SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘American Rescue Plan 
Act of 2021’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE 
Subtitle A—Agriculture 
Sec. 1001. Food Supply Chain and Agriculture Pandemic Response. 
Sec. 1002. Emergency rural development grants for rural health care. 
Sec. 1003. Pandemic program administration funds. 
Sec. 1004. Funding for the USDA Office of Inspector General for oversight of 
COVID–19-related programs. 
Sec. 1005. Farm loan assistance for socially disadvantaged farmers and ranch-
ers. 
Sec. 1006. USDA assistance and support for socially disadvantaged farmers, 
ranchers, forest land owners and operators, and groups. 
Sec. 1007. Use of the Commodity Credit Corporation for Commodities and As-
sociated Expenses. 
Subtitle B—Nutrition 
Sec. 1101. Supplemental nutrition assistance program. 
Sec. 1102. Additional assistance for SNAP online purchasing and technology 
improvements. 
Sec. 1103. Additional funding for nutrition assistance programs. 
Sec. 1104. Commodity supplemental food program. 
TITLE II—COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND LABOR 
Subtitle A—Education Matters 
PART 1—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
Sec. 2001. Elementary and secondary school emergency relief fund. 
Sec. 2002. Higher education emergency relief fund. 
Sec. 2003. Maintenance of effort and maintenance of equity. 
Sec. 2004. Outlying areas. 
Sec. 2005. Bureau of Indian Education. 
Sec. 2006. Gallaudet University. 
Sec. 2007. Student aid administration. 
Sec. 2008. Howard University. 
Sec. 2009. National Technical Institute for the Deaf. 
Sec. 2010. Institute of Education Sciences. 
Sec. 2011. Program administration. 
Sec. 2012. Office of inspector general.
Sec. 2013. Modification of revenue requirements for proprietary institutions of 
higher education. 
PART 2—MISCELLANEOUS 
Sec. 2021. National endowment for the arts. 
Sec. 2022. National endowment for the humanities. 
Sec. 2023. Institute of museum and library services. 
Sec. 2024.
COVID-19 response resources for the preservation and mainte-
nance of Native American languages. 
Subtitle B—Labor Matters 
Sec. 2101. Raising the Federal minimum wage. 
Sec. 2102. Funding for Department of Labor Worker Protection Activities. 
Sec. 2103. Compensation pursuant to the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 
Compensation Act. 
Subtitle C—Human Services and Community Supports 
Sec. 2201. Supporting older Americans and their families. 
Sec. 2202. Child Care and Development Block Grant Program. 
Sec. 2203. Child Care Stabilization. 
Sec. 2204. Head Start. 
Sec. 2205. Programs for survivors. 
Sec. 2206. Child abuse prevention and treatment. 
Sec. 2207. Corporation for National and Community Service and the National 
Service Trust. 
Subtitle D—Child Nutrition & Related Programs 
Sec. 2301. Improvements to WIC benefits. 
Sec. 2302. WIC program modernization. 
Sec. 2303. Meals and supplements reimbursements for individuals who have not 
attained the age of 25. 
Sec. 2304. Pandemic EBT program. 
Subtitle E—COBRA Continuation Coverage 
Sec. 2401. Preserving health benefits for workers. 
TITLE III—COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE 
Subtitle A—Public Health 
CHAPTER 1—VACCINES AND THERAPEUTICS 
Sec. 3001. Funding for COVID–19 vaccine activities at the centers for disease 
control and prevention. 
Sec. 3002. Funding for vaccine confidence activities. 
Sec. 3003. Funding for supply chain for COVID–19 vaccines, therapeutics, and 
medical supplies. 
Sec. 3004. Funding for COVID–19 vaccine, therapeutic, and device activities at 
the Food and Drug Administration. 
CHAPTER 2—TESTING 
Sec. 3011. Funding for COVID–19 testing, contact tracing, and mitigation ac-
tivities.
Sec. 3012. Funding for SARS–CoV–2 genomic sequencing and surveillance. 
Sec. 3013. Funding for global health. 
Sec. 3014. Funding for data modernization and forecasting center. 
CHAPTER 3—PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE 
Sec. 3021. Funding for public health workforce. 
Sec. 3022. Funding for Medical Reserve Corps. 
CHAPTER 4—PUBLIC HEALTH INVESTMENTS 
Sec. 3031. Funding for community health centers and community care. 
Sec. 3032. Funding for National Health Service Corps. 
Sec. 3033. Funding for Nurse Corps. 
Sec. 3034. Funding for teaching health centers that operate graduate medical 
education. 
Sec. 3035. Funding for family planning. 
Sec. 3036. Funding for Office of Inspector General. 
CHAPTER 5—INDIAN HEALTH 
Sec. 3041. Funding for Indian health. 
CHAPTER 6—MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER 
Sec. 3051. Funding for block grants for community mental health services. 
Sec. 3052. Funding for block grants for prevention and treatment of substance 
abuse. 
Sec. 3053. Funding for mental and behavioral health training for health care 
professionals, paraprofessionals, and public safety officers. 
Sec. 3054. Funding for education and awareness campaign encouraging healthy 
work conditions and use of mental and behavioral health serv-
ices by health care professionals. 
Sec. 3055. Funding for grants for health care providers to promote mental and 
behavioral health among their health professional workforce. 
Sec. 3056. Funding for community-based funding for local substance use dis-
order services. 
Sec. 3057. Funding for community-based funding for local behavioral health 
needs. 
Sec. 3058. Funding for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. 
Sec. 3059. Funding for Project AWARE. 
Sec. 3059A. Funding for youth suicide prevention. 
Sec. 3059B. Funding for behavioral health workforce education and training. 
CHAPTER 7—EXCHANGE GRANT PROGRAM 
Sec. 3061. Establishing a grant program for Exchange modernization. 
Subtitle B—Medicaid 
Sec. 3101. Mandatory coverage of COVID–19 vaccines and administration and 
treatment under Medicaid. 
Sec. 3102. Modifications to certain coverage under Medicaid for pregnant and 
postpartum women. 
Sec. 3103. State Option to Provide Qualifying Community-Based Mobile Crisis 
Intervention Services.
Sec. 3104. Temporary increase in FMAP for medical assistance under State 
Medicaid plans which begin to expend amounts for certain 
mandatory individuals. 
Sec. 3105. Extension of 100 percent Federal medical assistance percentage to 
Urban Indian Health Organizations and Native Hawaiian 
Health Care Systems. 
Sec. 3106. Sunset of limit on maximum rebate amount for single source drugs 
and innovator multiple source drugs. 
Sec. 3107. Additional support for Medicaid home and community-based services 
during the COVID–19 emergency. 
Sec. 3108. Funding for State strike teams for resident and employee safety in 
nursing facilities. 
Sec. 3109. Special Rule for the Period of a Declared Public Health Emergency 
Related to Coronavirus. 
Subtitle C—Children’s Health Insurance Program 
Sec. 3201. Mandatory coverage of COVID–19 vaccines and administration and 
treatment under CHIP. 
Sec. 3202. Modifications to certain coverage under CHIP for pregnant and 
postpartum women. 
Subtitle D—Other Provisions 
CHAPTER 1—ENSURING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND RATEPAYER 
PROTECTION DURING THE PANDEMIC 
Sec. 3301. Funding for pollution and disparate impacts of the COVID–19 pan-
demic. 
Sec. 3302. Funding for LIHEAP. 
Sec. 3303. Funding for water assistance program. 
CHAPTER 2—DISTANCE LEARNING AND CONSUMER PROTECTION DURING 
THE COVID–19 PANDEMIC 
Sec. 3311. Funding for consumer product safety fund to protect consumers 
from potentially dangerous products related to COVID–19. 
Sec. 3312. Funding for E-Rate support for emergency educational connections 
and devices. 
CHAPTER 3—OVERSIGHT OF DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PREVENTION AND 
RESPONSE TO COVID–19 
Sec. 3321. Funding for Department of Commerce Inspector General. 
TITLE IV—COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL SERVICES 
Subtitle A—Defense Production Act of 1950 
Sec. 4001. COVID–19 emergency medical supplies enhancement. 
Subtitle B—Housing Provisions 
Sec. 4101. Emergency rental assistance. 
Sec. 4102. Emergency housing vouchers. 
Sec. 4103. Emergency assistance for rural housing. 
Sec. 4104. Housing assistance and supportive services programs for Native 
Americans.
Sec. 4105. Housing counseling. 
Sec. 4106. Homelessness assistance and supportive services program. 
Sec. 4107. Homeowner Assistance Fund. 
Sec. 4108. Relief measures for section 502 and 504 direct loan borrowers. 
Sec. 4109. Fair housing activities. 
Subtitle C—Small Business (SSBCI) 
Sec. 4201. State Small Business Credit Initiative. 
Subtitle D—Airlines 
Sec. 4301. Air Transportation Payroll Support Program Extension. 
TITLE V—COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND REFORM 
Subtitle A—Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds 
Sec. 5001. Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds. 
Subtitle B—Other Matters 
Sec. 5111. Emergency Federal Employee Leave Fund. 
Sec. 5112. Funding for the Government Accountability Office. 
Sec. 5113. Pandemic Response Accountability Committee funding availability. 
Sec. 5114. Funding for the White House. 
TITLE VI—COMMITTEE ON SMALL BUSINESS 
Sec. 6001. Modifications to paycheck protection program. 
Sec. 6002. Targeted EIDL advance. 
Sec. 6003. Support for restaurants. 
Sec. 6004. Community navigator pilot program. 
Sec. 6005. Shuttered venue operators. 
Sec. 6006. Direct appropriations. 
TITLE VII—COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION AND 
INFRASTRUCTURE 
Subtitle A—Transportation and Infrastructure 
Sec. 7001. Federal Emergency Management Agency appropriation. 
Sec. 7002. Funeral assistance. 
Sec. 7003. Economic adjustment assistance. 
Sec. 7004. Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation oper-
ations and maintenance. 
Sec. 7005. Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation. 
Sec. 7006. Federal Transit Administration grants. 
Sec. 7007. Relief for airports. 
Sec. 7008. Emergency FAA Employee Leave Fund. 
Subtitle B—Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection 
Sec. 7101. Definitions. 
Sec. 7102. Payroll support program. 
Subtitle C—Continued Assistance to Rail Workers
Sec. 7201. Additional enhanced benefits under the Railroad Unemployment In-
surance Act. 
Sec. 7202. Extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment 
Insurance Act. 
Sec. 7203. Extension of waiver of the 7-day waiting period for benefits under 
the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. 
Sec. 7204. Railroad Retirement Board and Office of the Inspector General 
funding. 
TITLE VIII—COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS 
Sec. 8001. Funding for claims and appeals processing. 
Sec. 8002. Funding availability for medical care and health needs. 
Sec. 8003. Funding for supply chain modernization. 
Sec. 8004. Funding for state homes. 
Sec. 8005. Funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs office of inspector 
general. 
Sec. 8006. Covid–19 veteran rapid retraining assistance program. 
Sec. 8007. Prohibition on copayments and cost sharing for veterans during 
emergency relating to COVID–19. 
Sec. 8008. Emergency Department of Veterans Affairs Employee Leave Fund. 
TITLE IX—COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS 
Subtitle A—Crisis Support for Unemployed Workers 
PART 1—EXTENSION OF CARES ACT UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS 
Sec. 9011. Extension of pandemic unemployment assistance. 
Sec. 9012. Extension of emergency unemployment relief for governmental enti-
ties and nonprofit organizations. 
Sec. 9013. Extension of Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation. 
Sec. 9014. Extension of full Federal funding of the first week of compensable 
regular unemployment for States with no waiting week. 
Sec. 9015. Extension of emergency State staffing flexibility. 
Sec. 9016. Extension of Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation. 
Sec. 9017. Extension of temporary financing of short-time compensation pay-
ments in States with programs in law. 
Sec. 9018. Extension of temporary financing of short-time compensation agree-
ments for States without programs in law. 
PART 2—EXTENSION OF FFCRA UNEMPLOYMENT PROVISIONS 
Sec. 9021. Extension of temporary assistance for States with advances. 
Sec. 9022. Extension of full Federal funding of extended unemployment com-
pensation. 
PART 3—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR FUNDING FOR TIMELY, ACCURATE, AND 
EQUITABLE PAYMENT 
Sec. 9031. Funding for administration. 
Sec. 9032. Funding for fraud prevention, equitable access, and timely payment 
to eligible workers. 
Subtitle B—Emergency Assistance to Families Through Home Visiting 
Programs 
Sec. 9101. Emergency assistance to families through home visiting programs.
Subtitle C—Emergency Assistance to Children and Families 
Sec. 9201. Pandemic Emergency Assistance. 
Subtitle D—Elder Justice and Support Guarantee 
Sec. 9301. Additional funding for aging and disability services programs. 
Subtitle E—Support to Skilled Nursing Facilities in Response to COVID–19 
Sec. 9401. Providing for infection control support to skilled nursing facilities 
through contracts with quality improvement organizations. 
Sec. 9402. Funding for strike teams for resident and employee safety in skilled 
nursing facilities. 
Subtitle F—Preserving Health Benefits for Workers 
Sec. 9501. Preserving health benefits for workers. 
Subtitle G—Promoting Economic Security 
PART 1—2021 RECOVERY REBATES TO INDIVIDUALS 
Sec. 9601. 2021 recovery rebates to individuals. 
PART 2—CHILD TAX CREDIT 
Sec. 9611. Child tax credit improvements for 2021. 
Sec. 9612. Application of child tax credit in possessions. 
PART 3—EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT 
Sec. 9621. Strengthening the earned income tax credit for individuals with no 
qualifying children. 
Sec. 9622. Taxpayer eligible for childless earned income credit in case of quali-
fying children who fail to meet certain identification require-
ments. 
Sec. 9623. Credit allowed in case of certain separated spouses. 
Sec. 9624. Modification of disqualified investment income test. 
Sec. 9625. Application of earned income tax credit in possessions of the United 
States. 
Sec. 9626. Temporary special rule for determining earned income for purposes 
of earned income tax credit. 
PART 4—DEPENDENT CARE ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 9631. Refundability and enhancement of child and dependent care tax 
credit. 
Sec. 9632. Increase in exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assist-
ance. 
PART 5—CREDITS FOR PAID SICK AND FAMILY LEAVE 
Sec. 9641. Payroll credits. 
Sec. 9642. Credit for sick leave for certain self-employed individuals. 
Sec. 9643. Credit for family leave for certain self-employed individuals. 
PART 6—EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT 
Sec. 9651. Extension of employee retention credit.
PART 7—PREMIUM TAX CREDIT 
Sec. 9661. Improving affordability by expanding premium assistance for con-
sumers. 
Sec. 9662. Temporary modification of limitations on reconciliation of tax cred-
its for coverage under a qualified health plan with advance pay-
ments of such credit. 
Sec. 9663. Application of premium tax credit in case of individuals receiving 
unemployment compensation during 2021. 
PART 8—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
Sec. 9671. Repeal of election to allocate interest, etc. on worldwide basis. 
Sec. 9672. Tax treatment of targeted EIDL advances. 
Sec. 9673. Tax treatment of restaurant revitalization grants. 
Sec. 9674. Modification of exceptions for reporting of third party network 
transactions. 
Subtitle H—Pensions 
Sec. 9701. Temporary delay of designation of multiemployer plans as in endan-
gered, critical, or critical and declining status. 
Sec. 9702. Temporary extension of the funding improvement and rehabilitation 
periods for multiemployer pension plans in critical and endan-
gered status for 2020 or 2021. 
Sec. 9703. Adjustments to funding standard account rules. 
Sec. 9704. Special financial assistance program for financially troubled multi-
employer plans. 
Sec. 9705. Extended amortization for single employer plans. 
Sec. 9706. Extension of pension funding stabilization percentages for single em-
ployer plans. 
Sec. 9707. Modification of special rules for minimum funding standards for 
community newspaper plans. 
Sec. 9708. Cost of living adjustment freeze. 
Subtitle I—Child Care for Workers 
Sec. 9801. Child care assistance. 
TITLE X—INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS 
Sec. 10001. Department of State operations. 
Sec. 10002. United States Agency for International Development operations. 
Sec. 10003. Global response. 
Sec. 10004. Humanitarian response. 
Sec. 10005. Multilateral assistance. 
TITLE XI—COMMITTEE ON NATURAL RESOURCES 
Sec. 1101. Indian Affairs. 
Sec. 1102. United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
TITLE XII—COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE, SPACE, AND TECHNOLOGY 
Sec. 12001. National Institute of Standards and Technology. 
Sec. 12002. National Science Foundation.
TITLE I—COMMITTEE ON 
AGRICULTURE 
Subtitle A—Agriculture 
SEC. 1001. FOOD SUPPLY CHAIN AND AGRICULTURE PAN-
DEMIC RESPONSE. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 
Agriculture for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $4,000,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to carry out this section. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
shall use the amounts made available pursuant to sub-
section (a)— 
(1) to purchase food and agricultural commod-
ities; 
(2) to purchase and distribute agricultural com-
modities (including fresh produce, dairy, eggs, and 
meat) to individuals in need, including through deliv-
ery to nonprofit organizations and through res-
taurants and other food related entities, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, that may receive, store, 
process, and distribute food items; 
(3) to make grants and loans for small or 
midsized food processors or distributors, farmers 
markets, producers, or other organizations to re-
spond to COVID–19, including for measures to pro-
tect workers against COVID–19; and 
(4) to make loans and grants and provide other 
assistance to maintain and improve food and agricul-
tural supply chain resiliency. 
(c) ANIMAL HEALTH.— 
(1) COVID–19 ANIMAL
SURVEILLANCE.—The 
Secretary of Agriculture shall conduct monitoring 
and surveillance of susceptible animals for incidence 
of SARS–CoV–2. 
(2) GUIDANCE.—Activities conducted under 
paragraph (1) shall be consistent with guidance pro-
vided by the World Organisation for Animal Health. 
(3) FUNDING.—Out of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use 
$300,000,000 to carry out this subsection. 
(d) OVERTIME FEES.— 
(1) SMALL ESTABLISHMENT; VERY SMALL ES-
TABLISHMENT DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘small es-
tablishment’’ and ‘‘very small establishment’’ have 
the meaning given those terms in the final rule enti-
tled ‘‘Pathogen Reduction; Hazard Analysis and 
Critical Control Point (HACCP) Systems’’ published 
in the Federal Register on July 25, 1996 (61 Fed. 
Reg. 38806).
(2) 
OVERTIME
INSPECTION
COST
REDUC-
TION.—Notwithstanding section 10703 of the Farm 
Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 2219a), the Act of June 5, 1948 (21 U.S.C. 
695), section 25 of the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act (21 U.S.C. 468), and section 24 of the Egg 
Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 1053), and any 
regulations promulgated by the Department of Agri-
culture implementing such provisions of law and 
subject to the availability of funds under paragraph 
(3), the Secretary of Agriculture shall reduce the 
amount of overtime inspection costs borne by feder-
ally-inspected small establishments and very small 
establishments engaged in meat, poultry, or egg 
products processing and subject to the requirements 
of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.), the Poultry Products Inspection Act (21 
U.S.C. 451 et seq.), or the Egg Products Inspection 
Act (21 U.S.C. 1031 et seq.), for inspection activi-
ties carried out during the period of fiscal years 
2021 through 2030. 
(3) FUNDING.—Out of the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a), the Secretary shall use 
$100,000,000 to carry out this subsection.
SEC. 1002. EMERGENCY RURAL DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
FOR RURAL HEALTH CARE. 
(a) GRANTS.—The Secretary of Agriculture (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall use the funds 
made available by this section to establish an emergency 
pilot program for rural development not later than 150 
days after the date of enactment of this Act to provide 
grants to eligible applicants (as defined in section 
3570.61(a) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations) to be 
awarded by the Secretary based on rural development 
needs related to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
(b) USES.—An eligible applicant to whom a grant is 
awarded under this section may use the grant funds for 
costs, including those incurred prior to the issuance of the 
grant, as determined by the Secretary, of facilities which 
primarily serve rural areas (as defined in section 
343(a)(13)(C) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Devel-
opment Act (7 U.S.C. 1991(a)(13)(C)), which are located 
in a rural area, the median household income of the popu-
lation to be served by which is less than the greater of 
the poverty line or the applicable percentage (determined 
under section 3570.63(b) of title 7, Code of Federal Regu-
lations) of the State nonmetropolitan median household 
income, and for which the performance of any construction 
work completed with grant funds shall meet the condition
set forth in section 9003(f) of the Farm Security and 
Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 U.S.C. 8103(f)), to— 
(1) increase capacity for vaccine distribution; 
(2) provide medical supplies to increase medical 
surge capacity; 
(3) reimburse for revenue lost during the 
COVID–19 pandemic, including revenue losses in-
curred prior to the awarding of the grant; 
(4) increase telehealth capabilities, including 
underlying health care information systems; 
(5) construct temporary or permanent struc-
tures to provide health care services, including vac-
cine administration or testing; 
(6) support staffing needs for vaccine adminis-
tration or testing; and 
(7) engage in any other efforts to support rural 
development determined to be critical to address the 
COVID–19 pandemic, including nutritional assist-
ance to vulnerable individuals, as approved by the 
Secretary. 
(c) FUNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available, there is appropriated to the Secretary for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $500,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, to carry out this section, of which
not more than 3 percent may be used by the Secretary 
for administrative purposes and not more than 2 percent 
may be used by the Secretary for technical assistance as 
defined in section 306(a)(26) of the Consolidated Farm 
and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1926(a)(26)). 
SEC. 1003. PANDEMIC PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION FUNDS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $47,500,000, to 
remain available until expended, for necessary administra-
tive expenses associated with carrying out this subtitle. 
SEC. 1004. FUNDING FOR THE USDA OFFICE OF INSPECTOR 
GENERAL FOR OVERSIGHT OF COVID–19-RE-
LATED PROGRAMS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
there is appropriated to the Office of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Agriculture for fiscal year 2021, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $2,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2022, for audits, investigations, and other oversight 
activities of projects and activities carried out with funds 
made available to the Department of Agriculture related 
to the COVID–19 pandemic.
SEC. 1005. FARM LOAN ASSISTANCE FOR SOCIALLY DIS-
ADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS. 
(a) PAYMENTS.— 
(1) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Sec-
retary for fiscal year 2021, out of amounts in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as 
may be necessary, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the cost of loan modifications and pay-
ments under this section. 
(2) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall provide a 
payment in an amount equal to 120 percent of the 
outstanding indebtedness of each socially disadvan-
taged farmer or rancher as of January 1, 2021, to 
pay off the loan directly or to the socially disadvan-
taged farmer or rancher (or a combination of both), 
on each— 
(A) direct farm loan made by the Secretary 
to the socially disadvantaged farmer or rancher; 
and 
(B) farm loan guaranteed by the Secretary 
the borrower of which is the socially disadvan-
taged farmer or rancher. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) FARM
LOAN.—The term ‘‘farm loan’’ 
means—
(A) a loan administered by the Farm Serv-
ice Agency under subtitle A, B, or C of the 
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act 
(7 U.S.C. 1922 et seq.); and 
(B) a Commodity Credit Corporation Farm 
Storage Facility Loan. 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(3) SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED
FARMER
OR 
RANCHER.—The term ‘‘socially disadvantaged farm-
er or rancher’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 2501(a) of the Food, Agriculture, Conserva-
tion, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279(a)). 
SEC. 1006. USDA ASSISTANCE AND SUPPORT FOR SOCIALLY 
DISADVANTAGED FARMERS, RANCHERS, FOR-
EST LAND OWNERS AND OPERATORS, AND 
GROUPS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Secretary of 
Agriculture for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,010,000,000, to 
remain available until expended, to carry out this section. 
(b) ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
use the amounts made available pursuant to subsection 
(a)—
(1) to provide outreach, mediation, financial 
training, capacity building training, cooperative de-
velopment training and support, and other technical 
assistance on issues concerning food, agriculture, ag-
ricultural credit, agricultural extension, rural devel-
opment, or nutrition to socially disadvantaged farm-
ers, ranchers, or forest landowners, or other mem-
bers of socially disadvantaged groups; 
(2) to provide grants and loans to improve land 
access for socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, 
or forest landowners, including issues related to 
heirs’ property in a manner as determined by the 
Secretary; 
(3) to support the development of agricultural 
credit institutions that are designed to serve socially 
disadvantaged groups, including other financing in-
stitutions funded by the Farm Credit System; 
(4) to support the activities of one or more eq-
uity commissions that will address racial equity 
issues within the Department of Agriculture and its 
programs; 
(5) to support the development of one or more 
legal centers focused on agricultural legal issues of 
socially disadvantaged farmers, ranchers, or forest
landowners or other members of socially disadvan-
taged groups; 
(6) to support and supplement agricultural re-
search, education, and extension, as well as scholar-
ships and programs that provide internships and 
pathways to Federal employment, at— 
(A) colleges or universities eligible to re-
ceive funds under the Act of August 30, 1890 
(commonly known as the ‘‘Second Morrill Act’’) 
(7 U.S.C. 321 et seq.), including Tuskegee Uni-
versity; 
(B) 1994 Institutions (as defined in sec-
tion 532 of the Equity in Educational Land- 
Grant Status Act of 1994 (7 U.S.C. 301 note; 
Public Law 103–382)); 
(C) Alaska Native serving institutions and 
Native Hawaiian serving institutions eligible to 
receive grants under subsections (a) and (b), re-
spectively, of section 1419B of the National Ag-
ricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching 
Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3156); 
(D) Hispanic-serving institutions eligible to 
receive grants under section 1455 of the Na-
tional Agricultural Research, Extension, and
Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 3241); 
and 
(E) the insular area institutions of higher 
education located in the territories of the 
United States, as referred to in section 1489 of 
the National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
3361); 
(7) to provide assistance to socially disadvan-
taged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners that 
are former farm loan borrowers that suffered related 
adverse actions or past discrimination or bias in De-
partment of Agriculture programs, as determined by 
the Secretary; and 
(8) to establish pilot projects that focus on land 
acquisition, financial planning, and credit by pro-
viding technical and financial assistance related to 
agricultural production or timber production on non-
industrial private forest land to socially disadvan-
taged farmers, ranchers, or forest landowners, or 
other members of socially disadvantaged groups. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) NONINDUSTRIAL PRIVATE FOREST LAND.— 
The term ‘‘nonindustrial private forest land’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 1201(a)(18) of
the Food Security Act of 1985 (16 U.S.C. 
3801(a)(18)). 
(2) 
SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED
FARMER, 
RANCHER, OR FOREST LANDOWNER.—The term ‘‘so-
cially disadvantaged farmer, rancher, or forest land-
owner’’ means a farmer, rancher, or owner or oper-
ator of nonindustrial private forest land who is a 
member of a socially disadvantaged group. 
(3) SOCIALLY
DISADVANTAGED
GROUP.—The 
term ‘‘socially disadvantaged group’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 2501(a) of the Food, 
Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 (7 
U.S.C. 2279(a)). 
SEC. 1007. USE OF THE COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 
FOR COMMODITIES AND ASSOCIATED EX-
PENSES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
there are appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$800,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, to use the Commodity Credit Corporation to acquire 
and make available commodities under section 406(b) of 
the Food for Peace Act (7 U.S.C. 1736(b)) and for ex-
penses under such section.
Subtitle B—Nutrition 
SEC. 1101. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) VALUE OF BENEFITS.—Section 702(a) of division 
N of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 (Public 
Law 116–260) is amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 2021’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2021’’. 
(b) SNAP ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—In addition 
to amounts otherwise available, there is hereby appro-
priated for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,150,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2023, with amounts 
to be obligated for each of fiscal years 2021, 2022, and 
2023, for the costs of State administrative expenses asso-
ciated with carrying out this section and administering the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program established 
under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 
et seq.), of which— 
(1) $15,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses 
of the Secretary of Agriculture (in this section re-
ferred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) for management and 
oversight of the program; and 
(2) $1,135,000,000 shall be for the Secretary to 
make grants to each State agency for each of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2023 as follows:
(A) 75 percent of the amounts available 
shall be allocated to States based on the share 
of each State of households that participate in 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program 
as reported to the Department of Agriculture 
for the most recent 12-month period for which 
data are available, adjusted by the Secretary 
(as of the date of the enactment of this Act) for 
participation in disaster programs under section 
5(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2014(h)); and 
(B) 25 percent of the amounts available 
shall be allocated to States based on the in-
crease in the number of households that partici-
pate in the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program as reported to the Department of Ag-
riculture over the most recent 12-month period 
for which data are available, adjusted by the 
Secretary (as of the date of the enactment of 
this Act) for participation in disaster programs 
under section 5(h) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)).
SEC. 1102. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR SNAP ONLINE 
PURCHASING AND TECHNOLOGY IMPROVE-
MENTS. 
(a) FUNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
made available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 
out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $25,000,000 to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2026, to carry out this section. 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary of Agriculture 
may use the amounts made available pursuant to sub-
section (a)— 
(1) to make technological improvements to im-
prove online purchasing in the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program established under the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.); 
(2) to modernize electronic benefit transfer 
technology; 
(3) to support the mobile technologies dem-
onstration projects and the use of mobile tech-
nologies authorized under section 7(h)(14) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2016(h)(14)); and 
(4) to provide technical assistance to educate 
retailers on the process and technical requirements 
for the online acceptance of the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program benefits, for mobile pay-
ments, and for electronic benefit transfer moderniza-
tion initiatives. 
SEC. 1103. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR NUTRITION ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAMS. 
Section 704 of division N of the Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2021 (Public Law 116–260) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘In addition’’ and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) COVID–19 RESPONSE FUNDING.—In addi-
tion’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following— 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—In addition to any 
other funds made available, there is appropriated for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $1,000,000,000 to remain available until 
September 30, 2027, for the Secretary of Agriculture to 
provide grants to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 
Islands, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa for nutrition 
assistance, of which $30,000,000 shall be available to pro-
vide grants to the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana 
Islands for such assistance.’’. 
SEC. 1104. COMMODITY SUPPLEMENTAL FOOD PROGRAM. 
In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$37,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, for activities authorized by section 4(a) of the Agri-
culture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 
612c note). 
TITLE II—COMMITTEE ON 
EDUCATION AND LABOR 
Subtitle A—Education Matters 
PART 1—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
SEC. 2001. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMER-
GENCY RELIEF FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available through the Education Stabilization Fund, there 
is appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $128,554,800,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2023, to carry out this section. 
(b) GRANTS.—From funds provided under subsection 
(a), the Secretary shall make grants to each State edu-
cational agency in accordance with this section. 
(c) ALLOCATIONS TO STATES.—The amount of each 
grant under subsection (b) shall be allocated by the Sec-
retary to each State in the same proportion as each State 
received under part A of title I of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965 in the most recent fiscal 
year.
(d) SUBGRANTS
TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CIES.—Each State shall allocate not less than 90 percent 
of the grant funds awarded to the State under this section 
as subgrants to local educational agencies (including char-
ter schools that are local educational agencies) in the State 
in proportion to the amount of funds such local edu-
cational agencies and charter schools that are local edu-
cational agencies received under part A of title I of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 in the 
most recent fiscal year. 
(e) USES OF FUNDS.—A local educational agency 
that receives funds under this section— 
(1) shall reserve not less than 20 percent of 
such funds to address learning loss through the im-
plementation of evidence-based interventions, such 
as summer learning, extended day, comprehensive 
afterschool programs, or extended school year pro-
grams, and ensure that such interventions respond 
to students’ academic, social, and emotional needs 
and address the disproportionate impact of the 
coronavirus on the student subgroups described in 
section 1111(b)(2)(xi) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary 
Education 
Act 
of 
1965 
(20 
U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(xi)), students experiencing homelessness, 
and children and youth in foster care; and
(2) shall use the remaining funds for any of the 
following: 
(A) Any activity authorized by the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. 
(B) Any activity authorized by the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act. 
(C) Any activity authorized by the Adult 
Education and Family Literacy Act. 
(D) Any activity authorized by the Carl D. 
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 
2006. 
(E) Coordination of preparedness and re-
sponse efforts of local educational agencies with 
State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health 
departments, and other relevant agencies, to 
improve coordinated responses among such enti-
ties to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus. 
(F) Providing principals and others school 
leaders with the resources necessary to address 
the needs of their individual schools. 
(G) Activities to address the unique needs 
of low-income children or students, children 
with disabilities, English learners, racial and 
ethnic minorities, students experiencing home-
lessness, and foster care youth, including how 
outreach and service delivery will meet the 
needs of each population. 
(H) Developing and implementing proce-
dures and systems to improve the preparedness 
and response efforts of local educational agen-
cies. 
(I) Training and professional development 
for staff of the local educational agency on sani-
tation and minimizing the spread of infectious 
diseases. 
(J) Purchasing supplies to sanitize and 
clean the facilities of a local educational agency, 
including buildings operated by such agency. 
(K) Planning for, coordinating, and imple-
menting activities during long-term closures, in-
cluding providing meals to eligible students, 
providing technology for online learning to all 
students, providing guidance for carrying out 
requirements under the IDEA and ensuring 
other educational services can continue to be 
provided consistent with all Federal, State, and 
local requirements. 
(L) Purchasing educational technology (in-
cluding hardware, software, and connectivity)
for students who are served by the local edu-
cational agency that aids in regular and sub-
stantive educational interaction between stu-
dents and their classroom instructors, including 
low-income students and children with disabil-
ities, which may include assistive technology or 
adaptive equipment. 
(M) Providing mental health services and 
supports. 
(N) Planning and implementing activities 
related to summer learning and supplemental 
afterschool programs, including providing class-
room instruction or online learning during the 
summer months and addressing the needs of 
low-income students, children with disabilities, 
English learners, migrant students, students ex-
periencing homelessness, and children in foster 
care. 
(O) Addressing learning loss among stu-
dents, including low-income students, children 
with disabilities, English learners, racial and 
ethnic minorities, students experiencing home-
lessness, and children and youth in foster care, 
of the local educational agency, including by—
(i) administering and using high-qual-
ity assessments that are valid and reliable, 
to accurately assess students’ academic 
progress and assist educators in meeting 
students’ 
academic 
needs, 
including 
through differentiating instruction; 
(ii) implementing evidence-based ac-
tivities to meet the comprehensive needs of 
students; 
(iii) providing information and assist-
ance to parents and families on how they 
can effectively support students, including 
in a distance learning environment; and 
(iv) tracking student attendance and 
improving student engagement in distance 
education. 
(P) School facility repairs and improve-
ments to enable operation of schools to reduce 
risk of virus transmission and exposure to envi-
ronmental health hazards, and to support stu-
dent health needs. 
(Q) Inspection, testing, maintenance, re-
pair, replacement, and upgrade projects to im-
prove the indoor air quality in school facilities, 
including mechanical and non-mechanical heat-
ing, ventilation, and air conditioning systems, 
filtering, purification and other air cleaning, 
fans, control systems, and window and door re-
pair and replacement. 
(R) Developing strategies and imple-
menting public health protocols including, to 
the greatest extent practicable, policies in line 
with guidance from the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention for the reopening and 
operation of school facilities to effectively main-
tain the health and safety of students, edu-
cators, and other staff. 
(S) Other activities that are necessary to 
maintain the operation of and continuity of 
services in local educational agencies and con-
tinuing to employ existing staff of the local edu-
cational agency. 
(f) STATE FUNDING.—With funds not otherwise allo-
cated under subsection (d), a State— 
(1) shall reserve not less than 5 percent of the 
total amount of grant funds awarded to the State 
under this section to carry out, directly or through 
grants or contracts, activities to address learning 
loss by supporting the implementation of evidence- 
based interventions, such as summer learning, ex-
tended day, comprehensive afterschool programs, or 
extended school year programs, and ensure that 
such interventions respond to students’ academic, 
social, and emotional needs and address the dis-
proportionate impact of the coronavirus on the stu-
dent subgroups described in section 1111(b)(2)(xi) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(b)(2)(xi)), students experi-
encing homelessness, and children and youth in fos-
ter care, including by providing additional support to 
local educational agencies to fully address such im-
pacts; and 
(2) may reserve not more than one-half of 1 
percent of the total amount of grant funds awarded 
to the State under this section for administrative 
costs and the remainder for emergency needs as de-
termined by the state educational agency to address 
issues responding to coronavirus, which may be ad-
dressed through the use of grants or contracts. 
(g) EQUITABLE SERVICES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In carrying out subsection 
(e)(1), a local educational agency shall provide equi-
table services in the same manner as provided under 
section 1117 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6320) to students
and teachers in non-public schools, as determined in 
consultation with representatives of non-public 
schools, except that the standards for a bypass (if 
needed because a local educational agency is prohib-
ited by law from providing equitable services or has 
substantially failed or is unwilling to provide equi-
table services) shall be solely determined by the Sec-
retary. 
(2) PUBLIC CONTROL OF FUNDS.—Control of 
funds provided under subsection (e)(1), and title to 
materials, equipment, and property purchased with 
such funds, shall be in a public agency, and a public 
agency shall administer such funds, materials, equip-
ment, and property and shall provide such services 
(or may contract for the provision of such services 
with a public or private entity). 
(h) REPORT.—A State receiving funds under this sec-
tion shall submit a report to the Secretary, not later than 
6 months after receiving funding provided in this section, 
and every 6 months thereafter until such funds are obli-
gated, that provides a detailed accounting of the use of 
funds provided under this section, including by identifying 
the specific amounts used to carry out subsections (e)(1) 
and (f)(1) and a description of the specific activities car-
ried out under such subsections.
(i) REALLOCATION.—A State shall return to the Sec-
retary any funds received under this section that the State 
does not award within 1 year of receiving such funds and 
the Secretary shall reallocate such funds to the remaining 
States in accordance with subsection (c). 
(j) ESEA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘child’’, ‘‘children 
with disabilities’’, ‘‘distance education’’, ‘‘elementary 
school’’, ‘‘English learner’’, ‘‘evidence-based’’, ‘‘extended 
learning time’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, ‘‘local educational 
agency’’, ‘‘parent’’, ‘‘school leader’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, ‘‘State’’, 
‘‘state educational agency’’, and ‘‘technology’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 8101 of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7801). 
SEC. 2002. HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $39,584,570,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2023, for making allocations to in-
stitutions of higher education in accordance with the same 
terms and conditions of section 314 of Coronavirus Re-
sponse and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021 
(division M of Public Law 116–260), except that—
(1) subsection (a)(1) of such section 314 shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘91 percent’’ for ‘‘89 per-
cent’’; 
(2) subsection (a)(2) of such section 314 shall 
be applied— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
(A), by substituting ‘‘under the heading ‘Higher 
Education’ in the Department of Education Ap-
propriations Act, 2020’’ for ‘‘in the Further 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 
Law 116–94)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by substituting 
‘‘under the heading ‘Higher Education’ in the 
Department of Education Appropriations Act, 
2020’’ for ‘‘in the Further Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94)’’; 
(3) an institution that receives an allocation ap-
portioned in accordance with clause (iii) of sub-
section (a)(2)(A) of such section 314 that has a 
total endowment size of less than $1,000,000 (in-
cluding an institution that does not have an endow-
ment) shall be treated by the Secretary as having a 
total endowment size of $1,000,000 for the purposes 
of such clause (iii);
(4) subsection (a)(4) of such section 314 shall 
be applied by substituting ‘‘1 percent’’ for ‘‘3 per-
cent’’; 
(5) except as provided in paragraphs (7) and 
(9) of subsection (d) of such section 314, an institu-
tion shall use a portion of funds received under this 
section to— 
(A) implement evidence-based practices to 
monitor and suppress coronavirus in accordance 
with public health guidelines; and 
(B) conduct direct outreach to financial 
aid applicants about the opportunity to receive 
a financial aid adjustment due to the recent un-
employment of a family member or independent 
student, or other circumstances, described in 
section 479A of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087tt); 
(6) the following shall not apply to funds pro-
vided or received in accordance with this section— 
(A) subsection (b) of such section 314; 
(B) paragraph (2) of subsection (c) of such 
section 314; 
(C) paragraphs (1), (2), (4), (5), (6), and 
(8) of subsection (d) of such section 314;
(D) subsections (e) and (f) of such section 
314; and 
(E) section 316 of the Coronavirus Re-
sponse and Relief Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2021 (division M of Public Law 116–260); 
and 
(7) an institution that receives an allocation 
under this section apportioned in accordance with 
subparagraphs (A) through (D) of subsection (a)(1) 
of such section 314 shall use not less than 50 per-
cent of such allocation to provide emergency finan-
cial aid grants to students in accordance with sub-
section (c)(3) of such section 314. 
SEC. 2003. MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT AND MAINTENANCE 
OF EQUITY. 
(a) STATE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—As a condition of receiving 
funds under section 2001, a State shall maintain 
support for elementary and secondary education, 
and for higher education (which shall include State 
funding to institutions of higher education and State 
need-based financial aid, and shall not include sup-
port for capital projects or for research and develop-
ment or tuition and fees paid by students), in each 
of fiscal years 2022 and 2023 at least at the propor-
tional levels of such State’s support for elementary 
and secondary education and for higher education 
relative to such State’s overall spending, averaged 
over fiscal years 2017, 2018, and 2019. 
(2) WAIVER.—For the purpose of relieving fis-
cal burdens incurred by States in preventing, pre-
paring for, and responding to the coronavirus, the 
Secretary of Education may waive any maintenance 
of effort requirements associated with the Education 
Stabilization Fund. 
(b) STATE MAINTENANCE OF EQUITY.— 
(1) HIGH-POVERTY LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN-
CIES.—As a condition of receiving funds under sec-
tion 2001, a State educational agency shall not, in 
fiscal year 2022 or 2023, reduce State funding (cal-
culated on a per-pupil basis) for any high-poverty 
local educational agency in the State by an amount 
that exceeds the overall per-pupil reduction in State 
funds, if any, across all local educational agencies in 
such State in such fiscal year. 
(2) LOCAL
EDUCATIONAL
AGENCIES
WITH 
HIGHEST
SHARE
OF
ECONOMICALLY
DISADVAN-
TAGED STUDENT.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), 
as a condition of receiving funds under section 2001, 
a State educational agency shall not, in fiscal year
2022 or 2023, reduce State funding for any local 
educational agency that is part of the 20 percent of 
local educational agencies in the State with the high-
est percentage of economically disadvantaged stu-
dents (based on the percentages of economically dis-
advantaged students served by all local educational 
agencies in the State on the basis of the most recent 
satisfactory data available from the Department of 
Commerce (or, for local educational agencies for 
which no such data is available, such other data as 
the Secretary of Education determines is satisfac-
tory)) below the level of funding provided to such 
local educational agencies in fiscal year 2019. 
(c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY MAINTENANCE OF 
EQUITY FOR HIGH-POVERTY SCHOOLS.—As a condition 
of receiving funds under section 2001, a local educational 
agency shall not, in fiscal year 2022 or 2023— 
(1) reduce per-pupil funding (from combined 
State and local funding) for any high-poverty school 
served by such local educational agency by an 
amount that exceeds— 
(A) the total reduction in local educational 
agency funding (from combined State and local 
funding) for all schools served by the local edu-
cational agency in such fiscal year (if any); di-
vided by 
(B) the number of children enrolled in all 
schools served by the local educational agency 
in such fiscal year; or 
(2) reduce per-pupil, full-time equivalent staff 
in any high-poverty school by an amount that ex-
ceeds— 
(A) the total reduction in full-time equiva-
lent staff in all schools served by such local 
educational agency in such fiscal year (if any); 
divided by 
(B) the number of children enrolled in all 
schools served by the local educational agency 
in such fiscal year. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘high-poverty local educational 
agency’’ means, with respect to a local educational 
agency in a State, a local educational agency that 
serves a higher percentage of economically disadvan-
taged students than the local educational agency 
that serves the median percentage of economically 
disadvantaged students, based on the percentages of 
economically disadvantaged students served by all 
local educational agencies in such State, on the basis
of the most recent satisfactory data available from 
the Department of Commerce (or, for local edu-
cational agencies for which no such data is available, 
such other data as the Secretary of Education deter-
mines is satisfactory). 
(2) The term ‘‘high-poverty school’’ means, with 
respect to a school served by a local educational 
agency, a school that serves a higher percentage of 
economically disadvantaged students (as determined 
by any measure of poverty, as determined by the 
Secretary of Education), than the school that serves 
the median percentage of economically disadvan-
taged students based on the percentages of economi-
cally disadvantaged students— 
(A) at all schools served by such local edu-
cational agency; or 
(B) at all schools within each grade-span 
of such local educational agency. 
(3) The term ‘‘overall per-pupil reduction in 
State funds’’ means, with respect to a fiscal year— 
(A) the amount of any reduction in the 
total amount of State funds provided to all local 
educational agencies in the State in such fiscal 
year compared to the total amount of such 
funds provided to all local educational agencies
in the State in the previous fiscal year; divided 
by 
(B) the aggregate number of children en-
rolled in all schools served by all local edu-
cational agencies in the State in the fiscal year 
for which the determination is being made. 
SEC. 2004. OUTLYING AREAS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $850,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for the Secretary of Education to 
allocate awards to the outlying areas on the basis of their 
respective needs, as determined by the Secretary, to be 
allocated not more than 30 calendar days after the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 2005. BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Interior for fiscal year 
2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, $850,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the Secretary of the Interior for awards, which 
awards shall be determined and funds for such awards al-
located by the Secretary of the Interior not more than 30 
calendar days after the date of enactment of this Act, for
programs operated or funded by the Bureau of Indian 
Education, for Bureau-funded schools (as defined in sec-
tion 1141(3) of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 
U.S.C. 2021(3)), and for Tribal Colleges or Universities 
(as defined in section 316(b)(3) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1059c(b)(3))). 
SEC. 2006. GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $19,250,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for the Kendall Demonstration Ele-
mentary School, the Model Secondary School for the Deaf, 
and Gallaudet University to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, in-
cluding to defray expenses associated with coronavirus (in-
cluding lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already 
incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to 
distance education, faculty and staff trainings, and pay-
roll) and to provide financial aid grants to students, which 
may be used for any component of the student’s cost of 
attendance. 
SEC. 2007. STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $91,130,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for Student Aid Administration with-
in the Department of Education to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus including direct outreach to 
students and borrowers about financial aid, economic im-
pact payments, means-tested benefits, unemployment as-
sistance, and tax benefits, for which the students and bor-
rowers may be eligible. 
SEC. 2008. HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $35,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for Howard University to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including to de-
fray expenses associated with coronavirus (including lost 
revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, 
technology costs associated with a transition to distance 
education, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll) and to 
provide financial aid grants to students, which may be 
used for any component of the student’s cost of attend-
ance.
SEC. 2009. NATIONAL TECHNICAL INSTITUTE FOR THE 
DEAF. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $19,250,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for the National Technical Institute 
for the Deaf to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, including to defray expenses associated with 
coronavirus (including lost revenue, reimbursement for ex-
penses already incurred, technology costs associated with 
a transition to distance education, faculty and staff train-
ing, and payroll) and to provide financial aid grants to 
students, which may be used for any component of the 
student’s cost of attendance. 
SEC. 2010. INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $100,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2023, for the Institute of Education 
Sciences to carry out research related to addressing learn-
ing loss caused by the coronavirus among the student sub-
groups described in section 1111(b)(2)(xi) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
6311(b)(2)(xi)) and students experiencing homelessness
and children and youth in foster care, and to disseminate 
such findings to State educational agencies and local edu-
cational agencies and other appropriate entities. 
SEC. 2011. PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $15,000,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2024, for Program Administration within 
the Department of Education to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus, and for salaries and expenses nec-
essary to implement this part. 
SEC. 2012. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Department of Education for fiscal 
year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for the Office of Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Education, for salaries and expenses necessary for 
oversight, investigations, and audits of programs, grants, 
and projects funded under this part carried out by the 
Office of Inspector General.
SEC. 2013. MODIFICATION OF REVENUE REQUIREMENTS 
FOR PROPRIETARY INSTITUTIONS OF HIGH-
ER EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 487(a)(24) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(24)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘funds provided under this title’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Federal funds that are disbursed or delivered to or 
on behalf of a student to be used to attend such institution 
(referred to in this paragraph and subsection (d) as ‘Fed-
eral education assistance funds’)’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION OF NON-FEDERAL REVENUE 
REQUIREMENT.—Section 487(d) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(d)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘Non- 
title IV’’ and inserting ‘‘Non-Federal’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘funds for 
a program under this title’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 
education assistance funds’’. 
PART 2—MISCELLANEOUS 
SEC. 2021. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $135,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, under the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
as follows:
(1) Forty percent shall be for grants, and rel-
evant administrative expenses, to State arts agencies 
and regional arts organizations that support organi-
zations’ programming and general operating ex-
penses to cover up to 100 percent of the costs of the 
programs which the grants support, to prevent, pre-
pare for, respond to, and recover from the 
coronavirus. 
(2) Sixty percent shall be for direct grants, and 
relevant administrative expenses, that support orga-
nizations’ programming and general operating ex-
penses to cover up to 100 percent of the costs of the 
programs which the grants support, to prevent, pre-
pare for, respond to, and recover from the 
coronavirus. 
SEC. 2022. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $135,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, under the National 
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965, 
as follows: 
(1) Forty percent shall be for grants, and rel-
evant administrative expenses, to State humanities 
councils that support humanities organizations’ pro-
gramming and general operating expenses to cover 
up to 100 percent of the costs of the programs 
which the grants support, to prevent, prepare for, 
respond to, and recover from the coronavirus. 
(2) Sixty percent shall be for direct grants, and 
relevant administrative expenses, that support hu-
manities organizations’ programming and general 
operating expenses to cover up to 100 percent of the 
costs of the programs which the grants support, to 
prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from 
the coronavirus. 
SEC. 2023. INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Institute of Museum and Library 
Services for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $200,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, for necessary expenses to 
carry out museum and library services. The Director of 
the Institute of Museum and Library Services shall award 
not less than 89 percent of such funds to State library 
administrative agencies by applying the formula in section 
221(b) of the Museum and Library Services Act, except 
that— 
(1) section 221(b)(3)(A) of such Act shall be 
applied 
by 
substituting 
‘‘$2,000,000’’ 
for
‘‘$680,000’’ and by substituting ‘‘$200,000’’ for 
‘‘$60,000’’; and 
(2) section 221(b)(3)(C) and subsections (b) 
and (c) of section 223 of such Act shall not apply 
to funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 2024. COVID-19 RESPONSE RESOURCES FOR THE PRES-
ERVATION AND MAINTENANCE OF NATIVE 
AMERICAN LANGUAGES. 
(a) Section 816 of the Native American Programs 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2992d) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(f) In addition to amounts otherwise available, there 
is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $10,000,000 to 
remain available until expended, to carry out section 
803C(g) of this Act.’’. 
(b) Section 803C of the Native American Programs 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2991b-3) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(g) EMERGENCY GRANTS FOR NATIVE AMERICAN 
LANGUAGE PRESERVATION
AND MAINTENANCE.—Not 
later than 180 days after the effective date of this sub-
section, the Secretary shall award grants to entities eligi-
ble to receive assistance under subsection (a) to ensure 
the survival and continuing vitality of Native American
languages during and after the public health emergency 
declared by the Secretary pursuant to section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect 
to the COVID–19 pandemic.’’. 
Subtitle B—Labor Matters 
SEC. 2101. RAISING THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE. 
(a) MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(a)(1) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) except as otherwise provided in this sec-
tion, not less than— 
‘‘(A) $9.50 an hour, beginning on the ef-
fective date under section 2101(e) of the Amer-
ican Rescue Plan Act of 2021; 
‘‘(B) $11.00 an hour, beginning 1 year 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(C) $12.50 an hour, beginning 2 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(D) $14.00 an hour, beginning 3 years 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(E) $15.00 an hour, beginning 4 years 
after such effective date; and 
‘‘(F) beginning on the date that is 5 years 
after such effective date, and annually there-
after, the amount determined by the Secretary 
under subsection (h);’’. 
(2) DETERMINATION BASED ON INCREASE IN 
THE MEDIAN HOURLY WAGE OF ALL EMPLOYEES.— 
Section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
(29 U.S.C. 206) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(h)(1) Not later than each date that is 90 days be-
fore a new minimum wage determined under subsection 
(a)(1)(F) is to take effect, the Secretary shall determine 
the minimum wage to be in effect under this subsection 
for each period described in subsection (a)(1)(F). The 
wage determined under this subsection for a year shall 
be— 
‘‘(A) not less than the amount in effect under 
subsection (a)(1) on the date of such determination; 
‘‘(B) increased from such amount by the annual 
percentage increase, if any, in the median hourly 
wage of all employees as determined by the Bureau 
of Labor Statistics; and 
‘‘(C) rounded up to the nearest multiple of 
$0.05. 
‘‘(2) In calculating the annual percentage increase in 
the median hourly wage of all employees for purposes of 
paragraph (1)(B), the Secretary, through the Bureau of
Labor Statistics, shall compile data on the hourly wages 
of all employees to determine such a median hourly wage 
and compare such median hourly wage for the most recent 
year for which data are available with the median hourly 
wage determined for the preceding year.’’. 
(b) TIPPED EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) BASE MINIMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOY-
EES AND TIPS RETAINED BY EMPLOYEES.—Section 
3(m)(2)(A)(i) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)(i)) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(i) the cash wage paid such em-
ployee, which for purposes of such deter-
mination shall be not less than— 
‘‘(I) for the 1-year period begin-
ning on the effective date under sec-
tion 2101(e) of the American Rescue 
Plan Act of 2021, $4.95 an hour; 
‘‘(II) for each succeeding 1-year 
period until the hourly wage under 
this clause equals the wage in effect 
under section 6(a)(1) for such period, 
an hourly wage equal to the amount 
determined under this clause for the
preceding year, increased by the lesser 
of— 
‘‘(aa) $2.00; or 
‘‘(bb) the amount necessary 
for the wage in effect under this 
clause to equal the wage in effect 
under section 6(a)(1) for such 
period, rounded up to the nearest 
multiple of $0.05; and 
‘‘(III) for each succeeding 1-year 
period after all increases are made 
pursuant to subclause (II), the min-
imum wage in effect under section 
6(a)(1); and’’. 
(2) SCHEDULED
REPEAL
OF
SEPARATE
MIN-
IMUM WAGE FOR TIPPED EMPLOYEES.— 
(A) 
TIPPED
EMPLOYEES.—Section 
3(m)(2)(A) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)), as amended by 
paragraph (1), is further amended by striking 
the sentence beginning with ‘‘In determining 
the wage an employer is required to pay a 
tipped employee,’’ and all that follows through 
‘‘of this subsection.’’ and inserting ‘‘The wage
required to be paid to a tipped employee shall 
be the wage set forth in section 6(a)(1).’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 
made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on 
the date that is 1 day after the date on which 
the hourly wage under subclause (III) of section 
3(m)(2)(A)(i) of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)(i)), as 
amended by paragraph (1), takes effect. 
(3) PENALTIES.—Section 16 of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 216) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in the third sentence of subsection (b), 
by inserting ‘‘or used’’ after ‘‘kept’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence of subsection 
(e)(2), by inserting ‘‘or used’’ after ‘‘kept’’. 
(c) NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES WHO ARE LESS 
THAN 20 YEARS OLD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(g)(1) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(g)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘a wage which is not less 
than $4.25 an hour.’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘a 
wage at a rate that is not less than— 
‘‘(A) for the 1-year period beginning on 
the effective date under section 2101(e) of the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, $6.00 an 
hour; 
‘‘(B) for each succeeding 1-year period 
until the hourly wage under this paragraph 
equals the wage in effect under section 6(a)(1) 
for such period, an hourly wage equal to the 
amount determined under this paragraph for 
the preceding year, increased by the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) $1.75; or 
‘‘(ii) the amount necessary for the 
wage in effect under this paragraph to 
equal the wage in effect under section 
6(a)(1) for such period, rounded up to the 
nearest multiple of $0.05; and 
‘‘(C) for each succeeding 1-year period 
after all increases are made pursuant to sub-
paragraph (B), the minimum wage in effect 
under section 6(a)(1).’’. 
(2) SCHEDULED
REPEAL
OF
SEPARATE
MIN-
IMUM WAGE FOR NEWLY HIRED EMPLOYEES WHO 
ARE LESS THAN 20 YEARS OLD.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(g)(1) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
206(g)(1)), as amended by paragraph (1), shall 
be repealed.
(B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeal made 
by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on the 
date that is 1 day after the date on which the 
hourly wage under subparagraph (C) of section 
6(g)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(g)(1)), as amended by 
paragraph (1), takes effect. 
(d) PROMOTING ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY FOR 
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.— 
(1) PROHIBITION
ON
NEW
SPECIAL
CERTIFI-
CATES.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 14(c) of the 
Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
214(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(6) PROHIBITION ON NEW SPECIAL CERTIFI-
CATES.—Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Sec-
retary shall not issue a special certificate under this 
subsection to an employer that was not issued a spe-
cial certificate under this subsection before the date 
of enactment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021.’’. 
(B) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—The amendment 
made by subparagraph (A) shall take effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) TRANSITION TO FAIR WAGES FOR INDIVID-
UALS
WITH
DISABILITIES.—Subparagraph (A) of 
section 14(c)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)(1)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(A) at a rate that equals or exceeds, for 
each year, the greater of— 
‘‘(i)(I) $5.00 an hour, beginning on 
the effective date under section 2101(e) of 
the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021; 
‘‘(II) $7.50 an hour, beginning 1 year 
after such effective date; 
‘‘(III) $10.00 an hour, beginning 2 
years after such effective date; 
‘‘(IV) $12.50 an hour, beginning 3 
years after such effective date; 
‘‘(V) $15.00 an hour, beginning 4 
years after such effective date; and 
‘‘(VI) the wage rate in effect under 
section 6(a)(1), beginning 5 years after 
such effective date; or 
‘‘(ii) if applicable, the wage rate in ef-
fect on the day before the date of enact-
ment of the American Rescue Plan Act of 
2021 for the employment, under a special
certificate issued under this paragraph, of 
the individual for whom the wage rate is 
being determined under this subpara-
graph,’’. 
(3) SUNSET.—Section 14(c) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 214(c)) is further 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) SUNSET.—Beginning on the day after the 
date on which the wage rate described in paragraph 
(1)(A)(i)(VI) takes effect, the authority to issue spe-
cial certificates under paragraph (1) shall expire, 
and no special certificates issued under paragraph 
(1) shall have any legal effect.’’. 
(e) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as other-
wise provided in this section, or the amendments made 
by this section, this section and the amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the first day of the third 
month that begins after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 2102. FUNDING FOR DEPARTMENT OF LABOR WORKER 
PROTECTION ACTIVITIES. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise made available, out of any funds in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Labor for fiscal year 2021, $150,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2023, for the Wage 
and Hour Division, the Office of Workers’ Compensation 
Programs, the Office of the Solicitor, the Mine Safety and 
Health Administration, and the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration to carry out COVID–19 related 
worker protection activities, and for the Office of Inspec-
tor General for oversight of the Secretary’s activities to 
prevent, prepare for, and respond to COVID–19. 
(b) ALLOCATION
OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts appro-
priated under subsection (a) shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) Not less than $75,000,000 shall be for the 
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, of 
which $10,000,000 shall be for Susan Harwood 
training grants and not less than $5,000,000 shall 
be for enforcement activities related to COVID–19 
at high risk workplaces including health care, meat 
and poultry processing facilities, agricultural work-
places and correctional facilities. 
(2) $12,500,000 shall be for the Office of In-
spector General. 
SEC. 2103. COMPENSATION PURSUANT TO THE LONGSHORE 
AND 
HARBOR 
WORKERS’ 
COMPENSATION 
ACT. 
(a) CLAIMS RELATED TO COVID–19.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), a 
covered employee who receives a diagnosis or is sub-
ject to an order described in paragraph (2)(B) and 
who provides notice of or files a claim under section 
12 or 13 of the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ 
Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 912, 913), respec-
tively, relating to such diagnosis or order shall be 
conclusively presumed to have an injury arising out 
of or in the course of employment for the purpose 
of compensation under the Longshore and Harbor 
Workers’ Compensation Act. 
(2) COVERED EMPLOYEE.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered employee’’ means an individual who, 
at any time during the period beginning January 27, 
2020, and ending on January 27, 2023— 
(A) is an employee; and 
(B) is— 
(i) diagnosed with COVID–19; or 
(ii) ordered not to return to work by 
the employee’s employer or by a local, 
State, or Federal agency because of expo-
sure, or the risk of exposure, to 1 or more 
individuals diagnosed with COVID–19 in 
the workplace.
(3) LIMITATION.—This section shall not apply 
with respect to a covered employee who— 
(A) provides notice or files a claim de-
scribed in paragraph (1) on or before the date 
of the enactment of this Act; and 
(B) is determined to be entitled to the 
compensation described in paragraph (1) or 
awarded such compensation if such determina-
tion or award is made on or before such date. 
(4) DENIALS ON OR BEFORE THE DATE OF EN-
ACTMENT.—Paragraph (1) shall apply with respect 
to a covered employee who is determined not to be 
entitled to, or who is not awarded, compensation de-
scribed in paragraph (1) if such determination or de-
cision not to award such compensation is made on 
or before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(5) EXCLUSION.— The Secretary shall not con-
sider any compensation paid with respect to a notice 
or claim described in subsection (a), including com-
pensation for disability, death benefits, funeral and 
burial expenses, and medical expenses, in calculating 
the annual assessments under section 44(c)(2) of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act 
(33 U.S.C. 944(c)(2)). 
(b) REIMBURSEMENT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) ENTITLEMENT.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B) and to the availability of appropria-
tions and limitation on payments under sub-
section (c), an employer of a covered employee 
or the employer’s carrier shall be entitled to re-
imbursement for any compensation paid with 
respect to a notice or claim described in sub-
section (a), including disability benefits, funeral 
and burial expenses, medical or other related 
costs for treatment and care, and reasonable 
and necessary allocated claims expenses. 
(B) SAFETY
AND
HEALTH
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—To be entitled to reimbursement 
under subparagraph (A)— 
(i) an employer shall be in compliance 
with all applicable safety and health guide-
lines and standards that are related to the 
prevention of occupational exposure to the 
novel coronavirus that causes COVID–19, 
including such guidelines and standards 
issued by the Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration, State plans ap-
proved under section 18 of the Occupa-
tional Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29
U.S.C. 667), and the National Institute for 
Occupational Safety and Health; and 
(ii) a carrier— 
(I) shall be a carrier for an em-
ployer that is in compliance with 
clause (i); and 
(II) shall not adjust the experi-
ence rating or the annual premium of 
the employer based upon the com-
pensation paid by the carrier with re-
spect to a notice or claim described in 
subparagraph (A). 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT PROCEDURES.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection 
(c), to receive reimbursement under paragraph 
(1)— 
(i) a claim for such reimbursement 
shall be submitted to the Secretary of 
Labor— 
(I) not earlier than— 
(aa) the date on which a 
compensation order (as described 
in section 19(e) of the Longshore 
and Harbor Workers’ Compensa-
tion Act (33 U.S.C. 919(e))) is
issued that fixes entitlement to 
benefits; or 
(bb) the date on which— 
(AA) 
a 
payment 
is 
made under such Act; 
(BB) 
entitlement 
to 
benefits is established under 
such Act; and 
(CC) the rate of com-
pensation and period of pay-
ment is relatively fixed and 
known; and 
(II) not later than one year after 
the final payment of compensation to 
a covered employee pursuant to this 
section; and 
(ii) an employer and the employer’s 
carrier shall make, keep, and preserve such 
records, make such reports, and provide 
such information, as the Secretary of 
Labor determines necessary or appropriate 
to carry out this section. 
(B) COMMUTATION OF COMPENSATION IN-
STALLMENTS.—The Secretary may commute
future compensation installments with respect 
to a claim under this section. 
(c) APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A reimbursement under sub-
section (b) shall be paid out of the Longshore 
COVID–19 Fund established in section 45 of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act 
(in this section, referred to as the ‘‘Longshore 
COVID–19 Fund’’). 
(2) FUNDS.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available, there are authorized to be appropriated, 
and there are appropriated, out of any money in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as 
may be necessary for the period beginning on the 
date of enactment of this Act and ending on Sep-
tember 30, 2030, to the Longshore COVID–19 
Fund for each reimbursement paid out of such Fund 
under subsection (b). 
(3) LIMITATION.—With respect to a notice or 
claim for benefits approved on the basis of sub-
section (a), no payments may be made from the 
Longshore COVID–19 Fund or the special fund es-
tablished under section 44 of the Longshore and 
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 944)
after September 30, 2030, for benefits, reimburse-
ments, or other expenditures relating to such claim. 
(4) FINAL
ACTION.—The action of the Sec-
retary in allowing or denying any reimbursement 
under subsection (b) shall be final and conclusive on 
all questions of law and fact. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) LHWCA TERMS.—The terms ‘‘carrier’’, 
‘‘compensation’’, ‘‘employee’’, and ‘‘employer’’ have 
the meanings given the terms in section 2 of the 
Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act 
(33 U.S.C. 902). 
(2) NOVEL
CORONAVIRUS.—The term ‘‘novel 
coronavirus’’ means SARS–CoV–2 or any other 
coronavirus declared to be a pandemic by public 
health authorities. 
(e) LONGSHORE COVID–19 FUND.—The Longshore 
and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 901) 
is amended by adding after section 44 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 45. LONGSHORE COVID–19 FUND. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the 
United States Department of Labor the Longshore 
COVID–19 Fund (in this section, referred to as the 
‘Fund’), which consists of sums that are appropriated to
the Fund under section 2104(c)(2) of the American Res-
cue Act of 2021. 
‘‘(b) EXPENDITURES.—Amounts in the Fund shall be 
available for the reimbursement of an employer or the em-
ployer’s carrier for payment of compensation, death bene-
fits, and other benefits and expenses paid under this Act 
when reimbursement is required under section 2104(b) of 
the American Rescue Act of 2021, subject to any limita-
tions in such section.’’. 
Subtitle C—Human Services and 
Community Supports 
SEC. 2201. SUPPORTING OLDER AMERICANS AND THEIR 
FAMILIES. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $1,444,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to carry out the Older Americans Act of 1965. 
(b) ALLOCATION
OF
AMOUNTS.—Amounts made 
available by subsection (a) shall be available as follows: 
(1) $750,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
part C of title III of such Act. 
(2) $25,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
title VI of such Act, including part C of such title.
(3) $470,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
part B of title III of such Act, including for— 
(A) supportive services of the types made 
available for fiscal year 2020; 
(B) efforts related to COVID–19 vaccina-
tion outreach, including education, communica-
tion, transportation, and other activities to fa-
cilitate vaccination of older individuals; and 
(C) prevention and mitigation activities re-
lated to COVID–19 focused on addressing ex-
tended social isolation among older individuals, 
including activities for investments in techno-
logical equipment and solutions or other strate-
gies aimed at alleviating negative health effects 
of social isolation due to long-term stay-at-home 
recommendations for older individuals for the 
duration of the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency; 
(4) $44,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
part D of title III of such Act. 
(5) $145,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
part E of title III of such Act. 
(6) $10,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
the long-term care ombudsman program under title 
VII of such Act.
SEC. 2202. CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
FUNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any 
amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$14,990,000,000, to remain available through September 
30, 2021, to carry out the program authorized under sec-
tion 658C of the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858a) without regard to require-
ments in sections 658E(c)(3)(E) or 658G of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3), 9858e). Payments made to States, 
territories, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations from 
funds made available under this subsection shall be obli-
gated in fiscal year 2021 or the succeeding 2 fiscal years. 
States, territories, Indian Tribes, and Tribal organizations 
are authorized to use such funds to provide child care as-
sistance to health care sector employees, emergency re-
sponders, sanitation workers, and other workers deemed 
essential during the response to coronavirus by public offi-
cials, without regard to the income eligibility requirements 
of section 658P(4) of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9858n(4)). 
(b) CHILD CARE STABILIZATION FUNDING.—In ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available, there is appro-
priated for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $23,975,000,000, to 
remain available through September 30, 2021, for grants 
under section 2203 of this subtitle. Such grants shall be 
allotted in accordance with section 658O of the Child Care 
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858m), except that the requirements in subparagraphs 
(C) and (E) of section 658E(c)(3) and in section 658G 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3), 9858e) shall not 
apply. 
(c) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fis-
cal year 2021, out of any amounts in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $35,000,000, to remain available 
through September 30, 2025, for the costs of providing 
technical assistance and conducting research and for the 
administrative costs to carry out this section and section 
2203 of this subtitle. 
SEC. 2203. CHILD CARE STABILIZATION. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emergency’’ 
means the public health emergency declared by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services under sec-
tion 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to
COVID–19, including any renewal of the declara-
tion. 
(2) ELIGIBLE
CHILD
CARE
PROVIDER.—The 
term ‘‘eligible child care provider’’ means an eligible 
child care provider as defined in section 658P of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 
1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858n) or a child care provider 
that is licensed, regulated, or registered in the State, 
territory, or Indian Tribe on the date of enactment 
of this Act and meets applicable State and local 
health and safety requirements. 
(b) GRANTS.—From the amounts appropriated to 
carry out this section and under the authority of section 
658O of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m) and this section, the Secretary 
shall award to each lead agency a child care stabilization 
grant, without regard to the requirements in subpara-
graphs (C) and (E) of section 658E(c)(3), and in section 
658G, of the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3), 9858e). Such grant 
shall be allotted in accordance with section 658O of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858m). 
(c) STATE RESERVATIONS AND SUBGRANTS.—
(1) RESERVATION.—A lead agency for a State 
that receives a child care stabilization grant pursu-
ant to subsection (b) shall reserve not more than 10 
percent of such grant funds to administer subgrants, 
provide technical assistance and support for applying 
for and accessing the subgrant opportunity, publicize 
the availability of the subgrants, carry out activities 
to increase the supply of child care, and provide 
technical assistance to help child care providers im-
plement policies as described in paragraph (2)(D)(i). 
(2) SUBGRANTS
TO
QUALIFIED
CHILD
CARE 
PROVIDERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The lead agency shall 
use the remainder of the grant funds awarded 
pursuant to subsection (b) to make subgrants 
to qualified child care providers described in 
subparagraph (B), regardless of such a pro-
vider’s previous receipt of other Federal assist-
ance, to support the stability of the child care 
sector during and after the COVID–19 public 
health emergency. 
(B) QUALIFIED CHILD CARE PROVIDER.— 
To be qualified to receive a subgrant under this 
paragraph, a provider shall be an eligible child
care provider that on the date of submission of 
an application for the subgrant, was either— 
(i) open and available to provide child 
care services; or 
(ii) closed due to public health, finan-
cial hardship, or other reasons relating to 
the COVID–19 public health emergency. 
(C) SUBGRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of 
such a subgrant to a qualified child care pro-
vider shall be based on the provider’s stated 
current operating expenses, including costs as-
sociated with providing or preparing to provide 
child care services during the COVID–19 public 
health emergency, and to the extent practicable, 
cover sufficient operating expenses to ensure 
continuous operations for the intended period of 
the subgrant. 
(D) 
APPLICATION.—The 
lead 
agency 
shall— 
(i) make available on the lead agen-
cy’s website an application for qualified 
child care providers that includes certifi-
cations that, for the duration of the 
subgrant—
(I) the provider applying will, 
when open and available to provide 
child care services, implement policies 
in line with guidance from the cor-
responding State, Tribal, and local 
authorities, and in accordance with 
State, Tribal, and local orders, and, to 
the greatest extent possible, imple-
ment policies in line with guidance 
from the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention; 
(II) for each employee, the pro-
vider will pay not less than the full 
compensation, including any benefits, 
that was provided to the employee as 
of the date of submission of the appli-
cation for the subgrant (referred to in 
this subclause as ‘‘full compensa-
tion’’), and will not take any action 
that reduces the weekly amount of the 
employee’s compensation below the 
weekly amount of full compensation, 
or that reduces the employee’s rate of 
compensation below the rate of full 
compensation, including the involun-
tary furloughing of any employee em-
ployed on the date of submission of 
the application for the subgrant; and 
(III) the provider will provide re-
lief from copayments and tuition pay-
ments for the families enrolled in the 
provider’s program, to the extent pos-
sible, and prioritize such relief for 
families struggling to make either 
type of payment; and 
(ii) accept and process applications 
submitted under this subparagraph on a 
rolling basis, and provide subgrant funds 
in advance of provider expenditures, except 
as provided in subsection (d)(2). 
(E) OBLIGATION.—The lead agency shall 
notify the Secretary if it is unable to obligate 
at least 50 percent of the funds received pursu-
ant to subsection (b) that are available for sub-
grants described in this paragraph within 9 
months of the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A qualified child care pro-
vider that receives funds through such a subgrant 
shall use the funds for at least one of the following:
(A) Personnel costs, including payroll and 
salaries or similar compensation for an em-
ployee (including any sole proprietor or inde-
pendent contractor), employee benefits, pre-
mium pay, or costs for employee recruitment 
and retention. 
(B) Rent (including rent under a lease 
agreement) or payment on any mortgage obliga-
tion, utilities, facility maintenance or improve-
ments, or insurance. 
(C) Personal protective equipment, clean-
ing and sanitization supplies and services, or 
training and professional development related to 
health and safety practices. 
(D) Purchases of or updates to equipment 
and supplies to respond to the COVID–19 pub-
lic health emergency. 
(E) Goods and services necessary to main-
tain or resume child care services. 
(F) Mental health supports for children 
and employees. 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT.—The qualified child care 
provider may use the subgrant funds to reimburse 
the provider for sums obligated or expended before 
the date of enactment of this Act for the cost of a
good or service described in paragraph (1) to re-
spond to the COVID–19 public health emergency. 
(e) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts made 
available to carry out this section shall be used to supple-
ment and not supplant other Federal, State, and local 
public funds expended to provide child care services for 
eligible individuals. 
SEC. 2204. HEAD START. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any amounts in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, 
to remain available through September 30, 2022, to carry 
out the Head Start Act, including for Federal administra-
tive expenses. After reserving funds for Federal adminis-
trative expenses, the Secretary shall allocate all remaining 
amounts to Head Start agencies for one-time grants, and 
shall allocate to each Head Start agency an amount that 
bears the same ratio to the portion available for allocations 
as the number of enrolled children served by the Head 
Start agency bears to the number of enrolled children 
served by all Head Start agencies. 
SEC. 2205. PROGRAMS FOR SURVIVORS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Family Vio-
lence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10403) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.—For the purposes of 
carrying out this title, in addition to amounts otherwise 
made available for such purposes, there are appropriated, 
out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until ex-
pended, each of the following: 
‘‘(1) $180,000,000 to carry out sections 301 
through 312, to be allocated in the manner described 
in subsection (a)(2), except that a reference in sub-
section (a)(2) to an amount appropriated under sub-
section (a)(1) shall be considered to be a reference 
to an amount appropriated under this paragraph, 
and that the matching requirement under section 
306(c)(4) shall not apply. 
‘‘(2) $18,000,000 to carry out section 309. 
‘‘(3) $2,000,000 to carry out section 313, of 
which $1,000,000 for each fiscal year shall be allo-
cated to support Indian communities.’’. 
(b) COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘COVID–19 public 
health emergency’’ means the public health emergency de-
clared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to 
COVID–19, including any renewal of the declaration.
(c) GRANTS
TO SUPPORT CULTURALLY SPECIFIC 
POPULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise made available, there is appropriated, out of 
any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, $49,500,000 for fiscal year 2021, to be 
available until expended, to carry out this subsection 
(excluding Federal administrative costs, for which 
funds are appropriated under subsection (e)). 
(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—From amounts appro-
priated under paragraph (1), the Secretary acting 
through the Director of the Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services Program, shall— 
(A) support culturally specific community- 
based organizations to provide culturally spe-
cific activities for survivors of sexual assault 
and domestic violence, to address emergent 
needs resulting from the COVID–19 public 
health emergency and other public health con-
cerns; and 
(B) support culturally specific community- 
based organizations that provide culturally spe-
cific activities to promote strategic partnership 
development and collaboration in responding to
the impact of COVID–19 and other public 
health concerns on survivors of sexual assault 
and domestic violence. 
(d) GRANTS TO SUPPORT SURVIVORS OF SEXUAL AS-
SAULT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts oth-
erwise made available, there is appropriated, out of 
any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, to the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, $198,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to be 
available until expended, to carry out this subsection 
(excluding Federal administrative costs, for which 
funds are appropriated under subsection (e)). 
(2) USE
OF
FUNDS.—From amounts appro-
priated under paragraph (1), the Secretary acting 
through the Director of the Family Violence Preven-
tion and Services Program, shall assist rape crisis 
centers in transitioning to virtual services and meet-
ing the emergency needs of survivors. 
(e) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—In 
addition 
to 
amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated 
to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, out of 
any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$2,500,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available until
gard to section 112(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5106h(a)(2)). 
SEC. 2207. CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE 
AND 
THE 
NATIONAL 
SERVICE 
TRUST. 
(a) CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE.—In addition to amounts otherwise made avail-
able, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2021, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the 
Corporation for National and Community Service, 
$852,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 
2024, to carry out subsection (b)), except that amounts 
to carry out subsection (b)(7) shall remain available until 
September 30, 2026. 
(b) ALLOCATION OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts provided 
by subsection (a) shall be allocated as follows: 
(1) AMERICORPS
STATE
AND
NATIONAL.— 
$620,000,000 shall be used— 
(A) to increase the living allowances of 
participants in national service programs; and 
(B) to make funding adjustments to exist-
ing (as of the date of enactment of this Act) 
awards and award new and additional awards 
to entities to support programs described in 
paragraphs (1)(B), (2)(B), (3)(B), (4)(B), and
(5)(B) of subsection (a), and subsection (b)(2), 
of section 122 of the National and Community 
Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12572), wheth-
er or not the entities are already grant recipi-
ents under such provisions on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and notwithstanding section 
122(a)(1)(B)(vi) of the National and Commu-
nity 
Service 
Act 
of 
1990 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12572(a)(1)(B)(vi)), by— 
(i) prioritizing entities serving com-
munities disproportionately impacted by 
COVID–19 and utilizing culturally com-
petent and multilingual strategies in the 
provision of services; and 
(ii) taking into account the diversity 
of communities and participants served by 
such entities, including racial, ethnic, so-
cioeconomic, linguistic, or geographic diver-
sity. 
(2) STATE
COMMISSIONS.—$20,000,000 shall 
be used to make adjustments to existing (as of the 
date of enactment of this Act) awards and new and 
additional awards, including awards to State Com-
missions on National and Community Service, under
section 126(a) of the National and Community Serv-
ice Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12576(a)). 
(3) 
VOLUNTEER
GENERATION
FUND.— 
$20,000,000 shall be used for expenses authorized 
under section 501(a)(4)(F) of the National and 
Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
12681(a)(4)(F)), which, notwithstanding section 
198P(d)(1)(B) 
of 
that 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
12653p(d)(1)(B)), shall be for grants awarded by 
the Corporation for National and Community Serv-
ice on a competitive basis. 
(4) AMERICORPS VISTA.—$80,000,000 shall be 
used for the purposes described in section 101 of the 
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
4951), including to increase the living allowances of 
volunteers, described in section 105(b) of the Do-
mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 
4955(b)). 
(5) NATIONAL
SENIOR
SERVICE
CORPS.— 
$30,000,000 shall be used for the purposes de-
scribed in section 200 of the Domestic Volunteer 
Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5000). 
(6) 
ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.—$73,000,000 
shall be used for the Corporation for National and 
Community Service for administrative expenses to
carry out programs and activities funded by sub-
section (a). 
(7) 
OFFICE
OF
INSPECTOR
GENERAL.— 
$9,000,000 shall be used for the Office of Inspector 
General of the Corporation for National and Com-
munity Service for salaries and expenses necessary 
for oversight and audit of programs and activities 
funded by subsection (a). 
(c) NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise made available, there is appropriated 
for fiscal year 2021, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, $148,000,000, to remain 
available until expended, for administration of the Na-
tional Service Trust, and for payment to the Trust for 
the provision of educational awards pursuant to section 
145(a)(1)(A) of the National and Community Service Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601(a)(1)(A)). 
Subtitle D—Child Nutrition & 
Related Programs 
SEC. 2301. IMPROVEMENTS TO WIC BENEFITS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘applica-
ble period’’ means a period— 
(A) beginning after the date of enactment 
of this Act, as selected by a State agency; and
(B) ending not later than the earlier of— 
(i) 4 months after the date described 
in subparagraph (A); or 
(ii) September 30, 2021. 
(2) CASH-VALUE VOUCHER.—The term ‘‘cash- 
value voucher’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 246.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations 
(as in effect on the date of the enactment of this 
Act). 
(3) PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘program’’ means 
the special supplemental nutrition program for 
women, infants, and children established by section 
17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786). 
(4) QUALIFIED
FOOD
PACKAGE.—The term 
‘‘qualified food package’’ means each of the fol-
lowing food packages (as defined in section 
246.10(e) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as 
in effect on the date of the enactment of this Act)): 
(A) Food Package IV–Children 1 through 
4 years. 
(B) Food Package V–Pregnant and par-
tially (mostly) breastfeeding women. 
(C) Food Package VI–Postpartum women.
(D) 
Food 
Package 
VII–Fully 
breastfeeding. 
(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(6) STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘State agency’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 17(b) of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(b)). 
(b) AUTHORITY TO INCREASE AMOUNT OF CASH- 
VALUE VOUCHER.—During the public health emergency 
declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19), and in response 
to challenges relating to that public health emergency, the 
Secretary may, in carrying out the program, increase the 
amount of a cash-value voucher under a qualified food 
package to an amount that is less than or equal to $35. 
(c) APPLICATION OF INCREASED AMOUNT OF CASH- 
VALUE VOUCHER TO STATE AGENCIES.— 
(1) NOTIFICATION.—An increase to the amount 
of a cash-value voucher under subsection (b) shall 
apply to any State agency that notifies the Secretary 
of—
(A) the intent to use that increased 
amount, without further application; and 
(B) the applicable period selected by the 
State agency during which that increased 
amount shall apply. 
(2) USE
OF
INCREASED
AMOUNT.—A State 
agency that makes a notification to the Secretary 
under paragraph (1) shall use the increased amount 
described in that paragraph— 
(A) during the applicable period described 
in that notification; and 
(B) only during a single applicable period. 
(d) SUNSET.—The authority of the Secretary under 
subsection (b), and the authority of a State agency to in-
crease the amount of a cash-value voucher under sub-
section (c), shall terminate on September 30, 2021. 
(e) FUNDING.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
made available, there is appropriated to the Secretary, out 
of funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$490,000,000 to carry out this section, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022. 
SEC. 2302. WIC PROGRAM MODERNIZATION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there are 
appropriated to the Secretary of Agriculture, out of 
amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,
$390,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain available 
until September 30, 2024, to carry out outreach, innova-
tion, and program modernization efforts, including appro-
priate waivers and flexibility, to increase participation in 
and redemption of benefits under programs established 
under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (7 
U.S.C. 1431), except that such waivers may not relate to 
the content of the WIC Food Packages (as defined in sec-
tion 246.10(e) of title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as 
in effect on the date of enactment of this Act)), or the 
nondiscrimination requirements under section 246.8 of 
title 7, Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on the 
date of enactment of this Act). 
SEC. 2303. MEALS AND SUPPLEMENTS REIMBURSEMENTS 
FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NOT ATTAINED 
THE AGE OF 25. 
(a) PROGRAM FOR AT-RISK SCHOOL CHILDREN.— 
Beginning on the date of enactment of this section, not-
withstanding paragraph (1)(A) of section 17(r) of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1766(r)), during the COVID–19 public health emergency 
declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), the Secretary shall reimburse insti-
tutions that are emergency shelters under such section
17(r) (42 U.S.C. 1766(r)) for meals and supplements 
served to individuals who, at the time of such service— 
(1) have not attained the age of 25; and 
(2) are receiving assistance, including non-resi-
dential assistance, from such emergency shelter. 
(b) PARTICIPATION BY EMERGENCY SHELTERS.— 
Beginning on the date of enactment of this section, not-
withstanding paragraph (5)(A) of section 17(t) of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1766(t)), during the COVID–19 public health emergency 
declared under section 319 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), the Secretary shall reimburse emer-
gency shelters under such section 17(t) (42 U.S.C. 
1766(t)) for meals and supplements served to individuals 
who, at the time of such service have not attained the age 
of 25. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EMERGENCY SHELTER.—The term ‘‘emer-
gency shelter’’ has the meaning given the term 
under section 17(t)(1) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(t)(1)). 
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture.
SEC. 2304. PANDEMIC EBT PROGRAM. 
Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Re-
sponse Act (7 U.S.C. 2011 note; Public Law 116–127) 
is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘During fiscal years 2020 
and 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘In any school year in 
which there is a public health emergency des-
ignation’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or in a covered summer 
period following a school session’’ after ‘‘in ses-
sion’’; 
(2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘During fiscal 
year 2020, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(3) in subsection (h)(1)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘either’’ after ‘‘at least 1 
child enrolled in such a covered child care facil-
ity and’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or a Department of Agri-
culture grant-funded nutrition assistance pro-
gram in the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, or American 
Samoa’’ before ‘‘shall be eligible to receive as-
sistance’’; 
(4) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as 
subsections (j) and (k), respectively;
(5) by inserting after subsection (h) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) EMERGENCIES DURING SUMMER.—The Sec-
retary of Agriculture may permit a State agency to extend 
a State agency plan approved under subsection (b) for not 
more than 90 days for the purpose of operating the plan 
during a covered summer period, during which time 
schools participating in the school lunch program under 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act or the 
school breakfast program under section 4 of the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) and covered child 
care facilities shall be deemed closed for purposes of this 
section.’’; 
(6) in subsection (j) (as so redesignated)— 
(A) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(2) 
through (6) as paragraphs (3) through (7), re-
spectively; 
(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 
following: 
‘‘(2) COVERED
SUMMER
PERIOD.—The term 
‘covered summer period’ means a summer period 
that follows a school year during which there was a 
public health emergency designation.’’; and
(C) in paragraph (5) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘or another coronavirus with pan-
demic potential’’; and 
(7) in subsection (k) (as so redesignated), by 
inserting ‘‘Federal agencies,’’ before ‘‘State agen-
cies’’. 
Subtitle E—COBRA Continuation 
Coverage 
SEC. 2401. PRESERVING HEALTH BENEFITS FOR WORKERS. 
(a) PREMIUM ASSISTANCE
FOR COBRA CONTINU-
ATION COVERAGE FOR INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMI-
LIES.— 
(1) PROVISION OF PREMIUM ASSISTANCE.— 
(A) 
REDUCTION
OF
PREMIUMS
PAY-
ABLE.—In the case of any premium for a pe-
riod of coverage during the period beginning on 
the first day of the first month beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and end-
ing on September 30, 2021, for COBRA con-
tinuation coverage with respect to any assist-
ance eligible individual described in paragraph 
(3), such individual shall be treated for pur-
poses of any COBRA continuation provision as 
having paid the amount of such premium if 
such individual pays (or any person other than
such individual’s employer pays on behalf of 
such individual) 15 percent of the amount of 
such premium. 
(B) PLAN ENROLLMENT OPTION.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
the COBRA continuation provisions, any 
assistance eligible individual who is en-
rolled in a group health plan offered by a 
plan sponsor may, not later than 90 days 
after the date of notice of the plan enroll-
ment option described in this subpara-
graph, elect to enroll in coverage under a 
plan offered by such plan sponsor that is 
different than coverage under the plan in 
which such individual was enrolled at the 
time, in the case of any assistance eligible 
individual described in paragraph (3), the 
qualifying event specified in section 603(2) 
of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974, section 4980B(f)(3)(B) 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or 
section 2203(2) of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act, except for the voluntary termi-
nation of such individual’s employment by 
such individual, occurred, and such cov-