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(C) such Office has the capacity to respond 
to all housing discrimination complaints made 
during the COVID–19 pandemic within time 
limitations required under law. 
In the hiring of staff using amounts made available 
pursuant to this subsection, the Secretary of Hous-
ing and Urban Development shall consider and hire, 
at all levels of employment and to the greatest ex-
tent possible, a diverse staff, including by race, eth-
nicity, gender, and disability status. The Secretary 
shall submit a report to the Congress describing 
compliance with the preceding sentence on a quar-
terly basis, for each of the first 4 calendar quarters 
ending after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) FAIR HOUSING GUIDANCE AND EDUCATION.— 
(1) PROHIBITION
OF
SHOWINGS.—Not later 
than the expiration of the 30-day period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Development shall 
issue guidance for owners of dwelling units assisted 
under housing assistance programs of the Depart-
ment prohibiting, during the COVID–19 emergency 
period, of any showings of occupied assisted dwelling 
units to prospective tenants. 
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(2) EDUCATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated $10,000,000 for the Office of Fair Hous-
ing and Equal Opportunity of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development to carry out a na-
tional media campaign to educate the public of in-
creased housing rights during COVID–19 emergency 
period, that provides that information and materials 
used in such campaign are available— 
(A) in the languages used by communities 
with limited English proficiency; and 
(B) to persons with disabilities. 
SEC. 118. HUD COUNSELING PROGRAM AUTHORIZATION. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds the following: 
(1) The spread of COVID–19, which is now 
considered a global pandemic, is expected to nega-
tively impact the incomes of potentially millions of 
homeowners, making it difficult for them to pay 
their mortgages on time. 
(2) Housing counseling is critical to ensuring 
that homeowners have the resources they need to 
navigate the loss mitigation options available to 
them while they are experiencing financial hardship. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated the Secretary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment $700,000,000 to carry out counseling services de-
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scribed under section 106 of the Housing and Urban De-
velopment Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701x). 
SEC. 119. DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT OF 1950. 
(a) INCREASE IN AUTHORIZATIONS.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATIONS.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise authorized to be appropriated, there is au-
thorized to be appropriated in the aggregate 
$3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and 2021 to 
carry out titles I and III of the Defense Production 
Act of 1950 to produce medical ventilators, personal 
protection equipment, and other critically needed 
medical supplies and to carry out any other actions 
necessary to respond to the COVID–19 emergency. 
(2) CARRYOVER FUNDS.—Section 304(e) of the 
Defense Production Act of 1950 shall not apply at 
the close of fiscal year 2020. 
(3) COVID–19 EMERGENCY.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘COVID–19 emergency’’ means the emer-
gency declared on March 13, 2020, by the President 
under the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) 
relating to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID– 
19) pandemic. 
(b) STRENGTHENING CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT; 
PUBLIC PORTAL.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than three months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and every 
three months thereafter, the Secretary of Commerce, 
in coordination with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, the Secretary of Defense, and any 
other Federal department or agency that has utilized 
authority under title I or title III of the Defense 
Production Act of 1950 to respond to the COVID– 
19 emergency, shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Financial Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Banking, Hous-
ing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate— 
(A) on the use of such authority and the 
expenditure of any funds in connection with 
such authority; 
(B) that includes details of each purchase 
order made using such authorities, including 
the product and amount of product ordered and 
the entity that fulfilled the contract. 
(2) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary of 
Commerce shall place all reports submitted under 
paragraph (1) on an appropriate website available to 
the public, in an easily searchable format. 
(3) SUNSET.—The requirements under this sec-
tion shall terminate after the expenditure of all 
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funds appropriated pursuant to the authorizations 
under subsection (a). 
TITLE 
II—ASSISTING 
SMALL 
BUSINESSES 
AND 
COMMU-
NITY 
FINANCIAL 
INSTITU-
TIONS 
SEC. 201. SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT FACILITY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System shall establish a credit facility 
to provide loans to small businesses during the COVID– 
19 emergency. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) 
COVID–19 
EMERGENCY.—The 
term 
‘‘COVID–19 emergency’’ means the period that be-
gins upon the date of the enactment of this Act and 
ends on the date of the termination by the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency of the emergency 
declared on March 13, 2020, by the President under 
the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 4121 et seq.) relat-
ing to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) 
pandemic. 
(2) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘small busi-
ness’’ means— 
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