TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON 
AGRICULTURE 
Subtitle A—General Provisions 
SECTION 10001. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) The term ‘‘insular area’’ has the meaning 
given such term in section 1404 of the National Ag-
ricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103). 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Agriculture. 
Subtitle B—Forestry 
SEC. 11001. NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM RESTORATION AND 
FUELS REDUCTION PROJECTS. 
(a) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary for 
fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2031— 
(1) $10,000,000,000 for hazardous fuels reduc-
tion projects on National Forest System land within 
the wildland-urban interface; 
(2) $4,000,000,000 for, on a determination 
made solely by the Secretary that hazardous fuels 
reduction projects within the wildland-urban inter-
face described in paragraph (1) have been planned 
to protect, to the extent practicable, at-risk commu-
nities, hazardous fuels reduction projects on Na-
tional Forest System land outside the wildland- 
urban interface that are— 
(A) primarily noncommercial in nature, 
provided that, in accordance with the best avail-
able science, the harvest of merchantable mate-
rials shall be ecologically appropriate for res-
toration and to enhance ecological health and 
function, and any sale of merchantable mate-
rials under this paragraph shall be limited to 
small diameter trees or biomass that are a by-
product of hazardous fuel reduction projects; 
(B) collaboratively developed; and 
(C) carried out in a manner that enhances 
the ecological integrity and achieves the restora-
tion of a forest ecosystem; maximizes the reten-
tion of old-growth and large trees, as appro-
priate for the forest type; and prioritizes pre-
scribed fire as the primary means to achieve 
modified wildland fire behavior; 
(3) $1,000,000,000 for vegetation management 
projects carried out solely on National Forest Sys-
tem land that the Secretary shall select following the
receipt of proposals submitted in accordance with 
subsections (a), (b), and (c) of section 4003 of the 
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (16 
U.S.C. 7303); 
(4) $400,000,000 for vegetation management 
projects on National Forest System land carried out 
in accordance with a water source management plan 
or a watershed protection and restoration action 
plan; 
(5) $400,000,000 for vegetation management 
projects on National Forest System land that— 
(A) maintain, or contribute toward the res-
toration of, reference old growth characteristics, 
including structure, composition, function, and 
connectivity; 
(B) prioritize small diameter trees and pre-
scribed fire to modify fire behavior; and 
(C) maximize the retention of large trees, 
as appropriate for the forest type; 
(6) $450,000,000 for the Legacy Roads and 
Trails program of the Forest Service; 
(7) $350,000,000 for National Forest System 
land 
management 
planning 
and 
monitoring, 
prioritized on the assessment of watershed, ecologi-
cal, and carbon conditions on National Forest Sys-
tem land and the revision and amendment of older 
land management plans that present opportunities 
to protect, maintain, restore, and monitor ecological 
integrity, ecological conditions for at-risk species, 
and carbon storage; 
(8) $100,000,000 for maintenance of trails on 
National Forest System land, with a priority on 
trails that provide to underserved communities ac-
cess to National Forest System land; 
(9) $100,000,000 for capital maintenance and 
improvements on National Forest System land, with 
a priority on maintenance level 3, 4, and 5 roads 
and improvements that restore ecological integrity 
and conditions for at-risk species; 
(10) $100,000,000 to provide for more efficient 
and more effective environmental reviews by the 
Chief of the Forest Service in satisfying the obliga-
tions of the Chief of the Forest Service under the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 through 4370m–12); 
(11) $50,000,000 to develop and carry out ac-
tivities and tactics for the protection of older and 
mature forests on National Forest System land, in-
cluding completing an inventory of older and mature 
forests within the National Forest System;
(12) $50,000,000 to develop and carry out ac-
tivities and tactics for the maintenance and restora-
tion of habitat conditions necessary for the protec-
tion and recovery of at-risk species on National For-
est System land; 
(13) $50,000,000 to carry out post-fire recovery 
plans on National Forest System land that empha-
size the use of locally adapted native plant materials 
to restore the ecological integrity of disturbed areas 
and do not include salvage logging; and 
(14) $50,000,000 to develop and carry out non-
lethal activities and tactics to reduce human-wildlife 
conflicts on National Forest System land. 
(b) PRIORITY FOR FUNDING.—For projects described 
in paragraphs (1) through (5) of subsection (a), the Sec-
retary shall prioritize for implementation projects— 
(1) for which an environmental assessment or 
an environmental impact statement required under 
the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (42 
U.S.C. 4321 through 4370m–12) has been com-
pleted; 
(2) that are collaboratively developed; or 
(3) that include opportunities to restore sus-
tainable recreation infrastructure or access or ac-
complish other recreation outcomes on National For-
est System lands, if the opportunities are compatible 
with the primary restoration purposes of the project. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.—None of the funds made available 
by this section may be used for any activity— 
(1) conducted in a wilderness area or wilderness 
study area; 
(2) that includes the construction of a perma-
nent road or permanent trail; 
(3) that includes the construction of a tem-
porary road, except in the case of a temporary road 
that is decommissioned by the Secretary not later 
than 3 years after the earlier of— 
(A) the date on which the temporary road 
is no longer needed; and 
(B) the date on which the project for 
which the temporary road was constructed is 
completed; 
(4) inconsistent with the applicable land man-
agement plan; 
(5) inconsistent with the prohibitions of the rule 
of the Forest Service entitled ‘‘Special Areas; 
Roadless Area Conservation’’ (66 Fed. Reg. 3244 
(January 12, 2001)), as modified by subparts C and 
D of part 294 of title 36, Code of Federal Regula-
tions; or
(6) carried out on any land that is not National 
Forest System land, including other forested land on 
Federal, State, Tribal, or private land. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AT-RISK COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘at-risk 
community’’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511). 
(2) COLLABORATIVELY DEVELOPED.—The term 
‘‘collaboratively developed’’ means, with respect to a 
project located exclusively on National Forest Sys-
tem land, that the project is developed and imple-
mented through a collaborative process that— 
(A) includes multiple interested persons 
representing diverse interests, except such per-
sons shall not be employed by the Federal gov-
ernment or be representatives of foreign enti-
ties; and 
(B)(i) is transparent and nonexclusive; or 
(ii) meets the requirements for a resource 
advisory 
committee 
under 
subsections 
(c) 
through (f) of section 205 of the Secure Rural 
Schools and Community Self-Determination Act 
of 2000 (16 U.S.C. 7125).
(3) DECOMMISSION.—The term ‘‘decommis-
sion’’ means, with respect to a road— 
(A) reestablishing native vegetation on the 
road; 
(B) restoring any natural drainage, water-
shed function, or other ecological processes that 
were disrupted or adversely impacted by the 
road 
by 
removing 
or 
hydrologically 
dis-
connecting the road prism and reestablishing 
stable slope contours; and 
(C) effectively blocking the road to vehic-
ular traffic, where feasible. 
(4) ECOLOGICAL INTEGRITY.—The term ‘‘eco-
logical integrity’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 219.19 of title 36, Code of Federal Regula-
tions (as in effect on the date of enactment of this 
Act). 
(5) 
HAZARDOUS
FUELS
REDUCTION 
PROJECT.—The term ‘‘hazardous fuels reduction 
project’’ means an activity, including the use of pre-
scribed fire, to protect structures and communities 
from wildfire that is carried out on National Forest 
System land. 
(6) RESTORATION.—The term ‘‘restoration’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 219.19 of
title 36, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act). 
(7) VEGETATION MANAGEMENT PROJECT.—The 
term ‘‘vegetation management project’’ means an ac-
tivity carried out on National Forest System land to 
enhance the ecological integrity and achieve the res-
toration of a forest ecosystem through the removal 
of vegetation, the use of prescribed fire, the restora-
tion of aquatic habitat, or the decommissioning of an 
unauthorized, temporary, or system road. 
(8) WATER SOURCE MANAGEMENT PLAN.—The 
term ‘‘water source management plan’’ means a plan 
developed under section 303(d)(1) of the Healthy 
Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6542(d)(1)). 
(9) WATERSHED PROTECTION AND RESTORA-
TION ACTION PLAN.—The term ‘‘watershed protec-
tion and restoration action plan’’ means a plan de-
veloped under section 304(a)(3) of the Healthy For-
ests 
Restoration 
Act 
of 
2003 
(16 
U.S.C. 
6543(a)(3)). 
(10) WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE.—The term 
‘‘wildland-urban interface’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 101 of the Healthy Forests Res-
toration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511).
(e) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section shall be 
interpreted to authorize funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation for activities under this section if such funds 
are not expressly authorized or currently expended for 
such purposes. 
(f) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.— Any partner-
ship agreements, including cooperative agreements and 
mutual interest agreements, using funds made available 
under this section shall be subject to a non-Federal cost- 
share requirement of not less than 20 percent of the 
project cost, which may be waived at the discretion of the 
Secretary. 
SEC. 11002. NON-FEDERAL LAND FOREST RESTORATION 
AND FUELS REDUCTION PROJECTS AND RE-
SEARCH. 
(a) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary for 
fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2031— 
(1) $2,000,000,000 to award grants to Tribal, 
State, or local governments or the government of the 
District of Columbia, regional organizations, special 
districts, or nonprofit organizations to support, on 
non-Federal land, forest restoration and resilience
projects, including projects to reduce the risk of 
wildfires and establish defensible space around struc-
tures within at-risk communities (as defined in sec-
tion 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 
2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511)); 
(2) $1,000,000,000 to award grants to Tribal, 
State, or local governments or the government of the 
District of Columbia, regional organizations, special 
districts, or nonprofit organizations to implement 
community wildfire protection plans (as defined in 
section 101 of the Healthy Forests Restoration Act 
of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 6511)) in existence on the date 
of the enactment of this Act, purchase firefighting 
equipment, provide firefighter training, and increase 
the capacity for planning, coordinating, and moni-
toring projects on non-Federal land to protect at- 
risk communities (as defined in section 101 of the 
Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 (16 U.S.C. 
6511)); 
(3) $250,000,000 to award grants to Tribal, 
State, or local governments or the government of the 
District of Columbia, regional organizations, special 
districts, or nonprofit organizations for projects on 
non-Federal land to aid in the recovery and rehabili-
tation of burned forested areas, including reforest-
ation; 
(4) $175,000,000 to award grants to Tribal, 
State, or local governments or the government of the 
District of Columbia, regional organizations, special 
districts, or nonprofit organizations for projects on 
non-Federal land to expand equitable outdoor access 
and promote tourism on non-Federal forested land 
for members of underserved groups; 
(5) $150,000,000 for the State Fire Assistance 
and Volunteer Fire Assistance programs established 
pursuant to section 10(b) of the Cooperative For-
estry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2106(b)) to 
be distributed at the discretion of the Secretary; 
(6) $150,000,000 for the implementation of 
State-wide forest resource strategies under section 
2A of the Cooperative Forestry Assistance Act of 
1978 (16 U.S.C. 2101a); 
(7) $250,000,000 for the competitive grant pro-
gram under section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry 
Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2109a) for pro-
viding through that program a cost share to carry 
out climate mitigation or forest resilience practices 
in the case of underserved forest landowners, subject
to the condition that subsection (h) of that section 
shall not apply; 
(8) $250,000,000 for the competitive grant pro-
gram under section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry 
Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2109a) for pro-
viding through that program grants to support the 
participation of underserved forest landowners in 
emerging private markets for climate mitigation or 
forest resilience, subject to the condition that sub-
section (h) of that section shall not apply; 
(9) $250,000,000 for the competitive grant pro-
gram under section 13A of the Cooperative Forestry 
Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2109a) for pro-
viding through that program grants to support the 
participation of forest landowners who own less than 
2,500 acres of forest land in emerging private mar-
kets for climate mitigation or forest resilience, sub-
ject to the condition that subsection (h) of that sec-
tion shall not apply; 
(10) $500,000,000 for the competitive grant 
program under section 13A of the Cooperative For-
estry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2109a) to 
provide grants to states and other eligible entities to 
provide payments to owners of private forest land 
for implementation of forestry practices on private
forest land, that are determined by the Secretary, 
based on the best available science, to provide meas-
urable increases in carbon sequestration and storage 
beyond customary practices on comparable land, 
subject to the conditions that— 
(A) those payments shall not preclude 
landowners from participation in other public 
and private sector financial incentive programs; 
and 
(B) subsection (h) of that section shall not 
apply; 
(11) $50,000,000 for the forest inventory and 
analysis program established under section 3(e) of 
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Re-
search Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1642(e)) for activi-
ties and tactics to accelerate and expand existing re-
search efforts to improve forest carbon monitoring 
technologies to better predict changes in forest car-
bon due to climate change; 
(12) $100,000,000 for the forest inventory and 
analysis program established under section 3(e) of 
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Re-
search Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1642(e)) to carry out 
recommendations from a panel of relevant experts 
convened by the Secretary that has reviewed and,
based on the review, issued recommendations regard-
ing the current priorities and future needs of the 
forest inventory and analysis program with respect 
to climate change, forest health, sustainable wood 
products, and increasing carbon storage in forests; 
(13) $50,000,000 for the forest inventory and 
analysis program established under section 3(e) of 
the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Re-
search Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 1642(e)) to provide 
enhancements to the technology managed and used 
by the forest inventory and analysis program, includ-
ing cloud computing and remote sensing for pur-
poses such as small area estimation; 
(14) $775,000,000 to provide grants under the 
wood innovation grant program under section 8643 
of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (7 
U.S.C. 7655d), including for the construction of new 
facilities that advance the purposes of the program, 
subject to the conditions that the amount of such a 
grant shall be not more than $5,000,000; notwith-
standing subsection (d) of that section, a recipient 
of such a grant shall provide funds equal to not less 
than 50 percent of the amount received under the 
grant, to be derived from non-Federal sources; and 
a priority shall be placed on projects that create a
financial model for addressing forest restoration 
needs on public or private forest land; and 
(15) $50,000,000 for the research mission area 
of the Forest Service to carry out greenhouse gas 
life cycle analyses of domestic wood products. 
(b) FUNDING FOR RESTORATION ON NON-FEDERAL 
AREAS BY STATES.—The Secretary may use amounts 
made available by this section to carry out eligible projects 
as determined by the Secretary, authorized in subsection 
(a) on non-Federal land upon the request of the Governor 
of that State, or, in the case of the District of Columbia, 
the Mayor. 
(c) COST-SHARING REQUIREMENT.—Any partnership 
agreements, including cooperative agreements and mutual 
interest agreements, using funds made available under 
this section shall be subject to a non-Federal cost-share 
requirement of not less than 20 percent of the project cost, 
which may be waived at the discretion of the Secretary. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.—Nothing in this section shall be 
interpreted to authorize funds of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation for activities under this section if such funds 
are not expressly authorized or currently expended for 
such purposes.
SEC. 11003. STATE AND PRIVATE FORESTRY CONSERVA-
TION PROGRAMS. 
(a) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary for 
fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2031— 
(1) $1,250,000,000 to provide competitive 
grants to States through the Forest Legacy Pro-
gram established under section 7 of the Cooperative 
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2103c) 
to acquire land and interests in land, with priority 
given to grant applications that offer significant nat-
ural carbon sequestration benefits, contribute to the 
resilience of community infrastructure, local econo-
mies, or natural systems, or provide benefits to un-
derserved populations; 
(2) $2,500,000,000 to provide multi-year, pro-
grammatic, competitive grants to a State agency, a 
local governmental entity, and agency or govern-
mental entity of the District of Columbia, an Indian 
Tribe, or a nonprofit organization through the 
Urban and Community Forestry Assistance program 
established under section 9(c) of the Cooperative 
Forestry Assistance Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 
2105(c)) for tree planting and related activities to
increase tree equity and community tree canopy and 
associated societal and climate co-benefits, with a 
priority for projects that benefit underserved popu-
lations; and 
(3) $100,000,000 for the acquisition of urban 
and community forests through the Community For-
est and Open Space Program of the Forest Service. 
(b) WAIVER.—Any non-Federal cost-share require-
ment otherwise applicable to projects carried out under 
this section may be waived at the discretion of the Sec-
retary. 
SEC. 11004. LIMITATION. 
The funds made available under this subtitle are sub-
ject to the condition that the Secretary shall not— 
(1) enter into any agreement— 
(A) that is for a term extending beyond 
September 30, 2031; or 
(B) under which any payment could be 
outlaid or funds disbursed after September 30, 
2031; or 
(2) use any other funds available to the Sec-
retary to satisfy obligations initially made under this 
subtitle.
SEC. 11005. APPROPRIATIONS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2022, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$200,000,000 to remain available until September 30, 
2031, for administrative costs of the agencies and offices 
of the Department of Agriculture for costs related to im-
plementing this subtitle. 
Subtitle 
C—Rural 
Development 
and 
Agricultural 
Credit 
and 
Outreach 
PART 1—RURAL DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 12001. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR USDA RURAL 
WATER PROGRAMS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2022, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
and notwithstanding sections 381E through 381H and 
381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 2009d through 2009g and 2009m), 
$97,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2031, for the cost of grants for rural water and waste 
water programs authorized by sections 306, 306C, and 
306D and described in sections 306C(a)(2) and 306D of 
the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act in 
persistent poverty counties (or, notwithstanding any popu-
lation limits specified in section 343 of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act, a county seat of a per-
sistent poverty county with a population that does not ex-
ceed the authorized population limit by more than 10 per-
cent), Tribal lands, colonias, and insular areas, subject to 
the condition that the performance of any construction 
work completed with amounts provided under this section 
meet the condition described in section 9003(f) of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8103(f)). 
SEC. 12002. USDA RURAL WATER GRANTS FOR LEAD REME-
DIATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2022, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated and notwithstanding sections 381E through 381H 
and 381N of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Develop-
ment Act (7 U.S.C. 2009d through 2009g and 2009m), 
$970,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2031, notwithstanding section 306C(a)(2)(A) of the Con-
solidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1926c(a)(2)(A)), for grants under sections 306C(a)(1)(A) 
and 306(a)(2) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 1926c(a)(1)(A) and 1926(a)(2)) for 
the purpose of replacement of service lines that contain
lead, subject to the condition that the performance of any 
construction work completed with amounts provided under 
this section meet the condition described in section 
9003(f) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103(f)). 
SEC. 12003. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR ELECTRIC LOANS 
FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for 
fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $2,880,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2031, for the cost of loans under 
section 317 of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 (7 
U.S.C. 940g), including for projects that store electricity 
that supports the types of eligible projects under such sec-
tion, which shall be forgiven in whole or in part based on 
how the borrower and the project meets the terms and 
conditions for loan forgiveness consistent with the pur-
poses of such section established by the Secretary, subject 
to the condition that the performance of any construction 
work completed with amounts provided under this section 
meet the condition described in section 9003(f) of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8103(f)).
(b) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not enter into 
any loan agreement pursuant to this section that could 
result in disbursements after September 30, 2031. 
SEC. 12004. RURAL ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for 
fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $200,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2031, to carry out section 6407 of 
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8107a) and this section, subject to the condition 
that the performance of any construction work completed 
with amounts provided under this section meet the condi-
tion described in section 9003(f) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
8103(f)). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2) of this subsection, at the election of an eli-
gible entity (as defined in section 6407(b) of the 
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8107a(b))) to which a loan is made under 
section 6407(c) of the Farm Security and Rural In-
vestment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107a(c)), the Sec-
retary shall make a grant to the eligible entity in an
amount equal to not more than 5 percent of the loan 
amount for the purposes of costs incurred in— 
(A) applying for a loan received under sec-
tion 6407(c) of such Act; 
(B) making a loan under section 6407(d) 
of such Act; 
(C) making repairs to the property of a 
qualified consumer that facilitate the energy ef-
ficiency measures for the property financed 
through a loan under section 6407(d) of such 
Act; 
(D) entering into a contract under section 
6407(e) of such Act; or 
(E) carrying out the duties of an eligible 
entity under section 6407 of such Act. 
(2) PERSISTENT POVERTY COUNTIES.—In the 
case that the grant is for the purpose of making a 
loan under section 6407(d) of the Farm Security 
and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
8107a(d)) to a qualified consumer (as defined in sec-
tion 6407(b) of such Act) in a persistent poverty 
county (as determined by the Secretary), the per-
centage limitation in paragraph (1) of this sub-
section shall be 10 percent.
(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not enter into 
any loan agreement pursuant to this section that could 
result in disbursements after September 30, 2031, or any 
grant agreement pursuant to this section that could result 
in any outlays after September 30, 2031. 
SEC. 12005. RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for eligible projects under section 9007 of the Farm Secu-
rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107) 
and subject to the conditions that the performance of any 
construction work completed with amounts provided under 
this subsection meet the condition described in section 
9003(f) of such Act, and notwithstanding section 
9007(c)(3)(A) of such Act, the amount of a grant shall 
not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the activity carried 
out using the grant funds— 
(1) $820,250,000 for fiscal year 2022, to re-
main available until September 30, 2031; and 
(2) $180,276,500 for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027, to remain available until September 
30, 2031. 
(b) UNDERUTILIZED RENEWABLE ENERGY TECH-
NOLOGIES.—In addition to amounts otherwise available,
there is appropriated to the Secretary, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide 
grants and loans guaranteed by the Secretary (including 
the costs of such loans) under the program described in 
subsection (a) of this section relating to underutilized re-
newable energy technologies, and to provide technical as-
sistance for applying to the program described in sub-
section (a) of this section, including for underutilized re-
newable energy technologies, subject to the conditions that 
the performance of any construction work completed with 
amounts provided under this subsection meet the condition 
described in section 9003(f) of such Act and, notwith-
standing section 9007(c)(3)(A) of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8107(c)(3)(A)), 
the amount of a grant shall not exceed 50 percent of the 
cost of the activity carried out using the grant funds, and 
to the extent the following amounts remain available at 
the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall use such 
amounts in accordance with subsection (a) of this sec-
tion— 
(1) $144,750,000 for fiscal year 2022, to re-
main available until September 30, 2031; and 
(2) $31,813,500 for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027, to remain available until September 
30, 2031.
(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not enter into 
any loan agreement pursuant to this section that could 
result in disbursements after September 30, 2031 or any 
grant agreement pursuant to this section that could result 
in any outlays after September 30, 2031. 
SEC. 
12006. 
BIOFUEL 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
AND 
AGRI-
CULTURE PRODUCT MARKET EXPANSION. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for 
fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $960,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2031, to carry out this section. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall use the 
amounts made available by subsection (a) to provide 
grants, for which the Federal share shall be not more than 
75 percent of the total cost of carrying out a project for 
which the grant is provided, on a competitive basis, to 
transportation fueling facilities and distribution facilities, 
including 
fueling 
stations, 
convenience 
stores, 
hypermarket retailer fueling stations, fleet facilities, as 
well as fuel terminal operations, mid-stream partners, and 
heating oil distribution facilities or equivalent entities, 
subject to the condition that the performance of any con-
struction work completed with amounts provided under 
this section shall meet the condition described in section
9003(f) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103(f))— 
(1) to install, retrofit, or otherwise upgrade fuel 
dispensers or pumps and related equipment, storage 
tank system components, and other infrastructure 
required at a location related to dispensing certain 
biofuels blends to ensure the increased sales of fuels 
with high levels of commodity-based ethanol and bio-
diesel that are at or greater than the levels required 
in the Notice of Funding Availability for the Higher 
Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program for Fiscal 
Year 2020, published in volume 85 of the Federal 
Register (85 Fed. Reg. 26656), as determined by 
the Secretary; and 
(2) to build and retrofit distribution systems for 
ethanol blends, traditional and pipeline biodiesel ter-
minal operations (including rail lines), and home 
heating oil distribution centers or equivalent enti-
ties— 
(A) to blend biodiesel; and 
(B) to carry ethanol and biodiesel. 
(c) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may not limit the 
amount of funding an eligible entity may receive under 
this section.
SEC. 12007. USDA ASSISTANCE FOR RURAL ELECTRIC CO-
OPERATIVES. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for 
fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $9,700,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2031, for the long-term resil-
iency, reliability, and affordability of rural electric sys-
tems, by providing to an eligible entity (defined as an elec-
tric cooperative described in section 501(c)(12) or 
1381(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is 
or has been a Rural Utilities Service electric loan borrower 
pursuant to the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 or serv-
ing a predominantly rural area) assistance under para-
graphs (1) and (2) by awarding such assistance to eligible 
entities for purposes described in section 310B(a)(2)(C) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(provided that the term renewable energy system in that 
paragraph has the meaning given such term in section 
9001(16) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act 
of 2002) and for carbon capture and storage systems, that 
will achieve the greatest reduction in greenhouse gas emis-
sions associated with rural electric systems using such as-
sistance and that will otherwise aid disadvantaged rural 
communities (as determined by the Secretary), subject to 
the condition that any construction work completed with
amounts provided under this section shall meet the condi-
tion described in section 9003(f) of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103(f)), when— 
(1) making grants and loans (including the cost 
of loans and modifications thereof) to purchase re-
newable energy (as defined in section 9001(15) of 
the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 
2002 (7 U.S.C. 8101(15))), purchase renewable en-
ergy systems (as defined in section 9001(16) of that 
Act (7 U.S.C. 8101(16))), and carbon capture and 
storage systems, deploy such systems, or make en-
ergy efficiency improvements after the date of enact-
ment of this Act; and 
(2) making grants for debt relief and other 
costs associated with terminating, after the date of 
enactment of this Act or up to one year prior to the 
date of enactment, the use of— 
(A) facilities operating on nonrenewable 
energy; and 
(B) related transmission assets. 
(b) LIMITATION.—No eligible entity may receive an 
amount equal to more than 10 percent of the total amount 
made available by this section. 
(c) PROHIBITION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
interpreted to authorize funds of the Commodity Credit
Corporation for activities under this section if such funds 
are not expressly authorized or currently expended for 
such purposes. 
SEC. 12008. RURAL PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM. 
(a) RURAL PROSPERITY DEVELOPMENT GRANTS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Sec-
retary for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $873,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2031, to 
provide grants to support rural development under 
this subsection, subject to the condition that the re-
cipient of a grant under this subsection shall con-
tribute a non-Federal match of 25 percent of the 
amount of the grant, which may be satisfied through 
an in-kind contribution, except that the Secretary 
may waive such matching requirement on a finding 
that the recipient of the applicable grant is economi-
cally distressed. 
(2) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.— 
(A) FORMULA.—The Secretary shall estab-
lish a formula pursuant to which the Secretary 
shall allocate, for each State and for Tribal gov-
ernments, an amount to be provided under this
subsection to eligible applicants described in 
paragraph (3). 
(B) REQUIREMENTS.— 
(i) FORMULA.—The formula estab-
lished under subparagraph (A) shall in-
clude a graduated scale for the amount to 
be allocated under this subsection for eligi-
ble applicants in each State and eligible 
applicants of Tribal governments, with 
higher amounts provided based on lower 
populations and lower income levels, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
(ii) AWARD.—In awarding grants 
under this subsection to eligible applicants 
in each State and eligible applicants of 
Tribal governments, the Secretary shall 
give priority to eligible applicants rep-
resenting a micropolitan statistical area (as 
defined by the Office of Management and 
Budget in OMB Bulletin No. 20-01 (effec-
tive March 2020) and any subsequent up-
dates) and 1 or more rural areas contig-
uous to that micropolitan statistical area 
or eligible applicants representing high 
poverty areas (as determined by the Sec-
retary) provided that the Secretary may 
award additional grants or funding under 
this subsection to implement activities pur-
suant to a rural development plan upon 
the Secretary’s approval of the recipient’s 
plan and report on the use of each grant 
provided to the recipient under this sub-
section. 
(3) ELIGIBLE
APPLICANTS.—The Secretary 
may make a grant under this subsection to a part-
nership no member of which has received a grant 
under subsection (b) and that— 
(A) is composed of entities representing a 
region composed of 1 or more rural areas, in-
cluding— 
(i) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), 1 or more of— 
(I) a unit of local government; 
(II) a Tribal government; or 
(III) an authority, agency, or in-
strumentality of an entity described in 
subclauses (I) or (II); and 
(ii) a qualified nonprofit or for-profit 
organization, as determined by the Sec-
retary;
(B) does not include a member described 
in subparagraph (A)(i), but demonstrates sig-
nificant community support sufficient to sup-
port a likelihood of success on the proposed 
projects, as determined by the Secretary; and 
(C) demonstrates, as determined by the 
Secretary, cooperation among the members of 
the partnership necessary to complete com-
prehensive rural development, through aligning 
government investment, leveraging nongovern-
mental resources, building economic resilience, 
and aiding economic recovery, including in com-
munities impacted by economic transitions and 
climate change. 
(4) ELIGIBLE ACTIVITIES.—The use of grant 
funds provided under this subsection may be used 
for the following purposes, provided that, where ap-
plicable, the performance of any construction work 
completed with the grant funds shall meet the condi-
tion described in section 9003(f) of the Farm Secu-
rity and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 
8103(f)): 
(A) Conducting comprehensive rural devel-
opment and pre-development activities and 
planning.
(B) Supporting organizational operating 
expenses relating to the rural development ac-
tivities for which the grant was provided. 
(C) Implementing planned rural develop-
ment activities and projects. 
(5) LIMITATION.—Not more than 25 percent of 
amounts received by a recipient of a grant under 
this subsection may be used to satisfy a Federal 
matching requirement. 
(b) RURAL PROSPERITY INNOVATION GRANTS.—In 
addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appro-
priated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2022, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$97,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2031, to provide grants to entities that have not received 
a grant under subsection (a) and that is a qualified non-
profit corporation that serves rural areas (as determined 
by the Secretary) or an institution of higher education 
that serves rural areas (as determined by the Secretary), 
subject to the condition that the recipient of such grant 
shall contribute a non-Federal match of 20 percent of the 
amount of the grant, which may be used— 
(1) to support activities of the recipient relating 
to—
(A) development and predevelopment plan-
ning aspects of rural development; and 
(B) organizational capacity-building nec-
essary to support the rural development activi-
ties funded by the grant; and 
(2) to support the recipient of a grant under 
subsection (a) in carrying out activities for which 
that grant was provided. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) RURAL AREA.—The term ‘‘rural area’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 343(a)(13)(C) 
of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development 
Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(C)). 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 1404 of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Pol-
icy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103). 
SEC. 12009. ADDITIONAL USDA RURAL DEVELOPMENT AD-
MINISTRATIVE FUNDS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal year 2022, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$553,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2031, for administrative costs and salaries and expenses 
for the Rural Development mission area and expenses of
the agencies and offices of the Department for costs re-
lated to implementing this part. 
PART 2—AGRICULTURAL CREDIT AND 
OUTREACH 
SEC. 12101. ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN FARM LOAN BOR-
ROWERS. 
Section 1005 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021 (Public Law 117–2) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1005. ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN FARM LOAN BOR-
ROWERS. 
‘‘(a) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary 
for fiscal year 2022, out of amounts in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2031— 
‘‘(1) such sums as may be necessary for the 
cost of payments under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(2) $1,020,000,000 to provide payments or 
loan modifications or otherwise carry out the au-
thorities under section 331(b)(4) of the Consolidated 
Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 
1981(b)(4)), using a centralized process adminis-
tered from the national office, for Farm Service 
Agency direct loan and loan guarantee borrowers, fo-
cusing on borrowers who are at risk (as determined
by the Secretary of Agriculture using factors that 
may include whether the borrower is a limited re-
source farmer or rancher, the amount of payments 
received by the borrower during calendar years 2020 
and 2021 under the Coronavirus Food Assistance 
Program of the Department of Agriculture, and 
other factors, as determined by the Secretary). 
‘‘(b) PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 
a payment in an amount up to 100 percent of the 
outstanding indebtedness of each economically dis-
tressed borrower on eligible farm debt. 
‘‘(2) OTHER PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For each farmer and 
rancher with outstanding indebtedness on eligi-
ble farm debt that does not qualify for a pay-
ment under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 
provide a payment that is equal to, subject to 
subparagraph (B), the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) the amount of the outstanding in-
debtedness of the farmer or rancher on eli-
gible farm debt; and 
‘‘(ii) $150,000.
‘‘(B) REDUCTION.—A payment determined 
under subparagraph (A) shall be reduced by the 
amount equal to the sum obtained by adding— 
‘‘(i) the total of the payments received 
by the farmer or rancher during calendar 
year 2020 pursuant to the Coronavirus 
Food Assistance Program of the Depart-
ment of Agriculture; and 
‘‘(ii) the total of the payments re-
ceived by the farmer or rancher during cal-
endar years 2018 and 2019 pursuant to 
the Market Facilitation Program of the 
Department of Agriculture. 
‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) 
ECONOMICALLY
DISTRESSED
BOR-
ROWER.—The term ‘economically distressed bor-
rower’ means a farmer or rancher that, as deter-
mined by the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) was 90 days or more delinquent with 
respect to an eligible farm debt as of April 30, 
2021; 
‘‘(B) was 90 days or more delinquent with 
respect to an eligible farm debt as of December 
31, 2020;
‘‘(C) operates a farm or ranch whose head-
quarters of operation, as determined by the 
Secretary, location is— 
‘‘(i) in a county with a poverty rate of 
not less than 20 percent, as determined— 
‘‘(I) in the 1990 or 2000 decen-
nial census; or 
‘‘(II) in the Small Area Income 
and Poverty Estimates of the Bureau 
of the Census for the most recent year 
for which the Estimates are available 
as of the date of enactment of the Act 
entitled ‘An Act to provide for rec-
onciliation pursuant to title II of S. 
Con. Res. 14’; 
‘‘(ii) in a ZIP Code with a poverty 
rate of not less than 20 percent, as deter-
mined by the Secretary; or 
‘‘(iii) on land held in trust by the 
United States for the benefit of an Indian 
Tribe or an individual Indian; 
‘‘(D) owes more interest than principal 
with respect to an eligible farm debt as of July 
31, 2021;
‘‘(E) is undergoing bankruptcy or fore-
closure or is in other financially distressed cat-
egories, as determined by the Secretary, as of 
July 31, 2021; 
‘‘(F) received a Department of Agriculture 
disaster set aside after January 1, 2020; 
‘‘(G) has restructured an eligible farm debt 
3 or more times as of July 31, 2021; or 
‘‘(H) has restructured an eligible farm 
debt on or after January 1, 2020. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE FARM DEBT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘eligible 
farm debt’ means a debt owed to the United 
States by a farmer or rancher that was issued 
as a direct loan administered by the Farm 
Service Agency under subtitle A, B, or C of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1922 through 1970) and was out-
standing or otherwise not paid as of December 
31, 2020, or July 31, 2021. 
‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The amount of eligible 
farm debt with respect to a borrower shall be 
equal to the amount of eligible farm debt out-
standing as of a date determined by the Sec-
retary, but no sooner than the date of enact-
ment of the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide for 
reconciliation pursuant to title II of S. Con Res. 
14’, plus the total of all loan payments on eligi-
ble farm debt made by the borrower in calendar 
year 2021. 
‘‘(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION.—The Secretary shall not enter 
into any loan agreement pursuant to this section that 
could result in disbursements after September 30, 2031 
or any grant agreement pursuant to this section that could 
result in any outlays after September 30, 2031.’’. 
SEC. 12102. USDA ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR UNDER-
SERVED FARMERS, RANCHERS, AND FOR-
ESTERS. 
Section 1006 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021 (Public Law 117–2) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 1006. USDA ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR UNDER-
SERVED FARMERS, RANCHERS, FORESTERS. 
‘‘(a) TECHNICAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated 
to the Secretary of Agriculture for fiscal year 2022, to 
remain available until September 30, 2031, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$200,000,000 to provide outreach, mediation, financial
training, capacity building training, cooperative develop-
ment and agricultural credit training and support, and 
other technical assistance on issues concerning food, agri-
culture, agricultural credit, agricultural extension, rural 
development, or nutrition to underserved farmers, ranch-
ers, or forest landowners, including veterans, limited re-
source producers, beginning farmers and ranchers, and 
farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners living in high 
poverty areas. 
‘‘(b) LAND
LOSS
ASSISTANCE.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the 
Secretary of Agriculture for fiscal year 2022, to remain 
available until September 30, 2031, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $200,000,000 to 
provide grants and loans to eligible entities, as determined 
by the Secretary, to improve land access (including heirs’ 
property and fractionated land issues) for underserved 
farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners, including vet-
erans, limited resource producers, beginning farmers and 
ranchers, and farmers, ranchers, and forest landowners 
living in high poverty areas. 
‘‘(c) EQUITY COMMISSIONS.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary 
of Agriculture for fiscal year 2022, to remain available 
until September 30, 2031, out of any money in the Treas-
ury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000 to fund the 
activities of one or more equity commissions that will ad-
dress racial equity issues within the Department of Agri-
culture and the programs of the Department of Agri-
culture. 
‘‘(d) RESEARCH, EDUCATION, AND EXTENSION.—In 
addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appro-
priated to the Secretary of Agriculture for fiscal year 
2022, to remain available until September 30, 2031, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$189,000,000 to support and supplement agricultural re-
search, education, and extension, as well as scholarships 
and programs that provide internships and pathways to 
agricultural sector or Federal employment, for 1890 Insti-
tutions (as defined in section 2 of the Agricultural, Re-
search, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 
U.S.C. 7601)), 1994 Institutions (as defined in section 
532 of the Equity in Educational Land-Grant Status Act 
of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; Public Law 103–382)), Alas-
ka Native serving institutions and Native Hawaiian serv-
ing institutions eligible to receive grants under subsections 
(a) and (b), respectively, of section 1419B of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy 
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3156), Hispanic-serving institu-
tions eligible to receive grants under section 1455 of the
National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3241), and the insular area 
institutions of higher education located in the territories 
of the United States, as referred to in section 1489 of 
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and 
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3361). 
‘‘(e) DISCRIMINATION FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—In 
addition to amounts otherwise available, there is appro-
priated to the Secretary of Agriculture for fiscal year 
2022, to remain available until September 30, 2031, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$750,000,000 for a program to provide financial assist-
ance to farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners deter-
mined to have experienced discrimination prior to January 
1, 2021, in Department of Agriculture farm lending pro-
grams, under which the amount of financial assistance 
provided to a recipient may be not more than $500,000 
as appropriate in relation to any consequences experienced 
from the discrimination, which program shall be adminis-
tered through 1 or more qualified nongovernmental enti-
ties selected by the Secretary subject to standards set and 
enforced by the Secretary, subject to the condition that 
any selected entity administering the program shall return 
the funds to the Secretary on the request of the Secretary 
if the standards are not adequately carried out or the ad-
ministration of the program is not otherwise sufficient or 
if any funds provided to the selected entity are not distrib-
uted on the date that is 5 years after the date of enact-
ment of the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide for reconcili-
ation pursuant to title II of S. Con. Res. 14’, and any 
such returned funds shall be available for obligation for 
any activity authorized under this section, except sub-
sections (c) and (f). 
‘‘(f) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the 
Secretary of Agriculture for fiscal year 2022, to remain 
available until September 30, 2031, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $35,000,000 for 
administrative costs, including training employees, of the 
agencies and offices of the Department of Agriculture to 
carry out this section. 
‘‘(g) LIMITATION.—The funds made available under 
subsection (d) are subject to the condition that the Sec-
retary shall not— 
‘‘(1) enter into any agreement— 
‘‘(A) that is for a term extending beyond 
September 30, 2031; or 
‘‘(B) under which any payment could be 
outlaid or funds disbursed after September 30, 
2031; or
‘‘(2) use any other funds available to the Sec-
retary to satisfy obligations initially made under 
subsection (d).’’. 
Subtitle D—Research and Urban 
Agriculture 
SEC. 13001. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE RESEARCH 
FUNDING. 
(a) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
to remain available until September 30, 2031— 
(1) to the National Agricultural Statistics Serv-
ice, for measurements, a survey, and data collection 
to conduct the study required under section 7212(b) 
of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–334; 132 Stat. 4812), which shall be com-
pleted 
not 
later 
than 
December 
31, 
2022, 
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(2) to the National Institute of Food and Agri-
culture— 
(A) to fund agricultural education, exten-
sion, and research relating to climate change— 
(i) through the Agriculture and Food 
Research Initiative established by sub-
section (b) of the Competitive, Special, and
Facilities Research Grant Act (7 U.S.C. 
3157(b)), $210,000,000 for fiscal year 
2022; 
(ii) through the sustainable agri-
culture research education program estab-
lished under sections 1619, 1621, 1622, 
1628, and 1629 of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 5801, 5811, 5812, 5831, 5832), 
$120,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(iii) through the organic agriculture 
research and extension initiative estab-
lished under section 1672B of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act 
of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925b), $60,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2022; 
(iv) through the urban, indoor, and 
other emerging agricultural production re-
search, education, and extension initiative 
established under section 1672E of the 
Food, 
Agriculture, 
Conservation, 
and 
Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 5925g), 
$5,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(v) through the centers of excellence 
led by 1890 Institutions established under
section 1673(d) of the Food, Agriculture, 
Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 5926(d)), $5,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2022; 
(vi) through the specialty crop re-
search and extension initiative established 
by section 412 of the Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Education Reform 
Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 7632), $60,000,000 
for fiscal year 2022; 
(vii) through the cooperative extension 
under the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. 341 
through 349) for agricultural extension ac-
tivities and research relating to climate 
change, technical assistance, and tech-
nology adoption, $80,000,000 for fiscal 
year 2022; 
(viii) through the cooperative exten-
sion at 1994 Institutions in accordance 
with section 3(b)(3) of the Smith-Lever 
Act (7 U.S.C. 343(b)(3)), $35,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2022; and 
(ix) through the cooperative extension 
at 1890 Institutions under section 1444 of 
the National Agricultural Research, Exten-
sion, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3221), $40,000,000 for fiscal year 
2022; 
(B) for grants to covered institutions for 
construction, alteration, acquisition, moderniza-
tion, renovation, or remodeling of agricultural 
research facilities, including related building 
costs associated with compliance with applicable 
Federal and State law, under section 4 of the 
Research Facilities Act (7 U.S.C. 390b), 
$1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, subject to 
the condition that notwithstanding section 
3(c)(2)(A) 
of 
that 
Act 
(7 
U.S.C. 
390a(c)(2)(A)), the recipient of a grant pro-
vided using those amounts shall not be required 
to provide any non-Federal share of total fund-
ing provided under this subparagraph; 
(C) for the scholarships for students at 
1890 Institutions grant program under section 
1446 of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3222a), $100,000,000 for fiscal year 
2022, to carry out such program in fiscal years 
2024 through 2031;
(D) for grants to land-grant colleges and 
universities to support Tribal students under 
section 1450 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 3222e), 
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, and for pur-
poses of this subparagraph, section 1450(b)(4) 
of such Act shall not apply; and 
(E) for the Higher Education Multicultural 
Scholars Program carried out pursuant to sec-
tion 1417 of that Act (7 U.S.C. 3152), 
$15,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(3) to the Office of the Chief Scientist, to carry 
out advanced research and development relating to 
climate through the Agriculture Advanced Research 
and Development Authority to further the goals 
under section 1473H(b)(2) of the National Agricul-
tural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act 
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3319k(b)(2)), $30,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2022; 
(4) to the Foundation for Food and Agriculture 
Research, to carry out activities relating to climate 
change in accordance with section 7601 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 5939), to be consid-
ered as provided pursuant to subsection (g)(1)(A) of 
such section, $210,000,000 for fiscal year 2022;
(5) to the Office of Urban Agriculture and In-
novative Production, to carry out activities in ac-
cordance with section 222 of the Department of Ag-
riculture Reorganization Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 
6923), $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered institution’’ means— 
(A) an 1890 Institution (as defined in sec-
tion 2 of the Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Education Reform Act of 1998 (7 U.S.C. 
7601)); 
(B) a 1994 Institution (as defined in sec-
tion 532 of the Equity in Educational Land- 
Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; 
Public Law 103–382)); 
(C) an Alaska Native serving institution or 
Native Hawaiian serving institution eligible to 
receive grants under subsections (a) and (b), re-
spectively, of section 1419B of the National Ag-
ricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3156); 
(D) Hispanic-serving agricultural colleges 
and universities and Hispanic-serving institu-
tions (as those terms are defined in section
1404 of the National Agricultural Research, 
Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 
U.S.C. 3103)); 
(E) an eligible institution (as defined in 
section 1489 of the National Agricultural Re-
search, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 3361) (relating to institutions 
of higher education in insular areas)); and 
(F) the University of the District of Co-
lumbia established pursuant to the Act of July 
2, 1862 (commonly known as the ‘‘First Morrill 
Act’’) (7 U.S.C. 301 through 309). 
(2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 1404 of the National 
Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Pol-
icy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3103). 
SEC. 13002. LIMITATION. 
The funds made available under this subtitle are sub-
ject to the condition that the Secretary shall not— 
(1) enter into any agreement— 
(A) that is for a term extending beyond 
September 30, 2031; or 
(B) under which any payment could be 
outlaid or funds disbursed after September 30, 
2031; or
(2) use any other funds available to the Sec-
retary to satisfy obligations initially made under this 
subtitle. 
Subtitle E—Miscellaneous 
SEC. 14001. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR USDA OFFICE OF 
THE INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
there is appropriated to the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2022, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $5,000,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2031, for audits, investigations, and other oversight 
activities of projects and activities carried out with funds 
made available to the Department of Agriculture under 
this title. 
SEC. 14002. ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR FARMWORKER AND 
FOOD WORKER RELIEF GRANT PROGRAM. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture for fiscal year 
2022 to remain available until September 30, 2031, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$200,000,000 to provide additional funds to the Secretary 
for the Farmworker and Food Worker Relief Grant Pro-
gram of the Agricultural Marketing Service to provide ad-
ditional COVID–19 assistance relief payments for front-
line grocery workers. 
Subtitle F—Conservation 
SEC. 15001. SOIL CONSERVATION ASSISTANCE. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there are appropriated to the Secretary of 
Agriculture (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) 
for each of fiscal years 2022 through 2028, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such 
sums as are necessary to carry out this section, to remain 
available until expended, subject to the conditions that, for 
purposes of providing payments under subsections (b), (c), 
and (d), the Secretary shall not— 
(1) enter into any agreement— 
(A) that is for a term extending beyond 
September 30, 2031; or 
(B) under which any payment could be 
outlaid or funds disbursed after September 30, 
2031; 
(2) use any other funds available to the Sec-
retary to satisfy obligations initially made under this 
section; or 
(3) interpret this section to authorize funds of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation for such pay-
ments if such funds are not expressly authorized or 
currently expended for such purposes. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF PAYMENTS TO PRODUCERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made available 
under subsection (a), for each of the 2022 through 
2026 crop years, the Secretary shall make payments 
to the producers on a farm for which the producer 
establishes 1 or more cover crop practices with re-
spect to the applicable crop year, as determined by 
the Secretary, in accordance with this subsection, 
subject to the condition that a producer receiving a 
payment shall not receive a payment under any 
other provision of law for the same practices on the 
same acres. 
(2) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate used 
to make payments with respect to a producer who 
establishes 1 or more cover crop practices under 
paragraph (1) shall be $25 per acre of cover crop es-
tablished. 
(3) ACRES ESTABLISHED.—The acres for which 
a producer receives the payment rate under para-
graph (2) shall be equal to the total number of acres 
on which the producer establishes 1 or more cover 
crop practices, not to exceed 1,000 acres per pro-
ducer.
(c) AVAILABILITY OF PAYMENTS TO FARM OWN-
ERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made available 
under subsection (a), for each of the 2022 through 
2026 crop years, the Secretary shall make payments 
to the owners of a farm with respect to which a pro-
ducer establishes 1 or more cover crop practices pur-
suant to subsection (b), in accordance with this sub-
section, subject to the condition that an owner of a 
farm may not receive a payment under this sub-
section and subsection (b) for the same farm or 
acres, as determined by the Secretary. 
(2) PAYMENT RATE.—The payment rate used 
to make payments under paragraph (1) with respect 
to the owner of a farm shall be $5 per acre of cover 
crop established. 
(3) ACRES ESTABLISHED.—The acres for which 
the owner of a farm receives the payment rate under 
paragraph (2) shall be equal to the total number of 
acres for which the applicable producer establishes 1 
or more cover crop practices, not to exceed 1,000 
acres per owner. 
(d) AVAILABILITY OF PAYMENTS FOR PREVENTED 
PLANTING.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Of the funds made available 
under subsection (a) and in addition to any other 
payments or assistance, for the 2022 through 2026 
crop years, the Secretary shall make payments in ac-
cordance with this subsection to producers on farms 
who establish 1 or more cover crop practices pursu-
ant to subsection (b). 
(2) REQUIREMENTS.—To receive a payment 
under this subsection, a producer— 
(A) shall have— 
(i) purchased a crop insurance policy 
or plan of insurance under section 508(c) 
of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 
U.S.C. 1508(c)) for the applicable crop 
year following the establishment of the 
cover crop practice, as determined by the 
Secretary; 
(ii) established a cover crop practice 
pursuant to subsection (b) on the farm for 
which the insurance described in clause (i) 
was purchased, as determined by the Sec-
retary; and 
(iii) been unable to plant the crop for 
which insurance was purchased; and
(B) as determined by the Secretary, shall 
not— 
(i) harvest the cover crop for market 
or sale; 
(ii) harvest the cover crop for seed for 
purposes of marketing or sale, except that 
a quantity may be harvested for seed for 
on-farm usage only; or 
(iii) otherwise use the acres for which 
payments are received under this sub-
section for any unapproved uses or other 
uses that seek to defeat or undermine the 
purposes of this section. 
(3) PAYMENT
AMOUNT.—The Secretary shall 
make payments to producers under this subsection 
in an amount equal to the product obtained by mul-
tiplying— 
(A) the total number of acres for which the 
producer is eligible to receive a payment under 
this subsection; and 
(B) the difference between— 
(i) 100 percent of the prevented plant-
ing guarantee, calculated without regard to 
the establishment of the cover crop prac-
tices pursuant to subsection (b), applicable
for the insurance policy purchased by the 
producer under section 508A of the Fed-
eral Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1508a), 
as determined by the Secretary; and 
(ii) the prevented planting indemnity 
payment received by the producer under 
that section and the policy purchased by 
the producer for the applicable crop, as de-
termined by the Secretary. 
SEC. 15002. ADDITIONAL AGRICULTURAL CONSERVATION 
INVESTMENTS. 
(a) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available (and subject to subsection (b)), there are 
appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’), out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2031 (subject to the condition 
that no such funds may be disbursed after September 30, 
2031)— 
(1) to carry out, using the facilities and au-
thorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the 
environmental quality incentives program under sub-
chapter A of chapter 4 of subtitle D of title XII of 
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa 
through 3839aa–8)—
(A)(i) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(ii) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(iii) $1,750,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(iv) $3,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
and 
(v) $3,450,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
and 
(B) subject to the conditions on the use of 
the funds that— 
(i) section 1240B(f)(1) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 
2(f)(1)) shall not apply; 
(ii) section 1240H(c)(2) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa– 
8(c)(2)) shall be applied— 
(I) 
by 
substituting 
‘‘$50,000,000’’ 
for 
‘‘$25,000,000’’; 
and 
(II) 
with 
the 
Secretary 
prioritizing proposals that utilize diet 
and feed management to reduce en-
teric 
methane 
emissions 
from 
ruminants; 
(iii) the funds shall be available for 1 
or more agricultural conservation practices
or enhancements that the Secretary deter-
mines directly improve soil carbon or re-
duce nitrogen losses or greenhouse gas 
emissions, or capture or sequester green-
house gas emissions, associated with agri-
cultural production; and 
(iv) the Secretary shall prioritize 
projects and activities that mitigate or ad-
dress climate change through the manage-
ment of agricultural production, including 
by reducing or avoiding greenhouse gas 
emissions; 
(2) to carry out, using the facilities and au-
thorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the 
conservation stewardship program under subchapter 
B of that chapter (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–21 through 
3839aa–25)— 
(A)(i) $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(ii) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(iii) $850,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(iv) $1,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
and 
(v) $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
and
(B) subject to the conditions on the use of 
the funds that— 
(i) the funds shall only be available 
for— 
(I) 1 or more agricultural con-
servation practices or enhancements 
that the Secretary determines directly 
improve soil carbon or reduce nitrogen 
losses or greenhouse gas emissions, or 
capture or sequester greenhouse gas 
emissions, associated with agricultural 
production; or 
(II) State-specific or region-spe-
cific groupings or bundles of agricul-
tural conservation activities for cli-
mate change mitigation appropriate 
for cropland, pastureland, rangeland, 
nonindustrial private forest land, and 
producers transitioning to organic or 
perennial production systems; and 
(ii) the Secretary shall prioritize 
projects and activities that mitigate or ad-
dress climate change through the manage-
ment of agricultural production, including
by reducing or avoiding greenhouse gas 
emissions; 
(3) to carry out, using the facilities and au-
thorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the 
agricultural conservation easement program under 
subtitle H of title XII of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3865 
through 3865d)— 
(A)(i) $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(ii) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 
(iii) $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(iv) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and 
(v) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; and 
(B) subject to the condition on the use of 
the funds that the Secretary shall prioritize 
projects and activities that mitigate or address 
climate change through the management of ag-
ricultural production, including by reducing or 
avoiding greenhouse gas emissions; and 
(4) to carry out, using the facilities and au-
thorities of the Commodity Credit Corporation, the 
regional conservation partnership program under 
subtitle I of title XII of that Act (16 U.S.C. 3871 
through 3871f)— 
(A)(i) $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 
(ii) $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2023;
(iii) $1,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; 
(iv) $2,250,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; 
and 
(v) $3,050,000,000 for fiscal year 2026; 
and 
(B) subject to the conditions on the use of 
the funds that the Secretary— 
(i) shall prioritize partnership agree-
ments under section 1271C(d) of the Food 
Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3871c(d)) 
that support the implementation of con-
servation projects that assist agricultural 
producers 
and 
nonindustrial 
private 
forestland owners in directly improving soil 
carbon or reducing nitrogen losses or 
greenhouse gas emissions, or capturing or 
sequestering greenhouse gas emissions, as-
sociated with agricultural production; 
(ii) shall prioritize projects and activi-
ties that mitigate or address climate 
change through the management of agri-
cultural production, including by reducing 
or avoiding greenhouse gas emissions; and 
(iii) may prioritize projects that—
(I) leverage corporate supply 
chain sustainability commitments; or 
(II) utilize models that pay for 
outcomes from targeting methane and 
nitrous oxide emissions associated 
with agricultural production systems. 
(b) CONDITIONS.—The funds made available under 
this section are subject to the conditions that the Sec-
retary shall not— 
(1) enter into any agreement— 
(A) that is for a term extending beyond 
September 30, 2031; or 
(B) under which any payment could be 
outlaid or funds disbursed after September 30, 
2031; or 
(2) use any other funds available to the Sec-
retary to satisfy obligations initially made under this 
section. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 1240B of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–2) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2031’’; and 
(B) in subsection (f)(2)(B)—
(i) in the subparagraph heading, by 
striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2031’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘2031’’. 
(2) Section 1240H of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–8) is amended by striking 
‘‘2023’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2031’’. 
(3) Section 1240J(a) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–22(a)) is amended, in 
the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2031’’. 
(4) Section 1240L(h)(2)(A) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3839aa–24(h)(2)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2031’’. 
(5) Section 1241 of the Food Security Act of 
1985 (16 U.S.C. 3841) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting 
‘‘2031’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (1), by striking 
‘‘2023’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘2031’’; 
(iii) in paragraph (2)(F), by striking 
‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2031’’; and
(iv) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘fis-
cal year 2023’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2031’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2031’’; and 
(C) in subsection (h)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(B), in the sub-
paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘2023’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2031’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2023’’ each place it 
appears and inserting ‘‘2031’’. 
(6) Section 1244(n)(3)(A) of the Food Security 
Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3844(n)(3)(A)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2031’’. 
(7) Section 1271D(a) of the Food Security Act 
of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 3871d(a)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2031’’. 
SEC. 15003. CONSERVATION TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available (and subject to subsection (b)), there are 
appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture (referred to 
in this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) for fiscal year 2022, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, to remain available until September 30, 2031
(subject to the condition that no such funds may be dis-
bursed after September 30, 2031)— 
(1) $200,000,000 to provide conservation tech-
nical assistance through the Natural Resources Con-
servation Service; 
(2) $50,000,000 to carry out climate change 
adaptation and mitigation activities through the 
Natural Resources Conservation Service by working 
with the Regional Climate Hubs designed to provide 
information and technical support on climate smart 
agriculture and forestry to agricultural producers, 
landowners, and resource managers, as determined 
by the Secretary; and 
(3) $600,000,000 to carry out a carbon seques-
tration and greenhouse gas emissions quantification 
program through which the Natural Resources Con-
servation Service, including through technical service 
providers and other partners, shall collect field-based 
data to assess the carbon sequestration and green-
house gas emissions reduction outcomes associated 
with activities carried out pursuant to this section 
and use the data to monitor and track greenhouse 
gas emissions and carbon sequestration trends 
through the Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Assess-
ment Program of the Department of Agriculture.
(b) CONDITIONS.—The funds made available under 
this section are subject to the conditions that the Sec-
retary shall not— 
(1) enter into any agreement— 
(A) that is for a term extending beyond 
September 30, 2031; or 
(B) under which any payment could be 
outlaid or funds disbursed after September 30, 
2031; 
(2) use any other funds available to the Sec-
retary to satisfy obligations initially made under this 
section; or 
(3) interpret this section to authorize funds of 
the Commodity Credit Corporation for activities 
under this section if such funds are not expressly 
authorized or currently expended for such purposes. 
(c) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to the 
Secretary for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2028, for administra-
tive costs of the agencies and offices of the Department 
of Agriculture for costs related to implementing this sec-
tion.
TITLE II—COMMITTEE ON 
EDUCATION AND LABOR 
Subtitle A—Education Matters 
PART 1—ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY 
EDUCATION 
SEC. 20001. GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAMS. 
(a) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Education for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $112,684,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2025, to award 
grants for the development and support of Grow Your 
Own Programs, as described in section 202(g) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965. 
(b) IN GENERAL.—Section 202 of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(6)(C), by striking ‘‘sub-
section (f) or (g)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (f) or 
(h)’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘a Grow 
Your Own program under subsection (g),’’ after 
‘‘subsection (e),’’; 
(3) by redesignating subsections (g), (h), (i), 
(j), and (k), as subsections (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l), 
respectively; and
(4) by inserting after subsection (f) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(g) PARTNERSHIP GRANTS FOR THE ESTABLISH-
MENT OF ‘GROW YOUR OWN’ PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible partnership that 
receives a grant under this section shall carry out an 
effective ‘Grow Your Own’ program to address 
shortages of teachers in high-need subjects, fields, 
schools, and geographic areas, or shortages of school 
leaders in high-need schools, and to increase the di-
versity of qualified individuals entering into the 
teacher, principal, or other school leader workforce. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS OF A GROW YOUR OWN 
PROGRAM.—In addition to carrying out each of the 
activities described in paragraphs (1) through (6) of 
subsection (d), an eligible partnership carrying out a 
Grow Your Own program under this subsection 
shall— 
‘‘(A) integrate courses on education topics 
with a year-long school-based clinical experience 
in which candidates teach or lead alongside an 
expert mentor teacher or school leader who is 
the teacher or school leader of record in the 
same local educational agencies in which the 
candidates expect to work;
‘‘(B) provide opportunities for candidates 
to practice and develop teaching skills or school 
leadership skills; 
‘‘(C) support candidates as they complete 
their associate (in furtherance of their bacca-
laureate), baccalaureate, or master’s degree or 
earn their teaching or school leadership creden-
tial; 
‘‘(D) work to provide academic, counseling, 
and programmatic supports to candidates; 
‘‘(E) provide academic and nonacademic 
supports, including advising and financial as-
sistance, to candidates to enter and complete 
teacher or school leadership preparation pro-
grams, to access and complete State licensure 
exams, and to engage in school-based clinical 
placements; 
‘‘(F) include efforts to recruit individuals 
with experience in high-need subjects or fields 
who are not certified to teach or lead, with a 
specific focus on recruiting individuals— 
‘‘(i) from groups or populations that 
are underrepresented; and 
‘‘(ii) who live in and come from the 
communities the schools serve; and
‘‘(G) require candidates to complete all 
State requirements to become fully certified.’’. 
SEC. 20002. TEACHER RESIDENCIES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $112,266,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2025, to award grants for the development 
and support of high-quality teaching residency programs, 
as described in section 202(e) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1022a(e)), except that amounts 
available under this section shall also be available for resi-
dency programs for prospective teachers in a bachelor’s 
degree program. 
SEC. 20003. SUPPORT SCHOOL PRINCIPALS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $112,266,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2025, to award grants for the development 
and support of school leadership programs, as described 
in section 2243 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6673).
SEC. 20004. HAWKINS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $112,266,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2025, to award grants for the Augustus 
F. Hawkins Centers of Excellence Program, as described 
in section 242 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1033a). 
SEC. 20005. FUNDING FOR THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABIL-
ITIES EDUCATION PART D PERSONNEL DE-
VELOPMENT. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $160,776,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2025, for personnel development described 
in section 662 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1462). 
SEC. 20006. GRANTS FOR NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE 
TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS. 
The Native American Programs Act of 1974 is 
amended by inserting after section 803C the following:
‘‘SEC. 803D. GRANTS FOR NATIVE AMERICAN LANGUAGE 
TEACHERS AND EDUCATORS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, to remain available until September 30, 2031, 
$200,000,000 for the Secretary, in carrying out section 
803C, to award grants to carry out activities relating to 
preparing, training, and offering professional development 
to Native American language teachers and Native Amer-
ican language early childhood educators to ensure the sur-
vival and continuing vitality of Native American lan-
guages. 
‘‘(b) COST SHARE PROHIBITION.—The Secretary 
shall not impose a cost sharing or matching fund require-
ment with respect to grants awarded under subsection 
(a).’’. 
PART 2—HIGHER EDUCATION 
SEC. 20021. INCREASING THE MAXIMUM FEDERAL PELL 
GRANT. 
(a) AWARD YEAR 2022–2023.—Section 401(b)(7) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by inserting ‘‘and 
such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2022 
to carry out the $550 increase for enrollment at in-
stitutions of higher education defined in section 101
or 
102(a)(1)(B) 
provided 
under 
subparagraph 
(C)(iii)’’ before ‘‘; and’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, except that, 
for award year 2022–2023, such amount shall be 
equal to the amount determined under clause (ii) for 
award year 2017–2018, increased by $550 for en-
rollment at institutions of higher education defined 
in section 101 or 102(a)(1)(B)’’. 
(b) SUBSEQUENT AWARD YEARS THROUGH 2025– 
2026.—Section 401(b) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, as amended by section 703 of the FAFSA Sim-
plification Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law 
116–260), is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (5)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(B) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause 
(iii); and 
(C) by inserting after clause (i) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(ii) for each of award years 2023– 
2024 through 2025–2026, an additional 
$550 for enrollment at institutions of high-
er education defined in section 101 or 
102(a)(1)(B); and’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (6)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘appropriated) such’’ 
and 
inserting 
the 
following: 
‘‘appro-
priated)— 
‘‘(I) such’’; and 
(ii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(II) such sums as are necessary 
to carry out paragraph (5)(A)(ii) for 
each of fiscal years 2023 through 
2025; and’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘(5)(A)(ii)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(5)(A)(iii)’’. 
SEC. 20022. EXPANDING FEDERAL STUDENT AID ELIGI-
BILITY. 
Section 484(a)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 is amended by inserting ‘‘, or, with respect to any 
grant, loan, or work assistance received under this title 
for award years 2022–2023 through 2029–2030, be sub-
ject to a grant of deferred enforced departure or have de-
ferred action pursuant to the Deferred Action for Child-
hood Arrivals policy of the Secretary of Homeland Secu-
rity or temporary protected status’’ after ‘‘becoming a cit-
izen or permanent resident’’. 
SEC. 20023. INCREASE IN PELL GRANTS FOR RECIPIENTS 
OF MEANS-TESTED BENEFITS. 
Section 473 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 
as amended by section 702(b) of the FAFSA Simplifica-
tion Act (title VII of division FF of Public Law 116–260), 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULE FOR MEANS-TESTED BENEFIT 
RECIPIENTS.—During award years 2024–2025 through 
2029–2030, and notwithstanding subsection (b), for an 
applicant (or, as applicable, an applicant and spouse, or 
an applicant’s parents) who is not described in subsection 
(c) and who, at any time during the previous 24-month 
period, received a benefit under a means-tested Federal 
benefit program (or whose parent or spouse received such 
a benefit, as applicable) described in clauses (i) through 
(vi) of section 479(b)(4)(H), the Secretary shall for the 
purposes of this title consider the student aid index as 
equal to –$1,500 for the applicant.’’. 
SEC. 20024. RETENTION AND COMPLETION GRANTS. 
Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘PART F—RETENTION AND COMPLETION 
GRANTS 
‘‘SEC. 791. RETENTION AND COMPLETION GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated to 
carry out this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
carry out a program to make grants (which shall be known 
as ‘retention and completion grants’) to eligible entities 
to enable the such entities to carry out the activities de-
scribed in the applications submitted under subsection (b). 
‘‘(b) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, an eligible entity shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary that includes a description of— 
‘‘(1) how the eligible entity will use the funds 
to implement or expand evidence-based reforms or 
practices to improve student outcomes at institutions 
of higher education in the State or system of institu-
tions of higher education, or at the Tribal College or 
University, as applicable; and 
‘‘(2) how the eligible entity will sustain such re-
forms or practices after the grant period. 
‘‘(c) PRIORITY.—In awarding grants under this sec-
tion to eligible entities, the Secretary shall give priority 
to eligible entities that propose to use a significant share 
of grant funds to, among students of color, low-income 
students, students with disabilities, students in need of re-
mediation, first generation college students, student par-
ents, and other underserved student populations in such 
eligible entity, improve enrollment, retention, transfer, or 
completion rates or labor market outcomes. 
‘‘(d) ADEQUATE PROGRESS.—As a condition of con-
tinuing to receive funds under this section, for each year 
in which an eligible entity participates in the program 
under this section, such eligible entity shall demonstrate 
to the satisfaction of the Secretary that the entity has 
made adequate progress in implementing or expanding evi-
dence-based reforms or practices, and, among students of 
color, low-income students, students with disabilities, stu-
dents in need of remediation, first generation college stu-
dents, student parents, and other underserved student 
populations in such eligible entity, improving enrollment, 
retention, transfer, or completion rates or labor market 
outcomes. 
‘‘(e) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—As a condition of 
receiving a grant under this section for the applicable year 
described in paragraphs (1) through (3), an eligible entity 
that is not a Tribal College or University shall provide 
matching funds for such applicable year toward the cost 
of the activities described in the application submitted 
under subsection (b). Such matching funds shall be in the 
amount of—
‘‘(1) in the second year of a grant, not less than 
10 percent of the grant amount awarded to such eli-
gible entity for such year; 
‘‘(2) in the third year of a grant, not less than 
15 percent of the grant amount awarded to such eli-
gible entity for such year; and 
‘‘(3) in the fourth year and each subsequent 
year of a grant, not less than 20 percent of the 
grant amount awarded to such eligible entity for 
such year. 
‘‘(f) GENERAL REQUIREMENT.—An eligible entity 
shall use a grant under this section only to carry out ac-
tivities described in the application for such year under 
subsection (b). 
‘‘(g) EVIDENCE-BASED REFORMS OR PRACTICES.— 
An eligible entity receiving a grant under this section 
shall, directly or in collaboration with institutions of high-
er education and other non-profit organizations, use the 
grant funds to implement one or more of the following 
evidence-based reforms or practices: 
‘‘(1) Providing comprehensive academic, career, 
and student support services, including mentoring, 
advising, or case management services. 
‘‘(2) Providing assistance in applying for and 
accessing direct support services, financial assist-
tutional funds that would otherwise be expended to carry 
out activities described in this section. 
‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-
tity’ means a State, a system of institutions of high-
er education, or a Tribal College or University. 
‘‘(2) EVIDENCE TIERS.— 
‘‘(A) EVIDENCE TIER 1.—The term ‘evi-
dence tier 1’, when used with respect to a re-
form or practice, means a reform or practice 
that meets the criteria for receiving an expan-
sion grant from the education innovation and 
research program under section 4611(a)(2)(C) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, as determined by the Secretary in 
accordance with such section. 
‘‘(B) EVIDENCE TIER 2.—The term ‘evi-
dence tier 2’, when used with respect to a re-
form or practice, means a reform or practice 
that meets the criteria for receiving a mid- 
phase grant from the education innovation and 
research program under section 4611(a)(2)(B) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, as determined by the Secretary in 
accordance with such section.
‘‘(3) FIRST GENERATION COLLEGE STUDENT.— 
The term ‘first generation college student’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 402A(h)(3). 
‘‘(4) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101 or 
102(a)(1)(B). 
‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of 
the 50 States of the United States, the District of 
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Amer-
ican Samoa, Guam, the United States Virgin Is-
lands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands, and the Freely Associated States. 
‘‘(6) TRIBAL COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY.—The 
term ‘Tribal College or University’ has the meaning 
given the term in section 316(b)(3). 
‘‘(j) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated— 
‘‘(1) $310,000,000 to remain available until 
September 30, 2030, to award competitive grants to 
eligible entities that are not Tribal Colleges and Uni-
versities to carry out the approved activities de-
scribed in the applications submitted under sub-
section (b); 
‘‘(2) $37,500,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030, to award competitive grants to 
Tribal Colleges and Universities to carry out the ap-
proved activities described in the applications sub-
mitted under subsection (b); 
‘‘(3) $95,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030, to supplement the competitive 
grant amounts awarded to eligible entities with 
funds available under paragraph (1) and (2) to im-
plement reforms or practices that meet evidence tier 
1; 
‘‘(4) $47,500,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030, to supplement the competitive 
grant amounts awarded to eligible entities with 
funds available under paragraphs (1) and (2) to im-
plement reforms or practices that meet evidence tier 
1 or evidence tier 2, or a combination of such re-
forms or practices; and 
‘‘(5) $10,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030, to evaluate the effectiveness of the 
activities carried out under this section.
‘‘(k) SUNSET.—The authority to make grants under 
this section shall expire at the end of award year 2026– 
2027. 
‘‘(l) INAPPLICABILITY OF GEPA CONTINGENT EX-
TENSION OF PROGRAMS.—Section 422 of the General 
Education Provisions Act shall not apply to this part.’’. 
SEC. 20025. INSTITUTIONAL AID. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated— 
(1) $470,640,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
in fiscal year 2022; 
(2) $470,640,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
in fiscal year 2023; 
(3) $470,640,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
in fiscal year 2024; 
(4) $470,640,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section
371(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
in fiscal year 2025; 
(5) $470,640,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
in fiscal year 2026; 
(6) $470,640,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
in fiscal year 2022; 
(7) $470,640,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
in fiscal year 2023; 
(8) $470,640,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
in fiscal year 2024; 
(9) $470,640,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
in fiscal year 2025; 
(10) $470,640,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section
371(b)(2)(C) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
in fiscal year 2026; 
(11) $141,120,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2022; 
(12) $141,120,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2023; 
(13) $141,120,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2024; 
(14) $141,120,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2025; 
(15) $141,120,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2026; 
(16) $70,560,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section
371(b)(2)(D)(ii) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2022; 
(17) $70,560,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(ii) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2023; 
(18) $70,560,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(ii) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2024; 
(19) $70,560,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(ii) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2025; 
(20) $70,560,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(ii) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2026; 
(21) $23,520,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2022; 
(22) $23,520,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section
371(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2023; 
(23) $23,520,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2024; 
(24) $23,520,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2025; 
(25) $23,520,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(iii) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2026; 
(26) $23,520,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(iv) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2022; 
(27) $23,520,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(iv) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2023; 
(28) $23,520,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section
371(b)(2)(D)(iv) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2024; 
(29) $23,520,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(iv) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2025; and 
(30) $23,520,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2028, for carrying out section 
371(b)(2)(D)(iv) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 in fiscal year 2026. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An institution of higher edu-
cation receiving funds made available under this sec-
tion shall use such funds in accordance with the uses 
of funds described under subparagraphs (B), (C), 
and clauses (i) through (iv) of subparagraph (D) of 
section 371(b)(2) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965, as applicable, and to award need-based finan-
cial aid (including emergency financial aid grants) to 
low-income students enrolled in an eligible program 
(as defined in section 481(b) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965) at such institution. 
(2) DISTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS.—The Sec-
retary of Education shall distribute each of the 
amounts appropriated under paragraphs (6) through
(10) of subsection (a) in accordance with section 
371(b)(2)(C), except that in clause (ii) of such sec-
tion, ‘‘25’’ and ‘‘of $600,000 annually’’ shall not 
apply. 
(c) NO ADDITIONAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS.— 
No individual shall be determined by the Secretary of 
Education to be ineligible for benefits provided under sub-
section (b)(1) except on the basis of not being a low-in-
come student enrolled in an eligible program (as defined 
in section 481(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965). 
SEC. 20026. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INFRASTRUC-
TURE COMPETITIVE GRANT PROGRAM. 
Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is 
amended— 
(1) by redesignating part G as part H; and 
(2) by inserting after section 371 the following:
tion 102(a)(1)(B) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965), non-profit organizations, philanthropic orga-
nizations, and industry partners, provided that the 
eligible institution is the lead member and fiscal 
agent of the consortium. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANT PROGRAMS.—For 
the purpose of supporting research and development infra-
structure at eligible institutions, the Secretary shall 
award, on a competitive basis, to eligible institutions— 
‘‘(1) planning grants for a period of not more 
than 2 years; and 
‘‘(2) implementation grants for a period of not 
more than 5 years. 
‘‘(c) APPLICATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible institution that 
desires to receive a planning grant under subsection 
(b)(1) or an implementation grant under subsection 
(b)(2) shall submit an application to the Secretary 
that includes a description of the activities that will 
be carried out with grant funds. 
‘‘(2) 
NO
COMPREHENSIVE
DEVELOPMENT 
PLAN.—The requirement under section 391(b)(1) 
shall not apply to grants awarded under this section. 
‘‘(d) PRIORITY IN AWARDS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In awarding planning and 
implementation grants under this section, the Sec-
retary shall administer separate competitions for 
each of the categories of institutions listed in para-
graphs (1) through (7) of section 371(a). 
‘‘(2) PRIORITY.—In awarding implementation 
grants under this section, the Secretary shall give 
priority to eligible institutions that have received a 
planning grant under this section. 
‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) PLANNING GRANTS.—An eligible institu-
tion that receives a planning grant under subsection 
(b)(1) shall use the grant funds to develop a stra-
tegic plan for improving institutional research and 
development infrastructure that includes— 
‘‘(A) an assessment of the existing institu-
tional research capacity and research and devel-
opment infrastructure; and 
‘‘(B) a detailed description of how the in-
stitution would use research and development 
infrastructure funds provided by an implemen-
tation grant under this section to increase the 
institution’s research capacity and support re-
search and development infrastructure.
‘‘(2) IMPLEMENTATION
GRANTS.—An eligible 
institution that receives an implementation grant 
under subsection (b)(2) shall use the grant funds to 
support research and development infrastructure, 
which shall include carrying out at least one of the 
following activities: 
‘‘(A) Providing for the improvement of in-
frastructure existing on the date of the grant 
award, including deferred maintenance, or the 
establishment of new physical infrastructure, 
including instructional program spaces, labora-
tories, research facilities or furniture, fixtures, 
and instructional research-related equipment 
and technology. 
‘‘(B) Hiring and retaining faculty, stu-
dents, research-related staff, or other personnel, 
including research personnel skilled in oper-
ating, using, or applying technology, equipment, 
or devices used to conduct or support research. 
‘‘(C) Creating and supporting inter- and 
intra-institutional research centers (including 
formal and informal communities of practice) in 
fields of research for which research and devel-
opment infrastructure funds have been awarded
under this section, including hiring staff and 
purchasing supplies and equipment. 
‘‘(f) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available under this section shall be used to supplement, 
and not supplant, other Federal, State, tribal, and local 
funds that would otherwise be expended to carry out the 
activities described in this section. 
‘‘(g) SUNSET.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The authority to make— 
‘‘(A) planning grants under subsection 
(b)(1) shall expire at the end of fiscal year 
2025; and 
‘‘(B) implementation grants under sub-
section (b)(2) shall expire at the end of fiscal 
year 2027. 
‘‘(2) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
GEPA
CONTINGENT 
EXTENSION
OF
PROGRAMS.—Section 422 of the 
General Education Provisions Act shall not apply to 
this section. 
‘‘(h) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $3,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2028, for carrying out this section.’’.
SEC. 20027. NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AMERICAN 
SAMOA, UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS, 
GUAM, AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES 
COLLEGE ACCESS. 
Title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 
amended by this Act, is further amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘PART G—COLLEGE ACCESS FOR STUDENTS IN 
OUTLYING AREAS 
‘‘SEC. 
792. 
NORTHERN 
MARIANA 
ISLANDS, 
AMERICAN 
SAMOA, UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS, 
GUAM, AND FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES 
COLLEGE ACCESS GRANTS. 
‘‘(a) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) GRANT AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with award 
year 2023–2024, from amounts appropriated to 
carry out this section, the Secretary shall award 
grants to the Governors of each outlying area 
for such Governors to award grants to eligible 
institutions that enroll eligible students to pay 
the difference between the tuition and fees 
charged for in-State students and the tuition 
and fees charged for out-of-State students on 
behalf of each eligible student enrolled in the el-
igible institution.
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‘‘(B) MAXIMUM STUDENT AMOUNTS.—The 
amount paid on behalf of an eligible student 
under this section shall be— 
‘‘(i) not more than $15,000 for any 
one award year (as defined in section 
481(a)(1)); and 
‘‘(ii) not more than $75,000 in the 
aggregate. 
‘‘(C) PRORATION.—The Governor shall 
prorate payments under this section with re-
spect to eligible students who attend an eligible 
institution on less than a full-time basis. 
‘‘(2) AGREEMENT.—Each Governor desiring a 
grant under this section shall enter into an agree-
ment with the Secretary for the purposes of admin-
istering the grant program. 
‘‘(3) GRANT
AUTHORITY.—The authority to 
make grants under this section shall expire at the 
end of award year 2029–2030. 
‘‘(b) INAPPLICABILITY OF GEPA CONTINGENT EX-
TENSION OF PROGRAMS.—Section 422 of the General 
Education Provisions Act shall not apply to this section. 
‘‘(c) 
NO
ADDITIONAL
ELIGIBILITY
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—No individual shall be determined, by a Gov-
ernor, an eligible institution, or the Secretary, to be ineli-
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‘‘(A) was domiciled in an outlying area for 
not less than 12 consecutive months preceding 
the commencement of the freshman year at an 
institution of higher education supported by a 
grant awarded under this section; 
‘‘(B) has not completed an undergraduate 
baccalaureate course of study; and 
‘‘(C) is enrolled as an undergraduate stu-
dent in an eligible program (as defined in sec-
tion 481(b)) on at least a half-time basis. 
‘‘(3) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘institution of higher education’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 101. 
‘‘(4) GOVERNOR.—The term ‘Governor’ means 
the chief executive of an outlying area. 
‘‘(5) OUTLYING
AREA.—The term ‘outlying 
area’ means the Northern Mariana Islands, Amer-
ican Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, 
Guam, and the Freely Associated States. 
‘‘(e) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise available, there is appropriated, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until September 30, 
2030, for carrying out this section.’’.
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PART 3—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
IMPLEMENTATION 
SEC. 20031. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $91,742,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for necessary administrative expenses associated 
with carrying out this subtitle and sections 22101 and 
22102. 
SEC. 20032. STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $85,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2030, for Student Aid Administration with-
in the Department of Education for necessary administra-
tive expenses associated with carrying out this subtitle and 
for additional Federal administrative expenses. 
SEC. 20033. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $10,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the Office of Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Education, for salaries and expenses necessary for
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oversight, investigations, and audits of programs, grants, 
and projects funded under this subtitle and sections 22101 
and 22102 carried out by the Office of Inspector General. 
Subtitle B—Labor Matters 
SEC. 21001. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there 
are appropriated to the Department of Labor for fiscal 
year 2022, to remain available until September 30, 2026, 
the following amounts: 
(1) $195,000,000 to the Employee Benefits Se-
curity Administration for carrying out enforcement 
activities. 
(2) $707,000,000 to the Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration for carrying out enforce-
ment, standards development, whistleblower inves-
tigations, compliance assistance, funding for State 
plans, and related activities within the Occupational 
Safety and Health Administration. 
(3) $133,000,000 to the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration for carrying out enforcement, 
standard setting, technical assistance, and related 
activities. 
(4) $405,000,000 to the Wage and Hour Divi-
sion for carrying out activities of the Division.
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(5) $121,000,000 to the Office of Workers’ 
Compensation Programs for carrying out activities 
of the Office. 
(6) $201,000,000 to the Office of Federal Con-
tract Compliance Programs for carrying out audit, 
investigation, enforcement, and compliance assist-
ance, and other activities. 
(7) $176,000,000 to the Office of the Solicitor 
for carrying out necessary legal support for activities 
carried out by the Office related to and in support 
of the activities of those Department of Labor agen-
cies receiving additional funding in this section. 
SEC. 21002. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there 
are appropriated to the National Labor Relations Board 
for fiscal year 2022, $350,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026, for the National Labor Rela-
tions Board to carry out the functions vested in it by the 
National Labor Relations Act. 
SEC. 21003. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMIS-
SION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there 
are appropriated to the Equal Employment Opportunity
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Commission for fiscal year 2022, $321,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2026, for carrying out inves-
tigation, enforcement, outreach, and related activities. 
SEC. 21004. ADJUSTMENT OF CIVIL PENALTIES. 
(a) OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT OF 
1970.—Section 17 of the Occupational Safety and Health 
Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 666) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$70,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$700,000’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$50,000’’; 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘$7,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$70,000’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘$7,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$70,000’’. 
(b) FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT OF 1938.—Section 
16(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
216(e)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘$11,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$132,270’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘$50,000’’ 
and inserting ‘‘$601,150’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)—
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(A) in the first sentence, by striking 
‘‘$1,100’’ and inserting ‘‘$20,740’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘$1,100’’ and inserting ‘‘$11,620’’. 
(c) MIGRANT AND SEASONAL AGRICULTURAL WORK-
ER PROTECTION ACT.—Section 503(a)(1) of the Migrant 
and Seasonal Agricultural Worker Protection Act (29 
U.S.C. 1853(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$1,000’’ and 
inserting ‘‘$25,790’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on January 1, 2022. 
SEC. 21005. CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES FOR PARITY VIO-
LATIONS. 
(a) CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES RELATING TO PAR-
ITY
IN MENTAL HEALTH
AND SUBSTANCE USE DIS-
ORDERS.—Section 502(c)(10) of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1132(c)(10)(A)) 
is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘USE OF GE-
NETIC INFORMATION’’ and inserting ‘‘USE OF GE-
NETIC
INFORMATION
AND
PARITY
IN
MENTAL 
HEALTH
AND
SUBSTANCE
USE
DISORDER
BENE-
FITS’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (A)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘any plan sponsor of a 
group health plan’’ and inserting ‘‘any plan 
sponsor or plan administrator of a group health 
plan’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘for any failure’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘in connection with the 
plan.’’ and inserting ‘‘for any failure by such 
sponsor, administrator, or issuer, in connection 
with the plan— 
‘‘(i) to meet the requirements of sub-
section (a)(1)(F), (b)(3), (c), or (d) of sec-
tion 702 or section 701 or 702(b)(1) with 
respect to genetic information; or 
‘‘(ii) to meet the requirements of sub-
section (a) of section 712 with respect to 
parity in mental health and substance use 
disorder benefits.’’. 
(b) EXCEPTION TO THE GENERAL PROHIBITION ON 
ENFORCEMENT.—Section 502 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 
1132) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(6), by striking ‘‘or (9)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(9), or (10)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(3)—
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(A) by striking ‘‘subsections (c)(9) and 
(a)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (c)(9), 
(c)(10), and (a)(6)’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘under subsection (c)(9))’’ 
and inserting ‘‘under subsections (c)(9) and 
(c)(10)), and except with respect to enforce-
ment by the Secretary of section 712’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘706(a)(1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘733(a)(1)’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to group health 
plans, or any health insurance issuer offering health insur-
ance coverage in connection with such plan, for plan years 
beginning after the date that is 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 21006. PENALTIES UNDER THE NATIONAL LABOR RE-
LATIONS ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 12 of the National Labor 
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 162) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘SEC. 12. Any person’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘SEC. 12. PENALTIES. 
‘‘(a) 
VIOLATIONS
FOR
INTERFERENCE
WITH 
BOARD.—Any person’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(b) CIVIL PENALTIES FOR UNFAIR LABOR PRAC-
TICES.—Any employer who commits an unfair labor prac-
tice within the meaning of section 8(a) affecting commerce 
shall be subject to a civil penalty in an amount not to 
exceed $50,000 for each such violation, except that, with 
respect to such an unfair labor practice within the mean-
ing of paragraph (3) or (4) of section 8(a) or such a viola-
tion of section 8(a) that results in the discharge of an em-
ployee or other serious economic harm to an employee, the 
Board shall double the amount of such penalty, to an 
amount not to exceed $100,000, in any case where the 
employer has within the preceding 5 years committed an-
other such violation of such paragraph (3) or (4) or such 
violation of section 8(a) that results in such discharge or 
other serious economic harm. A civil penalty under this 
paragraph shall be in addition to any other remedy or-
dered by the Board. 
‘‘(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In determining the amount 
of any civil penalty under this section, the Board shall con-
sider— 
‘‘(1) the gravity of the actions of the employer 
resulting in the penalty, including the impact of such 
actions on the charging party or on other persons 
seeking to exercise rights guaranteed by this Act; 
‘‘(2) the size of the employer;
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‘‘(3) the history of previous unfair labor prac-
tices or other actions by the employer resulting in a 
penalty; and 
‘‘(4) the public interest. 
‘‘(d) DIRECTOR AND OFFICER LIABILITY.—If the 
Board determines, based on the particular facts and cir-
cumstances presented, that a director or officer’s personal 
liability is warranted, a civil penalty for a violation de-
scribed in this section may also be assessed against any 
director or officer of the employer who directed or com-
mitted the violation, had established a policy that led to 
such a violation, or had actual or constructive knowledge 
of and the authority to prevent the violation and failed 
to prevent the violation.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on January 1, 2022. 
Subtitle C—Workforce 
Development Matters 
PART 1—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
SEC. 22001. DISLOCATED WORKER EMPLOYMENT AND 
TRAINING ACTIVITIES. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Labor for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,000,000,000, to
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(b) 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 employment and training 
activities for dislocated workers, including funds provided 
under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 
SEC. 22002. ADULT WORKER EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING 
ACTIVITIES. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Labor for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026, which shall be 
allotted in accordance with subsection (b)(1) of section 
132 and reserved under subsection (a) of section 133 of 
the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, and allo-
cated under subsection (b)(1)(A) of section 133 of such 
Act for each local area to provide— 
(1) career services authorized under subsection 
(c)(2) of section 134 of the Workforce Innovation 
and Opportunity Act, including individualized career 
services described in section 134(c)(2)(A)(xii) of 
such Act; 
(2) supportive services and needs-related pay-
ments authorized under paragraphs (2) and (3) of
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section 134(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act, except that the requirements of sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3) of such 
section shall not apply; and 
(3) training services, including through indi-
vidual training accounts, authorized under section 
134(c)(3) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act, except that for purposes of providing in-
cumbent worker training as part of those services 
under this section, if such training is provided to 
low-wage workers, section 134(d)(4)(A)(i) of such 
Act shall be applied by substituting ‘‘40 percent’’ for 
‘‘20 percent’’. 
(b) 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 adult employment and 
training activities, including funds provided under the 
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. 
SEC. 22003. YOUTH WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Labor for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,500,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026, which shall be
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allotted in accordance with subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 
section 127(b)(1) and reserved under subsection (a) of 
section 128 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act, and allocated under subsection (b) of section 128 of 
such Act for each local area to— 
(1) carry out the youth workforce investment 
activities authorized under section 129 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act; 
(2) provide opportunities for in-school youth 
and out-of-school youth to participate in paid work 
experiences described in subsection (c)(2)(C) of sec-
tion 129 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act; and 
(3) partner with community-based organizations 
to support out-of-school youth, including those resid-
ing in high-crime or high-poverty areas. 
(b) 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 for youth workforce investment ac-
tivities, including funds provided under the Workforce In-
novation and Opportunity Act. 
SEC. 22004. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Labor for fiscal year
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2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, the following amounts, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026: 
(1) $400,000,000 for carrying out the State 
grant activities authorized under section 7 of the 
Wagner-Peyser Act, which shall be allotted in ac-
cordance with section 6 of such Act, except that, for 
purposes of this section, funds shall also be reserved 
and used for the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands and American Samoa in amounts 
the Secretary determines appropriate prior to the al-
lotments being made in accordance with section 6 of 
such Act. 
(2) $100,000,000 for carrying out improve-
ments to State workforce and labor market informa-
tion systems. 
SEC. 22005. RE-ENTRY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Labor for fiscal year 
2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, the following amounts, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026: 
(1) $375,000,000, for carrying out the Reentry 
Employment Opportunities program.
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(2) $125,000,000, for competitive grants to na-
tional and regional intermediaries to carry out Re-
entry Employment Opportunity programs that pre-
pare for employment young adults with criminal 
records, young adults who have been justice system- 
involved, or young adults who have dropped out of 
school or other educational programs, made with a 
priority for projects serving high-crime, high-poverty 
areas. 
SEC. 22006. REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIPS, YOUTH AP-
PRENTICESHIPS, 
AND 
PRE-APPRENTICE-
SHIPS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Labor for fiscal year 
2022, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, the following amounts, to remain available 
until September 30, 2026: 
(1) $500,000,000 for carrying out activities 
through grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, 
or other arrangements, including arrangements with 
States and outlying areas (as such terms are defined 
in paragraphs (45) and (56), respectively, of section 
3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act), equity intermediaries, and business and labor
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industry partner intermediaries, to create or expand 
only— 
(A) registered apprenticeship programs; 
(B) pre-apprenticeship programs that ar-
ticulate to registered apprenticeship programs; 
and 
(C) youth apprenticeship programs that— 
(i) provide participants with high- 
quality, classroom-based related instruction 
and training, and employment opportuni-
ties with progressively increasing wages; 
and 
(ii) prepare participants for enroll-
ment in an institution of higher education 
(as defined in section 101 or 102(c) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965), a reg-
istered apprenticeship program, and em-
ployment. 
(2) $500,000,000 for carrying out activities 
through arrangements described in paragraph (1) to 
support programs described in such paragraph that 
serve a high number or high percentage of individ-
uals with barriers to employment (as defined in sec-
tion 3(24) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
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tunity Act), including individuals with disabilities, or 
nontraditional apprenticeship populations. 
SEC. 22007. INDUSTRY OR SECTOR PARTNERSHIP GRANTS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Labor for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,600,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2026, for the Sec-
retary to award, on a competitive basis, grants, contracts, 
or cooperative agreements to eligible partnerships for the 
purposes of expanding employment and training activities 
for high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand industry sectors or 
occupations. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive funds 
under this section, an eligible partnership shall submit to 
the Secretary an application that includes a description 
of programs to be supported with such funds, the recog-
nized postsecondary credentials participants in such pro-
grams will earn, and related employment opportunities for 
which participants in such programs will be prepared. 
(c) USES OF FUNDS.—An eligible partnership award-
ed funds under this section shall use such funds to— 
(1) regularly engage and convene stakeholders 
to develop, or expand, employment and training ac-
tivities for the high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand
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industry sector or occupation on which such partner-
ship is focused; 
(2) directly provide, or arrange for the provision 
of, high-quality, evidence-based training that leads 
to the attainment of nationally or regionally portable 
and stackable recognized postsecondary credentials 
for the industry sector or occupation described in 
paragraph (1), which shall include— 
(A)(i) training services described in any 
clause of subparagraph (D) of section 134(c)(3) 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act provided through contracts that meet the 
requirements of that section 134(c)(3); or 
(ii) training provided through— 
(I) 
registered 
apprenticeship 
pro-
grams; 
(II) pre-apprenticeship programs that 
articulate to registered apprenticeship pro-
grams; 
(III) youth apprenticeship programs 
that— 
(aa) provide participants with 
high-quality, classroom-based related 
instruction and training, and employ-
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ment opportunities with progressively 
increasing wages; and 
(bb) prepare participants for en-
rollment in an institution of higher 
education (as defined in section 101 
or 102(c)) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965), a registered apprentice-
ship program, and employment; or 
(IV) joint labor-management organi-
zations; and 
(B) the provision of information on related 
skills or competencies that may be attained 
through such training or credentials; 
(3) directly provide, or arrange for the provision 
of, services to help individuals with barriers to em-
ployment prepare for, complete, and successfully 
transition out of training described in paragraph (2), 
which services shall include career services, sup-
portive services, or provision of needs-related pay-
ments authorized under subsections (c)(2), (d)(2), 
and (d)(3) of section 134 of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act, except that, for purposes 
of this section, subparagraphs (B) and (C) of section 
134(d)(3) of that Act shall not apply; and
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(4) establish or implement plans for providers 
of programs supported with such funds to meet the 
criteria and carry out the procedures to be included 
on the eligible training services provider list de-
scribed in section 122(d) of the Workforce Innova-
tion and Opportunity Act. 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Labor for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $150,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026, for— 
(1) targeted outreach and support to eligible 
partnerships serving local areas with high unemploy-
ment rates or high percentages of dislocated workers 
or individuals with barriers to employment, to pro-
vide guidance and assistance in the application proc-
ess under this section; 
(2) administration of the program described in 
this section, including providing comprehensive tech-
nical assistance and oversight to support eligible 
partnerships; and 
(3) evaluating and reporting on the perform-
ance and impact of programs funded under this sec-
tion.
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(e) STATE BOARD OR LOCAL BOARD FUNDS.—In ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available, there is appro-
priated to the Department of Labor for fiscal year 2022, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $250,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, to provide direct assistance to State 
boards or local boards to support the creation or expansion 
of industry or sector partnerships in local areas with high 
unemployment rates or high percentages of dislocated 
workers or individuals with barriers to employment, as 
compared to State or national averages for such rates or 
percentages. 
(f) 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 support activities described in 
this section. 
SEC. 22008. JOB CORPS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Labor for fiscal year 2022, out of any amounts in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $500,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2026— 
(1) to provide funds to operators and service 
providers to—
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(A) carry out the activities and services de-
scribed in sections 148 and 149 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act; and 
(B) improve and expand access to allow-
ances and services described in section 150 of 
such Act; and 
(2) for the construction, rehabilitation, and ac-
quisition of Job Corps centers, notwithstanding sec-
tion 158(c) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY OF OPERATORS AND SERVICE PRO-
VIDERS.—For the purposes of carrying out subsection (a), 
an entity in a State or outlying area (as such term is de-
fined in section 3(45) of the Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act) may be eligible to be selected as an oper-
ator or service provider. 
SEC. 22009. NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Labor for fiscal year 
2022, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $50,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, to carry out activities described in sec-
tion 166(d)(2)(A) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act.
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SEC. 22010. MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKER PRO-
GRAMS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Labor for fiscal year 
2022, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $70,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, to carry out activities described in sec-
tion 167(d) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act, except that, for purposes of providing services as part 
of such activities to low-income individuals under this sec-
tion, section 3(36)(A)(ii)(I) of such Act shall be applied 
by substituting ‘‘150 percent of the poverty line’’ for ‘‘the 
poverty line’’. 
SEC. 22011. YOUTHBUILD PROGRAM. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Labor for fiscal year 
2022, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $15,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, to carry out activities described in sec-
tion 171(c)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act, including for the purposes of improving and 
expanding access to services, stipends, wages, and benefits 
described in subparagraphs (A)(vii) and (F) of section 
171(c)(2) of such Act.
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SEC. 22012. SENIOR COMMUNITY SERVICE EMPLOYMENT 
PROGRAM. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Labor for fiscal year 
2022, out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $35,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2026, for the Senior Community Service Em-
ployment program authorized under section 502 of the 
Older Americans Act of 1965. 
SEC. 22013. PROVISION OF INFORMATION. 
For purposes of determinations of the eligibility of 
individuals to participate in activities funded under this 
subtitle, the provision of information for such determina-
tions by Federal agencies other than the Department of 
Labor or the Department of Education shall not be re-
quired. 
SEC. 22014. DEFINITIONS. 
In this part: 
(1) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble partnership’’ means— 
(A) an industry or sector partnership, 
which shall include multiple representatives de-
scribed in each of clauses (i) through (iii) of 
paragraph (26)(A) of section 3 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act; or
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(B) a State board or local board, a joint 
labor-management organization, or an entity el-
igible to be a representative under clause (i), 
(ii), or (iii) of paragraph (26)(A) of section 3 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act, that is in the process of establishing an in-
dustry or sector partnership described in sub-
paragraph (A), to carry out a grant, contract, 
or cooperative agreement under section 22007. 
(2) EVIDENCE-BASED.—The term ‘‘evidence- 
based’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
3(23) of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical 
Education Act of 2006. 
(3) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship program’’ 
means an apprenticeship program registered with 
the Office of Apprenticeship of the Employment and 
Training Administration of the Department of 
Labor or a State apprenticeship agency recognized 
by the Office of Apprenticeship pursuant to the Act 
of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘‘Na-
tional Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 
663). 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Labor.
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(5) WIOA DEFINITIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘career 
pathway’’, ‘‘in-demand industry sector or occu-
pation’’, ‘‘individual with a barrier to employ-
ment’’, ‘‘industry or sector partnership’’, ‘‘local 
area’’, ‘‘local board’’, ‘‘recognized postsecondary 
credential’’, ‘‘State board’’, and ‘‘supportive 
services’’ have the meanings given the terms in 
paragraphs (7), (23), (24), (26), (32), (33), 
(52), (57), and (59), respectively, of section 3 
of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 
Act. 
(B) CAREER SERVICES.—The term ‘‘career 
services’’ means services described in section 
134(c)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act. 
PART 2—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
SEC. 22101. ADULT EDUCATION AND LITERACY. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Education for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $700,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027, to carry out 
the program of adult education and literacy activities au-
thorized under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
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Act, except that, for each fiscal year for which an eligible 
agency receives funds appropriated under this section, sec-
tion 222(a)(1) of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act shall be applied by substituting ‘‘not less than 
10 percent’’ for ‘‘not more than 20 percent’’, and section 
222(b) of such Act shall not apply. 
(b) 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 support adult education and lit-
eracy activities, including funds provided under the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act. 
SEC. 22102. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Education for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following 
amounts, to remain available until September 30, 2027: 
(1) $600,000,000 for carrying out career and 
technical education programs authorized under sec-
tion 124 and section 135 of the Carl D. Perkins Ca-
reer and Technical Education Act of 2006, which 
shall be allotted in accordance with section 111 and 
section 112 of such Act, except that subsection (b) 
of section 112 shall not apply.
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(2) $100,000,000 for carrying out the innova-
tion and modernization program in subsection (e) of 
section 114 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Tech-
nical Education Act of 2006, except that, for pur-
poses of this paragraph, paragraph (2) of such sub-
section and the 20 percent limitation in paragraph 
(1) of such subsection shall not apply and eligible 
agencies, as defined in section 3(18) of such Act, 
shall be eligible to receive grants under such pro-
gram. 
(b) 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 for career and technical education 
programs, including funds provided under the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. 
SEC. 22103. COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND INDUSTRY PART-
NERSHIP GRANTS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Education for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,900,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2026, for the Sec-
retary, in coordination with the Secretary of Labor, to 
award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible institu-
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tions for the purposes of expanding employment and train-
ing activities for high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand in-
dustry sectors or occupations. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to receive such a 
grant, an eligible institution shall submit to the Secretary 
an application that includes a description of programs to 
be supported with such grant, the recognized postsec-
ondary credentials participants in such programs will 
earn, and the related employment opportunities for which 
participants in such programs will be prepared. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible institution awarded 
a grant under this section shall use such grant funds to 
expand opportunities for attainment of recognized postsec-
ondary credentials that are nationally or regionally port-
able and stackable for high-skill, high-wage, or in-demand 
industry sectors or occupations by— 
(1) establishing, improving, or scaling high- 
quality, evidence-based education or career training 
programs, career pathway programs, or work-based 
learning programs (including registered apprentice-
ship programs or pre-apprenticeships that articulate 
to registered apprenticeship programs); 
(2) providing services to help individuals with 
barriers to employment prepare for, complete, and 
successfully transition out of programs described in
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paragraph (1) supported by such grant, which shall 
include providing supportive services, career services, 
career guidance and academic counseling, or job 
placement assistance; and 
(3) carrying out 1 or more of the following: 
(A) Creating, developing, or expanding ar-
ticulation agreements (as defined in section 
486A(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965), 
credit transfer agreements, corequisite remedi-
ation programs, dual or concurrent enrollment 
programs, or policies and processes to award 
academic credit for prior learning or for pro-
grams described in paragraph (1) supported by 
such grant. 
(B) Making available information on cur-
ricula and recognized postsecondary credentials, 
including those created or developed using such 
grant, and information on the related skills or 
competencies and related employment and earn-
ings outcomes. 
(C) Establishing or implementing plans for 
providers of programs described in paragraph 
(1) supported by such grant to meet the criteria 
and carry out the procedures to be included on 
the eligible training services provider list de-
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scribed in section 122(d) of the Workforce In-
novation and Opportunity Act. 
(D) Purchasing, leasing, or refurbishing 
specialized equipment necessary to carry out 
such programs. 
(E) Reducing participants’ cost of attend-
ance in such programs. 
(F) Establishing or expanding industry or 
sector partnerships to successfully carry out the 
activities supported by such grant under this 
paragraph, and paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(d) ADMINISTRATION.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Education for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2026, to carry 
out, in coordination of the Department of Labor, the fol-
lowing activities: 
(1) Targeted outreach to eligible institutions 
serving a high number or high percentage of low-in-
come individuals or individuals with barriers to em-
ployment, and rural-serving eligible institutions, to 
provide guidance and assistance in the grant appli-
cation process under this section.
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(2) Administration of the program described in 
this section, including providing technical assistance 
and oversight to support eligible institutions. 
(3) Evaluating and reporting on the perform-
ance and impact of programs funded under this sec-
tion. 
(e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts avail-
able to carry out this section shall be used to supplement 
and not supplant other Federal, State, and local public 
funds expended to support activities described in this sec-
tion. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMUNITY COLLEGE.—The term ‘‘commu-
nity college’’ means— 
(A) a degree-granting public institution of 
higher education (as defined in section 101 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965) at which— 
(i) the highest degree awarded is an 
associate degree; or 
(ii) an associate degree is the most 
frequently awarded degree; 
(B) a 2-year Tribal College or University 
(as defined in section 316(b)(3) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965);
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(C) a degree-granting Tribal College or 
University (as defined in section 316(b)(3) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965) at which— 
(i) the highest degree awarded is an 
associate degree; or 
(ii) an associate degree is the most 
frequently awarded degree; or 
(D) a branch campus of a 4-year public in-
stitution of higher education (as defined in sec-
tion 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965), 
if, at such branch campus— 
(i) the highest degree awarded is an 
associate degree; or 
(ii) an associate degree is the most 
frequently awarded degree. 
(2) ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble institution’’ means a community college, a post-
secondary vocational institution (as defined in sec-
tion 102(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965), 
or a consortium of such colleges or institutions, that 
is working directly with an industry or sector part-
nership, or in the process of establishing such part-
nership, to carry out a grant under this section. 
(3) PERKINS
CTE
DEFINITIONS.—The terms 
‘‘career guidance and academic counseling’’, ‘‘dual
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or concurrent enrollment program’’, ‘‘evidence- 
based’’, and ‘‘work-based learning’’ have the mean-
ings given the terms in paragraphs (7), (15), (23), 
and (55), respectively, of section 3 of the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
2006. 
(4) REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.— 
The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship program’’ 
means an apprenticeship program registered with 
the Office of Apprenticeship of the Employment and 
Training Administration of the Department of 
Labor or a State apprenticeship agency recognized 
by the Office of Apprenticeship pursuant to the Act 
of August 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘‘Na-
tional Apprenticeship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 
663). 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Education. 
(6) WIOA DEFINITIONS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The terms ‘‘career 
pathway’’, ‘‘in-demand industry sector or occu-
pation’’, ‘‘individual with a barrier to employ-
ment’’, ‘‘industry or sector partnership’’, ‘‘rec-
ognized postsecondary credential’’, and ‘‘sup-
portive services’’ have the meanings given the
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terms in paragraphs (7), (23), (24), (26), (52), 
and (59), respectively, of section 3 of the Work-
force Innovation and Opportunity Act. 
(B) CAREER SERVICES.—The term ‘‘career 
services’’ means services described in section 
134(c)(2) of the Workforce Innovation and Op-
portunity Act. 
PART 3—COMPETITIVE INTEGRATED EMPLOY-
MENT TRANSFORMATION GRANT PROGRAM 
SEC. 
22201. 
COMPETITIVE 
INTEGRATED 
EMPLOYMENT 
TRANSFORMATION GRANT PROGRAM. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise made available, there is appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Labor for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the following 
amounts, to remain available through fiscal year 2029, for 
the Secretary of Labor to award grants to covered States 
in accordance with this section to assist employers in such 
States who were issued special certificates under section 
14(c) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
214(c)) (referred to in this part as ‘‘special certificates’’) 
in transforming their business and program models from 
providing employment using special certificates to busi-
ness and program models that employ and support people 
with disabilities in competitive integrated employment:
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(1) $189,000,000 for subsection (d)(2)(B). 
(2) $81,000,000 for subsection (d)(2)(C). 
(b) APPLICATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive a 
grant under this section, a covered State shall sub-
mit an application to the Secretary at such time, in 
such manner, and including such information as the 
Secretary may reasonably require. 
(2) CONTENTS.—Each application submitted 
under paragraph (1) shall include— 
(A) a description of the status of the em-
ployers in the covered State providing employ-
ment using special certificates, including— 
(i) the number of employers in the 
covered State using special certificates to 
employ and pay people with disabilities; 
(ii) the number of employees in the 
covered State employed under a special 
certificate; 
(iii) the average number of hours such 
employees work per week; and 
(iv) the average hourly wage for such 
employees; 
(B) a description of activities to be funded 
under the grant, and the goals of such activi-
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ties, including the activities of the covered State 
with respect to competitive integrated employ-
ment for people with disabilities; and 
(C) assurances that— 
(i) the activities carried out under the 
grant will result in— 
(I) each employer in the covered 
State that, on the date of enactment 
of this Act, provides employment 
using special certificates transforming 
its business and program models as 
described in subsection (c)(1); and 
(II) each employer in the covered 
State ceasing to use special certifi-
cates by the end of the 5-year grant 
period and no longer applying for or 
renewing such certificates; 
(ii) each individual in the covered 
State who is employed under a special cer-
tificate will, as a result of such a trans-
formation, be employed in competitive inte-
grated employment or a combination of 
competitive integrated employment and in-
tegrated services, including by compen-
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sating all employees of the employer for all 
hours worked at a rate that is— 
(I) not less than the higher of— 
(aa) the rate specified in 
section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 206(a)(1)); 
(bb) the rate specified in an 
applicable State or local min-
imum wage law; or 
(cc) in the case of work on 
a contract that is subject to 
chapter 67 of title 41, United 
States Code, the applicable pre-
vailing wage rate under such 
chapter; and 
(II) not less than the rate paid 
by the employer for the same or simi-
lar work performed by other employ-
ees who are not people with disabil-
ities, and who are similarly situated in 
similar occupations by the same em-
ployer and who have similar training, 
experience, and skills; and
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(iii) the covered State will establish an 
advisory council to monitor and guide the 
process of transforming business and pro-
gram models of employers in the covered 
State as described in subsection (c)(1). 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A covered State receiving a 
grant under this section shall use the grant funds for each 
of the following activities: 
(1) Identifying each employer in the State that 
will transform its business and program models from 
employing people with disabilities using special cer-
tificates to employing people with disabilities in com-
petitive integrated employment settings, or a setting 
involving a combination of competitive integrated 
employment and integrated services. 
(2) Implementing a service delivery infrastruc-
ture to support people with disabilities who have 
been employed under special certificates through 
such a transformation, including providing enhanced 
integrated services to support people with the most 
significant disabilities. 
(3) Expanding competitive integrated employ-
ment and integrated services to be provided to such 
people as a result of transformations described in 
paragraph (1).
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(d) ALLOTMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall— 
(A) determine the number of covered 
States; and 
(B)(i) in a case in which the Secretary de-
termines that there are 15 or more covered 
States, award each covered State a grant under 
paragraph (2); or 
(ii) in a case in which the Secretary deter-
mines that there are 14 or fewer covered 
States, award each covered State a grant under 
paragraph (3) for the first 5-year grant period 
under such paragraph. 
(2) 15 OR MORE COVERED STATES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In a case in which the 
Secretary determines under paragraph (1) that 
there are 15 or more covered States, from the 
funds appropriated under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall allot to each covered State a 
grant under this section in an amount equal to 
the sum of—
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(i) the allotment made to the covered 
State in accordance with subparagraph 
(B); and 
(ii) the allotment made to the covered 
State in accordance with subparagraph 
(C). 
(B) ALLOTMENT BASED ON THE NUMBER 
OF
EMPLOYEES
EMPLOYED
UNDER
SPECIAL 
CERTIFICATES.—From the total amount of the 
funds appropriated under subsection (a)(1), the 
Secretary shall allot to each covered State an 
amount that bears the same relationship to 
such total amount as the number of people with 
disabilities who are employed under a special 
certificate in the covered State bears to the 
total number of people with disabilities who are 
employed under a special certificate in all cov-
ered States. 
(C) ALLOTMENT BASED ON THE NUMBER 
OF
EMPLOYERS
WITH
SPECIAL
CERTIFI-
CATES.—From the total amount of the funds 
appropriated under subsection (a)(2), the Sec-
retary shall allot to each covered State an 
amount that bears the same relationship to 
such total amount as the number of employers
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in the covered State who have in effect a special 
certificate bears to the total number of employ-
ers in all covered States who have in effect such 
a certificate. 
(D) DATA.—In determining the number of 
people with disabilities who are employed under 
a special certificate for purposes of subpara-
graph (B) and the number of employers who 
have in effect a special certificate for purposes 
of subparagraph (C), the Secretary shall use 
the most accurate data available to the Sec-
retary on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(E) GRANT PERIOD.—A grant under this 
paragraph shall be awarded for a period of 5 
years. 
(3) 14 OR FEWER COVERED STATES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—In a case in which the 
Secretary determines under paragraph (1) that 
there are 14 or fewer covered States, from the 
funds appropriated under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall award a grant to each covered 
State in an amount that the Secretary deter-
mines necessary for the covered State to accom-
plish the purpose of the grant described in such
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subsection and for the Secretary to meet the re-
quirements of this paragraph. 
(B) GRANT PERIODS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
award grants under this paragraph for 2 
separate, 5-year grant periods. 
(ii) SECOND 5-YEAR GRANT PERIOD.— 
Grants for the second 5-year grant period 
shall be awarded— 
(I) not earlier than the end of 
the second year of the first 5-year 
grant period described in paragraph 
(1)(B)(ii); and 
(II) not later than September 30, 
2025. 
(C) LIMIT ON NUMBER OF GRANTS.—No 
State may receive more than 1 grant under this 
paragraph. 
(e) DEFINITION OF COVERED STATE.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered State’’ means a State (as defined 
in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 203)) that— 
(1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, has 
not phased out, or is not in the process of phasing 
out, the use of special certificates in the State; and
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(2) submits an application under subsection (b) 
that meets the requirements under such subsection. 
SEC. 22202. GRANTS FOR STATES TO EXPAND COMPETITIVE 
INTEGRATED EMPLOYMENT. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise made available, there is appropriated to the Depart-
ment of Labor for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $24,000,000, to 
remain available through fiscal year 2029, for the Sec-
retary of Labor to award grants to covered States in ac-
cordance with this section to assist employers in such 
States who were issued special certificates in continuing 
to transform their business and program models from pro-
viding employment using special certificates to business 
and program models that employ and support people with 
disabilities in competitive integrated employment. 
(b) APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a grant 
under this section, a covered State shall submit an appli-
cation to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and 
include such information as the Secretary may reasonably 
require, including a description of activities to be funded 
under the grant and the activities of the covered State 
with respect to competitive integrated employment for peo-
ple with disabilities.
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(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A covered State that receives 
a grant under this section shall use the grant funds for 
activities to expand competitive integrated employment 
and integrated services to be provided to people with dis-
abilities. 
(d) GRANT AWARD.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
award each covered State a grant in an amount that bears 
the same relationship to the total amount appropriated 
under subsection (a) as the population of the covered State 
bears to the total population of all covered States. 
(e) GRANT PERIOD.—A grant under this section shall 
be awarded for a period of 5 years. 
(f) DEFINITION OF COVERED STATE.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘covered State’’ means a State (as defined 
in section 3 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
U.S.C. 203)) that— 
(1) as of the date of enactment of this Act, has 
phased out, or is the process of phasing out, the use 
of special certificates in the State; and 
(2) submits an application under subsection (b) 
that meets the requirements under such subsection. 
SEC. 22203. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
there is appropriated to the Department of Labor for fis-
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cal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, $6,000,000, to remain available 
through fiscal year 2029, for the Secretary to, in partner-
ship with the Office of Special Education and Rehabilita-
tive Services of the Department of Education, establish, 
either directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative 
agreements, a national technical assistance center to— 
(1) provide technical assistance to employers 
who are transforming from employing people with 
disabilities using special certificates to employing 
people with disabilities in competitive integrated em-
ployment settings; and 
(2) collect and disseminate information on evi-
dence-based practices for such transformations and 
for providing competitive integrated employment and 
integrated services. 
SEC. 22204. SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT. 
Any funds made available to a State under this part 
shall be used to supplement and not supplant any Federal, 
State, or local public funds expended— 
(1) to assist employers in such State who were 
issued a special certificate in transforming (or con-
tinuing to transform) their business and program 
models from providing employment using special cer-
tificates to business and program models that em-
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ploy and support people with disabilities in competi-
tive integrated employment; or 
(2) to support the employment of people with 
disabilities in competitive integrated employment. 
SEC. 22205. DEFINITIONS. 
In this part: 
(1) 
COMPETITIVE
INTEGRATED
EMPLOY-
MENT.—The term ‘‘competitive integrated employ-
ment’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
7(5) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
705(5)). 
(2) EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘employee’’ means 
any individual employed by an employer. 
(3) EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘employer’’ means 
any person acting directly or indirectly in the inter-
est of an employer in relation to an employee, but 
does not include any labor organization (other than 
when acting as an employer) or anyone acting in the 
capacity of officer or agent of such labor organiza-
tion. 
(4) INTEGRATED SERVICES.—The term ‘‘inte-
grated services’’ means services for people with dis-
abilities that are—
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(A) designed to assist such people in devel-
oping skills and abilities to reside successfully 
in home and community-based settings; 
(B) provided in accordance with a person- 
centered written plan of care; 
(C) created using evidence-based practices 
that lead to such people— 
(i) maintaining competitive integrated 
employment; 
(ii) achieving independent living; or 
(iii) maximizing socioeconomic self- 
sufficiency, optimal independence, and full 
participation in the community; 
(D) provided in a community location that 
is not specifically intended for people with dis-
abilities; 
(E) provided in a location that— 
(i) allows the people receiving the 
services to interact with people without dis-
abilities to the fullest extent possible; and 
(ii) makes it possible for the people 
receiving the services to access community 
resources that are not specifically intended 
for people with disabilities and to have the 
same opportunity to participate in the
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community as people who do not have a 
disability; and 
(F) provided in multiple locations to allow 
the individual receiving the services to have op-
tions, thereby— 
(i) optimizing individual initiative, au-
tonomy, and independence; and 
(ii) facilitating choice regarding serv-
ices and supports, and choice regarding the 
provider of such services. 
(5) PEOPLE
WITH
DISABILITIES.—The term 
‘‘people with disabilities’’ includes individuals de-
scribed in section 14(c)(1) of the Fair Labor Stand-
ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)(1)). 
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Labor. 
PART 4—RECRUITMENT, EDUCATION AND TRAIN-
ING, RETENTION, AND CAREER ADVANCE-
MENTS FOR THE DIRECT CARE WORKFORCE 
SEC. 22301. DEFINITIONS. 
In this part: 
(1) CTE DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘area ca-
reer and technical education school’’, ‘‘evidence- 
based’’, and ‘‘work-based learning’’ have the mean-
ings given such terms in paragraphs (3), (23), and
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(55), respectively, of section 3 of the Carl D. Per-
kins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 
(20 U.S.C. 2302). 
(2) WIOA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘career 
pathway’’, ‘‘career planning’’, ‘‘individual with a bar-
rier to employment’’, ‘‘local board’’, ‘‘older indi-
vidual’’, ‘‘on-the-job training’’, ‘‘recognized postsec-
ondary credential’’, and ‘‘State board’’ have the 
meanings given such terms paragraphs (7), (8), 
(24), (33), (39), (44), (52), and (57), respectively, 
of section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 
(3) OTHER DEFINITIONS.— 
(A) DIRECT SUPPORT WORKER.—The term 
‘‘direct support worker’’ means— 
(i) a direct support professional; 
(ii) a worker providing direct care 
services, which may include palliative care, 
in a home or community-based setting; 
(iii) a respite care provider who pro-
vides short-term support and care to an in-
dividual in order to provide relief to a fam-
ily caregiver;
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(iv) a direct care worker, as defined in 
section 799B of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 295p); or 
(v) an individual in any other position 
or job related to those described in clauses 
(i) through (iv), as determined by the Sec-
retary in consultation with the Secretary of 
Health 
and 
Human 
Services 
acting 
through the Administrator for the Admin-
istration for Community Living. 
(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible 
entity’’ means an entity that is— 
(i) a State; 
(ii) a labor organization or a joint 
labor-management organization; 
(iii) a nonprofit organization with ex-
perience in aging, disability, supporting the 
rights and interests of direct support work-
ers, or training or educating direct support 
workers; 
(iv) an Indian Tribe or Tribal organi-
zation; 
(v) an urban Indian organization; 
(vi) a State board or local board;
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(vii) an area agency on aging (as de-
fined in section 102 of the Older Ameri-
cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002)); 
(viii) when in partnership with an en-
tity described in any of clauses (i) through 
(vii) or with a consortium described in 
clause (ix)— 
(I) an institution of higher edu-
cation (as defined in section 101 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1001) or section 102(a)(1)(B) 
of 
such 
Act 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1002(a)(1)(B))); or 
(II) an area career and technical 
education school; or 
(ix) a consortium of entities listed in 
any of clauses (i) through (vii). 
(C) FAMILY CAREGIVER.—The term ‘‘fam-
ily caregiver’’ means a paid or unpaid adult 
family member or other individual who has a 
significant relationship with, and who provides 
a broad range of assistance to, an individual 
with a chronic or other health condition, dis-
ability, or functional limitation.
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(D) HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED SERV-
ICES.—The term ‘‘home and community-based 
services’’ has the meaning given such term in 
section 9817(a)(2) of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021 (Public Law 117–2). 
(E) PERSON
WITH
A
DISABILITY.—The 
term ‘‘person with a disability’’ means an indi-
vidual with a disability as defined in section 3 
of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12102). 
(F) PRE-APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM.—The 
term ‘‘pre-apprenticeship program’’ means a 
program that articulates to a registered appren-
ticeship program. 
(G) REGISTERED
APPRENTICESHIP
PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘registered apprenticeship 
program’’ means an apprenticeship program 
registered with the Office of Apprenticeship of 
the Employment Training Administration of the 
Department of Labor or a State apprenticeship 
agency recognized by the Office of Apprentice-
ship pursuant to the Act of August 16, 1937 
(commonly known as the ‘‘National Apprentice-
ship Act’’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663).
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(H) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Labor. 
(I) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each 
of the 50 States of the United States, the Dis-
trict of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, American Samoa, Guam, the United 
States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth 
of the Northern Mariana Islands. 
SEC. 22302. GRANTS TO SUPPORT THE DIRECT CARE WORK-
FORCE. 
(a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary 
for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2031, for awarding, on a 
competitive basis, grants to eligible entities to carry out 
the activities described in subsection (c) with respect to 
direct support workers. 
(b) APPLICATIONS; AWARD BASIS.— 
(1) APPLICATIONS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible entity seek-
ing a grant under subsection (a) shall submit to 
the Secretary an application at such time, in 
such manner, and containing such information 
as the Secretary, in coordination with the Sec-
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retary of Health and Human Services acting 
through the Administrator of the Administra-
tion for Community Living, may require. 
(B) CONTENTS.—Each application under 
subparagraph (A) shall include— 
(i) a description of the type or types 
of direct support workers the entity plans 
to serve through the activities supported by 
the grant; 
(ii) a description of the one or more 
eligible entities collaborating to carry out 
the activities described in subsection (c); 
and 
(iii) an assurance that— 
(I) the eligible entity will consult 
on the development and implementa-
tion of the grant, with direct support 
workers, their representatives, and re-
cipients of direct care services and 
their families; and 
(II) the eligible entity will consult 
on the implementation of the grant, or 
coordinate the activities of the grant, 
with the agencies in the State that are 
responsible for developmental dis-
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ability 
services, 
aging, 
education, 
workforce development, and Medicaid, 
to the extent that each such entity is 
not the eligible entity. 
(2) DURATION OF GRANTS.—A grant awarded 
under this section shall be for a period of 3 years, 
and may be renewed. The Secretary, in coordination 
with the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
acting through the Administrator of the Administra-
tion for Community Living, shall award grants (in-
cluding any renewals) under this section in 3-year 
cycles subject to the limits set forth in subsection 
(a). 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(1) REQUIRED USE OF FUNDS.—Each eligible 
entity receiving a grant under subsection (a) shall 
use the grant funds to provide competitive wages, 
benefits, and other supportive services, including 
transportation, child care, dependent care, workplace 
accommodations, and workplace health and safety 
protections, to the direct support workers served by 
the grant that are necessary to enable such workers 
to participate in the activities supported by the 
grant.
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(2) ADDITIONAL
ACTIVITIES.—In addition to 
the requirement described in paragraph (1), each eli-
gible entity receiving a grant under subsection (a) 
shall use the grant funds for one or more of the fol-
lowing activities: 
(A) Developing and implementing a strat-
egy for the recruitment of direct support work-
ers. 
(B) Developing and implementing a strat-
egy for the retention of direct support workers 
using evidence-based best practices, such as 
providing mentoring to such workers, including 
a strategy that can also support family care-
givers. 
(C) Developing or implementing an edu-
cation and training program for the direct sup-
port workers served by the grant, which shall 
include— 
(i) education and training on— 
(I) the rights of direct support 
workers under applicable Federal, 
State, or local employment law on— 
(aa) safe working conditions, 
including under section 5 of the 
Occupational Safety and Health
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Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. 654); 
and 
(bb) forming, joining, or as-
sisting a labor organization, in-
cluding under sections 7 and 8 of 
the National Labor Relations Act 
(29 U.S.C. 157, 158); and 
(II) relevant Federal and State 
laws (including regulations) on the 
provision of home and community- 
based services; and 
(ii) providing a progressively increas-
ing, clearly defined schedule of hourly 
wages to be paid to each direct support 
worker served by the grant for each hour 
the worker spends on education or training 
provided through the program described in 
this subparagraph, with a schedule of 
hourly wages that— 
(I) is consistent with measurable 
skill gains or attainment of a recog-
nized postsecondary credential re-
ceived as a result of participation in 
or completion of such education or 
training program; and
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(II) ensures that each such work-
er is compensated for each hour the 
worker spends on education or train-
ing through such program at an entry 
rate that is not less than the greater 
of the applicable minimum wage re-
quired by other applicable Federal, 
State, or local law, or a collective bar-
gaining agreement; 
(iii) developing and implementing a 
strategy for the retention and career ad-
vancement of the direct support workers 
served by the grant, including providing 
career planning for the direct support 
workers served by the grant to support the 
identification of advancement opportuni-
ties, and career pathways in the direct care 
or home care sectors; and 
(iv) using evidence-based models and 
standards for achievement for the attain-
ment of any associated recognized postsec-
ondary credentials, which include— 
(I) supporting opportunities to 
participate in pre-apprenticeship or 
registered apprenticeship programs,
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work-based learning, or on-the-job 
training; 
(II) providing on-the-job super-
vision or mentoring to support the de-
velopment of related skills and com-
petencies throughout completion of 
such credentials; and 
(III) training on the in-demand 
skills and competencies of direct sup-
port workers served by the grant, in-
cluding the provision of culturally 
competent and disability competent 
supports and services. 
(d) SUPPLEMENT AND NOT SUPPLANT.—An eligible 
entity receiving a grant under this section shall use such 
grant only to supplement, and not supplant, the amount 
of funds that, in the absence of such grant, would be avail-
able to the eligible entity to address the recruitment, edu-
cation and training, retention, or career advancement of 
direct support workers in the State served by the grant.
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PART 5—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR INSPECTOR 
GENERAL AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 
FUNDING 
SEC. 22401. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Office of Inspector General of the De-
partment of Labor for fiscal year 2022, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $40,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, for salaries and ex-
penses necessary for oversight, investigations, and audits 
of programs, grants, and projects of the Department of 
Labor funded under this subtitle and subtitle B of this 
title. 
SEC. 22402. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Labor for fiscal year 
2022, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, $90,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2029, for program administration within the 
Department of Labor for salaries and expenses necessary 
to implement part 1 (other than section 22007), and parts 
3 and 4, of this subtitle.
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Subtitle D—Child Care and 
Universal Pre-kindergarten 
SEC. 23001. BIRTH THROUGH FIVE CHILD CARE AND EARLY 
LEARNING ENTITLEMENT. 
(a) CHILD CARE DEFINITIONS.—The definitions in 
section 658P of the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) shall apply to this 
section, except as provided in subsection (b) and as other-
wise specified. 
(b) ADDITIONAL DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CHILD CARE CERTIFICATE.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘child care 
certificate’’ means a certificate (that may be a 
check or other disbursement) that is issued by 
a State, Tribal, territorial, or local government 
under this section directly to a parent who shall 
use such certificate only as payment for child 
care services or as a deposit for child care serv-
ices if such a deposit is required of other chil-
dren being cared for by the provider. 
(B) RULE.—Nothing in this section shall 
preclude the use of such certificates for sec-
tarian child care services if freely chosen by the 
parent. For the purposes of this section, child
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care certificates shall be considered Federal fi-
nancial assistance to the provider. 
(2) CHILD
EXPERIENCING
HOMELESSNESS.— 
The term ‘‘child experiencing homelessness’’ means 
an individual who is a homeless child or youth under 
section 725 of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a). 
(3) ELIGIBLE
ACTIVITY.—The term ‘‘eligible 
activity’’, with respect to a parent, shall include, at 
minimum, activities consisting of— 
(A) full-time or part-time employment; 
(B) self-employment; 
(C) job search activities; 
(D) job training; 
(E) secondary, postsecondary, or adult 
education, including education through a pro-
gram of high school classes, a course of study 
at an institution of higher education, classes to-
wards an equivalent of a high school diploma 
recognized by State law, or English as a second 
language classes; 
(F) health treatment (including mental 
health and substance use treatment) for a con-
dition that prevents the parent from partici-
pating in other eligible activities;
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(G) activities to prevent child abuse and 
neglect, or family violence prevention or inter-
vention activities; 
(H) employment and training activities 
under the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program established under section 6(d)(4) the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2015(d)(4)); 
(I) employment and training activities 
under the Workforce Innovation and Oppor-
tunity Act; 
(J) a work activity described in subsection 
(d) of section 407 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 607) for which, consistent with 
clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 402(a)(1)(A) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(A)), a parent or 
caretaker is treated as being engaged in work 
for a month in a fiscal year for purposes of the 
program of block grants to States for tem-
porary assistance for needy families established 
under part A of title IV of the Social Security 
Act; and 
(K) taking leave under the Family and 
Medical Leave Act of 1993 (or equivalent provi-
sions for Federal employees), a State or local
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paid or unpaid leave law, or a program of em-
ployer-provided leave. 
(4) ELIGIBLE CHILD.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible 
child’’ means an individual, subject to sub-
section (g)(1)(C)(i)(III)— 
(i) who is less than 6 years of age; 
(ii) who is not yet in kindergarten; 
(iii) whose family income— 
(I) does not exceed 100 percent 
of the State median income for a fam-
ily of the same size for fiscal year 
2022; 
(II) does not exceed 125 percent 
of such State median income for fiscal 
year 2023; 
(III) does not exceed 150 percent 
of such State median income for fiscal 
year 2024; and 
(IV) does not exceed 250 percent 
of such State median income for each 
of the fiscal years 2025 through 2027; 
and 
(iv) who—
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(I) resides with a parent or par-
ents who are participating in an eligi-
ble activity; 
(II) is included in a population of 
vulnerable children identified by the 
lead agency involved, which at a min-
imum shall include children with dis-
abilities, infants and toddlers with dis-
abilities, children experiencing home-
lessness, children in foster care, chil-
dren in kinship care, and children who 
are receiving, or need to receive, child 
protective services; or 
(III) resides with a parent who is 
more than 65 years of age. 
(B) EXPANDED
ELIGIBILITY
RULE
FOR 
FISCAL YEARS 2022 THROUGH 2024.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—A child who is eligi-
ble to receive services under this subpara-
graph shall be treated as an eligible child 
for the other provisions of this section. 
(ii) RULE.—Notwithstanding subpara-
graph (A)(iii), a State may use the pay-
ments under subsection (g)(1) for fiscal 
year 2022, 2023, or 2024, to provide di-
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rect child care services described in sub-
section (h)(1)(A) to children who meet the 
requirements of clauses (i), (ii), and (iv) of 
subparagraph (A) and whose family income 
exceeds the percentage specified in sub-
paragraph (A)(iii) (but does not exceed 
250 percent) of State median income for a 
family of the same size for a given fiscal 
year, if the State has appropriately 
prioritized, subject to approval by the Sec-
retary, assistance for such services based 
on family income. 
(iii) VARIATION IN COST OF LIVING.— 
In determining eligibility under this sub-
paragraph, the State may take into consid-
eration geographic variation in the cost of 
living among regions of the State and ex-
pand eligibility for children described in 
clause (ii) in a region of the State based 
on such variation, subject to approval by 
the Secretary. 
(5) ELIGIBLE CHILD CARE PROVIDER.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible child 
care provider’’ means a center-based child care 
provider, a family child care provider, or other
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provider of child care services for compensation 
that— 
(i) is licensed to provide child care 
services under State law or, in the case of 
an Indian Tribe or Tribal organization, 
meets the rules set by the Secretary; 
(ii) participates in the State’s tiered 
system for measuring the quality of eligible 
child care providers described in subsection 
(f)(4)(B), or, in the case of an Indian 
Tribe or Tribal organization, meets the 
rules set by the Secretary— 
(I) not later than the last day of 
the third fiscal year for which the 
State receives funds under this sec-
tion; and 
(II) for the remainder of the pe-
riod for which the provider receives 
funds under this section; and 
(iii) satisfies the State and local re-
quirements, including those requirements 
described in section 658E(c)(2)(I) of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(2)(I)).
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(B) SPECIAL RULE.—A child care provider 
who is eligible to provide child care services in 
a State for children receiving assistance under 
the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 on the date the State submits an 
application for funds under this section, and re-
mains in compliance with any licensing or reg-
istration standards, or regulations, of the State, 
shall be deemed to be an eligible child care pro-
vider under this section for 3.5 years after the 
State first receives funding under this section. 
(6) FMAP.—The term ‘‘FMAP’’ has the mean-
ing given the term ‘‘Federal medical assistance per-
centage’’ in the first sentence of section 1905(b) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)). 
(7) FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDER.—The term 
‘‘family child care provider’’ means one or more indi-
viduals who provide child care services, in a private 
residence other than the residences of the children 
involved, for less than 24 hours per day per child, 
or for 24 hours per day per child due to the nature 
of the work of the parent involved. 
(8) INCLUSIVE
CARE.—The term ‘‘inclusive’’, 
with respect to care (including child care), means 
care provided by an eligible child care provider—
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(A) for whom the percentage of children 
served by the provider who are children with 
disabilities or infants or toddlers with disabil-
ities reflects the prevalence of children with dis-
abilities and infants and toddlers with disabil-
ities (whichever the provider serves) among chil-
dren within the State involved; and 
(B) that provides care and full participa-
tion for children with disabilities and infants 
and toddlers with disabilities (whichever the 
provider serves) alongside children who are— 
(i) not children with disabilities; and 
(ii) not infants and toddlers with dis-
abilities. 
(9) INFANT OR TODDLER.—The term ‘‘infant 
or toddler’’ means an individual who is less than 3 
years of age. 
(10) INFANT
OR
TODDLER
WITH
A
DIS-
ABILITY.—The term ‘‘infant or toddler with a dis-
ability’’ has the meaning given the term in section 
632 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1432). 
(11) LEAD AGENCY.—The term ‘‘lead agency’’ 
means the agency designated under subsection (e).
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(12) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of 
the 50 States and the District of Columbia. 
(13) TERRITORY.—The term ‘‘territory’’ means 
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is-
lands of the United States, Guam, American Samoa, 
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands. 
(c) APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) STATES.— 
(A) STATE APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition 
to amounts otherwise available, there is appro-
priated to the Department of Health and 
Human Services for fiscal year 2022, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated— 
(i)(I) $11,460,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, for 
States and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, to carry out the activities described 
in subsection (h)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2022; 
(II) $5,730,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for States 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to 
carry out the activities described in sub-
section (h)(1)(B) in fiscal year 2022;
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(III) $4,125,600,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for States 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to 
carry out the activities described in sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) of subsection (h)(1), 
as determined by the State or Common-
wealth, in fiscal year 2022; and 
(IV) $1,604,400,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for States 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to 
carry out the activities described in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection 
(h)(1), as determined by the State or Com-
monwealth, in fiscal year 2022; 
(ii)(I) $16,235,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, for 
States and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, to carry out the activities described 
in subsection (h)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2023; 
(II) $8,117,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for States 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to 
carry out the activities described in sub-
section (h)(1)(B) in fiscal year 2023;
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(III) $5,844,600,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for States 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to 
carry out the activities described in sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) of subsection (h)(1), 
as determined by the State or Common-
wealth, in fiscal year 2023; and 
(IV) $2,272,900,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for States 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to 
carry out the activities described in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection 
(h)(1), as determined by the State or Com-
monwealth, in fiscal year 2023; and 
(iii)(I) $20,055,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, for 
States and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, to carry out the activities described 
in subsection (h)(1)(A) in fiscal year 2024; 
(II) $10,027,500,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for States 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to 
carry out the activities described in sub-
section (h)(1)(B) in fiscal year 2024;
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(III) $7,219,800,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for States 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to 
carry out the activities described in sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) of subsection (h)(1), 
as determined by the State or Common-
wealth, in fiscal year 2024; and 
(IV) $2,807,700,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, for States 
and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, to 
carry out the activities described in sub-
paragraph (A), (B), or (C) of subsection 
(h)(1), as determined by the State or Com-
monwealth, in fiscal year 2024. 
(B) STATE ENTITLEMENT.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appro-
priated to the Department of Health and 
Human Services, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums 
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2025 through 2027, for payments to States, for 
carrying out this section (other than carrying 
out activities described in paragraph (4), (5), or 
(6)).
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(2) INDIAN
TRIBES
AND
TRIBAL
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.— 
(A) INDIAN TRIBE AND TRIBAL ORGANIZA-
TION
APPROPRIATIONS.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appro-
priated to the Department of Health and 
Human Services for fiscal year 2022, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for grants to Indian Tribes and Tribal 
organizations for the purpose of carrying out 
the child care program described in this section 
(other than carrying out activities described in 
paragraph (4), (5), or (6)), consistent, to the 
extent practicable as determined by the Sec-
retary, with the requirements applicable to 
States— 
(i) $960,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the 
child care program in fiscal year 2022; 
(ii) $1,360,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, to carry 
out the child care program in fiscal year 
2023; and 
(iii) $1,680,000,000 to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027, to carry
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out the child care program in fiscal year 
2024. 
(B) INDIAN TRIBE AND TRIBAL ORGANIZA-
TION ENTITLEMENT.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, there is appropriated to the 
Department of Health and Human Services, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, such sums as may be necessary 
for each of fiscal years 2025 through 2027, for 
payments to Indian Tribes and Tribal organiza-
tions, for the purpose of carrying out the child 
care program described in this section (other 
than carrying out activities described in para-
graph (4), (5), or (6)), consistent, to the extent 
practicable as determined by the Secretary, 
with the requirements applicable to States. 
(3) TERRITORIES.— 
(A) TERRITORY APPROPRIATIONS.—In ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Health and 
Human Services for fiscal year 2022, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for grants to Guam, American Samoa, 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-
lands, and the United States Virgin Islands for
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the purpose of carrying out the child care pro-
gram described in this section (other than car-
rying out activities described in paragraph (4), 
(5), or (6)), consistent, to the extent practicable 
as determined by the Secretary, with the re-
quirements applicable to States— 
(i) $120,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the 
child care program in fiscal year 2022; 
(ii) $170,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the 
child care program in fiscal year 2023; and 
(iii) $210,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the 
child care program in fiscal year 2024. 
(B) TERRITORY ENTITLEMENT.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available, there is ap-
propriated to the Department of Health and 
Human Services, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums 
as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
2025 through 2027, for payments to territories, 
for the purpose of carrying out the child care 
program described in this section (other than 
carrying out activities described in paragraph
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(4), (5), or (6)), consistent, to the extent prac-
ticable as determined by the Secretary, with the 
requirements applicable to States. 
(4) GRANTS
TO
LOCALITIES.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated to 
the Department of Health and Human Services for 
fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated— 
(A) $950,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the pro-
gram of grants to localities described in sub-
section (i)(2) in fiscal year 2023; 
(B) $950,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the pro-
gram of grants to localities described in sub-
section (i)(2) in fiscal year 2024; 
(C) $950,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the pro-
gram of grants to localities described in sub-
section (i)(2) in fiscal year 2025; 
(D) $950,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the pro-
gram of grants to localities described in sub-
section (i)(2) in fiscal year 2026; and
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(E) $950,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the pro-
gram of grants to localities described in sub-
section (i)(2) in fiscal year 2027. 
(5) HEAD START EXPANSION IN NONPARTICI-
PATING STATES.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available, there is appropriated to the Department of 
Health and Human Services for fiscal year 2022, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated— 
(A) $2,850,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the pro-
gram of awards to Head Start agencies de-
scribed in subsection (i)(3) in fiscal year 2023; 
(B) $2,850,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the pro-
gram of awards to Head Start agencies de-
scribed in subsection (i)(3) in fiscal year 2024; 
(C) $2,850,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the pro-
gram of awards to Head Start agencies de-
scribed in subsection (i)(3) in fiscal year 2025; 
(D) $2,850,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the pro-
gram of awards to Head Start agencies de-
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scribed in subsection (i)(3) in fiscal year 2026; 
and 
(E) $2,850,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out the pro-
gram of awards to Head Start agencies de-
scribed in subsection (i)(3) in fiscal year 2027. 
(6) FEDERAL ADMINISTRATION.— 
(A) FISCAL YEARS 2022 THROUGH 2025.— 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated to the Department of 
Health and Human Services for fiscal year 
2022, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated— 
(i) $130,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out 
subsections (k) and (l) in fiscal year 2022; 
(ii) $130,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out 
subsections (k) and (l) in fiscal year 2023; 
(iii) $130,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out 
subsections (k) and (l) in fiscal year 2024; 
and
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(iv) $130,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to carry out 
subsections (k) and (l) in fiscal year 2025. 
(B) FISCAL YEARS 2026 THROUGH 2027.— 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated to the Department of 
Health and Human Services, out of any money 
in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
each of fiscal years 2026 and 2027, an amount 
equal to 1.06 percent of the prior year’s appro-
priation under paragraph (1)(B), to carry out 
subsections (k) and (l). 
(d) ESTABLISHMENT
OF BIRTH THROUGH FIVE 
CHILD CARE AND EARLY LEARNING ENTITLEMENT PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized 
to administer a child care and early learning entitle-
ment program under which an eligible child, in a 
State, territory, or Indian Tribe, or served by a 
Tribal organization, with an approved application 
under subsection (f) or (g), shall be provided an op-
portunity to obtain high-quality child care services, 
subject to the requirements of this section. 
(2) 
ASSISTANCE
FOR
EVERY
ELIGIBLE 
CHILD.—Beginning on October 1, 2024, every child
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who applies for assistance under this section, who is 
in a State with an approved application under sub-
section (g), or in a territory or Indian Tribe or 
served by a Tribal organization with an approved 
application under subsection (f), and who is deter-
mined, by a lead agency (or other entity designated 
by a lead agency) for the State, territory, Indian 
Tribe, or Tribal organization involved, following 
standards and procedures established by the Sec-
retary by rule, to be an eligible child, shall be offered 
assistance for direct child care services in accordance 
with and subject to the requirements and limitations 
of this section. 
(e) LEAD AGENCY.—The Governor of a State or the 
head of a territory or Indian Tribe, desiring for the State, 
territory, or Indian tribe or a related tribal organization 
to receive a payment under this section, shall designate 
a lead agency (such as a State agency or joint interagency 
office) to administer the child care program carried out 
under this section. 
(f) APPLICATIONS AND STATE PLANS.— 
(1) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive as-
sistance under this section, a State shall prepare 
and submit to the Secretary for approval an applica-
tion containing a State plan that—
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(A) for a transitional State plan, meets the 
requirements under paragraph (3) and contains 
such information as the Secretary may require, 
to demonstrate the State will meet the require-
ments of this section; and 
(B) for a full State plan, meets the re-
quirements under paragraph (4) and contains 
that information. 
(2) PERIOD COVERED BY PLAN.—A State plan 
contained in the application shall be designed to be 
implemented— 
(A) for a transitional State plan, during a 
period of not more than 3 years; and 
(B) for a full State plan, during a period 
of not more than 3 years. 
(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSITIONAL STATE 
PLANS.—For a period of not more than 3 years fol-
lowing the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall award funds under this section to States 
with an approved application that contains a transi-
tional State plan, submitted under paragraph (1)(A) 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary shall require, including, 
at a minimum—
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(A) an assurance that the State will sub-
mit a State plan under paragraph (4); and 
(B) a description of how the funds received 
by the State under this section will be spent to 
expand access to assistance for direct child care 
services and increase the supply and quality of 
child care providers within the State, in align-
ment with the requirements of this section. 
(4) REQUIREMENTS FOR FULL STATE PLANS.— 
The Secretary shall award funds under this section 
to States with an approved application that contains 
a full State plan, submitted under paragraph (1)(B), 
at such time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary shall by rule require, 
including, at a minimum, the following: 
(A) PAYMENT
RATES
AND
COST
ESTI-
MATION.— 
(i) PAYMENT RATES.—The State plan 
shall certify that payment rates for the 
provision of direct child care services for 
which assistance is provided in accordance 
with this section for the period covered by 
the plan, within 3 years after the State 
first receives funds under this section—
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(I) will be sufficient to meet the 
cost of child care, and set in accord-
ance with a cost estimation model or 
cost study described in clause (ii) that 
is approved by the Secretary; and 
(II) will correspond to differences 
in quality (including improved quality) 
based on the State’s tiered system for 
measuring the quality of eligible child 
care providers described in subpara-
graph (B). 
(ii) COST
ESTIMATION.—Such State 
plan shall— 
(I) demonstrate that the State 
has, after consulting with relevant en-
tities and stakeholders, developed and 
uses a statistically valid and reliable 
cost estimation model or cost study 
for the payment rates for direct child 
care services in the State that reflect 
rates for providers at each of the tiers 
of the State’s tiered system for meas-
uring the quality of eligible child care 
providers described in subparagraph 
(B), and variations in the cost of di-
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rect child care services by geographic 
area, type of provider, and age of 
child, and the additional costs associ-
ated with providing inclusive care; 
(II) certify that the State’s pay-
ment rates for direct child care serv-
ices for which assistance is provided 
in accordance with this section— 
(aa) are set in accordance 
with the most recent estimates 
from the most recent cost esti-
mation model or cost study under 
subclause (I), so that providers 
at each tier of the tiered system 
for measuring provider quality 
described in subparagraph (B) 
receive a payment that is suffi-
cient to meet the requirements of 
such tier; 
(bb) are set so as to provide 
payments to providers not at the 
top tier of the tiered system that 
are sufficient to enable the pro-
viders to increase quality to meet
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the requirements for the next 
tier; 
(cc) ensure adequate wages 
for staff of child care providers 
providing such direct child care 
services that— 
(AA) at a minimum, 
provide a living wage for all 
staff of such child care pro-
viders; and 
(BB) are equivalent to 
wages for elementary edu-
cators with similar creden-
tials and experience in the 
State; and 
(dd) are adjusted on an an-
nual basis for cost of living in-
creases to ensure those payment 
rates remain sufficient to meet 
the requirements of this section; 
and 
(III) certify that the State will 
update, not less often than once every 
3 years, the cost estimation model or 
cost study described in subclause (I).
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(iii) 
PAYMENT
PRACTICES.—Such 
State plan shall include an assurance that 
the State will implement payment practices 
that support the fixed costs of providing 
direct child care services. 
(B) TIERED SYSTEM FOR MEASURING THE 
QUALITY
OF
ELIGIBLE
CHILD
CARE
PRO-
VIDERS.—Such State plan shall certify that the 
State has implemented, or assure that the State 
will implement within 3 years after first receiv-
ing funds under this section, a tiered system for 
measuring the quality of eligible child care pro-
viders who provide child care services for which 
assistance is made available under this section. 
Such tiered system shall— 
(i) include a set of standards, for de-
termining the tier of quality of a child care 
provider, that— 
(I) uses standards for a highest 
tier that at a minimum are equivalent 
to Head Start program performance 
standards 
described 
in 
section 
641A(a)(1)(B) of the Head Start Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9836a(a)(1)(B)) or other
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equivalent evidence-based standards 
approved by the Secretary; and 
(II) includes quality indicators 
and thresholds that are appropriate 
for child development in different 
types of child care provider settings, 
including child care centers and the 
settings of family child care providers, 
and are appropriate for providers 
serving different age groups (includ-
ing mixed age groups) of children; 
(ii) include a different set of stand-
ards that includes indicators, when appro-
priate, for care during nontraditional hours 
of operation; and 
(iii) provide for sufficient resources 
and supports for child care providers at 
tiers lower than the highest tier to facili-
tate progression toward meeting higher 
quality standards. 
(C) ACHIEVING HIGH QUALITY FOR ALL 
CHILDREN.—Such State plan shall certify the 
State has implemented, or will implement with-
in 3 years after first receiving funds under this 
section, policies and financing practices that