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tivity, to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That no such funds shall be obligated before the operating 
plans are provided to the Committees: Provided further, 
That such plans shall be updated, including obligations to 
date, and submitted to the Committees on Appropriations 
every 60 days until all such funds are expended. 
TITLE VII 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ-
ment Services’’, $50,000,000, for the dislocated workers 
assistance national reserve for necessary expenses directly 
related to the consequences of Hurricanes Florence and 
Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, or the 
California wildfires occurring in calendar year 2018, to re-
main available through September 30, 2020: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Labor may transfer up to 
$1,000,000 of such funds to any other Department of 
Labor account for reconstruction and recovery needs, in-
cluding worker protection activities: Provided further, That 
these sums may be used to replace grant funds previously 
obligated to the impacted areas: Provided further, That of 
the amount provided, up to $500,000, to remain available 
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until expended, shall be transferred to ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’ for oversight of activities responding to such con-
sequences: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Surveillance 
and Program Support’’, $30,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2019, for grants, contracts and coop-
erative agreements for behavioral health treatment, crisis 
counseling, and other related helplines, and for other simi-
lar programs to provide support to individuals impacted 
by Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, 
Super Typhoon Yutu, and the California wildfires occur-
ring in 2018 in those areas for which a major disaster 
or emergency has been declared under section 401 or 501 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191): Provided, 
That obligations incurred for the purposes provided herein 
prior to the date of enactment of this Act may be charged 
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to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Social Services Block 
Grant’’, $250,000,000, which shall remain available 
through September 30, 2020, for necessary expenses di-
rectly related to the consequences of Hurricanes Florence 
and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, Super Typhoon Yutu, 
and the California wildfires in 2018 in those areas for 
which a major disaster or emergency has been declared 
under section 401 or 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170 and 5191): Provided, That notwithstanding section 
2002 of the Social Security Act, the distribution of such 
amount shall be limited to States directly affected by these 
events: Provided further, That the time limits in section 
2002(c) of the Social Security Act shall not apply to funds 
appropriated in this paragraph that are used for renova-
tion, repair or construction: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated in this paragraph are in addition to the enti-
tlement grants authorized by section 2002(a)(1) of the So-
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cial Security Act and shall not be available for such enti-
tlement grants: Provided further, That in addition to other 
uses permitted by title XX of the Social Security Act, 
funds appropriated in this paragraph may be used for 
health services (including mental health services), and for 
costs of renovating, repairing, and construction of health 
care facilities (including mental health facilities), child 
care centers, and other social services facilities: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided, up to $1,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, shall be transferred to 
‘‘Office of the Secretary—Office of Inspector General’’ for 
oversight of activities responding to such hurricanes, ty-
phoons, and wildfires: Provided further, That funds appro-
priated in this paragraph shall not be available for costs 
that are reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, under a contract for insurance, or by self- 
insurance: Provided further, That obligations incurred for 
the purposes provided herein prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act may be charged to funds appropriated 
under this heading: Provided further, That up to 
$3,000,000 may be used to supplement amounts available 
for the necessary expenses of administering subtitle A of 
title XX of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families 
Services Programs’’, $60,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, for Head Start programs, in-
cluding making payments under the Head Start Act, for 
necessary expenses directly related to the consequences of 
Hurricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, 
Super Typhoon Yutu, and the California wildfires in 2018 
in those areas for which a major disaster or emergency 
has been declared under section 401 or 501 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191): Provided, That none of the 
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be included in 
the calculation of the ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal 
years, as such term is defined in sections 640(a)(7)(A), 
641A(h)(1)(B), or 645(d)(3) of the Head Start Act: Pro-
vided further, That funds appropriated in this paragraph 
are not subject to the allocation requirements of section 
640(a) of the Head Start Act: Provided further, That 
funds appropriated in this paragraph shall not be available 
for costs that are reimbursed by the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency, under a contract for insurance, or 
by self-insurance: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 
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shall be available for Federal administrative expenses: 
Provided further, That obligations incurred for the pur-
poses provided herein prior to the date of enactment of 
this Act may be charged to funds appropriated under this 
heading: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
EDUCATION RECOVERY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Education Recovery’’ 
for necessary expenses related to the consequences of Hur-
ricanes Florence and Michael, Typhoon Mangkhut, Super 
Typhoon Yutu, the California wildfires in 2018, the No-
vember 2018 Anchorage Earthquake or the volcanic erup-
tion and earthquakes in Hawaii in 2018 in those areas 
for which a major disaster or emergency has been declared 
under section 401 or 501 of the Robert T. Stafford Dis-
aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170 and 5191) (referred to under this heading as a ‘‘cov-
ered disaster or emergency’’), $165,000,000, to remain 
available through September 30, 2019: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such 
assistance may be provided through any of the programs 
authorized under this heading in division B of title VIII 
of Public Law 115–123 (as amended by Public Law 115– 
141), as determined by the Secretary of Education, and 
subject to the terms and conditions that applied to those 
programs, except that references to dates and school years 
in Public Law 115–123 shall be deemed to be the cor-
responding dates and school years for the covered disaster 
or emergency: Provided further, That the Secretary of 
Education may determine the amounts to be used for each 
such program and shall notify the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
of these amounts not later than 7 days prior to obligation: 
Provided further, $2,000,000 of the funds made available 
under this heading, to remain available until expended, 
shall be transferred to the Office of the Inspector General 
of the Department of Education for oversight of activities 
supported with funds appropriated under this heading, 
and up to $1,000,000 of the funds made available under 
this heading shall be for program administration. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 701. (a) Section 1108(g)(5) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(g)(5)) is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and (E)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(E), and (F)’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), in the matter pre-
ceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘and (E)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and (F)’’; 
(3) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as sub-
paragraph (F); 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (D), the 
following: 
‘‘(E) Subject to subparagraph (F), for the 
period beginning January 1, 2019, and ending 
September 30, 2019, the amount of the in-
crease otherwise provided under subparagraph 
(A) for the Northern Mariana Islands shall be 
further increased by $20,000,000 (increased by 
$16,000,000).’’; and 
(5) in subparagraph (F) (as redesignated by 
paragraph (3) of this section)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘title XIX, during’’and in-
serting ‘‘title XIX— 
‘‘(i) during’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and (D)’’ and inserting ‘‘, 
(D), and (E)’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘and the Virgin Islands’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘, the Vir-
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gin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Is-
lands’’; 
(D) by striking the period at the end and 
inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) for the period beginning January 
1, 2019, and ending September 30, 2019, 
with respect to payments to Guam and 
American Samoa from the additional funds 
provided under subparagraph (A), the Sec-
retary shall increase the Federal medical 
assistance percentage or other rate that 
would otherwise apply to such payments to 
100 percent.’’. 
(b) The amounts provided by the amendments made 
by subsection (a) are designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 702. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Secretaries of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education shall provide a de-
tailed spend plan of anticipated uses of funds made avail-
able in this title, including estimated personnel and admin-
istrative costs, to the Committees on Appropriations: Pro-
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vided, That such plans shall be updated and submitted 
to the Committees on Appropriations every 60 days until 
all funds are expended or expire. 
SEC. 703. The second proviso under the heading 
‘‘Hurricane Education Recovery’’ under the heading ‘‘De-
partment of Education’’ under title VIII of subdivision 1 
of division B of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public 
Law 115–123; 132 Stat. 95) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(K) assistance provided to an eligible en-
tity under this heading, including assistance 
provided to an eligible entity before the date of 
enactment of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2019, may be used by the eligible entity 
for a purpose described in section 406 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster and Relief Emer-
gency Act (42 U.S.C. 5172), notwithstanding 
section 102(e)(3) of title IV of division B of 
Public Law 109–148 (119 Stat. 2794), if the 
eligible entity will receive funds for that pur-
pose under such section 406; and 
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