independent Agencies 
Title V—General Provisions 
DIVISION D—DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
Title I—Department of the Interior 
Title II—Environmental Protection Agency 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions 
DIVISION E—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
Title I—Legislative Branch 
Title II—General Provisions 
DIVISION F—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
Title I—Department of Defense 
Title II—Department of Veterans Affairs 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—Overseas Contingency Operations 
Title V—Natural Disaster Relief 
Title VI—General Provisions 
DIVISION G—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
Title I—Department of State and Related Agency 
Title II—United States Agency for International Development 
Title III—Bilateral Economic Assistance 
Title IV—International Security Assistance 
Title V—Multilateral Assistance 
Title VI—Export and Investment Assistance
Title VII—General Provisions 
DIVISION H—TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOP-
MENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
Title I—Department of Transportation 
Title II—Department of Housing and Urban Development 
Title III—Related Agencies 
Title IV—General Provisions—This Act 
DIVISION I—EXTENSIONS 
Title I—Immigration Extensions 
Title II—National Flood Insurance Program Extension 
Title III—Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Extension 
Title IV—Export-Import Bank Extension 
Title V—Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Extension 
Title VI—NASA Enhanced Use Leasing Extension 
Title VII—INKSNA Extension 
Title VIII—Brand USA Extension 
Title IX—DC Opportunity Scholarship Extensions 
Title X—Budgetary Effects 
DIVISION J—FOREIGN POLICY 
DIVISION K—NATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT MUSEUM 
COMMEMORATIVE COIN 
DIVISION L—DHS CYBER HUNT AND INCIDENT RESPONSE TEAMS 
DIVISION M—BIPARTISAN AMERICAN MINERS 
DIVISION N—HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES EXTENDERS 
DIVISION O—SETTING EVERY COMMUNITY UP FOR RETIREMENT 
ENHANCEMENT 
DIVISION P—OTHER MATTER 
Title I—Platte River Recovery Implementation Program 
Title II—Great Lakes 
Title III—Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation 
Title IV—White Horse Hill National Game Preserve 
Title V—Pittman-Robertson Fund 
Title VI—John F. Kennedy Center 
Title VII—Preserving America’s Battlefields 
Title VIII—Veterans Affairs Report on Disability Compensation and the Positive 
Association With Exposure to an Herbicide Agent 
Title IX—Disaster Recovery Workforce 
Title X—Television Viewer Protection 
Title XI—Eligibility to Receive Signals Under a Distant-Signal Satellite License 
Title XII—Groundfish Trawl Fishery 
Title XIII—Temporary Relief from Certain ERISA Requirements 
Title XIV—Library of Congress Technical Corrections 
Title XV—Senate Entities 
Title XVI—Legislative Branch Inspectors General Independence 
Title XVII—Managing Political Fund Activity
Title XVIII—Kentucky Wildlands National Heritage Area Study 
Title XIX—International Bank for Reconstruction and Development 
Title XX—European Energy Security and Diversification Act of 2019 
DIVISION Q—REVENUE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion. 
SEC. 4. EXPLANATORY STATEMENT. 
The explanatory statement regarding this Act, printed 
in the House section of the Congressional Record on or 
about December 17, 2019, and submitted by the Chair-
woman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House, 
shall have the same effect with respect to the allocation of 
funds and implementation of divisions A through H of this 
Act as if it were a joint explanatory statement of a com-
mittee of conference. 
SEC. 5. STATEMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
The following sums in this Act are appropriated, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020. 
SEC. 6. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. 
(a) Each amount designated in this Act by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded,
if applicable) only if the President subsequently so des-
ignates all such amounts and transmits such designations 
to the Congress. 
(b) Each amount designated in this Act by the Con-
gress for Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on 
Terrorism pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
shall be available (or rescinded, if applicable) only if the 
President subsequently so designates all such amounts and 
transmits such designations to the Congress. 
SEC. 7. ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no adjust-
ment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to 
cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) during 
fiscal year 2020. 
SEC. 8. OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) As of the date of enactment of this Act, section 150 
of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of 
Public Law 116–59), as added by the Further Continuing 
Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public Law 116– 
69), shall no longer have any force or effect. 
(b) Notwithstanding the ‘‘7 calendar days’’ require-
ment in section 251(a)(7)(B) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
901(a)(7)(B)), for any appropriations Act for fiscal year 
2020 enacted before January 1, 2020, the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall transmit to the Congress its report 
under that section estimating the discretionary budgetary 
effects of such Acts not later than January 15, 2020. 
DIVISION A—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND 
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
For necessary expenses of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act (referred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) 
and the National Apprenticeship Act, $3,611,200,000, plus 
reimbursements, shall be available. Of the amounts pro-
vided: 
(1) for grants to States for adult employment 
and training activities, youth activities, and dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
$2,819,832,000 as follows: 
(A) $854,649,000 for adult employment and 
training activities, of which $142,649,000 shall
be available for the period July 1, 2020 through 
June 30, 2021, and of which $712,000,000 shall 
be available for the period October 1, 2020 
through June 30, 2021; 
(B) $913,130,000 for youth activities, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2020 
through June 30, 2021; and 
(C) $1,052,053,000 for dislocated worker 
employment and training activities, of which 
$192,053,000 shall be available for the period 
July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021, and of 
which $860,000,000 shall be available for the pe-
riod October 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021: 
Provided, That the funds available for allotment to 
outlying areas to carry out subtitle B of title I of the 
WIOA shall not be subject to the requirements of sec-
tion 127(b)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act; and 
(2) for national programs, $791,368,000 as fol-
lows: 
(A) $270,859,000 for the dislocated workers 
assistance national reserve, of which $70,859,000 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 
through September 30, 2021, and of which 
$200,000,000 shall be available for the period 
October 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021:
Provided, That funds provided to carry out sec-
tion 132(a)(2)(A) of the WIOA may be used to 
provide assistance to a State for statewide or 
local use in order to address cases where there 
have been worker dislocations across multiple 
sectors or across multiple local areas and such 
workers remain dislocated; coordinate the State 
workforce development plan with emerging eco-
nomic development needs; and train such eligible 
dislocated workers: Provided further, That funds 
provided to carry out sections 168(b) and 169(c) 
of the WIOA may be used for technical assistance 
and demonstration projects, respectively, that 
provide assistance to new entrants in the work-
force and incumbent workers: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding section 168(b) of the 
WIOA, of the funds provided under this subpara-
graph, the Secretary of Labor (referred to in this 
title as ‘‘Secretary’’) may reserve not more than 
10 percent of such funds to provide technical as-
sistance and carry out additional activities re-
lated to the transition to the WIOA: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided under this 
subparagraph, $70,000,000 shall be for training 
and 
employment 
assistance 
under 
sections
168(b), 169(c) (notwithstanding the 10 percent 
limitation in such section) and 170 of the WIOA 
as follows: 
(i) $30,000,000 shall be for workers in 
the Appalachian region, as defined by 40 
U.S.C. 14102(a)(1) and workers in the 
Lower Mississippi, as defined in section 
4(2) of the Delta Development Act (Public 
Law 100–460, 102 Stat. 2246; 7 U.S.C. 
2009aa(2)); 
(ii) $40,000,000 shall be for the pur-
pose of developing, offering, or improving 
educational or career training programs at 
community colleges, defined as public insti-
tutions of higher education, as described in 
section 101(a) of the Higher Education Act 
and at which the associate’s degree is pri-
marily the highest degree awarded, with 
other eligible institutions of higher edu-
cation, as defined in section 101(a) of the 
Higher Education Act, eligible to partici-
pate through consortia, with community 
colleges as the lead grantee: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall follow the requirements 
for the program in House Report 116–62:
Provided further, That any grant funds 
used for apprenticeships shall be used to 
support only apprenticeship programs reg-
istered under the National Apprenticeship 
Act and as referred to in section 3(7)(B) of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act; 
(B) $55,000,000 for Native American pro-
grams under section 166 of the WIOA, which 
shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 
through June 30, 2021; 
(C) $91,896,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including $85,229,000 for formula grants 
(of which not less than 70 percent shall be for 
employment and training services), $6,122,000 
for migrant and seasonal housing (of which not 
less than 70 percent shall be for permanent hous-
ing), and $545,000 for other discretionary pur-
poses, which shall be available for the period 
April 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021: Provided, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or related regulation, the Department of Labor 
shall take no action limiting the number or pro-
portion of eligible participants receiving related
through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts 
and other arrangements, with States and other 
appropriate entities, which shall be available for 
the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 2021. 
JOB CORPS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
To carry out subtitle C of title I of the WIOA, includ-
ing Federal administrative expenses, the purchase and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles, the construction, alteration, 
and repairs of buildings and other facilities, and the pur-
chase of real property for training centers as authorized by 
the WIOA, $1,743,655,000, plus reimbursements, as follows: 
(1) $1,603,325,000 for Job Corps Operations, 
which shall be available for the period July 1, 2020 
through June 30, 2021; 
(2) $108,000,000 for construction, rehabilitation 
and acquisition of Job Corps Centers, which shall be 
available for the period July 1, 2020 through June 
30, 2023, and which may include the acquisition, 
maintenance, and repair of major items of equip-
ment: Provided, That the Secretary may transfer up 
to 15 percent of such funds to meet the operational 
needs of such centers or to achieve administrative effi-
ciencies: Provided further, That any funds transferred 
pursuant to the preceding provision shall not be
available for obligation after June 30, 2021: Provided 
further, That the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate are noti-
fied at least 15 days in advance of any transfer; and 
(3) $32,330,000 for necessary expenses of Job 
Corps, which shall be available for obligation for the 
period October 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020: 
Provided, That no funds from any other appropriation 
shall be used to provide meal services at or for Job Corps 
centers. 
COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT FOR OLDER AMERICANS 
To carry out title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
(referred to in this Act as ‘‘OAA’’), $405,000,000, which 
shall be available for the period April 1, 2020 through June 
30, 2021, and may be recaptured and reobligated in accord-
ance with section 517(c) of the OAA. 
FEDERAL UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND ALLOWANCES 
For payments during fiscal year 2020 of trade adjust-
ment benefit payments and allowances under part I of sub-
chapter B of chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of 1974, 
and section 246 of that Act; and for training, employment 
and case management services, allowances for job search 
and relocation, and related State administrative expenses 
under part II of subchapter B of chapter 2 of title II of 
the Trade Act of 1974, and including benefit payments, al-
lowances, training, employment and case management serv-
ices, and related State administration provided pursuant 
to section 231(a) of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Exten-
sion Act of 2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences 
Extension Act of 2015, $680,000,000 together with such 
amounts as may be necessary to be charged to the subse-
quent appropriation for payments for any period subse-
quent to September 15, 2020: Provided, That notwith-
standing section 502 of this Act, any part of the appropria-
tion provided under this heading may remain available for 
obligation beyond the current fiscal year pursuant to the 
authorities of section 245(c) of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 
U.S.C. 2317(c)). 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For authorized administrative expenses, $84,066,000, 
together with not to exceed $3,290,583,000 which may be 
expended from the Employment Security Administration 
Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust 
Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $2,540,816,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States for the administration of State un-
employment insurance laws as authorized under title 
III of the Social Security Act (including not less than 
$175,000,000 to carry out reemployment services and
eligibility assessments under section 306 of such Act, 
any claimants of regular compensation, as defined in 
such section, including those who are profiled as most 
likely to exhaust their benefits, may be eligible for 
such services and assessments: Provided, That of such 
amount, $117,000,000 is specified for grants under 
section 306 of the Social Security Act and is provided 
to meet the terms of section 251(b)(2)(E)(ii) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985, as amended, and $58,000,000 is additional 
new budget authority specified for purposes of section 
251(b)(2)(E)(i)(II) of such Act; and $9,000,000 for 
continued support of the Unemployment Insurance 
Integrity Center of Excellence), the administration of 
unemployment insurance for Federal employees and 
for ex-service members as authorized under 5 U.S.C. 
8501–8523, and the administration of trade readjust-
ment allowances, reemployment trade adjustment as-
sistance, and alternative trade adjustment assistance 
under the Trade Act of 1974 and under section 231(a) 
of the Trade Adjustment Assistance Extension Act of 
2011 and section 405(a) of the Trade Preferences Ex-
tension Act of 2015, and shall be available for obliga-
tion by the States through December 31, 2020, except 
that funds used for automation shall be available for
Federal obligation through December 31, 2020, and 
for State obligation through September 30, 2022, or, 
if the automation is being carried out through con-
sortia of States, for State obligation through Sep-
tember 30, 2026, and for expenditure through Sep-
tember 30, 2027, and funds for competitive grants 
awarded to States for improved operations and to 
conduct in-person reemployment and eligibility as-
sessments and unemployment insurance improper 
payment reviews and provide reemployment services 
and referrals to training, as appropriate, shall be 
available for Federal obligation through December 31, 
2020, and for obligation by the States through Sep-
tember 30, 2022, and funds for the Unemployment In-
surance Integrity Center of Excellence shall be avail-
able for obligation by the State through September 30, 
2021, and funds used for unemployment insurance 
workloads experienced through September 30, 2020 
shall be available for Federal obligation through De-
cember 31, 2020; 
(2) $12,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system;
(3) $646,639,000 from the Trust Fund, together 
with $21,413,000 from the General Fund of the Treas-
ury, is for grants to States in accordance with section 
6 of the Wagner-Peyser Act, and shall be available for 
Federal obligation for the period July 1, 2020 through 
June 30, 2021; 
(4) $22,318,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities of the Employment Service, including 
administration of the work opportunity tax credit 
under section 51 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, and the provision of technical assistance and 
staff training under the Wagner-Peyser Act; 
(5) $68,810,000 from the Trust Fund is for the 
administration of foreign labor certifications and re-
lated activities under the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act and related laws, of which $54,528,000 shall 
be available for the Federal administration of such 
activities, and $14,282,000 shall be available for 
grants to States for the administration of such activi-
ties; and 
(6) $62,653,000 from the General Fund is to 
provide workforce information, national electronic 
tools, and one-stop system building under the Wagner- 
Peyser Act and shall be available for Federal obliga-
tion for the period July 1, 2020 through June 30, 
2021: 
Provided, That to the extent that the Average Weekly In-
sured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2020 is pro-
jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 1,706,000, an 
additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be avail-
able for obligation for every 100,000 increase in the AWIU 
level (including a pro rata amount for any increment less 
than 100,000) to carry out title III of the Social Security 
Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this Act 
that are allotted to a State to carry out activities under 
title III of the Social Security Act may be used by such 
State to assist other States in carrying out activities under 
such title III if the other States include areas that have 
suffered a major disaster declared by the President under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency As-
sistance Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may use 
funds appropriated for grants to States under title III of 
the Social Security Act to make payments on behalf of 
States for the use of the National Directory of New Hires 
under section 453(j)(8) of such Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary may use funds appropriated for grants to 
States under title III of the Social Security Act to make 
payments on behalf of States to the entity operating the 
State Information Data Exchange System: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated in this Act which are used 
to establish a national one-stop career center system, or 
which are used to support the national activities of the Fed-
eral-State unemployment insurance, employment service, or 
immigration programs, may be obligated in contracts, 
grants, or agreements with States and non-State entities: 
Provided further, That States awarded competitive grants 
for improved operations under title III of the Social Secu-
rity Act, or awarded grants to support the national activi-
ties of the Federal-State unemployment insurance system, 
may award subgrants to other States and non-State entities 
under such grants, subject to the conditions applicable to 
the grants: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
under this Act for activities authorized under title III of 
the Social Security Act and the Wagner-Peyser Act may 
be used by States to fund integrated Unemployment Insur-
ance and Employment Service automation efforts, notwith-
standing cost allocation principles prescribed under the 
final rule entitled ‘‘Uniform Administrative Requirements, 
Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal 
Awards’’ at part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations: 
Provided further, That the Secretary, at the request of a 
State participating in a consortium with other States, may 
reallot funds allotted to such State under title III of the 
Social Security Act to other States participating in the con-
sortium or to the entity operating the Unemployment In-
surance Information Technology Support Center in order 
to carry out activities that benefit the administration of 
the unemployment compensation law of the State making 
the request: Provided further, That the Secretary may col-
lect fees for the costs associated with additional data collec-
tion, analyses, and reporting services relating to the Na-
tional Agricultural Workers Survey requested by State and 
local governments, public and private institutions of higher 
education, and nonprofit organizations and may utilize 
such sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 
9a, for the National Agricultural Workers Survey infra-
structure, methodology, and data to meet the information 
collection and reporting needs of such entities, which shall 
be credited to this appropriation and shall remain available 
until September 30, 2021, for such purposes. 
ADVANCES TO THE UNEMPLOYMENT TRUST FUND AND 
OTHER FUNDS 
For repayable advances to the Unemployment Trust 
Fund as authorized by sections 905(d) and 1203 of the So-
cial Security Act, and to the Black Lung Disability Trust 
Fund as authorized by section 9501(c)(1) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986; and for nonrepayable advances to 
the revolving fund established by section 901(e) of the Social 
Security Act, to the Unemployment Trust Fund as author-
ized by 5 U.S.C. 8509, and to the ‘‘Federal Unemployment 
Benefits and Allowances’’ account, such sums as may be 
necessary, which shall be available for obligation through 
September 30, 2021. 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses of administering employment and train-
ing programs, $108,674,000, together with not to exceed 
$49,982,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration Account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund. 
EMPLOYEE BENEFITS SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Employee Benefits Secu-
rity Administration, $181,000,000, of which up to 
$3,000,000 shall be made available through September 30, 
2021, for the procurement of expert witnesses for enforce-
ment litigation. 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION 
PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION FUND 
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (‘‘Cor-
poration’’) is authorized to make such expenditures, includ-
ing financial assistance authorized by subtitle E of title IV 
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 
within limits of funds and borrowing authority available 
to the Corporation, and in accord with law, and to make
such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations, as provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the program, including associ-
ated administrative expenses, through September 30, 2020, 
for the Corporation: Provided, That none of the funds avail-
able to the Corporation for fiscal year 2020 shall be avail-
able for obligations for administrative expenses in excess of 
$452,858,000: Provided further, That to the extent that the 
number of new plan participants in plans terminated by 
the Corporation exceeds 100,000 in fiscal year 2020, an 
amount not to exceed an additional $9,200,000 shall be 
available through September 30, 2024, for obligations for 
administrative expenses for every 20,000 additional termi-
nated participants: Provided further, That obligations in 
excess of the amounts provided for administrative expenses 
in this paragraph may be incurred and shall be available 
through September 30, 2024 for obligation for unforeseen 
and extraordinary pre-termination or termination expenses 
or extraordinary multiemployer program related expenses 
after approval by the Office of Management and Budget and 
notification of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided further, 
That an additional amount shall be available for obligation 
through September 30, 2024 to the extent the Corporation’s 
costs exceed $250,000 for the provision of credit or identity
monitoring to affected individuals upon suffering a security 
incident or privacy breach, not to exceed an additional 
$100 per affected individual. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion, including reimbursement to State, Federal, and local 
agencies and their employees for inspection services ren-
dered, $242,000,000. 
OFFICE OF LABOR-MANAGEMENT STANDARDS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Labor-Manage-
ment Standards, $43,187,000. 
OFFICE OF FEDERAL CONTRACT COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs, $105,976,000. 
OFFICE OF WORKERS’ COMPENSATION PROGRAMS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Workers’ Com-
pensation 
Programs, 
$115,424,000, 
together 
with 
$2,177,000 which may be expended from the Special Fund 
in accordance with sections 39(c), 44(d), and 44(j) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act.
SPECIAL BENEFITS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses (except administrative expenses) accruing during the 
current or any prior fiscal year authorized by 5 U.S.C. 81; 
continuation of benefits as provided for under the heading 
‘‘Civilian War Benefits’’ in the Federal Security Agency 
Appropriation Act, 1947; the Employees’ Compensation 
Commission Appropriation Act, 1944; section 5(f) of the 
War Claims Act (50 U.S.C. App. 2012); obligations in-
curred under the War Hazards Compensation Act (42 
U.S.C. 1701 et seq.); and 50 percent of the additional com-
pensation and benefits required by section 10(h) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 
$234,600,000, together with such amounts as may be nec-
essary to be charged to the subsequent year appropriation 
for the payment of compensation and other benefits for any 
period subsequent to August 15 of the current year, for de-
posit into and to assume the attributes of the Employees’ 
Compensation Fund established under 5 U.S.C. 8147(a): 
Provided, That amounts appropriated may be used under 
5 U.S.C. 8104 by the Secretary to reimburse an employer, 
who is not the employer at the time of injury, for portions 
of the salary of a re-employed, disabled beneficiary: Pro-
vided further, That balances of reimbursements unobligated
on September 30, 2019, shall remain available until ex-
pended for the payment of compensation, benefits, and ex-
penses: Provided further, That in addition there shall be 
transferred to this appropriation from the Postal Service 
and from any other corporation or instrumentality required 
under 5 U.S.C. 8147(c) to pay an amount for its fair share 
of the cost of administration, such sums as the Secretary 
determines to be the cost of administration for employees 
of such fair share entities through September 30, 2020: Pro-
vided further, That of those funds transferred to this ac-
count from the fair share entities to pay the cost of adminis-
tration of the Federal Employees’ Compensation Act, 
$74,777,000 shall be made available to the Secretary as fol-
lows: 
(1) For enhancement and maintenance of auto-
mated data processing systems operations and tele-
communications systems, $24,540,000; 
(2) For automated workload processing oper-
ations, including document imaging, centralized mail 
intake, and medical bill processing, $22,968,000; 
(3) For periodic roll disability management and 
medical review, $25,535,000; 
(4) For program integrity, $1,734,000; and 
(5) The remaining funds shall be paid into the 
Treasury as miscellaneous receipts:
Provided further, That the Secretary may require that any 
person filing a notice of injury or a claim for benefits under 
5 U.S.C. 81, or the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com-
pensation Act, provide as part of such notice and claim, 
such identifying information (including Social Security ac-
count number) as such regulations may prescribe. 
SPECIAL BENEFITS FOR DISABLED COAL MINERS 
For carrying out title IV of the Federal Mine Safety 
and Health Act of 1977, as amended by Public Law 107– 
275, $20,970,000, to remain available until expended. 
For making after July 31 of the current fiscal year, 
benefit payments to individuals under title IV of such Act, 
for costs incurred in the current fiscal year, such amounts 
as may be necessary. 
For making benefit payments under title IV for the 
first quarter of fiscal year 2021, $14,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES, ENERGY EMPLOYEES 
OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION FUND 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 
$59,846,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That the Secretary may require that any person filing a 
claim for benefits under the Act provide as part of such
claim such identifying information (including Social Secu-
rity account number) as may be prescribed. 
BLACK LUNG DISABILITY TRUST FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
Such sums as may be necessary from the Black Lung 
Disability Trust Fund (the ‘‘Fund’’), to remain available 
until expended, for payment of all benefits authorized by 
section 9501(d)(1), (2), (6), and (7) of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986; and repayment of, and payment of interest 
on advances, as authorized by section 9501(d)(4) of that 
Act. In addition, the following amounts may be expended 
from the Fund for fiscal year 2020 for expenses of operation 
and administration of the Black Lung Benefits program, 
as authorized by section 9501(d)(5): not to exceed 
$38,246,000 for transfer to the Office of Workers’ Compensa-
tion Programs, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed 
$32,844,000 for transfer to Departmental Management, 
‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’; not to exceed $330,000 for trans-
fer to Departmental Management, ‘‘Office of Inspector Gen-
eral’’; and not to exceed $356,000 for payments into mis-
cellaneous receipts for the expenses of the Department of the 
Treasury.
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration, $581,787,000, including not to 
exceed $108,575,000 which shall be the maximum amount 
available for grants to States under section 23(g) of the Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Act (the ‘‘Act’’), which grants 
shall be no less than 50 percent of the costs of State occupa-
tional safety and health programs required to be incurred 
under plans approved by the Secretary under section 18 
of the Act; and, in addition, notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 
3302, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration 
may retain up to $499,000 per fiscal year of training insti-
tute course tuition and fees, otherwise authorized by law 
to be collected, and may utilize such sums for occupational 
safety and health training and education: Provided, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the Secretary is author-
ized, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, to 
collect and retain fees for services provided to Nationally 
Recognized Testing Laboratories, and may utilize such 
sums, in accordance with the provisions of 29 U.S.C. 9a, 
to administer national and international laboratory rec-
ognition programs that ensure the safety of equipment and 
products used by workers in the workplace: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this para-
graph shall be obligated or expended to prescribe, issue, ad-
minister, or enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order 
under the Act which is applicable to any person who is en-
gaged in a farming operation which does not maintain a 
temporary labor camp and employs 10 or fewer employees: 
Provided further, That no funds appropriated under this 
paragraph shall be obligated or expended to administer or 
enforce any standard, rule, regulation, or order under the 
Act with respect to any employer of 10 or fewer employees 
who is included within a category having a Days Away, 
Restricted, or Transferred (‘‘DART’’) occupational injury 
and illness rate, at the most precise industrial classification 
code for which such data are published, less than the na-
tional average rate as such rates are most recently published 
by the Secretary, acting through the Bureau of Labor Sta-
tistics, in accordance with section 24 of the Act, except— 
(1) to provide, as authorized by the Act, con-
sultation, technical assistance, educational and train-
ing services, and to conduct surveys and studies; 
(2) to conduct an inspection or investigation in 
response to an employee complaint, to issue a citation 
for violations found during such inspection, and to 
assess a penalty for violations which are not corrected 
within a reasonable abatement period and for any 
willful violations found;
(3) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to imminent dangers; 
(4) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to health hazards; 
(5) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to a report of an employment accident which 
is fatal to one or more employees or which results in 
hospitalization of two or more employees, and to take 
any action pursuant to such investigation authorized 
by the Act; and 
(6) to take any action authorized by the Act with 
respect to complaints of discrimination against em-
ployees for exercising rights under the Act: 
Provided further, That the foregoing proviso shall not apply 
to any person who is engaged in a farming operation which 
does not maintain a temporary labor camp and employs 
10 or fewer employees: Provided further, That $11,537,000 
shall be available for Susan Harwood training grants, of 
which not less than $4,500,000 is for Susan Harwood 
Training Capacity Building Developmental grants, as de-
scribed in Funding Opportunity Number SHTG–FY–16– 
02 (referenced in the notice of availability of funds pub-
lished in the Federal Register on May 3, 2016 (81 Fed. Reg. 
30568)) for program activities starting not later than Sep-
tember 30, 2020 and lasting for a period of 12 months: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $3,500,000 shall be for 
Voluntary Protection Programs. 
MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Mine Safety and Health 
Administration, $379,816,000, including purchase and be-
stowal of certificates and trophies in connection with mine 
rescue and first-aid work, and the hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, including up to $2,000,000 for mine rescue and 
recovery activities and not less than $10,537,000 for State 
assistance grants: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 
U.S.C. 3302, not to exceed $750,000 may be collected by 
the National Mine Health and Safety Academy for room, 
board, tuition, and the sale of training materials, otherwise 
authorized by law to be collected, to be available for mine 
safety and health education and training activities: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, the 
Mine Safety and Health Administration is authorized to 
collect and retain up to $2,499,000 from fees collected for 
the approval and certification of equipment, materials, and 
explosives for use in mines, and may utilize such sums for 
such activities: Provided further, That the Secretary is au-
thorized to accept lands, buildings, equipment, and other 
contributions from public and private sources and to pros-
ecute projects in cooperation with other agencies, Federal,
State, or private: Provided further, That the Mine Safety 
and Health Administration is authorized to promote health 
and safety education and training in the mining commu-
nity through cooperative programs with States, industry, 
and safety associations: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary is authorized to recognize the Joseph A. Holmes Safe-
ty Association as a principal safety association and, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, may provide 
funds and, with or without reimbursement, personnel, in-
cluding service of Mine Safety and Health Administration 
officials as officers in local chapters or in the national orga-
nization: Provided further, That any funds available to the 
Department of Labor may be used, with the approval of 
the Secretary, to provide for the costs of mine rescue and 
survival operations in the event of a major disaster. 
BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Bureau of Labor Statis-
tics, including advances or reimbursements to State, Fed-
eral, and local agencies and their employees for services ren-
dered, $587,000,000, together with not to exceed $68,000,000 
which may be expended from the Employment Security Ad-
ministration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund. 
Within this amount, $27,000,000 to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, for costs associated with the phys-
ical move of the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ headquarters, 
including replication of space, furniture, fixtures, equip-
ment, and related costs, as well as relocation of the data 
center to a shared facility. 
OFFICE OF DISABILITY EMPLOYMENT POLICY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Office of Disability Em-
ployment Policy to provide leadership, develop policy and 
initiatives, and award grants furthering the objective of 
eliminating barriers to the training and employment of 
people with disabilities, $38,500,000. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for Departmental Management, 
including the hire of three passenger motor vehicles, 
$348,056,000, together with not to exceed $308,000, which 
may be expended from the Employment Security Adminis-
tration account in the Unemployment Trust Fund: Pro-
vided, That $67,325,000 for the Bureau of International 
Labor Affairs shall be available for obligation through De-
cember 31, 2020: Provided further, That funds available to 
the Bureau of International Labor Affairs may be used to 
administer or operate international labor activities, bilat-
eral and multilateral technical assistance, and micro-
finance programs, by or through contracts, grants, sub-
grants and other arrangements: Provided further, That not 
more than $53,825,000 shall be for programs to combat ex-
ploitative child labor internationally and not less than 
$13,500,000 shall be used to implement model programs 
that address worker rights issues through technical assist-
ance in countries with which the United States has free 
trade agreements or trade preference programs: Provided 
further, That $8,040,000 shall be used for program evalua-
tion and shall be available for obligation through September 
30, 2021: Provided further, That funds available for pro-
gram evaluation may be used to administer grants for the 
purpose of evaluation: Provided further, That grants made 
for the purpose of evaluation shall be awarded through fair 
and open competition: Provided further, That funds avail-
able for program evaluation may be transferred to any 
other appropriate account in the Department for such pur-
pose: Provided further, That the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate are 
notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer: Pro-
vided further, That the funds available to the Women’s Bu-
reau may be used for grants to serve and promote the inter-
ests of women in the workforce: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available to the Women’s Bureau, not 
less than $1,294,000 shall be used for grants authorized by
the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupa-
tions Act. 
VETERANS EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
Not to exceed $256,341,000 may be derived from the 
Employment Security Administration account in the Un-
employment Trust Fund to carry out the provisions of 
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, United States Code, of 
which: 
(1) $180,000,000 is for Jobs for Veterans State 
grants under 38 U.S.C. 4102A(b)(5) to support dis-
abled veterans’ outreach program specialists under 
section 4103A of such title and local veterans’ employ-
ment representatives under section 4104(b) of such 
title, and for the expenses described in section 
4102A(b)(5)(C), which shall be available for obliga-
tion by the States through December 31, 2020, and 
not to exceed 3 percent for the necessary Federal ex-
penditures for data systems and contract support to 
allow for the tracking of participant and performance 
information: Provided, That, in addition, such funds 
may be used to support such specialists and rep-
resentatives 
in 
the 
provision 
of 
services 
to 
transitioning members of the Armed Forces who have 
participated in the Transition Assistance Program 
and have been identified as in need of intensive serv-
ices, to members of the Armed Forces who are wound-
ed, ill, or injured and receiving treatment in military 
treatment facilities or warrior transition units, and 
to the spouses or other family caregivers of such 
wounded, ill, or injured members; 
(2) $29,379,000 is for carrying out the Transi-
tion Assistance Program under 38 U.S.C. 4113 and 
10 U.S.C. 1144; 
(3) $43,548,000 is for Federal administration of 
chapters 41, 42, and 43 of title 38, and sections 2021, 
2021A and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That, up to $500,000 may be used to carry out 
the Hire VETS Act (division O of Public Law 115– 
31); and 
(4) $3,414,000 is for the National Veterans’ Em-
ployment and Training Services Institute under 38 
U.S.C. 4109: 
Provided, That the Secretary may reallocate among the ap-
propriations provided under paragraphs (1) through (4) 
above an amount not to exceed 3 percent of the appropria-
tion from which such reallocation is made. 
In addition, from the General Fund of the Treasury, 
$55,000,000 is for carrying out programs to assist homeless 
veterans and veterans at risk of homelessness who are 
transitioning from certain institutions under sections 2021,
2021A, and 2023 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 
That notwithstanding subsections (c)(3) and (d) of section 
2023, the Secretary may award grants through September 
30, 2020, to provide services under such section: Provided 
further, That services provided under sections 2021 or 
under 2021A may include, in addition to services to home-
less veterans described in section 2002(a)(1), services to vet-
erans who were homeless at some point within the 60 days 
prior to program entry or veterans who are at risk of home-
lessness within the next 60 days, and that services provided 
under section 2023 may include, in addition to services to 
the individuals described in subsection (e) of such section, 
services to veterans recently released from incarceration who 
are at risk of homelessness: Provided further, That notwith-
standing paragraph (3) under this heading, funds appro-
priated in this paragraph may be used for data systems 
and contract support to allow for the tracking of partici-
pant and performance information: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding sections 2021(e)(2) and 2021A(f)(2) of title 
38, United States Code, such funds shall be available for 
expenditure pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1553. 
In addition, fees may be assessed and deposited in the 
HIRE Vets Medallion Award Fund pursuant to section 5(b) 
of the HIRE Vets Act, and such amounts shall be available 
to the Secretary to carry out the HIRE Vets Medallion
Award Program, as authorized by such Act, and shall re-
main available until expended: Provided, That such sums 
shall be in addition to any other funds available for such 
purposes, including funds available under paragraph (3) 
of this heading: Provided further, That section 2(d) of divi-
sion O of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (Pub-
lic Law 115–31; 38 U.S.C. 4100 note) shall not apply. 
IT MODERNIZATION 
For necessary expenses for Department of Labor cen-
tralized infrastructure technology investment activities re-
lated to support systems and modernization, $25,269,000, 
which shall be available through September 30, 2021. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector 
General in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector Gen-
eral Act of 1978, $85,187,000, together with not to exceed 
$5,660,000 which may be expended from the Employment 
Security Administration account in the Unemployment 
Trust Fund. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
for the Job Corps shall be used to pay the salary and bo-
nuses of an individual, either as direct costs or any prora-
tion as an indirect cost, at a rate in excess of Executive 
Level II.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 102. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
current fiscal year for the Department of Labor in this Act 
may be transferred between a program, project, or activity, 
but no such program, project, or activity shall be increased 
by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Provided, 
That the transfer authority granted by this section shall not 
be used to create any new program or to fund any project 
or activity for which no funds are provided in this Act: 
Provided further, That the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate are notified 
at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 103. In accordance with Executive Order 13126, 
none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended for the 
procurement of goods mined, produced, manufactured, or 
harvested or services rendered, in whole or in part, by forced 
or indentured child labor in industries and host countries 
already identified by the United States Department of 
Labor prior to enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 104. Except as otherwise provided in this section, 
none of the funds made available to the Department of 
Labor for grants under section 414(c) of the American Com-
petitiveness and Workforce Improvement Act of 1998 (29 
U.S.C. 2916a) may be used for any purpose other than com-
petitive grants for training individuals who are older than 
16 years of age and are not currently enrolled in school 
within a local educational agency in the occupations and 
industries for which employers are using H–1B visas to 
hire foreign workers, and the related activities necessary to 
support such training. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Employment and Training Admin-
istration’’ shall be used by a recipient or subrecipient of 
such funds to pay the salary and bonuses of an individual, 
either as direct costs or indirect costs, at a rate in excess 
of Executive Level II. This limitation shall not apply to 
vendors providing goods and services as defined in Office 
of Management and Budget Circular A–133. Where States 
are recipients of such funds, States may establish a lower 
limit for salaries and bonuses of those receiving salaries and 
bonuses from subrecipients of such funds, taking into ac-
count factors including the relative cost-of-living in the 
State, the compensation levels for comparable State or local 
government employees, and the size of the organizations 
that administer Federal programs involved including Em-
ployment and Training Administration programs.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding section 102, the Sec-
retary may transfer funds made available to the Employ-
ment and Training Administration by this Act, either di-
rectly or through a set-aside, for technical assistance serv-
ices to grantees to ‘‘Program Administration’’ when it is 
determined that those services will be more efficiently per-
formed by Federal employees: Provided, That this section 
shall not apply to section 171 of the WIOA. 
(b) Notwithstanding section 102, the Secretary may 
transfer not more than 0.5 percent of each discretionary ap-
propriation made available to the Employment and Train-
ing Administration by this Act to ‘‘Program Administra-
tion’’ in order to carry out program integrity activities re-
lating to any of the programs or activities that are funded 
under any such discretionary appropriations: Provided, 
That notwithstanding section 102 and the preceding pro-
viso, the Secretary may transfer not more than 0.5 percent 
of funds made available in paragraphs (1) and (2) of the 
‘‘Office of Job Corps’’ account to paragraph (3) of such ac-
count to carry out program integrity activities related to 
the Job Corps program: Provided further, That funds trans-
ferred under the authority provided by this subsection shall 
be available for obligation through September 30, 2021.
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 107. (a) The Secretary may reserve not more 
than 0.75 percent from each appropriation made available 
in this Act identified in subsection (b) in order to carry 
out evaluations of any of the programs or activities that 
are funded under such accounts. Any funds reserved under 
this section shall be transferred to ‘‘Departmental Manage-
ment’’ for use by the Office of the Chief Evaluation Officer 
within the Department of Labor, and shall be available for 
obligation through September 30, 2021: Provided, That such 
funds shall only be available if the Chief Evaluation Officer 
of the Department of Labor submits a plan to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate describing the evaluations to be carried out 15 
days in advance of any transfer. 
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are: 
‘‘Training and Employment Services’’, ‘‘Job Corps’’, ‘‘Com-
munity Service Employment for Older Americans’’, ‘‘State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Oper-
ations’’, ‘‘Employee Benefits Security Administration’’, 
‘‘Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs’’, ‘‘Wage and 
Hour Division’’, ‘‘Office of Federal Contract Compliance 
Programs’’, ‘‘Office of Labor Management Standards’’, ‘‘Oc-
cupational Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Mine 
Safety and Health Administration’’, ‘‘Office of Disability
Employment Policy’’, funding made available to the ‘‘Bu-
reau of International Labor Affairs’’ and ‘‘Women’s Bu-
reau’’ within the ‘‘Departmental Management, Salaries and 
Expenses’’ account, and ‘‘Veterans Employment and Train-
ing’’. 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207) shall be applied as if the fol-
lowing text is part of such section: 
‘‘(s)(1) The provisions of this section shall not apply 
for a period of 2 years after the occurrence of a major dis-
aster to any employee— 
‘‘(A) employed to adjust or evaluate claims re-
sulting from or relating to such major disaster, by an 
employer not engaged, directly or through an affiliate, 
in underwriting, selling, or marketing property, cas-
ualty, or liability insurance policies or contracts; 
‘‘(B) who receives from such employer on average 
weekly compensation of not less than $591.00 per 
week or any minimum weekly amount established by 
the Secretary, whichever is greater, for the number of 
weeks such employee is engaged in any of the activi-
ties described in subparagraph (C); and 
‘‘(C) whose duties include any of the following: 
‘‘(i) interviewing insured individuals, indi-
viduals who suffered injuries or other damages or
losses arising from or relating to a disaster, wit-
nesses, or physicians; 
‘‘(ii) inspecting property damage or review-
ing factual information to prepare damage esti-
mates; 
‘‘(iii) evaluating and making recommenda-
tions regarding coverage or compensability of 
claims or determining liability or value aspects 
of claims; 
‘‘(iv) negotiating settlements; or 
‘‘(v) making recommendations regarding 
litigation. 
‘‘(2) The exemption in this subsection shall not affect 
the exemption provided by section 13(a)(1). 
‘‘(3) For purposes of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘major disaster’ means any dis-
aster or catastrophe declared or designated by any 
State or Federal agency or department; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘employee employed to adjust or 
evaluate claims resulting from or relating to such 
major disaster’ means an individual who timely se-
cured or secures a license required by applicable law 
to engage in and perform the activities described in 
clauses (i) through (v) of paragraph (1)(C) relating to 
a major disaster, and is employed by an employer
that maintains worker compensation insurance cov-
erage or protection for its employees, if required by 
applicable law, and withholds applicable Federal, 
State, and local income and payroll taxes from the 
wages, salaries and any benefits of such employees; 
and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘affiliate’ means a company that, 
by reason of ownership or control of 25 percent or 
more of the outstanding shares of any class of voting 
securities of one or more companies, directly or indi-
rectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common 
control with, another company.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 109. (a) FLEXIBILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE 
CROSSING OF H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS WORKING IN THE 
SEAFOOD INDUSTRY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), if a 
petition for H–2B nonimmigrants filed by an em-
ployer in the seafood industry is granted, the em-
ployer may bring the nonimmigrants described in the 
petition into the United States at any time during 
the 120-day period beginning on the start date for 
which the employer is seeking the services of the non-
immigrants without filing another petition.
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CROSSINGS AFTER 90TH 
DAY.—An employer in the seafood industry may not 
bring H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States 
after the date that is 90 days after the start date for 
which the employer is seeking the services of the non-
immigrants unless the employer— 
(A) completes a new assessment of the local 
labor market by— 
(i) listing job orders in local news-
papers on 2 separate Sundays; and 
(ii) posting the job opportunity on the 
appropriate Department of Labor Elec-
tronic Job Registry and at the employer’s 
place of employment; and 
(B) offers the job to an equally or better 
qualified United States worker who— 
(i) applies for the job; and 
(ii) will be available at the time and 
place of need. 
(3) EXEMPTION FROM RULES WITH RESPECT TO 
STAGGERING.—The Secretary of Labor shall not con-
sider an employer in the seafood industry who brings 
H–2B nonimmigrants into the United States during 
the 120-day period specified in paragraph (1) to be 
staggering the date of need in violation of section
655.20(d) of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or 
any other applicable provision of law. 
(b) H–2B NONIMMIGRANTS DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘H–2B nonimmigrants’’ means aliens admitted 
to 
the 
United 
States 
pursuant 
to 
section 
101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(B)). 
SEC. 110. The determination of prevailing wage for 
the purposes of the H–2B program shall be the greater of— 
(1) the actual wage level paid by the employer to other em-
ployees with similar experience and qualifications for such 
position in the same location; or (2) the prevailing wage 
level for the occupational classification of the position in 
the geographic area in which the H–2B nonimmigrant will 
be employed, based on the best information available at the 
time of filing the petition. In the determination of pre-
vailing wage for the purposes of the H–2B program, the 
Secretary shall accept private wage surveys even in in-
stances where Occupational Employment Statistics survey 
data are available unless the Secretary determines that the 
methodology and data in the provided survey are not statis-
tically supported. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds in this Act shall be used 
to enforce the definition of corresponding employment found 
in 20 CFR 655.5 or the three-fourths guarantee rule defini-
tion found in 20 CFR 655.20, or any references thereto. 
Further, for the purpose of regulating admission of tem-
porary workers under the H–2B program, the definition of 
temporary need shall be that provided in 8 CFR 
214.2(h)(6)(ii)(B). 
SEC. 112. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the Secretary may furnish through grants, cooperative 
agreements, contracts, and other arrangements, up to 
$2,000,000 of excess personal property, at a value deter-
mined by the Secretary, to apprenticeship programs for the 
purpose of training apprentices in those programs. 
SEC. 113. (a) The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a 
Department of Labor’’, approved March 4, 1913 (37 Stat. 
736, chapter 141) shall be applied as if the following text 
is part of such Act: 
‘‘SEC. 12. SECURITY DETAIL. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor is author-
ized to employ law enforcement officers or special agents 
to— 
‘‘(1) provide protection for the Secretary of 
Labor during the workday of the Secretary and dur-
ing any activity that is preliminary or postliminary 
to the performance of official duties by the Secretary; 
‘‘(2) provide protection, incidental to the protec-
tion provided to the Secretary, to a member of the im-
mediate family of the Secretary who is participating 
in an activity or event relating to the official duties 
of the Secretary; 
‘‘(3) provide continuous protection to the Sec-
retary (including during periods not described in 
paragraph (1)) and to the members of the immediate 
family of the Secretary if there is a unique and 
articulable threat of physical harm, in accordance 
with guidelines established by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(4) provide protection to the Deputy Secretary 
of Labor or another senior officer representing the 
Secretary of Labor at a public event if there is a 
unique and articulable threat of physical harm, in 
accordance with guidelines established by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITIES.—The Secretary of Labor may au-
thorize a law enforcement officer or special agent employed 
under subsection (a), for the purpose of performing the du-
ties authorized under subsection (a), to— 
‘‘(1) carry firearms; 
‘‘(2) make arrests without a warrant for any of-
fense against the United States committed in the 
presence of such officer or special agent; 
‘‘(3) perform protective intelligence work, includ-
ing identifying and mitigating potential threats and
conducting advance work to review security matters 
relating to sites and events; 
‘‘(4) coordinate with local law enforcement agen-
cies; and 
‘‘(5) initiate criminal and other investigations 
into potential threats to the security of the Secretary, 
in coordination with the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Labor. 
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH GUIDELINES.—A law enforce-
ment officer or special agent employed under subsection (a) 
shall exercise any authority provided under this section in 
accordance with any— 
‘‘(1) guidelines issued by the Attorney General; 
and 
‘‘(2) guidelines prescribed by the Secretary of 
Labor.’’. 
(b) This section shall be effective on the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 114. The Secretary is authorized to dispose of or 
divest, by any means the Secretary determines appropriate, 
including an agreement or partnership to construct a new 
Job Corps center, all or a portion of the real property on 
which the Treasure Island Job Corps Center is situated. 
Any sale or other disposition will not be subject to any re-
quirement of any Federal law or regulation relating to the
disposition of Federal real property, including but not lim-
ited to subchapter III of chapter 5 of title 40 of the United 
States Code and subchapter V of chapter 119 of title 42 
of the United States Code. The net proceeds of such a sale 
shall be transferred to the Secretary, which shall be avail-
able until expended to carry out the Job Corps Program 
on Treasure Island. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 115. Of the unobligated funds available under 
section 286(s)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
(8 U.S.C. 1356(s)(2)), $150,000,000 are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 116. Funds made available in prior Acts under 
the heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Employment and 
Training Administration—State Unemployment Insurance 
and Employment Service Operations’’ for fiscal years 2015 
through 2019 for automation acquisitions that are being 
carried out through consortia of States shall be available 
for expenditure for 6 fiscal years after the final fiscal year 
that such funds are available to incur new obligations. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to— 
(1) alter or terminate the Interagency Agreement 
between the United States Department of Labor and 
the United States Department of Agriculture; or
(2) close any of the Civilian Conservation Cen-
ters, except if such closure is necessary to prevent the 
endangerment of the health and safety of the students, 
the capacity of the program is retained, and the re-
quirements of section 159(j) of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act are met. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Labor 
Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For carrying out titles II and III of the Public Health 
Service Act (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘PHS Act’’) with 
respect to primary health care and the Native Hawaiian 
Health Care Act of 1988, $1,626,522,000: Provided, That 
no more than $1,000,000 shall be available until expended 
for carrying out the provisions of section 224(o) of the PHS 
Act: Provided further, That no more than $120,000,000 
shall be available until expended for carrying out sub-
sections (g) through (n) and (q) of section 224 of the PHS 
Act, and for expenses incurred by the Department of Health 
and Human Services (referred to in this Act as ‘‘HHS’’) 
pertaining to administrative claims made under such law.
HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For carrying out titles III, VII, and VIII of the PHS 
Act with respect to the health workforce, sections 1128E and 
1921 of the Social Security Act, and the Health Care Qual-
ity Improvement Act of 1986, $1,194,506,000, of which 
$138,916,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2021 to carry out sections 750, 755, 756, 760, 781, and 
791 of the PHS Act: Provided, That sections 751(j)(2) and 
762(k) of the PHS Act and the proportional funding 
amounts in paragraphs (1) through (4) of section 756(f) 
of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds made available 
under this heading: Provided further, That for any program 
operating under section 751 of the PHS Act on or before 
January 1, 2009, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices (referred to in this title as the ‘‘Secretary’’) may here-
after waive any of the requirements contained in sections 
751(d)(2)(A) and 751(d)(2)(B) of such Act for the full 
project period of a grant under such section: Provided fur-
ther, That no funds shall be available for section 340G–1 
of the PHS Act: Provided further, That fees collected for 
the disclosure of information under section 427(b) of the 
Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986 and sections 
1128E(d)(2) and 1921 of the Social Security Act shall be 
sufficient to recover the full costs of operating the programs 
authorized by such sections and shall remain available until
expended for the National Practitioner Data Bank: Pro-
vided further, That funds transferred to this account to 
carry out section 846 and subpart 3 of part D of title III 
of the PHS Act may be used to make prior year adjustments 
to awards made under such section and subpart: Provided 
further, That $120,000,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended for the purposes of providing primary health serv-
ices, assigning National Health Service Corps (‘‘NHSC’’) 
members to expand the delivery of substance use disorder 
treatment services, notwithstanding the assignment prior-
ities and limitations under sections 333(a)(1)(D), 333(b), 
and 333A(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the PHS Act, and making pay-
ments under the NHSC Loan Repayment Program under 
section 338B of such Act: Provided further, That, within 
the amount made available in the previous proviso, 
$15,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
purposes of making payments under the NHSC Loan Re-
payment Program under section 338B of the PHS Act to 
individuals participating in such program who provide 
primary health services in Indian Health Service facilities, 
Tribally-Operated 638 Health Programs, and Urban In-
dian Health Programs (as those terms are defined by the 
Secretary), notwithstanding the assignment priorities and 
limitations under section 333(b) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That for purposes of the previous two provisos, section
331(a)(3)(D) of the PHS Act shall be applied as if the term 
‘‘primary health services’’ includes clinical substance use 
disorder treatment services, including those provided by 
masters level, licensed substance use disorder treatment 
counselors: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be available to 
make grants to establish or expand optional community- 
based nurse practitioner fellowship programs that are ac-
credited or in the accreditation process, with a preference 
for those in Federally Qualified Health Centers, for prac-
ticing postgraduate nurse practitioners in primary care or 
behavioral health. 
Of the funds made available under this heading, 
$50,000,000 shall remain available until expended for 
grants to public institutions of higher education to expand 
or support graduate education for physicians provided by 
such institutions: Provided, That, in awarding such grants, 
the Secretary shall give priority to public institutions of 
higher education located in States with a projected primary 
care provider shortage in 2025, as determined by the Sec-
retary: Provided further, That grants so awarded are lim-
ited to such public institutions of higher education in States 
in the top quintile of States with a projected primary care 
provider shortage in 2025, as determined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That the minimum amount of a grant
so awarded to such an institution shall be not less than 
$1,000,000 per year: Provided further, That such a grant 
may be awarded for a period not to exceed 5 years: Provided 
further, That such a grant awarded with respect to a year 
to such an institution shall be subject to a matching require-
ment of non-Federal funds in an amount that is not less 
than 10 percent of the total amount of Federal funds pro-
vided in the grant to such institution with respect to such 
year. 
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, XI, XII, and XIX of the 
PHS Act with respect to maternal and child health and 
title V of the Social Security Act, $943,784,000: Provided, 
That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 502(b)(1) of 
the Social Security Act, not more than $119,116,000 shall 
be available for carrying out special projects of regional and 
national significance pursuant to section 501(a)(2) of such 
Act and $10,276,000 shall be available for projects described 
in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 501(a)(3) of 
such Act. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For carrying out title XXVI of the PHS Act with re-
spect 
to 
the 
Ryan 
White 
HIV/AIDS 
program, 
$2,388,781,000, of which $1,970,881,000 shall remain 
available to the Secretary through September 30, 2022, for
parts A and B of title XXVI of the PHS Act, and of which 
not less than $900,313,000 shall be for State AIDS Drug 
Assistance Programs under the authority of section 2616 
or 311(c) of such Act; and of which $70,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be available to the Secretary 
for carrying out a program of grants and contracts under 
title XXVI or section 311(c) of such Act focused on ending 
the nationwide HIV/AIDS epidemic, with any grants 
issued under such section 311(c) administered in conjunc-
tion with title XXVI of the PHS Act, including the limita-
tion on administrative expenses. 
HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS 
For carrying out titles III and XII of the PHS Act 
with respect to health care systems, and the Stem Cell 
Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, $123,593,000, of 
which $122,000 shall be available until expended for facili-
ties renovations at the Gillis W. Long Hansen’s Disease 
Center. 
RURAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III and IV of the PHS Act with 
respect to rural health, section 427(a) of the Federal Coal 
Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, and sections 711 and 
1820 of the Social Security Act, $318,294,000, of which 
$53,609,000 from general revenues, notwithstanding section 
1820(j) of the Social Security Act, shall be available for
carrying out the Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants 
program: Provided, That of the funds made available under 
this heading for Medicare rural hospital flexibility grants, 
$19,942,000 shall be available for the Small Rural Hospital 
Improvement Grant Program for quality improvement and 
adoption of health information technology and up to 
$1,000,000 shall be to carry out section 1820(g)(6) of the 
Social Security Act, with funds provided for grants under 
section 1820(g)(6) available for the purchase and imple-
mentation of telehealth services, including pilots and dem-
onstrations on the use of electronic health records to coordi-
nate rural veterans care between rural providers and the 
Department of Veterans Affairs electronic health record sys-
tem: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
338J(k) of the PHS Act, $12,500,000 shall be available for 
State Offices of Rural Health: Provided further, That 
$10,000,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2022, to support the Rural Residency Development Pro-
gram: Provided further, That $110,000,000 shall be for the 
Rural Communities Opioids Response Program. 
FAMILY PLANNING 
For carrying out the program under title X of the PHS 
Act to provide for voluntary family planning projects, 
$286,479,000: Provided, That amounts provided to said 
projects under such title shall not be expended for abortions,
that all pregnancy counseling shall be nondirective, and 
that such amounts shall not be expended for any activity 
(including the publication or distribution of literature) that 
in any way tends to promote public support or opposition 
to any legislative proposal or candidate for public office. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For program support in the Health Resources and 
Services Administration, $155,300,000: Provided, That 
funds made available under this heading may be used to 
supplement program support funding provided under the 
headings ‘‘Primary Health Care’’, ‘‘Health Workforce’’, 
‘‘Maternal and Child Health’’, ‘‘Ryan White HIV/AIDS 
Program’’, ‘‘Health Care Systems’’, and ‘‘Rural Health’’. 
VACCINE INJURY COMPENSATION PROGRAM TRUST FUND 
For payments from the Vaccine Injury Compensation 
Program Trust Fund (the ‘‘Trust Fund’’), such sums as 
may be necessary for claims associated with vaccine-related 
injury or death with respect to vaccines administered after 
September 30, 1988, pursuant to subtitle 2 of title XXI of 
the PHS Act, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That for necessary administrative expenses, not to exceed 
$10,200,000 shall be available from the Trust Fund to the 
Secretary.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXI, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee 
Education Assistance Act, with respect to immunization 
and respiratory diseases, $433,105,000. 
HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED 
DISEASES, AND TUBERCULOSIS PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII, and XXIII of the 
PHS Act with respect to HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexu-
ally transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis prevention, 
$1,273,556,000. 
EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII, and section 
2821 of the PHS Act, titles II and IV of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act, with respect to emerging and zoonotic 
infectious diseases, $570,372,000. 
CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, XV, XVII, and XIX 
of the PHS Act with respect to chronic disease prevention 
and health promotion, $984,964,000: Provided, That funds 
made available under this heading may be available for 
making grants under section 1509 of the PHS Act for not
less than 21 States, tribes, or tribal organizations: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this head-
ing, $15,000,000 shall be available to continue and expand 
community specific extension and outreach programs to 
combat obesity in counties with the highest levels of obesity: 
Provided further, That the proportional funding require-
ments under section 1503(a) of the PHS Act shall not apply 
to funds made available under this heading. 
BIRTH DEFECTS, DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 
DISABILITIES AND HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, XI, and XVII of the 
PHS Act with respect to birth defects, developmental dis-
abilities, disabilities and health, $160,810,000. 
PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENTIFIC SERVICES 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to health statistics, surveillance, health 
informatics, and workforce development, $555,497,000. 
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health, $196,850,000. 
INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to injury prevention and control, 
$677,379,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND 
HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act, sections 101, 102, 103, 201, 202, 203, 301, and 501 
of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, section 13 of 
the Mine Improvement and New Emergency Response Act, 
and sections 20, 21, and 22 of the Occupational Safety and 
Health Act, with respect to occupational safety and health, 
$342,800,000. 
ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS 
COMPENSATION PROGRAM 
For necessary expenses to administer the Energy Em-
ployees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act, 
$55,358,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That this amount shall be available consistent with the pro-
vision regarding administrative expenses in section 151(b) 
of division B, title I of Public Law 106–554. 
GLOBAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to global health, $570,843,000, of which: 
(1) $128,421,000 shall remain available through September 
30, 
2021 
for 
international 
HIV/AIDS; 
and 
(2) 
$173,400,000 shall remain available through September 30, 
2022 for global disease detection and emergency response:
Provided, That funds may be used for purchase and insur-
ance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries. 
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE 
For carrying out titles II, III, and XVII of the PHS 
Act with respect to public health preparedness and response, 
and for expenses necessary to support activities related to 
countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, and 
chemical threats to civilian populations, $850,200,000: Pro-
vided, That the Director of the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention (referred to in this title as ‘‘CDC’’) or the 
Administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Dis-
ease Registry may detail staff without reimbursement for 
up to 180 days to support an activation of the CDC Emer-
gency Operations Center, so long as the Director or Admin-
istrator, as applicable, provides a notice to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate within 15 days of the use of this authority and a 
full report within 30 days after use of this authority which 
includes the number of staff and funding level broken down 
by the originating center and number of days detailed: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
may be used to support a contract for the operation and 
maintenance of an aircraft in direct support of activities 
throughout CDC to ensure the agency is prepared to address 
public health preparedness emergencies.
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition of real property, equipment, construc-
tion, installation, demolition, and renovation of facilities, 
$25,000,000, which shall remain available until September 
30, 2024: Provided, That funds made available to this ac-
count in this or any prior Act that are available for the 
acquisition of real property or for construction or improve-
ment of facilities shall be available to make improvements 
on non-federally owned property, provided that any im-
provements that are not adjacent to federally owned prop-
erty do not exceed $2,500,000, and that the primary benefit 
of such improvements accrues to CDC: Provided further, 
That funds previously set-aside by CDC for repair and up-
grade of the Lake Lynn Experimental Mine and Laboratory 
shall be used to acquire a replacement mine safety research 
facility: Provided further, That in addition, the prior year 
unobligated balance of any amounts assigned to former em-
ployees in accounts of CDC made available for Individual 
Learning Accounts shall be credited to and merged with the 
amounts made available under this heading to support the 
replacement of the mine safety research facility.
CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out titles II, III, XVII and XIX, and 
section 2821 of the PHS Act and for cross-cutting activities 
and program support for activities funded in other appro-
priations included in this Act for the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, $198,570,000, of which up to 
$5,000,000 may be transferred to the reserve of the Working 
Capital Fund authorized under this heading in division F 
of Public Law 112–74: Provided, That paragraphs (1) 
through (3) of subsection (b) of section 2821 of the PHS 
Act shall not apply to funds appropriated under this head-
ing and in all other accounts of the CDC: Provided further, 
That employees of CDC or the Public Health Service, both 
civilian and commissioned officers, detailed to States, mu-
nicipalities, or other organizations under authority of sec-
tion 214 of the PHS Act, or in overseas assignments, shall 
be treated as non-Federal employees for reporting purposes 
only and shall not be included within any personnel ceiling 
applicable to the Agency, Service, or HHS during the pe-
riod of detail or assignment: Provided further, That CDC 
may use up to $10,000 from amounts appropriated to CDC 
in this Act for official reception and representation expenses 
when specifically approved by the Director of CDC: Pro-
vided further, That in addition, such sums as may be de-
rived from authorized user fees, which shall be credited to 
the appropriation charged with the cost thereof: Provided 
further, That with respect to the previous proviso, author-
ized user fees from the Vessel Sanitation Program and the 
Respirator Certification Program shall be available through 
September 30, 2021. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cancer, $6,245,442,000, of which up to 
$30,000,000 may be used for facilities repairs and improve-
ments at the National Cancer Institute—Frederick Feder-
ally Funded Research and Development Center in Fred-
erick, Maryland. 
NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases, 
and blood and blood products, $3,624,258,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL 
RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to dental and craniofacial diseases, 
$477,429,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND 
KIDNEY DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to diabetes and digestive and kidney dis-
ease, $2,114,314,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND 
STROKE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to neurological disorders and stroke, 
$2,374,687,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to allergy and infectious diseases, 
$5,885,470,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act 
with 
respect 
to 
general 
medical 
sciences, 
$2,937,218,000, of which $1,230,821,000 shall be from funds 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act: Provided, That 
not less than $386,573,000 is provided for the Institutional 
Development Awards program.
EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD 
HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to child health and human development, 
$1,556,879,000. 
NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to eye diseases and visual disorders, 
$824,090,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to environmental health sciences, 
$802,598,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to aging, $3,543,673,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND 
MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to arthritis and musculoskeletal and skin 
diseases, $624,889,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER 
COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to deafness and other communication dis-
orders, $490,692,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NURSING RESEARCH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to nursing research, $169,113,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND 
ALCOHOLISM 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to alcohol abuse and alcoholism, 
$545,373,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to drug abuse, $1,462,016,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to mental health, $1,968,374,000. 
NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to human genome research, $606,349,000.
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 
BIOENGINEERING 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to biomedical imaging and bioengineering 
research, $403,638,000. 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR COMPLEMENTARY AND 
INTEGRATIVE HEALTH 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to complementary and integrative health, 
$151,740,000. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON MINORITY HEALTH AND HEALTH 
DISPARITIES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to minority health and health disparities 
research, $335,812,000: Provided, That funds may be used 
to implement a reorganization that is presented to an advi-
sory council in a public meeting and for which the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate have been notified 30 days in advance. 
JOHN E. FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL CENTER 
For carrying out the activities of the John E. Fogarty 
International Center (described in subpart 2 of part E of 
title IV of the PHS Act), $80,760,000.
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to health information communications, 
$456,911,000: Provided, That of the amounts available for 
improvement of information systems, $4,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2021: Provided further, That 
in fiscal year 2020, the National Library of Medicine may 
enter into personal services contracts for the provision of 
services in facilities owned, operated, or constructed under 
the jurisdiction of the National Institutes of Health (re-
ferred to in this title as ‘‘NIH’’). 
NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 
SCIENCES 
For carrying out section 301 and title IV of the PHS 
Act with respect to translational sciences, $832,888,000: 
Provided, That up to $60,000,000 shall be available to im-
plement section 480 of the PHS Act, relating to the Cures 
Acceleration Network: Provided further, That at least 
$578,141,000 is provided to the Clinical and Translational 
Sciences Awards program. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out the responsibilities of the Office of 
the Director, NIH, $2,239,787,000: Provided, That funding 
shall be available for the purchase of not to exceed 29 pas-
senger motor vehicles for replacement only: Provided fur-
ther, That all funds credited to the NIH Management Fund 
shall remain available for one fiscal year after the fiscal 
year in which they are deposited: Provided further, That 
$180,000,000 shall be for the Environmental Influences on 
Child Health Outcomes study: Provided further, That 
$626,511,000 shall be available for the Common Fund es-
tablished under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds provided, $10,000 shall be 
for official reception and representation expenses when spe-
cifically approved by the Director of the NIH: Provided fur-
ther, That the Office of AIDS Research within the Office 
of the Director of the NIH may spend up to $8,000,000 
to make grants for construction or renovation of facilities 
as provided for in section 2354(a)(5)(B) of the PHS Act: 
Provided further, That $50,000,000 shall be used to carry 
out section 404I of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 283K), relating 
to biomedical and behavioral research facilities: Provided 
further, That $5,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged 
with the appropriation for the ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ 
for oversight of grant programs and operations of the NIH, 
including agency efforts to ensure the integrity of its grant 
application evaluation and selection processes, and shall be 
in addition to funds otherwise made available for oversight 
of the NIH: Provided further, That the funds provided in
the previous proviso may be transferred from one specified 
activity to another with 15 days prior approval of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: Provided further, That the Inspector Gen-
eral shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate before sub-
mitting to the Committees an audit plan for fiscal years 
2020 and 2021 no later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That amounts available 
under this heading are also available to establish, operate, 
and support the Research Policy Board authorized by sec-
tion 2034(f) of the 21st Century Cures Act. 
In addition to other funds appropriated for the Com-
mon Fund established under section 402A(c) of the PHS 
Act, $12,600,000 is appropriated to the Common Fund 
from the 10-year Pediatric Research Initiative Fund de-
scribed in section 9008 of title 26, United States Code, for 
the purpose of carrying out section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the 
PHS Act (relating to pediatric research), as authorized in 
the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act. 
BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 
For the study of, construction of, demolition of, renova-
tion of, and acquisition of equipment for, facilities of or 
used by NIH, including the acquisition of real property,
$200,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2024. 
NIH INNOVATION ACCOUNT, CURES ACT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses to carry out the purposes de-
scribed in section 1001(b)(4) of the 21st Century Cures Act, 
in addition to amounts available for such purposes in the 
appropriations provided to the NIH in this Act, 
$492,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amounts are appropriated pursuant to 
section 1001(b)(3) of such Act, are to be derived from 
amounts transferred under section 1001(b)(2)(A) of such 
Act, and may be transferred by the Director of the National 
Institutes of Health to other accounts of the National Insti-
tutes of Health solely for the purposes provided in such Act: 
Provided further, That upon a determination by the Direc-
tor that funds transferred pursuant to the previous proviso 
are not necessary for the purposes provided, such amounts 
may be transferred back to the Account: Provided further, 
That the transfer authority provided under this heading is 
in addition to any other transfer authority provided by 
law.
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
MENTAL HEALTH 
For carrying out titles III, V, and XIX of the PHS 
Act with respect to mental health, and the Protection and 
Advocacy for Individuals with Mental Illness Act, 
$1,644,974,000: Provided, That of the funds made available 
under this heading, $68,887,000 shall be for the National 
Child Traumatic Stress Initiative: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding section 520A(f)(2) of the PHS Act, no 
funds appropriated for carrying out section 520A shall be 
available for carrying out section 1971 of the PHS Act: 
Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 
herein, $21,039,000 shall be available under section 241 of 
the PHS Act to carry out subpart I of part B of title XIX 
of the PHS Act to fund section 1920(b) technical assistance, 
national data, data collection and evaluation activities, 
and further that the total available under this Act for sec-
tion 1920(b) activities shall not exceed 5 percent of the 
amounts appropriated for subpart I of part B of title XIX: 
Provided further, That up to 10 percent of the amounts 
made available to carry out the Children’s Mental Health 
Services program may be used to carry out demonstration 
grants or contracts for early interventions with persons not 
more than 25 years of age at clinical high risk of developing
a first episode of psychosis: Provided further, That section 
520E(b)(2) of the PHS Act shall not apply to funds appro-
priated in this Act for fiscal year 2020: Provided further, 
That States shall expend at least 10 percent of the amount 
each receives for carrying out section 1911 of the PHS Act 
to support evidence-based programs that address the needs 
of individuals with early serious mental illness, including 
psychotic disorders, regardless of the age of the individual 
at onset: Provided further, That $200,000,000 shall be 
available until September 30, 2022 for grants to commu-
nities and community organizations who meet criteria for 
Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics pursuant 
to section 223(a) of Public Law 113–93: Provided further, 
That none of the funds provided for section 1911 of the PHS 
Act shall be subject to section 241 of such Act: Provided 
further, That of the funds made available under this head-
ing, $19,000,000 shall be to carry out section 224 of the 
Protecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 
113–93; 42 U.S.C. 290aa 22 note). 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with 
respect to substance abuse treatment and title XIX of such 
Act with respect to substance abuse treatment and preven-
tion, and the SUPPORT for Patients and Communities 
Act, $3,756,556,000: Provided, That $1,500,000,000 shall be
for State Opioid Response Grants for carrying out activi-
ties pertaining to opioids and stimulants undertaken by the 
State agency responsible for administering the substance 
abuse prevention and treatment block grant under subpart 
II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 300x– 
21 et seq.): Provided further, That of such amount 
$50,000,000 shall be made available to Indian Tribes or 
tribal organizations: Provided further, That 15 percent of 
the remaining amount shall be for the States with the high-
est mortality rate related to opioid use disorders: Provided 
further, That of the amounts provided for State Opioid Re-
sponse Grants not more than 2 percent shall be available 
for Federal administrative expenses, training, technical as-
sistance, and evaluation: Provided further, That of the 
amount not reserved by the previous three provisos, the Sec-
retary shall make allocations to States, territories, and the 
District of Columbia according to a formula using national 
survey results that the Secretary determines are the most 
objective and reliable measure of drug use and drug-related 
deaths: Provided further, That the Secretary shall submit 
the formula methodology to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate not 
less than 15 days prior to publishing a Funding Oppor-
tunity Announcement: Provided further, That prevention 
and treatment activities funded through such grants may
include education, treatment (including the provision of 
medication), behavioral health services for individuals in 
treatment programs, referral to treatment services, recovery 
support, and medical screening associated with such treat-
ment: Provided further, That each State, as well as the Dis-
trict of Columbia, shall receive not less than $4,000,000: 
Provided further, That in addition to amounts provided 
herein, the following amounts shall be available under sec-
tion 241 of the PHS Act: (1) $79,200,000 to carry out sub-
part II of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act to fund section 
1935(b) technical assistance, national data, data collection 
and evaluation activities, and further that the total avail-
able under this Act for section 1935(b) activities shall not 
exceed 5 percent of the amounts appropriated for subpart 
II of part B of title XIX; and (2) $2,000,000 to evaluate 
substance abuse treatment programs: Provided further, That 
none of the funds provided for section 1921 of the PHS Act 
or State Opioid Response Grants shall be subject to section 
241 of such Act. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION 
For carrying out titles III and V of the PHS Act with 
respect to substance abuse prevention, $206,469,000. 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For program support and cross-cutting activities that 
supplement activities funded under the headings ‘‘Mental
Health’’, ‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance 
Abuse Prevention’’ in carrying out titles III, V, and XIX 
of the PHS Act and the Protection and Advocacy for Indi-
viduals with Mental Illness Act in the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, $128,830,000: Pro-
vided, That in addition to amounts provided herein, 
$31,428,000 shall be available under section 241 of the PHS 
Act to supplement funds available to carry out national 
surveys on drug abuse and mental health, to collect and 
analyze program data, and to conduct public awareness 
and technical assistance activities: Provided further, That, 
in addition, fees may be collected for the costs of publica-
tions, data, data tabulations, and data analysis completed 
under title V of the PHS Act and provided to a public or 
private entity upon request, which shall be credited to this 
appropriation and shall remain available until expended 
for such purposes: Provided further, That amounts made 
available in this Act for carrying out section 501(o) of the 
PHS Act shall remain available through September 30, 
2021: Provided further, That funds made available under 
this heading may be used to supplement program support 
funding provided under the headings ‘‘Mental Health’’, 
‘‘Substance Abuse Treatment’’, and ‘‘Substance Abuse Pre-
vention’’.
AGENCY FOR HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
HEALTHCARE RESEARCH AND QUALITY 
For carrying out titles III and IX of the PHS Act, 
part A of title XI of the Social Security Act, and section 
1013 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and 
Modernization Act of 2003, $338,000,000: Provided, That 
section 947(c) of the PHS Act shall not apply in fiscal year 
2020: Provided further, That in addition, amounts received 
from Freedom of Information Act fees, reimbursable and 
interagency agreements, and the sale of data shall be cred-
ited to this appropriation and shall remain available until 
September 30, 2021. 
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 
GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $273,188,478,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
For making, after May 31, 2020, payments to States 
under title XIX or in the case of section 1928 on behalf 
of States under title XIX of the Social Security Act for the 
last quarter of fiscal year 2020 for unanticipated costs in-
curred for the current fiscal year, such sums as may be nec-
essary. 
For making payments to States or in the case of sec-
tion 1928 on behalf of States under title XIX of the Social
Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, 
$139,903,075,000, to remain available until expended. 
Payment under such title XIX may be made for any 
quarter with respect to a State plan or plan amendment 
in effect during such quarter, if submitted in or prior to 
such quarter and approved in that or any subsequent quar-
ter. 
PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS 
For payment to the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust 
Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance 
Trust Fund, as provided under sections 217(g), 1844, and 
1860D–16 of the Social Security Act, sections 103(c) and 
111(d) of the Social Security Amendments of 1965, section 
278(d)(3) of Public Law 97–248, and for administrative 
expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social 
Security Act, $410,796,100,000. 
In addition, for making matching payments under sec-
tion 1844 and benefit payments under section 1860D–16 
of the Social Security Act that were not anticipated in 
budget estimates, such sums as may be necessary. 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
XI, XVIII, XIX, and XXI of the Social Security Act, titles 
XIII and XXVII of the PHS Act, the Clinical Laboratory 
Improvement Amendments of 1988, and other responsibil-
ities of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, not 
to exceed $3,669,744,000, to be transferred from the Federal 
Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supple-
mentary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as authorized by 
section 201(g) of the Social Security Act; together with all 
funds collected in accordance with section 353 of the PHS 
Act and section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act, funds 
retained by the Secretary pursuant to section 1893(h) of 
the Social Security Act, and such sums as may be collected 
from authorized user fees and the sale of data, which shall 
be credited to this account and remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That all funds derived in accordance 
with 31 U.S.C. 9701 from organizations established under 
title XIII of the PHS Act shall be credited to and available 
for carrying out the purposes of this appropriation: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary is directed to collect fees 
in fiscal year 2020 from Medicare Advantage organizations 
pursuant to section 1857(e)(2) of the Social Security Act 
and from eligible organizations with risk-sharing contracts 
under section 1876 of that Act pursuant to section 
1876(k)(4)(D) of that Act: Provided further, That amounts 
available under this heading to support quality improve-
ment organizations (as defined in section 1152 of the Social 
Security Act) shall not exceed the amount specifically pro-
vided for such purpose under this heading in division H
of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public Law 
115–141). 
HEALTH CARE FRAUD AND ABUSE CONTROL ACCOUNT 
In addition to amounts otherwise available for pro-
gram integrity and program management, $786,000,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2021, to be trans-
ferred from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and 
the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 
as authorized by section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, 
of which $610,000,000 shall be for the Centers for Medicare 
& Medicaid Services program integrity activities, of which 
$93,000,000 shall be for the Department of Health and 
Human Services Office of Inspector General to carry out 
fraud and abuse activities authorized by section 1817(k)(3) 
of such Act, and of which $83,000,000 shall be for the De-
partment of Justice to carry out fraud and abuse activities 
authorized by section 1817(k)(3) of such Act: Provided, 
That the report required by section 1817(k)(5) of the Social 
Security Act for fiscal year 2020 shall include measures of 
the operational efficiency and impact on fraud, waste, and 
abuse in the Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP programs for 
the funds provided by this appropriation: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, 
$311,000,000 is provided to meet the terms of section 
251(b)(2)(C)(ii) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, and $475,000,000 
is additional new budget authority specified for purposes 
of section 251(b)(2)(C) of such Act: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall provide not less than $18,000,000 for 
the Senior Medicare Patrol program to combat health care 
fraud and abuse from the funds provided to this account. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT 
AND FAMILY SUPPORT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, titles 
I, IV–D, X, XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act 
and the Act of July 5, 1960, $2,890,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; and for such purposes for the first 
quarter of fiscal year 2021, $1,400,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 
year, except as otherwise provided, titles I, IV–D, X, XI, 
XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of 
July 5, 1960, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal 
year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal 
year, such sums as may be necessary. 
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For making payments under subsections (b) and (d) 
of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.), $3,740,304,000: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding section 2609A(a) of such Act, 
not more than $2,988,000 may be reserved by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services for technical assistance, 
training, and monitoring of program activities for compli-
ance with internal controls, policies and procedures and the 
Secretary may, in addition to the authorities provided in 
section 2609A(a)(1), use such funds through contracts with 
private entities that do not qualify as nonprofit organiza-
tions: Provided further, That all but $753,000,000 of the 
amount appropriated under this heading shall be allocated 
as though the total appropriation for such payments for fis-
cal year 2020 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided fur-
ther, That, after applying all applicable provisions of sec-
tion 2604 of such Act and the previous proviso, each State 
or territory that would otherwise receive an allocation that 
is less than 97 percent of the amount that it received under 
this heading for fiscal year 2019 from amounts appro-
priated in Public Law 115–245 shall have its allocation 
increased to that 97 percent level, with the portions of other 
States’ and territories’ allocations that would exceed 100 
percent of the amounts they respectively received in such 
fashion for fiscal year 2019 being ratably reduced.
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assist-
ance activities authorized by section 414 of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu-
cation Assistance Act of 1980, and for carrying out section 
462 of the Homeland Security Act of 2002, section 235 of 
the William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Re-
authorization Act of 2008, the Trafficking Victims Protec-
tion Act of 2000 (‘‘TVPA’’), and the Torture Victims Relief 
Act of 1998, $1,908,201,000, of which $1,864,446,000 shall 
remain available through September 30, 2022 for carrying 
out such sections 414, 501, 462, and 235: Provided, That 
amounts available under this heading to carry out the 
TVPA shall also be available for research and evaluation 
with respect to activities under such Act: Provided further, 
That not less than $160,000,000 shall be used for legal serv-
ices, child advocates, and post-release services: Provided fur-
ther, That the limitation in section 205 of this Act regard-
ing transfers increasing any appropriation shall apply to 
transfers to appropriations under this heading by sub-
stituting ‘‘15 percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
For carrying out the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), $5,826,000,000 
shall be used to supplement, not supplant State general rev-
enue funds for child care assistance for low-income families: 
Provided, 
That 
technical 
assistance 
under 
section 
658I(a)(3) of such Act may be provided directly, or through 
the use of contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or 
interagency agreements: Provided further, That all funds 
made available to carry out section 418 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including funds appropriated for 
that purpose in such section 418 or any other provision 
of law, shall be subject to the reservation of funds authority 
in paragraphs (4) and (5) of section 658O(a) of the CCDBG 
Act: Provided further, That in addition to the amounts re-
quired to be reserved by the Secretary under section 
658O(a)(2)(A) of such Act, $174,780,000 shall be for Indian 
tribes and tribal organizations. 
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 
of the Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That 
notwithstanding subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of 
such Act, the applicable percent specified under such sub-
paragraph for a State to carry out State programs pursu-
ant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 10 percent. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the 
Runaway and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the 
Every Student Succeeds Act, the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the Family 
Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native American 
Programs Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention 
and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption 
opportunities), part B–1 of title IV and sections 429, 473A, 
477(i), 1110, 1114A, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, 
and the Community Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG 
Act’’); and for necessary administrative expenses to carry 
out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX–A of the Social 
Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low-Income 
Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990, the Assets for Inde-
pendence Act, title IV of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act, and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance 
Act of 1980, $12,876,652,000, of which $75,000,000, to re-
main available through September 30, 2021, shall be for 
grants to States for adoption and legal guardianship incen-
tive payments, as defined by section 473A of the Social Se-
curity Act and may be made for adoptions and legal
guardianships completed before September 30, 2020: Pro-
vided, That $10,613,095,000 shall be for making payments 
under the Head Start Act, including for Early Head Start- 
Child Care Partnerships, and, of which, notwithstanding 
section 640 of such Act: 
(1) $193,000,000 shall be available for a cost of 
living adjustment, and with respect to any continuing 
appropriations act, funding available for a cost of liv-
ing adjustment shall not be construed as an authority 
or condition under this Act; 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation 
by the Secretary to supplement activities described in 
paragraphs (7)(B) and (9) of section 641(c) of the 
Head Start Act under the Designation Renewal Sys-
tem, established under the authority of sections 
641(c)(7), 645A(b)(12), and 645A(d) of such Act, and 
such funds shall not be included in the calculation of 
‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as such term 
is used in section 640(a)(7)(A) of such Act; 
(3) $100,000,000, in addition to funds otherwise 
available under such section 640 for such purposes, 
shall be available through March 31, 2021 for new 
grants to entities defined as eligible under section 
645A(d) of such Act for Early Head Start programs 
as described in section 645A of such Act, conversion
of Head Start services to Early Head Start services 
as described in section 645(a)(5)(A) of such Act, and 
high quality infant and toddler care through Early 
Head Start-Child Care Partnerships, and for train-
ing and technical assistance for such activities; 
(4) $250,000,000 shall be available for quality 
improvement consistent with section 640(a)(5) of such 
Act except that any amount of the funds may be used 
on any of the activities in such section (5); 
(5) $4,000,000 shall be available for the purposes 
of re-establishing the Tribal Colleges and Universities 
Head Start Partnership Program consistent with sec-
tion 648(g) of such Act; and 
(6) $19,000,000 shall be available to supplement 
funding otherwise available for research, evaluation, 
and Federal administrative costs: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may reduce the res-
ervation of funds under section 640(a)(2)(C) of such Act 
in lieu of reducing the reservation of funds under sections 
640(a)(2)(B), 640(a)(2)(D), and 640(a)(2)(E) of such Act: 
Provided further, That $275,000,000 shall be available until 
December 31, 2020 for carrying out sections 9212 and 9213 
of the Every Student Succeeds Act: Provided further, That 
up to 3 percent of the funds in the preceding proviso shall 
be available for technical assistance and evaluation related
to grants awarded under such section 9212: Provided fur-
ther, That $770,383,000 shall be for making payments 
under the CSBG Act: Provided further, That $30,383,000 
shall be for section 680 of the CSBG Act, of which not less 
than $20,383,000 shall be for section 680(a)(2) and not less 
than $10,000,000 shall be for section 680(a)(3)(B) of such 
Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
675C(a)(3) of such Act, to the extent Community Services 
Block Grant funds are distributed as grant funds by a State 
to an eligible entity as provided under such Act, and have 
not been expended by such entity, they shall remain with 
such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for ex-
penditure by such entity consistent with program purposes: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish proce-
dures regarding the disposition of intangible assets and pro-
gram income that permit such assets acquired with, and 
program income derived from, grant funds authorized 
under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become the sole prop-
erty of such grantees after a period of not more than 12 
years after the end of the grant period for any activity con-
sistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided 
further, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity 
investments and other debt instruments, and program in-
come may be used by grantees for any eligible purpose con-
sistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided
further, That these procedures shall apply to such grant 
funds made available after November 29, 1999: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of 
the CSBG Act shall be available for financing construction 
and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private 
business enterprises owned by community development cor-
porations: Provided further, That $175,000,000 shall be for 
carrying out section 303(a) of the Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services Act, of which $7,000,000 shall be allocated 
notwithstanding section 303(a)(2) of such Act for carrying 
out section 309 of such Act: Provided further, That the per-
centages specified in section 112(a)(2) of the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act shall not apply to funds ap-
propriated under this heading: Provided further, That 
$1,864,000 shall be for a human services case management 
system for federally declared disasters, to include a com-
prehensive national case management contract and Federal 
costs of administering the system: Provided further, That 
up to $2,000,000 shall be for improving the Public Assist-
ance Reporting Information System, including grants to 
States to support data collection for a study of the system’s 
effectiveness. 
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 
436 of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for car-
rying out, except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such 
Act, $92,515,000: Provided, That of the funds available to 
carry out section 437, $59,765,000 shall be allocated con-
sistent with subsections (b) through (d) of such section: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds available to carry out sec-
tion 437, to assist in meeting the requirements described 
in section 471(e)(4)(C), $20,000,000 shall be for grants to 
each State, territory, and Indian tribe operating title IV– 
E plans for developing, enhancing, or evaluating kinship 
navigator programs, as described in section 427(a)(1) of 
such Act, $10,000,000, in addition to funds otherwise ap-
propriated in section 436 for such purposes, shall be for 
competitive grants to regional partnerships as described in 
section 437(f), and $2,750,000, in addition to funds other-
wise appropriated in section 476 for such purposes, for the 
Family First Clearinghouse: Provided further, That section 
437(b)(1) shall be applied to amounts in the previous pro-
viso by substituting ‘‘5 percent’’ for ‘‘3.3 percent’’, and not-
withstanding section 436(b)(1), such reserved amounts may 
be used for identifying, establishing, and disseminating 
practices to meet the criteria specified in section 
471(e)(4)(C): Provided further, That the reservation in sec-
tion 437(b)(2) and the limitations in section 437(d) shall 
not apply to funds specified in the second proviso: Provided 
further, That the minimum grant award for kinship navi-
gator programs in the case of States and territories shall 
be $200,000, and, in the case of tribes, shall be $25,000. 
PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 
IV–E of the Social Security Act, $5,744,000,000. 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title 
IV–E of the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fis-
cal year 2021, $3,000,000,000. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal 
year, except as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV– 
E of the Social Security Act, for the last 3 months of the 
current fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the 
current fiscal year, such sums as may be necessary. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), the RAISE 
Family Caregivers Act, the Supporting Grandparents Rais-
ing Grandchildren Act, titles III and XXIX of the PHS 
Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, section 119 
of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers 
Act of 2008, title XX–B of the Social Security Act, the De-
velopmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 
parts 2 and 5 of subtitle D of title II of the Help America
Vote Act of 2002, the Assistive Technology Act of 1998, titles 
II and VII (and section 14 with respect to such titles) of 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and for Department-wide 
coordination of policy and program activities that assist 
individuals with disabilities, $2,171,000,000, together with 
$52,115,000 to be transferred from the Federal Hospital In-
surance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Med-
ical Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the 
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, 
That amounts appropriated under this heading may be 
used for grants to States under section 361 of the OAA only 
for disease prevention and health promotion programs and 
activities which have been demonstrated through rigorous 
evaluation to be evidence-based and effective: Provided fur-
ther, That of amounts made available under this heading 
to carry out sections 311, 331, and 336 of the OAA, up 
to one percent of such amounts shall be available for devel-
oping and implementing evidence-based practices for en-
hancing senior nutrition, including medically-tailored 
meals: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of this Act, funds made available under this head-
ing to carry out section 311 of the OAA may be transferred 
to the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with such sec-
tion: Provided further, That $2,000,000 shall be for com-
petitive grants to support alternative financing programs
that provide for the purchase of assistive technology devices, 
such as a low-interest loan fund; an interest buy-down pro-
gram; a revolving loan fund; a loan guarantee; or an insur-
ance program: Provided further, That applicants shall pro-
vide an assurance that, and information describing the 
manner in which, the alternative financing program will 
expand and emphasize consumer choice and control: Pro-
vided further, That State agencies and community-based 
disability organizations that are directed by and operated 
for individuals with disabilities shall be eligible to compete: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading may be used by an eligible system (as 
defined in section 102 of the Protection and Advocacy for 
Individuals with Mental Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to 
continue to pursue any legal action in a Federal or State 
court on behalf of an individual or group of individuals 
with a developmental disability (as defined in section 
102(8)(A) of the Developmental Disabilities and Assistance 
and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that 
is attributable to a mental impairment (or a combination 
of mental and physical impairments), that has as the re-
quested remedy the closure of State operated intermediate 
care facilities for people with intellectual or developmental 
disabilities, unless reasonable public notice of the action has 
been provided to such individuals (or, in the case of mental
incapacitation, the legal guardians who have been specifi-
cally awarded authority by the courts to make healthcare 
and residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) who 
are affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting 
such legal action, which informs such individuals (or such 
legal guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise 
such rights consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil 
Procedure: Provided further, That the limitations in the im-
mediately preceding proviso shall not apply in the case of 
an individual who is neither competent to consent nor has 
a legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply in the case 
of individuals who are a ward of the State or subject to 
public guardianship. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for 
general departmental management, including hire of six 
passenger motor vehicles, and for carrying out titles III, 
XVII, XXI, and section 229 of the PHS Act, the United 
States-Mexico Border Health Commission Act, and research 
studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act, 
$479,629,000, together with $64,828,000 from the amounts 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act to carry out 
national health or human services research and evaluation 
activities: Provided, That of this amount, $53,900,000 shall
be for minority AIDS prevention and treatment activities: 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $101,000,000 shall be for making competitive 
contracts and grants to public and private entities to fund 
medically accurate and age appropriate programs that re-
duce teen pregnancy and for the Federal costs associated 
with administering and evaluating such contracts and 
grants, of which not more than 10 percent of the available 
funds shall be for training and technical assistance, evalua-
tion, outreach, and additional program support activities, 
and of the remaining amount 75 percent shall be for repli-
cating programs that have been proven effective through rig-
orous evaluation to reduce teenage pregnancy, behavioral 
risk factors underlying teenage pregnancy, or other associ-
ated risk factors, and 25 percent shall be available for re-
search and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, re-
fine, and test additional models and innovative strategies 
for preventing teenage pregnancy: Provided further, That 
of the amounts provided under this heading from amounts 
available under section 241 of the PHS Act, $6,800,000 
shall be available to carry out evaluations (including longi-
tudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention ap-
proaches: Provided further, That of the funds made avail-
able under this heading, $35,000,000 shall be for making 
competitive grants which exclusively implement education
in sexual risk avoidance (defined as voluntarily refraining 
from non-marital sexual activity): Provided further, That 
funding for such competitive grants for sexual risk avoid-
ance shall use medically accurate information referenced to 
peer-reviewed publications by educational, scientific, gov-
ernmental, or health organizations; implement an evidence- 
based approach integrating research findings with practical 
implementation that aligns with the needs and desired out-
comes for the intended audience; and teach the benefits asso-
ciated with self-regulation, success sequencing for poverty 
prevention, healthy relationships, goal setting, and resisting 
sexual coercion, dating violence, and other youth risk behav-
iors such as underage drinking or illicit drug use without 
normalizing teen sexual activity: Provided further, That no 
more than 10 percent of the funding for such competitive 
grants for sexual risk avoidance shall be available for tech-
nical assistance and administrative costs of such programs: 
Provided further, That funds provided in this Act for em-
bryo adoption activities may be used to provide to individ-
uals adopting embryos, through grants and other mecha-
nisms, medical and administrative services deemed nec-
essary for such adoptions: Provided further, That such serv-
ices shall be provided consistent with 42 CFR 59.5(a)(4): 
Provided further, That of the funds made available under 
this heading, $5,000,000 shall be for carrying out prize
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competitions sponsored by the Office of the Secretary to ac-
celerate innovation in the prevention, diagnosis, and treat-
ment of kidney diseases (as authorized by section 24 of the 
Stevenson-Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 
U.S.C. 3719)). 
MEDICARE HEARINGS AND APPEALS 
For expenses necessary for Medicare hearings and ap-
peals in the Office of the Secretary, $191,881,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2021, to be transferred 
in appropriate part from the Federal Hospital Insurance 
Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insur-
ance Trust Fund. 
OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL COORDINATOR FOR HEALTH 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY 
For expenses necessary for the Office of the National 
Coordinator for Health Information Technology, including 
grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements for the devel-
opment and advancement of interoperable health informa-
tion technology, $60,367,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, including the hire of passenger motor vehicles for in-
vestigations, in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector 
General Act of 1978, $80,000,000: Provided, That of such 
amount, necessary sums shall be available for providing
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protective services to the Secretary and investigating non- 
payment of child support cases for which non-payment is 
a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228. 
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
$38,798,000. 
RETIREMENT PAY AND MEDICAL BENEFITS FOR 
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 
For retirement pay and medical benefits of Public 
Health Service Commissioned Officers as authorized by law, 
for payments under the Retired Serviceman’s Family Pro-
tection Plan and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for medical 
care of dependents and retired personnel under the Depend-
ents’ Medical Care Act, such amounts as may be required 
during the current fiscal year. 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND 
For expenses necessary to support activities related to 
countering potential biological, nuclear, radiological, chem-
ical, and cybersecurity threats to civilian populations, and 
for other public health emergencies, $1,037,458,000, of 
which $561,700,000 shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2021, for expenses necessary to support advanced 
research and development pursuant to section 319L of the 
PHS Act and other administrative expenses of the Bio-
medical Advanced Research and Development Authority:
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Provided, That funds provided under this heading for the 
purpose of acquisition of security countermeasures shall be 
in addition to any other funds available for such purpose: 
Provided further, That products purchased with funds pro-
vided under this heading may, at the discretion of the Sec-
retary, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile pur-
suant to section 319F–2 of the PHS Act: Provided further, 
That $5,000,000 of the amounts made available to support 
emergency operations shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2022. 
For expenses necessary for procuring security counter-
measures (as defined in section 319F–2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS 
Act), $735,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
For expenses necessary to carry out section 319F–2(a) 
of the PHS Act, $705,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
For an additional amount for expenses necessary to 
prepare for or respond to an influenza pandemic, 
$260,000,000; of which $225,000,000 shall be available 
until expended, for activities including the development and 
purchase of vaccine, antivirals, necessary medical supplies, 
diagnostics, and other surveillance tools: Provided, That 
notwithstanding section 496(b) of the PHS Act, funds may 
be used for the construction or renovation of privately 
owned facilities for the production of pandemic influenza
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vaccines and other biologics, if the Secretary finds such con-
struction or renovation necessary to secure sufficient sup-
plies of such vaccines or biologics. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Funds appropriated in this title shall be 
available for not to exceed $50,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses when specifically approved by the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 202. None of the funds appropriated in this title 
shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through 
a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess 
of Executive Level II: Provided, That none of the funds ap-
propriated in this title shall be used to prevent the NIH 
from paying up to 100 percent of the salary of an indi-
vidual at this rate. 
SEC. 203. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be expended pursuant to section 241 of the PHS Act, 
except for funds specifically provided for in this Act, or for 
other taps and assessments made by any office located in 
HHS, prior to the preparation and submission of a report 
by the Secretary to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate detailing the 
planned uses of such funds. 
SEC. 204. Notwithstanding section 241(a) of the PHS 
Act, such portion as the Secretary shall determine, but not
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more than 2.5 percent, of any amounts appropriated for 
programs authorized under such Act shall be made available 
for the evaluation (directly, or by grants or contracts) and 
the implementation and effectiveness of programs funded in 
this title. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 205. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
current fiscal year for HHS in this Act may be transferred 
between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 
this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer. 
SEC. 206. In lieu of the timeframe specified in section 
338E(c)(2) of the PHS Act, terminations described in such 
section may occur up to 60 days after the effective date of 
a contract awarded in fiscal year 2020 under section 338B 
of such Act, or at any time if the individual who has been 
awarded such contract has not received funds due under the 
contract.
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SEC. 207. None of the funds appropriated in this Act 
may be made available to any entity under title X of the 
PHS Act unless the applicant for the award certifies to the 
Secretary that it encourages family participation in the de-
cision of minors to seek family planning services and that 
it provides counseling to minors on how to resist attempts 
to coerce minors into engaging in sexual activities. 
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
no provider of services under title X of the PHS Act shall 
be exempt from any State law requiring notification or the 
reporting of child abuse, child molestation, sexual abuse, 
rape, or incest. 
SEC. 209. None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
(including funds appropriated to any trust fund) may be 
used to carry out the Medicare Advantage program if the 
Secretary denies participation in such program to an other-
wise eligible entity (including a Provider Sponsored Orga-
nization) because the entity informs the Secretary that it 
will not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or provide 
referrals for abortions: Provided, That the Secretary shall 
make appropriate prospective adjustments to the capitation 
payment to such an entity (based on an actuarially sound 
estimate of the expected costs of providing the service to such 
entity’s enrollees): Provided further, That nothing in this 
section shall be construed to change the Medicare program’s
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coverage for such services and a Medicare Advantage orga-
nization described in this section shall be responsible for 
informing enrollees where to obtain information about all 
Medicare covered services. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 
title may be used, in whole or in part, to advocate or pro-
mote gun control. 
SEC. 211. The Secretary shall make available through 
assignment not more than 60 employees of the Public 
Health Service to assist in child survival activities and to 
work in AIDS programs through and with funds provided 
by the Agency for International Development, the United 
Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund or the 
World Health Organization. 
SEC. 212. In order for HHS to carry out international 
health activities, including HIV/AIDS and other infectious 
disease, chronic and environmental disease, and other 
health activities abroad during fiscal year 2020: 
(1) The Secretary may exercise authority equiva-
lent to that available to the Secretary of State in sec-
tion 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956. The Secretary shall consult with the Sec-
retary of State and relevant Chief of Mission to en-
sure that the authority provided in this section is ex-
ercised in a manner consistent with section 207 of the
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Foreign Service Act of 1980 and other applicable stat-
utes administered by the Department of State. 
(2) The Secretary is authorized to provide such 
funds by advance or reimbursement to the Secretary 
of State as may be necessary to pay the costs of ac-
quisition, lease, alteration, renovation, and manage-
ment of facilities outside of the United States for the 
use of HHS. The Department of State shall cooperate 
fully with the Secretary to ensure that HHS has se-
cure, safe, functional facilities that comply with ap-
plicable regulation governing location, setback, and 
other facilities requirements and serve the purposes 
established by this Act. The Secretary is authorized, 
in consultation with the Secretary of State, through 
grant or cooperative agreement, to make available to 
public or nonprofit private institutions or agencies in 
participating foreign countries, funds to acquire, 
lease, alter, or renovate facilities in those countries as 
necessary to conduct programs of assistance for inter-
national health activities, including activities relating 
to HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases, chronic 
and environmental diseases, and other health activi-
ties abroad. 
(3) The Secretary is authorized to provide to 
personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary to
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serve abroad, allowances and benefits similar to those 
provided under chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980, and 22 U.S.C. 4081 through 
4086 and subject to such regulations prescribed by the 
Secretary. The Secretary is further authorized to pro-
vide locality-based comparability payments (stated as 
a percentage) up to the amount of the locality-based 
comparability payment (stated as a percentage) that 
would be payable to such personnel under section 
5304 of title 5, United States Code if such personnel’s 
official duty station were in the District of Columbia. 
Leaves of absence for personnel under this subsection 
shall be on the same basis as that provided under sub-
chapter I of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code, 
or section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, to 
individuals serving in the Foreign Service. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 213. The Director of the NIH, jointly with the 
Director of the Office of AIDS Research, may transfer up 
to 3 percent among institutes and centers from the total 
amounts identified by these two Directors as funding for 
research pertaining to the human immunodeficiency virus: 
Provided, That the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate are notified at 
least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 214. Of the amounts made available in this Act 
for NIH, the amount for research related to the human im-
munodeficiency virus, as jointly determined by the Director 
of NIH and the Director of the Office of AIDS Research, 
shall be made available to the ‘‘Office of AIDS Research’’ 
account. The Director of the Office of AIDS Research shall 
transfer from such account amounts necessary to carry out 
section 2353(d)(3) of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 215. (a) AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the Director of NIH (‘‘Director’’) 
may use funds authorized under section 402(b)(12) of the 
PHS Act to enter into transactions (other than contracts, 
cooperative agreements, or grants) to carry out research 
identified pursuant to or research and activities described 
in such section 402(b)(12). 
(b) PEER REVIEW.—In entering into transactions 
under subsection (a), the Director may utilize such peer re-
view procedures (including consultation with appropriate 
scientific experts) as the Director determines to be appro-
priate to obtain assessments of scientific and technical 
merit. Such procedures shall apply to such transactions in 
lieu of the peer review and advisory council review proce-
dures that would otherwise be required under sections
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301(a)(3), 405(b)(1)(B), 405(b)(2), 406(a)(3)(A), 492, and 
494 of the PHS Act. 
SEC. 216. Not to exceed $45,000,000 of funds appro-
priated by this Act to the institutes and centers of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health may be used for alteration, re-
pair, or improvement of facilities, as necessary for the prop-
er and efficient conduct of the activities authorized herein, 
at not to exceed $3,500,000 per project. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 217. Of the amounts made available for NIH, 1 
percent of the amount made available for National Research 
Service Awards (‘‘NRSA’’) shall be made available to the 
Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Admin-
istration to make NRSA awards for research in primary 
medical care to individuals affiliated with entities who have 
received grants or contracts under sections 736, 739, or 747 
of the PHS Act, and 1 percent of the amount made avail-
able for NRSA shall be made available to the Director of 
the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to make 
NRSA awards for health service research. 
SEC. 218. (a) The Biomedical Advanced Research and 
Development Authority (‘‘BARDA’’) may enter into a con-
tract, for more than one but no more than 10 program 
years, for purchase of research services or of security coun-
termeasures, as that term is defined in section 319F–
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2(c)(1)(B) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(c)(1)(B)), 
if— 
(1) funds are available and obligated— 
(A) for the full period of the contract or for 
the first fiscal year in which the contract is in 
effect; and 
(B) for the estimated costs associated with 
a necessary termination of the contract; and 
(2) the Secretary determines that a multi-year 
contract will serve the best interests of the Federal 
Government by encouraging full and open competi-
tion or promoting economy in administration, per-
formance, and operation of BARDA’s programs. 
(b) A contract entered into under this section— 
(1) shall include a termination clause as de-
scribed by subsection (c) of section 3903 of title 41, 
United States Code; and 
(2) shall be subject to the congressional notice re-
quirement stated in subsection (d) of such section. 
SEC. 219. (a) The Secretary shall publish in the fiscal 
year 2021 budget justification and on Departmental Web 
sites information concerning the employment of full-time 
equivalent Federal employees or contractors for the purposes 
of implementing, administering, enforcing, or otherwise 
carrying out the provisions of the ACA, and the amend-
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ments made by that Act, in the proposed fiscal year and 
each fiscal year since the enactment of the ACA. 
(b) With respect to employees or contractors supported 
by all funds appropriated for purposes of carrying out the 
ACA (and the amendments made by that Act), the Secretary 
shall include, at a minimum, the following information: 
(1) For each such fiscal year, the section of such 
Act under which such funds were appropriated, a 
statement indicating the program, project, or activity 
receiving such funds, the Federal operating division 
or office that administers such program, and the 
amount of funding received in discretionary or man-
datory appropriations. 
(2) For each such fiscal year, the number of full- 
time equivalent employees or contracted employees as-
signed to each authorized and funded provision de-
tailed in accordance with paragraph (1). 
(c) In carrying out this section, the Secretary may ex-
clude from the report employees or contractors who— 
(1) are supported through appropriations en-
acted in laws other than the ACA and work on pro-
grams that existed prior to the passage of the ACA; 
(2) spend less than 50 percent of their time on 
activities funded by or newly authorized in the ACA; 
or
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(3) work on contracts for which FTE reporting 
is not a requirement of their contract, such as fixed- 
price contracts. 
SEC. 220. The Secretary shall publish, as part of the 
fiscal year 2021 budget of the President submitted under 
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, information 
that details the uses of all funds used by the Centers for 
Medicare & Medicaid Services specifically for Health Insur-
ance Exchanges for each fiscal year since the enactment of 
the ACA and the proposed uses for such funds for fiscal year 
2021. Such information shall include, for each such fiscal 
year, the amount of funds used for each activity specified 
under the heading ‘‘Health Insurance Exchange Trans-
parency’’ in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act). 
SEC. 221. None of the funds made available by this 
Act from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund or 
the Federal Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund, 
or transferred from other accounts funded by this Act to 
the ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services—Program 
Management’’ account, may be used for payments under 
section 1342(b)(1) of Public Law 111–148 (relating to risk 
corridors).
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(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 222. (a) Within 45 days of enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall transfer funds appropriated under sec-
tion 4002 of the ACA to the accounts specified, in the 
amounts specified, and for the activities specified under the 
heading ‘‘Prevention and Public Health Fund’’ in the ex-
planatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
(b) Notwithstanding section 4002(c) of the ACA, the 
Secretary may not further transfer these amounts. 
(c) Funds transferred for activities authorized under 
section 2821 of the PHS Act shall be made available with-
out reference to section 2821(b) of such Act. 
SEC. 223. Effective during the period beginning on No-
vember 1, 2015 and ending January 1, 2022, any provision 
of law that refers (including through cross-reference to an-
other provision of law) to the current recommendations of 
the United States Preventive Services Task Force with re-
spect to breast cancer screening, mammography, and pre-
vention shall be administered by the Secretary involved as 
if— 
(1) such reference to such current recommenda-
tions were a reference to the recommendations of such 
Task Force with respect to breast cancer screening,
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mammography, and prevention last issued before 
2009; and 
(2) such recommendations last issued before 2009 
applied to any screening mammography modality 
under section 1861(jj) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(jj)). 
SEC. 224. In making Federal financial assistance, the 
provisions relating to indirect costs in part 75 of title 45, 
Code of Federal Regulations, including with respect to the 
approval of deviations from negotiated rates, shall continue 
to apply to the National Institutes of Health to the same 
extent and in the same manner as such provisions were ap-
plied in the third quarter of fiscal year 2017. None of the 
funds appropriated in this or prior Acts or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Health and Human Services 
or to any department or agency may be used to develop 
or implement a modified approach to such provisions, or 
to intentionally or substantially expand the fiscal effect of 
the approval of such deviations from negotiated rates be-
yond the proportional effect of such approvals in such quar-
ter. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 225. The NIH Director may transfer funds spe-
cifically appropriated for opioid addiction, opioid alter-
natives, pain management, and addiction treatment to
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other Institutes and Centers of the NIH to be used for the 
same purpose 15 days after notifying the Committees on 
Appropriations: Provided, That the transfer authority pro-
vided in the previous proviso is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by law. 
SEC. 226. (a) The Secretary shall provide to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: 
(1) Detailed monthly enrollment figures from the 
Exchanges established under the Patient Protection 
and Affordable Care Act of 2010 pertaining to enroll-
ments during the open enrollment period; and 
(2) Notification of any new or competitive grant 
awards, including supplements, authorized under sec-
tion 330 of the Public Health Service Act. 
(b) The Committees on Appropriations of the House 
and Senate must be notified at least 2 business days in 
advance of any public release of enrollment information or 
the award of such grants. 
SEC. 227. In addition to the amounts otherwise avail-
able for ‘‘Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Pro-
gram Management’’, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services may transfer up to $305,000,000 to such account 
from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the 
Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund to
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support program management activity related to the Medi-
care Program: Provided, That except for the foregoing pur-
pose, such funds may not be used to support any provision 
of Public Law 111–148 or Public Law 111–152 (or any 
amendment made by either such Public Law) or to supplant 
any other amounts within such account. 
SEC. 228. The Department of Health and Human 
Services shall provide the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate a biannual report 
30 days after enactment of this Act on staffing described 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the 
matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act). 
SEC. 229. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 
available for salaries and expenses of employees of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services shall also be 
available to pay travel and related expenses of such an em-
ployee or of a member of his or her family, when such em-
ployee is assigned to duty, in the United States or in a 
U.S. territory, during a period and in a location that are 
the subject of a determination of a public health emergency 
under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act and such 
travel is necessary to obtain medical care for an illness, 
injury, or medical condition that cannot be adequately ad-
dressed in that location at that time. For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘‘U.S. territory’’ means Guam, the Com-
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monwealth of Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, 
the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, or the Trust Territory 
of the Pacific Islands. 
SEC. 230. The Department of Health and Human 
Services may accept donations from the private sector, non-
governmental organizations, and other groups independent 
of the Federal Government for the care of unaccompanied 
alien children (as defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Home-
land Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in the care 
of the Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Administration 
for Children and Families, including medical goods and 
services, which may include early childhood developmental 
screenings, school supplies, toys, clothing, and any other 
items intended to promote the wellbeing of such children. 
SEC. 231. (a) None of the funds provided by this or 
any prior appropriations Act may be used to reverse 
changes in procedures made by operational directives issued 
to providers by the Office of Refugee Resettlement on Decem-
ber 18, 2018, March 23, 2019, and June 10, 2019 regarding 
the Memorandum of Agreement on Information Sharing ex-
ecuted April 13, 2018. 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may 
make changes to such operational directives upon making 
a determination that such changes are necessary to prevent 
unaccompanied alien children from being placed in danger,
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and the Secretary shall provide a written justification to 
Congress and the Inspector General of the Department of 
Health and Human Services in advance of implementing 
such changes. 
(c) Within 15 days of the Secretary’s communication 
of the justification, the Inspector General of the Department 
of Health and Human Services shall provide an assessment, 
in writing, to the Secretary and to Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
of whether such changes to operational directives are nec-
essary to prevent unaccompanied children from being 
placed in danger. 
SEC. 232. None of the funds made available in this 
Act under the heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human 
Services—Administration for Children and Families—Ref-
ugee and Entrant Assistance’’ may be obligated to a grantee 
or contractor to house unaccompanied alien children (as 
such term is defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland 
Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))) in any facility 
that is not State-licensed for the care of unaccompanied 
alien children, except in the case that the Secretary deter-
mines that housing unaccompanied alien children in such 
a facility is necessary on a temporary basis due to an influx 
of such children or an emergency, provided that—
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(1) the terms of the grant or contract for the op-
erations of any such facility that remains in oper-
ation for more than six consecutive months shall re-
quire compliance with— 
(A) the same requirements as licensed place-
ments, as listed in Exhibit 1 of the Flores Settle-
ment Agreement that the Secretary determines 
are applicable to non-State licensed facilities; 
and 
(B) staffing ratios of one (1) on-duty Youth 
Care Worker for every eight (8) children or youth 
during waking hours, one (1) on-duty Youth 
Care Worker for every sixteen (16) children or 
youth during sleeping hours, and clinician ratios 
to children (including mental health providers) 
as required in grantee cooperative agreements; 
(2) the Secretary may grant a 60-day waiver for 
a contractor’s or grantee’s non-compliance with para-
graph (1) if the Secretary certifies and provides a re-
port to Congress on the contractor’s or grantee’s good- 
faith efforts and progress towards compliance; 
(3) not more than four consecutive waivers under 
paragraph (2) may be granted to a contractor or 
grantee with respect to a specific facility;
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(4) ORR shall ensure full adherence to the moni-
toring requirements set forth in section 5.5 of its Poli-
cies and Procedures Guide as of May 15, 2019; 
(5) for any such unlicensed facility in operation 
for more than three consecutive months, ORR shall 
conduct a minimum of one comprehensive monitoring 
visit during the first three months of operation, with 
quarterly monitoring visits thereafter; and 
(6) not later than 60 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, ORR shall brief the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate outlining the requirements of ORR for 
influx facilities including any requirement listed in 
paragraph (1)(A) that the Secretary has determined 
are not applicable to non-State licensed facilities. 
SEC. 233. In addition to the existing Congressional no-
tification for formal site assessments of potential influx fa-
cilities, the Secretary shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
at least 15 days before operationalizing an unlicensed facil-
ity, and shall (1) specify whether the facility is hard-sided 
or soft-sided, and (2) provide analysis that indicates that, 
in the absence of the influx facility, the likely outcome is 
that unaccompanied alien children will remain in the cus-
tody of the Department of Homeland Security for longer
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than 72 hours or that unaccompanied alien children will 
be otherwise placed in danger. Within 60 days of bringing 
such a facility online, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary 
shall provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a report detailing 
the total number of children in care at the facility, the aver-
age length of stay and average length of care of children 
at the facility, and, for any child that has been at the facil-
ity for more than 60 days, their length of stay and reason 
for delay in release. 
SEC. 234. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to prevent a United States Senator or 
Member of the House of Representatives from entering, for 
the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility in the 
United States used for the purpose of maintaining custody 
of, or otherwise housing, unaccompanied alien children (as 
defined in section 462(g)(2) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 279(g)(2))), provided that such Senator 
or Member has coordinated the oversight visit with the Of-
fice of Refugee Resettlement not less than two business days 
in advance to ensure that such visit would not interfere 
with the operations (including child welfare and child safe-
ty operations) of such facility. 
SEC. 235. Not later than 14 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Secretary
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shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and make pub-
licly available online, a report with respect to children who 
were separated from their parents or legal guardians by the 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (regardless of 
whether or not such separation was pursuant to an option 
selected by the children, parents, or guardians), subse-
quently classified as unaccompanied alien children, and 
transferred to the care and custody of ORR during the pre-
vious month. Each report shall contain the following infor-
mation: 
(1) the number and ages of children so separated 
subsequent to apprehension at or between ports of 
entry, to be reported by sector where separation oc-
curred; and 
(2) the documented cause of separation, as re-
ported by DHS when each child was referred. 
SEC. 236. Funds appropriated in this Act that are 
available for salaries and expenses of employees of the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention shall also be avail-
able for the primary and secondary schooling of eligible de-
pendents of personnel stationed in a U.S. territory as de-
fined in section 229 of this Act at costs not in excess of 
those paid for or reimbursed by the Department of Defense.
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SEC. 237. Of the unobligated balances available in the 
‘‘Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 
of division G of Public Law 110–161, $225,000,000, in ad-
dition to any funds otherwise made available for such pur-
pose in this or subsequent fiscal years, shall be available 
for buildings and facilities at the National Institutes of 
Health. 
SEC. 238. Of the unobligated balances available in the 
‘‘Nonrecurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 
of division G of Public Law 110–161, $225,000,000, shall 
be available for acquisition of real property, equipment, 
construction, demolition, installation, renovation of facili-
ties, and related infrastructure improvements for the Cen-
ters for Disease Control and Prevention’s Chamblee Cam-
pus. 
SEC. 239. Of the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘CDC-Wide 
Activities 
and 
Program 
Support’’, 
$85,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall be 
available to the Director of the CDC for deposit in the Infec-
tious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund established by 
section 231 of division B of Public Law 115–245: Provided, 
That such amount may be available for Ebola preparedness 
and response activities without regard to the limitations in 
the third proviso in such section 231.
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(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 240. Of the unobligated balances in the ‘‘Non-
recurring Expenses Fund’’ established in section 223 of di-
vision G of Public Law 110–161, $350,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded not later than September 30, 2020. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Health 
and Human Services Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED 
For carrying out title I and subpart 2 of part B of 
title II of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (referred to in this Act as ‘‘ESEA’’) and section 
418A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to in 
this 
Act 
as 
‘‘HEA’’), 
$16,996,790,000, 
of 
which 
$6,077,990,000 shall become available on July 1, 2020, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2021, and of 
which $10,841,177,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2021, for academic year 2020–2021: Provided, That 
$6,459,401,000 shall be for basic grants under section 1124 
of the ESEA: Provided further, That up to $5,000,000 of 
these funds shall be available to the Secretary of Education 
(referred to in this title as ‘‘Secretary’’) on October 1, 2019, 
to obtain annually updated local educational agency-level
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census poverty data from the Bureau of the Census: Pro-
vided further, That $1,362,301,000 shall be for concentra-
tion grants under section 1124A of the ESEA: Provided fur-
ther, That $4,244,050,000 shall be for targeted grants under 
section 1125 of the ESEA: Provided further, That 
$4,244,050,000 shall be for education finance incentive 
grants under section 1125A of the ESEA: Provided further, 
That $219,000,000 shall be for carrying out subpart 2 of 
part B of title II: Provided further, That $45,623,000 shall 
be for carrying out section 418A of the HEA. 
IMPACT AID 
For carrying out programs of financial assistance to 
federally affected schools authorized by title VII of the 
ESEA, $1,486,112,000, of which $1,340,242,000 shall be for 
basic support payments under section 7003(b), $48,316,000 
shall be for payments for children with disabilities under 
section 7003(d), $17,406,000 shall be for construction under 
section 7007(a), $75,313,000 shall be for Federal property 
payments under section 7002, and $4,835,000, to remain 
available until expended, shall be for facilities maintenance 
under section 7008: Provided, That for purposes of com-
puting the amount of a payment for an eligible local edu-
cational agency under section 7003(a) for school year 2019– 
2020, children enrolled in a school of such agency that 
would otherwise be eligible for payment under section
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7003(a)(1)(B) of such Act, but due to the deployment of both 
parents or legal guardians, or a parent or legal guardian 
having sole custody of such children, or due to the death 
of a military parent or legal guardian while on active duty 
(so long as such children reside on Federal property as de-
scribed in section 7003(a)(1)(B)), are no longer eligible 
under such section, shall be considered as eligible students 
under such section, provided such students remain in aver-
age daily attendance at a school in the same local edu-
cational agency they attended prior to their change in eligi-
bility status. 
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS 
For carrying out school improvement activities author-
ized by part B of title I, part A of title II, subpart 1 of 
part A of title IV, part B of title IV, part B of title V, 
and parts B and C of title VI of the ESEA; the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act; section 203 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act of 2002; the Compact of 
Free Association Amendments Act of 2003; and the Civil 
Rights 
Act 
of 
1964, 
$5,404,967,000, 
of 
which 
$3,575,402,000 shall become available on July 1, 2020, and 
remain available through September 30, 2021, and of which 
$1,681,441,000 shall become available on October 1, 2020, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, for 
academic year 2020–2021: Provided, That $378,000,000
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shall be for part B of title I: Provided further, That 
$1,249,673,000 shall be for part B of title IV: Provided fur-
ther, That $36,897,000 shall be for part B of title VI, which 
may be used for construction, renovation, and moderniza-
tion of any public elementary school, secondary school, or 
structure related to a public elementary school or secondary 
school that serves a predominantly Native Hawaiian stu-
dent body, and that the 5 percent limitation in section 
6205(b) of the ESEA on the use of funds for administrative 
purposes shall apply only to direct administrative costs: 
Provided further, That $35,953,000 shall be for part C of 
title VI, which shall be awarded on a competitive basis, and 
may be used for construction, and that the 5 percent limita-
tion in section 6305 of the ESEA on the use of funds for 
administrative purposes shall apply only to direct adminis-
trative costs: Provided further, That $52,000,000 shall be 
available to carry out section 203 of the Educational Tech-
nical Assistance Act of 2002 and the Secretary shall make 
such arrangements as determined to be necessary to ensure 
that the Bureau of Indian Education has access to services 
provided under this section: Provided further, That 
$16,699,000 shall be available to carry out the Supple-
mental Education Grants program for the Federated States 
of Micronesia and the Republic of the Marshall Islands: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may reserve up to 5
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percent of the amount referred to in the previous proviso 
to provide technical assistance in the implementation of 
these grants: Provided further, That $185,840,000 shall be 
for part B of title V: Provided further, That $1,210,000,000 
shall be available for grants under subpart 1 of part A of 
title IV. 
INDIAN EDUCATION 
For expenses necessary to carry out, to the extent not 
otherwise provided, title VI, part A of the ESEA, 
$180,739,000, of which $67,993,000 shall be for subpart 2 
of part A of title VI and $7,365,000 shall be for subpart 
3 of part A of title VI: Provided, That the 5 percent limita-
tion in sections 6115(d), 6121(e), and 6133(g) of the ESEA 
on the use of funds for administrative purposes shall apply 
only to direct administrative costs. 
INNOVATION AND IMPROVEMENT 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 1, 
3 and 4 of part B of title II, and parts C, D, and E and 
subparts 1 and 4 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, 
$1,103,815,000: Provided, That $284,815,000 shall be for 
subparts 1, 3 and 4 of part B of title II and shall be made 
available without regard to sections 2201, 2231(b) and 
2241: Provided further, That $629,000,000 shall be for parts 
C, D, and E and subpart 4 of part F of title IV, and shall 
be made available without regard to sections 4311, 4409(a),
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and 4601 of the ESEA: Provided further, That section 
4303(d)(3)(A)(i) shall not apply to the funds available for 
part C of title IV: Provided further, That of the funds avail-
able for part C of title IV, the Secretary shall use 
$60,000,000 to carry out section 4304, of which not more 
than $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out section 
4304(k), $140,000,000, to remain available through March 
31, 2021, to carry out section 4305(b), and not more than 
$15,000,000 to carry out the activities in section 
4305(a)(3): Provided further, That notwithstanding section 
4601(b), $190,000,000 shall be available through December 
31, 2020 for subpart 1 of part F of title IV. 
SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 
For carrying out activities authorized by subparts 2 
and 3 of part F of title IV of the ESEA, $210,000,000: Pro-
vided, That $105,000,000 shall be available for section 
4631, of which up to $5,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be for the Project School Emergency Re-
sponse to Violence (Project SERV) program: Provided fur-
ther, That $25,000,000 shall be available for section 4625: 
Provided further, That $80,000,000 shall be available 
through December 31, 2020, for section 4624, of which 
$6,000,000 shall be for additional two-year extension 
awards to grantees that received such awards in fiscal year 
2018.
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ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
For carrying out part A of title III of the ESEA, 
$787,400,000, which shall become available on July 1, 2020, 
and shall remain available through September 30, 2021, ex-
cept that 6.5 percent of such amount shall be available on 
October 1, 2019, and shall remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2021, to carry out activities under section 
3111(c)(1)(C). 
SPECIAL EDUCATION 
For carrying out the Individuals with Disabilities 
Education Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport 
and Empowerment Act of 2004, $13,885,228,000, of which 
$4,352,129,000 shall become available on July 1, 2020, and 
shall remain available through September 30, 2021, and of 
which $9,283,383,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2021, for academic year 2020–2021: Provided, That the 
amount for section 611(b)(2) of the IDEA shall be equal 
to the lesser of the amount available for that activity during 
fiscal year 2019, increased by the amount of inflation as 
specified in section 619(d)(2)(B) of the IDEA, or the per-
cent change in the funds appropriated under section 611(i) 
of the IDEA, but not less than the amount for that activity 
during fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall, without regard to section 611(d) of the IDEA,
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distribute to all other States (as that term is defined in 
section 611(g)(2)), subject to the third proviso, any amount 
by which a State’s allocation under section 611, from funds 
appropriated under this heading, is reduced under section 
612(a)(18)(B), according to the following: 85 percent on the 
basis of the States’ relative populations of children aged 3 
through 21 who are of the same age as children with disabil-
ities for whom the State ensures the availability of a free 
appropriate public education under this part, and 15 per-
cent to States on the basis of the States’ relative populations 
of those children who are living in poverty: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may not distribute any funds 
under the previous proviso to any State whose reduction 
in allocation from funds appropriated under this heading 
made funds available for such a distribution: Provided fur-
ther, That the States shall allocate such funds distributed 
under the second proviso to local educational agencies in 
accordance with section 611(f): Provided further, That the 
amount by which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) 
of the IDEA is reduced under section 612(a)(18)(B) and 
the amounts distributed to States under the previous pro-
visos in fiscal year 2012 or any subsequent year shall not 
be considered in calculating the awards under section 
611(d) for fiscal year 2013 or for any subsequent fiscal 
years: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provi-
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sion in section 612(a)(18)(B) regarding the fiscal year in 
which a State’s allocation under section 611(d) is reduced 
for failure to comply with the requirement of section 
612(a)(18)(A), the Secretary may apply the reduction spec-
ified in section 612(a)(18)(B) over a period of consecutive 
fiscal years, not to exceed five, until the entire reduction 
is applied: Provided further, That the Secretary may, in 
any fiscal year in which a State’s allocation under section 
611 is reduced in accordance with section 612(a)(18)(B), 
reduce the amount a State may reserve under section 
611(e)(1) by an amount that bears the same relation to the 
maximum amount described in that paragraph as the re-
duction under section 612(a)(18)(B) bears to the total allo-
cation the State would have received in that fiscal year 
under section 611(d) in the absence of the reduction: Pro-
vided further, That the Secretary shall either reduce the al-
location of funds under section 611 for any fiscal year fol-
lowing the fiscal year for which the State fails to comply 
with the requirement of section 612(a)(18)(A) as authorized 
by section 612(a)(18)(B), or seek to recover funds under sec-
tion 452 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1234a): Provided further, That the funds reserved 
under 611(c) of the IDEA may be used to provide technical 
assistance to States to improve the capacity of the States 
to meet the data collection requirements of sections 616 and
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618 and to administer and carry out other services and ac-
tivities to improve data collection, coordination, quality, 
and use under parts B and C of the IDEA: Provided fur-
ther, That the Secretary may use funds made available for 
the State Personnel Development Grants program under 
part D, subpart 1 of IDEA to evaluate program perform-
ance under such subpart: Provided further, That States 
may use funds reserved for other State-level activities under 
sections 611(e)(2) and 619(f) of the IDEA to make sub-
grants to local educational agencies, institutions of higher 
education, other public agencies, and private non-profit or-
ganizations to carry out activities authorized by those sec-
tions: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 
643(e)(2)(A) of the IDEA, if 5 or fewer States apply for 
grants pursuant to section 643(e) of such Act, the Secretary 
shall provide a grant to each State in an amount equal 
to the maximum amount described in section 643(e)(2)(B) 
of such Act: Provided further, That if more than 5 States 
apply for grants pursuant to section 643(e) of the IDEA, 
the Secretary shall award funds to those States on the basis 
of the States’ relative populations of infants and toddlers 
except that no such State shall receive a grant in excess 
of the amount described in section 643(e)(2)(B) of such Act.
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REHABILITATION SERVICES 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Helen Keller Na-
tional Center Act, $3,747,739,000, of which $3,610,040,000 
shall be for grants for vocational rehabilitation services 
under title I of the Rehabilitation Act: Provided, That the 
Secretary may use amounts provided in this Act that re-
main available subsequent to the reallotment of funds to 
States pursuant to section 110(b) of the Rehabilitation Act 
for innovative activities aimed at improving the outcomes 
of individuals with disabilities as defined in section 
7(20)(B) of the Rehabilitation Act, including activities 
aimed at improving the education and post-school outcomes 
of children receiving Supplemental Security Income 
(‘‘SSI’’) and their families that may result in long-term 
improvement in the SSI child recipient’s economic status 
and self-sufficiency: Provided further, That States may 
award subgrants for a portion of the funds to other public 
and private, nonprofit entities: Provided further, That any 
funds made available subsequent to reallotment for innova-
tive activities aimed at improving the outcomes of individ-
uals with disabilities shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021.
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SPECIAL INSTITUTIONS FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE FOR THE BLIND 
For carrying out the Act to Promote the Education 
of the Blind of March 3, 1879, $32,431,000. 
NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF 
For the National Technical Institute for the Deaf 
under titles I and II of the Education of the Deaf Act of 
1986, $79,500,000: Provided, That from the total amount 
available, the Institute may at its discretion use funds for 
the endowment program as authorized under section 207 
of such Act. 
GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 
For the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School, 
the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, and the partial 
support of Gallaudet University under titles I and II of 
the Education of the Deaf Act of 1986, $137,361,000: Pro-
vided, That from the total amount available, the University 
may at its discretion use funds for the endowment program 
as authorized under section 207 of such Act. 
CAREER, TECHNICAL, AND ADULT EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
of 2006 (‘‘Perkins Act’’) and the Adult Education and Fam-
ily Literacy Act (‘‘AEFLA’’), $1,960,686,000, of which 
$1,169,686,000 shall become available on July 1, 2020, and
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shall remain available through September 30, 2021, and of 
which $791,000,000 shall become available on October 1, 
2020, and shall remain available through September 30, 
2021: Provided, That of the amounts made available for 
AEFLA, $13,712,000 shall be for national leadership activi-
ties under section 242. 
STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE 
For carrying out subparts 1, 3, and 10 of part A, and 
part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,520,352,000 which shall 
remain available through September 30, 2021. 
The maximum Pell Grant for which a student shall 
be eligible during award year 2020–2021 shall be $5,285. 
STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out part 
D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9, and 10 of part A, and 
parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and subpart 
1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Service Act, 
$1,768,943,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2021: Provided, That the Secretary shall allocate new stu-
dent loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 
servicers on the basis of their past performance compared 
to all loan servicers utilizing established common metrics, 
and on the basis of the capacity of each servicer to process 
new and existing accounts: Provided further, That for stu-
dent loan contracts awarded prior to October 1, 2017, the
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Secretary shall allow student loan borrowers who are con-
solidating Federal student loans to select from any student 
loan servicer to service their new consolidated student loan: 
Provided further, That in order to promote accountability 
and high-quality service to borrowers, the Secretary shall 
not award funding for any contract solicitation for a new 
Federal student loan servicing environment, including the 
solicitation for the Federal Student Aid (FSA) Next Gen-
eration Processing and Servicing Environment, unless such 
an environment provides for the participation of multiple 
student loan servicers that contract directly with the De-
partment of Education to manage a unique portfolio of bor-
rower accounts and the full life-cycle of loans from disburse-
ment to pay-off with certain limited exceptions, and allo-
cates student loan borrower accounts to eligible student loan 
servicers based on performance: Provided further, That the 
Department shall re-allocate accounts from servicers for re-
curring non-compliance with FSA guidelines, contractual 
requirements, and applicable laws, including for failure to 
sufficiently inform borrowers of available repayment op-
tions: Provided further, That such servicers shall be evalu-
ated based on their ability to meet contract requirements 
(including an understanding of Federal and State law), fu-
ture performance on the contracts, and history of compli-
ance with applicable consumer protections laws: Provided
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further, That to the extent FSA permits student loan serv-
icing subcontracting, FSA shall hold prime contractors ac-
countable for meeting the requirements of the contract, and 
the performance and expectations of subcontractors shall be 
accounted for in the prime contract and in the overall per-
formance of the prime contractor: Provided further, That 
FSA shall ensure that the Next Generation Processing and 
Servicing Environment, or any new Federal loan servicing 
environment, incentivize more support to borrowers at risk 
of delinquency or default: Provided further, That FSA shall 
ensure that in such environment contractors have the capac-
ity to meet and are held accountable for performance on 
service levels; are held accountable for and have a history 
of compliance with applicable consumer protection laws; 
and have relevant experience and demonstrated effective-
ness: Provided further, That the Secretary shall provide 
quarterly briefings to the Committees on Appropriations 
and Education and Labor of the House of Representatives 
and the Committees on Appropriations and Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate on general 
progress related to solicitations for Federal student loan 
servicing contracts: Provided further, That FSA shall 
strengthen transparency through expanded publication of 
aggregate data on student loan and servicer performance.
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HIGHER EDUCATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
titles II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, and VIII of the HEA, the Mu-
tual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and 
section 117 of the Perkins Act, $2,475,792,000, of which 
$24,500,000 shall remain available through December 31, 
2020: Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, funds made available in this Act to carry out title 
VI of the HEA and section 102(b)(6) of the Mutual Edu-
cational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 may be used 
to support visits and study in foreign countries by individ-
uals who are participating in advanced foreign language 
training and international studies in areas that are vital 
to United States national security and who plan to apply 
their language skills and knowledge of these countries in 
the fields of government, the professions, or international 
development: Provided further, That of the funds referred 
to in the preceding proviso up to 1 percent may be used 
for program evaluation, national outreach, and informa-
tion dissemination activities: Provided further, That up to 
1.5 percent of the funds made available under chapter 2 
of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the HEA may be used 
for evaluation.
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HOWARD UNIVERSITY 
For 
partial 
support 
of 
Howard 
University, 
$240,018,000, of which not less than $3,405,000 shall be for 
a matching endowment grant pursuant to the Howard Uni-
versity Endowment Act and shall remain available until 
expended. 
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS 
PROGRAM 
For Federal administrative expenses to carry out ac-
tivities related to existing facility loans pursuant to section 
121 of the HEA, $435,000. 
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL 
FINANCING PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $20,150,000, as au-
thorized pursuant to part D of title III of the HEA, which 
shall remain available through September 30, 2021: Pro-
vided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such 
loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these funds are 
available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of 
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $212,100,000: Pro-
vided further, That these funds may be used to support 
loans to public and private Historically Black Colleges and 
Universities without regard to the limitations within sec-
tion 344(a) of the HEA.
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In addition, $16,000,000 shall be made available to 
provide for the deferment of loans made under part D of 
title III of the HEA to eligible institutions that are private 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which apply 
for the deferment of such a loan and demonstrate financial 
need for such deferment by having a score of 2.6 or less 
on the Department of Education’s financial responsibility 
test: Provided, That the loan has not been paid in full and 
is not paid in full during the period of deferment: Provided 
further, That during the period of deferment of such a loan, 
interest on the loan will not accrue or be capitalized, and 
the period of deferment shall be for at least a period of 3- 
fiscal years and not more than 6-fiscal years: Provided fur-
ther, That funds available under this paragraph shall be 
used to fund eligible deferment requests submitted for this 
purpose in fiscal year 2018: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall create and execute an outreach plan to work 
with States and the Capital Financing Advisory Board to 
improve outreach to States and help additional public His-
torically Black Colleges and Universities participate in the 
program. 
In addition, $10,000,000 shall be made available to 
provide for the deferment of loans made under part D of 
title III of the HEA to eligible institutions that are public 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities, which apply
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for the deferment of such a loan and demonstrate financial 
need for such deferment, which shall be determined by the 
Secretary of Education based on factors including, but not 
limited to, equal to or greater than 5 percent of the school’s 
operating revenue relative to its annual debt service pay-
ment: Provided, That during the period of deferment of such 
a loan, interest on the loan will not accrue or be capitalized, 
and the period of deferment shall be for at least a period 
of 3-fiscal years and not more than 6-fiscal years. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out 
the Historically Black College and University Capital Fi-
nancing Program entered into pursuant to part D of title 
III of the HEA, $334,000. 
INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For carrying out activities authorized by the Edu-
cation Sciences Reform Act of 2002, the National Assess-
ment of Educational Progress Authorization Act, section 
208 of the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002, 
and section 664 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act, $623,462,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2021: Provided, That funds available 
to carry out section 208 of the Educational Technical As-
sistance Act may be used to link Statewide elementary and 
secondary data systems with early childhood, postsec-
ondary, and workforce data systems, or to further develop
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such systems: Provided further, That up to $6,000,000 of 
the funds available to carry out section 208 of the Edu-
cational Technical Assistance Act may be used for awards 
to public or private organizations or agencies to support 
activities to improve data coordination, quality, and use 
at the local, State, and national levels. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, 
the Department of Education Organization Act, including 
rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and 
hire of three passenger motor vehicles, $430,000,000: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
none of the funds provided by this Act or provided by pre-
vious Appropriations Acts to the Department of Education 
available for obligation or expenditure in the current fiscal 
year may be used for any activity relating to implementing 
a reorganization that decentralizes, reduces the staffing 
level, or alters the responsibilities, structure, authority, or 
functionality of the Budget Service of the Department of 
Education, relative to the organization and operation of the 
Budget Service as in effect on January 1, 2018.
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OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS 
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights, 
as authorized by section 203 of the Department of Edu-
cation Organization Act, $130,000,000. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral, as authorized by section 212 of the Department of 
Education Organization Act, $63,000,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No funds appropriated in this Act may be 
used to prevent the implementation of programs of vol-
untary prayer and meditation in the public schools. 
(TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 302. Not to exceed 1 percent of any discretionary 
funds (pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985) which are appropriated for the 
Department of Education in this Act may be transferred 
between appropriations, but no such appropriation shall be 
increased by more than 3 percent by any such transfer: Pro-
vided, That the transfer authority granted by this section 
shall not be used to create any new program or to fund 
any project or activity for which no funds are provided in 
this Act: Provided further, That the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
are notified at least 15 days in advance of any transfer.
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SEC. 303. Funds appropriated in this Act and consoli-
dated for evaluation purposes under section 8601(c) of the 
ESEA shall be available from July 1, 2020, through Sep-
tember 30, 2021. 
SEC. 304. (a) An institution of higher education that 
maintains an endowment fund supported with funds appro-
priated for title III or V of the HEA for fiscal year 2020 
may use the income from that fund to award scholarships 
to 
students, 
subject 
to 
the 
limitation 
in 
section 
331(c)(3)(B)(i) of the HEA. The use of such income for such 
purposes, prior to the enactment of this Act, shall be consid-
ered to have been an allowable use of that income, subject 
to that limitation. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall be in effect until titles III and 
V of the HEA are reauthorized. 
SEC. 305. Section 114(f) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1011c(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘2020’’. 
SEC. 306. Section 458(a) of the HEA (20 U.S.C. 
1087h(a)) is amended in paragraph (4) by striking ‘‘2019’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 
SEC. 307. Funds appropriated in this Act under the 
heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’ may be available 
for payments for student loan servicing to an institution 
of higher education that services outstanding Federal Per-
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kins Loans under part E of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087aa et seq.). 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 308. Of the unobligated balances available under 
the heading ‘‘Student Financial Assistance’’ for carrying 
out subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the HEA, $500,000,000 
are hereby rescinded. 
SEC. 309. Of the amounts appropriated under Section 
401(b)(7)(A)(iv)(X) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070a(b)(7)(A)(iv)(X)), $50,000,000 are hereby 
rescinded. 
SEC. 310. The Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq) is amended—(1) in 
the part heading for part B of title IV, by inserting ‘‘NITA 
M. LOWEY’’ before ‘‘21ST’’; and (2) in the table of contents 
of that Act, by striking the part heading for part B of title 
IV and inserting the following: ‘‘PART B—NITA M. 
LOWEY 21ST CENTURY COMMUNITY LEARNING 
CENTERS’’. 
SEC. 311. (a) IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of car-
rying out 34 CFR §668.206(a)(1), the Secretary of Edu-
cation may waive the requirements under 34 CFR 
§668.213(b)(1) for an institution of higher education that 
offers an associate degree, is a public institution, and is 
located in an economically distressed county, defined as a
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county with a poverty rate of at least 25 percent based on 
the U.S. Census Bureau’s Small Area Income and Poverty 
Estimate program data for 2017 that was impacted by 
Hurricane Matthew. 
(b) APPLICABILITY.—Subsection (a) shall apply to an 
institution of higher education that otherwise would be in-
eligible to participate in a program under part D of title 
IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act due to the application of 34 
CFR §668.206(a)(1). 
(c) COVERAGE.—This section shall be in effect for the 
period covered by this Act and for the succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 312. Of the amounts made available under this 
title under the heading ‘‘Student Aid Administration’’, 
$2,300,000 shall be used by the Secretary of Education to 
conduct outreach to borrowers of loans made under part D 
of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 who may 
intend to qualify for loan cancellation under section 455(m) 
of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), to ensure that borrowers 
are meeting the terms and conditions of such loan cancella-
tion: Provided, That the Secretary shall specifically conduct 
outreach to assist borrowers who would qualify for loan can-
cellation under section 455(m) of such Act except that the 
borrower has made some, or all, of the 120 required pay-
ments under a repayment plan that is not described under
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section 455(m)(A) of such Act, to encourage borrowers to 
enroll in a qualifying repayment plan: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall also communicate to all Direct 
Loan borrowers the full requirements of section 455(m) of 
such Act and improve the filing of employment certification 
by providing improved outreach and information such as 
outbound calls, electronic communications, ensuring promi-
nent access to program requirements and benefits on each 
servicer’s website, and creating an option for all borrowers 
to complete the entire payment certification process elec-
tronically and on a centralized website. 
SEC. 313. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used in contravention of section 203 of the De-
partment of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3413). 
SEC. 314. For an additional amount for ‘‘Department 
of Education—Federal Direct Student Loan Program Ac-
count’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be for the cost, as defined under section 502 of the 
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of the Secretary of Edu-
cation providing loan cancellation in the same manner as 
under section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), for borrowers of loans made under 
part D of title IV of such Act who would qualify for loan 
cancellation under section 455(m) except some, or all, of 
the 120 required payments under section 455(m)(1)(A) do
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not qualify for purposes of the program because they were 
monthly payments made in accordance with graduated or 
extended repayment plans as described under subparagraph 
(B) or (C) of section 455(d)(1) or the corresponding repay-
ment plan for a consolidation loan made under section 
455(g) and that were less than the amount calculated under 
section 455(d)(1)(A), based on a 10-year repayment period: 
Provided, That the monthly payment made 12 months be-
fore the borrower applied for loan cancellation as described 
in the matter preceding this proviso and the most recent 
monthly payment made by the borrower at the time of such 
application were each not less than the monthly amount 
that would be calculated under, and for which the borrower 
would otherwise qualify for, clause (i) or (iv) of section 
455(m)(1)(A) regarding income-based or income-contingent 
repayment plans, with exception for a borrower who would 
have otherwise been eligible under this section but dem-
onstrates an unusual fluctuation of income over the past 
5 years: Provided further, That the total loan volume, in-
cluding outstanding principal, fees, capitalized interest, or 
accrued interest, at application that is eligible for such loan 
cancellation by such borrowers shall not exceed $75,000,000: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall develop and 
make available a simple method for borrowers to apply for 
loan cancellation under this section within 60 days of en-
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actment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall provide loan cancellation under this section to eligible 
borrowers on a first-come, first-serve basis, based on the date 
of application and subject to both the limitation on total 
loan volume at application for such loan cancellation speci-
fied in the second proviso and the availability of appropria-
tions under this section: Provided further, That no borrower 
may, for the same service, receive a reduction of loan obliga-
tions under both this section and section 428J, 428K, 428L, 
or 460 of such Act. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Department of Edu-
cation Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
TITLE IV 
RELATED AGENCIES 
COMMITTEE FOR PURCHASE FROM PEOPLE WHO ARE 
BLIND OR SEVERELY DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled (referred 
to in this title as ‘‘the Committee’’) established under sec-
tion 8502 of title 41, United States Code, $10,000,000: Pro-
vided, That in order to authorize any central nonprofit 
agency designated pursuant to section 8503(c) of title 41, 
United States Code, to perform requirements of the Com-
mittee as prescribed under section 51–3.2 of title 41, Code
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of Federal Regulations, the Committee shall enter into a 
written agreement with any such central nonprofit agency: 
Provided further, That such agreement shall contain such 
auditing, oversight, and reporting provisions as necessary 
to implement chapter 85 of title 41, United States Code: 
Provided further, That such agreement shall include the ele-
ments listed under the heading ‘‘Committee For Purchase 
From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled—Written 
Agreement Elements’’ in the explanatory statement de-
scribed in section 4 of Public Law 114–113 (in the matter 
preceding division A of that consolidated Act): Provided 
further, That any such central nonprofit agency may not 
charge a fee under section 51–3.5 of title 41, Code of Federal 
Regulations, prior to executing a written agreement with 
the Committee: Provided further, That no less than 
$1,650,000 shall be available for the Office of Inspector Gen-
eral. 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses for the Corporation for Na-
tional and Community Service (referred to in this title as 
‘‘CNCS’’) to carry out the Domestic Volunteer Service Act 
of 1973 (referred to in this title as ‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (referred to 
in this title as ‘‘1990 Act’’), $806,529,000, notwithstanding
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sections 
198B(b)(3), 
198S(g), 
501(a)(4)(C), 
and 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act: Provided, That of the amounts 
provided under this heading: (1) up to 1 percent of program 
grant funds may be used to defray the costs of conducting 
grant application reviews, including the use of outside peer 
reviewers and electronic management of the grants cycle; 
(2) $17,538,000 shall be available to provide assistance to 
State commissions on national and community service, 
under section 126(a) of the 1990 Act and notwithstanding 
section 501(a)(5)(B) of the 1990 Act; (3) $32,500,000 shall 
be available to carry out subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and 
(4) $6,400,000 shall be available for expenses authorized 
under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which, notwith-
standing the provisions of section 198P shall be awarded 
by CNCS on a competitive basis: Provided further, That 
for the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying 
the requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) may include a de-
termination of need by the local community. 
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For payment to the National Service Trust established 
under subtitle D of title I of the 1990 Act, $208,342,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That CNCS 
may transfer additional funds from the amount provided 
within ‘‘Operating Expenses’’ allocated to grants under sub-