I 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8406 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2020 
Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. WATERS, 
Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. CAROLYN
B. MALONEY
of New York, Ms. 
VELA´ZQUEZ, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. NEAL, Ms. LOFGREN, and Mr. DEFAZIO) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ap-
propriations, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Ways 
and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, 
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as ‘‘The Heroes Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short Title. 
Sec. 2. Table of Contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
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DIVISION A—CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY SUPPLEMENTAL 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2021 
DIVISION B—PROVIDING RELIEF TO STUDENTS, INSTITUTIONS 
OF HIGHER EDUCATION, LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES, AND 
STATE VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION AGENCIES 
Title I—Higher Education Provisions 
Title II—Impact Aid and Migrant Education Coronavirus Relief 
Title III—Career, Technical, and Adult Education 
Title IV—Disability Employment 
DIVISION C—PROTECTION FOR FAMILIES AND WORKERS 
Title I—Amendments to Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act 
and Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act 
Title II—COVID–19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020 
Title III—COVID–19 Protections under Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com-
pensation Act 
Title IV—Worker’s Compensation for Federal and Postal Employees Diagnosed 
with COVID–19 
Title V—COVID–19 Workforce Development Response Activities 
DIVISION D—HUMAN SERVICES AND COMMUNITY SUPPORTS 
Title I—Stronger Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
Title II—Child Nutrition and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for 
Women, Infants, and Children 
Title III—Related Programs 
DIVISION E—SMALL BUSINESS PROVISIONS 
Title I—Funding Provisions 
Title II—Modifications to the Paycheck Protection Program 
Title III—Tax Provisions 
Title IV—COVID–19 Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program Reform 
Title V—Micro-SBIC and Equity Investment Enhancement 
Title VI—Miscellaneous 
DIVISION F—REVENUE PROVISIONS 
Title I—Economic Stimulus 
Title II—Provisions to Prevent Business Interruption 
Title III—Net Operating Losses 
DIVISION G—RETIREMENT PROVISIONS 
Title I—Relief for Multiemployer Pension Plans 
Title II—Relief for Single Employer Pension Plans 
Title III—Other Retirement Related Provisions 
DIVISION H—GIVING RETIREMENT OPTIONS TO WORKERS ACT 
DIVISION I—CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO UNEMPLOYED 
WORKERS 
Title I—Extensions of CARES Act Unemployment Benefits for Workers 
Title II—Additional Weeks of Benefit Eligibility 
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Title III—Clarifications and Improvements to Pandemic Unemployment Assist-
ance 
Title IV—Extension of Relief to States and Employers 
Title V—Corrective Action for Processing Backlogs 
Title VI—Additional Benefits for Mixed Earners 
Title VII—Technical Corrections 
DIVISION J—EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE, ELDER JUSTICE, AND 
CHILD AND FAMILY SUPPORT 
Title I—Emergency assistance 
Title II—Reauthorization of Funding for Programs to Prevent, Investigate, and 
Prosecute Elder Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation 
Title III—Fairness for Seniors and People with Disabilities During COVID–19 
Title IV—Supporting Foster Youth and Families through the Pandemic 
Title V—Pandemic State Flexibilities 
DIVISION K—HEALTH PROVISIONS 
Title I—Medicaid Provisions 
Title II—Medicare Provisions 
Title III—Private Insurance Provisions 
Title IV—Application to Other Health Programs 
Title V—Public Health Policies 
Title VI—Public Health Assistance 
Title VII—Vaccine Development, Distribution, Administration, and Awareness 
Title VIII—Other Matters 
DIVISION L—VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS PROVISIONS 
DIVISION M—CONSUMER PROTECTION AND 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVISIONS 
Title I—COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention 
Title II—E–Rate Support for Wi-Fi Hotspots, Other Equipment, Connected De-
vices, and Connectivity 
Title III—Emergency Benefit for Broadband Service 
Title IV—Continued Connectivity 
Title V—Don’t Break Up the T–Band 
Title VI—COVID–19 Compassion and Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice 
DIVISION N—AGRICULTURE PROVISIONS 
Title I—Livestock and Poultry 
Title II—Dairy 
Title III—Specialty Crops and Other Commodities 
Title IV—Commodity Credit Corporation 
Title V—Conservation 
Title VI—Nutrition 
Title VII—Rural Development 
DIVISION O—COVID–19 HERO ACT 
Title I—Providing Medical Equipment for First Responders and Essential 
Workers 
Title II—Protecting Renters and Homeowners From Evictions and Foreclosures 
Title III—Protecting People Experiencing Homelessness 
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Title IV—Suspending Negative Credit Reporting and Strengthening Consumer 
and Investor Protections 
Title V—Protecting Student Borrowers 
Title VI—Standing Up for Small Businesses, Minority-Owned Businesses, and 
Non-Profits 
Title VII—Promoting and Advancing Communities of Color through Inclusive 
Lending 
Title VIII—Providing Assistance for State, Territory, Tribal, and Local Govern-
ments 
Title IX—Support for a Robust Global Response to the Covid–19 Pandemic 
Title X—Providing Oversight and Protecting Taxpayers 
DIVISION P—ACCESS ACT 
DIVISION Q—TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE 
Title I—Aviation 
Title II—Federal Emergency Management Agency 
Title III—Other matters 
DIVISION R—ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS 
Title I—Accountability 
Title II—Census Matters 
Title III—Federal Workforce 
Title IV—Federal Contracting Provisions 
Title V—District of Columbia 
Title VI—Other Matters 
DIVISION S—FOREIGN AFFAIRS PROVISIONS 
Title I—Matters Relating to the Department of State 
Title II—Global Health Security Act of 2020 
Title III—Securing America From Epidemics Act 
DIVISION T—JUDICIARY MATTERS 
Title I—Immigration Matters 
Title II—Prisons and jails 
Title III—Victims of Crime Act Amendments 
Title IV—Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act 
Title V—Bankruptcy Protections 
DIVISION U—OTHER MATTERS 
Title I—Presumption of Service Connection for Coronavirus Disease 2019 
Title II—Coronavirus Relief Fund Amendments 
Title III—Energy and Environment Provisions 
Title IV—Miscellaneous Matters 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
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be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion. 
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DIVISION 
A—CORONAVIRUS 
RECOVERY 
SUPPLEMENTAL 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2021 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for 
other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD 
AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RE-
LATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
mestically or internationally: Provided, That the funding 
made available under this heading in this Act shall be used 
for conducting audits and investigations of projects and 
activities carried out with funds made available to the De-
partment of Agriculture to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro-
vided further, That such amounts shall be in addition to 
any other amounts available for such purposes: Provided 
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further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $10,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, in-
cluding administrative expenses: Provided, That such 
amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts avail-
able for such purposes: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Rental Assistance 
Program’’, $309,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, including for temporary adjustment 
of wage income losses for residents of housing financed 
or assisted under section 514, 515, or 516 of the Housing 
Act of 1949, without regard to any existing eligibility re-
quirements based on income: Provided, That such amount 
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is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Special Supple-
mental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Chil-
dren’’, $400,000,000: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Supplemental Nutri-
tion Assistance Program’’, $10,000,000,000, to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That 
such amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts 
available for such purposes: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Commodity Assistance 
Program’’, $450,000,000, for the emergency food assist-
ance program as authorized by section 27(a) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) and section 
204(a)(1) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 
(7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1)): Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
mestically or internationally, for the purposes of holding 
one or more advisory committee meetings to discuss re-
quests for authorization or applications for approval of 
vaccines for coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 101. For an additional amount for grants to 
Rural Utilities Service borrowers, as authorized in section 
701 of division N of this Act, to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus, $2,600,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
SEC. 102. For an additional amount for the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, $14,000,000, for 
nutrition assistance to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus: Provided, That such amounts shall be in 
addition to any other amounts available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 103. For an additional amount for the Common-
wealth of Puerto Rico, $1,236,000,000, for nutrition as-
sistance to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus: Provided, That such amounts shall be in ad-
dition to any other amounts available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
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Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 104. For an additional amount for American 
Samoa, $9,117,000, for nutrition assistance to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That 
such amounts shall be in addition to any other amounts 
available for such purposes: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 105. The matter preceding the first proviso 
under the heading ‘‘Commodity Assistance Program’’ in 
title I of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136), is amended 
by striking ‘‘to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, domestically or internationally,’’: Provided, 
That the amounts repurposed pursuant to the amendment 
made by this section that were previously designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
SEC. 106. For an additional amount for the program 
established under section 7522 of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936), to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus, $20,000,000: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 107. Section 11004 in title I of division B of 
the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
(Public Law 116–136) is amended by inserting after the 
fourth proviso the following: ‘‘Provided further, That the 
condition set forth in section 9003(f) of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 shall apply with respect 
to all construction, alteration, or repair work carried out, 
in whole or in part, with funds made available by this sec-
tion:’’: Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to 
the amendments made pursuant to this section are des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 108. For necessary expenses for salary and re-
lated costs associated with Agriculture Quarantine and In-
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spection Services activities pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 136a(6), 
and in addition to any other funds made available for this 
purpose, there is appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $350,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2022, to offset the loss 
resulting from the coronavirus pandemic of quarantine 
and inspection fees collected pursuant to sections 2508 
and 2509 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and 
Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 136, 136a): Provided, That 
amounts made available in this section and under the 
heading ‘‘Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service— 
Salaries and Expenses’’ in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) shall 
be treated as funds collected by fees authorized under sec-
tions 2508 and 2509 of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (21 U.S.C. 136, 136a) for 
purposes of section 421(f) of the Homeland Security Act 
of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 231(f)): Provided further, That, the 
amounts repurposed in this section that were previously 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such 
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amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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TITLE II 
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Ad-
ministration’’, $20,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY 
MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Minority Business De-
velopment’’, $25,000,000, for necessary expenses for the 
Business Centers and Specialty Centers, including any 
cost sharing requirements that may exist, for assisting mi-
nority business enterprises to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, including identifying and accessing 
local, State, and Federal government assistance related to 
such virus: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 
CURRENT SURVEYS AND PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Current Surveys and 
Programs’’, $10,000,000: Provided, That such sums may 
be transferred to the Bureau of the Census Working Cap-
ital Fund for necessary expenses incurred as a result of 
the coronavirus, including for payment of salaries and 
leave to Bureau of the Census staff resulting from the sus-
pension of data collection for reimbursable surveys con-
ducted for other Federal agencies: Provided, That such 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided by law: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PERIODIC CENSUSES AND PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Periodic Censuses and 
Programs’’, $400,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘United States Patent 
and 
Trademark 
Office, 
Salaries 
and 
Expenses’’, 
$95,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 
INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Industrial Technology 
Services’’, $70,000,000, of which $50,000,000 shall be for 
the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership to as-
sist manufacturers to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus, and $20,000,000 shall be for the National 
Network for Manufacturing Innovation (also known as 
‘‘Manufacturing USA’’) to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, including to support development 
and manufacturing of medical countermeasures and bio-
medical equipment and supplies: Provided, That none of 
the funds provided under this heading in this Act shall 
be subject to cost share requirements under section 
34(e)(7)(A) of the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 278s(e)(7)(A)): Provided fur-
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ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
PROCUREMENT, ACQUISITION AND CONSTRUCTION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Procurement, Acquisi-
tion and Construction’’, $42,000,000, to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to coronavirus, by supporting continuity 
of National Weather Service life and property related op-
erations: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FISHERIES PROMOTION FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Fisheries Promotion 
Fund’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, for grants authorized by the Saltonstall-Ken-
nedy Act of 1954 (15 U.S.C. 713c): Provided, That within 
the amount appropriated under this heading in this Act, 
up to 2 percent of funds may be transferred to the ‘‘Oper-
ations, Research, and Facilities’’ account for management, 
administration, and oversight of funds provided under this 
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heading in this Act: Provided further, That such transfer 
authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 
provided by law: Provided further, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FISHERIES DISASTER ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Fisheries Disaster As-
sistance’’, $250,000,000, for activities authorized under 
section 12005 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
nomic Security Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–136), in-
cluding for necessary expenses to provide assistance to 
Tribal, subsistence, commercial, and charter fishery par-
ticipants affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID–19), 
which may include direct relief payments: Provided, That 
of the funds provided under this heading in this Act, 
$25,000,000 shall be for Tribal fishery participants who 
belong to Federally recognized Tribes in any of the Na-
tion’s States and territories: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, in-
cluding the impact of coronavirus on the work of the De-
partment of Commerce and to carry out investigations and 
audits related to the funding made available for the De-
partment of Commerce in this Act and in title II of divi-
sion B of Public Law 116–136: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF 
COMMERCE 
SEC. 201. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Federal share for grants provided by the Eco-
nomic Development Administration under Public Law 
116–93 and Public Law 116–136 shall be 100 percent: 
Provided, That the amounts repurposed in this section 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
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pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 202. The Secretary of Commerce may waive, in 
whole or in part, the matching requirements under section 
306 and 306A, and the cost sharing requirements under 
section 315, of the Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972 
(16 U.S.C. 1455, 1455a, and 1461 respectively) as nec-
essary for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022 upon written 
request by a coastal State. 
SEC. 203. Amounts provided by this Act, or any other 
Act making appropriations for fiscal year 2021, for the 
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under the 
heading ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Tech-
nology—Industrial Technology Services’’ shall not be sub-
ject to cost share requirements under section 25(e)(2) of 
the National Institute of Standards and Technology Act 
(15 U.S.C. 278k(e)(2)): Provided, That the authority 
made available pursuant to this section shall be elective 
for any Manufacturing Extension Partnership Center that 
also receives funding from a State that is conditioned upon 
the application of a Federal cost sharing requirement. 
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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $620,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, including the impact of coronavirus 
on the work of the Department of Justice, to include fund-
ing for medical testing and services, personal protective 
equipment, hygiene supplies and services, and sanitation 
services: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, in-
cluding the impact of coronavirus on the work of the De-
partment of Justice and to carry out investigations and 
audits related to the funding made available for the De-
partment of Justice in this Act and in title II of division 
B of Public Law 116–136: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
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Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND 
PROSECUTION PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Violence Against 
Women 
Prevention 
and 
Prosecution 
Programs’’, 
$375,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which— 
(1) $100,000,000 is for formula grants to 
States and territories to combat violence against 
women, as authorized by part T of title I of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Acts of 1968; 
(2) $40,000,000 is for transitional housing as-
sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault, as author-
ized by section 40299 of the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 
103–322; ‘‘1994 Act’’); 
(3) $100,000,000 is for formula grants to 
States and territories for sexual assault victims as-
sistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 1994 
Act; 
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(4) $20,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 
and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 
authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 
(5) $15,000,000 is for grants to support fami-
lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 
1301 of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Pro-
tection Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386); 
(6) $50,000,000 is for grants to Tribal govern-
ments, Tribal coalitions, Tribal non-profit organiza-
tions and Tribal organizations that serve Native vic-
tims for purposes authorized under 34 U.S.C. 
10441(d), 34 U.S.C. 12511(d), 34 U.S.C. 10452 
and 34 U.S.C. 12511(e); 
(7) $25,000,000 is for grants to enhance cul-
turally specific services for victims of domestic vio-
lence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking, 
as authorized under 34 U.S.C. 20124 (commonly re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Culturally Specific Services Pro-
gram’’); and 
(8) $25,000,000 is for grants for outreach and 
services to underserved populations as authorized 
under 34 U.S.C. 20123 (commonly referred to as 
the ‘‘Underserved Program’’): 
Provided, That a recipient of such funds shall not be sub-
ject, as a condition for receiving the funds, to any other-
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wise-applicable requirement to provide or obtain other 
Federal or non-Federal funds: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, $250,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, for offender reentry programs and re-
search, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 
(Public Law 110–199) and by the Second Chance Reau-
thorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391), without 
regard to the time limitations specified at section 6(1) of 
such Act, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus: Provided, That a recipient of funds made 
available under this heading in this Act shall not be sub-
ject, as a condition for receiving the funds, to any other-
wise-applicable requirement to provide or obtain other 
Federal or non-Federal funds: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, $600,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, for grants, contracts, cooperative 
agreements, and other assistance as authorized by the 
Pandemic Justice Response Act (title II of division T of 
this Act, referred to in this paragraph as ‘‘the Act’’): Pro-
vided, That $500,000,000 is to establish and implement 
policies and procedures to prevent, detect, and stop the 
presence and spread of COVID–19 among arrestees, de-
tainees, inmates, correctional facility staff, and visitors to 
the facilities; and for pretrial citation and release grants, 
as authorized by the Act: Provided further, That 
$25,000,000 is for Rapid COVID–19 Testing, as author-
ized by the Act: Provided further, That $75,000,000 is for 
grants for Juvenile Specific Services, as authorized by the 
Act: Provided further, That a recipient of funds made 
available under this heading in this Act shall not be sub-
ject, as a condition for receiving the funds, to any other-
wise-applicable requirement to provide or obtain other 
Federal or non-Federal funds: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Juvenile Justice Pro-
grams’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, of which $50,000,000 shall be for juvenile 
justice programs authorized by section 221 of the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, and 
$50,000,000 shall be for programs authorized by the Vic-
tims of Child Abuse Act of 1990: Provided, That funds 
made available under this heading in this Act shall be 
made available without any otherwise applicable require-
ment that a recipient of such funds provide any other Fed-
eral funds, or any non-Federal funds, as a condition for 
receiving the funds made available under such heading: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SCIENCE 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research and Related 
Activities’’, $2,587,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
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coronavirus, including to fund research grants: Provided, 
That up to $2,537,000,000 shall be for necessary ex-
penses, including extensions of existing research grants, 
cooperative agreements, scholarships, fellowships, and ap-
prenticeships: Provided further, That $1,000,000 shall be 
for a study on the spread of COVID–19 related 
disinformation, as described in section 204 of this Act: 
Provided further, That, of the amount appropriated under 
this heading in this Act, up to 2 percent of funds may 
be transferred to the ‘‘Agency Operations and Award 
Management’’ account for management, administration, 
and oversight of funds provided under this heading in this 
Act: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in 
addition to any other transfer authority provided by law: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
EDUCATION AND HUMAN RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Education and 
Human Resources’’, $300,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, including extensions of existing re-
search grants, cooperative agreements, scholarships, fel-
lowships, and apprenticeships: Provided, That, of the 
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amount appropriated under this heading in this Act, up 
to 2 percent of funds may be transferred to the ‘‘Agency 
Operations and Award Management’’ account for manage-
ment, administration, and oversight of funds provided 
under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That such 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority provided by law: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SCIENCE 
STUDY ON COVID–19 DISINFORMATION 
SEC. 204. (a) STUDY.—No later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Na-
tional Science Foundation shall enter into an arrangement 
with the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and 
Medicine (National Academies) to conduct a study on the 
current understanding of the spread of COVID–19-related 
disinformation on the internet and social media platforms. 
The study shall address the following: 
(1) the role disinformation and misinformation 
has played in the public response to COVID–19; 
(2) 
the 
sources 
of 
COVID–19-related 
disinformation—both foreign and domestic—and the 
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mechanisms by which that disinformation influences 
the public debate; 
(3) the role social media plays in the dissemina-
tion and promotion of COVID–19 disinformation 
and misinformation content and the role social 
media platforms play in the organization of groups 
seeking to spread COVID–19 disinformation; 
(4) the potential financial returns for creators 
or distributors of COVID–19 disinformation, and 
the role such financial incentives play in the propa-
gation of COVID–19 disinformation; 
(5) potential strategies to mitigate the dissemi-
nation 
and 
negative 
impacts 
of 
COVID–19 
disinformation, including specifically, the dissemina-
tion of disinformation on social media, including 
through improved disclosures; and 
(6) an analysis of the limitations of these miti-
gation strategies, and an analysis of how these strat-
egies can be implemented without infringing on 
Americans’ Constitutional rights and civil liberties. 
(b) REPORT.—In entering into an arrangement under 
this section, the Director shall request that the National 
Academies transmit to Congress a report on the results 
of the study not later than 12 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
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(c) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated for the purposes of conducting the study in this 
section $1,000,000. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to the Legal 
Services Corporation’’, $100,000,000, for the same pur-
poses and subject to the same conditions as the appropria-
tions for fiscal year 2020 under this heading in title II 
of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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TITLE III 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Army’’, $100,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation-
ally: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Navy’’, $100,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation-
ally: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Marine Corps’’, $10,000,000, to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter-
nationally: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
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suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Air Force’’, $100,000,000, to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter-
nationally: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main-
tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $10,000,000, to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter-
nationally: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 
DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro-
gram’’, $705,000,000, of which $175,000,000 shall be for 
operation and maintenance, and $530,000,000 shall be for 
research, development, test and evaluation, to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
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internationally: Provided, That prior to the obligation of 
such funds the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Af-
fairs) shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate a spend 
plan on the use of funds made available under this heading 
in this Act: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 301. For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance, Army’’, $400,000,000, to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
internationally: Provided, That such amount shall be used 
for necessary expenses, including salaries, cleaning, utili-
ties and personal protective equipment, for recreational 
entities, childcare development centers and other entities 
affected by the coronavirus that derive funding from non- 
appropriated accounts: Provided, That prior to the obliga-
tion of such funds the Secretary of the Army shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a spend plan on the use of 
funds made available by this section: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 302. For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance, Navy’’, $400,000,000, to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
internationally: Provided, That such amount shall be used 
for necessary expenses, including salaries, cleaning, utili-
ties and personal protective equipment, for recreational 
entities, childcare development centers and other entities 
affected by the coronavirus that derive funding from non- 
appropriated accounts: Provided, That prior to the obliga-
tion of such funds the Secretary of the Navy shall submit 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate a spend plan on the use of 
funds made available by this section: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 303. For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance, Air Force’’, $500,000,000, to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
internationally: Provided, That such amount shall be used 
for necessary expenses, including salaries, cleaning, utili-
ties and personal protective equipment, for recreational 
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entities, childcare development centers and other entities 
affected by the coronavirus that derive funding from non- 
appropriated accounts: Provided, That prior to the obliga-
tion of such funds the Secretary of the Air Force shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Senate a spend plan on the 
use of funds made available by this section: Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 304. For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation 
and Maintenance, Marine Corps’’, $100,000,000, to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically 
or internationally: Provided, That such amount shall be 
used for necessary expenses, including salaries, cleaning, 
utilities and personal protective equipment, for rec-
reational entities, childcare development centers and other 
entities affected by the coronavirus that derive funding 
from non-appropriated accounts: Provided, That prior to 
the obligation of such funds the Secretary of the Navy 
shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate a spend plan on 
the use of funds made available by this section: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
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as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE IV 
ENERGY AND WATER 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 
WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related 
Resources’’, $7,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 
ENERGY PROGRAMS 
SCIENCE 
For 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Science’’, 
$143,000,000, for necessary expenses to offset the costs 
of impacts due to the coronavirus pandemic or public 
health measures related to the coronavirus pandemic for 
the following projects: 
(1) Core Facility Revitalization, 
(2) Large Synoptic Survey Telescope Camera, 
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(3) Linac Coherent Light Source II, 
(4) Muon to Electron Conversion Experiment, 
and 
(5) Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search: 
Provided,That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Departmental Admin-
istration’’, $1,300,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, in-
cluding for necessary expenses related to personal protec-
tive equipment: Provided,That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 401. Funds appropriated in this title may be 
made available to restore amounts, either directly or 
through reimbursement, for obligations incurred for the 
same purposes to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 402. (a) Requirements relating to non-Federal 
cost-share grants and cooperative agreements for the 
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Delta Regional Authority under section 382D of the Agri-
cultural Act of 1961 and Consolidated Farm and Rural 
Development Act (7 U.S.C. 2009aa—3) are waived for 
grants awarded in fiscal year 2020 and in subsequent 
years in response to economic distress directly related to 
the impacts of the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). 
(b) Requirements relating to non-Federal cost-share 
grants and cooperative agreements for the Northern Bor-
der Regional Commission under section 15501(d) of title 
40, United States Code, are waived for grants awarded 
in fiscal year 2020 and in subsequent years in response 
to economic distress directly related to the impacts of the 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). 
(c) Requirements relating to non-Federal cost-share 
grants and cooperative agreements for the Denali Com-
mission are waived for grants awarded in fiscal year 2020 
and in subsequent years in response to economic distress 
directly related to the impacts of the Coronavirus Disease 
(COVID-19). 
(d) Amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
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section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE V 
FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, dis-
bursement, and use of funds made available under the 
‘‘Coronavirus State Fiscal Relief Fund’’ and the 
‘‘Coronavirus Local Fiscal Relief Fund’’ (collectively, 
‘‘Fiscal Relief Funds’’): Provided, That, if the Inspector 
General of the Department of the Treasury determines 
that an entity receiving a payment from amounts provided 
by the Fiscal Relief Funds has failed to comply with the 
provisions governing the use of such funding, the Inspec-
tor General shall transmit any relevant information re-
lated to such determination to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 5 days after any such determination is 
made: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
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by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
mestically or internationally: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
HOMEOWNER ASSISTANCE FUND 
For activities and assistance authorized in section 
202 of division O of this Act, $21,000,000,000, to remain 
available until expended: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CORONAVIRUS STATE FISCAL RELIEF FUND 
For making payments to States, territories, and Trib-
al governments to mitigate the fiscal effects stemming 
from the public health emergency with respect to the 
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Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), $257,000,000,000 to 
remain available until expended, which shall be in addition 
to any other amounts available for making payments to 
States, territories, and Tribal governments for any pur-
pose (including payments made under section 601 of the 
Social Security Act), of which: 
(1) $9,500,000,000 shall be for making 
payments to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 
United States Virgin Islands, Guam, Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
American Samoa: Provided, That of the amount 
made available in this paragraph, half shall be 
allocated equally among each entity specified in 
this paragraph, and half shall be allocated as 
an additional amount to each such entity in an 
amount which bears the same proportion to half 
of the total amount provided under this para-
graph as the relative population of each such 
entity bears to the total population of all such 
entities; 
(2) $9,500,000,000 shall be for making 
payments to Tribal governments, of which— 
(A) $1,000,000,000 shall be allocated 
equally between each Tribal government; 
and 
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(B) $8,500,000,000 shall be allocated 
as an additional amount to each Tribal 
government in an amount determined by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of the Interior and 
Tribal governments, that is based on in-
creased aggregate expenditures of each 
such Tribal government (or a tribally- 
owned entity of such Tribal government) in 
fiscal year 2020 relative to aggregate ex-
penditures in fiscal year 2019 by the Trib-
al government (or tribally-owned entity) 
and determined in such manner as the 
Secretary determines appropriate to ensure 
that all amounts available pursuant to this 
subparagraph are distributed to Tribal 
governments: 
Provided, That not later than 24 hours before 
any payments for Tribal governments are dis-
tributed by the Secretary of the Treasury pur-
suant to this paragraph, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall publish on the website of the De-
partment of the Treasury a detailed description 
of the funding allocation formulas used pursu-
ant to this paragraph, and a detailed descrip-
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tion of the procedure and methodology used to 
determine such funding allocation formula: Pro-
vided Further, That not later than 7 days after 
any payments for Tribal governments are so 
distributed, the Secretary shall publish on the 
website of the Department of the Treasury the 
date and amount of all fund disbursements, 
broken down by individual Tribal government 
recipient; and 
(3) $238,000,000,000 shall be for making pay-
ments to each of the 50 States and the District of 
Columbia, of which— 
(A) an amount equal to $1,250,000,000 
less the amount allocated for the District of Co-
lumbia pursuant to section 601(c)(6) of the So-
cial Security Act, shall only be for payment to 
the District of Columbia, in addition to any 
other funding available for such purpose (in-
cluding payments under subparagraph (B) of 
this paragraph): Provided, That the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall pay all amounts provided 
by this section directly to the District of Colum-
bia not less than 5 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act; and 
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(B) the remainder shall be allocated be-
tween each such entity in an amount which 
bears the same proportion to the total amount 
provided under this paragraph as the average 
estimated number of seasonally-adjusted unem-
ployed individuals (as measured by the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics Local Area Unemployment 
Statistics program) in each such entity in Au-
gust 2020 bears to the average estimated num-
ber of seasonally-adjusted unemployed individ-
uals in all such entities: Provided, That the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall adjust, on a pro 
rata basis, the amount allocated to each such 
entity pursuant to the matter preceding this 
proviso in this paragraph to the extent nec-
essary to ensure a minimum payment of 
$500,000,000 to each such entity: 
Provided, That any entity receiving a payment from funds 
made available under this heading in this Act shall only 
use such amounts to respond to, mitigate, cover costs or 
replace foregone revenues not projected on January 31, 
2020 stemming from the public health emergency, or its 
negative 
economic 
impacts, 
with 
respect 
to 
the 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19): Provided further, That 
if the Inspector General of the Department of the Treas-
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ury determines that an entity receiving a payment from 
amounts provided under this heading has failed to comply 
with the preceding proviso, the amount equal to the 
amount of funds used in violation of such proviso shall 
be booked as a debt of such entity owed to the Federal 
Government, and any amounts recovered shall be depos-
ited into the general fund of the Treasury as discretionary 
offsetting receipts: Provided further, That for purposes of 
the preceding provisos under this heading in this Act, the 
population of each entity described in any such proviso 
shall be determined based on the most recent year for 
which data are available from the Bureau of the Census, 
or in the case of an Indian tribe, shall be determined based 
on data certified by the Tribal government: Provided fur-
ther, That an entity receiving a payment from amounts 
provided under this heading may transfer funds to a pri-
vate nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in 
paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), or to a 
special-purpose unit of local government or a multi-state 
entity involved in the transportation of passengers or 
cargo: Provided further, That as used under this heading 
in this Act, the term ‘‘Tribal government’’ has the same 
meaning as specified in section 601(g) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 601(g)), as added by section 5001 of 
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the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and amended by 
section 201 of division U of this Act, and the term ‘‘State’’ 
means one of the 50 States: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Treasury shall make all payments prescribed 
under this heading in this Act not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RELIEF FUND 
For making payments to metropolitan cities, coun-
ties, and other units of general local government to miti-
gate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health 
emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 
(COVID–19), $179,000,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be in addition to any other amounts 
available for making payments to metropolitan cities, 
counties, and other units of general local government (in-
cluding payments made under section 601 of the Social 
Security Act), of which— 
(1) $89,500,000,000 shall be for making pay-
ments to metropolitan cities and other units of gen-
eral local government (as those terms are defined in 
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section 102 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)), of which— 
(A) $62,650,000,000 shall be allocated 
pursuant 
to 
the 
formula 
under 
section 
106(b)(1) of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)(1)) 
to metropolitan cities (as defined in section 
102(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)), 
including metropolitan cities that have relin-
quished or deferred their status as a metropoli-
tan city as of the date of enactment of this Act; 
and 
(B) $26,850,000,000 shall be distributed 
to each State (as that term is defined in section 
102 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) for use by 
units of general local government, other than 
counties or parishes, in nonentitlement areas 
(as defined in such section 102) of such States 
in an amount which bears the same proportion 
to the total amount provided under this sub-
paragraph as the total population of such units 
of general local government within the State 
bears to the total population of all such units 
of general local government in all such States: 
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Provided, That a State shall pass-through the 
amounts received under this subparagraph, 
within 30 days of receipt, to each such unit of 
general local government in an amount that 
bears the same proportion to the amount dis-
tributed to each such State as the population of 
such unit of general local government bears to 
the total population of all such units of general 
local government within each such State: Pro-
vided further, That if a State has not elected to 
distribute amounts allocated under this para-
graph, the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay 
the applicable amounts under this subpara-
graph to such units of general local government 
in the State not later than 30 days after the 
date on which the State would otherwise have 
received the amounts from the Secretary; and 
(2) $89,500,000,000 shall be paid directly to 
counties within the 50 States, the District of Colum-
bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 
States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa 
in an amount which bears the same proportion to 
the total amount provided under this paragraph as 
the relative population of each such county bears to 
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the total population of all such entities: Provided, 
That no county that is an ‘‘urban county’’ (as de-
fined in section 102 of the Housing and Community 
Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) shall 
receive less than the amount the county would other-
wise receive if the amount distributed under this 
paragraph were allocated to metropolitan cities and 
urban counties under section 106(b) of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 
U.S.C. 5306(b)): Provided further, That in the case 
of an amount to be paid to a county that is not a 
unit of general local government, the amount shall 
instead be paid to the State in which such county is 
located, and such State shall distribute such amount 
to units of general local government within such 
county in an amounts that bear the same proportion 
as the population of such units of general local gov-
ernment bear to the total population of such county: 
Provided further, That for purposes of this para-
graph, the District of Columbia shall be considered 
to consist of a single county that is a unit of general 
local government: 
Provided further, That any entity receiving a payment 
from funds made available under this heading in this Act 
shall only use such amounts to respond to, mitigate, cover 
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costs or replace foregone revenues not projected on Janu-
ary 31, 2020 stemming from the public health emergency, 
or its negative economic impacts, with respect to the 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19): Provided further, That 
if the Inspector General of the Department of the Treas-
ury determines that an entity receiving a payment from 
amounts provided under this heading has failed to comply 
with the preceding proviso, the amount equal to the 
amount of funds used in violation of such proviso shall 
be booked as a debt of such entity owed to the Federal 
Government, and any amounts recovered shall be depos-
ited into the general fund of the Treasury as discretionary 
offsetting receipts: Provided further, That for purposes of 
the preceding provisos under this heading in this Act, the 
population of each entity described in any such proviso 
shall be determined based on the most recent year for 
which data are available from the Bureau of the Census, 
or in the case of an Indian tribe, shall be determined based 
on data certified by the Tribal government: Provided fur-
ther, That an entity receiving a payment from amounts 
provided under this heading may transfer funds to a pri-
vate nonprofit organization (as that term is defined in 
paragraph (17) of section 401 of the McKinney-Vento 
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(17)), or to a 
special-purpose unit of local government or a multi-state 
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entity involved in the transportation of passengers or 
cargo: Provided further, That nothing in paragraph (1) or 
(2) shall be construed as prohibiting a unit of general local 
government that has formed a consolidated government, 
or that is geographically contained (in full or in part) 
within the boundaries of another unit of general local gov-
ernment from receiving a distribution under each of sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B) under paragraph (1) or under 
paragraph (2), as applicable, based on the respective for-
mulas specified contained therein: Provided further, That 
the amounts otherwise determined for distribution to units 
of local government under each of subparagraphs (A) and 
(B) under paragraph (1) and under paragraph (2) shall 
each be adjusted by the Secretary of the Treasury on a 
pro rata basis to the extent necessary to comply with the 
amount appropriated and the requirements specified in 
each paragraph and subparagraph, as applicable: Provided 
further, That as used under this heading in this Act, the 
term ‘‘county’’ means a county, parish, or other equivalent 
county division (as defined by the Bureau of the Census): 
Provided further, That for purposes of the preceding pro-
visos under this heading in this Act, the population of an 
entity shall be determined based on the most recent year 
for which data are available from the Bureau of the Cen-
sus: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
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Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
COVID-19 MULTI-STATE AGENCY FISCAL RELIEF FUND 
For making payments to multi-State entities that are 
involved in the transportation of passengers or cargo and 
are suffering revenue losses due to the Coronavirus Dis-
ease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic, $100,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, which shall be in addition 
to any other amounts available for making payments to 
States, metropolitan cities, counties, and other units of 
state and general local government (including payments 
made under section 601 of the Social Security Act), and 
which shall be paid directly to multi-State entities (as that 
term is used in 15 U.S.C. 9041(10)(D)) for use by multi- 
State entities: Provided, That the funds provided under 
this paragraph shall be allocated to a multi-State entity 
that is an eligible issuer and multi-State entity under the 
terms set forth by the Federal Reserve on June 3, 2020 
for the Municipal Liquidity Facility established by the 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System: Pro-
vided further, That such amounts shall be allocated by the 
Secretary of the Treasury proportionally to each multi- 
State entity covered under this paragraph based on an 
amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying the 
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total amount appropriated to the Secretary under this 
paragraph and the quotient obtained by dividing— 
(1) the total gross operating revenue of the 
multi-State entity receiving funds for fiscal year 
2018; by 
(2) the total gross operating revenue for fiscal 
year 2018 of all multi-State entities that are eligible 
to receive funds under this paragraph: 
Provided further, That neither a State nor local govern-
ment may serve as a pass-through for any amounts re-
ceived by a multi-State entity: Provided further, That such 
sums shall be distributed directly by the Secretary to each 
multi-State entity not later than December 31, 2020: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Community Devel-
opment Financial Institutions Fund Program Account’’, 
$1,000,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 
That the Community Development Financial Institutions 
Fund (CDFI) shall provide grants using a formula that 
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takes into account criteria such as certification status, fi-
nancial and compliance performance, portfolio and balance 
sheet strength, and program capacity: Provided further, 
That not less than $25,000,000 shall be for financial as-
sistance, technical assistance, and training and outreach 
programs designed to benefit Native American, Native 
Hawaiian, and Alaska Native communities: Provided fur-
ther, That the CDFI Fund shall make funds provided 
under this heading in this Act available to grantees not 
later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading may be used for administrative expenses, includ-
ing administration of CDFI Fund programs and the New 
Markets Tax Credit Program: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 501. For an additional amount for fiscal year 
2021, and in addition to the amounts otherwise available 
to the Internal Revenue Service for the purposes specified 
in this section, $359,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and 
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respond to coronavirus, including for costs associated with 
the extended filing season: Provided, That such funds may 
be transferred by the Commissioner to the ‘‘Taxpayer 
Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, or ‘‘Operations Support’’ ac-
counts of the Internal Revenue Service for an additional 
amount to be used solely to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro-
vided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be noti-
fied in advance of any such transfer: Provided further, 
That such transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That 
not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Commissioner shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a spending plan and subsequent quarterly reports 
detailing the actual and expected expenditures of such 
funds: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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THE JUDICIARY 
COURT OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER 
JUDICIAL SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $25,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
ELECTION RESILIENCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for payments by the Elec-
tion Assistance Commission to States for contingency 
planning, preparation, and resilience of elections for Fed-
eral office, $3,600,000,000: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, up to $5,000,000 may be 
transferred to and merged with ‘‘Election Assistance Com-
mission—Salaries and Expenses’’: Provided further, That 
such transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer 
authority provided by law: Provided further, That under 
this heading the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 
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States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States 
Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands: Provided further, That the amount of the 
payments made to a State under this heading shall be con-
sistent with sections 101(d) and 103 of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20903): Provided further, 
That not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall obli-
gate the funds to States under this heading in this Act: 
Provided further, That not less than 50 percent of the 
amount of the payment made to a State under this head-
ing in this Act shall be allocated in cash or in kind to 
the units of local government which are responsible for 
the administration of elections for Federal office in the 
State: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—ELECTION ASSISTANCE 
COMMISSION 
SEC. 502. (a) The last proviso under the heading 
‘‘Election Assistance Commission—Election Security 
Grants’’ in the Financial Services and General Govern-
ment Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Public Law 
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116–93; 133 Stat. 2461) shall not apply with respect to 
any payment made to a State using funds appropriated 
or otherwise made available to the Election Assistance 
Commission under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
nomic Security Act (Public Law 116–136). 
(b) The first proviso under the heading ‘‘Election As-
sistance Commission—Election Security Grants’’ in the 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
lic Law 116–136) is amended by striking ‘‘within 20 days 
of each election in the 2020 Federal election cycle in that 
State,’’ and inserting ‘‘not later than October 30, 2021,’’. 
(c) The fourth proviso under the heading ‘‘Election 
Assistance Commission—Election Security Grants’’ in the 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
lic Law 116–136) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 
(d) A State may elect to reallocate funds allocated 
under the heading ‘‘Election Assistance Commission— 
Election Security Grants’’ in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) or 
under this heading in this Act as funds allocated under 
the heading ‘‘Election Assistance Commission—Election 
Security Grants’’ in the Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Pub-
lic Law 116–93; 133 Stat. 2461) that were spent to pre-
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vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically 
or internationally, for the 2020 Federal election cycle; or 
funds allocated under the heading ‘‘Election Assistance 
Commission—Election Reform Program’’ in the Financial 
Services and Government Appropriations Act, 2018 (divi-
sion E of Public Law 115–141) that were spent to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically 
or internationally, for the 2020 Federal election cycle. 
(e) This section shall take effect as if included in the 
enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
Security Act (Public Law 116–136). 
(f) The amounts repurposed pursuant to this section 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $24,000,000, for implementing title VIII of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 641 et seq.), as 
added by the Broadband DATA Act (Public Law 116– 
130): Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
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Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $200,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including to 
support efforts of health care providers to address 
coronavirus by providing telecommunications services, in-
formation services, and devices necessary to enable the 
provision of telehealth services during an emergency pe-
riod, as defined in section 1135(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1)): Provided, That the 
Federal Communications Commission may rely on the 
rules of the Commission under part 54 of title 47, Code 
of Federal Regulations, in administering the amount pro-
vided under the heading in this Act if the Commission de-
termines that such administration is in the public interest: 
Provided further, That up to $4,000,000 shall be used by 
the Office of Inspector General to audit and conduct inves-
tigations of funds made available in this Act or in the 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
lic Law 116–136) to the Federal Communications Com-
mission for the provision of telehealth services during an 
emergency period, and that the Office of Inspector Gen-
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eral shall report to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate each month, until all 
emergency telehealth funding has been obligated, on the 
status of approved applications, pending applications, and 
rejected applications for such funding, and on rec-
ommendations to improve the transparency and fairness 
of distribution of such funding: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY FUND 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency 
Connectivity Fund’’, $12,000,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, 
through the provision of funding for Wi-fi hotspots, other 
equipment, connected devices, and advanced telecommuni-
cations and information services to schools and libraries 
as authorized in section 201 of division M of this Act: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
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tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
EMERGENCY BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY FUND 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Emergency 
Broadband Connectivity Fund’’, $3,000,000,000, to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically 
or internationally, through the provision of an emergency 
benefit for broadband service as authorized in section 301 
of division M of this Act: Provided, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
TECHNOLOGY MODERNIZATION FUND 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Technology Mod-
ernization Fund’’, $1,000,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022, for technology-related mod-
ernization activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 
RECORDS CENTER REVOLVING FUND 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Records Center 
Revolving Fund’’ for the Federal Record Centers Pro-
gram, $92,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, which shall 
be for offsetting the loss resulting from the coronavirus 
pandemic of the user charges collected by such Fund pur-
suant to subsection (c) under the heading ‘‘Records Center 
Revolving Fund’’ in Public Law 106–58, as amended (44 
U.S.C. 2901 note): Provided, That the amount provided 
under this heading in this Act may be used to reimburse 
the Fund for obligations incurred for this purpose prior 
to the date of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That such amount is provided without regard to the limi-
tation in subsection (d) under the heading ‘‘Records Cen-
ter Revolving Fund’’ in Public Law 106–58, as amended 
(44 U.S.C. 2901 note): Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
mestically or internationally: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 
EMERGENCY EIDL GRANTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Emergency EIDL 
Grants’’ for the cost of emergency EIDL grants author-
ized by section 1110 of division A of the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116–136), $50,000,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading in this 
Act, $40,000,000,000 shall be for carrying out subsection 
(i) of such section 1110: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 503. For fiscal year 2021, commitments for 
general business loans authorized under paragraphs (1) 
through (35) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 636(a)) shall not exceed $75,000,000,000 for 
a combination of amortizing term loans and the aggre-
gated maximum line of credit provided by revolving loans. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For an additional payment to the ‘‘Postal Service 
Fund’’, 
for 
revenue 
forgone 
due 
to 
coronavirus, 
$15,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That the Postal Service, during the 
coronavirus emergency, shall prioritize the purchase of, 
and make available to all Postal Service employees and 
facilities, personal protective equipment, including gloves, 
masks, and sanitizers, and shall conduct additional clean-
ing and sanitizing of Postal Service facilities and delivery 
vehicles: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
mestically or internationally: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 504. (a) OVERSIGHT OF COVERED FUNDS.— 
The matter preceding the first proviso under the heading 
‘‘Independent Agencies—Pandemic Response Account-
ability Committee’’ in title V of division B of the CARES 
Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended by striking ‘‘funds 
provided in this Act to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus, domestically or internationally’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘ ‘covered funds’, as that term is defined in section 
15010 of this Act’’. 
(b) DEFINITION
OF
COVERED
FUNDS.—Section 
15010(a)(6) of division B of the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, 
and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) is 
amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘this Act’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
nomic Security Act (divisions A and B) (Public Law 
116–136)’’; and 
(2) by striking subparagraph (D) and inserting: 
‘‘(D) the Paycheck Protection Program 
and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public Law 
116–139); 
‘‘(E) all divisions of this Act; or 
‘‘(F) The Heroes Act; and’’. 
(c) 
APPOINTMENT
OF
CHAIRPERSON.—Section 
15010(c) of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and (D)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(D), and (E)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(E), by inserting ‘‘of the 
Council’’ after ‘‘Chairperson’’. 
(d) RETROACTIVE REPORTING ON LARGE COVERED 
FUNDS.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 
terms ‘‘agency’’ and ‘‘large covered funds’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 15011 of divi-
sion B of the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Eco-
nomic Security Act (Public Law 116–136). 
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(2) GUIDANCE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 14 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall issue guidance for agencies to ensure the 
collection and timely reporting for the obliga-
tion and expenditure of large covered funds 
under division A of the CARES Act (Public 
Law 116–136) on and after the date of enact-
ment of that Act. 
(B) REQUIREMENT.—The guidance issued 
under subparagraph (A) shall require that, not 
later than 120 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, agencies shall make all reports re-
quired under section 15011 of division B of the 
CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) relating to 
large covered funds under division A of such 
Act that have been expended or obligated dur-
ing the period beginning on the date of enact-
ment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) 
and ending on the day before the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 
this subsection shall be construed to affect the 
deadlines for reporting under section 15011 of 
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division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136) relating to large covered funds that have 
been expended or obligated under divisions A or 
B of such Act, on or after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
(c) DESIGNATION.—Amounts repurposed under this 
section that were previously designated by the Congress, 
respectively, as an emergency requirement or as being for 
disaster relief pursuant to the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act are designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 or as being for 
disaster relief pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
SEC. 505. Title V of division B of the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116–136) is amended by striking the fifth 
proviso under the heading ‘‘General Services Administra-
tion—Real 
Property 
Activities—Federal 
Buildings 
Fund’’: Provided, That the amounts repurposed pursuant 
to this section that were previously designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
are designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
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ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE VI 
HOMELAND SECURITY 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-
port’’, $3,000,000, for oversight of activities supported by 
funds provided under ‘‘Federal Emergency Management 
Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in title VI of division B 
of Public Law 116–136, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Assistance’’, 
$1,300,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, of which $500,000,000 shall be for Assist-
ance to Firefighter Grants for the purchase of personal 
protective equipment and related supplies, mental health 
evaluations, training, and temporary infectious disease de- 
contamination or sanitizing facilities and equipment; of 
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which $500,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Adequate 
Fire and Emergency Response Grants; of which 
$100,000,000 shall be for Emergency Management Per-
formance Grants; and of which $200,000,000 shall be for 
the Emergency Food and Shelter Program: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 601. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available in this Act for ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ in this 
Act shall only be used for the purposes specifically de-
scribed under that heading. 
SEC. 602. (a) Subsections (c)(2) and (k) of section 
33 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 
(15 U.S.C. 2229) shall not apply to amounts appropriated 
for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal 
Assistance’’ for Assistance to Firefighter Grants in this 
Act. 
(b) Subsection (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) 
shall not apply to amounts provided for ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ for As-
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sistance to Firefighter Grants in title III of division D 
of Public Law 116–93 and in title VI of division B of Pub-
lic Law 116–136. 
(c) Amounts repurposed under this section that were 
previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 
requirement or as being for disaster relief pursuant to the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act are 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
or as being for disaster relief pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 
603. 
Subsections 
(a)(1)(A), 
(a)(1)(B), 
(a)(1)(E), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 34 of the 
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 
U.S.C. 2229a) shall not apply to amounts appropriated 
for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency—Federal 
Assistance’’ for Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emer-
gency Response Grants in this Act and in division D, title 
III of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 
Law 116–93). 
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TITLE VII 
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Manage-
ment’’, $45,000,000, of which $15,000,000 shall be for 
wildlife inspections, interdictions, and investigations and 
for domestic and international efforts to address wildlife 
trafficking; and of which $30,000,000 shall be for the care 
of captive species listed under the Endangered Species 
Act, rescued and confiscated wildlife, and other Federally- 
owned animals in facilities experiencing lost revenues due 
to the coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE 
NATIONAL RECREATION AND PRESERVATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Recreation 
and Preservation’’, $20,000,000 for grants as authorized 
by the 9/11 Memorial Act (Public Law 115–413), to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
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for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian 
Programs’’, $900,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, of which— 
(1) $100,000,000 shall be for housing improve-
ment; 
(2) $780,000,000 shall be for providing Tribal 
government services, for Tribal government em-
ployee salaries to maintain operations, and cleaning 
and sanitization of Tribally owned and operated fa-
cilities; and 
(3) $20,000,000 shall be used to provide and 
deliver potable water: 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall 
be obligated until 3 days after the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs provides a detailed spend plan, which includes dis-
tribution and use of funds by Tribe, to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That such amounts shall be in 
addition to any other amounts available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That the Bureau shall notify the Com-
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mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate quarterly on the obligations and expendi-
tures of the funds provided by this Act: Provided further, 
That assistance received herein shall not be included in 
the calculation of funds received by those Tribal govern-
ments who participate in the ‘‘Small and Needy’’ program: 
Provided further, That such amounts, if transferred to In-
dian Tribes and Tribal organizations under the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (1) will 
be transferred on a one-time basis, (2) are non-recurring 
funds that are not part of the amount required by 25 
U.S.C. 5325, and (3) may only be used for the purposes 
identified under this heading in this Act, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law: Provided further, That section 
1308 of this Act shall not apply to tribal contracts entered 
into by the Bureau of Indian Affairs with this appropria-
tion: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance to Terri-
tories’’, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended, to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover 
from coronavirus, of which (1) $993,000,000 is for Capital 
Improvement Project grants for hospitals and other crit-
ical infrastructure; and (2) $7,000,000 is for territorial 
assistance, including general technical assistance: Pro-
vided, That any appropriation for disaster assistance 
under this heading in this Act or previous appropriations 
Acts may be used as non-Federal matching funds for the 
purpose of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to 
section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c): Provided 
further, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section 
that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental Pro-
grams and Management’’, $50,000,000, for environmental 
justice grants as described in section 302 of division U 
of this Act: Provided, That such amounts shall be in addi-
tion to any other amounts available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Indian Health Serv-
ices’’, $1,734,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
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to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and provide health 
services related to coronavirus, of which— 
(1) $1,000,000,000 shall be used to supplement 
reduced third party revenue collections; 
(2) $500,000,000 shall be used for direct health 
and telehealth services, including to purchase sup-
plies and personal protective equipment; 
(3) $140,000,000 shall be used to expand 
broadband infrastructure and information tech-
nology for telehealth and electronic health record 
system purposes; 
(4) $20,000,000 shall be used to address the 
needs of domestic violence victims and homeless indi-
viduals and families; 
(5) not less than $64,000,000 shall be for 
Urban Indian Organizations; and, 
(6) not less than $10,000,000 shall be used to 
provide and deliver potable water: 
Provided, That such funds shall be allocated at the discre-
tion of the Director of the Indian Health Service, and shall 
be in addition to any other amounts available for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That such amounts, if transferred 
to Tribes and Tribal organizations under the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act, will be 
transferred on a one-time basis and that these non-recur-
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ring funds are not part of the amount required by section 
106 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education As-
sistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5325), and that such amounts 
may only be used for the purposes identified under this 
heading notwithstanding any other provision of law: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds appropriated under 
this heading in this Act for telehealth broadband activities 
shall be available for obligation until 3 days after the In-
dian Health Service provides to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
a detailed spend plan that includes the cost, location, and 
expected completion date of each activity: Provided fur-
ther, That the Indian Health Service shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate quarterly on the obligations and expendi-
tures of the funds provided by this Act: Provided further, 
That section 1308 of this Act shall not apply to tribal con-
tracts entered into by the Bureau of Indian Affairs with 
this appropriation: Provided further, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
INDIAN HEALTH FACILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Indian Health Facili-
ties’’, $600,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
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to coronavirus, to modify existing health facilities to pro-
vide isolation or quarantine space, to purchase and install 
updated equipment necessary, and for maintenance and 
improvement projects necessary to the purposes specified 
in this Act: Provided, That such amounts may be used 
to supplement amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses under ‘‘Indian Health Facilities’’: Provided further, 
That such amounts shall be in addition to any other 
amounts available for such purposes: Provided further, 
That such amounts, if transferred to Tribes and Tribal 
organizations under the Indian Self-Determination and 
Education Assistance Act, will be transferred on a one- 
time basis and that these non-recurring funds are not part 
of the amount required by section 106 of the Indian Self- 
Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 
5325), and that such amounts may only be used for the 
purposes identified under this heading notwithstanding 
any other provision of law: Provided further, That the In-
dian Health Service shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
quarterly on the obligations and expenditures of the funds 
provided by this Act: Provided further, That section 1308 
of this Act shall not apply to tribal contracts entered into 
by the Bureau of Indian Affairs with this appropriation: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
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Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants and Adminis-
tration’’, $135,000,000, for grants to respond to the im-
pacts of coronavirus: Provided, That such funds are avail-
able under the same terms and conditions as grant fund-
ing appropriated to this heading in Public Law 116–94: 
Provided further, That 40 percent of the funds made avail-
able under this heading in this Act shall be distributed 
to State arts agencies and regional arts organizations and 
60 percent of such funds shall be for direct grants: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, such funds may also be used by the recipients of 
such grants for purposes of the general operations of such 
recipients: Provided further, That the matching require-
ments under subsections (e), (g)(4)(A), and (p)(3) of sec-
tion 5 of the National Foundation on the Arts and Hu-
manities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954) may be waived with 
respect to such grants: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants and Adminis-
tration’’, $135,000,000, for grants to respond to the im-
pacts of coronavirus: Provided, That such funds are avail-
able under the same terms and conditions as grant fund-
ing appropriated to this heading in Public Law 116–94: 
Provided further, That 40 percent of the funds made avail-
able under this heading in this Act shall be distributed 
to state humanities councils and 60 percent of such funds 
shall be for direct grants: Provided further, That notwith-
standing any other provision of law, such funds may also 
be used by the recipients of such grants for purposes of 
the general operations of such recipients: Provided further, 
That the matching requirements under subsection 
(h)(2)(A) of section 7 of the National Foundation on the 
Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 may be waived with re-
spect to such grants: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
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TITLE VIII 
DEPARTMENTS 
OF 
LABOR, 
HEALTH 
AND 
HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ-
ment Services’’, $2,140,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus, of which $15,000,000 shall 
be transferred to ‘‘Program Administration’’ to carry out 
activities in this Act, Public Law 116–127 and Public Law 
116–136 for full-time equivalent employees, information 
technology upgrades needed to expedite payments and 
support implementation, including to expedite policy guid-
ance and disbursement of funds, technical assistance and 
other assistance to States and territories to speed payment 
of Federal and State unemployment benefits, and of which 
the remaining amounts shall be used to carry out activities 
under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (re-
ferred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) as follows: 
(1) $485,000,000 for grants to the States for 
adult employment and training activities, including 
incumbent worker trainings, transitional jobs, on- 
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the-job training, individualized career services, sup-
portive services, needs-related payments, and to fa-
cilitate remote access to training services provided 
through a one-stop delivery system through the use 
of technology: Provided, That an adult shall not be 
required to meet the requirements of section 
134(c)(3)(B) of the WIOA: Provided further, That 
an adult who meets the requirements described in 
section 2102(a)(3)(A) of Public Law 116–136 may 
be eligible for participation: Provided further, That 
priority may be given to individuals who are ad-
versely impacted by economic changes due to the 
coronavirus, including individuals seeking employ-
ment, dislocated workers, individuals with barriers to 
employment, individuals who are unemployed, or in-
dividuals who are underemployed; 
(2) $518,000,000 for grants to the States for 
youth activities, including supportive services, sum-
mer employment for youth, and to facilitate remote 
access to training services provided through a one- 
stop delivery system through the use of technology: 
Provided, That individuals described in section 
2102(a)(3)(A) of Public Law 116–136 may be eligi-
ble for participation as an out-of-school youth if they 
meet the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of sec-
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tion 129(a)(1)(B) or as in-school youth if they meet 
the requirements of clauses (i) and (iii) of section 
129(a)(1)(C) of the WIOA; Provided further, That 
priority shall be given for out-of-school youth and 
youth with multiple barriers to employment: Pro-
vided further, That funds shall support employer 
partnerships for youth employment and subsidized 
employment, and partnerships with community- 
based organizations to support such employment; 
(3) $597,000,000 for grants to States for dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
including incumbent worker trainings, transitional 
jobs, on-the-job training, individualized career serv-
ices, supportive services, needs-related payments, 
and to facilitate remote access to training services 
provided through a one-stop delivery system through 
the use of technology: Provided, That a dislocated 
worker shall not be required to meet the require-
ments of section 134(c)(3)(B) of the WIOA: Pro-
vided further, That a dislocated worker who meets 
the requirements described in section 2102(a)(3)(A) 
of Public Law 116–136 may be eligible for participa-
tion; 
(4) $500,000,000 for the dislocated workers as-
sistance national reserve; and 
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(5) $25,000,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including emergency supportive services of 
which no less than $500,000 shall be for the collec-
tion and dissemination of electronic and printed ma-
terials related to coronavirus to the migrant and sea-
sonal farmworker population nationwide, including 
Puerto Rico, through a cooperative agreement, and 
of which $1,000,000 shall be for migrant and sea-
sonal farmworker housing: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
STATE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND EMPLOYMENT 
SERVICE OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State Unemployment 
Insurance 
and 
Employment 
Service 
Operations’’, 
$538,500,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, which may be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund (‘‘The Trust Fund’’), of which: 
(1) $38,500,000 from the Trust Fund is for na-
tional activities necessary to support the administra-
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tion of the Federal-State unemployment insurance 
system; and 
(2) $500,000,000 from the Trust Fund is for 
grants to States in accordance with section 6 of the 
Wagner-Peyser Act: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wage and Hour Divi-
sion’’, $6,500,000 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, including for the administration, oversight, 
and coordination of worker protection activities related 
thereto: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor shall use 
funds provided under this heading to support enforcement 
activities and outreach efforts to make individuals, par-
ticularly low-wage workers, aware of their rights under di-
vision C and division E of Public Law 116–127 and this 
Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration’’, $100,000,000 for implemen-
tation of section 202 of division B this Act, and for worker 
protection and enforcement activities to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to coronavirus, of which $25,000,000 
shall be for Susan Harwood training grants and at least 
$70,000,000 shall be to hire additional compliance safety 
and health officers, and for state plan enforcement, to pro-
tect workers from coronavirus by enforcing all applicable 
standards and directives, including 29 CFR 1910.132, 29 
CFR 1910.134, section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety 
and Health Act of 1970, and 29 CFR 1910.1030: Pro-
vided, That activities to protect workers from coronavirus 
supported by funds provided under this heading includes 
additional enforcement of standards and directives ref-
erenced in the preceding proviso at slaughterhouses, poul-
try processing plants, and agricultural workplaces: Pro-
vided further, That within 15 days of the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit a 
spending and hiring plan for the funds made available 
under this heading, and a monthly staffing report until 
all funds are expended, to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-
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vided further, That within 15 days of the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit a 
plan for the additional enforcement activities described in 
the third proviso to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
SEC. 801. (a) There is hereby appropriated for an 
additional amount for fiscal year 2021 for ‘‘Department 
of Labor—Employment Training Administration—State 
Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service Oper-
ations’’, $28,600,000, to be expended from the Employ-
ment Security Administration Account in the Unemploy-
ment Trust Fund (‘‘the Trust Fund’’) to carry out title 
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III of the Social Security Act: Provided, That such amount 
shall only become available for obligation if the Average 
Weekly Insured Unemployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 
2021 is projected, by the Department of Labor during fis-
cal year 2021 to exceed 1,728,000: Provided further, That 
to the extent that the AWIU for fiscal year 2021 is pro-
jected by the Department of Labor to exceed 1,728,000, 
an additional $28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be 
made available for obligation during fiscal year 2021 for 
every 100,000 increase in the AWIU level (including a pro 
rata amount for any increment less than 100,000): Pro-
vided further, That, except as specified in this section, 
amounts provided herein shall be available under the same 
authority and conditions applicable to funds provided to 
carry out title III of the Social Security Act under the 
heading ‘‘Department of Labor—Employment Training 
Administration—State Unemployment Insurance and Em-
ployment Service Operations’’ in division A of Public Law 
116–94: Provided further, That such amounts shall be in 
addition to any other funds made available in any fiscal 
year for such purposes: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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(b)(1) Section 101(8) of the Continuing Appropria-
tions Act, 2021 (division A of H.R. 8337 of the 116th 
Congress), is amended by inserting ‘‘except the first pro-
viso following paragraph (6) under the heading ‘Depart-
ment of Labor—State Unemployment Insurance and Em-
ployment Service Operations’ ’’ before the period. 
(2) Any obligations and expenditures made for 
projects or activities described in this section before 
the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to the 
first proviso following paragraph (6) under the head-
ing ‘‘Department of Labor—State Unemployment 
Insurance and Employment Service Operations’’ as 
provided by section 101 of the Continuing Appro-
priations Act, 2021 shall be charged to the appro-
priation provided by this section, consistent with sec-
tion 107 of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 
2021. 
SEC. 802. (a) Any funds made available under this 
Act to support or fund apprenticeship programs shall only 
be used for, or provided to, apprenticeship programs as 
defined in subsection (b) of this section, including any 
funds awarded for the purposes of grants, contracts, or 
cooperative agreements, or the development, implementa-
tion, or administration, of an apprenticeship program. 
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(b) The term ‘‘apprenticeship’’ means an apprentice-
ship program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 
(commonly known as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’) 
(50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.) and 
that complies with the requirements of subpart A of part 
29, Code of Federal Regulations, and part 30 of such title 
(as in effect on September 30, 2020). 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Primary Health 
Care’’, $7,600,000,000, for necessary expenses to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, for grants and 
cooperative agreements under the Health Centers Pro-
gram, as defined by section 330 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act, and for grants to Federally qualified health cen-
ters, as defined in section 1861(aa)(4)(B) of the Social 
Security Act, and for eligible entities under the Native Ha-
waiian Health Care Improvement Act, including mainte-
nance or expansion of health center and system capacity 
and staffing levels: Provided, That sections 330(r)(2)(B), 
330(e)(6)(A)(iii), and 330(e)(6)(B)(iii) shall not apply to 
funds provided under this heading in this Act: Provided 
further, That funds provided under this heading in this 
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Act may be used to (1) purchase equipment and supplies 
to conduct mobile testing for SARS–CoV–2 or COVID– 
19; (2) purchase and maintain mobile vehicles and equip-
ment to conduct such testing; and (3) hire and train lab-
oratory personnel and other staff to conduct such mobile 
testing: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Workforce’’, 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
of which $800,000,000 shall be for carrying out title III 
of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the health 
workforce and $200,000,000 shall be for carrying out sec-
tion 846 of such Act: Provided, That of the amount made 
available under this heading in this Act for carrying out 
title III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to 
the health workforce, $100,000,000 shall be made avail-
able for purposes of providing public health services 
through a supplemental grant or grants to states currently 
participating in the NHSC State Loan Repayment Pro-
gram notwithstanding section 338I(b) of the PHS Act, to 
make awards as authorized under section 338I(j) of the 
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Public Health Service (PHS) Act, and notwithstanding 
the health professional shortage area requirements under 
338I, the Secretary may develop rules needed to imple-
ment this proviso: Provided further, That for purposes of 
the previous proviso, notwithstanding section 338I(d)(2) 
of the PHS Act, no more than 10 percent of funds made 
available in such supplemental grants may be used by the 
state for administration of the State Loan Repayment 
Program in that state: Provided further, That for the pur-
poses of these funds, the term ‘‘primary health services’’ 
and ‘‘primary health care services’’ as referenced in sec-
tion 338I of the PHS Act, includes public health services, 
as defined by the Secretary: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Maternal and Child 
Health’’, $500,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, for carrying out title V of the Social 
Security Act with respect to maternal and child health: 
Provided, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 
502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, such funds shall be 
available for awards to states and territories to carry out 
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special projects of regional and national significance pur-
suant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Ryan White HIV/ 
AIDS Program’’, $100,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That awards from 
funds provided under this heading in this Act shall be 
through modifications to existing contracts and supple-
ments to existing grants and cooperative agreements 
under parts A, B, C, D, and F, or section 2692(a) of title 
XXVI of the Public Health Service Act: Provided further, 
That such supplements shall be awarded using a data- 
driven methodology determined by the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services: Provided further, That sections 
2604(c), 2612(b), and 2651(c) of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act shall not apply to funds provided under this head-
ing in this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary may 
waive any penalties and administrative requirements as 
may attach to these funds or to funds awarded under title 
XXVI with respect to the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program 
as necessary to ensure that the funds may be used effi-
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ciently: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
CDC–WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘CDC–Wide Activities 
and Program Support’’, $13,700,000,000, to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
internationally: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading in this Act, $1,000,000,000 shall be 
for Public Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative 
agreements under section 319C–1 of the Public Health 
Service Act: Provided further, That, of the amount pro-
vided under this heading in this Act, $1,000,000,000 shall 
be for necessary expenses for grants for core public health 
infrastructure for State, local, Territorial, or Tribal health 
departments as described in section 550 of division K of 
this Act: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading in this Act for specified programs, 
not less than $100,000,000 shall be allocated to tribes, 
tribal organizations, urban Indian health organizations, or 
health service providers to tribes: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading in this 
Act, not less than $1,000,000,000 shall be for global dis-
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ease detection and emergency response: Provided further, 
That of the amount provided under this heading in this 
Act, not less than $200,000,000 shall be for public health 
data surveillance and analytics infrastructure moderniza-
tion: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading in this Act, $7,000,000,000 shall be 
for activities to plan, prepare for, promote, distribute, ad-
minister, monitor, and track coronavirus vaccines, as de-
scribed in section 703 of division K of this Act, to ensure 
broad-based distribution, access, and vaccine coverage: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading in this Act, $1,000,000,000 shall be 
for necessary expenses for grants for an evidence-based 
public awareness campaign on the importance of vaccina-
tions, as described in section 704 of division K of this Act: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading in this Act, $2,000,000,000 shall be 
for necessary expenses for grants to State, local, Tribal, 
or territorial health departments to purchase or procure 
personal protective equipment and other workplace safety 
measures for use in containment and mitigation of 
COVID-19 transmission among essential workers, as well 
as provide funding to employers of essential workers for 
containment and mitigation of COVID-19 transmission 
among essential workers in their workplaces, as described 
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in section 651 of division K of this Act: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading in 
this Act, up to $500,000,000 shall be for activities to plan, 
prepare for, promote, distribute, administer, monitor, and 
track seasonal influenza vaccines to ensure broad-based 
distribution, access, and vaccine coverage: Provided fur-
ther, That funds made available under this heading in this 
Act may reimburse CDC obligations incurred for vaccine 
planning, preparation, promotion, and distribution prior 
to the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
Director of CDC shall report to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
within 60 days of enactment of this Act on an enhanced 
seasonal influenza vaccination strategy to include nation-
wide vaccination goals and specific actions that CDC will 
take to achieve such goals: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading in this Act for grants 
may be used for the rent, lease, purchase, acquisition, con-
struction, alteration, or renovation of non-Federally owned 
facilities to improve preparedness and response capability 
at the State and local level: Provided further, That all con-
struction, alteration, or renovation work, carried out, in 
whole or in part, with funds appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act, or under this heading in the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116–136), shall be subject to the require-
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ments of section 1621(b)(1)(I) of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300s–1(b)(1)(I)): Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of 
Allergy and Infectious Diseases’’, $500,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of 
Mental Health’’, $200,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Direc-
tor’’, $4,021,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 
That not less than $3,000,000,000 of the amount provided 
under this heading in this Act shall be for offsetting the 
costs related to reductions in lab productivity resulting 
from the coronavirus pandemic or public health measures 
related to the coronavirus pandemic: Provided further, 
That up to $1,021,000,000 of the amount provided under 
this heading in this Act shall be to support additional sci-
entific research or the programs and platforms that sup-
port research: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading in this Act may be transferred to the 
accounts of the Institutes and Centers of the National In-
stitutes of Health (‘‘NIH’’): Provided further, That this 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority available to the NIH: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Surveillance 
and Program Support’’, $8,500,000,000, to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That of 
the funds made available under this heading in this Act, 
$3,500,000,000 shall be for grants for the substance 
abuse prevention and treatment block grant program 
under subpart II of part B of title XIX of the Public 
Health Service Act (‘‘PHS Act’’): Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this heading in this Act, 
$4,000,000,000 shall be for grants for the community 
mental health services block grant program under subpart 
I of part B of title XIX of the PHS Act: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available in the previous proviso, 
the Assistant Secretary is directed to provide no less than 
50 percent of funds directly to facilities defined in section 
1913(c) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading in this Act, not 
less than $600,000,000 is available for Certified Commu-
nity Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grant program: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading in this Act, not less than $50,000,000 
shall be available for suicide prevention programs: Pro-
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vided further, That of the funds made available under this 
heading in this Act, $100,000,000 shall be for activities 
and services under Project AWARE: Provided further, 
That of the funds made available under this heading in 
this Act, $10,000,000 shall be for the National Child 
Traumatic Stress Network: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading in this Act, 
$240,000,000 is available for activities authorized under 
section 501(o) of the PHS Act: Provided further, That of 
the amount made available under this heading in this Act 
for specified programs, not less than $150,000,000 shall 
be allocated to tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian 
health organizations, or health or behavioral health service 
providers to tribes: Provided further, That with respect to 
the amount appropriated under this heading in this Act 
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Admin-
istration may waive requirements with respect to allowable 
activities, timelines, or reporting requirements for the 
Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant 
and the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant 
as deemed necessary to facilitate a grantee’s response to 
coronavirus: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Manage-
ment’’, $500,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, for State strike teams for resident 
and employee safety in skilled nursing facilities and nurs-
ing facilities, including activities to support clinical care, 
infection control, and staffing pursuant to section 208 of 
division K of this Act: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Low Income Home 
Energy Assistance’’, $4,500,000,000, to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to coronavirus, for making payments 
under subsection (b) of section 2602 of the Low-Income 
Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 
et seq.): Provided, That of the amount provided under this 
heading in this Act, $2,250,000,000 shall be allocated as 
though the total appropriation for such payments for fiscal 
year 2021 was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, 
That section 2607(b)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
8626(b)(2)(B)) shall not apply to funds made available 
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under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States 
for the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’, 
$7,000,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, including for Federal administrative ex-
penses, which shall be used to supplement, not supplant 
State, Territory, and Tribal general revenue funds for 
child care assistance for low-income families within the 
United States (including territories) without regard to re-
quirements in sections 658E(c)(3)(D)–(E) or section 
658G of the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act: Provided, That funds provided under this heading in 
this Act may be used for costs of providing relief from 
copayments and tuition payments for families and for pay-
ing that portion of the child care provider’s cost ordinarily 
paid through family copayments, to provide continued pay-
ments and assistance to child care providers in the case 
of decreased enrollment or closures related to coronavirus, 
and to ensure child care providers are able to remain open 
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or reopen as appropriate and applicable: Provided further, 
That States, Territories, and Tribes are encouraged to 
place conditions on payments to child care providers that 
ensure that child care providers use a portion of funds 
received to continue to pay the salaries and wages of staff: 
Provided further, That lead agencies shall, for the duration 
of the COVID–19 public health emergency, implement en-
rollment and eligibility policies that support the fixed costs 
of providing child care services by delinking provider reim-
bursement rates from an eligible child’s absence and a pro-
vider’s closure due to the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency: Provided further, That the Secretary shall remind 
States that CCDBG State plans do not need to be amend-
ed prior to utilizing existing authorities in the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act for the purposes pro-
vided herein: Provided further, That States, Territories, 
and Tribes are authorized to use funds appropriated under 
this heading in this Act to provide child care assistance 
to health care sector employees, emergency responders, 
sanitation workers, farmworkers, and other workers 
deemed essential during the response to coronavirus by 
public officials, without regard to the income eligibility re-
quirements of section 658P(4) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated under this heading in this 
Act shall be available to eligible child care providers under 
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section 658P(6) of the CCDBG Act, even if such providers 
were not receiving CCDBG assistance prior to the public 
health emergency as a result of the coronavirus, for the 
purposes of cleaning and sanitation, and other activities 
necessary to maintain or resume the operation of pro-
grams: Provided further, That no later than 60 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, each State, Territory, 
and Tribe that receives funding under this heading in this 
Act shall submit to the Secretary a report, in such manner 
as the Secretary may require, describing how the funds 
appropriated under this heading in this Act will be spent 
and that no later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report 
summarizing such reports from the States, Territories, 
and Tribes: Provided further, That, no later than October 
31, 2021, each State, Territory, and Tribe that receives 
funding under this heading in this Act shall submit to the 
Secretary a report, in such manner as the Secretary may 
require, describing how the funds appropriated under this 
heading in this Act were spent and that no later than 60 
days after receiving such reports from the States, Terri-
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tories, and Tribes, the Secretary shall submit to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate, the Committee on Education and Labor 
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a 
report summarizing such reports from the States, Terri-
tories, and Tribes: Provided further, That payments made 
under this heading in this Act may be obligated in this 
fiscal year or the succeeding two fiscal years: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated under this heading in this 
Act may be made available to restore amounts, either di-
rectly or through reimbursement, for obligations incurred 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, prior 
to the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States 
for the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’, 
$50,000,000,000, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
Child Care Stabilization Fund program, as authorized by 
section 803 of this Act: Provided, That such funds shall 
be available without regard to the requirements in sub-
paragraphs (C) through (E) of section 658E(c)(3) or sec-
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tion 658G of the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading in this Act may be made available to 
restore amounts, either directly or through reimburse-
ment, for obligations incurred prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act for the purposes provided herein: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CHILD CARE STABILIZATION FUND 
SEC. 803. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CCDBG TERMS.—The terms ‘‘eligible child 
care provider’’, ‘‘Indian tribe’’, ‘‘lead agency’’, ‘‘trib-
al organization’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the 
meanings given the terms in section 658P of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) except as otherwise pro-
vided in this section. 
(2) COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emergency’’ 
means the public health emergency declared by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services under sec-
tion 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to 
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COVID–19, including any renewal of the declara-
tion. 
(b) GRANTS.—From the amounts appropriated to 
carry out this section and under the authority of section 
658O of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m) and this section, the Secretary 
shall award child care stabilization grants to the lead 
agency of each State (as defined in that section 658O), 
territory described in subsection (a)(1) of such section, In-
dian tribe, and tribal organization from allotments and 
payments made under subsection (c)(2), not later than 30 
days after the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) 
SECRETARIAL
RESERVATION
AND
ALLOT-
MENTS.— 
(1) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall reserve 
not more than 1 percent of the funds appropriated 
to carry out this section for the Federal administra-
tion of grants described in subsection (b). Amounts 
reserved by the Secretary for administrative ex-
penses shall remain available until fiscal year 2024. 
(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The Secretary shall use the 
remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out 
this section to award allotments to States, as defined 
in section 658O of the Child Care Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m), and 
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payments to territories, Indian tribes, and tribal or-
ganizations in accordance with paragraphs (1) and 
(2) of subsection (a), and subsection (b), of section 
658O of the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m). 
(d) STATE RESERVATIONS AND SUBGRANTS.— 
(1) RESERVATION.—A lead agency for a State 
that receives a child care stabilization grant pursu-
ant to subsection (b) shall reserve not more than 10 
percent of such grant funds— 
(A) to administer subgrants made to quali-
fied child care providers under paragraph (2), 
including to carry out data systems building 
and other activities that enable the disburse-
ment of payments of such subgrants; 
(B) to provide technical assistance and 
support in applying for and accessing the 
subgrant opportunity under paragraph (2), to 
eligible child care providers (including to family 
child care providers, group home child care pro-
viders, and other non-center-based child care 
providers, providers in rural areas, and pro-
viders with limited administrative capacity), ei-
ther directly or through resource and referral 
agencies or staffed family child care networks; 
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(C) to publicize the availability of sub-
grants under this section and conduct wide-
spread outreach to eligible child care providers 
(including family child care providers, group 
home child care providers, and other non-cen-
ter-based child care providers, providers in rural 
areas, and providers with limited administrative 
capacity), either directly or through resource 
and referral agencies or staffed family child 
care networks, to ensure eligible child care pro-
viders are aware of the subgrants available 
under this section; 
(D) to carry out the reporting require-
ments described in subsection (f); and 
(E) to carry out activities to improve the 
supply and quality of child care during and 
after the COVID–19 public health emergency, 
such as conducting community needs assess-
ments, carrying out child care cost modeling, 
making improvements to child care facilities, in-
creasing access to licensure or participation in 
the State’s tiered quality rating system, and 
carrying out other activities described in section 
658G(b) of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858e(b)), 
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to the extent that the lead agency can carry out 
activities described in this subparagraph with-
out preventing the lead agency from fully con-
ducting the activities described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (D). 
(2) SUBGRANTS
TO
QUALIFIED
CHILD
CARE 
PROVIDERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The lead agency shall 
use the remainder of the grant funds awarded 
pursuant to subsection (b) to make subgrants 
to qualified child care providers described in 
subparagraph (B), to support the stability of 
the child care sector during and after the 
COVID–19 public health emergency and to en-
sure the maintenance of a delivery system of 
child care services throughout the State that 
provides for child care in a variety of settings, 
including the settings of family child care pro-
viders, and for a variety of ages, including care 
for infants and toddlers. The lead agency shall 
provide the subgrant funds in advance of pro-
vider expenditures for costs described in sub-
section (e), except as provided in subsection 
(e)(2). 
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(B) QUALIFIED CHILD CARE PROVIDER.— 
To be qualified to receive a subgrant under this 
paragraph, a provider shall be an eligible child 
care provider that— 
(i) was providing child care services 
on or before March 1, 2020; and 
(ii) on the date of submission of an 
application for the subgrant, was either— 
(I) open and available to provide 
child care services; or 
(II) closed due to the COVID–19 
public health emergency. 
(C) SUBGRANT AMOUNT.—The lead agency 
shall make subgrants, from amounts awarded 
pursuant to subsection (b), to qualified child 
care providers, and the amount of such a 
subgrant to such a provider shall— 
(i) be based on the provider’s stated 
average operating expenses during the pe-
riod (of not longer than 6 months) before 
March 1, 2020, or before the provider’s 
last day of operation for a provider that 
operates seasonally, and at minimum cover 
such operating expenses for the intended 
length of the subgrant; 
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(ii) account for increased costs of pro-
viding or preparing to provide child care as 
a result of the COVID–19 public health 
emergency, such as provider and employee 
compensation and existing benefits (exist-
ing as of March 1, 2020) and the imple-
mentation of new practices related to sani-
tization, group size limits, and social 
distancing; 
(iii) be adjusted for payments or reim-
bursements made to an eligible child care 
provider to carry out the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) or the Head Start 
Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) if the period 
of such payments or reimbursements over-
laps with the period of the subgrant award; 
and 
(iv) be adjusted for payments or reim-
bursements made to an eligible child care 
provider through the Paycheck Protection 
Program set forth in section 7(a)(36) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(36)), as added by section 1102 of 
the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
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Security Act (Public Law 116–136) if the 
period of such payments or reimburse-
ments overlaps with the period of the 
subgrant award. 
(D) APPLICATION.— 
(i) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a subgrant under this paragraph, a 
child care provider shall submit an applica-
tion to a lead agency at such time and in 
such manner as the lead agency may re-
quire. Such application shall include— 
(I) a good-faith certification that 
the ongoing operations of the child 
care provider have been impacted as a 
result of the COVID–19 public health 
emergency; 
(II) for a provider described in 
subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), an assurance 
that, 
for 
the 
duration 
of 
the 
subgrant— 
(aa) the provider will give 
priority for available slots (in-
cluding slots that are only tempo-
rarily available) to— 
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(AA) children of essen-
tial workers (such as health 
care sector employees, emer-
gency responders, sanitation 
workers, farmworkers, child 
care employees, and other 
workers determined to be es-
sential during the response 
to coronavirus by public offi-
cials), children of workers 
whose places of employment 
require 
their 
attendance, 
children experiencing home-
lessness, children with dis-
abilities, children at risk of 
child abuse or neglect, and 
children in foster care, in 
States, tribal communities, 
or localities where stay-at- 
home or related orders are 
in effect; or 
(BB) children of work-
ers whose places of employ-
ment require their attend-
ance, children experiencing 
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homelessness, children with 
disabilities, children at risk 
of child abuse or neglect, 
children in foster care, and 
children whose parents are 
in school or a training pro-
gram, in States, tribal com-
munities, or localities where 
stay-at-home or related or-
ders are not in effect; 
(bb) the provider will imple-
ment policies in line with guid-
ance from the Centers for Dis-
ease Control and Prevention and 
the corresponding State, tribal, 
and local authorities, and in ac-
cordance with State, tribal, and 
local orders, for child care pro-
viders that remain open, includ-
ing 
guidance 
on 
sanitization 
practices, group size limits, and 
social distancing; 
(cc) for each employee, the 
provider will pay the full com-
pensation described in subsection 
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(e)(1)(C), including any benefits, 
that was provided to the em-
ployee as of March 1, 2020 (re-
ferred to in this clause as ‘‘full 
compensation’’), and will not take 
any action that reduces the week-
ly amount of the employee’s com-
pensation 
below 
the 
weekly 
amount of full compensation, or 
that reduces the employee’s rate 
of compensation below the rate of 
full compensation; and 
(dd) the provider will pro-
vide relief from copayments and 
tuition payments for the families 
enrolled in the provider’s pro-
gram and prioritize such relief 
for families struggling to make 
either type of payments; 
(III) for a provider described in 
subparagraph (B)(ii)(II), an assur-
ance that— 
(aa) for the duration of the 
provider’s closure due to the 
COVID–19 public health emer-
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gency, for each employee, the 
provider will pay full compensa-
tion, and will not take any action 
that reduces the weekly amount 
of the employee’s compensation 
below the weekly amount of full 
compensation, or that reduces 
the employee’s rate of compensa-
tion below the rate of full com-
pensation; 
(bb) children enrolled as of 
March 1, 2020, will maintain 
their slots, unless their families 
choose to disenroll the children; 
(cc) for the duration of the 
provider’s closure due to the 
COVID–19 public health emer-
gency, the provider will provide 
relief from copayments and tui-
tion payments for the families 
enrolled in the provider’s pro-
gram and prioritize such relief 
for families struggling to make 
either type of payments; and 
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(dd) the provider will re-
sume operations when the pro-
vider is able to safely implement 
policies in line with guidance 
from the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and the 
corresponding State, tribal, and 
local authorities, and in accord-
ance with State, tribal, and local 
orders; 
(IV) information about the child 
care provider’s— 
(aa) program characteristics 
sufficient to allow the lead agen-
cy to establish the child care pro-
vider’s priority status, as de-
scribed in subparagraph (F); 
(bb) 
program 
operational 
status on the date of submission 
of the application; 
(cc) type of program, includ-
ing whether the program is a 
center-based child care, family 
child care, group home child care, 
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or other non-center-based child 
care type program; 
(dd) total enrollment on the 
date of submission of the applica-
tion and total capacity as allowed 
by the State and tribal authori-
ties; and 
(ee) receipt of assistance, 
and 
amount 
of 
assistance, 
through a payment or reimburse-
ment described in subparagraph 
(C)(iv), and the time period for 
which the assistance was made; 
(V) information necessary to de-
termine the amount of the subgrant, 
such as information about the pro-
vider’s stated average operating ex-
penses over the appropriate period, 
described in subparagraph (C)(i); and 
(VI) such other limited informa-
tion as the lead agency shall deter-
mine to be necessary to make sub-
grants to qualified child care pro-
viders. 
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(ii) FREQUENCY.—The lead agency 
shall accept and process applications sub-
mitted under this subparagraph on a roll-
ing basis. 
(iii) 
UPDATES.—The 
lead 
agency 
shall— 
(I) at least once a month, verify 
by obtaining a self-attestation from 
each qualified child care provider that 
received such a subgrant from the 
agency, whether the provider is open 
and available to provide child care 
services or is closed due to the 
COVID–19 public health emergency; 
(II) allow the qualified child care 
provider to update the information 
provided in a prior application; and 
(III) adjust the qualified child 
care provider’s subgrant award as 
necessary, based on changes to the 
application 
information, 
including 
changes to the provider’s operational 
status. 
(iv) EXISTING
APPLICATIONS.—If a 
lead agency has established and imple-
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mented a grant program for child care pro-
viders that is in effect on the date of en-
actment of this Act, and an eligible child 
care provider has already submitted an ap-
plication for such a grant to the lead agen-
cy containing the information specified in 
clause (i), the lead agency shall treat that 
application as an application submitted 
under this subparagraph. If an eligible 
child care provider has already submitted 
such an application containing part of the 
information specified in clause (i), the pro-
vider may submit to the lead agency an ab-
breviated application that contains the re-
maining information, and the lead agency 
shall treat the 2 applications as an applica-
tion submitted under this subparagraph. 
(E) MATERIALS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The lead agency 
shall provide the materials and other re-
sources related to such subgrants, includ-
ing a notification of subgrant opportunities 
and application materials, to qualified child 
care providers in the most commonly spo-
ken languages in the State. 
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(ii) APPLICATION.—The application 
shall be accessible on the website of the 
lead agency within 30 days after the lead 
agency receives grant funds awarded pur-
suant to subsection (b) and shall be acces-
sible to all eligible child care providers, in-
cluding family child care providers, group 
home child care providers, and other non- 
center-based child care providers, providers 
in rural areas, and providers with limited 
administrative capacity. 
(F) 
PRIORITY.—In 
making 
subgrants 
under this section, the lead agency shall give 
priority to qualified child care providers that, 
prior to or on March 1, 2020— 
(i) provided child care during non-
traditional hours; 
(ii) served dual language learners, 
children with disabilities, children experi-
encing homelessness, children in foster 
care, children from low-income families, or 
infants and toddlers; 
(iii) served a high proportion of chil-
dren whose families received subsidies 
under the Child Care and Development 
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Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 
et seq.) for the child care; or 
(iv) operated in communities, includ-
ing rural communities, with a low supply 
of child care. 
(G) PROVIDERS RECEIVING OTHER ASSIST-
ANCE.—The lead agency, in determining wheth-
er a provider is a qualified child care provider, 
shall not take into consideration receipt of a 
payment or reimbursement described in sub-
paragraph (C)(iii) or subparagraph (C)(iv). 
(H) AWARDS.—The lead agency shall equi-
tably make subgrants under this paragraph to 
center-based child care providers, family child 
care providers, group home child care providers, 
and other non-center-based child care providers, 
such that qualified child care providers are able 
to access the subgrant opportunity under this 
paragraph regardless of the providers’ setting, 
size, or administrative capacity. 
(I) OBLIGATION.—The lead agency shall 
obligate at least 50 percent of funds available 
to carry out this section for subgrants described 
in this paragraph, within 6 months of the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
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(e) USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A qualified child care pro-
vider that receives funds through such a subgrant 
may use the funds for the costs of— 
(A) payroll; 
(B) employee benefits, including group 
health plan benefits during periods of paid sick, 
medical, or family leave, and insurance pre-
miums; 
(C) employee salaries or similar compensa-
tion, including any income or other compensa-
tion to a sole proprietor or independent con-
tractor that is a wage, commission, income, net 
earnings from self-employment, or similar com-
pensation; 
(D) employee recruitment and retention; 
(E) payment on any mortgage obligation; 
(F) rent (including rent under a lease 
agreement); 
(G) utilities and facility maintenance; 
(H) insurance; 
(I) providing premium pay for child care 
providers and other employees who provide 
services during the COVID–19 public health 
emergency; 
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(J) sanitization and other costs associated 
with cleaning; 
(K) personal protective equipment and 
other equipment necessary to carry out the 
functions of the child care provider; 
(L) training and professional development 
related to health and safety practices, including 
the proper implementation of policies in line 
with guidance from the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and the corresponding 
State, tribal, and local authorities, and in ac-
cordance with State, tribal, and local orders; 
(M) purchasing or updating equipment and 
supplies to serve children during nontraditional 
hours 
(N) modifications to child care services as 
a result of the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency, such as limiting group sizes, adjusting 
staff-to-child ratios, and implementing other 
heightened health and safety measures; 
(O) mental health supports for children 
and employees; and 
(P) other goods and services necessary to 
maintain or resume operation of the child care 
program, or to maintain the viability of the 
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child care provider as a going concern during 
and after the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency. 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT.—The qualified child care 
provider may use the subgrant funds to reimburse 
the provider for sums obligated or expended before 
the date of enactment of this Act for the cost of a 
good or service described in paragraph (1) to re-
spond to the COVID–19 public health emergency. 
(f) REPORTING.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—A lead agency receiving 
a grant under this section shall, within 60 days after 
making the agency’s first subgrant under subsection 
(d)(2) to a qualified child care provider, submit a re-
port to the Secretary that includes— 
(A) data on qualified child care providers 
that applied for subgrants and qualified child 
care providers that received such subgrants, in-
cluding— 
(i) the number of such applicants and 
the number of such recipients; 
(ii) the number and proportion of 
such applicants and recipients that re-
ceived priority and the characteristic or 
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characteristics of such applicants and re-
cipients associated with the priority; 
(iii) the number and proportion of 
such applicants and recipients that are— 
(I) center-based child care pro-
viders; 
(II) family child care providers; 
(III) group home child care pro-
viders; or 
(IV) other non-center-based child 
care providers; and 
(iv) within each of the groups listed in 
clause (iii), the number of such applicants 
and recipients that are, on the date of sub-
mission of the application— 
(I) open and available to provide 
child care services; or 
(II) closed due to the COVID–19 
public health emergency; 
(B) the total capacity of child care pro-
viders that are licensed, regulated, or registered 
in the State on the date of the submission of 
the report; 
(C) a description of— 
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(i) the efforts of the lead agency to 
publicize the availability of subgrants 
under this section and conduct widespread 
outreach to eligible child care providers 
about such subgrants, including efforts to 
make materials available in languages 
other than English; 
(ii) the lead agency’s methodology for 
determining amounts of subgrants under 
subsection (d)(2); 
(iii) the lead agency’s timeline for dis-
bursing the subgrant funds; and 
(iv) the lead agency’s plan for ensur-
ing that qualified child care providers that 
receive funding through such a subgrant 
comply with assurances described in sub-
section (d)(2)(D) and use funds in compli-
ance with subsection (e); and 
(D) such other limited information as the 
Secretary may require. 
(2) QUARTERLY
REPORT.—The lead agency 
shall, following the submission of such initial report, 
submit to the Secretary a report that contains the 
information described in subparagraphs (A), (B), 
and (D) of paragraph (1) once a quarter until all 
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funds allotted for activities authorized under this 
section are expended. 
(3) FINAL REPORT.—Not later than 60 days 
after a lead agency receiving a grant under this sec-
tion has obligated all of the grant funds (including 
funds received under subsection (h)), the lead agen-
cy shall submit a report to the Secretary, in such 
manner as the Secretary may require, that in-
cludes— 
(A) the total number of eligible child care 
providers who were providing child care services 
on or before March 1, 2020, in the State and 
the number of such providers that submitted an 
application under subsection (d)(2)(D); 
(B) the number of qualified child care pro-
viders in the State that received funds through 
the grant; 
(C) the lead agency’s methodology for de-
termining amounts of subgrants under sub-
section (d)(2); 
(D) the average and range of the subgrant 
amounts by provider type (center-based child 
care, family child care, group home child care, 
or other non-center-based child care provider); 
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(iii) group home child care providers; 
or 
(iv) other non-center-based child care 
providers; 
(H) the percentages, of the child care pro-
viders listed in subparagraph (G) that are, on 
the date of submission of the application— 
(i) open and available to provide child 
care services; or 
(ii) closed due to the COVID–19 pub-
lic health emergency; 
(I) information about how child care pro-
viders used the funds received under such a 
subgrant; 
(J) information about how the lead agency 
used funds reserved under subsection (d)(1); 
and 
(K) information about how the subgrants 
helped to stabilize the child care sector. 
(4) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(A) FINDINGS FROM INITIAL REPORTS.— 
Not later than 60 days after receiving all re-
ports required to be submitted under paragraph 
(1), the Secretary shall provide a report to the 
Committee on Education and Labor of the 
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House of Representatives, to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 
Senate, and to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, summarizing the findings from the re-
ports received under paragraph (1). 
(B) FINDINGS
FROM
FINAL
REPORTS.— 
Not later than 36 months after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary shall provide 
a report to the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives, to the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor and 
Pensions of the Senate, and to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate, summarizing the findings 
from the reports received under paragraph (3). 
(g) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts made 
available to carry out this section shall be used to supple-
ment and not supplant other Federal, State, and local 
public funds expended to provide child care services for 
eligible individuals, including funds provided under the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) and State child care programs. 
(h) REALLOTMENT OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.— 
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(1) UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.— A State, Indian 
tribe, or tribal organization that anticipates being 
unable to obligate all grant funds received under this 
section by September 30, 2022 shall notify the Sec-
retary, at least 60 days prior to such date, of the 
amount of funds it anticipates being unable to obli-
gate by such date. A State, Indian tribe, or tribal or-
ganization shall return to the Secretary any grant 
funds received under this section that the State, In-
dian tribe, or tribal organization does not obligate by 
September 30, 2022. 
(2) REALLOTMENT.—The Secretary shall award 
new allotments and payments, in accordance with 
subsection (c)(2), to covered States, Indian tribes, or 
tribal organizations from funds that are returned 
under paragraph (1) within 60 days of receiving 
such funds. Funds made available through the new 
allotments and payments shall remain available to 
each covered State, Indian tribe, or tribal organiza-
tion until September 30, 2023. 
(3) COVERED STATE, INDIAN TRIBE, OR TRIBAL 
ORGANIZATION.—For purposes of paragraph (2), a 
covered State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization is 
a State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization that re-
ceived an allotment or payment under this section 
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and was not required to return grant funds under 
paragraph (1). 
(i) EXCEPTIONS.—The Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.), exclud-
ing requirements in subparagraphs (C) through (E) of sec-
tion 658E(c)(3), section 658G, and section 658J(c) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3), 9858e, 9858h(c)), shall 
apply to child care services provided under this section to 
the extent the application of such Act does not conflict 
with the provisions of this section. Nothing in this Act 
shall be construed to require a State, Indian tribe, or trib-
al organization to submit an application, other than the 
application described in section 658E or 658O(c) of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858c, 9858m(c)), to receive a grant under this 
Act. 
(j) APPLICATION.—In carrying out the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 with funds 
other than the funds made available under this heading 
in this Act, the Secretary shall calculate the amounts of 
appropriated funds described in subsections (a) and (b) 
of section 658O of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858m) by exclud-
ing funds made available under this heading in this Act. 
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CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families 
Services Programs’’, $3,700,000,000, to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to coronavirus, which shall be used as 
follows: 
(1) $1,700,000,000 for making payments under 
the Head Start Act, including for Federal adminis-
trative expenses, and allocated in an amount that 
bears the same ratio to such portion as the number 
of enrolled children served by the agency involved 
bears to the number of enrolled children by all Head 
Start agencies: Provided, That none of the funds 
made available in this paragraph shall be included in 
the calculation of the ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent 
fiscal years, as such term is defined in sections 
640(a)(7)(A), 641A(h)(1)(B), or 645(d)(3) of the 
Head Start Act: Provided further, That funds made 
available in this paragraph are not subject to the al-
location requirements of section 640(a) of the Head 
Start Act; 
(2) $100,000,000 for Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services grants as authorized by section 
303(a) and 303(b) of the Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services Act with such funds available to 
grantees without regard to matching requirements 
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under section 306(c)(4) of such Act, of which 
$2,000,000 shall be for the National Domestic Vio-
lence Hotline: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services may make such funds 
available for providing temporary housing and as-
sistance to victims of family, domestic, and dating 
violence; 
(3) $75,000,000 for child welfare services as 
authorized by subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the 
Social Security Act (other than sections 426, 427, 
and 429 of such subpart), with such funds available 
to grantees without regard to matching requirements 
under section 424(a) of that Act or any applicable 
reductions in Federal financial participation under 
section 424(f) of that Act; 
(4) $225,000,000 for necessary expenses for 
community-based grants for the prevention of child 
abuse and neglect under section 209 of the Child 
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, which the 
Secretary shall make without regard to sections 
203(b)(1) and 204(4) of such Act; 
(5) $100,000,000 for necessary expenses for the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act State 
Grant program as authorized by Section 112 of such 
Act; and 
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(6) $1,500,000,000 for necessary expenses for 
grants to carry out the Low-Income Household 
Drinking Water and Wastewater Assistance pro-
gram, as described in section 303 of division U of 
this Act: 
Provided, That funds made available under this heading 
in this Act may be used for the purposes provided herein 
to reimburse costs incurred between January 20, 2020, 
and the date of award: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aging and Disability 
Services Programs’’, $1,000,000,000, to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to the coronavirus: Provided, That of the 
amount made available under this heading in this Act, 
$925,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), including 
$200,000,000 for supportive services under part B of title 
III; $480,000,000 for nutrition services under subparts 1 
and 2 of part C of title III; $20,000,000 for nutrition serv-
ices under title VI; $150,000,000 for supportive services 
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for family caregivers under part E of title III; 
$44,000,000 for evidence-based health promotion and dis-
ease prevention services under part D of title III; 
$6,000,000 for aging network support activities to develop 
targeted outreach strategies to reach particularly at-risk 
populations, including populations targeted under section 
306(a)(4)(A)(i)(l) of such Act; $20,000,000 for elder 
rights protection activities, including the long-term om-
budsman program under title VII; and $5,000,000 shall 
be for grants to States to support the network of statewide 
senior legal services, including existing senior legal hot-
lines, efforts to expand such hotlines to all interested 
States, and legal assistance to providers, in order to en-
sure seniors have access to legal assistance, with such fund 
allotted to States consistent with paragraphs (1) through 
(3) of section 304(a) of the OAA: Provided further, That 
State matching requirements under sections 304(d)(1)(D) 
and 373(g)(2) of the OAA shall not apply to funds made 
available under this heading: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading in this Act, 
$50,000,000 shall be for activities authorized in the Devel-
opmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act of 
2000: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading in this Act, $25,000,000 shall be 
for activities authorized in the Assistive Technology Act 
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of 2004: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able in the preceding proviso, $5,000,000 shall be for the 
purchase of equipment to allow interpreters to provide ap-
propriate and essential services to the hearing-impaired 
community: Provided further, That for the purposes of the 
funding provided in the preceding proviso, during the 
emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of 
the Social Security Act, for purposes of section 4(e)(2)(A) 
of the Assistive Technology Act of 2004, the term ‘‘tar-
geted individuals and entities’’ (as that term is defined 
in section 3(16) of the Assistive Technology Act of 2004) 
shall be deemed to include American Sign Language cer-
tified interpreters who are providing interpretation serv-
ices remotely for individuals with disabilities: Provided fur-
ther, That during such emergency period, for the purposes 
of the previous two provisos, to facilitate the ability of in-
dividuals with disabilities to remain in their homes and 
practice social distancing, the Secretary shall waive the 
prohibitions on the use of grant funds for direct payment 
for an assistive technology device for an individual with 
a disability under sections 4(e)(2)(A) and 4(e)(5) of such 
Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
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For an additional amount for ‘‘Aging and Disability 
Services Programs’’, $175,000,000, to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to the coronavirus, which shall be used 
as follows: 
(1) $5,000,000 for elder abuse, neglect, and ex-
ploitation forensic centers, as authorized by section 
2031(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397l(f)); 
(2) $14,000,000 for grants for long-term care 
staffing and technology, as authorized by section 
2041(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397m(d)); 
(3) $123,000,000 for adult protective services 
functions and grants, as authorized by sections 
2042(a)(2), 2042(b)(5), and 2042(c)(6) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397m—1); 
(4) $18,000,000 for long-term care ombudsman 
program grants and training, as authorized by sec-
tions 2043(a)(2) and 2043(b)(2) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397m—2); 
(5) $14,000,000 for investigation systems and 
training, as authorized by sections 6703(b)(1)(C) 
and 6703(b)(2)(C) of the Patient Protection and Af-
fordable Care Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i—3a(b)); and 
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(6) $1,000,000 for assessment reports, as au-
thorized by section 207 of division J of this Act: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY 
FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $21,025,000,000, to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically 
or internationally, including the development of necessary 
countermeasures and vaccines, prioritizing platform-based 
technologies with U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities, 
the purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, nec-
essary medical supplies, as well as medical surge capacity, 
addressing blood supply chain, workforce modernization, 
telehealth access and infrastructure, initial advanced man-
ufacturing, novel dispensing, enhancements to the U.S. 
Commissioned Corps, and other preparedness and re-
sponse activities: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this paragraph in this Act may be used to develop and 
demonstrate innovations and enhancements to manufac-
turing platforms to support such capabilities: Provided 
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further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall purchase vaccines developed using funds made avail-
able under this paragraph in this Act to respond to an 
outbreak or pandemic related to coronavirus in quantities 
determined by the Secretary to be adequate to address the 
public health need: Provided further, That products pur-
chased by the Federal government with funds made avail-
able under this paragraph in this Act, including vaccines, 
therapeutics, and diagnostics, shall be purchased in ac-
cordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation guidance on 
fair and reasonable pricing: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may take such measures authorized under cur-
rent law to ensure that vaccines, therapeutics, and 
diagnostics developed from funds provided in this Act will 
be affordable in the commercial market: Provided further, 
That in carrying out the previous proviso, the Secretary 
shall not take actions that delay the development of such 
products: Provided further, That products purchased with 
funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act may, 
at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile 
under section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service Act: 
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 
paragraph in this Act may be transferred to, and merged 
with, the fund authorized by section 319F–4, the Covered 
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Countermeasure Process Fund, of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this paragraph in this Act, $20,000,000,000 
shall be available to the Biomedical Advanced Research 
and Development Authority for necessary expenses of ad-
vanced research, development, manufacturing, production, 
and purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, and ancillary med-
ical products to prevent the spread of SARS-CoV-2 and 
COVID-19, as described in section 702 of division K of 
this Act: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this paragraph in this Act, $500,000,000 shall 
be available to the Biomedical Advanced Research and De-
velopment Authority for the construction, renovation, or 
equipping of U.S.-based next generation manufacturing 
facilities, other than facilities owned by the United States 
Government: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this paragraph in this Act, $500,000,000 
shall be available to the Biomedical Advanced Research 
and Development Authority to promote innovation in anti-
bacterial research and development: Provided further, 
That funds made available under this paragraph in this 
Act may be used for grants for the rent, lease, purchase, 
acquisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non- 
Federally owned facilities to improve preparedness and re-
sponse capability at the State and local level: Provided fur-
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ther, That funds appropriated under this paragraph in this 
Act may be used for the construction, alteration, renova-
tion or equipping of non-Federally owned facilities for the 
production of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and 
medicines and other items purchased under section 319F– 
2(a) of the Public Health Service Act where the Secretary 
determines that such a contract is necessary to assure suf-
ficient domestic production of such supplies: Provided fur-
ther, That all construction, alteration, or renovation work, 
carried out, in whole or in part, with fund appropriated 
under this heading in this Act, the CARES Act (P.L. 116– 
136), or the Paycheck Protection Program and Health 
Care Enhancement Act (P.L. 116–139), shall be subject 
to the requirements of 42 U.S.C. 300s-1(b)(1)(I): Pro-
vided further, That not later than seven days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and weekly thereafter until the 
public health emergency related to coronavirus is no longer 
in effect, the Secretary shall report to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate on the current inventory of ventilators and per-
sonal protective equipment in the Strategic National 
Stockpile, including the numbers of face shields, gloves, 
goggles and glasses, gowns, head covers, masks, and res-
pirators, as well as deployment of ventilators and personal 
protective equipment during the previous week, reported 
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by state and other jurisdiction: Provided further, That not 
later than the first Monday in February of fiscal year 
2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary shall 
include in the annual budget submission for the Depart-
ment, and submit to the Congress, the Secretary’s request 
with respect to expenditures necessary to maintain the 
minimum level of relevant supplies in the Strategic Na-
tional Stockpile, including in case of a significant pan-
demic, in consultation with the working group under sec-
tion 319F(a) of the Public Health Service Act and the 
Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures En-
terprise established under section 2811–1 of such Act: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $50,000,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus, for necessary expenses to make 
payments under the Health Care Provider Relief Fund as 
described in section 611 of division K of this Act: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
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