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‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR RULES AND PROCEDURES.— 
The rules and procedures established for conducting a risk- 
limiting audit shall include the following elements: 
‘‘(1) Rules for ensuring the security of ballots 
and documenting that prescribed procedures were fol-
lowed. 
‘‘(2) Rules and procedures for ensuring the accu-
racy of ballot manifests produced by election agencies. 
‘‘(3) Rules and procedures for governing the for-
mat of ballot manifests, cast vote records, and other 
data involved in the audit. 
‘‘(4) Methods to ensure that any cast vote records 
used in the audit are those used by the voting system 
to tally the election results sent to the chief State elec-
tion official and made public. 
‘‘(5) Procedures for the random selection of bal-
lots to be inspected manually during each audit. 
‘‘(6) Rules for the calculations and other methods 
to be used in the audit and to determine whether and 
when the audit of an election is complete. 
‘‘(7) Procedures and requirements for testing any 
software used to conduct risk-limiting audits. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this part, the following defini-
tions apply:
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‘‘(1) The term ‘ballot manifest’ means a record 
maintained by each election agency that meets each 
of the following requirements: 
‘‘(A) The record is created without reliance 
on any part of the voting system used to tabulate 
votes. 
‘‘(B) The record functions as a sampling 
frame for conducting a risk-limiting audit. 
‘‘(C) The record contains the following in-
formation with respect to the ballots cast and 
counted in the election: 
‘‘(i) The total number of ballots cast 
and counted by the agency (including 
undervotes, overvotes, and other invalid 
votes). 
‘‘(ii) The total number of ballots cast 
in each election administered by the agency 
(including undervotes, overvotes, and other 
invalid votes). 
‘‘(iii) A precise description of the man-
ner in which the ballots are physically 
stored, including the total number of phys-
ical groups of ballots, the numbering system 
for each group, a unique label for each
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group, and the number of ballots in each 
such group. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘incorrect outcome’ means an out-
come that differs from the outcome that would be de-
termined by a full tabulation of all votes validly cast 
in the election, determining voter intent manually, 
directly from voter-verifiable paper records. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘outcome’ means the winner of an 
election, whether a candidate or a position. 
‘‘(4) The term ‘reported outcome’ means the out-
come of an election which is determined according to 
the canvass and which will become the official, cer-
tified outcome unless it is revised by an audit, re-
count, or other legal process. 
‘‘SEC. 298A. ELIGIBILITY OF STATES. 
‘‘A State is eligible to receive a grant under this part 
if the State submits to the Commission, at such time and 
in such form as the Commission may require, an applica-
tion containing— 
‘‘(1) a certification that, not later than 5 years 
after receiving the grant, the State will conduct risk- 
limiting audits of the results of elections for Federal 
office held in the State as described in section 298; 
‘‘(2) a certification that, not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the
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chief State election official of the State has established 
or will establish the rules and procedures for con-
ducting the audits which meet the requirements of sec-
tion 298(c); 
‘‘(3) a certification that the audit shall be com-
pleted not later than the date on which the State cer-
tifies the results of the election; 
‘‘(4) a certification that, after completing the 
audit, the State shall publish a report on the results 
of the audit, together with such information as nec-
essary to confirm that the audit was conducted prop-
erly; 
‘‘(5) a certification that, if a risk-limiting audit 
conducted under this part leads to a full manual tally 
of an election, State law requires that the State or 
election agency shall use the results of the full manual 
tally as the official results of the election; and 
‘‘(6) such other information and assurances as 
the Commission may require. 
‘‘SEC. 298B. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated for grants 
under this part $20,000,000 for fiscal year 2021, to remain 
available until expended.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of 
such Act, as amended by section 160009(b), is further
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amended by adding at the end of the items relating to sub-
title D of title II the following: 
‘‘PART 8—GRANTS FOR CONDUCTING RISK-LIMITING AUDITS OF RESULTS OF 
ELECTIONS 
‘‘Sec. 298. Grants for conducting risk-limiting audits of results of elections. 
‘‘Sec. 298A. Eligibility of States. 
‘‘Sec. 298B. Authorization of appropriations. 
(c) GAO ANALYSIS OF EFFECTS OF AUDITS.— 
(1) ANALYSIS.—Not later than 6 months after 
the first election for Federal office is held after grants 
are first awarded to States for conducting risk-lim-
iting audits under part 8 of subtitle D of title II of 
the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (as added by sub-
section (a)) for conducting risk-limiting audits of 
elections for Federal office, the Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct an analysis of the ex-
tent to which such audits have improved the adminis-
tration of such elections and the security of election 
infrastructure in the States receiving such grants. 
(2) REPORT.—The Comptroller General of the 
United States shall submit a report on the analysis 
conducted under subsection (a) to the appropriate 
congressional committees. 
SEC. 111. ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE ELEC-
TION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any funds otherwise 
appropriated to the Election Assistance Commission for fis-
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cal year 2021, there is authorized to be appropriated 
$3,000,000 for fiscal year 2021 in order for the Commission 
to provide additional assistance and resources to States for 
improving the administration of elections. 
(b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated 
pursuant to the authorization under this subsection shall 
remain available without fiscal year limitation. 
SEC. 112. DEFINITION. 
(a) DEFINITION OF ELECTION FOR FEDERAL OFFICE 
.—Title IX of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 
21141 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section: 
‘‘SEC. 907. ELECTION FOR FEDERAL OFFICE DEFINED. 
‘‘For purposes of titles I through III, the term ‘election 
for Federal office’ means a general, special, primary, or 
runoff election for the office of President or Vice President, 
or of Senator or Representative in, or Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Congress.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents of 
such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relat-
ing to title IX the following new item: 
‘‘Sec. 907. Election for Federal office defined.’’.
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DIVISION Q—TRANSPORTATION 
AND INFRASTRUCTURE 
TITLE I—AVIATION 
SECTION 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Payroll Support Pro-
gram Extension Act’’. 
SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS. 
Unless otherwise specified, the definitions in section 
40102(a) of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to this 
title, except that— 
(1) the term ‘‘airline catering employee’’ means 
an employee who performs airline catering services; 
(2) the term ‘‘airline catering services″’’ means 
preparation, assembly, or both, of food, beverages, pro-
visions and related supplies for delivery, and the de-
livery of such items, directly to aircraft or to a loca-
tion on or near airport property for subsequent deliv-
ery to aircraft; 
(3) the term ‘‘contractor’’ means— 
(A) a person that performs, under contract 
with a passenger air carrier conducting oper-
ations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations— 
(i) catering functions; or
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(ii) functions on the property of an 
airport that are directly related to the air 
transportation of persons, property, or 
mail, including but not limited to the load-
ing and unloading of property on aircraft; 
assistance to passengers under part 382 of 
title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; secu-
rity; airport ticketing and check-in func-
tions; ground-handling of aircraft; or air-
craft cleaning and sanitization functions 
and waste removal; or 
(B) a subcontractor that performs such 
functions; 
(4) the term ‘‘employee’’ means an individual, 
other than a corporate officer, who is employed by an 
air carrier or a contractor; and 
(5) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 
the Treasury. 
SEC. 103. PANDEMIC RELIEF FOR AVIATION WORKERS. 
(a) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR EMPLOYEE WAGES, 
SALARIES, AND BENEFITS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, to preserve aviation jobs and compensate 
air carrier industry workers, the Secretary shall provide fi-
nancial assistance that shall exclusively be used for the con-
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tinuation of payment of employee wages, salaries, and bene-
fits to— 
(1) passenger air carriers, in an aggregate 
amount up to $25,000,000,000; 
(2) cargo air carriers, in an aggregate amount 
up to $300,000,000; and 
(3) contractors, in an aggregate amount up to 
$3,000,000,000. 
(b) ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSES.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary may use funds 
made available under section 4112(b) of the CARES Act 
(15 U.S.C. 9072(b)) for costs and administrative expenses 
associated with providing financial assistance under this 
title. 
SEC. 104. PROCEDURES FOR PROVIDING PAYROLL SUP-
PORT. 
(a) AWARDABLE AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall pro-
vide financial assistance under this title— 
(1) to an air carrier required to file reports pur-
suant to part 241 of title 14, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, as of March 27, 2020, in an amount equal to— 
(A) the amount such air carrier received 
under section 4113 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
9073); or
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(B) at the request of such air carrier, or in 
the event such an air carrier did not receive as-
sistance under section 4113 of the CARES Act 
(15 U.S.C. 9073), the amount of the salaries and 
benefits reported by the air carrier to the De-
partment of Transportation pursuant to such 
part 241, for the period from October 1, 2019, 
through March 31, 2020; 
(2) to an air carrier that did not transmit re-
ports under such part 241, as of March 27, 2020, in 
an amount equal to— 
(A) the amount such air carrier received 
under section 4113 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
9073), plus an additional 15 percent of such 
amount; or 
(B) at the request of such air carrier, or in 
the event such an air carrier did not receive as-
sistance under section 4113 of the CARES Act 
(15 U.S.C. 9073), an amount that such an air 
carrier certifies, using sworn financial state-
ments or other appropriate data, as the amount 
of total salaries and related fringe benefits that 
such air carrier incurred and would be required 
to be reported to the Department of Transpor-
tation pursuant to such part 241, if the air car-
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rier were required to transmit such information 
during the period from October 1, 2019, through 
March 31, 2020; and 
(3) to a contractor in an amount equal to— 
(A) the amount such contractor received 
under section 4113 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
9073); or 
(B) or in the event such contractor did not 
receive assistance under section 4113 of the 
CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9073), an amount that 
the contractor certifies, using sworn financial 
statements or other appropriate data, as the 
amount of wages, salaries, benefits, and other 
compensation that such contractor paid the em-
ployees of such contractor during the period from 
October 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020. 
(b) DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) FORMS; TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Fi-
nancial assistance provided to an air carrier or 
contractor under this title shall— 
(i) be in such form, on such terms and 
conditions (including requirements for au-
dits and the clawback of any financial as-
sistance provided upon failure by a pas-
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senger air carrier, cargo air carrier, or con-
tractor to honor the assurances specified in 
section 105 of this division), as agreed to by 
the Secretary and the recipient for assist-
ance received under section 4113 of the 
CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9073), except where 
inconsistent with this title; or 
(ii) in the event such an air carrier or 
contractor did not receive assistance under 
section 4113 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
9073), be in such form, on such terms and 
conditions (including requirements for au-
dits and the clawback of any financial as-
sistance provided upon failure by a pas-
senger air carrier, cargo air carrier, or con-
tractor to honor the assurances specified in 
section 105 of this division), as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate. 
(B) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall 
publish streamlined and expedited procedures 
not later than 5 days after the date of enactment 
of this title for air carriers and contractors to 
submit requests for financial assistance under 
this title.
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(2) DEADLINE FOR IMMEDIATE PAYROLL ASSIST-
ANCE.—Not later than 10 days after the date of enact-
ment of this title, the Secretary shall make initial 
payments to air carriers and contractors that submit 
requests for financial assistance approved by to the 
Secretary. 
(d) PRO RATA REDUCTIONS.—The amounts under 
subsections (a)(1)(B) and (a)(2)(B) shall, to the maximum 
extent practicable, be subject to the same pro rata reduction 
applied by the Secretary to air carriers or contractors, as 
applicable, that received assistance under section 4113 of 
the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9073). 
(e) AUDITS.—The Inspector General of the Department 
of the Treasury shall audit certifications made under sub-
section (a). 
SEC. 105. REQUIRED ASSURANCES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for financial assist-
ance under this title, an air carrier or contractor shall enter 
into an agreement with the Secretary, or otherwise certify 
in such form and manner as the Secretary shall prescribe, 
that the air carrier or contractor shall— 
(1) refrain from conducting involuntary fur-
loughs or reducing pay rates and benefits until— 
(A) with respect to air carriers, March 31, 
2021; or
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(B) with respect to contractors, March 31, 
2021, or the date on which the contractor ex-
hausts such financial assistance, whichever is 
later; 
(2) ensure that neither the air carrier or con-
tractor nor any affiliate of the air carrier or con-
tractor may, in any transaction, purchase an equity 
security of the air carrier or contractor or the parent 
company of the air carrier or contractor that is listed 
on a national securities exchange through— 
(A) with respect to air carriers, March 31, 
2022; or 
(B) with respect to contractors, March 31, 
2022, or the date on which the contractor ex-
hausts such financial assistance, whichever is 
later; 
(3) ensure that the air carrier or contractor shall 
not pay dividends, or make other capital distribu-
tions, with respect to common stock (or equivalent in-
terest) of the air carrier or contractor through— 
(A) with respect to air carriers, March 31, 
2022; or 
(B) with respect to contractors, March 31, 
2022, or the date on which the contractor ex-
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hausts such financial assistance, whichever is 
later; 
(4) meet the requirements of sections 106 and 
107 of this division; and 
(5) affirm that the air carrier or contractor has 
not conducted involuntary furloughs or reduced pay 
rates and benefits between— 
(A) the date the air carrier or contractor 
entered into an agreement with the Secretary for 
loans, loan guarantees, other investments, or fi-
nancial assistance under title IV of the CARES 
Act (Public Law 116–136) and the date the air 
carrier or contractor enters into an agreement 
with the Secretary for financial assistance under 
this title; or 
(B) in the case of an air carrier or con-
tractor that did not receive loans, loan guaran-
tees, other investments, or financial assistance 
under title IV of the CARES Act, the date of en-
actment of this title and the date the air carrier 
or contractor enters into an agreement with the 
Secretary for funding under this title.
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SEC. 
106. 
PROTECTION 
OF 
COLLECTIVE 
BARGAINING 
AGREEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Neither the Secretary, nor any 
other actor, department, or agency of the Federal Govern-
ment, shall condition the issuance of financial assistance 
under this title on an air carrier’s or contractor’s imple-
mentation of measures to enter into negotiations with the 
certified bargaining representative of a craft or class of em-
ployees of the air carrier or contractor under the Railway 
Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) or the National Labor 
Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), regarding pay or 
other terms and conditions of employment. 
(b) AIR CARRIER PERIOD OF EFFECT.—With respect 
to any air carrier to which financial assistance is provided 
under this title, this section shall be in effect with respect 
to the air carrier beginning on the date on which the air 
carrier is first issued such financial assistance and ending 
on March 31, 2021. 
(c) CONTRACTOR PERIOD OF EFFECT.—With respect 
to any contractor to which financial assistance is provided 
under this title, this section shall be in effect with respect 
to contractor beginning on the date on which the contractor 
is first issued such financial assistance and ending on 
March 31, 2021, or until the date on which all funds are 
expended, whichever is later.
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SEC. 107. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EMPLOYEE COMPENSA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may only provide fi-
nancial assistance under this title to an air carrier or con-
tractor after such carrier or contractor enters into an agree-
ment with the Secretary which provides that, during the 
2-year period beginning October 1, 2020, and ending Octo-
ber 1, 2022, no officer or employee of the air carrier or 
contractor whose total compensation exceeded $425,000 in 
calendar year 2019 (other than an employee whose com-
pensation is determined through an existing collective bar-
gaining agreement entered into prior to enactment of this 
title)— 
(1) will receive from the air carrier or contractor 
total compensation which exceeds, during any 12 con-
secutive months of such 2-year period, the total com-
pensation received by the officer or employee from the 
air carrier or contractor in calendar year 2019; 
(2) will receive from the air carrier or contractor 
severance pay or other benefits upon termination of 
employment with the air carrier or contractor which 
exceeds twice the maximum total compensation re-
ceived by the officer or employee from the air carrier 
or contractor in calendar year 2019; and 
(3) no officer or employee of the air carrier or 
contractor 
whose 
total 
compensation 
exceeded
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$3,000,000 in calendar year 2019 may receive during 
any 12 consecutive months of such period total com-
pensation in excess of the sum of— 
(A) $3,000,000; and 
(B) 50 percent of the excess over $3,000,000 
of the total compensation received by the officer 
or employee from the air carrier or contractor in 
calendar year 2019. 
(b) TOTAL COMPENSATION DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘total compensation’’ includes salary, bonuses, 
awards of stock, and other financial benefits provided by 
an air carrier or contractor to an officer or employee of 
the air carrier or contractor. 
SEC. 108. MINIMUM AIR SERVICE GUARANTEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation is 
authorized to require, to the extent reasonable and prac-
ticable, an air carrier provided financial assistance under 
this title to maintain scheduled air transportation, as the 
Secretary of Transportation determines necessary, to ensure 
services to any point served by that air carrier before March 
1, 2020, continues to receive a basic level of air service. 
(b) REQUIRED CONSIDERATIONS.—When considering 
whether to exercise the authority provided by this section, 
the Secretary of Transportation shall take into consider-
ation the air transportation needs of small and remote com-
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munities, the need to maintain well-functioning health care 
supply chains, including medical devices and supplies, and 
pharmaceutical supply chains, and such other matters as 
the public interest requires. 
(c) SUNSET.—The authority provided under this sec-
tion shall terminate on September 1, 2022, and any re-
quirements issued by the Secretary of Transportation under 
this section shall cease to apply after that date. 
SEC. 109. TAX PAYER PROTECTION. 
(a) CARES ACT ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS.—With re-
spect to a recipient of assistance under section 4113 of the 
CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9073) that receives assistance under 
this title, the Secretary may receive warrants, options, pre-
ferred stock, debt securities, notes, or other financial instru-
ments issued by such recipient in the same form and 
amount, and under the same terms and conditions, as 
agreed to by the Secretary and the recipient for assistance 
received under such section 4113 to provide appropriate 
compensation to the Federal Government for the provision 
of the financial assistance under this title. 
(b) OTHER APPLICANTS.—With respect to an appli-
cant that did not receive assistance under such section 4113, 
the Secretary may receive warrants, options, preferred 
stock, debt securities, notes, or other financial instruments 
issued by an applicant that receives assistance under this
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title in a form and amount that are, to the maximum extent 
practicable, the same as the terms and conditions as agreed 
to by the Secretary and similarly situated recipients of as-
sistance under such section 4113 to provide appropriate 
compensation to the Federal Government for the provision 
of the financial assistance under this title. 
SEC. 110. REPORTS. 
(a) REPORT.—Not later than May 1, 2021, the Sec-
retary shall update and submit to the Committee on Trans-
portation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Finan-
cial Services of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the 
Senate a report on the financial assistance provided to air 
carriers and contractors under this title, which includes— 
(1) a description of any financial assistance pro-
vided to air carrier and contractors under this title; 
(2) any audits of air carriers or contractors re-
ceiving financial assistance under this title; 
(3) any reports filed by air carriers or contrac-
tors receiving financial assistance under this title; 
(4) any non-compliances by air carriers or con-
tractors receiving financial assistance under this title 
with the terms and conditions of this title or agree-
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ments entered into with the Secretary to receive such 
financial assistance; and 
(5) information relating to any clawback of any 
financial assistance provided to air carriers or con-
tractors under this title. 
(b) INTERNET UPDATES.—The Secretary shall update 
the website of the Department of the Treasury on a daily 
basis as necessary to reflect new or revised distributions of 
financial assistance under this title with respect to each air 
carrier or contractor that receives such assistance, the iden-
tification of any applicant that applied for financial assist-
ance under this title, and the date of application. 
(c) SUPPLEMENTAL UPDATE.—Not later than the last 
day of the 1-year period following the date of enactment 
of this title, the Secretary shall update and submit to the 
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the 
Committee on Financial Services of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and the Committee on Banking, Housing, 
and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the report submitted under 
subsection (a). 
SEC. 111. COORDINATION. 
In implementing this title, the Secretary shall coordi-
nate with the Secretary of Transportation.
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SEC. 112. DIRECT APPROPRIATION. 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is 
appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $28,300,000,000 to carry out this title. 
SEC. 113. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATION. 
(a) Section 4003(c)(1)(B) of the CARES Act (15 
U.S.C. 9042(c)(1)(B)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘As soon’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), as soon’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENT.—The procedures 
and any related guidance issued under 
clause (i) shall not prohibit any air carrier 
from applying for or receiving a loan or 
loan guarantee under paragraph (1), (2), or 
(3) of subsection (b) based on the amount of 
the loan or loan guarantee requested.’’; and 
(b) Section 4113(c) of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 
9073(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘ section 4112’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
(c) Section 4114 of the CARES Act (15 U.S.C. 9074) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
sections: 
‘‘(c) CONTINUED APPLICATION.—
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‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, after September 30, 2020, 
a contractor expends funds made available pursuant 
to section 4112 and distributed pursuant to section 
4113, the assurances under this section shall continue 
to apply until all funds are expended, notwith-
standing the time limits included in paragraphs (1) 
through (3) of subsection (a), or section 4115 or 4116. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE.—Not later than January 5, 
2021, each contractor that has received funds pursu-
ant to such section 4112 shall report to the Secretary 
on the amount of such funds that the contractor has 
expended through December 31, 2020. If the con-
tractor has expended an amount that is less than 50 
percent of the total amount of funds the contractor re-
ceived under such section, the Secretary shall initiate 
an action to recover any funds that remain unex-
pended as of January 31, 2021. 
‘‘(d) CLAWBACK OF ASSISTANCE.—Any contractor that 
conducted involuntary furloughs or reduced pay rates and 
benefits, between March 27, 2020, and the date on which 
the contractor entered into an agreement with the Secretary 
related to financial assistance under this subtitle, shall at-
tempt in good faith to rehire employees who were involun-
tary furloughed, or the Secretary shall claw back such fi-
nancial assistance, as necessary.’’.
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SEC. 114. NATIONAL AVIATION PREPAREDNESS PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this section, the Secretary of Transpor-
tation, in coordination with the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and 
the heads of such other Federal departments or agencies as 
the Secretary considers appropriate, shall develop and regu-
larly update a national aviation preparedness plan to en-
sure the aviation system is prepared to respond to 
epidemics and pandemics of infectious diseases. 
(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—A plan developed under sub-
section (a) shall, at a minimum— 
(1) provide airports and air carriers with an 
adaptable and scalable framework with which to align 
the individual plans of such airports and air carriers 
and provide appropriate guidance as to each indi-
vidual plan; 
(2) improve coordination among airports, air 
carriers, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, other ap-
propriate Federal entities, and State and local gov-
ernments or health agencies on developing policies 
that increase the effectiveness of screening, quaran-
tining, and contact-tracing with respect to inbound 
international passengers;
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(3) ensure that at-risk employees are equipped 
with appropriate personal protective equipment to re-
duce the likelihood of exposure to pathogens in the 
event of a pandemic; 
(4) ensure aircraft and enclosed facilities owned, 
operated, or used by an air carrier or airport are 
cleaned, disinfected, and sanitized frequently in ac-
cordance with Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention guidance; and 
(5) incorporate all elements referenced in the rec-
ommendation of the Comptroller General of the 
United States to the Secretary of Transportation con-
tained in the report titled ‘‘Air Travel and Commu-
nicable Diseases: Comprehensive Federal Plan Needed 
for U.S. Aviation System’s Preparedness’’ issued in 
December 2015 (GAO–16–127). 
(c) CONSULTATION.—When developing a plan under 
subsection (a), the Secretary of Transportation shall consult 
with aviation industry and labor stakeholders, including 
representatives of— 
(1) air carriers; 
(2) small, medium, and large hub airports; 
(3) labor organizations that represent airline pi-
lots, flight attendants, air carrier airport customer
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service representatives, and air carrier maintenance, 
repair, and overhaul workers; 
(4) the labor organization certified under section 
7111 of title 5, United States Code, as the exclusive 
bargaining representative of air traffic controllers of 
the Federal Aviation Administration; 
(5) the labor organization certified under such 
section as the exclusive bargaining representative of 
airway transportation systems specialists and avia-
tion safety inspectors of the Federal Aviation Admin-
istration; and 
(6) such other stakeholders as the Secretary con-
siders appropriate. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the plan 
is developed under subsection (a), the Secretary shall submit 
to the appropriate committees of Congress such plan. 
(e) DEFINITION OF AT-RISK EMPLOYEES.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘at-risk employees’’ means— 
(1) individuals whose job duties require inter-
action with air carrier passengers on a regular and 
continuing basis that are employees of— 
(A) air carriers; 
(B) air carrier contractors; 
(C) airports; and 
(D) Federal departments or agencies; and
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(2) air traffic controllers and systems safety spe-
cialists of the Federal Aviation Administration. 
TITLE II—FEDERAL EMERGENCY 
MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
SEC. 201. COST SHARE. 
(a) TEMPORARY FEDERAL SHARE.—Notwithstanding 
sections 
403(b), 
403(c)(4), 
404(a), 
406(b), 
408(d), 
408(g)(2), 428(e)(2)(B), and 503(a) of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), for any emergency or major disaster 
declared by the President under such Act during the period 
beginning on January 1, 2020 and ending on December 31, 
2020, the Federal share of assistance provided under such 
sections shall be not less than 90 percent of the eligible cost 
of such assistance. 
(b) COST SHARE UNDER COVID EMERGENCY DEC-
LARATION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), assistance 
provided under the emergency declaration issued by the 
President on March 13, 2020, pursuant to section 501(b) 
of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)), and under any subse-
quent major disaster declaration under section 401 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) that supersedes such emergency dec-
laration, shall be at a 100 percent Federal cost share.
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SEC. 202. CLARIFICATION OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the emergency declared on 
March 13, 2020 by the President under section 501 of the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191), the President may provide as-
sistance for activities, costs, and purchases of States, Indian 
tribal governments, or local governments, including— 
(1) activities eligible for assistance under sec-
tions 301, 415, 416, and 426 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5141, 5182, 5183, 5189d); 
(2) backfill costs for first responders and other 
essential employees who are ill or quarantined; 
(3) increased operating costs for essential govern-
ment services due to such emergency, including costs 
for implementing continuity plans, and sheltering or 
housing for first responders, emergency managers, 
health providers and other essential employees; 
(4) costs of providing guidance and information 
to the public and for call centers to disseminate such 
guidance and information, including private non-
profit organizations; 
(5) costs associated with establishing and oper-
ating virtual services;
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(6) costs for establishing and operating remote 
test sites, including comprehensive community based 
testing; 
(7) training provided specifically in anticipation 
of or in response to the event on which such emer-
gency declaration is predicated; 
(8) personal protective equipment and other crit-
ical supplies and services for first responders and 
other essential employees, including individuals work-
ing in public schools, courthouses, and public transit 
systems; 
(9) medical equipment, regardless of whether 
such equipment is used for emergency or inpatient 
care; 
(10) public health costs, including provision and 
distribution of medicine and medical supplies; 
(11) costs associated with maintaining alternate 
care facilities or related facilities currently inactive 
but related to future needs tied to the ongoing pan-
demic event; 
(12) costs of establishing and operating shelters 
and providing services, including transportation, that 
help alleviate the need of individuals for shelter; and 
(13) costs, including costs incurred by private 
nonprofit organizations, of procuring and distrib-
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uting food to individuals affected by the pandemic 
through networks established by State, local, or Tribal 
governments, or other organizations, including res-
taurants and farms, and for the purchase of food di-
rectly from food producers and farmers. 
(b) APPLICATION
TO
SUBSEQUENT
MAJOR
DIS-
ASTER.—The activities described in subsection (a) may also 
be eligible for assistance under any major disaster declared 
by the President under section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
5170) that supersedes the emergency declaration described 
in such subsection. 
(c) FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
FOR
FUNERAL
EX-
PENSES.—For any emergency or major disaster described 
in subsection (a) or (b), the President shall provide finan-
cial assistance to an individual or household to meet dis-
aster-related funeral expenses under section 408(e)(1) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 5174(e)). 
(d) ADVANCED ASSISTANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In order to facilitate activities 
under this section, the President, acting through the Admin-
istrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
may provide assistance in advance to an eligible applicant 
if a failure to do so would prevent the applicant from car-
rying out such activities.
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(2) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Administrator shall sub-
mit to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
a report on assistance provided in advance pursuant to 
paragraph (1). 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed to make ineligible any assistance that 
would otherwise be eligible under section 403, 408, or 502 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170b, 5192). 
(f) STATE; INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENT; LOCAL GOV-
ERNMENT DEFINED.—In this section, the terms ‘‘State’’, 
‘‘Indian tribal government’’, and ‘‘local government’’ have 
the meanings given such terms in section 102 of the Robert 
T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
(42 U.S.C. 5122). 
SEC. 203. HAZARD MITIGATION APPROVAL. 
For all States or Indian tribal governments, as such 
terms are defined in section 102 of the Robert T. Stafford 
Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
5122), receiving an emergency declaration on March 13, 
2020 by the President under section 501 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 5191), and a major disaster declared by the Presi-
dent under section 401 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) that
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supersedes such emergency declaration, the President shall 
approve the availability of hazard mitigation assistance 
pursuant to section 404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c) as 
part of such major disaster declarations, if requested, and 
the President may contribute up to 100 percent of hazard 
mitigation measures authorized under section 404(a) of 
such Act. 
TITLE III—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 301. REQUIREMENTS FOR OWNERS AND OPERATORS 
OF EQUIPMENT OR FACILITIES USED BY PAS-
SENGER OR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION EM-
PLOYERS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AT-RISK EMPLOYEE.—The term ‘‘at-risk em-
ployee’’ means an employee (including a Federal em-
ployee) or contractor of a passenger or freight trans-
portation employer— 
(A) whose job responsibilities involve inter-
action with— 
(i) passengers; 
(ii) the public; or 
(iii) coworkers who interact with the 
public;
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(B) who handles items which are handled or 
will be handled by the public; or 
(C) who works in locations where social 
distancing and other preventative measures with 
respect 
to 
the 
Coronavirus 
Disease 
2019 
(COVID–19) are not possible. 
(2) PASSENGER OR FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION 
EMPLOYER.—The term ‘‘passenger or freight transpor-
tation employer’’ includes— 
(A) the owner, charterer, managing oper-
ator, master, or other individual in charge of a 
passenger vessel (as defined in section 2101 of 
title 46, United States Code); 
(B) an air carrier (as defined in section 
40102 of title 49, United States Code); 
(C) a commuter authority (as defined in 
section 24102 of title 49, United State Code); 
(D) an entity that provides intercity rail 
passenger transportation (as defined in section 
24102 of title 49, United States Code); 
(E) a rail carrier (as defined in section 
10102 of title 49, United States Code); 
(F) a regional transportation authority (as 
defined in section 24102 of title 49, United 
States Code);
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(G) a provider of public transportation (as 
defined in section 5302 of title 49, United States 
Code); 
(H) a provider of motorcoach services (as 
defined in section 32702 of the Motorcoach En-
hanced Safety Act of 2012 (49 U.S.C. 31136 
note; Public Law 112–141)); 
(I) a motor carrier that owns or operates 
more than 100 motor vehicles (as those terms are 
defined in section 390.5 of title 49, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations (or successor regulations)); 
(J) a sponsor, owner, or operator of a pub-
lic-use airport (as defined in section 47102 of 
title 49, United States Code); 
(K) a marine terminal operator (as defined 
in section 40102 of title 46, United States Code) 
and the relevant authority or operator of a port 
or harbor; 
(L) the Transportation Security Adminis-
tration, exclusively with respect to Transpor-
tation Security Officers; and 
(M) a marine terminal operator (as defined 
in section 40102 of title 46, United States Code) 
and the relevant authority or operator of a port 
or harbor, or any other employer of individuals
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covered under section 2(3) of the Longshore and 
Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 U.S.C. 
902(3)). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—For the purposes of responding 
to, or for purposes relating to operations during the na-
tional emergency declared by the President under the Na-
tional Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) related to 
the pandemic of SARS–4CoV–2 or coronavirus disease 2019 
(COVID–19), the Secretary shall require— 
(1) the owners or operators of equipment, sta-
tions, or facilities used by passenger or freight trans-
portation employers, as applicable— 
(A) to clean, disinfect, and sanitize, in ac-
cordance with guidance issued by the Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention or the safety 
alert for operators issued by the Federal Aviation 
Administration on May 11, 2020, numbered 
SAFO 20009 (including any similar successor 
safety alert or applicable guidance), the equip-
ment and facilities, including, as applicable— 
(i) buses and transit vehicles; 
(ii) commercial motor vehicles; 
(iii) freight and passenger rail loco-
motives; 
(iv) freight and passenger rail cars;
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(v) vessels; 
(vi) airports; 
(vii) fleet vehicles used for the trans-
portation of workers to job sites; 
(viii) aircraft, including the cockpit 
and the cabin; and 
(ix) other equipment and facilities; 
(B) to ensure that stations and facilities, 
including enclosed facilities, owned, operated, 
and used by passenger or freight transportation 
employers, including facilities used for employee 
training or the performance of indoor or outdoor 
maintenance, repair, or overhaul work, are dis-
infected and sanitized frequently in accordance 
with guidance issued by the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention or the safety alert for op-
erators issued by the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration on May 11, 2020, numbered SAFO 
20009 (including any similar successor safety 
alert or applicable guidance); 
(C) to provide to at-risk employees— 
(i) masks or protective face coverings; 
(ii) gloves; 
(iii) hand sanitizer;
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(iv) sanitizing wipes with sufficient al-
cohol content; and 
(v) training on the proper use of per-
sonal protective equipment and sanitizing 
equipment; 
(D) to ensure that employees whose job re-
sponsibilities include the cleaning, disinfecting, 
or sanitizing described in subparagraph (A) or 
(B) are provided— 
(i) masks or protective face coverings; 
(ii) gloves; 
(iii) hand sanitizer; and 
(iv) sanitizing wipes with sufficient al-
cohol content; 
(E) to establish guidelines, or adhere to any 
existing applicable guidelines, including the safe-
ty alert for operators issued by the Federal Avia-
tion Administration on May 11, 2020, numbered 
SAFO 20009 (including any similar successor 
safety alert or applicable guidance), for notifying 
an employee of the owner or operator of a con-
firmed diagnosis of the Coronavirus Disease 
2019 (COVID–19) with respect to any other em-
ployee of the owner or operator with whom the 
notified employee had physical contact or a
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physical interaction during the 48-hour period 
preceding the time at which the diagnosed em-
ployee developed symptoms; 
(F) to require the wearing of masks or pro-
tective face coverings, subject to the requirements 
of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), section 41705 of title 
49, United States Code, (commonly known as the 
‘‘Air Carrier Access Act of 1986’’), and section 
501 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 
791), as applicable, by— 
(i) passengers traveling on transpor-
tation provided by a passenger or freight 
transportation employer; and 
(ii) employees of passenger or freight 
transportation employers when— 
(I) interacting with passengers, 
the public, or coworkers who interact 
with the public; or 
(II) working in locations where 
social distancing and other preventa-
tive measures with respect to the 
Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) 
are not possible;
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(G) to require each flight crew member to 
wear a mask or protective face covering while on 
board an aircraft and outside the flight deck; 
and 
(H) ensure that each contractor of an owner 
or operator identified under this paragraph pro-
vides masks or protective face coverings, gloves, 
hand sanitizer, and sanitizing wipes with suffi-
cient alcohol content, to employees of such con-
tractor whose job responsibilities include the 
cleaning, disinfecting, or sanitizing described in 
subparagraph (A) or (B); and 
(2) an air carrier to submit to the Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration a proposal to 
permit flight crew members to wear masks or protec-
tive face coverings in the flight deck, including a safe-
ty risk assessment with respect to that proposal. 
(c) 
MARKET
UNAVAILABILITY
OF
NECESSARY 
ITEMS.— 
(1) NOTICE OF MARKET UNAVAILABILITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—If an owner or operator 
described in paragraph (1) of subsection (b) is 
unable to acquire 1 or more items necessary to 
comply with the requirements prescribed under
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that paragraph due to market unavailability of 
the items, the owner or operator shall— 
(i) not later than 7 days after the date 
on which the owner or operator is unable to 
acquire each applicable item, submit to the 
Secretary a written notice explaining the ef-
forts made and obstacles faced by the owner 
or operator to acquire that item; and 
(ii) continue making efforts to acquire 
that item until the item is acquired. 
(B) UPDATED NOTICE WITH RESPECT TO 
THE SAME ITEM.—If an owner or operator is 
unable to acquire an item described in a notice 
submitted under subparagraph (A) by the date 
described in paragraph (4)(B)(ii) with respect to 
the notice, the owner or operator may submit an 
updated notice with respect to that item. 
(2) REASONABLE
EFFORT
DETERMINATION.— 
With respect to each notice submitted under para-
graph (1), the Secretary shall determine whether the 
owner or operator submitting the notice has made 
reasonable efforts to acquire the item described in the 
notice. 
(3) NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE.—Not later than 7 
days after the date on which an owner or operator ac-
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quires an item described in a notice submitted by that 
owner or operator under paragraph (1) in a quantity 
sufficient to comply with the requirements prescribed 
under subsection (b)(1), the owner or operator shall 
submit to the Secretary a written notice of compli-
ance with those requirements. 
(4) LISTS OF OWNERS AND OPERATORS MAKING 
REASONABLE
EFFORTS
TO
ACQUIRE
UNAVAILABLE 
ITEMS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall pub-
lish on a public website of the Department of 
Transportation a list that, with respect to each 
notice submitted to the Secretary under para-
graph (1) for which the Secretary has made a 
positive determination under paragraph (2)— 
(i) identifies the owner or operator 
that submitted the notice; 
(ii) identifies the item that the owner 
or operator was unable to acquire; and 
(iii) describes the reasonable efforts 
made by the owner or operator to acquire 
that item. 
(B) REMOVAL FROM LIST.—The Secretary 
shall remove each entry on the list described in 
subparagraph (A) on the earlier of—
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(i) the date on which the applicable 
owner or operator submits to the Secretary 
a notice of compliance under paragraph (3) 
with respect to the item that is the subject 
of the entry; and 
(ii) the date that is 90 days after the 
date on which the entry was added to the 
list. 
(d) PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AVIATION AD-
MINISTRATION EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the purposes of respond-
ing to, or for purposes relating to operations during 
the national emergency declared by the President 
under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 
et seq.) related to the pandemic of SARS–4CoV–2 or 
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19), in order to 
maintain the safe and efficient operation of the air 
traffic control system, the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Aviation Administration shall— 
(A) provide any air traffic controller and 
airway transportation systems specialist of the 
Federal Aviation Administration with masks or 
protective face coverings, gloves, and hand sani-
tizer and wipes of sufficient alcohol content, and
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provide training on the proper use of personal 
protective equipment and sanitizing equipment; 
(B) ensure that each air traffic control fa-
cility is cleaned, disinfected, and sanitized fre-
quently in accordance with Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention guidance; and 
(C) provide any employee of the Federal 
Aviation Administration whose job responsibil-
ities involve cleaning, disinfecting, and sani-
tizing a facility described in subparagraph (B) 
with masks or protective face coverings and 
gloves, and ensure that each contractor of the 
Federal Aviation Administration provides any 
employee of the contractor with those materials. 
(2) SOURCE
OF
EQUIPMENT.—The items de-
scribed in paragraph (1)(A) may be procured or pro-
vided under that paragraph through any source 
available to the Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration. 
SEC. 302. PROPERTY DISPOSITION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUS-
ING. 
Section 5334(h)(1) of title 49, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a recipient of assistance 
under this chapter decides an asset acquired under
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this chapter at least in part with that assistance is 
no longer needed for the purpose for which such asset 
was acquired, the Secretary may authorize the recipi-
ent to transfer such asset to— 
‘‘(A) a local governmental authority to be 
used for a public purpose with no further obliga-
tion to the Government if the Secretary de-
cides— 
‘‘(i) the asset will remain in public use 
for at least 5 years after the date the asset 
is transferred; 
‘‘(ii) there is no purpose eligible for as-
sistance under this chapter for which the 
asset should be used; 
‘‘(iii) the overall benefit of allowing the 
transfer is greater than the interest of the 
Government in liquidation and return of 
the financial interest of the Government in 
the asset, after considering fair market 
value and other factors; and 
‘‘(iv) through an appropriate screening 
or survey process, that there is no interest 
in acquiring the asset for Government use if 
the asset is a facility or land; or
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‘‘(B) a local governmental authority, non-
profit organization, or other third party entity 
to be used for the purpose of transit-oriented de-
velopment with no further obligation to the Gov-
ernment if the Secretary decides— 
‘‘(i) the asset is a necessary component 
of a proposed transit-oriented development 
project; 
‘‘(ii) the transit-oriented development 
project will increase transit ridership; 
‘‘(iii) at least 40 percent of the housing 
units offered in the transit-oriented develop-
ment , including housing units owned by 
nongovernmental entities, are legally bind-
ing affordability restricted to tenants with 
incomes at or below 60 percent of the area 
median income and/or owners with incomes 
at or below 60 percent the area median in-
come; 
‘‘(iv) the asset will remain in use as 
described in this section for at least 30 
years after the date the asset is transferred; 
and 
‘‘(v) with respect to a transfer to a 
third party entity—
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‘‘(I) a local government authority 
or nonprofit organization is unable to 
receive the property; 
‘‘(II) the overall benefit of allow-
ing the transfer is greater than the in-
terest of the Government in liquidation 
and return of the financial interest of 
the Government in the asset, after con-
sidering fair market value and other 
factors; and 
‘‘(III) the third party has dem-
onstrated a satisfactory history of con-
struction or operating an affordable 
housing development.’’. 
SEC. 303. TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS FROM THE RAILROAD 
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACCOUNT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 256(i)(1) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 
U.S.C. 906(i)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph:
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‘‘(D) any payment made from the Railroad Un-
employment Insurance Account (established by section 
10 of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act) for 
the purpose of carrying out the Railroad Unemploy-
ment Insurance Act, and funds appropriated or 
transferred to or otherwise deposited in such Ac-
count,’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The treatment of payments 
made from the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Account 
pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect 7 days after the date of enactment of this Act 
and shall apply only to obligations incurred on or after 
such effective date for such payments. 
SEC. 304. CLARIFICATION OF OVERSIGHT AND IMPLEMEN-
TATION OF RELIEF FOR WORKERS AFFECTED 
BY CORONAVIRUS ACT. 
(a) AUDITS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND OVERSIGHT.—Not-
withstanding section 2115 of the Relief for Workers Affected 
by Coronavirus Act (subtitle A of title II of division A of 
Public Law 116–136), the authority of the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Department of Labor to carry out audits, inves-
tigations, and other oversight activities that are related to 
the provisions of such Act shall not extend to any activities 
related to sections 2112, 2113, or 2114 of such Act. Such
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authority with respect to such sections shall belong to the 
Inspector General of the Railroad Retirement Board. 
(b) OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
OR OTHER GUID-
ANCE.—Notwithstanding section 2116(b) of the Relief for 
Workers Affected by Coronavirus Act (subtitle A of title II 
of division A of Public Law 116–136), the authority of the 
Secretary of Labor to issue any operating instructions or 
other guidance necessary to carry out the provisions of such 
Act shall not extend to any activities related to sections 
2112, 2113, or 2114 of such Act. Such authority with re-
spect to such sections shall belong to the Railroad Retire-
ment Board. 
SEC. 305. EXTENSION OF WAIVER OF THE 7-DAY WAITING 
PERIOD FOR BENEFITS UNDER THE RAIL-
ROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2112(a) of the CARES Act 
(15 U.S.C. 9030) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2021’’. 
(b) OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS AND REGULATIONS.— 
The Railroad Retirement Board may prescribe any oper-
ating instructions or regulations necessary to carry out this 
section. 
(c) CLARIFICATION ON AUTHORITY TO USE FUNDS.— 
Funds appropriated under section 2112(c) of the CARES 
Act shall be available to cover the cost of additional benefits
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payable due to section 2112(a) of the CARES Act by reason 
of the amendments made by subsection (a) as well as to 
cover the cost of such benefits payable due to section 2112(a) 
of the CARES Act as in effect on the day before the date 
of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 306. EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER 
THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 
ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(c)(2)(D)(iii) of the Rail-
road 
Unemployment 
Insurance 
Act 
(45 
U.S.C. 
352(c)(2)(D)(iii) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘June 30, 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘June 30, 2021’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘no extended benefit period under 
this paragraph shall begin after December 31, 2020’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the provisions of clauses (i) and (ii) 
shall not apply to any employee with respect to any 
registration period beginning on or after February 1, 
2021’’. 
(b) CLARIFICATION ON AUTHORITY TO USE FUND.— 
Funds appropriated under either the first or second sen-
tence of clause (iv) of section 2(c)(2)(D) of the Railroad Un-
employment Insurance Act shall be available to cover the 
cost of additional extended unemployment benefits provided 
under such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason of the amendments
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made by subsection (a) as well as to cover the cost of such 
benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) as in effect 
on the day before the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 307. ADDITIONAL ENHANCED BENEFITS UNDER THE 
RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2(a)(5)(A) of the Railroad 
Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(a)(5)(A) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘for registration periods begin-
ning on or after September 6, 2020, but on or before 
January 31, 2021, and for any registration periods 
during a period of continuing unemployment which 
began on or before January 31, 2021,’’ after ‘‘July 31, 
2020,’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘July 1, 2019’’ and inserting 
‘‘July 1, 2019, or July 1, 2020’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end ‘‘No recovery benefit 
under this section shall be payable for any registra-
tion period beginning on or after April 1, 2021. For 
registration periods beginning on or after February 1, 
2021, a recovery benefit under this section shall only 
be payable to a qualified employee with respect to any 
registration period in which the employee received 
normal unemployment benefits as defined in para-
graph (c)(1), but shall not be payable to a qualified
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employee who did not receive unemployment benefits 
or who received extended benefits as defined in para-
graph (c)(2) for such registration period.’’ 
(b) 
ADDITIONAL
APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 
2(a)(5)(B) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act 
(45 U.S.C. 352(a)(5)(B) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘In addition to the amount appropriated by the pre-
ceding sentence, out of any funds in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, there are appropriated $300,000,000 to 
cover the cost of recovery benefits provided under subpara-
graph (A), to remain available until expended.’’. 
(c) DISREGARD OF RECOVERY BENEFITS FOR PUR-
POSES OF ALL FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PRO-
GRAMS.—Section 2(a)(5) of the Railroad Unemployment 
Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(a)(5)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) A recovery benefit payable under subparagraph 
(A) shall not be regarded as income and shall not be re-
garded as a resource for the month of receipt and the fol-
lowing 9 months, for purposes of determining the eligibility 
of the recipient (or the recipient’s spouse or family) for ben-
efits or assistance, or the amount or extent of benefits or 
assistance, under any Federal program or under any State
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or local program financed in whole or in part with Federal 
funds.’’. 
(d) CLARIFICATION ON AUTHORITY TO USE FUNDS.— 
Funds appropriated under either the first or second sen-
tence of subparagraph (B) of section 2(a)(5) of the Railroad 
Unemployment Insurance Act shall be available to cover the 
cost of recovery benefits provided under such section 2(a)(5) 
by reason of the amendments made by subsection (a) as well 
as to cover the cost of such benefits provided under such 
section 2(a)(5) as in effect on the day before the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 308. OFFICE OF DISASTER RECOVERY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title V of the Public Works and 
Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3191 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 508. OFFICE OF DISASTER RECOVERY. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall create an Of-
fice of Disaster Recovery to direct and implement the Agen-
cy’s post-disaster economic recovery responsibilities pursu-
ant to sections 209(c)(2) and 703. 
‘‘(b) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary is authorized to 
appoint and fix the compensation of such temporary per-
sonnel as may be necessary to implement disaster recovery 
measures, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United 
States Code, governing appointments in the competitive
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service. The Secretary is authorized to appoint such tem-
porary personnel, after serving continuously for 2 years, to 
positions in the Economic Development Administration in 
the same manner that competitive service employees with 
competitive status are considered for transfer, reassignment, 
or promotion to such positions. An individual appointed 
under the preceding sentence shall become a career-condi-
tional employee, unless the employee has already completed 
the service requirements for career tenure.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for 
the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 
is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 
507 the following new item: 
‘‘508. Office of Disaster Recovery.’’. 
SEC. 309. GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS FOR THE UNITED 
STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY AND 
STATE MARITIME ACADEMIES. 
(a) UNITED STATES MERCHANT MARINE ACADEMY.— 
(1) Notwithstanding section 51309(a)(1)(B) of 
title 46, United States Code, and subject to such terms 
and conditions as set forth in this subsection and 
other conditions as the Secretary may determine, the 
Superintendent of the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy may confer degrees on individuals scheduled 
to receive such degrees from the United States Mer-
chant Marine Academy in calendar year 2020.
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(2) With respect to an individual described in 
paragraph (1), the Secretary of Transportation 
may— 
(A) defer until not later than December 31, 
2021, the requirements of section 51306(a)(2) of 
title 46, United States Code, and relevant regula-
tions; 
(B) defer until not later than December 31, 
2021, and modify as necessary, requirements 
under paragraphs (3) through (5) of section 
51306(a) of title 46, United States Code, and rel-
evant regulations; and 
(C) conditionally waive requirements under 
paragraphs (2) through (5) of section 51306(a) 
of title 46, United States Code, and relevant reg-
ulations, for an individual who— 
(i) within 3 months of receiving a de-
gree has accepted a commission as an offi-
cer on active duty in an armed force of the 
United States or a commission as an officer 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration or the Public Health Serv-
ice, pursuant to section 51306(e) of title 46, 
United States Code; and
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(ii) serves for the 5-year period fol-
lowing commissioning as an officer on ac-
tive duty as described in clause (i). 
(3) An individual upon whom the United States 
Merchant Marine Academy confers a degree pursuant 
to paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) fulfill the requirements under section 
51306(a)(2) of title 46, United States Code, and 
relevant regulations, by the date set by the Sec-
retary, which shall be not later than December 
31, 2021; or 
(B) for the 5-year period following gradua-
tion from the Academy as described in para-
graph (2)(C)(i), serve as a commissioned officer 
on active duty in an armed force of the United 
States or as a commissioned officer of the Na-
tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
or the Public Health Service, pursuant to section 
51306(e) of title 46, United States Code. 
(4) If the United States Merchant Marine Acad-
emy confers a degree upon an individual pursuant to 
paragraph (1) and the individual fails to comply 
with the requirements established by the Secretary, 
the Secretary may—
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(A) revoke the degree conferred on the indi-
vidual by the United States Merchant Marine 
Academy; and 
(B) exercise the remedies under section 
51306 of title 46, United States Code. 
(b) STATE MARITIME ACADEMY.— 
(1) Notwithstanding section 51506(a)(3) of title 
46, United States Code, and subject to such terms and 
conditions as set forth in this subsection and other 
conditions as the Secretary may determine, a State 
maritime academy may confer degrees upon individ-
uals scheduled to graduate from a State maritime 
academy in calendar year 2020. With respect to an 
individual who has received student incentive pay-
ments under section 51509 of title 46, United States 
Code, and fails to comply with such terms and condi-
tions, the Secretary may exercise the authorities set 
forth in paragraphs (3) of this subsection. 
(2) For an individual to be eligible to be con-
ferred a degree pursuant to paragraph (1), the State 
maritime academy shall require such individual to 
pass the examination required for the issuance of a li-
cense under section 7101 of title 46, United States 
Code, by December 31, 2021, and such State mari-
time academy shall advise all such individuals who
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have not passed the examination prerequisite to 
issuance of a license that any degree so awarded is 
subject to revocation and such State maritime acad-
emy shall advise any individuals who have not 
passed. 
(3) The Secretary of Transportation may— 
(A) require a State maritime academy, as 
a condition of receiving an annual payment 
under section 51506(a) of title 46, United States 
Code, to report to the Secretary, in a manner de-
termined by the Secretary, on the compliance 
with paragraph (2); 
(B) 
withhold 
payments 
under 
section 
51506(a) of title 46, United States Code, in an 
amount not greater than the fractional amount 
of the direct payment that is proportional to the 
number of graduates who fail to comply with re-
quirements under paragraph (2) and whose de-
grees have not been revoked by the State mari-
time academy and the total number of individ-
uals graduating from such State maritime acad-
emy in calendar year 2020; and 
(C) reduce the amount of direct payments 
withheld under subparagraph (B) below the max-
imum amount authorized.
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(4) For an individual graduating from a State 
maritime academy in calendar year 2020 who has re-
ceived student incentive payments under section 
51509 of title 46, United States Code, the Secretary 
of Transportation may— 
(A) defer until not later than December 31, 
2021, 
the 
requirements 
under 
sections 
51509(d)(2) of title 46, United States Code, and 
relevant regulations; 
(B) defer until not later than December 31, 
2021, and modify as necessary as determined by 
the Secretary, the requirements under para-
graphs (3) through (5) of section 51509(d) of 
title 46, United States Code, and relevant regula-
tions; and 
(C) conditionally waive requirements under 
paragraphs (2) through (5) of section 51509(d) 
of title 46, United States Code, and relevant reg-
ulations, for an individual who— 
(i) within 3 months of graduation is 
commissioned as an officer on active duty 
in an armed force of the United States or 
as a commissioned officer of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 
or the Public Health Service, pursuant to
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section 51509(h) of title 46, United States 
Code; and 
(ii) serves for the 5-year period fol-
lowing commissioning as an officer on ac-
tive duty as provided for in clause (i). 
(5) An individual conferred a degree from a 
State maritime academy pursuant to paragraph (1) 
who has received student incentive payments as pro-
vided for in section 51509 of title 46, United States 
Code, shall— 
(A) fulfill the requirements under section 
51509(d)(2) of title 46, United States Code, and 
relevant regulations not later than December 31, 
2021; or 
(B) for the 5-year period following gradua-
tion from an academy described in paragraph 
(4)(C)(ii), serve as a commissioned officer on ac-
tive duty in an armed force of the United States 
or as a commissioned officer of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration or the 
Public Health Service, pursuant to section 
51509(h) of title 46, United States Code. 
(6) If an individual conferred a degree from a 
State maritime academy pursuant to paragraph (1) 
fails to comply with the requirements established by
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the Secretary, the Secretary may exercise the remedies 
under section 51509 of title 46, United States Code. 
(c) EXTENSION OF AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary 
may apply the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) to sub-
sequent graduating classes at the United States Merchant 
Marine Academy and State maritime academies, and ex-
tend compliance dates applicable to such graduates, if the 
Secretary determines it is necessary to respond to the public 
health emergency declared by the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services issued on January 27, 2020, titled ‘‘Con-
cerning the Novel Coronavirus’’. 
SEC. 310. REGULATION OF ANCHORAGE AND MOVEMENT OF 
VESSELS DURING NATIONAL EMERGENCY. 
Section 70051 of title 46, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in the section heading by inserting ‘‘or public 
health emergency’’ after ‘‘national emergency’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘or whenever the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services determines a public 
health emergency exists,’’ after ‘‘international rela-
tions of the United States’’; 
(3) by inserting ‘‘or to ensure the safety of vessels 
and persons in any port and navigable waterway,’’ 
after ‘‘harbor or waters of the United States’’;
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(4) by inserting ‘‘or public health emergency,’’ 
after ‘‘subversive activity’’; and 
(5) by inserting ‘‘or to ensure the safety of vessels 
and persons in any port and navigable waterway,’’ 
after ‘‘injury to any harbor or waters of the United 
States,’’. 
DIVISION R—ACCOUNTABILITY 
AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS 
TITLE I—ACCOUNTABILITY 
SEC. 101. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN 
STATUS OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) CHANGE IN STATUS OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF 
OFFICES.—Section 3(b) of the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, is placed on paid or unpaid 
non-duty status,’’ after ‘‘is removed from office’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, change in status,’’ after ‘‘any 
such removal’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘, change in status,’’ after ‘‘be-
fore the removal’’. 
(b) CHANGE IN STATUS OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF 
DESIGNATED FEDERAL ENTITIES.—Section 8G(e)(2) of the 
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amend-
ed—
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(1) by inserting ‘‘, is placed on paid or unpaid 
non-duty status,’’ after ‘‘office’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, change in status,’’ after ‘‘any 
such removal’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘, change in status,’’ after ‘‘be-
fore the removal’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect 30 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 102. PRESIDENTIAL EXPLANATION OF FAILURE TO 
NOMINATE AN INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 33 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 3349d the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3349e. Presidential explanation of failure to nomi-
nate an Inspector General 
‘‘If the President fails to make a formal nomination 
for a vacant Inspector General position that requires a for-
mal nomination by the President to be filled within the pe-
riod beginning on the date on which the vacancy occurred 
and ending on the day that is 210 days after that date, 
the President shall communicate, within 30 days after the 
end of such period, to Congress in writing— 
‘‘(1) the reasons why the President has not yet 
made a formal nomination; and
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‘‘(2) a target date for making a formal nomina-
tion.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections for 
chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting after the item relating to 3349d the following new 
item: 
‘‘3349e. Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an Inspector General.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act and shall apply to any vacancy first occurring 
on or after that date. 
SEC. 103. INSPECTOR GENERAL INDEPENDENCE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Inspector General Independence Act’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT.—The Inspector General Act of 1978 
(5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3(b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘An Inspector General’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(1) An Inspector General’’; 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘by the President’’ 
the following: ‘‘in accordance with paragraph 
(2)’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The President may remove an Inspector 
General only for any of the following grounds:
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‘‘(A) Permanent incapacity. 
‘‘(B) Inefficiency. 
‘‘(C) Neglect of duty. 
‘‘(D) Malfeasance. 
‘‘(E) Conviction of a felony or conduct in-
volving moral turpitude. 
‘‘(F) Knowing violation of a law, rule, or 
regulation. 
‘‘(G) Gross mismanagement. 
‘‘(H) Gross waste of funds. 
‘‘(I) Abuse of authority.’’; and 
(2) in section 8G(e)(2), by adding at the end the 
following new sentence: ″An Inspector General may be 
removed only for any of the following grounds: 
‘‘(A) Permanent incapacity. 
‘‘(B) Inefficiency. 
‘‘(C) Neglect of duty. 
‘‘(D) Malfeasance. 
‘‘(E) Conviction of a felony or conduct in-
volving moral turpitude. 
‘‘(F) Knowing violation of a law, rule, or 
regulation. 
‘‘(G) Gross mismanagement. 
‘‘(H) Gross waste of funds. 
‘‘(I) Abuse of authority.’’.
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SEC. 104. USPS INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT RESPON-
SIBILITIES. 
The Inspector General of the United States Postal 
Service shall— 
(1) conduct oversight, audits, and investigations 
of projects and activities carried out with funds pro-
vided in division A of this Act to the United States 
Postal Service; and 
(2) not less than 90 days after the Postal Service 
commences use of funding provided by division A of 
this Act, and annually thereafter, initiate an audit of 
the Postal Service’s use of appropriations and bor-
rowing authority provided by any division of this 
Act, including the use of funds to cover lost revenues, 
costs due to COVID–19, and expenditures, and submit 
a copy of such audit to the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
Representatives, and the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 
TITLE II—CENSUS MATTERS 
SEC. 201. MODIFICATION OF 2020 CENSUS DEADLINES AND 
TABULATION OF POPULATION. 
(a) CENSUS
DEADLINE
MODIFICATION.—Notwith-
standing the timetables provided in subsections (b) and (c) 
of section 141 of title 13, United States Code, and section
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22(a) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth 
and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for appor-
tionment of Representatives in Congress’’, approved June 
18, 1929 (2 U.S.C. 2a(a)), for the 2020 decennial census 
of population— 
(1) the tabulation of total population by States 
required by subsection (a) of such section 141 for the 
apportionment of Representatives in Congress among 
the several States shall be— 
(A) completed and reported by the Secretary 
of Commerce (referred to in this section as the 
‘‘Secretary’’) to the President no earlier than one 
year after the decennial census date of April 1, 
2020, and not later than April 30, 2021; and 
(B) made public by the Secretary not later 
than the date on which the tabulation is reported 
to the President under subparagraph (A); 
(2) the President shall transmit to Congress a 
statement showing the whole number of persons in 
each State, and the number of Representatives to 
which each State would be entitled under an appor-
tionment of the then existing number of Representa-
tives, as required by such section 22(a), and deter-
mined solely as described therein, immediately upon
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receipt of the tabulation reported by the Secretary; 
and 
(3) the tabulations of populations required by 
subsection (c) of such section 141 shall be completed 
by the Secretary as expeditiously as possible after the 
census date of April 1, 2020, taking into account the 
deadlines of each State for legislative apportionment 
or districting, and reported to the Governor of the 
State involved and to the officers or public bodies 
having responsibility for legislative apportionment or 
districting of that State, except that the tabulations 
of population of each State requesting a tabulation 
plan, and basic tabulations of population of each 
other State, shall be completed, reported, and trans-
mitted to each respective State not later than July 30, 
2021. 
(b) NRFU OPERATION.—For the 2020 decennial cen-
sus of population, the Bureau of the Census shall conclude 
the Nonresponse Followup operation and the self-response 
operation no earlier than October 31, 2020. 
SEC. 202. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR 2020 CENSUS. 
On the first day of each month during the period be-
tween the date of enactment of this Act and July 1, 2021, 
the Director of the Bureau of the Census shall submit, to 
the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of
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Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House and the Senate, a report re-
garding the 2020 decennial census of population containing 
the following information: 
(1) The total number of field staff, sorted by cat-
egory, hired by the Bureau compared to the number 
of field staff the Bureau estimated was necessary to 
carry out such census. 
(2) Retention rates of such hired field staff. 
(3) Average wait time for call center calls and 
average wait time for each language provided. 
(4) Anticipated schedule of such census oper-
ations. 
(5) Total tabulated responses, categorized by race 
and Hispanic origin. 
(6) Total appropriations available for obligation 
for such census and a categorized list of total dis-
bursements. 
(7) Non-Response Follow-Up completion rates by 
geographic location. 
(8) Update/Enumerate and Update/Leave com-
pletion rates by geographic location.
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(9) Total spending to date on media, advertise-
ments, and partnership specialists, including a geo-
graphic breakdown of such spending. 
(10) Post-enumeration schedule and subsequent 
data aggregation and delivery progress. 
SEC. 203. LIMITATION ON TABULATION OF CERTAIN DATA. 
(a) LIMITATION.—The Bureau of the Census may not 
compile or produce any data product or tabulation as part 
of, in combination with, or in connection with, the 2020 
decennial census of population or any such census data pro-
duced pursuant to section 141(c) of title 13, United States 
Code, that is based in whole or in part on data that is 
not collected in such census. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to any data product or tabulation that is 
required by sections 141(b) or (c) of such title, that uses 
the same or substantially similar methodology and data 
sources as a decennial census data product produced by the 
Bureau of the Census before January 1, 2019, or that uses 
a methodology and data sources that the Bureau of the Cen-
sus finalized and made public prior to January 1, 2018.
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TITLE III—FEDERAL 
WORKFORCE 
SEC. 301. COVID–19 TELEWORKING REQUIREMENTS FOR 
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 
(a) MANDATED TELEWORK.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective immediately upon 
the date of enactment of this Act, the head of any 
Federal agency shall require any employee of such 
agency who is authorized to telework under chapter 
65 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provi-
sion of law to telework during the period beginning 
on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on 
December 31, 2020. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘employee’’ means— 
(i) an employee of the Library of Con-
gress; 
(ii) an employee of the Government Ac-
countability Office; 
(iii) a covered employee as defined in 
section 101 of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301), other 
than an applicant for employment; 
(iv) a covered employee as defined in 
section 411(c) of title 3, United States Code;
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(v) a Federal officer or employee cov-
ered under subchapter V of chapter 63 of 
title 5, United States Code; or 
(vi) any other individual occupying a 
position in the civil service (as that term is 
defined in section 2101(1) of title 5, United 
States Code); and 
(B) the term ‘‘telework’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 6501(3) of such title. 
(b) TELEWORK PARTICIPATION GOALS.—Chapter 65 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 6502— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (4), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (5), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) include annual goals for increasing the per-
cent of employees of the executive agency partici-
pating in teleworking— 
‘‘(A) three or more days per pay period; 
‘‘(B) one or 2 days per pay period;
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‘‘(C) once per month; and 
‘‘(D) on an occasional, episodic, or short- 
term basis; and 
‘‘(7) include methods for collecting data on, set-
ting goals for, and reporting costs savings to the exec-
utive agency achieved through teleworking, consistent 
with the guidance developed under section 301(c) of 
division R of The Heroes Act.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION FOR REDUCTION IN TELEWORKING 
PARTICIPATION.—Not later than 30 days before the date 
that an executive agency implements or modifies a tele-
working plan that would reduce the percentage of employees 
at the agency who telework, the head of the executive agency 
shall provide written notification, including a justification 
for the reduction in telework participation and a descrip-
tion of how the agency will pay for any increased costs re-
sulting from that reduction, to— 
‘‘(1) the Director of the Office of Personnel Man-
agement; 
‘‘(2) the Committee on Oversight and Reform of 
the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
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‘‘(e) PROHIBITION ON AGENCY-WIDE LIMITS ON TELE-
WORKING.—An agency may not prohibit any delineated pe-
riod of teleworking participation for all employees of the 
agency, including the periods described in subparagraphs 
(A) through (D) of subsection (b)(6). The agency shall make 
any teleworking determination with respect to an employee 
or group of employees at the agency on a case-by-case 
basis.’’. 
(2) In section 6506(b)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (F)(vi), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) agency cost savings achieved through 
teleworking, consistent with the guidance devel-
oped under section 2(c) of the Telework Metrics 
and Cost Savings Act; and 
‘‘(I) a detailed explanation of a plan to in-
crease the Government-wide teleworking partici-
pation rate above such rate applicable to fiscal 
year 2016, including agency-level plans to main-
tain or imparove such rate for each of the tele-
working frequency categories listed under sub-
paragraph (A)(iii).’’.
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(c) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, in collaboration with the Chief 
Human Capital Officer Council, shall establish uniform 
guidance for agencies on how to collect data on, set goals 
for, and report cost savings achieved through, teleworking. 
Such guidance shall account for cost savings related to trav-
el, energy use, and real estate. 
(d) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 6506(b)(1) of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘with 
Chief’’ and inserting ‘‘with the Chief’’. 
SEC. 302. RETIREMENT FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) CSRS.—Section 8336(c) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3)(A) In this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘affected individual’ 
means an individual covered under this 
subchapter who— 
‘‘(I) is performing service in a 
covered position; 
‘‘(II) is diagnosed with COVID– 
19 before the date on which the indi-
vidual becomes entitled to an annuity 
under paragraph (1) of this subsection
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or subsection (e), (m), or (n), as appli-
cable; 
‘‘(III) because of the illness de-
scribed in subclause (II), is perma-
nently unable to render useful and effi-
cient service in the employee’s covered 
position, as determined by the agency 
in which the individual was serving 
when such individual incurred the ill-
ness; and 
‘‘(IV) is appointed to a position 
in the civil service that— 
‘‘(aa) is not a covered posi-
tion; and 
‘‘(bb) is within an agency 
that regularly appoints individ-
uals to supervisory or administra-
tive positions related to the activi-
ties of the former covered position 
of the individual; 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘covered position’ means 
a position as a law enforcement officer, cus-
toms and border protection officer, fire-
fighter, air traffic controller, nuclear mate-
rials courier, member of the Capitol Police,
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or member of the Supreme Court Police; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the term ‘COVID–19’ means the 
2019 Novel Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. 
‘‘(B) Unless an affected individual files an 
election described in subparagraph (E), cred-
itable service by the affected individual in a po-
sition described in subparagraph (A)(i)(IV) shall 
be treated as creditable service in a covered posi-
tion for purposes of this chapter and deter-
mining the amount to be deducted and withheld 
from the pay of the affected individual under sec-
tion 8334. 
‘‘(C) Subparagraph (B) shall only apply if 
the affected employee transitions to a position 
described in subparagraph (A)(i)(IV) without a 
break in service exceeding 3 days. 
‘‘(D) The service of an affected individual 
shall no longer be eligible for treatment under 
subparagraph (B) if such service occurs after the 
individual— 
‘‘(i) is transferred to a supervisory or 
administrative position related to the ac-
tivities of the former covered position of the 
individual; or
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‘‘(ii) meets the age and service require-
ments that would subject the individual to 
mandatory separation under section 8335 if 
such individual had remained in the former 
covered position. 
‘‘(E) In accordance with procedures estab-
lished by the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management, an affected individual may file an 
election to have any creditable service performed 
by the affected individual treated in accordance 
with this chapter without regard to subpara-
graph (B). 
‘‘(F) Nothing in this paragraph shall be 
construed to apply to such affected individual 
any other pay-related laws or regulations appli-
cable to a covered position.’’. 
(b) FERS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 8412(d) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘An em-
ployee’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) In this paragraph—
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‘‘(i) the term ‘affected individual’ 
means an individual covered under this 
chapter who— 
‘‘(I) is performing service in a 
covered position; 
‘‘(II) is diagnosed with COVID– 
19 before the date on which the indi-
vidual becomes entitled to an annuity 
under paragraph (1) of this subsection 
or subsection (e), as applicable; 
‘‘(III) because of the illness de-
scribed in subclause (II), is perma-
nently unable to render useful and effi-
cient service in the employee’s covered 
position, as determined by the agency 
in which the individual was serving 
when such individual incurred the ill-
ness; and 
‘‘(IV) is appointed to a position 
in the civil service that— 
‘‘(aa) is not a covered posi-
tion; and 
‘‘(bb) is within an agency 
that regularly appoints individ-
uals to supervisory or administra-
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tive positions related to the activi-
ties of the former covered position 
of the individual; 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘covered position’ means 
a position as a law enforcement officer, cus-
toms and border protection officer, fire-
fighter, air traffic controller, nuclear mate-
rials courier, member of the Capitol Police, 
or member of the Supreme Court Police; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the term ‘COVID–19’ means the 
2019 Novel Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. 
‘‘(B) Unless an affected individual files an 
election described in subparagraph (E), cred-
itable service by the affected individual in a po-
sition described in subparagraph (A)(i)(IV) shall 
be treated as creditable service in a covered posi-
tion for purposes of this chapter and deter-
mining the amount to be deducted and withheld 
from the pay of the affected individual under sec-
tion 8422. 
‘‘(C) Subparagraph (B) shall only apply if 
the affected employee transitions to a position 
described in subparagraph (A)(i)(IV) without a 
break in service exceeding 3 days.
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‘‘(D) The service of an affected individual 
shall no longer be eligible for treatment under 
subparagraph (B) if such service occurs after the 
individual— 
‘‘(i) is transferred to a supervisory or 
administrative position related to the ac-
tivities of the former covered position of the 
individual; or 
‘‘(ii) meets the age and service require-
ments that would subject the individual to 
mandatory separation under section 8425 if 
such individual had remained in the former 
covered position. 
‘‘(E) In accordance with procedures estab-
lished by the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management, an affected individual may file an 
election to have any creditable service performed 
by the affected individual treated in accordance 
with this chapter without regard to subpara-
graph (B). 
‘‘(F) Nothing in this paragraph shall be 
construed to apply to such affected individual 
any other pay-related laws or regulations appli-
cable to a covered position.’’.
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(2) 
TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.— 
(A) Chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(i) in section 8414(b)(3), by inserting 
‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 
(ii) in section 8415— 
(I) in subsection (e), in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; and 
(II) in subsection (h)(2)(A), by 
striking 
‘‘(d)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(d)(1)(B)’’; 
(iii) in section 8421(a)(1), by inserting 
‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’; 
(iv) in section 8421a(b)(4)(B)(ii), by 
inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘section 8412(d)’’; 
(v) in section 8425, by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ 
after ‘‘section 8412(d)’’ each place it ap-
pears; and 
(vi) in section 8462(c)(3)(B)(ii), by in-
serting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’. 
(B) Title VIII of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4041 et seq.) is amended—
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(i) in section 805(d)(5) (22 U.S.C. 
4045(d)(5)), by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘or 
8412(d)’’; and 
(ii) in section 812(a)(2)(B) (22 U.S.C. 
4052(a)(2)(B)), by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘or 
8412(d)’’. 
(c) CIA EMPLOYEES.—Section 302 of the Central In-
telligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2152) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) EMPLOYEES DISABLED ON DUTY.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘affected employee’ means an 
employee of the Agency covered under subchapter 
II of chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, 
who— 
‘‘(i) is performing service in a position 
designated under subsection (a); 
‘‘(ii) is diagnosed with COVID–19 be-
fore the date on which the employee becomes 
entitled to an annuity under section 233 of 
this Act or section 8412(d)(1) of title 5, 
United States Code; 
‘‘(iii) because of the illness described in 
clause (ii), is permanently unable to render 
useful and efficient service in the employee’s
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covered position, as determined by the Di-
rector; and 
‘‘(iv) is appointed to a position in the 
civil service that is not a covered position 
but is within the Agency; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘covered position’ means a 
position as— 
‘‘(i) a law enforcement officer described 
in section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, 
United States Code; 
‘‘(ii) a customs and border protection 
officer described in section 8331(31) or 
8401(36) of title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(iii) a firefighter described in section 
8331(21) or 8401(14) of title 5, United 
States Code; 
‘‘(iv) an air traffic controller described 
in section 8331(30) or 8401(35) of title 5, 
United States Code; 
‘‘(v) a nuclear materials courier de-
scribed in section 8331(27) or 8401(33) of 
title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(vi) a member of the United States 
Capitol Police;
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‘‘(vii) a member of the Supreme Court 
Police; 
‘‘(viii) an affected employee; or 
‘‘(ix) a special agent described in sec-
tion 804(15) of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4044(15)); and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘COVID–19’ means the 2019 
Novel Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. 
‘‘(2) TREATMENT
OF
SERVICE
AFTER
DIS-
ABILITY.—Unless an affected employee files an elec-
tion described in paragraph (3), creditable service by 
the affected employee in a position described in para-
graph (1)(A)(iv) shall be treated as creditable service 
in a covered position for purposes of this Act and 
chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, including 
eligibility for an annuity under section 233 of this 
Act or 8412(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, and 
determining the amount to be deducted and withheld 
from the pay of the affected employee under section 
8422 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(3) BREAK IN SERVICE.—Paragraph (2) shall 
only apply if the affected employee transitions to a 
position described in paragraph (1)(A)(iv) without a 
break in service exceeding 3 days.
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‘‘(4) LIMITATION ON TREATMENT OF SERVICE.— 
The service of an affected employee shall no longer be 
eligible for treatment under paragraph (2) if such 
service occurs after the employee is transferred to a 
supervisory or administrative position related to the 
activities of the former covered position of the em-
ployee. 
‘‘(5) OPT OUT.—An affected employee may file 
an election to have any creditable service performed 
by the affected employee treated in accordance with 
chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, without re-
gard to paragraph (2).’’. 
(d) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY 
SYSTEM.—Section 806(a)(6) of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4046(a)(6)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(D)(i) In this subparagraph— 
‘‘(I) the term ‘affected special 
agent’ means an individual covered 
under this subchapter who— 
‘‘(aa) is performing service 
as a special agent; 
‘‘(bb) 
is 
diagnosed 
with 
COVID–19 before the date on 
which the individual becomes en-
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titled to an annuity under section 
811; 
‘‘(cc) because of the illness 
described in item (bb), is perma-
nently unable to render useful and 
efficient service in the employee’s 
covered position, as determined by 
the Secretary; and 
‘‘(dd) is appointed to a posi-
tion in the Foreign Service that is 
not a covered position; 
‘‘(II) the term ‘covered position’ 
means a position as— 
‘‘(aa) a law enforcement offi-
cer described in section 8331(20) 
or 8401(17) of title 5, United 
States Code; 
‘‘(bb) a customs and border 
protection officer described in sec-
tion 8331(31) or 8401(36) of title 
5, United States Code; 
‘‘(cc) a firefighter described 
in section 8331(21) or 8401(14) of 
title 5, United States Code;
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‘‘(dd) an air traffic controller 
described in section 8331(30) or 
8401(35) of title 5, United States 
Code; 
‘‘(ee) a nuclear materials 
courier 
described 
in 
section 
8331(27) or 8401(33) of title 5, 
United States Code; 
‘‘(ff) a member of the United 
States Capitol Police; 
‘‘(gg) a member of the Su-
preme Court Police; 
‘‘(hh) an employee of the 
Agency designated under section 
302(a) of the Central Intelligence 
Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 
2152(a)); or 
‘‘(ii) a special agent; and 
‘‘(III) 
the 
term 
‘COVID–19’ 
means the 2019 Novel Coronavirus or 
2019-nCoV. 
‘‘(ii) Unless an affected special agent files 
an election described in clause (iv), creditable 
service by the affected special agent in a position 
described in clause (i)(I)(dd) shall be treated as
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creditable service as a special agent for purposes 
of this subchapter, including determining the 
amount to be deducted and withheld from the 
pay of the individual under section 805. 
‘‘(iii) Clause (ii) shall only apply if the spe-
cial agent transitions to a position described in 
clause (i)(I)(dd) without a break in service ex-
ceeding 3 days. 
‘‘(iv) The service of an affected employee 
shall no longer be eligible for treatment under 
clause (ii) if such service occurs after the em-
ployee is transferred to a supervisory or admin-
istrative position related to the activities of the 
former covered position of the employee. 
‘‘(v) In accordance with procedures estab-
lished by the Secretary, an affected special agent 
may file an election to have any creditable serv-
ice performed by the affected special agent treat-
ed in accordance with this subchapter, without 
regard to clause (ii).’’. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT.—The 
Director of the Office of Personnel Management shall 
promulgate regulations to carry out the amendments 
made by subsections (a) and (b).
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(2) CIA EMPLOYEES.—The Director of the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency shall promulgate regulations 
to carry out the amendment made by subsection (c). 
(3) FOREIGN
SERVICE
RETIREMENT
AND
DIS-
ABILITY SYSTEM.—The Secretary of State shall pro-
mulgate regulations to carry out the amendment 
made by subsection (d). 
(4) AGENCY REAPPOINTMENT.—The regulations 
promulgated to carry out the amendments made by 
this section shall ensure that, to the greatest extent 
possible, the head of each agency appoints affected 
employees or special agents to supervisory or admin-
istrative positions related to the activities of the 
former covered position of the employee or special 
agent. 
(5) TREATMENT OF SERVICE.—The regulations 
promulgated to carry out the amendments made by 
this section shall ensure that the creditable service of 
an affected employee or special agent (as the case may 
be) that is not in a covered position pursuant to an 
election made under such amendments shall be treated 
as the same type of service as the covered position in 
which the employee or agent suffered the qualifying 
illness.
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(f) EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICABILITY.—The amend-
ments made by this section— 
(1) shall take effect on the date of enactment of 
this section; and 
(2) shall apply to an individual who suffers an 
illness described in section 8336(c)(3)(A)(i)(II) or sec-
tion 8412(d)(2)(A)(i)(II) of title 5, United States 
Code 
(as 
amended 
by 
this 
section), 
section 
302(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement Act (as amended by this section), or sec-
tion 806(a)(6)(D)(i)(I)(bb) of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (as amended by this section), on or after the 
date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this 
section. 
TITLE IV—FEDERAL 
CONTRACTING PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. MANDATORY TELEWORK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the emergency period, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall di-
rect agencies to allow telework for all contractor personnel 
to the maximum extent practicable. Additionally, the Direc-
tor shall direct contracting officers to document any deci-
sion to not allow telework during the emergency period in 
the contract file.
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(b) EMERGENCY PERIOD DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘emergency period’’ means the period that— 
(1) begins on the date that is not later than 15 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) ends on the date that the public health emer-
gency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as result of 
COVID–19, including any renewal thereof, expires. 
SEC. 402. GUIDANCE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEC-
TION 3610 OF THE CARES ACT. 
Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall issue guidance to ensure uniform implementa-
tion across agencies of section 3610 of the CARES Act (Pub-
lic Law 116–136). Any such guidance shall— 
(1) limit the basic requirements for reimburse-
ment to those included in such Act and the effective 
date for such reimbursement shall be January 31, 
2020; and 
(2) clarify that the term ‘‘minimum applicable 
contract billing rates’’ as used in such section in-
cludes the financial impact incurred as a consequence 
of keeping the employees or subcontractors of the con-
tractor in a ready state (such as the base hourly wage
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rate of an employee, plus indirect costs, fees, and gen-
eral and administrative expenses). 
SEC. 403. PAST PERFORMANCE RATINGS. 
Section 1126 of title 41, United States Code, is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION FOR FAILURE TO DELIVER GOODS OR 
COMPLETE WORK DUE TO COVID–19.—If the head of an 
executive agency determines that a contractor failed to de-
liver goods or complete work as a result of measures taken 
as a result of COVID–19 under a contract with the agency 
by the date or within the time period imposed by the con-
tract, any information relating to such failure may not 
be— 
‘‘(1) included in any past performance database 
used by executive agencies for making source selection 
decisions; or 
‘‘(2) evaluated unfavorably as a factor of past 
contract performance.’’. 
SEC. 404. ACCELERATED PAYMENTS. 
Not later than 10 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act and ending on the expiration of the public health 
emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public 
Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result of COVID– 
19, including any renewal thereof, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall direct contracting officers
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to establish an accelerated payment date for any prime con-
tract (as defined in section 8701 of title 41, United States 
Code) with payments due 15 days after the receipt of a 
proper invoice. 
TITLE V—DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
SEC. 501. SPECIAL BORROWING BY THE DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA. 
(a) AUTHORIZING BORROWING UNDER MUNICIPAL LI-
QUIDITY FACILITY
OF FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD
AND 
SIMILAR FACILITIES OR PROGRAMS.—The Council of the 
District of Columbia (hereafter in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Council’’) may by act authorize the issuance of 
bonds, notes, and other obligations, in amounts determined 
by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of Columbia 
to meet cash-flow needs of the District of Columbia govern-
ment, for purchase by the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve under the Municipal Liquidity Facility of the Fed-
eral Reserve or any other facility or program of the Federal 
Reserve or another entity of the Federal government which 
is established in response to the COVID–19 Pandemic. 
(b) REQUIRING ISSUANCE TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH 
OTHER FORMS OF BORROWING.—The Council may author-
ize the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations under 
subsection (a) only if the issuance of such bonds, notes, and
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other obligations is competitive with other forms of bor-
rowing in the financial market. 
(c) TREATMENT
AS
GENERAL
OBLIGATION.—Any 
bond, note, or other obligation issued under subsection (a) 
shall, if provided in the act of the Council, be a general 
obligation of the District. 
(d) PAYMENTS NOT SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION.— 
No appropriation is required to pay— 
(1) any amount (including the amount of any 
accrued interest or premium) obligated or expended 
from or pursuant to subsection (a) for or from the 
sale of any bonds, notes, or other obligation under 
such subsection; 
(2) any amount obligated or expended for the 
payment of principal of, interest on, or any premium 
for any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under 
subsection (a); 
(3) any amount obligated or expended pursuant 
to provisions made to secure any bonds, notes, or 
other obligations issued under subsection (a); or 
(4) any amount obligated or expended pursuant 
to commitments, including lines of credit or costs of 
issuance, made or entered in connection with the 
issuance of any bonds, notes, or other obligations for
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operating or capital costs financed under subsection 
(a). 
(e) RENEWAL.—Any bond, note, or other obligation 
issued under subsection (a) may be renewed if authorized 
by an act of the Council. 
(f) PAYMENT.—Any bonds, notes, or other obligations 
issued under subsection (a), including any renewal of such 
bonds, notes, or other obligations, shall be due and payable 
on such terms and conditions as are consistent with the 
terms and conditions of the Municipal Liquidity Facility 
or other facility or program referred to in subsection (a). 
(g) INCLUSION OF PAYMENTS IN ANNUAL BUDGET.— 
The Council shall provide in each annual budget for the 
District of Columbia government sufficient funds to pay the 
principal of and interest on all bonds, notes, or other obliga-
tions issued under subsection (a) of this section becoming 
due and payable during such fiscal year. 
(h) OBLIGATION TO PAY.—The Mayor of the District 
of Columbia shall ensure that the principal of and interest 
on all bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under sub-
section (a) are paid when due, including by paying such 
principal and interest from funds not otherwise legally 
committed. 
(i) SECURITY INTEREST IN DISTRICT REVENUES.— 
The Council may by act provide for a security interest in
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any District of Columbia revenues as additional security 
for the payment of any bond, note, or other obligation issued 
under subsection (a). 
TITLE VI—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 601. ESTIMATES OF AGGREGATE ECONOMIC GROWTH 
ACROSS INCOME GROUPS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2020’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 
Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of 
Commerce. 
(2) GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT ANALYSIS.—The 
term ‘‘gross domestic product analysis’’— 
(A) means a quarterly or annual analysis 
conducted by the Bureau with respect to the 
gross domestic product of the United States; and 
(B) includes a revision prepared by the Bu-
reau of an analysis described in subparagraph 
(A). 
(3) RECENT ESTIMATE.—The term ‘‘recent esti-
mate’’ means the most recent estimate described in 
subsection (c) that is available on the date on which 
the gross domestic product analysis with which the es-
timate is to be included is conducted.
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(c) INCLUSION IN REPORTS.—Beginning in 2020, in 
each gross domestic product analysis conducted by the Bu-
reau, the Bureau shall include a recent estimate of, with 
respect to specific percentile groups of income, the total 
amount that was added to the economy of the United States 
during the period to which the recent estimate pertains, in-
cluding in— 
(1) each of the 10 deciles of income; and 
(2) the highest 1 percent of income. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 
authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Commerce 
such sums as are necessary to carry out this section. 
SEC. 602. WAIVER OF FEDERAL FUND LIMITATION FOR THE 
DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES SUPPORT PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b), if the Ad-
ministrator of the Drug-Free Communities Support Pro-
gram determines that, as a result of the public health emer-
gency declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result of COVID–19, an 
eligible coalition is unable to raise the amount of non-Fed-
eral funds, including in-kind contributions, agreed to be 
raised by the coalition for a fiscal year under an agreement 
entered into with the Administrator pursuant to paragraph 
(1)(A) or (3)(D) of section 1032(b) of the Anti-Drug Abuse
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Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532(b)), the Administrator may, 
notwithstanding such paragraphs, provide to the eligible co-
alition the grant or renewal grant, as applicable, for that 
fiscal year in an amount— 
(1) with respect to an initial grant or renewal 
grant described under paragraph (1)(A) of such sec-
tion, that exceeds the amount of non-Federal funds 
raised by the eligible coalition, including in-kind con-
tributions, for that fiscal year; 
(2) with respect to a renewal grant described 
under paragraph (3)(D)(i) of such section, that ex-
ceeds 125 percent of the amount of non-Federal funds 
raised by the eligible coalition, including in-kind con-
tributions, for that fiscal year; and 
(3) with respect to a renewal grant described 
under paragraph (3)(D)(ii) of such section, that ex-
ceeds 150 percent of the amount of non-Federal funds 
raised by the eligible coalition, including in-kind con-
tributions, for that fiscal year. 
SEC. 603. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE BORROWING 
AUTHORITY. 
Subsection (b)(2) of section 6001 of the Coronavirus 
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116– 
136) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(2) the Secretary of the Treasury shall lend up 
to the amount described in paragraph (1) at the re-
quest of the Postal Service subject to the terms and 
conditions of the note purchase agreement between the 
Postal Service and the Federal Financing Bank in ef-
fect on September 29, 2018.’’. 
DIVISION S—FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
PROVISIONS 
TITLE I—MATTERS RELATING TO 
THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
SEC. 101. EFFORTS TO ASSIST FEDERAL VOTERS OVERSEAS 
IMPACTED BY COVID–19. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 
that the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of Defense and the Postmaster General, should under-
take efforts to mitigate the effects of limited or curtailed 
diplomatic pouch capacities or other operations constraints 
at United States diplomatic and consular posts, due to 
coronavirus, on overseas voters (as such term is defined in 
section 107(5) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Ab-
sentee Voting Act (52 U.S.C. 20310(5))) seeking to return 
absentee ballots and other balloting materials under such 
Act with respect to elections for Federal office held in 2020. 
Such efforts should include steps to—
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(1) restore or augment diplomatic pouch capac-
ities; 
(2) facilitate using the Army Post Office, Fleet 
Post Office, Diplomatic Post Office, the United States 
mails, or private couriers, if available; 
(3) mitigate other operations constraints affect-
ing eligible overseas voters; 
(4) develop specific outreach plans to educate eli-
gible overseas voters about accessing all available 
forms of voter assistance prior to the date of the regu-
larly scheduled general election for Federal office; and 
(5) ensure any employees at Department of State 
overseas posts interacting with Federal overseas voters 
seeking to return their ballots are informed of and ex-
ercise necessary protocols to avoid the spoilage or in-
validating of ballots for which the Department of 
State is helping to facilitate return. 
(b) REPORT ON EFFORTS TO ASSIST AND INFORM 
FEDERAL VOTERS OVERSEAS.—Not later than 15 days be-
fore the date of the regularly scheduled general election for 
Federal office held in November 2020, the Secretary of 
State, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall 
report to the appropriate congressional committees on the 
efforts described in subsection (a).
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(c) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE-
FINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congres-
sional committees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Armed Services of the Senate. 
SEC. 102. REPORT ON EFFORTS OF THE CORONAVIRUS RE-
PATRIATION TASK FORCE. 
Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this division, the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
a report evaluating the efforts of the Coronavirus Repatri-
ation Task Force of the Department of State to repatriate 
United States citizens and legal permanent residents in re-
sponse to the 2020 coronavirus outbreak. The report shall 
identify— 
(1) the most significant impediments to repa-
triating such persons; 
(2) the lessons learned from such repatriations; 
and
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(3) any changes planned to future repatriation 
efforts of the Department of State to incorporate such 
lessons learned. 
TITLE II—GLOBAL HEALTH 
SECURITY ACT OF 2020 
SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Global Health Security 
Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 202. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) In December 2009, President Obama released 
the National Strategy for Countering Biological 
Threats, which listed as one of seven objectives ‘‘Pro-
mote global health security: Increase the availability 
of and access to knowledge and products of the life 
sciences that can help reduce the impact from out-
breaks of infectious disease whether of natural, acci-
dental, or deliberate origin’’. 
(2) In February 2014, the United States and 
nearly 30 other nations launched the Global Health 
Security Agenda (GHSA) to address several high-pri-
ority, global infectious disease threats. The GHSA is 
a multi-faceted, multi-country initiative intended to 
accelerate partner countries’ measurable capabilities 
to achieve specific targets to prevent, detect, and re-
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spond to infectious disease threats, whether naturally 
occurring, deliberate, or accidental. 
(3) In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which in-
clude specific reference to the importance of global 
health security as part of SDG 3 ‘‘ensure healthy lives 
and promote well-being for all at all ages’’ as follows: 
‘‘strengthen the capacity of all countries, in par-
ticular developing countries, for early warning, risk 
reduction and management of national and global 
health risks’’. 
(4) On November 4, 2016, President Obama 
signed Executive Order 13747, ‘‘Advancing the Global 
Health Security Agenda to Achieve a World Safe and 
Secure from Infectious Disease Threats’’. 
(5) In October 2017 at the GHSA Ministerial 
Meeting in Uganda, the United States and more than 
40 GHSA member countries supported the ‘‘Kampala 
Declaration’’ to extend the GHSA for an additional 
5 years to 2024. 
(6) In December 2017, President Trump released 
the National Security Strategy, which includes the 
priority action: ‘‘Detect and contain biothreats at 
their source: We will work with other countries to de-
tect and mitigate outbreaks early to prevent the
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spread of disease. We will encourage other countries 
to invest in basic health care systems and to strength-
en global health security across the intersection of 
human and animal health to prevent infectious dis-
ease outbreaks’’. 
(7) In September 2018, President Trump re-
leased the National Biodefense Strategy, which in-
cludes objectives to ‘‘strengthen global health security 
capacities to prevent local bioincidents from becoming 
epidemics’’, and ‘‘strengthen international prepared-
ness to support international response and recovery 
capabilities’’. 
SEC. 203. STATEMENT OF POLICY. 
It is the policy of the United States to— 
(1) promote global health security as a core na-
tional security interest; 
(2) advance the aims of the Global Health Secu-
rity Agenda; 
(3) collaborate with other countries to detect and 
mitigate outbreaks early to prevent the spread of dis-
ease; 
(4) encourage other countries to invest in basic 
resilient and sustainable health care systems; and 
(5) strengthen global health security across the 
intersection of human and animal health to prevent
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infectious disease outbreaks and combat the growing 
threat of antimicrobial resistance. 
SEC. 204. GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY AGENDA INTER-
AGENCY REVIEW COUNCIL. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The President shall establish a 
Global Health Security Agenda Interagency Review Council 
(in this section referred to as the ‘‘Council’’) to perform the 
general responsibilities described in subsection (c) and the 
specific roles and responsibilities described in subsection (e). 
(b) MEETINGS.—The Council shall meet not less than 
four times per year to advance its mission and fulfill its 
responsibilities. 
(c) GENERAL RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Council shall 
be responsible for the following activities: 
(1) Provide policy-level recommendations to par-
ticipating agencies on Global Health Security Agenda 
(GHSA) goals, objectives, and implementation. 
(2) Facilitate interagency, multi-sectoral engage-
ment to carry out GHSA implementation. 
(3) Provide a forum for raising and working to 
resolve interagency disagreements concerning the 
GHSA. 
(4)(A) Review the progress toward and work to 
resolve challenges in achieving United States commit-
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ments under the GHSA, including commitments to 
assist other countries in achieving the GHSA targets. 
(B) The Council shall consider, among other 
issues, the following: 
(i) The status of United States financial 
commitments to the GHSA in the context of com-
mitments by other donors, and the contributions 
of partner countries to achieve the GHSA tar-
gets. 
(ii) The progress toward the milestones out-
lined in GHSA national plans for those coun-
tries where the United States Government has 
committed to assist in implementing the GHSA 
and in annual work-plans outlining agency pri-
orities for implementing the GHSA. 
(iii) The external evaluations of United 
States and partner country capabilities to ad-
dress infectious disease threats, including the 
ability to achieve the targets outlined within the 
WHO Joint External Evaluation (JEE) tool, as 
well as gaps identified by such external evalua-
tions. 
(d) PARTICIPATION.—The Council shall consist of rep-
resentatives, serving at the Assistant Secretary level or high-
er, from the following agencies:
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(1) The Department of State. 
(2) The Department of Defense. 
(3) The Department of Justice. 
(4) The Department of Agriculture. 
(5) The Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices. 
(6) The Department of Labor. 
(7) The Department of Homeland Security. 
(8) The Office of Management and Budget. 
(9) The United States Agency for International 
Development. 
(10) The Environmental Protection Agency. 
(11) The Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention. 
(12) The Office of Science and Technology Pol-
icy. 
(13) The National Institutes of Health. 
(14) The National Institute of Allergy and Infec-
tious Diseases. 
(15) Such other agencies as the Council deter-
mines to be appropriate. 
(e) SPECIFIC ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The heads of agencies de-
scribed in subsection (d) shall—
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(A) make the GHSA and its implementa-
tion a high priority within their respective agen-
cies, and include GHSA-related activities within 
their respective agencies’ strategic planning and 
budget processes; 
(B) designate a senior-level official to be re-
sponsible for the implementation of this division; 
(C) designate, in accordance with subsection 
(d), an appropriate representative at the Assist-
ant Secretary level or higher to participate on 
the Council; 
(D) keep the Council apprised of GHSA-re-
lated activities undertaken within their respec-
tive agencies; 
(E) maintain responsibility for agency-re-
lated programmatic functions in coordination 
with host governments, country teams, and 
GHSA in-country teams, and in conjunction 
with other relevant agencies; 
(F) coordinate with other agencies that are 
identified in this section to satisfy programmatic 
goals, and further facilitate coordination of 
country teams, implementers, and donors in host 
countries; and
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(G) coordinate across GHSA national plans 
and with GHSA partners to which the United 
States is providing assistance. 
(2) ADDITIONAL
ROLES
AND
RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—In addition to the roles and responsibilities 
described in paragraph (1), the heads of agencies de-
scribed in subsection (d) shall carry out their respec-
tive roles and responsibilities described in subsections 
(b) through (i) of section 3 of Executive Order 13747 
(81 Fed. Reg. 78701; relating to Advancing the Global 
Health Security Agenda to Achieve a World Safe and 
Secure from Infectious Disease Threats), as in effect 
on the day before the date of the enactment of this di-
vision. 
SEC. 205. UNITED STATES COORDINATOR FOR GLOBAL 
HEALTH SECURITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The President shall appoint an in-
dividual to the position of United States Coordinator for 
Global Health Security, who shall be responsible for the co-
ordination of the interagency process for responding to glob-
al health security emergencies. As appropriate, the designee 
shall coordinate with the President’s Special Coordinator 
for International Disaster Assistance. 
(b) CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING.—Not less frequently 
than twice each year, the employee designated under this
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section shall provide to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a briefing on the responsibilities and activities of 
the individual under this section. 
SEC. 206. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of the Congress that, given the complex 
and multisectoral nature of global health threats to the 
United States, the President— 
(1) should consider appointing an individual 
with significant background and expertise in public 
health or emergency response management to the posi-
tion of United States Coordinator for Global Health 
Security, as required by section 205(a), who is an 
employee of the National Security Council at the level 
of Deputy Assistant to the President or higher; and 
(2) in providing assistance to implement the 
strategy required under section 207(a), should— 
(A) coordinate, through a whole-of-govern-
ment approach, the efforts of relevant Federal de-
partments and agencies to implement the strat-
egy; 
(B) seek to fully utilize the unique capabili-
ties of each relevant Federal department and 
agency while collaborating with and leveraging 
the contributions of other key stakeholders; and
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(C) utilize open and streamlined solicita-
tions to allow for the participation of a wide 
range of implementing partners through the most 
appropriate procurement mechanisms, which 
may include grants, contracts, cooperative agree-
ments, and other instruments as necessary and 
appropriate. 
SEC. 207. STRATEGY AND REPORTS. 
(a) STRATEGY.—The United States Coordinator for 
Global Health Security (appointed under section 205(a)) 
shall coordinate the development and implementation of a 
strategy to implement the policy aims described in section 
203, which shall— 
(1) set specific and measurable goals, bench-
marks, timetables, performance metrics, and moni-
toring and evaluation plans that reflect international 
best practices relating to transparency, account-
ability, and global health security; 
(2) support and be aligned with country-owned 
global health security policy and investment plans de-
veloped with input from key stakeholders, as appro-
priate; 
(3) facilitate communication and collaboration, 
as appropriate, among local stakeholders in support 
of a multi-sectoral approach to global health security;
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(4) support the long-term success of programs by 
building the capacity of local organizations and insti-
tutions in target countries and communities; 
(5) develop community resilience to infectious 
disease threats and emergencies; 
(6) leverage resources and expertise through part-
nerships with the private sector, health organizations, 
civil society, nongovernmental organizations, and 
health research and academic institutions; and 
(7) support collaboration, as appropriate, be-
tween United States universities, and public and pri-
vate institutions in target countries and communities 
to promote health security and innovation. 
(b) COORDINATION.—The President, acting through the 
United States Coordinator for Global Health Security, shall 
coordinate, through a whole-of-government approach, the ef-
forts of relevant Federal departments and agencies in the 
implementation of the strategy required under subsection 
(a) by— 
(1) establishing monitoring and evaluation sys-
tems, coherence, and coordination across relevant Fed-
eral departments and agencies; and 
(2) establishing platforms for regular consulta-
tion and collaboration with key stakeholders and the 
appropriate congressional committees.
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(c) STRATEGY SUBMISSION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this division, the Presi-
dent, in consultation with the head of each relevant 
Federal department and agency, shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees the strategy re-
quired under subsection (a) that provides a detailed 
description of how the United States intends to ad-
vance the policy set forth in section 203 and the agen-
cy-specific plans described in paragraph (2). 
(2) AGENCY-SPECIFIC PLANS.—The strategy re-
quired under subsection (a) shall include specific im-
plementation plans from each relevant Federal de-
partment and agency that describes— 
(A) the anticipated contributions of the de-
partment or agency, including technical, finan-
cial, and in-kind contributions, to implement the 
strategy; and 
(B) the efforts of the department or agency 
to ensure that the activities and programs car-
ried out pursuant to the strategy are designed to 
achieve maximum impact and long-term sus-
tainability. 
(d) REPORT.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date on which the strategy required under sub-
section (a) is submitted to the appropriate congres-
sional committees under subsection (c), and not later 
than October 1 of each year thereafter, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees a report that describes the status of the imple-
mentation of the strategy. 
(2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 
paragraph (1) shall— 
(A) identify any substantial changes made 
in the strategy during the preceding calendar 
year; 
(B) describe the progress made in imple-
menting the strategy; 
(C) identify the indicators used to establish 
benchmarks and measure results over time, as 
well as the mechanisms for reporting such results 
in an open and transparent manner; 
(D) contain a transparent, open, and de-
tailed accounting of expenditures by relevant 
Federal departments and agencies to implement 
the strategy, including, to the extent practicable, 
for each Federal department and agency, the 
statutory source of expenditures, amounts ex-
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pended, partners, targeted populations, and 
types of activities supported; 
(E) describe how the strategy leverages other 
United States global health and development as-
sistance programs; 
(F) assess efforts to coordinate United 
States global health security programs, activities, 
and initiatives with key stakeholders; 
(G) incorporate a plan for regularly review-
ing and updating strategies, partnerships, and 
programs and sharing lessons learned with a 
wide range of stakeholders, including key stake-
holders, in an open, transparent manner; and 
(H) describe the progress achieved and chal-
lenges concerning the United States Govern-
ment’s ability to advance the Global Health Se-
curity Agenda across priority countries, includ-
ing data disaggregated by priority country using 
indicators that are consistent on a year-to-year 
basis and recommendations to resolve, mitigate, 
or otherwise address the challenges identified 
therein. 
(e) FORM.—The strategy required under subsection (a) 
and the report required under subsection (d) shall be sub-
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mitted in unclassified form but may contain a classified 
annex. 
SEC. 208. COMPLIANCE WITH THE FOREIGN AID TRANS-
PARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2016. 
Section 2(3) of the Foreign Aid Transparency and Ac-
countability Act of 2016 (Public Law 114–191; 22 U.S.C. 
2394c note) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) the Global Health Security Act of 
2020.’’. 
SEC. 209. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) 
APPROPRIATE
CONGRESSIONAL
COMMIT-
TEES.—The term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives; and 
(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations 
and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate.
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(2) GLOBAL
HEALTH
SECURITY.—The term 
‘‘global health security’’ means activities supporting 
epidemic and pandemic preparedness and capabilities 
at the country and global levels in order to minimize 
vulnerability to acute public health events that can 
endanger the health of populations across geo-
graphical regions and international boundaries. 
SEC. 210. SUNSET. 
This title (other than section 205), and the amend-
ments made by this title, shall cease to be effective on De-
cember 31, 2024. 
TITLE III—SECURING AMERICA 
FROM EPIDEMICS ACT 
SEC. 301. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Due to increasing population and population 
density, human mobility, and ecological change, 
emerging infectious diseases pose a real and growing 
threat to global health security. 
(2) While vaccines can be the most effective tools 
to protect against infectious disease, the absence of 
vaccines for a new or emerging infectious disease with 
epidemic potential is a major health security threat 
globally, posing catastrophic potential human and 
economic costs.
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(3) The 1918 influenza pandemic infected 
500,000,000 people, or about one-third of the world’s 
population at the time, and killed 50,000,000 peo-
ple—more than died in the First World War. 
(4) The economic cost of an outbreak can be dev-
astating. The estimated global cost today, should an 
outbreak of the scale of the 1918 influenza pandemic 
strike, is 5 percent of global gross domestic product. 
(5) Even regional outbreaks can have enormous 
human costs and substantially disrupt the global 
economy and cripple regional economies. The 2014 
Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 
11,000 and cost $2,800,000,000 in losses in the af-
fected countries alone. 
(6) The ongoing novel coronavirus outbreak re-
flects the pressing need for quick and effective vaccine 
and countermeasure development. 
(7) While the need for vaccines to address emerg-
ing epidemic threats is acute, markets to drive the 
necessary development of vaccines to address them— 
a complex and expensive undertaking—are very often 
critically absent. Also absent are mechanisms to en-
sure access to those vaccines by those who need them 
when they need them.
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(8) To address this global vulnerability and the 
deficit of political commitment, institutional capac-
ity, and funding, in 2017, several countries and pri-
vate partners launched the Coalition for Epidemic 
Preparedness Innovations (CEPI). CEPI’s mission is 
to stimulate, finance, and coordinate development of 
vaccines for high-priority, epidemic-potential threats 
in cases where traditional markets do not exist or 
cannot create sufficient demand. 
(9) Through funding of partnerships, CEPI seeks 
to bring priority vaccines candidates through the end 
of phase II clinical trials, as well as support vaccine 
platforms that can be rapidly deployed against 
emerging pathogens. 
(10) CEPI has funded multiple partners to de-
velop 
vaccine 
candidates 
against 
the 
novel 
coronavirus, responding to this urgent, global require-
ment. 
(11) Support for and participation in CEPI is 
an important part of the United States own health se-
curity and biodefense and is in the national interest, 
complementing the work of many Federal agencies 
and providing significant value through global part-
nership and burden-sharing.
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SEC. 302. AUTHORIZATION FOR UNITED STATES PARTICIPA-
TION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The United States is hereby author-
ized to participate in the Coalition for Epidemic Prepared-
ness Innovations. 
(b) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—The Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development is au-
thorized to designate an employee of such Agency to serve 
on the Investors Council of the Coalition for Epidemic Pre-
paredness Innovations as a representative of the United 
States. 
(c) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this division, the President 
shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
report that includes the following: 
(1) The United States planned contributions to 
the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations 
and the mechanisms for United States participation 
in such Coalition. 
(2) The manner and extent to which the United 
States shall participate in the governance of the Coa-
lition. 
(3) How participation in the Coalition supports 
relevant United States Government strategies and 
programs in health security and biodefense, to in-
clude—
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(A) the Global Health Security Strategy re-
quired by section 7058(c)(3) of division K of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (Public 
Law 115–141); 
(B) the applicable revision of the National 
Biodefense Strategy required by section 1086 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fis-
cal Year 2017 (6 U.S.C. 104); and 
(C) any other relevant decision-making 
process for policy, planning, and spending in 
global health security, biodefense, or vaccine and 
medical countermeasures research and develop-
ment. 
(d) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES.—In 
this section, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional commit-
tees’’ means— 
(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
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(3) elects to participate in a remote oath cere-
mony in lieu of waiting for in-person ceremonies to 
resume. 
(c) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.—Upon establishing 
the procedures described in subsection (a), the Secretary of 
Homeland Security shall— 
(1) without undue delay, provide written notice 
to individuals described in subsection (b)(1) of the op-
tion of participating in a remote oath ceremony in 
lieu of a participating in an in-person ceremony; 
(2) to the greatest extent practicable, ensure that 
remote oath ceremonies are administered to individ-
uals who elect to participate in such a ceremony not 
later than 30 days after the individual so notifies the 
Secretary; and 
(3) administer oath ceremonies to all other eligi-
ble individuals as expeditiously as possible after the 
end of the public health emergency referred to in sub-
section (b)(2). 
(d) AVAILABILITY
OF REMOTE OPTION.—The Sec-
retary of Homeland Security shall begin administering re-
mote oath ceremonies on the date that is 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this title and shall continue admin-
istering such ceremonies until a date that is not earlier than
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SEC. 103. TEMPORARY PROTECTIONS FOR ESSENTIAL CRIT-
ICAL INFRASTRUCTURE WORKERS. 
(a) PROTECTIONS FOR ESSENTIAL CRITICAL INFRA-
STRUCTURE WORKERS.—During the period described in 
subsection (e), an alien described in subsection (d) shall be 
deemed to be in a period of deferred action and authorized 
for employment for purposes of section 274A of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a). 
(b) EMPLOYER PROTECTIONS.—During the period de-
scribed in subsection (e), the hiring, employment, or contin-
ued employment of an alien described in subsection (d) is 
not a violation of section 274A(a) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a(a)). 
(c) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this section shall be 
deemed to require an alien described in subsection (d), or 
such alien’s employer— 
(1) to submit an application for employment au-
thorization or deferred action, or register with, or pay 
a fee to, the Secretary of Homeland Security or the 
head of any other Federal agency; or 
(2) to appear before an agent of the Department 
of Homeland Security or any other Federal agency 
for an interview, examination, or any other purpose. 
(d) ALIENS DESCRIBED.—An alien is described in this 
subsection if the alien— 
(1) on the date of the enactment of this title—
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immigrant status for purposes of an 
extension of such status, a change of 
nonimmigrant status under section 
248 of the Immigration and Nation-
ality Act (8 U.S.C. 1258), or adjust-
ment of status under section 245 of 
such Act (8 U.S.C. 1255). 
(ii) 
LIMITATIONS.—An 
employment 
authorization document described in sub-
paragraph (E) may not be— 
(I) utilized by the alien to engage 
in any employment other than that 
which is described in paragraph (1); or 
(II) accepted by an employer as 
evidence of authorization under section 
274A(b)(1)(C) of the Immigration and 
Nationality 
Act 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1324a(b)(1)(C)), to engage in employ-
ment other than that which is de-
scribed in paragraph (1). 
(4) TREATMENT OF TIME SPENT ENGAGING IN 
COVID–19-RELATED
WORK.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of law, time spent by an alien physi-
cian engaged in direct patient care involving the di-