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plications under this section from eligible 
entities described in subsection (b)(1)(D) 
that meet the criteria and conditions de-
scribed in the previous sentence, the Sec-
retary, in consultation with Indian Tribes, 
may make additional awards under this 
section to such entities. 
‘‘(ii) MINIMUM
AMOUNT.—In deter-
mining the minimum amount of an award 
pursuant to clause (i), the Secretary, in 
consultation with Indian Tribes, shall first 
determine an amount the Secretary con-
siders appropriate for the eligible entity. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABLE
UNTIL
EXPENDED.— 
Amounts provided to a Tribal eligible entity 
under a cooperative agreement under this sec-
tion for a fiscal year and remaining unobligated 
at the end of such year shall remain available 
to such entity during the entirety of the per-
formance period, for the purposes for which 
said funds were provided. 
‘‘(C) NO MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—Sub-
paragraphs (B), (C), and (D) of paragraph (1) 
shall not apply with respect to cooperative 
agreements awarded under this section to eligi-
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ble entities described in subsection (b)(1)(D).’’; 
and 
(6) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) SPECIAL RULES RELATED TO TRIBAL ELIGIBLE 
ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(1) MODIFICATIONS.—After consultation with 
Indian Tribes, the Secretary may make necessary 
and appropriate modifications to the program under 
this section to facilitate the use of the cooperative 
agreement program by eligible entities described in 
subsection (b)(1)(D). 
‘‘(2) WAIVERS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), the Secretary may waive or 
specify alternative requirements for any provi-
sion of this section (including regulations) that 
the Secretary administers in connection with 
this section if the Secretary finds that the waiv-
er or alternative requirement is necessary for 
the effective delivery and administration of this 
program with respect to eligible entities de-
scribed in subsection (b)(1)(D). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary may not 
waive or specify alternative requirements under 
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subparagraph (A) relating to labor standards or 
the environment. 
‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary shall con-
sult with Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations on 
the design of this program with respect to such 
Tribes and organizations to ensure the effectiveness 
of the program in enhancing the security of Indian 
Tribes with respect to public health emergencies. 
‘‘(4) REPORTING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 
after the date of enactment of this subsection, 
and as an addendum to the biennial evaluations 
required under subsection (k), the Secretary, in 
coordination with the Director of the Indian 
Health Service, shall— 
‘‘(i) conduct a review of the implemen-
tation of this section with respect to eligi-
ble 
entities 
described 
in 
subsection 
(b)(1)(D), including any factors that may 
have limited its success; and 
‘‘(ii) submit a report describing the 
results of the review described in clause (i) 
to— 
‘‘(I) the Committee on Indian Af-
fairs, the Committee on Health, Edu-
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cation, Labor and Pensions, and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate; and 
‘‘(II) the Subcommittee for In-
digenous Peoples of the United States 
of the Committee on Natural Re-
sources, the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce, and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
‘‘(B) 
ANALYSIS
OF
TRIBAL
PUBLIC 
HEALTH
EMERGENCY
INFRASTRUCTURE
LIMI-
TATION.—The Secretary shall include in the 
initial report submitted under subparagraph (A) 
a description of any public health emergency in-
frastructure limitation encountered by eligible 
entities described in subsection (b)(1)(D).’’. 
SEC. 642. PROVISION OF ITEMS TO INDIAN PROGRAMS AND 
FACILITIES. 
(a) STRATEGIC
NATIONAL
STOCKPILE.—Section 
319F–2(a)(3)(G) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d–6b(a)(3)(G)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and, 
in the case that the Secretary deploys the stockpile under 
this subparagraph, ensure, in coordination with the appli-
cable States and programs and facilities, that appropriate 
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drugs, vaccines and other biological products, medical de-
vices, and other supplies are deployed by the Secretary di-
rectly to health programs or facilities operated by the In-
dian Health Service, an Indian Tribe, a Tribal organiza-
tion (as those terms are defined in section 4 of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 5304)), or an inter-Tribal consortium (as defined 
in section 501 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5381)) or through an 
urban Indian organization (as defined in section 4 of the 
Indian Health Care Improvement Act), while avoiding du-
plicative distributions to such programs or facilities’’ be-
fore the semicolon. 
(b) DISTRIBUTION OF QUALIFIED PANDEMIC OR EPI-
DEMIC PRODUCTS TO IHS FACILITIES.—Title III of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.) is 
amended by inserting after section 319F–4 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 319F–5. DISTRIBUTION OF QUALIFIED PANDEMIC OR 
EPIDEMIC PRODUCTS TO INDIAN PROGRAMS 
AND FACILITIES. 
‘‘In the case that the Secretary distributes qualified 
pandemic or epidemic products (as defined in section 
319F–3(i)(7)) to States or other entities, the Secretary 
shall ensure, in coordination with the applicable States 
and programs and facilities, that, as appropriate, such 
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products are distributed directly to health programs or fa-
cilities operated by the Indian Health Service, an Indian 
Tribe, a Tribal organization (as those terms are defined 
in section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)), or an inter-Trib-
al consortium (as defined in section 501 of the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
U.S.C. 5381)) or through an urban Indian organization 
(as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care Im-
provement Act), while avoiding duplicative distributions to 
such programs or facilities.’’. 
SEC. 643. HEALTH CARE ACCESS FOR URBAN NATIVE VET-
ERANS. 
Section 405 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1645) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘urban In-
dian organizations,’’ before ‘‘and tribal organiza-
tions’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘urban Indian organiza-
tion,’’ before ‘‘or tribal organization’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘an urban Indian organi-
zation,’’ before ‘‘or a tribal organization’’. 
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SEC. 644. TRIBAL SCHOOL FEDERAL INSURANCE PARITY. 
Section 409 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1647b) is amended by inserting ‘‘or the 
Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 
et seq.)’’ after ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.)’’. 
SEC. 645. PRC FOR NATIVE VETERANS. 
Section 405(c) of the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1645) is amended by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, regardless of wheth-
er such services are provided directly by the Service, an 
Indian tribe, or tribal organization, through contract 
health services, or through a contract for travel described 
in section 213(b)’’. 
Subtitle D—Public Health 
Assistance to Essential Workers 
SEC. 651. CONTAINMENT AND MITIGATION FOR ESSENTIAL 
WORKERS PROGRAM. 
(a) PROGRAM.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion and in consultation with the Director of the National 
Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, shall estab-
lish a COVID–19 containment and mitigation for essential 
workers program consisting of awarding grants under sub-
section (b). 
(b) GRANTS.—For the purpose of improving essential 
worker safety, the Secretary— 
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(1) shall award a grant to each State health de-
partment; and 
(2) may award grants on a competitive basis to 
State, local, Tribal, or territorial health depart-
ments. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—A State, local, Tribal, or terri-
torial health department receiving a grant under sub-
section (b) shall use the grant funds— 
(1) to purchase or procure personal protective 
equipment and rapid testing equipment and supplies 
for distribution to employers of essential workers, in-
cluding public employers; or 
(2) to support the implementation of other 
workplace safety measures for use in containment 
and mitigation of COVID–19 transmission among 
essential workers in their workplaces, including 
workplaces of public employers. 
(d) FORMULA GRANTS TO STATE HEALTH DEPART-
MENTS.—In making grants under subsection (b)(1), the 
Secretary shall award funds to each State health depart-
ment in accordance with a formula based on overall popu-
lation size, essential workers population size, and burden 
of COVID–19. 
(e) COMPETITIVE GRANTS TO STATE, LOCAL, TRIB-
AL, AND
TERRITORIAL
HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS.—In 
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making grants under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall 
give priority to applicants demonstrating a commitment 
to containing and mitigating COVID–19 among racial and 
ethnic minority groups who are disproportionately rep-
resented in essential worker settings. 
(f) NO DUPLICATIVE ASSISTANCE LIMITATION.— 
The Secretary may not provide, and a State, local, Tribal, 
or territorial health department, or employer of essential 
workers may not accept, assistance under this section for 
containment and mitigation of COVID–19 transmission 
among essential workers in their workplaces with respect 
to which— 
(1) the State, local, Tribal, or territorial health 
department, or employer of essential workers re-
ceives assistance from other sources for such pur-
poses; or 
(2) other sources are obligated to provide as-
sistance to such health department or employer for 
such purposes. 
(g) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—In carrying out the 
program under this section, the Secretary shall provide 
technical assistance to State, local, Tribal, or territorial 
health departments. 
(h) REPORT.—No later than 90 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, 
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the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Energy 
and Commerce and the Committee on Education and 
Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 
a report on the activities funded through this section, in-
cluding— 
(1) the amount expended and the awardees 
under subsection (b)(1); 
(2) the amount expended and the awardees 
under subsection (b)(2); 
(3) the total amount remaining of the amounts 
appropriated or otherwise made available to carry 
out this section under subsection (i); and 
(4) evaluating the progress of State, local, Trib-
al, and territorial health departments in reducing 
COVID–19 burden among essential workers. 
(i) CONSULTATION WITH ESSENTIAL EMPLOYERS, 
ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AND EMPLOYEE REPRESENTA-
TIVES OF ESSENTIAL WORKERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In developing the strategy 
and program under subsection (a) and in deter-
mining criteria for distribution of competitive grants 
under this section, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, acting through the Director of the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in 
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consultation with the Director of the National Insti-
tute for Occupational Safety and Health, shall con-
sult in advance with— 
(A) employers of essential workers; 
(B) representatives of essential workers; 
and 
(C) labor organizations representing essen-
tial workers. 
(2) OPTIONAL
ADVANCE
CONSULTATION.—A 
State health department may, before receiving fund-
ing through a grant under this section, consult with 
employers of essential workers, representatives of 
workers, and labor organizations representing essen-
tial workers in determining— 
(A) priorities for the use of such funds; 
and 
(B) the distribution of COVID–19 contain-
ment and mitigation equipment and supplies. 
(j) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘essential worker’’ refers to— 
(A) the ‘‘essential critical infrastructure 
workers’’ identified in the Department of 
Homeland Security’s ‘‘Advisory Memorandum 
on Ensuring Essential Critical Infrastructure 
Workers Ability to Work During the COVID– 
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SEC. 702. VACCINE AND THERAPEUTIC DEVELOPMENT AND 
PROCUREMENT. 
(a) ENHANCING DEVELOPMENT, PROCUREMENT AND 
MANUFACTURING CAPACITY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, as ap-
propriate, award contracts, grants, and cooperative 
agreements, and, where otherwise allowed by law, 
enter into other transactions, for purposes of— 
(A) expanding and enhancing COVID–19 
and SARS–CoV–2 vaccine and therapeutic de-
velopment and research; 
(B) 
procurement 
of 
COVID–19 
and 
SARS–CoV–2 vaccines, therapeutics, and ancil-
lary medical supplies; and 
(C) expanding and enhancing capacity for 
manufacturing vaccines, therapeutics, and ancil-
lary medical supplies to prevent the spread of 
COVID–19 and SARS–CoV–2 and . 
(2) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 
carry out this subsection, there is authorized to be 
appropriated $20,000,000,000 for the period of fis-
cal years 2021 through 2025, to remain available 
until expended. 
(b) REPORT ON VACCINE MANUFACTURING AND AD-
MINISTRATION CAPACITY.—Not later than December 1, 
2020, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on En-
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ergy and Commerce and the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate a report detail-
ing— 
(1) an assessment of the estimated supply of 
vaccines and ancillary medical supplies related to 
vaccine administration necessary to control and stop 
the spread of SARS–CoV–2 and COVID–19, domes-
tically and internationally; 
(2) an assessment of current and future domes-
tic capacity for manufacturing vaccines or vaccine 
candidates to control or stop the spread of SARS– 
CoV–2 and COVID–19 and ancillary medical sup-
plies related to the administration of such vaccines, 
including— 
(A) identification of any gaps in capacity 
for manufacturing; and 
(B) the effects of shifting manufacturing 
resources to address COVID–19; 
(3) activities conducted to expand and enhance 
capacity for manufacturing vaccines, vaccine can-
didates, and ancillary medical supplies to levels suffi-
cient to control and stop the spread of SARS–CoV– 
2 and COVID–19, domestically and internationally, 
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including a list and explanation of all contracts, 
grants, and cooperative agreements awarded, and 
other transactions entered into, for purposes of such 
expansion and enhancement and how such activities 
will help to meet future domestic manufacturing ca-
pacity needs; 
(4) a plan for the ongoing support of enhanced 
capacity for manufacturing vaccines, vaccine can-
didates, and ancillary medical supplies sufficient to 
control and stop the spread of SARS–CoV–2 and 
COVID–19, domestically and internationally; and 
(5) a plan to support the distribution and ad-
ministration of vaccines approved or authorized by 
the Food and Drug Administration to control and 
stop the spread of SARS–CoV–2 and COVID–19, 
domestically and internationally, including Federal 
workforce enhancements necessary to administer 
such vaccines. 
SEC. 703. VACCINE DISTRIBUTION AND ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Preven-
tion, shall— 
(1) conduct activities to enhance, expand, and 
improve nationwide COVID–19 and SARS–CoV–2 
vaccine distribution and administration, including 
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activities related to distribution of ancillary medical 
supplies; and 
(2) award grants or cooperative agreements to 
State, local, Tribal, and territorial public health de-
partments for enhancement of COVID–19 and 
SARS–CoV–2 vaccine distribution and administra-
tion capabilities, including— 
(A) distribution of vaccines approved or 
authorized by the Food and Drug Administra-
tion; 
(B) distribution of ancillary medical sup-
plies; 
(C) workforce enhancements; 
(D) information technology and data en-
hancements, including— 
(i) enhancements for purposes of 
maintaining and tracking real-time infor-
mation related to vaccine distribution and 
administration; and 
(ii) enhancements to improve immuni-
zation information systems, including pa-
tient matching capabilities and the inter-
operability of such systems, that are ad-
ministered by State, local, Tribal, and ter-
ritorial public health departments and used 
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by health care providers and health care 
facilities; and 
(E) facilities enhancements. 
(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than Decem-
ber 31, 2020, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall 
submit a report to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce and the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Health, Edu-
cation, Labor, and Pensions and the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate detailing activities carried out and 
grants and cooperative agreements awarded under this 
section. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To carry 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$7,000,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2021 
through 2025, to remain available until expended. 
SEC. 704. STOPPING THE SPREAD OF COVID–19 AND OTHER 
INFECTIOUS DISEASES THROUGH EVIDENCE- 
BASED VACCINE AWARENESS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Public Health Service Act is 
amended by striking section 313 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
245) and inserting the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 313. PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON THE IMPOR-
TANCE OF VACCINATIONS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through 
the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention and in coordination with other offices and agen-
cies, as appropriate, shall award competitive grants or 
contracts to one or more public or private entities to carry 
out a national, evidence-based campaign for increasing 
rates of vaccination across all ages, as applicable, particu-
larly in communities with low rates of vaccination, to re-
duce and eliminate vaccine-preventable diseases by— 
‘‘(1) increasing awareness and knowledge of the 
safety and effectiveness of vaccines approved or au-
thorized by the Food and Drug Administration for 
the prevention and control of diseases, including 
COVID–19; 
‘‘(2) combating misinformation about vaccines; 
and 
‘‘(3) disseminating scientific and evidence-based 
vaccine-related information. 
‘‘(b) CONSULTATION.—In carrying out the campaign 
under this section, the Secretary shall consult with appro-
priate public health and medical experts, including the Na-
tional Academy of Medicine and medical and public health 
associations and nonprofit organizations, in the develop-
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ment, implementation, and evaluation of the campaign 
under this section. 
‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The campaign under this sec-
tion shall— 
‘‘(1) be a nationwide, evidence-based media and 
public engagement initiative; 
‘‘(2) include the development of resources for 
communities with low rates of vaccination, including 
culturally and linguistically appropriate resources, as 
applicable; 
‘‘(3) include the dissemination of vaccine infor-
mation and communication resources to public 
health departments, health care providers, and 
health care facilities, including such providers and 
facilities that provide prenatal and pediatric care; 
‘‘(4) be complementary to, and coordinated 
with, any other Federal, State, local, or Tribal ef-
forts; 
‘‘(5) assess the effectiveness of communication 
strategies to increase rates of vaccination; and 
‘‘(6) not be used for partisan political purposes, 
or to express advocacy in support of or to defeat any 
clearly identified candidate, clearly identified ballot 
initiative, or clearly identified legislative or regu-
latory proposal. 
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‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES.—The campaign under 
this section may— 
‘‘(1) include the use of television, radio, the 
internet, and other media and telecommunications 
technologies; 
‘‘(2) include the use of in-person activities; 
‘‘(3) be focused and directed to address specific 
needs of communities and populations with low rates 
of vaccination; and 
‘‘(4) include the dissemination of scientific and 
evidence-based vaccine-related information, such 
as— 
‘‘(A) advancements in evidence-based re-
search related to diseases that may be pre-
vented by vaccines and vaccine development; 
‘‘(B) information on vaccinations for indi-
viduals and communities, including individuals 
for whom vaccines are not recommended by the 
Advisory Committee for Immunization Prac-
tices, and the effects of low vaccination rates 
within a community on such individuals; 
‘‘(C) information on diseases that may be 
prevented by vaccines; and 
‘‘(D) information on vaccine safety and the 
systems in place to monitor vaccine safety. 
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‘‘(e) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) establish benchmarks and metrics to quan-
titatively measure and evaluate the campaign under 
this section; 
‘‘(2) conduct qualitative assessments regarding 
the campaign under this section; and 
‘‘(3) prepare and submit to the Committee on 
Energy and Commerce of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate an evaluation of 
the campaign under this section. 
‘‘(f) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds made 
available to carry out this section shall be used to supple-
ment and not supplant other Federal, State, local, and 
Tribal public funds provided for activities described in this 
section. 
‘‘(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$200,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2021 through 
2025.’’. 
(b) GRANTS TO ADDRESS VACCINE-PREVENTABLE 
DISEASES.—Section 317 of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 247b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (k)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
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(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(E) planning, implementation, and evaluation 
of activities to address vaccine-preventable diseases, 
including activities— 
‘‘(i) to identify communities at high risk of 
outbreaks related to vaccine-preventable dis-
eases, including through improved data collec-
tion and analysis; 
‘‘(ii) to pilot innovative approaches to im-
prove vaccination rates in communities and 
among populations with low rates of vaccina-
tion; 
‘‘(iii) to reduce barriers to accessing vac-
cines and evidence-based information about the 
health effects of vaccines; 
‘‘(iv) to partner with community organiza-
tions and health care providers to develop and 
deliver evidence-based, culturally and linguis-
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tically appropriate interventions to increase vac-
cination rates; 
‘‘(v) to improve delivery of evidence-based 
vaccine-related information to parents and oth-
ers; and 
‘‘(vi) to improve the ability of State, local, 
Tribal, and territorial public health depart-
ments to engage communities at high risk for 
outbreaks related to vaccine-preventable dis-
eases, including, as appropriate, with local edu-
cational agencies (as defined in section 8101 of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965); and 
‘‘(F) research related to strategies for improv-
ing awareness of scientific and evidence-based vac-
cine-related information, including for communities 
with low rates of vaccination, in order to understand 
barriers to vaccination, improve vaccination rates, 
and assess the public health outcomes of such strate-
gies.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) In addition to amounts authorized to be appro-
priated by subsection (j) to carry out this subsection, there 
is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this sub-
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section $750,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 2021 
through 2025.’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) VACCINATION DATA.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting 
through the Director of the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, shall expand and enhance, 
and, as appropriate, establish and improve, pro-
grams and conduct activities to collect, monitor, and 
analyze vaccination coverage data to assess levels of 
protection from vaccine-preventable diseases includ-
ing COVID–19, including by— 
‘‘(A) assessing factors contributing to un-
derutilization of vaccines and variations of such 
factors; and 
‘‘(B) identifying communities at high risk 
of outbreaks associated with vaccine-preventable 
diseases. 
‘‘(2) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this section $50,000,000 for the period of fiscal 
years 2021 through 2025.’’. 
(c) 
SUPPLEMENTAL
GRANT
FUNDS.—Section 
330(d)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
254b(d)(1)) is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) improving access to recommended 
immunizations.’’. 
(d) UPDATE OF 2015 NVAC REPORT.—The National 
Vaccine Advisory Committee established under section 
2105 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300aa– 
5) shall, as appropriate, update the report entitled, ‘‘As-
sessing the State of Vaccine Confidence in the United 
States: Recommendations from the National Vaccine Advi-
sory Committee’’, approved by the National Vaccine Advi-
sory Committee on June 10, 2015, with respect to factors 
affecting childhood vaccination. 
TITLE VIII—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 801. NON-DISCRIMINATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of 
a covered law (or an amendment made in any such provi-
sion), no person otherwise eligible shall be excluded from 
participation in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to dis-
crimination in the administration of, programs and serv-
ices receiving funding under a covered law (or an amend-
ment made by a provision of such a covered law), based 
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on any factor that is not merit-based, such as age, dis-
ability, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, 
and pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical condi-
tions), race, color, national origin, immigration status, or 
religion. 
(b) COVERED LAW DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘covered law’’ includes— 
(1) this Act (other than this section); 
(2) title I of division B of the Paycheck Protec-
tion Program and Healthcare Enhancement Act 
(Public Law 116–139); 
(3) subtitles A, D, and E of title III of the 
CARES Act (Public Law 116–136); 
(4) division F of the Families First Coronavirus 
Relief Act (Public Law 116–127); and 
(5) division B of the Coronavirus Preparedness 
and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
2020 (Public Law 116–123). 
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DIVISION L—VETERANS AND 
SERVICEMEMBERS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. INCREASE OF AMOUNT OF CERTAIN DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PAYMENTS 
DURING EMERGENCY PERIOD RESULTING 
FROM COVID–19 PANDEMIC. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the covered period, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall apply each of the fol-
lowing provisions of title 38, United States Code, by sub-
stituting for each of the dollar amounts in such provision 
the amount equal to 125 percent of the dollar amount that 
was in effect under such provision on the date of the en-
actment of this Act: 
(1) Subsections (l), (m), (r), and (t) of section 
1114. 
(2) Paragraph (1)(E) of section 1115. 
(3) Subsection (c) of section 1311. 
(4) Subsection (g) of section 1315. 
(5) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d) of 
section 1521. 
(6) Paragraphs (2) and (4) of subsection (f) of 
section 1521. 
(b) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS.—Any amount payable 
to an individual under subsection (a) in excess of the 
amount otherwise in effect shall be in addition to any 
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other benefit or any other amount payable to that indi-
vidual under any provision of law referred to in subsection 
(a) or any other provision of law administered by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs. 
(c) COVERED PERIOD.—In this section, the covered 
period is the period that begins on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and ends 60 days after the last day of 
the emergency period (as defined in section 1135(g)(1) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1))) result-
ing from the COVID–19 pandemic. 
SEC. 102. PROHIBITION ON COPAYMENTS AND COST SHAR-
ING FOR VETERANS RECEIVING PREVENTIVE 
SERVICES RELATING TO COVID–19. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs may not require any copayment or other cost sharing 
under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for 
qualifying coronavirus preventive services. The require-
ment described in this subsection shall take effect with 
respect to a qualifying coronavirus preventive service on 
the specified date. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘quali-
fying coronavirus preventive service’’ and ‘‘specified date’’ 
have the meaning given those terms in section 3203 of 
the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136). 
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SEC. 103. EMERGENCY TREATMENT FOR VETERANS DUR-
ING COVID–19 EMERGENCY PERIOD. 
(a) 
EMERGENCY
TREATMENT.—Notwithstanding 
section 1725 or 1728 of title 38, United States Code, or 
any other provision of law administered by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs pertaining to furnishing emergency 
treatment to veterans at non-Department facilities, during 
the period of a covered public health emergency, the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall furnish to an eligible vet-
eran emergency treatment at a non-Department facility in 
accordance with this section. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION NOT REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary may not require an eligible veteran to seek author-
ization by the Secretary for emergency treatment fur-
nished to the veteran pursuant to subsection (a). 
(c) PAYMENT RATES.— 
(1) DETERMINATION.—The rate paid for emer-
gency treatment furnished to eligible veterans pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall be equal to the rate paid 
by the United States to a provider of services (as de-
fined in section 1861(u) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(u))) or a supplier (as defined in 
section 1861(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(d))) 
under the Medicare program under title XI or title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et 
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seq.), including section 1834 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m), for the same treatment. 
(2) FINALITY.—A payment in the amount pay-
able under paragraph (1) for emergency treatment 
furnished to an eligible veteran pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be considered payment in full and 
shall extinguish the veteran’s liability to the provider 
of such treatment, unless the provider rejects the 
payment and refunds to the United States such 
amount by not later than 30 days after receiving the 
payment. 
(d) CLAIMS PROCESSED BY THIRD PARTY ADMINIS-
TRATORS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall seek to award a contract to one or more 
entities, or to modify an existing contract, to process 
claims for payment for emergency treatment fur-
nished to eligible veterans pursuant to subsection 
(a). 
(2) PROMPT
PAYMENT
STANDARD.—Section 
1703D of title 38, United States Code, shall apply 
with respect to claims for payment for emergency 
treatment furnished to eligible veterans pursuant to 
subsection (a). 
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(e) PRIMARY PAYER.—The Secretary shall be the pri-
mary payer with respect to emergency treatment furnished 
to eligible veterans pursuant to subsection (a), and with 
respect to the transportation of a veteran by ambulance. 
In any case in which an eligible veteran is furnished such 
emergency treatment for a non-service-connected disability 
described in subsection (a)(2) of section 1729 of title 38, 
United States Code, the Secretary shall recover or collect 
reasonable charges for such treatment from a health plan 
contract described in such section 1729 in accordance with 
such section. 
(f) APPLICATION.—This section shall apply to emer-
gency treatment furnished to eligible veterans during the 
period of a covered public health emergency, regardless of 
whether treatment was furnished before the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered public health emer-
gency’’ means the declaration— 
(A) of a public health emergency, based on 
an outbreak of COVID–19 by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under section 319 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d); or 
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(B) of a domestic emergency, based on an 
outbreak of COVID–19 by the President, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, or a State or 
local authority. 
(2) The term ‘‘eligible veteran’’ means a vet-
eran enrolled in the health care system established 
under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘emergency treatment’’ means 
medical care or services rendered in a medical emer-
gency of such nature that a prudent layperson rea-
sonably expects that delay in seeking immediate 
medical attention would be hazardous to life or 
health. 
(4) The term ‘‘non-Department facility’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 1701 of title 
38, United States Code. 
SEC. 104. HUD–VASH PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall take such actions with respect to the supported hous-
ing program carried out under section 8(o)(19) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(19)) in conjunction with the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs (commonly referred to as ‘‘HUD–VASH’’), 
and shall require public housing agencies administering 
assistance under such program to take such actions, as 
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may be appropriate to facilitate the issuance and utiliza-
tion of vouchers for rental assistance under such program 
during the period of the covered public health emergency 
(as such term is defined in section 1 of this Act), including 
the following actions: 
(1) Establishing mechanisms and procedures 
providing for referral and application documents 
used under such program to be received by fax, elec-
tronic mail, drop box, or other means not requiring 
in-person contact. 
(2) Establishing mechanisms and procedures 
for processing applications for participation in such 
program that do not require identification or 
verification of identity by social security number or 
photo ID in cases in which closure of governmental 
offices prevents confirmation or verification of iden-
tity by such means. 
(3) Providing for waiver of requirements to con-
duct housing quality standard inspections with re-
spect to dwelling units for which rental assistance is 
provided under such program. 
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SEC. 105. DEFERRAL OF CERTAIN DEBTS ARISING FROM 
BENEFITS UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY 
THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the covered period, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not— 
(1) take any action to collect a covered debt (in-
cluding the offset of any payment by the Secretary); 
(2) record a covered debt; 
(3) issue notice of a covered debt to a person 
or a consumer reporting agency; 
(4) allow any interest to accrue on a covered 
debt; or 
(5) apply any administrative fee to a covered 
debt. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
the Secretary may collect a payment regarding a covered 
debt (including interest or any administrative fee) from 
a person (or the fiduciary of that person) who elects to 
make such a payment during the covered period. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘consumer reporting agency’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 5701 of title 
38, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered debt’’ means a debt— 
(A) owed by a person (including a fidu-
ciary) to the United States; 
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(B) arising from a benefit under a covered 
law; and 
(C) that is not subject to recovery under— 
(i) section 3729 of title 31, United 
States Code; 
(ii) section 1729 of title 38, United 
States Code; or 
(iii) Public Law 87–693 (42 U.S.C. 
2651). 
(3) The term ‘‘covered law’’ means any law ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
through— 
(A) the Under Secretary for Health; or 
(B) the Under Secretary for Benefits. 
(4) The term ‘‘covered period’’ means— 
(A) the COVID–19 emergency period; and 
(B) the 60 days immediately following the 
date of the end of the COVID–19 emergency 
period. 
(5) The term ‘‘COVID–19 emergency period’’ 
means the emergency period described in section 
1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320b-5(g)(1)(B)). 
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SEC. 106. TOLLING OF DEADLINES RELATING TO CLAIMS 
FOR 
BENEFITS 
ADMINISTERED 
BY 
SEC-
RETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) REQUIRED TOLLING.—With respect to claims 
and appeals made by a claimant, the covered period shall 
be excluded in computing the following: 
(1) In cases where an individual expresses an 
intent to file a claim, the period in which the indi-
vidual is required to file the claim in order to have 
the effective date of the claim be determined based 
on the date of such intent, as described in section 
3.155(b)(1) of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(2) The period in which the claimant is re-
quired to take an action pursuant to section 5104C 
of title 38, United States Code. 
(3) The period in which the claimant is re-
quired to appeal a change in service-connected or 
employability status or change in physical condition 
described in section 5112(b)(6) of such title. 
(4) The period in which an individual is re-
quired to file a notice of appeal under section 7266 
of such title. 
(5) Any other period in which a claimant or 
beneficiary is required to act with respect to filing, 
perfecting, or appealing a claim, as determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. 
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(b) USE OF POSTMARK DATES.—With respect to 
claims filed using nonelectronic means and appeals made 
during the covered period, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, as 
the case may be, shall administer the provisions of title 
38, United States Code, as follows: 
(1) In section 5110— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by substituting 
‘‘the earlier of the date of receipt of appli-
cation therefor and the date of the post-
mark or other official proof of mailing date 
of the application therefor’’ for ‘‘the date 
of receipt of application therefor’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by substituting 
‘‘the earlier of the date of receipt of the 
supplemental claim and the date of the 
postmark or other official proof of mailing 
date of the supplemental claim’’ for ‘‘the 
date of receipt of the supplemental claim’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by sub-
stituting ‘‘the earlier of the date of receipt of 
application and the date of the postmark or 
other official proof of mailing date of the appli-
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cation’’ for ‘‘the date of receipt of the applica-
tion’’. 
(2) In section 7266, without regard to sub-
section (d). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘claimant’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 5100 of title 38, United States 
Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered period’’ means the pe-
riod beginning on the date of the emergency period 
(as defined in section 1135(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1))) resulting from 
the COVID–19 pandemic and ending 90 days after 
the last day of such emergency period. 
SEC. 107. PROVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL SERV-
ICES TO CERTAIN VETERANS WHO ARE UN-
EMPLOYED OR LOST EMPLOYER-SPONSORED 
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE BY REASON OF A 
COVERED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the 12-month period be-
ginning on the date on which a covered veteran applies 
for hospital care or medical services under this section, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall consider the cov-
ered veteran to be unable to defray the expenses of nec-
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essary care for purposes of section 1722 of title 38, United 
States Code, and shall furnish to such veteran hospital 
care and medical services under chapter 17 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(b) COVERED VETERAN.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, a covered veteran is a veteran— 
(1) who— 
(A) is unemployed; or 
(B) has lost access to a group health plan 
or group health insurance coverage by reason of 
a covered public health emergency; and 
(2) whose projected attributable income for the 
12-month period beginning on the date of applica-
tion for hospital care or medical services under this 
section is not more than the amount in effect under 
section 1722(b) of title 38, United States Code. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered public health emer-
gency’’ means the declaration— 
(A) of a public health emergency, based on 
an outbreak of COVID–19 by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under section 319 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d); or 
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(B) of a domestic emergency, based on an 
outbreak of COVID–19 by the President, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, or State, or 
local authority. 
(2) The terms ‘‘group health plan’’ and ‘‘group 
health insurance coverage’’ have the meaning given 
such terms in section 2701 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-3). 
SEC. 108. EXPANSION OF VET CENTER SERVICES TO VET-
ERANS 
AND 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES WHO PERFORM CERTAIN SERVICE IN 
RESPONSE TO COVERED PUBLIC HEALTH 
EMERGENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1712A of title 38, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘clauses (i) through (iv)’’ both 
places it appears and inserting ‘‘clauses (i) through 
(v)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘in clause (v)’’ both places it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘in clause (vi)’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(1)(C)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 
clauses (v) and (vi), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after clause (iii) the fol-
lowing new clause (iv): 
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‘‘(iv) Any individual who is a veteran or mem-
ber of the Armed Forces (including the reserve com-
ponents), who, in response to a covered public health 
emergency, performed active service or State active 
duty for a period of at least 14 days.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘active service’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 101 of title 10. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘covered public health emer-
gency’ means the declaration— 
‘‘(A) of a public health emergency, based 
on an outbreak of COVID–19, by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services under section 
319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d); or 
‘‘(B) of a domestic emergency, based on an 
outbreak of COVID–19, by the President, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, or a State or 
local authority.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 201(q)(4) 
of the Commander John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental 
Health Care Improvement Act of 2019 is amended by 
striking 
‘‘clauses 
(i) 
through 
(iv) 
of 
section 
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DIVISION 
M—CONSUMER 
PRO-
TECTION 
AND 
TELE-
COMMUNICATIONS 
PROVI-
SIONS 
TITLE I—COVID–19 PRICE 
GOUGING PREVENTION 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘COVID–19 Price 
Gouging Prevention Act’’. 
SEC. 102. PREVENTION OF PRICE GOUGING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the duration of a public 
health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result 
of confirmed cases of 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID– 
19), including any renewal thereof, it shall be unlawful 
for any person to sell or offer for sale a good or service 
at a price that— 
(1) is unconscionably excessive; and 
(2) indicates the seller is using the cir-
cumstances related to such public health emergency 
to increase prices unreasonably. 
(b) FACTORS FOR CONSIDERATION.—In determining 
whether a person has violated subsection (a), there shall 
be taken into account, with respect to the price at which 
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such person sold or offered for sale the good or service, 
factors that include the following: 
(1) Whether such price grossly exceeds the av-
erage price at which the same or a similar good or 
service was sold or offered for sale by such person— 
(A) during the 90-day period immediately 
preceding January 31, 2020; or 
(B) during the period that is 45 days be-
fore or after the date that is one year before 
the date such good or service is sold or offered 
for sale under subsection (a). 
(2) Whether such price grossly exceeds the av-
erage price at which the same or a similar good or 
service was readily obtainable from other similarly 
situated competing sellers before January 31, 2020. 
(3) Whether such price reasonably reflects addi-
tional costs, not within the control of such person, 
that were paid, incurred, or reasonably anticipated 
by such person, or reasonably reflects the profit-
ability of forgone sales or additional risks taken by 
such person, to produce, distribute, obtain, or sell 
such good or service under the circumstances. 
(c) ENFORCEMENT.— 
(1) ENFORCEMENT BY FEDERAL TRADE COM-
MISSION.— 
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(A) UNFAIR OR DECEPTIVE ACTS OR PRAC-
TICES.—A violation of subsection (a) shall be 
treated as a violation of a regulation under sec-
tion 18(a)(1)(B) of the Federal Trade Commis-
sion Act (15 U.S.C. 57a(a)(1)(B)) regarding 
unfair or deceptive acts or practices. 
(B) POWERS OF COMMISSION.—The Com-
mission shall enforce subsection (a) in the same 
manner, by the same means, and with the same 
jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all 
applicable terms and provisions of the Federal 
Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) 
were incorporated into and made a part of this 
section. Any person who violates such sub-
section shall be subject to the penalties and en-
titled to the privileges and immunities provided 
in the Federal Trade Commission Act. 
(2) EFFECT ON OTHER LAWS.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed in any way to limit the 
authority of the Commission under any other provi-
sion of law. 
(3) ENFORCEMENT BY STATE ATTORNEYS GEN-
ERAL.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—If the chief law en-
forcement officer of a State, or an official or 
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agency designated by a State, has reason to be-
lieve that any person has violated or is violating 
subsection (a), the attorney general, official, or 
agency of the State, in addition to any author-
ity it may have to bring an action in State 
court under its laws, may bring a civil action in 
any appropriate United States district court or 
in any other court of competent jurisdiction, in-
cluding a State court, to— 
(i) enjoin further such violation by 
such person; 
(ii) enforce compliance with such sub-
section; 
(iii) obtain civil penalties; and 
(iv) obtain damages, restitution, or 
other compensation on behalf of residents 
of the State. 
(B) NOTICE AND INTERVENTION BY THE 
FTC.—The attorney general of a State shall 
provide prior written notice of any action under 
subparagraph (A) to the Commission and pro-
vide the Commission with a copy of the com-
plaint in the action, except in any case in which 
such prior notice is not feasible, in which case 
the attorney general shall serve such notice im-
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mediately upon instituting such action. The 
Commission shall have the right— 
(i) to intervene in the action; 
(ii) upon so intervening, to be heard 
on all matters arising therein; and 
(iii) to file petitions for appeal. 
(C) LIMITATION ON STATE ACTION WHILE 
FEDERAL ACTION IS PENDING.—If the Commis-
sion has instituted a civil action for violation of 
this section, no State attorney general, or offi-
cial or agency of a State, may bring an action 
under this paragraph during the pendency of 
that action against any defendant named in the 
complaint of the Commission for any violation 
of this section alleged in the complaint. 
(D) 
RELATIONSHIP
WITH
STATE-LAW 
CLAIMS.—If the attorney general of a State has 
authority to bring an action under State law di-
rected at acts or practices that also violate this 
section, the attorney general may assert the 
State-law claim and a claim under this section 
in the same civil action. 
(4) SAVINGS CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section 
shall preempt or otherwise affect any State or local 
law. 
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Trade Commission. 
(2) GOOD
OR
SERVICE.—The term ‘‘good or 
service’’ means a good or service offered in com-
merce, including— 
(A) food, beverages, water, ice, a chemical, 
or a personal hygiene product; 
(B) any personal protective equipment for 
protection from or prevention of contagious dis-
eases, filtering facepiece respirators, medical 
equipment and supplies (including medical test-
ing supplies), a drug as defined in section 
201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos-
metic Act (21 U.S.C. 321(g)(1)), cleaning sup-
plies, disinfectants, sanitizers; or 
(C) any healthcare service, cleaning serv-
ice, or delivery service. 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, each 
commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 
States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 
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TITLE II—E–RATE SUPPORT FOR 
WI-FI 
HOTSPOTS, 
OTHER 
EQUIPMENT, CONNECTED DE-
VICES, AND CONNECTIVITY 
SEC. 201. E–RATE SUPPORT FOR WI-FI HOTSPOTS, OTHER 
EQUIPMENT, 
CONNECTED 
DEVICES, 
AND 
CONNECTIVITY DURING EMERGENCY PERI-
ODS RELATING TO COVID–19. 
(a) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—Not later than 7 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Com-
mission shall promulgate regulations providing for the 
provision, from amounts made available from the Emer-
gency Connectivity Fund established under subsection 
(j)(1), of support under section 254(h)(1)(B) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(1)(B)) to an 
elementary school, secondary school, or library (including 
a Tribal elementary school, Tribal secondary school, or 
Tribal library) for the purchase during an emergency pe-
riod described in subsection (f) (including any portion of 
such a period occurring before the date of the enactment 
of this Act) of equipment described in subsection (c), ad-
vanced telecommunications and information services, or 
equipment described in such subsection and advanced tele-
communications and information services, for use by— 
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(1) in the case of a school, students and staff 
of such school at locations that include locations 
other than such school; and 
(2) in the case of a library, patrons of such li-
brary at locations that include locations other than 
such library. 
(b) TRIBAL ISSUES.— 
(1) RESERVATION
FOR
TRIBAL
LANDS.—The 
Commission shall reserve not less than 5 percent of 
the amounts available to the Commission under sub-
section (j)(2) to provide support under the regula-
tions required by subsection (a) to schools and li-
braries that serve persons who are located on Tribal 
lands. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY OF TRIBAL LIBRARIES.—For 
purposes of determining the eligibility of a Tribal li-
brary for support under the regulations required by 
subsection (a), the portion of paragraph (4) of sec-
tion 254(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 254(h)) relating to eligibility for assistance 
from a State library administrative agency under the 
Library Services and Technology Act shall not apply. 
(c) EQUIPMENT DESCRIBED.—The equipment de-
scribed in this subsection is the following: 
(1) Wi-Fi hotspots. 
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(2) Modems. 
(3) Routers. 
(4) Devices that combine a modem and router. 
(5) Connected devices. 
(d) PRIORITIZATION OF SUPPORT.—The Commission 
shall provide in the regulations required by subsection (a) 
for a mechanism to require a school or library to prioritize 
the provision of equipment described in subsection (c), ad-
vanced telecommunications and information services, or 
equipment described in such subsection and advanced tele-
communications and information services, for which sup-
port is received under such regulations, to students and 
staff or patrons (as the case may be) that the school or 
library believes do not have access to equipment described 
in subsection (c), do not have access to advanced tele-
communications and information services, or have access 
to neither equipment described in subsection (c) nor ad-
vanced telecommunications and information services, at 
the residences of such students and staff or patrons. 
(e) SUPPORT AMOUNT.— 
(1) REIMBURSEMENT
OF
100
PERCENT
OF 
COSTS.—In providing support under the regulations 
required by subsection (a), the Commission shall re-
imburse 100 percent of the costs associated with the 
equipment described in subsection (c), advanced tele-
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communications and information services, or equip-
ment described in such subsection and advanced 
telecommunications and information services for 
which such support is provided, except that any re-
imbursement of a school or library for the costs as-
sociated with any such equipment may not exceed an 
amount that the Commission determines, with re-
spect to the request by such school or library for 
such reimbursement, is reasonable. 
(2) SHORTFALL IN FUNDING.—If requests for 
reimbursement for equipment described in sub-
section (c), advanced telecommunications and infor-
mation services, or equipment described in such sub-
section and advanced telecommunications and infor-
mation services exceed amounts available from the 
Emergency Connectivity Fund established under 
subsection (j)(1), the Commission shall— 
(A) prioritize reimbursements based on the 
assigned discount percentage of each eligible 
school or library requesting reimbursement 
under subpart F of part 54 of title 47, Code of 
Federal Regulations (or any successor regula-
tion), starting with the eligible schools and li-
braries with the highest discount percentage es-
tablished under such subpart; and 
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(B) not later than 2 days after the Com-
mission determines that the shortfall in funding 
exists, notify the Committee on Commerce, 
Science, and Transportation and the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the Com-
mittee on Energy and Commerce and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives of such shortfall. 
(f) EMERGENCY PERIODS DESCRIBED.—An emer-
gency period described in this subsection is a period 
that— 
(1) begins on the date of a determination by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant 
to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d) that a public health emergency exists 
as a result of COVID–19; and 
(2) ends on the June 30 that first occurs after 
the date on which such determination (including any 
renewal thereof) terminates. 
(g) TREATMENT OF EQUIPMENT AFTER EMERGENCY 
PERIOD.—The Commission shall provide in the regula-
tions required by subsection (a) that, in the case of a 
school or library that purchases equipment described in 
subsection (c) using support received under such regula-
tions, such school or library— 
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(1) may, after the emergency period with re-
spect to which such support is received, use such 
equipment for such purposes as such school or li-
brary considers appropriate, subject to any restric-
tions provided in such regulations (or any successor 
regulation); and 
(2) may not sell or otherwise transfer such 
equipment in exchange for any thing (including a 
service) of value, except that such school or library 
may exchange such equipment for upgraded equip-
ment of the same type. 
(h) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to affect any authority the Com-
mission may have under section 254(h)(1)(B) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)(1)(B)) to 
allow support under such section to be used for the pur-
poses described in subsection (a) other than as required 
by such subsection. 
(i) PROCEDURAL MATTERS.— 
(1) PART 54 REGULATIONS.—Nothing in this 
section shall be construed to prevent the Commission 
from providing that the regulations in part 54 of 
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc-
cessor regulation), shall apply in whole or in part to 
support provided under the regulations required by 
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subsection (a), shall not apply in whole or in part to 
such support, or shall be modified in whole or in 
part for purposes of application to such support. 
(2) EXEMPTION FROM CERTAIN RULEMAKING 
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 553 of title 5, United 
States Code, shall not apply to a regulation promul-
gated under subsection (a) or a rulemaking to pro-
mulgate such a regulation. 
(3) PAPERWORK
REDUCTION
ACT
EXEMP-
TION.—A collection of information conducted or 
sponsored under the regulations required by sub-
section (a), or under section 254 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254) in connection 
with support provided under such regulations, shall 
not constitute a collection of information for the 
purposes of subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, 
United States Code (commonly referred to as the 
Paperwork Reduction Act). 
(j) EMERGENCY CONNECTIVITY FUND.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury of the United States a fund to be 
known as the Emergency Connectivity Fund. 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Emer-
gency Connectivity Fund shall be available to the 
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Commission to provide support under the regula-
tions required by subsection (a). 
(3) RELATIONSHIP
TO
UNIVERSAL
SERVICE 
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Support provided under the regu-
lations required by subsection (a) shall be provided 
from amounts made available under paragraph (2) 
and not from contributions under section 254(d) of 
the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 
254(d)). 
(k) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND IN-
FORMATION SERVICES.—The term ‘‘advanced tele-
communications and information services’’ means 
advanced telecommunications and information serv-
ices, as such term is used in section 254(h) of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 254(h)). 
(2) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(3) CONNECTED
DEVICE.—The term ‘‘con-
nected device’’ means a laptop computer, tablet com-
puter, or similar device that is capable of connecting 
to advanced telecommunications and information 
services. 
(4) LIBRARY.—The term ‘‘library’’ includes a 
library consortium. 
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(5) TRIBAL
LAND.—The term ‘‘Tribal land’’ 
means— 
(A) any land located within the boundaries 
of— 
(i) an Indian reservation, pueblo, or 
rancheria; or 
(ii) a former reservation within Okla-
homa; 
(B) any land not located within the bound-
aries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or 
rancheria, the title to which is held— 
(i) in trust by the United States for 
the benefit of an Indian Tribe or an indi-
vidual Indian; 
(ii) by an Indian Tribe or an indi-
vidual Indian, subject to restriction against 
alienation under laws of the United States; 
or 
(iii) by a dependent Indian commu-
nity; 
(C) any land located within a region estab-
lished pursuant to section 7(a) of the Alaska 
Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
1606(a)); 
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(D) Hawaiian Home Lands, as defined in 
section 801 of the Native American Housing 
Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(25 U.S.C. 4221); or 
(E) those areas or communities designated 
by the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs of 
the Department of the Interior that are near, 
adjacent, or contiguous to reservations where fi-
nancial assistance and social service programs 
are provided to Indians because of their status 
as Indians. 
(6) TRIBAL
LIBRARY.—The term ‘‘Tribal li-
brary’’ means, only during an emergency period de-
scribed under subsection (f), a facility owned by an 
Indian Tribe, serving Indian Tribes, or serving 
American Indians, Alaskan Natives, or Native Ha-
waiian communities, including— 
(A) a Tribal library or Tribal library con-
sortium; or 
(B) a Tribal government building, chapter 
house, longhouse, community center, or other 
similar public building. 
(7) WI-FI.—The term ‘‘Wi-Fi’’ means a wire-
less networking protocol based on Institute of Elec-
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trical and Electronics Engineers standard 802.11 
(or any successor standard). 
(8) 
WI-FI
HOTSPOT.—The 
term 
‘‘Wi-Fi 
hotspot’’ means a device that is capable of— 
(A) 
receiving 
mobile 
advanced 
tele-
communications and information services; and 
(B) sharing such services with another de-
vice through the use of Wi-Fi. 
TITLE III—EMERGENCY BENEFIT 
FOR BROADBAND SERVICE 
SEC. 301. BENEFIT FOR BROADBAND SERVICE DURING 
EMERGENCY PERIODS RELATING TO COVID– 
19. 
(a) PROMULGATION OF REGULATIONS REQUIRED.— 
Not later than 7 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the Commission shall promulgate regulations im-
plementing this section. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The regulations promulgated 
pursuant to subsection (a) shall establish the following: 
(1) EMERGENCY BROADBAND BENEFIT.—Dur-
ing an emergency period, a provider shall provide an 
eligible household with an internet service offering, 
upon request by a member of such household. Such 
provider shall discount the price charged to such 
household for such internet service offering in an 
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amount equal to the emergency broadband benefit 
for such household. 
(2) VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—To verify 
whether a household is an eligible household, a pro-
vider shall either— 
(A) use the National Lifeline Eligibility 
Verifier; or 
(B) rely upon an alternative verification 
process of the provider, if the Commission finds 
such process to be sufficient to avoid waste, 
fraud, and abuse. 
(3) USE OF NATIONAL LIFELINE ELIGIBILITY 
VERIFIER.—The Commission shall— 
(A) expedite the ability of all providers to 
access the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier 
for purposes of determining whether a house-
hold is an eligible household; and 
(B) ensure that the National Lifeline Eligi-
bility Verifier approves an eligible household to 
receive the emergency broadband benefit not 
later than two days after the date of the sub-
mission of information necessary to determine if 
such household is an eligible household. 
(4) EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY PERIOD.—An 
emergency period may be extended within a State or 
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any portion thereof if the State, or in the case of 
Tribal land, a Tribal government, provides written, 
public notice to the Commission stipulating that an 
extension is necessary in furtherance of the recovery 
related to COVID–19. The Commission shall, within 
48 hours after receiving such notice, post the notice 
on the public website of the Commission. 
(5) REIMBURSEMENT.—From the Emergency 
Broadband Connectivity Fund established in sub-
section (h), the Commission shall reimburse a pro-
vider in an amount equal to the emergency 
broadband benefit with respect to an eligible house-
hold that receives such benefit from such provider. 
(6) REIMBURSEMENT
FOR
CONNECTED
DE-
VICE.—A provider that, in addition to providing the 
emergency broadband benefit to an eligible house-
hold, supplies such household with a connected de-
vice may be reimbursed up to $100 from the Emer-
gency Broadband Connectivity Fund established in 
subsection (h) for such connected device, if the 
charge to such eligible household is more than $10 
but less than $50 for such connected device, except 
that a provider may receive reimbursement for no 
more than one connected device per eligible house-
hold. 
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(7) NO
RETROACTIVE
REIMBURSEMENT.—A 
provider may not receive a reimbursement from the 
Emergency Broadband Connectivity Fund for pro-
viding an internet service offering discounted by the 
emergency broadband benefit, or for supplying a 
connected device, that was provided or supplied (as 
the case may be) before the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(8) CERTIFICATION REQUIRED.—To receive a 
reimbursement under paragraph (5) or (6), a pro-
vider shall certify to the Commission the following: 
(A) That the amount for which the pro-
vider is seeking reimbursement from the Emer-
gency Broadband Connectivity Fund for an 
internet service offering to an eligible household 
is not more than the normal rate. 
(B) That each eligible household for which 
a provider is seeking reimbursement for pro-
viding an internet service offering discounted by 
the emergency broadband benefit— 
(i) has not been and will not be 
charged— 
(I) for such offering, if the nor-
mal rate for such offering is less than 
or equal to the amount of the emer-
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gency broadband benefit for such 
household; or 
(II) more for such offering than 
the difference between the normal rate 
for such offering and the amount of 
the emergency broadband benefit for 
such household; 
(ii) will not be required to pay an 
early termination fee if such eligible house-
hold elects to enter into a contract to re-
ceive such internet service offering if such 
household later terminates such contract; 
and 
(iii) was not subject to a mandatory 
waiting period for such internet service of-
fering based on having previously received 
broadband internet access service from 
such provider. 
(C) That each eligible household for which 
the provider is seeking reimbursement for sup-
plying such household with a connected device 
has not been and will not be charged $10 or 
less or $50 or more for such device. 
(D) A description of the process used by 
the provider to verify that a household is an eli-
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gible household, if the provider elects an alter-
native verification process under paragraph 
(2)(B), and that such verification process was 
designed to avoid waste, fraud, and abuse. 
(9) AUDIT REQUIREMENTS.—The Commission 
shall adopt audit requirements to ensure that pro-
viders are in compliance with the requirements of 
this section and to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse 
in the emergency broadband benefit program estab-
lished under this section. 
(c) ELIGIBLE PROVIDERS.—Notwithstanding sub-
section (e) of this section, the Commission shall provide 
a reimbursement to a provider under this section without 
requiring such provider to be designated as an eligible tele-
communications carrier under section 214(e) of the Com-
munications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 214(e)). 
(d) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall affect the collection, distribution, or administra-
tion of the Lifeline Assistance Program governed by the 
rules set forth in subpart E of part 54 of title 47, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation). 
(e) PART 54 REGULATIONS.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to prevent the Commission from pro-
viding that the regulations in part 54 of title 47, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), shall 
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apply in whole or in part to support provided under the 
regulations required by subsection (a), shall not apply in 
whole or in part to such support, or shall be modified in 
whole or in part for purposes of application to such sup-
port. 
(f) ENFORCEMENT.—A violation of this section or a 
regulation promulgated under this section, including the 
knowing or reckless denial of an internet service offering 
discounted by the emergency broadband benefit to an eligi-
ble household that requests such an offering, shall be 
treated as a violation of the Communications Act of 1934 
(47 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) or a regulation promulgated under 
such Act. The Commission shall enforce this section and 
the regulations promulgated under this section in the same 
manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdic-
tion, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and 
provisions of the Communications Act of 1934 were incor-
porated into and made a part of this section. 
(g) EXEMPTIONS.— 
(1) CERTAIN RULEMAKING REQUIREMENTS.— 
Section 553 of title 5, United States Code, shall not 
apply to a regulation promulgated under subsection 
(a) or a rulemaking to promulgate such a regulation. 
(2) PAPERWORK
REDUCTION
ACT
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—A collection of information conducted or 
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sponsored under the regulations required by sub-
section (a) shall not constitute a collection of infor-
mation for the purposes of subchapter I of chapter 
35 of title 44, United States Code (commonly re-
ferred to as the Paperwork Reduction Act). 
(h) 
EMERGENCY
BROADBAND
CONNECTIVITY 
FUND.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury of the United States a fund to be 
known as the Emergency Broadband Connectivity 
Fund. 
(2) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Emer-
gency Broadband Connectivity Fund shall be avail-
able to the Commission for reimbursements to pro-
viders under the regulations required by subsection 
(a). 
(3) RELATIONSHIP
TO
UNIVERSAL
SERVICE 
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Reimbursements provided under 
the regulations required by subsection (a) shall be 
provided from amounts made available under this 
subsection and not from contributions under section 
254(d) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 254(d)), except the Commission may use 
such contributions if needed to offset expenses asso-
ciated with the reliance on the National Lifeline Eli-
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gibility Verifier to determine eligibility of households 
to receive the emergency broadband benefit. 
(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BROADBAND INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE.— 
The term ‘‘broadband internet access service’’ has 
the meaning given such term in section 8.1(b) of 
title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc-
cessor regulation). 
(2) CONNECTED
DEVICE.—The term ‘‘con-
nected device’’ means a laptop or desktop computer 
or a tablet. 
(3) ELIGIBLE HOUSEHOLD.—The term ‘‘eligible 
household’’ means, regardless of whether the house-
hold or any member of the household receives sup-
port under subpart E of part 54 of title 47, Code 
of Federal Regulations (or any successor regulation), 
and regardless of whether any member of the house-
hold has any past or present arrearages with a pro-
vider, a household in which— 
(A) at least one member of the household 
meets the qualifications in subsection (a) or (b) 
of section 54.409 of title 47, Code of Federal 
Regulations (or any successor regulation); 
(B) at least one member of the household 
has applied for and been approved to receive 
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benefits under the free and reduced price lunch 
program under the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) or 
the school breakfast program under section 4 of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1773); 
(C) at least one member of the household 
has experienced a substantial loss of income 
since February 29, 2020, documented by layoff 
or furlough notice, application for unemploy-
ment insurance benefits, or similar documenta-
tion; or 
(D) at least one member of the household 
has received a Federal Pell Grant under section 
401 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1070a) in the current award year. 
(4) EMERGENCY
BROADBAND
BENEFIT.—The 
term ‘‘emergency broadband benefit’’ means a 
monthly discount for an eligible household applied to 
the normal rate for an internet service offering, in 
an amount equal to such rate, but not more than 
$50, or, if an internet service offering is provided to 
an eligible household on Tribal land, not more than 
$75. 
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(5) EMERGENCY
PERIOD.—The term ‘‘emer-
gency period’’ means a period that— 
(A) begins on the date of a determination 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) that a public 
health emergency exists as a result of COVID– 
19; and 
(B) ends on the date that is 6 months 
after the date on which such determination (in-
cluding any renewal thereof) terminates, except 
as such period may be extended under sub-
section (b)(4). 
(6) INTERNET SERVICE OFFERING.—The term 
‘‘internet service offering’’ means, with respect to a 
provider, broadband internet access service provided 
by such provider to a household, offered in the same 
manner, and on the same terms, as described in any 
of such provider’s advertisements for broadband 
internet access service to such household, as on Sep-
tember 1, 2020. 
(7) NORMAL RATE.—The term ‘‘normal rate’’ 
means, with respect to an internet service offering 
by a provider, the advertised monthly retail rate, as 
of September 1, 2020, including any applicable pro-
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motions and excluding any taxes or other govern-
mental fees. 
(8) PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘provider’’ means a 
provider of broadband internet access service. 
SEC. 302. ENHANCED LIFELINE BENEFITS DURING EMER-
GENCY PERIODS. 
(a) ENHANCED MINIMUM SERVICE STANDARDS FOR 
LIFELINE BENEFITS DURING EMERGENCY PERIODS.— 
During an emergency period— 
(1) the minimum service standard for Lifeline 
supported mobile voice service shall provide an un-
limited number of minutes per month; 
(2) the minimum service standard for Lifeline 
supported mobile data service shall provide an un-
limited data allowance each month and 4G speeds, 
where available; and 
(3) the Basic Support Amount and Tribal 
Lands Support Amount, as described in section 
54.403 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
any successor regulation), shall be increased by an 
amount necessary, as determined by the Commis-
sion, to offset any incremental increase in cost asso-
ciated with the requirements in paragraphs (1) and 
(2), but at a minimum the Basic Support Amount 
shall be not less than $25 per month and the Tribal 
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Lands Support Amount shall be not less than $40 
per month. 
(b) EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY PERIOD.—An emer-
gency period may be extended within a State or any por-
tion thereof for a maximum of six months, if the State, 
or in the case of Tribal land, a Tribal government, pro-
vides written, public notice to the Commission stipulating 
that an extension is necessary in furtherance of the recov-
ery related to COVID–19. The Commission shall, within 
48 hours after receiving such notice, post the notice on 
the public website of the Commission. 
(c) REGULATIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 7 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Commis-
sion shall promulgate regulations implementing this 
section. 
(2) EXEMPTIONS.— 
(A) 
CERTAIN
RULEMAKING
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 553 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall not apply to a regulation promul-
gated under paragraph (1) or a rulemaking to 
promulgate such a regulation. 
(B) PAPERWORK
REDUCTION
ACT
RE-
QUIREMENTS.—A collection of information con-
ducted or sponsored under the regulations pro-
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mulgated under paragraph (1), or under section 
254 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 254) in connection with support pro-
vided under such regulations, shall not con-
stitute a collection of information for the pur-
poses of subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, 
United States Code (commonly referred to as 
the Paperwork Reduction Act). 
(d) EMERGENCY PERIOD DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘emergency period’’ means a period that— 
(1) begins on the date of a determination by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services pursuant 
to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d) that a public health emergency exists 
as a result of COVID–19; and 
(2) ends on the date that is 6 months after the 
date on which such determination (including any re-
newal thereof) terminates, except as such period 
may be extended under subsection (b). 
SEC. 303. GRANTS TO STATES TO STRENGTHEN NATIONAL 
LIFELINE ELIGIBILITY VERIFIER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—From amounts appropriated to 
carry out this section, the Commission shall, not later than 
7 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, make 
a grant to each State, in an amount in proportion to the 
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population of such State, for the purpose of connecting 
the database used by such State for purposes of the sup-
plemental nutrition assistance program under the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) to the 
National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier, so that the receipt 
by a household of benefits under such program is reflected 
in the National Lifeline Eligibility Verifier. 
(b) DISBURSEMENT
OF
GRANT
FUNDS.—Funds 
under each grant made under subsection (a) shall be dis-
bursed to the State receiving such grant not later than 
7 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) CERTIFICATION TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 
21 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Commission shall certify to the Committee on Energy and 
Commerce of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate that the grants required by subsection (a) have 
been made and that funds have been disbursed as required 
by subsection (b). 
SEC. 304. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) COMMISSION.—The term ‘‘Commission’’ 
means the Federal Communications Commission. 
(2) 
NATIONAL
LIFELINE
ELIGIBILITY 
VERIFIER.—The term ‘‘National Lifeline Eligibility 
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Verifier’’ has the meaning given such term in section 
54.400 of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or 
any successor regulation). 
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 3 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 153). 
TITLE IV—CONTINUED 
CONNECTIVITY 
SEC. 401. CONTINUED CONNECTIVITY DURING EMERGENCY 
PERIODS RELATING TO COVID–19. 
Title VII of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 723. CONTINUED CONNECTIVITY DURING EMER-
GENCY PERIODS RELATING TO COVID–19. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—During an emergency period de-
scribed in subsection (c), it shall be unlawful— 
‘‘(1) for a provider of advanced telecommuni-
cations service or voice service to— 
‘‘(A) terminate, reduce, or change such 
service provided to any individual customer or 
small business because of the inability of the in-
dividual customer or small business to pay for 
such service if the individual customer or small 
business certifies to such provider that such in-
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ability to pay is a result of disruptions caused 
by the public health emergency to which such 
emergency period relates; or 
‘‘(B) impose late fees on any individual 
customer or small business because of the in-
ability of the individual customer or small busi-
ness to pay for such service if the individual 
customer or small business certifies to such pro-
vider that such inability to pay is a result of 
disruptions caused by the public health emer-
gency to which such emergency period relates; 
‘‘(2) for a provider of advanced telecommuni-
cations service to, during such emergency period— 
‘‘(A) employ a limit on the amount of data 
allotted to an individual customer or small busi-
ness during such emergency period, except that 
such provider may engage in reasonable net-
work management; or 
‘‘(B) charge an individual customer or 
small business an additional fee for exceeding 
the limit on the data allotted to an individual 
customer or small business; or 
‘‘(3) for a provider of advanced telecommuni-
cations service that had functioning Wi-Fi hotspots 
available to subscribers in public places on the day 
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before the beginning of such emergency period to 
fail to make service provided by such Wi-Fi hotspots 
available to the public at no cost during such emer-
gency period. 
‘‘(b) WAIVER.—Upon a petition by a provider ad-
vanced telecommunications service or voice service, the 
provisions in subsection (a) may be suspended or waived 
by the Commission at any time, in whole or in part, for 
good cause shown. 
‘‘(c) EMERGENCY PERIODS DESCRIBED.—An emer-
gency period described in this subsection is any portion 
beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this 
section of the duration of a public health emergency de-
clared pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result of COVID–19, includ-
ing any renewal thereof. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERV-
ICE.—The term ‘advanced telecommunications serv-
ice’ means a service that provides advanced tele-
communications capability (as defined in section 706 
of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. 
1302)). 
‘‘(2) BROADBAND
INTERNET
ACCESS
SERV-
ICE.—The term ‘broadband internet access service’ 
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has the meaning given such term in section 8.1(b) 
of title 47, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc-
cessor regulation). 
‘‘(3) INDIVIDUAL CUSTOMER.—The term ‘indi-
vidual customer’ means an individual who contracts 
with a mass-market retail provider of advanced tele-
communications service or voice service to provide 
service to such individual. 
‘‘(4) REASONABLE NETWORK MANAGEMENT.— 
The term ‘reasonable network management’— 
‘‘(A) means the use of a practice that— 
‘‘(i) has a primarily technical network 
management justification; and 
‘‘(ii) is primarily used for and tailored 
to achieving a legitimate network manage-
ment purpose, taking into account the par-
ticular network architecture and tech-
nology of the service; and 
‘‘(B) does not include other business prac-
tices. 
‘‘(5) SMALL BUSINESS.—The term ‘small busi-
ness’ has the meaning given such term under section 
601(3) of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(6) VOICE SERVICE.—The term ‘voice service’ 
has the meaning given such term under section 
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227(e)(8) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 
U.S.C. 227(e)(8)). 
‘‘(7) WI-FI.—The term ‘Wi-Fi’ means a wire-
less networking protocol based on Institute of Elec-
trical and Electronics Engineers standard 802.11 
(or any successor standard). 
‘‘(8) 
WI-FI
HOTSPOT.—The 
term 
‘Wi-Fi 
hotspot’ means a device that is capable of— 
‘‘(A) receiving mobile broadband internet 
access service; and 
‘‘(B) sharing such service with another de-
vice through the use of Wi-Fi.’’. 
TITLE V—DON’T BREAK UP THE 
T–BAND 
SEC. 501. REPEAL OF REQUIREMENT TO REALLOCATE AND 
AUCTION T–BAND SPECTRUM. 
(a) REPEAL.—Section 6103 of the Middle Class Tax 
Relief and Job Creation Act of 2012 (47 U.S.C. 1413) 
is repealed. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents 
in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by striking the 
item relating to section 6103. 
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TITLE 
VI—COVID–19 
COMPAS-
SION AND MARTHA WRIGHT 
PRISON PHONE JUSTICE 
SEC. 601. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Prison, jails, and other confinement facili-
ties in the United States have unique telecommuni-
cations needs due to safety and security concerns. 
(2) Unjust and unreasonable charges for tele-
phone and advanced communications services in con-
finement facilities negatively impact the safety and 
security of communities in the United States by 
damaging relationships between incarcerated persons 
and their support systems, thereby exacerbating re-
cidivism. 
(3) The COVID–19 pandemic has greatly inten-
sified these concerns. Jails and prisons have become 
epicenters for the spread of the virus, with incarcer-
ated persons concentrated in small, confined spaces 
and often without access to adequate health care. At 
Cook County jail alone, hundreds of incarcerated 
persons and jail staff have tested positive for the 
virus since its outbreak. 
(4) To prevent the spread of the virus, many 
jails and prisons across the country suspended pub-
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lic visitation, leaving confinement facility commu-
nications services as the only way that incarcerated 
persons can stay in touch with their families. 
(5) All people in the United States, including 
anyone who pays for confinement facility commu-
nications services, should have access to communica-
tions services at charges that are just and reason-
able. 
(6) Unemployment has risen sharply as a result 
of the COVID–19 pandemic, straining the incomes 
of millions of Americans and making it even more 
difficult for families of incarcerated persons to pay 
the high costs of confinement facility communica-
tions services. 
(7) Certain markets for confinement facility 
communications services are distorted due to reverse 
competition, in which the financial interests of the 
entity making the buying decision (the confinement 
facility) are aligned with the seller (the provider of 
confinement facility communications services) and 
not the consumer (the incarcerated person or a 
member of his or her family). This reverse competi-
tion occurs because site commission payments to the 
confinement facility from the provider of confine-
ment facility communications services are the chief 
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criterion many facilities use to select their provider 
of confinement facility communications services. 
(8) Charges for confinement facility commu-
nications services that have been shown to be unjust 
and unreasonable are often a result of site commis-
sion payments that far exceed the costs incurred by 
the confinement facility in accommodating these 
services. 
(9) Unjust and unreasonable charges have been 
assessed for both audio and video services and for 
both intrastate and interstate communications from 
confinement facilities. 
(10) Though Congress enacted emergency legis-
lation to allow free communications in Federal pris-
ons during the pandemic, it does not cover commu-
nications to or from anyone incarcerated in State 
and local prisons or jails. 
(11) Mrs. Martha Wright-Reed led a campaign 
for just communications rates for incarcerated peo-
ple for over a decade. 
(12) Mrs. Wright-Reed was the lead plaintiff in 
Wright v. Corrections Corporation of America, CA 
No. 00–293 (GK) (D.D.C. 2001). 
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(13) That case ultimately led to the Wright Pe-
tition at the Federal Communications Commission, 
CC Docket No. 96–128 (November 3, 2003). 
(14) As a grandmother, Mrs. Wright-Reed was 
forced to choose between purchasing medication and 
communicating with her incarcerated grandson. 
(15) Mrs. Wright-Reed passed away on Janu-
ary 18, 2015, before fully realizing her dream of just 
communications rates for all people. 
SEC. 602. REQUIREMENTS FOR CONFINEMENT FACILITY 
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, DURING THE 
COVID–19 PANDEMIC AND OTHER TIMES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 276 of the Communica-
tions Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 276) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
FOR CONFINE-
MENT FACILITY COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.— 
‘‘(1) AUTHORITY.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—All charges, practices, 
classifications, and regulations for and in con-
nection with confinement facility communica-
tions services shall be just and reasonable, and 
any such charge, practice, classification, or reg-
ulation that is unjust or unreasonable is de-
clared to be unlawful. 
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‘‘(B) RULEMAKING REQUIRED.—Not later 
than 18 months after the date of the enactment 
of this subsection, the Commission shall issue 
rules to adopt, for the provision of confinement 
facility communications services, rates and an-
cillary service charges that are just and reason-
able, which shall be the maximum such rates 
and charges that a provider of confinement fa-
cility communications services may charge for 
such services. In determining rates and charges 
that are just and reasonable, the Commission 
shall adopt such rates and charges based on the 
average industry costs of providing such serv-
ices using data collected from providers of con-
finement facility communications services. 
‘‘(C) BIENNIAL
REVIEW.—Not less fre-
quently than every 2 years following the 
issuance of rules under subparagraph (B), the 
Commission shall— 
‘‘(i) determine whether the rates and 
ancillary service charges authorized by the 
rules issued under such subparagraph re-
main just and reasonable; and 
‘‘(ii) if the Commission determines 
under clause (i) that any such rate or 
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charge does not remain just and reason-
able, revise such rules so that such rate or 
charge is just and reasonable. 
‘‘(2) INTERIM RATE CAPS.—Until the Commis-
sion issues the rules required by paragraph (1)(B), 
a provider of confinement facility communications 
services may not charge a rate for any voice service 
communication using confinement facility commu-
nications services that exceeds the following: 
‘‘(A) For debit calling or prepaid calling, 
$0.04 per minute. 
‘‘(B) For collect calling, $0.05 per minute. 
‘‘(3) ASSESSMENT ON PER-MINUTE BASIS.—Ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (4), a provider of con-
finement facility communications services— 
‘‘(A) shall assess all charges for a commu-
nication using such services on a per-minute 
basis for the actual duration of the communica-
tion, measured from communication acceptance 
to termination, rounded up to the next full 
minute, except in the case of charges for serv-
ices that the confinement facility offers free of 
charge or for amounts below the amounts per-
mitted under this subsection; and 
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‘‘(B) may not charge a per-communication 
or per-connection charge for a communication 
using such services. 
‘‘(4) ANCILLARY SERVICE CHARGES.— 
‘‘(A) GENERAL PROHIBITION.—A provider 
of confinement facility communications services 
may not charge an ancillary service charge 
other than— 
‘‘(i) if the Commission has not yet 
issued the rules required by paragraph 
(1)(B), a charge listed in subparagraph 
(B) of this paragraph; or 
‘‘(ii) a charge authorized by the rules 
adopted by the Commission under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(B) PERMITTED CHARGES AND RATES.— 
If the Commission has not yet issued the rules 
required by paragraph (1)(B), a provider of 
confinement facility communications services 
may not charge a rate for an ancillary service 
charge in excess of the following: 
‘‘(i) In the case of an automated pay-
ment fee, 2.9 percent of the total charge 
on which the fee is assessed. 
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‘‘(ii) In the case of a fee for single-call 
and related services, the exact transaction 
fee charged by the third-party provider, 
with no markup. 
‘‘(iii) In the case of a live agent fee, 
$5.95 per use. 
‘‘(iv) In the case of a paper bill or 
statement fee, $2 per use. 
‘‘(v) In the case of a third-party fi-
nancial transaction fee, the exact fee, with 
no markup, charged by the third party for 
the transaction. 
‘‘(5) PROHIBITION ON SITE COMMISSIONS.—A 
provider of confinement facility communications 
services may not assess a site commission. 
‘‘(6) RELATIONSHIP TO STATE LAW.—A State 
or political subdivision of a State may not enforce 
any law, rule, regulation, standard, or other provi-
sion having the force or effect of law relating to con-
finement facility communications services that allows 
for higher rates or other charges to be assessed for 
such services than is permitted under any Federal 
law or regulation relating to confinement facility 
communications services. 
‘‘(7) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
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‘‘(A) ANCILLARY SERVICE CHARGE.—The 
term ‘ancillary service charge’ means any 
charge a consumer may be assessed for the set-
ting up or use of a confinement facility commu-
nications service that is not included in the per- 
minute charges assessed for individual commu-
nications. 
‘‘(B) AUTOMATED
PAYMENT
FEE.—The 
term ‘automated payment fee’ means a credit 
card payment, debit card payment, or bill proc-
essing fee, including a fee for a payment made 
by means of interactive voice response, the 
internet, or a kiosk. 
‘‘(C) COLLECT CALLING.—The term ‘col-
lect calling’ means an arrangement whereby a 
credit-qualified party agrees to pay for charges 
associated with a communication made to such 
party using confinement facility communica-
tions services and originating from within a 
confinement facility. 
‘‘(D) CONFINEMENT FACILITY.—The term 
‘confinement facility’— 
‘‘(i) means a jail or a prison; and 
‘‘(ii) includes any juvenile, detention, 
work release, or mental health facility that 
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is used primarily to hold individuals who 
are— 
‘‘(I) awaiting adjudication of 
criminal charges or an immigration 
matter; or 
‘‘(II) serving a sentence for a 
criminal conviction. 
‘‘(E) CONFINEMENT
FACILITY
COMMU-
NICATIONS
SERVICE.—The term ‘confinement 
facility communications service’ means a service 
that allows incarcerated persons to make elec-
tronic communications (whether intrastate, 
interstate, or international and whether made 
using video, audio, or any other communicative 
method, including advanced communications 
services) to individuals outside the confinement 
facility, or to individuals inside the confinement 
facility, where the incarcerated person is being 
held, regardless of the technology used to de-
liver the service. 
‘‘(F) CONSUMER.—The term ‘consumer’ 
means the party paying a provider of confine-
ment facility communications services. 
‘‘(G) DEBIT
CALLING.—The term ‘debit 
calling’ means a presubscription or comparable 
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service which allows an incarcerated person, or 
someone acting on an incarcerated person’s be-
half, to fund an account set up through a pro-
vider that can be used to pay for confinement 
facility communications services originated by 
the incarcerated person. 
‘‘(H) FEE
FOR
SINGLE-CALL
AND
RE-
LATED SERVICES.—The term ‘fee for single-call 
and related services’ means a billing arrange-
ment whereby communications made by an in-
carcerated person using collect calling are billed 
through a third party on a per-communication 
basis, where the recipient does not have an ac-
count with the provider of confinement facility 
communications services. 
‘‘(I) INCARCERATED
PERSON.—The term 
‘incarcerated person’ means a person detained 
at a confinement facility, regardless of the du-
ration of the detention. 
‘‘(J) JAIL.—The term ‘jail’— 
‘‘(i) means a facility of a law enforce-
ment agency of the Federal Government or 
of a State or political subdivision of a 
State that is used primarily to hold indi-
viduals who are— 
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‘‘(I) awaiting adjudication of 
criminal charges; 
‘‘(II) post-conviction and com-
mitted to confinement for sentences of 
one year or less; or 
‘‘(III) post-conviction and await-
ing transfer to another facility; and 
‘‘(ii) includes— 
‘‘(I) city, county, or regional fa-
cilities that have contracted with a 
private company to manage day-to- 
day operations; 
‘‘(II) privately-owned and oper-
ated facilities primarily engaged in 
housing city, county, or regional in-
carcerated persons; and 
‘‘(III) facilities used to detain in-
dividuals pursuant to a contract with 
U.S. Immigration and Customs En-
forcement. 
‘‘(K) LIVE
AGENT
FEE.—The term ‘live 
agent fee’ means a fee associated with the op-
tional use of a live operator to complete a con-
finement facility communications service trans-
action. 
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‘‘(L) PAPER BILL OR STATEMENT FEE.— 
The term ‘paper bill or statement fee’ means a 
fee associated with providing a consumer an op-
tional paper billing statement. 
‘‘(M) PER-COMMUNICATION
OR
PER-CON-
NECTION CHARGE.—The term ‘per-communica-
tion or per-connection charge’ means a one-time 
fee charged to a consumer at the initiation of 
a communication. 
‘‘(N) PREPAID CALLING.—The term ‘pre-
paid calling’ means a calling arrangement that 
allows a consumer to pay in advance for a spec-
ified amount of confinement facility commu-
nications services. 
‘‘(O) PRISON.—The term ‘prison’— 
‘‘(i) means a facility operated by a 
State or Federal agency that is used pri-
marily to confine individuals convicted of 
felonies and sentenced to terms in excess 
of one year; and 
‘‘(ii) includes— 
‘‘(I) public and private facilities 
that provide outsource housing to 
State or Federal agencies such as 
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State Departments of Correction and 
the Federal Bureau of Prisons; and 
‘‘(II) facilities that would other-
wise be jails but in which the majority 
of incarcerated persons are post-con-
viction or are committed to confine-
ment for sentences of longer than one 
year. 
‘‘(P) PROVIDER OF CONFINEMENT FACIL-
ITY
COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES.—The term 
‘provider of confinement facility communica-
tions services’ means any communications serv-
ice provider that provides confinement facility 
communications services, regardless of the tech-
nology used. 
‘‘(Q) SITE
COMMISSION.—The term ‘site 
commission’ means any monetary payment, in- 
kind payment, gift, exchange of services or 
goods, fee, technology allowance, or product 
that a provider of confinement facility commu-
nications services or an affiliate of a provider of 
confinement facility communications services 
may pay, give, donate, or otherwise provide 
to— 
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‘‘(i) an entity that operates a confine-
ment facility; 
‘‘(ii) an entity with which the provider 
of confinement facility communications 
services enters into an agreement to pro-
vide confinement facility communications 
services; 
‘‘(iii) a governmental agency that 
oversees a confinement facility; 
‘‘(iv) the State or political subdivision 
of a State where a confinement facility is 
located; or 
‘‘(v) an agent or other representative 
of an entity described in any of clauses (i) 
through (iv). 
‘‘(R) THIRD-PARTY
FINANCIAL
TRANS-
ACTION FEE.—The term ‘third-party financial 
transaction fee’ means the exact fee, with no 
markup, that a provider of confinement facility 
communications services is charged by a third 
party to transfer money or process a financial 
transaction to facilitate the ability of a con-
sumer to make an account payment via a third 
party. 
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‘‘(S) VOICE
SERVICE.—The term ‘voice 
service’— 
‘‘(i) means any service that is inter-
connected with the public switched tele-
phone network and that furnishes voice 
communications to an end user using re-
sources from the North American Num-
bering Plan or any successor to the North 
American Numbering Plan adopted by the 
Commission under section 251(e)(1); and 
‘‘(ii) includes— 
‘‘(I) transmissions from a tele-
phone facsimile machine, computer, or 
other device to a telephone facsimile 
machine; and 
‘‘(II) 
without 
limitation, 
any 
service that enables real-time, two-way 
voice communications, including any 
service that requires internet protocol- 
compatible customer premises equip-
ment (commonly known as ‘CPE’) 
and permits out-bound calling, wheth-
er or not the service is one-way or 
two-way voice over internet protocol.’’. 
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DIVISION N—AGRICULTURE 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 100. DEFINITIONS. 
In this division: 
(1) The term ‘‘COVID–19’’ means the disease 
caused by SARS–CoV–2, or any viral strain mutat-
ing therefrom with pandemic potential. 
(2) The term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emer-
gency’’ means the public health emergency declared 
by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
under section 319 of the Public Health Services Act 
(42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect 
to COVID–19 (including any renewal of that dec-
laration). 
(3) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Agriculture. 
TITLE I—LIVESTOCK AND 
POULTRY 
SEC. 101. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF UN-
PAID CASH SELLERS OF LIVESTOCK. 
The Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, is amended 
by inserting after section 317 (7 U.S.C. 217a) the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 318. STATUTORY TRUST ESTABLISHED; DEALER. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—All livestock purchased by 
a dealer in cash sales and all inventories of, or re-
ceivables or proceeds from, such livestock shall be 
held by such dealer in trust for the benefit of all un-
paid cash sellers of such livestock until full payment 
has been received by such unpaid cash sellers. 
‘‘(2) EXEMPTION.—Any dealer whose average 
annual purchases of livestock do not exceed 
$100,000 shall be exempt from the provisions of this 
section. 
‘‘(3) 
EFFECT
OF
DISHONORED
INSTRU-
MENTS.—For purposes of determining full payment 
under paragraph (1), a payment to an unpaid cash 
seller shall not be considered to have been made if 
the unpaid cash seller receives a payment instrument 
that is dishonored. 
‘‘(b) PRESERVATION OF TRUST.—An unpaid cash 
seller shall lose the benefit of a trust under subsection (a) 
if the unpaid cash seller has not preserved the trust by 
giving written notice to the dealer involved and filing such 
notice with the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) within 30 days of the final date for mak-
ing a payment under section 409 in the event that 
a payment instrument has not been received; or 
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‘‘(2) within 15 business days after the date on 
which the seller receives notice that the payment in-
strument promptly presented for payment has been 
dishonored. 
‘‘(c) NOTICE TO LIEN HOLDERS.—When a dealer re-
ceives notice under subsection (b) of the unpaid cash sell-
er’s intent to preserve the benefits of the trust, the dealer 
shall, within 15 business days, give notice to all persons 
who have recorded a security interest in, or lien on, the 
livestock held in such trust. 
‘‘(d) CASH SALES DEFINED.—For the purpose of 
this section, a cash sale means a sale in which the seller 
does not expressly extend credit to the buyer. 
‘‘(e) PURCHASE
OF
LIVESTOCK
SUBJECT
TO 
TRUST.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person purchasing live-
stock subject to a dealer trust shall receive good title 
to the livestock if the person receives the livestock— 
‘‘(A) in exchange for payment of new 
value; and 
‘‘(B) in good faith without notice that the 
transfer is a breach of trust. 
‘‘(2) DISHONORED
PAYMENT
INSTRUMENT.— 
Payment shall not be considered to have been made 
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if a payment instrument given in exchange for the 
livestock is dishonored. 
‘‘(3) TRANSFER
IN
SATISFACTION
OF
ANTE-
CEDENT DEBT.—A transfer of livestock subject to a 
dealer trust is not for value if the transfer is in sat-
isfaction of an antecedent debt or to a secured party 
pursuant to a security agreement. 
‘‘(f) ENFORCEMENT.—Whenever the Secretary has 
reason to believe that a dealer subject to this section has 
failed to perform the duties required by this section or 
whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that it will 
be in the best interest of unpaid cash sellers, the Secretary 
shall do one or more of the following— 
‘‘(1) Appoint an independent trustee to carry 
out the duties required by this section, preserve 
trust assets, and enforce the trust. 
‘‘(2) Serve as independent trustee, preserve 
trust assets, and enforce the trust. 
‘‘(3) File suit in the United States district 
court for the district in which the dealer resides to 
enjoin the dealer’s failure to perform the duties re-
quired by this section, preserve trust assets, and to 
enforce the trust. Attorneys employed by the Sec-
retary may, with the approval of the Attorney Gen-
eral, represent the Secretary in any such suit. Noth-
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ing herein shall preclude unpaid sellers from filing 
suit to preserve or enforce the trust.’’. 
SEC. 102. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR MARKET-READY 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY LOSSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make pay-
ments to covered producers to offset the losses of income 
related to the intentional depopulation of market-ready 
livestock and poultry due to insufficient regional access 
to meat and poultry processing related to the COVID–19 
public health emergency, as determined by the Secretary. 
(b) PAYMENT RATE FOR COVERED PRODUCERS.— 
(1) PAYMENTS FOR FIRST 30-DAY PERIOD.— 
For a period of 30 days beginning, with respect to 
a covered producer, on the initial date of depopula-
tion described in subsection (a) of the market-ready 
livestock or poultry of the covered producer, the Sec-
retary shall reimburse such covered producer for 85 
percent of the value of losses as determined under 
subsection (c). 
(2) SUBSEQUENT 30-DAY PERIODS.—For each 
30-day period subsequent to the 30-day period de-
scribed in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall reduce 
the value of the losses as determined under sub-
section (c) with respect to a covered producer by 10 
percent. 
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(c) VALUATION.—In calculating the amount of losses 
for purposes of the payment rates under subsection (b), 
the Secretary shall use the average fair market value, as 
determined by the Secretary in collaboration with the 
Chief Economist of the Department of Agriculture and the 
Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, for 
market-ready livestock, where applicable, and market- 
ready poultry, where applicable, during the period begin-
ning on March 1, 2020, and ending on the date of the 
enactment of this section. In no case shall a payment 
made under subsection (b) and compensation received 
from any other source exceed the average market value 
of market-ready livestock or poultry on the date of de-
population. 
(d) PACKER-OWNED ANIMALS EXCLUDED.—The Sec-
retary may not make payments under this section for the 
actual losses of livestock owned by a packer or poultry 
owned by a live poultry dealer. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘covered 
producer’’ means a person or legal entity that as-
sumes the production and market risks associated 
with the agricultural production of livestock and 
poultry (as such terms are defined in section 2(a) of 
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the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 
182(a)). 
(2) PACKER.—The term ‘‘packer’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 201 of the Pack-
ers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 191). 
(3) LIVE POULTRY DEALER.—The term ‘‘live 
poultry dealer’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 2(a) of the Packers and Stockyards Act, 
1921 (7 U.S.C. 182(a)). 
(4) INTENTIONAL
DEPOPULATION.—The term 
‘‘intentional depopulation’’ means— 
(A) the destruction of livestock or poultry; 
and 
(B) the transfer of livestock or poultry to 
a noncommercial interest. 
(f) FUNDING.—Out of any amounts of the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to carry 
out this section such sums as may be necessary, to remain 
available until expended. 
SEC. 103. ANIMAL DISEASE PREVENTION AND MANAGE-
MENT RESPONSE. 
Out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, there is appropriated to carry out section 
10409A of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
8308A) $300,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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SEC. 104. GRANTS FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO MEAT AND 
POULTRY FACILITIES TO ALLOW FOR INTER-
STATE SHIPMENT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, acting through the 
Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service and 
in consultation with the Administrator of the Food Safety 
Inspection Service, shall make grants to meat and poultry 
processing facilities (including facilities operating under 
State inspection or facilities that are exempt from Federal 
inspection) in operation as of the date on which an appli-
cation for such a grant is made to assist such facilities 
with respect to costs incurred in making improvements to 
such facilities and carrying out other planning activities 
necessary to be subject to inspection under the Federal 
Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.), or the Poul-
try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.). 
(b) GRANT AMOUNT.—The amount of a grant under 
this section shall not exceed $100,000. 
(c) CONDITION.—As a condition on receipt of a grant 
under this section, a grant recipient shall agree that if 
the recipient is not subject to inspection or making a good 
faith effort to be subject to inspection under the Federal 
Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) or the Poul-
try Products Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) within 
36 months of receiving such grant, the grant recipient 
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shall make a payment (or payments) to the Secretary in 
an amount equal to the amount of the grant. 
(d) MATCHING FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the Secretary shall require a grant recipi-
ent under this section to provide matching non-Fed-
eral funds in an amount equal to the amount of a 
grant. 
(2) EXCEPTION.—The Secretary shall not re-
quire any recipient of a grant under this section to 
provide matching funds with respect to a grant 
awarded in fiscal year 2021. 
(e) REPORTS.— 
(1) REPORTS
ON
GRANTS
MADE.—Beginning 
not later than one year after the date on which the 
first grant is awarded under this section, and annu-
ally thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 
Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and For-
estry and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate a report on grants made under this section 
and any facilities that were upgraded using such 
funds during the year covered by the report. 
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(2) REPORT ON THE COOPERATIVE INTERSTATE 
SHIPMENT PROGRAM.—Beginning not later than one 
year after the date of the enactment of this section, 
the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Ag-
riculture and the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate a report of 
any recommendations, developed in consultation with 
all States, for possible improvements to the coopera-
tive interstate shipment programs under section 501 
of the Federal Meat Inspection Act (21 U.S.C. 683) 
and section 31 of the Poultry Products Inspection 
Act (21 U.S.C. 472). 
(f) FUNDING.—Of the funds of the Treasury not oth-
erwise appropriated, there is appropriated to carry out 
this section $100,000,000 for the period of fiscal years 
2021 through 2023. 
SEC. 105. PAYMENTS TO CONTRACT PRODUCERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make pay-
ments to contract growers of livestock or poultry to cover 
revenue losses in response to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
(b) LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY LOSSES NOT COV-
ERED BY THE FIRST OR SECOND CORONAVIRUS FOOD AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM.—In the case of livestock or poultry 
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related revenue losses for which a contract grower is ineli-
gible to receive direct payments under the first coronavirus 
food assistance program or the second coronavirus food 
assistance program, the Secretary shall base payments re-
quired under subsection (a), per commodity, by com-
paring— 
(1) the revenue losses for the period beginning 
on January 15, 2020, and ending on December 31, 
2020; and 
(2) historical revenue. 
(c) ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME LIMITATIONS.—A 
payment under this section shall be deemed to be a cov-
ered benefit under section 1001D(b)(2) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(2)), unless at least 
75 percent of the adjusted gross income of the recipient 
of the payment is derived from activities related to farm-
ing, ranching, or forestry. 
(d) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall begin making 
payments under subsection (a) not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section. 
(e) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, out of any 
funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry 
out this section $1,250,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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(1) CFAP DEFINITIONS.— 
(A) FIRST
CORONAVIRUS
FOOD
ASSIST-
ANCE PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘first coronavirus 
food assistance program’’ means the first 
coronavirus food assistance program (CFAP1) 
of the Department of Agriculture under sec-
tions 9.101 and 9.102 of title 7, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations. 
(B) SECOND CORONAVIRUS FOOD ASSIST-
ANCE
PROGRAM.—The 
term 
‘‘second 
coronavirus food assistance program’’ means 
the second coronavirus food assistance program 
(CFAP2) of the Department of Agriculture 
under sections 9.201 and 9.202 of title 7, Code 
of Federal Regulations. 
(2) CONTRACT GROWER.—The term ‘‘contract 
grower’’ means a grower of livestock or poultry, in-
cluding poultry used for egg production, and does 
not include a packer, live poultry dealer, processor, 
integrator, or any other business entity relating to 
livestock or poultry production that does not raise 
livestock or poultry. 
(3) LIVE POULTRY DEALER.—The term ‘‘live 
poultry dealer’’ has the meaning given the term in 
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