1590 
this Act shall be reduced by 50 percent of the 
amount of payments so made. 
(B) REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Sec-
retary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s dele-
gate) shall prescribe regulations or other guid-
ance for the application of sections 164(f) and 
1402(a)(12) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 with respect to amounts to which sub-
paragraph (A) applies. 
(4) TRANSFERS TO TRUST FUNDS.—There are 
hereby appropriated to the Federal Old Age and 
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
Disability Insurance Trust Fund established under 
section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
401) and the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Ac-
count established under section 15A(a) of the Rail-
road Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n–1(a)) 
amounts equal to the reduction in revenues to the 
Treasury by reason of this subsection (without re-
gard to this paragraph). Amounts appropriated by 
the preceding sentence shall be transferred from the 
general fund at such times and in such manner as 
to replicate to the extent possible the transfers 
which would have occurred to such Trust Fund or 
Account had this section not been enacted. 
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SEC. 170302. CLARIFICATION OF COORDINATION WITH 
OTHER LAWS. 
(a) ESSENTIAL WORKERS RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.— 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to allow noncompli-
ance with or in any way to diminish, and shall instead 
be construed to be in addition to, the rights or benefits 
that an essential worker is entitled to under any— 
(1) Federal, State, or local law, including regu-
lation; 
(2) collective bargaining agreement; or 
(3) employer policy. 
(b) TITLE 5.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to affect the application of the provisions of sections 5343 
or 5545 of title 5, United States Code, with respect to 
pay differentials for duty involving unusual physical hard-
ship or hazard, or environmental differentials. 
SEC. 170303. APPLICABILITY OF FAIR LABOR STANDARDS 
ACT OF 1938 TO SOVEREIGN TRIBAL EMPLOY-
ERS. 
The receipt of any funds through a grant under sec-
tion 104, or any funds under title II, by a sovereign Tribal 
employer, as defined in section 101(12), shall not expand, 
constrict, or alter the application of the Fair Labor Stand-
ards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et seq.) to such sovereign 
Tribal employer. 
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DIVISION R—CHILD NUTRITION AND 
RELATED PROGRAMS 
SEC. 180001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Child Nutrition 
and Related Programs Recovery Act’’. 
SEC. 180002. EMERGENCY COSTS FOR CHILD NUTRITION 
PROGRAMS DURING COVID–19 PANDEMIC. 
(a) USE OF CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS TO COVER 
EMERGENCY OPERATIONAL COSTS UNDER SCHOOL MEAL 
PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) REQUIRED
ALLOTMENTS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary shall allocate to each State that partici-
pates in the reimbursement program under 
paragraph (3) such amounts as may be nec-
essary to carry out reimbursements under such 
paragraph for each reimbursement month, in-
cluding, subject to paragraph (4)(B), adminis-
trative expenses necessary to make such reim-
bursements. 
(B) GUIDANCE
WITH
RESPECT
TO
PRO-
GRAM.—Not later than 10 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
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shall issue guidance with respect to the reim-
bursement program under paragraph (3). 
(2) 
REIMBURSEMENT
PROGRAM
APPLICA-
TION.—To participate in the reimbursement pro-
gram under paragraph (3), not later than 30 days 
after the date described in paragraph (1), a State 
shall submit an application to the Secretary that in-
cludes a plan to calculate and disburse reimburse-
ments under the reimbursement program under 
paragraph (3). 
(3) REIMBURSEMENT
PROGRAM.—Using the 
amounts allocated under paragraph (1)(A), a State 
participating in the reimbursement program under 
this paragraph shall make reimbursements for emer-
gency operational costs for each reimbursement 
month as follows: 
(A) For each new school food authority in 
the State for the reimbursement month, an 
amount equal to 55 percent of the amount 
equal to— 
(i) the average monthly amount such 
new school food authority was reimbursed 
under the reimbursement sections for 
meals and supplements served by such new 
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school food authority during the alternate 
period; minus 
(ii) the amount such new school food 
authority was reimbursed under the reim-
bursement sections for meals and supple-
ments served by such new school food au-
thority during such reimbursement month. 
(B) For each school food authority not de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) in the State for 
the reimbursement month, an amount equal to 
55 percent of— 
(i) the amount such school food au-
thority was reimbursed under the reim-
bursement sections for meals and supple-
ments served by such school food authority 
for the month beginning one year before 
such reimbursement month; minus 
(ii) the amount such school food au-
thority was reimbursed under the reim-
bursement sections for meals and supple-
ments served by such school food authority 
during such reimbursement month. 
(4) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.— 
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(A) AVAILABILITY.—Funds allocated to a 
State under paragraph (1)(A) shall remain 
available until March 30, 2021. 
(B) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A State 
may reserve not more than 1 percent of the 
funds allocated under paragraph (1)(A) for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out this sub-
section. 
(C) UNEXPENDED
BALANCE.—On Sep-
tember 30, 2021, any amounts allocated to a 
State under paragraph (1)(A) or reimbursed to 
a school food authority or new school food au-
thority under paragraph (3) that are unex-
pended by such State, school food authority, or 
new school food authority shall revert to the 
Secretary. 
(5) REPORTS.—Each State that carries out a 
reimbursement program under paragraph (3) shall, 
not later than September 30, 2021, submit a report 
to the Secretary that includes a summary of the use 
of such funds by the State and each school food au-
thority and new school food authority in such State. 
(b) USE OF CERTAIN APPROPRIATIONS TO COVER 
CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM CHILD CARE 
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OPERATIONAL EMERGENCY COSTS DURING COVID–19 
PANDEMIC.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.— 
(A) REQUIRED
ALLOTMENTS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the Sec-
retary shall allocate to each State that partici-
pates in the reimbursement program under 
paragraph (3) such amounts as may be nec-
essary to carry out reimbursements under such 
paragraph for each reimbursement month, in-
cluding, subject to paragraph (4)(C), adminis-
trative expenses necessary to make such reim-
bursements. 
(B) GUIDANCE
WITH
RESPECT
TO
PRO-
GRAM.—Not later than 10 days after the date 
of the enactment of this section, the Secretary 
shall issue guidance with respect to the reim-
bursement program under paragraph (3). 
(2) 
REIMBURSEMENT
PROGRAM
APPLICA-
TION.—To participate in the reimbursement pro-
gram under paragraph (3), not later than 30 days 
after the date described in paragraph (1), a State 
shall submit an application to the Secretary that in-
cludes a plan to calculate and disburse reimburse-
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ments under the reimbursement program under 
paragraph (3). 
(3) REIMBURSEMENT
AMOUNT.—Using the 
amounts allocated under paragraph (1)(A), a State 
participating in the reimbursement program under 
this paragraph shall make reimbursements for child 
care operational emergency costs for each reimburse-
ment month as follows: 
(A) For each new covered institution in the 
State for the reimbursement month, an amount 
equal to 55 percent of— 
(i) the average monthly amount such 
covered institution was reimbursed under 
subsection (c) and subsection (f) of section 
17 of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) for 
meals and supplements served by such new 
covered institution during the alternate pe-
riod; minus 
(ii) the amount such covered institu-
tion was reimbursed under such section for 
meals and supplements served by such new 
covered institution during such reimburse-
ment month. 
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(B) For each covered institution not de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) in the State for 
the reimbursement month, an amount equal to 
55 percent of— 
(i) the amount such covered institu-
tion was reimbursed under subsection (c) 
and subsection (f) of section 17 of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) for meals and sup-
plements served by such covered institution 
during the month beginning one year be-
fore such reimbursement month; minus 
(ii) the amount such covered institu-
tion was reimbursed under such section for 
meals and supplements served by such cov-
ered institution during such reimbursement 
month. 
(C) For each new sponsoring organization 
of a family or group day care home in the State 
for the reimbursement month, an amount equal 
to 55 percent of— 
(i) the average monthly amount such 
new sponsoring organization of a family or 
group day care home was reimbursed 
under section 17(f)(3)(B) of the Richard 
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B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)(B)) for administrative 
funds for the alternate period; minus 
(ii) the amount such new sponsoring 
organization of a family or group day care 
home was reimbursed under such section 
for administrative funds for the reimburse-
ment month. 
(D) For each sponsoring organization of a 
family or group day care home not described in 
subparagraph (C) in the State for the reim-
bursement month, an amount equal to 55 per-
cent of— 
(i) the amount such sponsoring orga-
nization of a family or group day care 
home 
was 
reimbursed 
under 
section 
17(f)(3)(B) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1766(f)(3)(B)) for administrative funds for 
the month beginning one year before such 
reimbursement month; minus 
(ii) the amount such sponsoring orga-
nization of a family or group day care 
home was reimbursed under such section 
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for administrative funds for such reim-
bursement month. 
(4) TREATMENT OF FUNDS.— 
(A) AVAILABILITY.—Funds allocated to a 
State under paragraph (1)(A) shall remain 
available until March 30, 2021. 
(B) UNAFFILIATED CENTER.—In the case 
of a covered institution or a new covered insti-
tution that is an unaffiliated center that is 
sponsored by a sponsoring organization and re-
ceives funds for a reimbursement month under 
subparagraph (A) or (B), such unaffiliated cen-
ter shall provide to such sponsoring organiza-
tion an amount of such funds as agreed to by 
the sponsoring organization and the unaffiliated 
center, except such amount may not be greater 
be than 15 percent of such funds. 
(C) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—A State 
may reserve not more than 1 percent of the 
funds allocated under paragraph (1)(A) for ad-
ministrative expenses to carry out this sub-
section. 
(D) UNEXPENDED
BALANCE.—On Sep-
tember 30, 2021, any amounts allocated to a 
State under paragraph (1)(A) or reimbursed to 
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a new covered institution, covered institution, 
new sponsoring organization of a family or 
group day care home, or sponsoring organiza-
tion of a family or group day care home that 
are unexpended by such State, new covered in-
stitution, covered institution, new sponsoring 
organization of a family or group day care 
home, or sponsoring organization of a family or 
group day care home, shall revert to the Sec-
retary. 
(5) REPORTS.—Each State that carries out a 
reimbursement program under paragraph (3) shall, 
not later than September 30, 2021, submit a report 
to the Secretary that includes a summary of the use 
of such funds by the State and each new covered in-
stitution, covered institution, new sponsoring organi-
zation of a family or group day care home, or spon-
soring organization of a family or group day care 
home. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ALTERNATE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘alternate 
period’’ means the period beginning January 1, 
2020 and ending February 29, 2020. 
(2) EMERGENCY
OPERATIONAL
COSTS.—The 
term ‘‘emergency operational costs’’ means the costs 
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incurred by a school food authority or new school 
food authority— 
(A) during a public health emergency; 
(B) that are related to the ongoing oper-
ation, modified operation, or temporary suspen-
sion of operation (including administrative 
costs) of such school food authority or new 
school food authority; and 
(C) except as provided under subsection 
(a), that are not reimbursed under a Federal 
grant. 
(3) CHILD
CARE
OPERATIONAL
EMERGENCY 
COSTS.—The term ‘‘child care operational emergency 
costs’’ means the costs under the child and adult 
care food program under section 17 of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1766) incurred by a new covered institution, covered 
institution, new sponsoring organization of a family 
or group day care home, or sponsoring organization 
of a family or group day care home— 
(A) during a public health emergency; 
(B) that are related to the ongoing oper-
ation, modified operation, or temporary suspen-
sion of operation (including administrative 
costs) of such new covered institution, covered 
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institution, new sponsoring organization of a 
family or group day care home, sponsoring or-
ganization of a family or group day care home, 
or sponsoring organization of an unaffiliated 
center; and 
(C) except as provided under subsection 
(b), that are not reimbursed under a Federal 
grant. 
(4) COVERED
INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘cov-
ered institution’’ means— 
(A) an institution (as defined in section 
17(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2))); and 
(B) a family or group day care home. 
(5) NEW
COVERED
INSTITUTION.—The term 
‘‘new covered institution’’ means a covered institu-
tion for which no reimbursements were made for 
meals and supplements under section 17(c) or (f) of 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1766) with respect to the previous reim-
bursement period. 
(6) NEW SCHOOL FOOD AUTHORITY.—The term 
‘‘new school food authority’’ means a school food au-
thority for which no reimbursements were made 
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under the reimbursement sections with respect to 
the previous reimbursement period. 
(7) NEW
SPONSORING
ORGANIZATION
OF
A 
FAMILY
OR
GROUP
DAY
CARE.—The term ‘‘new 
sponsoring organization of a family or group day 
care’’ means a sponsoring organization of a family 
or group day care home for which no reimburse-
ments for administrative funds were made under 
section 17(f)(3)(B) of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(f)(3)(B)) 
for the previous reimbursement period. 
(8) PREVIOUS REIMBURSEMENT PERIOD.—The 
term ‘‘previous reimbursement period’’ means the 
period beginning March 1, 2019 and ending June 
30, 2019. 
(9) PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.—The term 
‘‘public health emergency’’ means a public health 
emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) result-
ing from the COVID–19 pandemic. 
(10) REIMBURSEMENT MONTH.—The term ‘‘re-
imbursement month’’ means March 2020, April 
2020, May 2020, and June 2020. 
(11) REIMBURSEMENT
SECTIONS.—The term 
‘‘reimbursement sections’’ means— 
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(A) section 4(b), section 11(a)(2), section 
13, and section 17A(c) of the Richard B. Rus-
sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1753(b); 42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(2); 42 U.S.C. 
1761; 42 U.S.C. 1766a(c)); and 
(B) section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1773). 
(12) 
SECRETARY.—The 
term 
‘‘Secretary’’ 
means the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(13) STATE.— The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given such term in section 12(d)(8) of the Rich-
ard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1760(d)(8)). 
SEC. 180003. AMENDMENTS TO THE PANDEMIC EBT ACT. 
Section 1101 of the Families First Coronavirus Re-
sponse Act (Public Law 116–127) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and in-
serting ‘‘fiscal years 2020 and 2021’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘during which the school 
would otherwise be in session’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘until the school reopens’’ 
after ‘‘assistance’’; 
(2) in subsection (b)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘and State agency plans 
for child care covered children in accordance 
with subsection (i)’’ after ‘‘with eligible chil-
dren’’; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, a plan to enroll chil-
dren who become eligible children during a pub-
lic health emergency designation’’ before ‘‘, and 
issuances’’; 
(C) by striking ‘‘in an amount not less 
than the value of meals at the free rate over the 
course of 5 school days’’ and inserting ‘‘in ac-
cordance with subsection (h)(1)’’; and 
(D) by inserting ‘‘and for each child care 
covered child in the household’’ before the pe-
riod at the end; 
(3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘or child care 
center’’ after ‘‘school’’; 
(4) by amending subsection (e) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(e) RELEASE OF INFORMATION.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture 
may authorize— 
‘‘(1) State educational agencies and school food 
authorities administering a school lunch program 
under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
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Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) to release to appro-
priate officials administering the supplemental nutri-
tion assistance program such information as may be 
necessary to carry out this section with respect to el-
igible children; and 
‘‘(2) State agencies administering a child and 
adult care food program under section 17 of the 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
U.S.C. 1766) to release to appropriate officials ad-
ministering the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program such information as may be necessary to 
carry out this section with respect to child care cov-
ered children.’’; 
(5) by amending subsection (g) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(g) AVAILABILITY OF COMMODITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
during fiscal year 2020, the Secretary of Agriculture 
may purchase commodities for emergency distribu-
tion in any area of the United States during a public 
health emergency designation. 
‘‘(2) PURCHASES.—Funds made available to 
carry out this subsection on or after the date of the 
enactment of the Child Nutrition and Related Pro-
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grams Recovery Act may only be used to purchase 
commodities for emergency distribution— 
‘‘(A) under commodity distribution pro-
grams and child nutrition programs that were 
established and administered by the Food and 
Nutrition Service on or before the day before 
the date of the enactment of the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116– 
127); or 
‘‘(B) to Tribal organizations (as defined in 
section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012)), that are not admin-
istering the food distribution program estab-
lished under section 4(b) of the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)).’’. 
(6) by redesignating subsections (h) and (i) as 
subsections (l) and (m); 
(7) by inserting after subsection (g) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(h) AMOUNT OF BENEFITS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A household shall receive 
benefits under this section in an amount equal to 1 
breakfast and 1 lunch at the free rate for each eligi-
ble child or child care covered child in such house-
hold for each day. 
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‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF NEWLY ELIGIBLE CHIL-
DREN.—In the case of a child who becomes an eligi-
ble child during a public health emergency designa-
tion, the Secretary and State agency shall— 
‘‘(A) if such child becomes an eligible child 
during school year 2019–2020, treat such child 
as if such child was an eligible child as of the 
date the school in which the child is enrolled 
closed; and 
‘‘(B) if such child becomes an eligible child 
after school year 2019–2020, treat such child 
as an eligible child as of the first day of the 
month in which such child becomes so eligible. 
‘‘(i) CHILD CARE COVERED CHILD ASSISTANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal years 2020 
and 2021, in any case in which a child care center 
is closed for at least 5 consecutive days during a 
public health emergency designation, each household 
containing at least 1 member who is a child care 
covered child attending the child care center shall be 
eligible until the schools in the State in which such 
child care center is located reopen, as determined by 
the Secretary, to receive assistance pursuant to— 
‘‘(A) a State agency plan approved under 
subsection (b) that includes— 
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‘‘(i) an application by the State agen-
cy seeking to participate in the program 
under this subsection; and 
‘‘(ii) a State agency plan for tem-
porary emergency standards of eligibility 
and levels of benefits under the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.) for households with child care covered 
children; or 
‘‘(B) an addendum application described in 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) ADDENDUM APPLICATION.—In the case of 
a State agency that submits a plan to the Secretary 
of Agriculture under subsection (b) that does not in-
clude an application or plan described in clauses (i) 
and (ii) of paragraph (1)(A), such State agency may 
apply to participate in the program under this sub-
section by submitting to the Secretary of Agriculture 
an addendum application for approval that includes 
a State agency plan described in such clause (ii). 
‘‘(3) REQUIREMENTS FOR PARTICIPATION.—A 
State agency may not participate in the program 
under this subsection if— 
‘‘(A) the State agency plan submitted by 
such State agency under subsection (b) with re-
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spect to eligible children is not approved by the 
Secretary under such subsection; or 
‘‘(B) the State agency plan submitted by 
such State agency under subsection (b) or this 
subsection with respect to child care covered 
children is not approved by the Secretary under 
either such subsection. 
‘‘(4) AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the Secretary shall deem a child who 
is less than 6 years of age to be a child care 
covered child eligible to receive assistance under 
this subsection if— 
‘‘(i) the household with such child at-
tests that such child is a child care covered 
child; 
‘‘(ii) such child resides in a household 
that includes an eligible child; 
‘‘(iii) such child receives cash assist-
ance benefits under the temporary assist-
ance for needy families program under 
part A of title IV of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); 
‘‘(iv) such child receives assistance 
under the Child Care and Development 
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Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 
et seq.); 
‘‘(v) such child is— 
‘‘(I) enrolled as a participant in a 
Head Start program authorized under 
the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 
et seq.); 
‘‘(II) a foster child whose care 
and placement is the responsibility of 
an agency that administers a State 
plan under part B or E of title IV of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
621 et seq.); 
‘‘(III) a foster child who a court 
has placed with a caretaker house-
hold; or 
‘‘(IV) a homeless child or youth 
(as defined in section 725(2) of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance 
Act (42 U.S.C. 11434a(2))); 
‘‘(vi) such child participates in the 
special supplemental nutrition program for 
women, infants, and children under section 
17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 
U.S.C. 1786); 
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‘‘(vii) through the use of information 
obtained by the State agency for the pur-
pose of participating in the supplemental 
nutrition assistance program under the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2011 et seq.), the State agency elects to 
treat as a child care covered child each 
child less than 6 years of age who is a 
member of a household that receives sup-
plemental nutrition assistance program 
benefits under such Act; or 
‘‘(viii) the State in which such child 
resides determines that such child is a 
child care covered child, using State data 
approved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(B) ACCEPTANCE
OF
ANY
FORM
OF 
AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT.— 
‘‘(i) ONE
CATEGORY.—For purposes 
of deeming a child to be a child care cov-
ered child under subparagraph (A), a State 
agency may not be required to show that 
a child meets more than one requirement 
specified in clauses (i) through (viii) of 
such subparagraph. 
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‘‘(ii) DEEMING REQUIREMENT.—If a 
State agency submits to the Secretary in-
formation that a child meets any one of 
the requirements specified in clauses (i) 
through (viii) of subparagraph (A), the 
Secretary shall deem such child a child 
care covered child under such subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(j) EXCLUSIONS.—The provisions of section 16 of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) re-
lating to quality control shall not apply with respect to 
assistance provided under this section. 
‘‘(k) FEASIBILITY ANALYSIS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of the Child Nutri-
tion and Related Programs Recovery Act, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Education and Labor 
Committee and the Agriculture Committee of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Ag-
riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a 
report on— 
‘‘(A) the feasibility of implementing the 
program for eligible children under this section 
using an EBT system in Puerto Rico, the Com-
monwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 
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and American Samoa similar to the manner in 
which the supplemental nutrition assistance 
program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 is operated in the States, including an 
analysis of–— 
‘‘(i) the current nutrition assistance 
program issuance infrastructure; 
‘‘(ii) the availability of— 
‘‘(I) an EBT system, including 
the ability for authorized retailers to 
accept EBT cards; and 
‘‘(II) EBT cards; 
‘‘(iii) the ability to limit purchases 
using nutrition assistance program benefits 
to food for home consumption; and 
‘‘(iv) the availability of reliable data 
necessary for the implementation of such 
program under this section for eligible chil-
dren and child care covered children, in-
cluding the names of such children and the 
mailing addresses of their households; and 
‘‘(B) the feasibility of implementing the 
program for child care covered children under 
subsection (i) in Puerto Rico, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 
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American Samoa, including with respect to such 
program each analysis specified in clauses (i) 
through (iv) of subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(2) CONTINGENT AVAILABILITY OF PARTICIPA-
TION.—Beginning 30 days after the date of the en-
actment of the Child Nutrition and Related Pro-
grams Recovery Act, Puerto Rico, the Common-
wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and Amer-
ican Samoa may each— 
‘‘(A) submit a plan under subsection (b), 
unless the Secretary makes a finding, based on 
the analysis provided under paragraph (1)(A), 
that the implementation of the program for eli-
gible children under this section is not feasible 
in such territories; and 
‘‘(B) submit a plan under subsection (i), 
unless the Secretary makes a finding, based on 
the analysis provided under paragraph (1)(B), 
that the implementation of the program for 
child care covered children under subsection (i) 
is not feasible in such territories.’’; 
(8) in subsection (l), as redesigned by para-
graph (7)— 
(A) by redesignating paragraph (1) as 
paragraph (3); 
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(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 
(3) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively; 
(C) by inserting before paragraph (3) (as 
so redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘child care center’ means an or-
ganization described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 
section 17(a)(2) of the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766(a)(2)) and a 
family or group day care home. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘child care covered child’ means 
a child served under section 17 of the Richard B. 
Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1766) who, if not for the closure of the child care 
center attended by the child during a public health 
emergency designation and due to concerns about a 
COVID–19 outbreak, would receive meals under 
such section at the child care center.’’; and 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3) (as so 
redesignated) the following: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘free rate’ means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to a breakfast, the rate 
of a free breakfast under the school breakfast 
program under section 4 of the Child Nutrition 
Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773); and 
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‘‘(B) with respect to a lunch, the rate of 
a free lunch under the school lunch program 
under the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.).’’; and 
(9) in subsection (m), as redesignated by para-
graph (7), by inserting ‘‘(including all administrative 
expenses)’’ after ‘‘this section’’. 
SEC. 180004. FRESH PRODUCE FOR KIDS IN NEED. 
Section 2202(f)(1) of the Families First Coronavirus 
Response Act (Public Law 116–127) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) The fresh fruit and vegetable pro-
gram under section 19 of the Richard B. Rus-
sell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1769a).’’. 
SEC. 180005. WIC BENEFIT FLEXIBILITY DURING COVID–19 
ACT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.— 
(1) AUTHORITY
TO
INCREASE
AMOUNT
OF 
CASH-VALUE
VOUCHER.—During the COVID–19 
public health emergency declared under section 319 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 
and in response to challenges related to such public 
health emergency, the Secretary may increase the 
amount of a cash-value voucher under a qualified 
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food package to an amount less than or equal to 
$35. 
(2) APPLICATION OF INCREASED AMOUNT OF 
CASH-VALUE VOUCHER TO STATE AGENCIES.— 
(A) NOTIFICATION.—An increase to the 
amount of a cash-value voucher under para-
graph (1) shall apply to any State agency that 
notifies the Secretary of the intent to use such 
an increased amount, without further applica-
tion. 
(B) USE
OF
INCREASED
AMOUNT.—A 
State agency that notifies the Secretary under 
subparagraph (A) may use or not use the in-
creased amount described in such subparagraph 
during the period beginning on the date of the 
notification by the State agency under such 
subparagraph and ending September 30, 2020. 
(3) APPLICATION PERIOD.—An increase to the 
amount of a cash-value voucher under paragraph (1) 
may only apply during the period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this section and ending on 
September 30, 2020. 
(4) SUNSET.—The authority to make an in-
crease to the amount of a cash-value voucher under 
paragraph (1) or to use such an increased amount 
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under paragraph (2)(B) shall terminate on Sep-
tember 30, 2020. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.— 
(1) CASH-VALUE VOUCHER.—The term ‘‘cash- 
value voucher’’ has the meaning given the term in 
section 246.2 of title 7, Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(2) QUALIFIED
FOOD
PACKAGE.—The term 
‘‘qualified food package’’ means the following food 
packages under section 246.10(e) of title 7, Code of 
Federal Regulations: 
(A) Food Package IV–Children 1 through 
4 years. 
(B) Food Package V–Pregnant and par-
tially (mostly) breastfeeding women. 
(C) Food Package VI–Postpartum women. 
(D) 
Food 
Package 
VII–Fully 
breastfeeding. 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(4) STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘State agency’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 17(b) of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1786(b)). 
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SEC. 180006. CALCULATION OF PAYMENTS AND REIM-
BURSEMENTS FOR CERTAIN CHILD NUTRI-
TION PROGRAMS. 
(a) RICHARD
B. RUSSELL
NATIONAL
SCHOOL 
LUNCH ACT.— 
(1) NUTRITION PROMOTION.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for purposes of making 
a payment to a State under section 5 of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1754), the Secretary shall deem the number of 
lunches served by school food authorities in such 
State during the 2020 period to be equal to the 
greater of the following: 
(A) The number of lunches served by such 
school food authorities in such State during the 
2019 period. 
(B) The number of lunches served by such 
school food authorities in such State during the 
2020 period. 
(2) COMMODITY ASSISTANCE.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, for purposes of providing 
commodity assistance to a State under section 
6(c)(1)(C) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1755(c)(1)(C)) or cash assist-
ance in lieu of such commodity assistance under sec-
tion 16 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1765) the Secretary 
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shall deem the number of lunches served by school 
food authorities in such State during the 2020 pe-
riod to be equal to the greater of the following: 
(A) The number of lunches served by such 
school food authorities in such State during the 
2019 period. 
(B) The number of lunches served by such 
school food authorities in such State during the 
2020 period. 
(3) SPECIAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, in determining 
the number of meals served by a school for purposes 
of making special assistance payments to a State 
with respect to a school under subparagraph (B), 
clause (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph (C), or subpara-
graph (E)(i)(II) of section 11(a)(1) of the Richard 
B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
1759a(a)(1)), the Secretary shall deem the number 
of meals served by such school during the 2020 pe-
riod to be equal to the greater of the following: 
(A) The number of meals served by such 
school during the 2019 period. 
(B) The number of meals served by such 
school during the 2020 period. 
(b) CHILD NUTRITION ACT OF 1966.— 
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(1) STATE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, for pur-
poses of making payments to a State under section 
7(a) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1776(a)), the Secretary shall deem the number of 
meals and supplements served by such school food 
authorities in such State during the 2020 period to 
be equal to the greater of the following: 
(A) The number of meals and supplements 
served by such school food authorities in such 
State during the 2019 period. 
(B) The number of meals and supplements 
served by such school food authorities in such 
State during the 2020 period. 
(2) TEAM
NUTRITION
NETWORK.—Notwith-
standing any other provision of law, for purposes of 
making allocations to a State under section 19(d) of 
the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 
1788(d)), the Secretary shall deem the number of 
lunches served by school food authorities in such 
State during the 2020 period to be equal to the 
greater of the following: 
(A) The number of lunches served by such 
school food authorities in such State during the 
2019 period. 
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(B) The number of lunches served by such 
school food authorities in such State during the 
2020 period. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(2) 2019 PERIOD.—The term ‘‘2019 period’’ 
means the period beginning March 1, 2019 and end-
ing June 30, 2019. 
(3) 2020 PERIOD.—The term ‘‘2020 period’’ 
means the period beginning March 1, 2020 and end-
ing June 30, 2020. 
SEC. 180007. REPORTING ON WAIVER AUTHORITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 10 days after the 
date of the receipt or issuance of each document listed 
in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, the Sec-
retary of Agriculture shall make publicly available on the 
website of the Department of Agriculture the following 
documents: 
(1) Any request submitted by State agencies for 
a qualified waiver. 
(2) The Secretary’s approval or denial of each 
such request. 
(3) Any guidance issued by the Secretary with 
respect to a qualified waiver. 
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(b) INCLUSION OF DATE WITH GUIDANCE.—With re-
spect to the guidance described in subsection (a)(3), the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall include the date on which 
such guidance was issued on the publicly available website 
of the Department of Agriculture on such guidance. 
(c) QUALIFIED WAIVER DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘qualified waiver’’ means a waiver under section 
2102, 2202, 2203, or 2204 of the Families First 
Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 116–127). 
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DIVISION S—OTHER MATTERS 
TITLE I—HEALTH CARE ACCESS 
FOR 
URBAN 
NATIVE 
VET-
ERANS ACT 
SEC. 190101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Health Care Access 
for Urban Native Veterans Act’’. 
SEC. 190102. SHARING ARRANGEMENTS WITH FEDERAL 
AGENCIES. 
Section 405 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1645) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘urban In-
dian organizations,’’ before ‘‘and tribal organiza-
tions’’; and 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘urban Indian organiza-
tion,’’ before ‘‘or tribal organization’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘an urban Indian organi-
zation,’’ before ‘‘or a tribal organization’’. 
TITLE II—TRIBAL SCHOOL 
FEDERAL INSURANCE PARITY 
SEC. 190201. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Tribal School Federal 
Insurance Parity Act’’. 
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SEC. 190202. AMENDMENT TO THE INDIAN HEALTH CARE 
IMPROVEMENT ACT. 
Section 409 of the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act (25 U.S.C. 1647b) is amended by inserting ‘‘or the 
Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 (25 U.S.C. 2501 
et seq.)’’ after ‘‘(25 U.S.C. 450 et seq.)’’. 
TITLE III—PRC FOR NATIVE 
VETERANS ACT 
SEC. 190301. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Proper and Reim-
bursed Care for Native Veterans Act’’ or the ‘‘PRC for 
Native Veterans Act’’. 
SEC. 190302. CLARIFICATION OF REQUIREMENT OF DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS AND DE-
PARTMENT OF DEFENSE TO REIMBURSE IN-
DIAN 
HEALTH 
SERVICE 
FOR 
CERTAIN 
HEALTH CARE SERVICES. 
Section 405(c) of the Indian Health Care Improve-
ment Act (25 U.S.C. 1645) is amended by inserting before 
the period at the end the following: ‘‘, regardless of wheth-
er such services are provided directly by the Service, an 
Indian tribe, or tribal organization, through contract 
health services, or through a contract for travel described 
in section 213(b)’’. 
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TITLE IV—WILDLIFE-BORNE 
DISEASE PREVENTION 
SEC. 190401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Wildlife-Borne Disease 
Prevention Act of 2020’’. 
SEC. 190402. MEASURES TO ADDRESS SPECIES THAT POSE 
A RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH. 
(a) SPECIES
THAT
POSE
A
RISK
TO
HUMAN 
HEALTH.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretaries shall, in 
consultation with the Director of the Centers for 
Disease Control, the United States Geological Sur-
vey, and other relevant Federal agencies, identify 
wildlife species (or larger taxonomic groups, if ap-
propriate) that could pose a biohazard risk to 
human health, and perform a risk analysis with re-
spect to each such species for the purposes of deter-
mining whether such species is injurious within the 
meaning of section 42 of title 18, United States 
Code. 
(2) DRAFT
LIST.—The Secretaries shall, not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of 
this Act, publish a draft of the list required by para-
graph (1). 
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(3) FINAL
LIST.—The Secretaries shall, not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 
Act, publish a final list required by paragraph (1). 
(b) INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretaries 
shall, in consultation with the Secretary of State, provide 
assistance to foreign countries to end the trade of wildlife 
that poses a risk to humans because of transmission of 
pathogens that cause disease. 
(c) INSPECTIONS
AND INTERDICTION.—The Sec-
retary of the Interior shall complete development on the 
electronic permitting system of the United States Fish and 
Wildlife Service and provide for law enforcement inspec-
tion and interdiction of any injurious wildlife species. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATION.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated $21,000,000 to remain 
available until expended for fiscal year 2020 to carry out 
this section. 
(e) SECRETARIES.—In this section the term ‘‘Secre-
taries’’ means the Secretary of Commerce, acting through 
the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, and the Sec-
retary of the Interior, acting through the Director of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service. 
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SEC. 190403. TRADE OF INJURIOUS SPECIES AND SPECIES 
THAT POSE A RISK TO HUMAN HEALTH. 
Section 42 of title 18, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘or any interstate 
transport between States within the conti-
nental United States,’’ after ‘‘shipment be-
tween the continental United States, the 
District of Columbia, Hawaii, the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, or any posses-
sion of the United States,’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘to be injurious to 
human beings, to the interests of agri-
culture’’ and inserting ‘‘to be injurious to 
or to transmit a pathogen that can cause 
disease in humans, to be injurious to the 
interests of agriculture’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) In the case of an emergency posing a sig-
nificant risk to the health of humans, the Secretary 
of the Interior may designate a species by interim 
final rule. At the time of publication of the regula-
tion in the Federal Register, the Secretary shall 
publish therein detailed reasons why such regulation 
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is necessary, and in the case that such regulation 
applies to a native species, the Secretary shall give 
actual notice of such regulation to the State agency 
in each State in which such species is believed to 
occur. Any regulation promulgated under the au-
thority of this paragraph shall cease to have force 
and effect at the close of the 365-day period fol-
lowing the date of publication unless, during such 
365-day period, the rulemaking procedures which 
would apply to such regulation without regard to 
this paragraph are complied with. If at any time 
after issuing an emergency regulation the Secretary 
determines, on the basis of the best appropriate data 
available to the Secretary, that substantial evidence 
does not exist to warrant such regulation, the Sec-
retary shall withdraw it. 
‘‘(7) Not more than 90 days after receiving a 
petition of an interested person under section 553(e) 
of title 5, United States Code, to determine that a 
species is injurious under this section, the Secretary 
of the Interior shall determine whether such petition 
has scientific merit. If the Secretary determines a 
petition has scientific merit, such Secretary shall 
make a determination regarding such petition not 
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more than 12 months after the date such Secretary 
received such petition.’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(b) Any person who knowingly imports, ships, or 
transports any species in violation of subsection (a) of this 
section and who reasonably should have known that the 
species at issue in such violation is a species listed in sub-
section (a) of this section, or in any regulation issued pur-
suant thereto, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned 
not more than six months, or both.’’. 
SEC. 190404. NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER. 
(a) WILDLIFE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE.—The Direc-
tor shall establish and maintain a national database of 
wildlife disease, including diseases that cause a human 
health risk, at the National Wildlife Health Center. The 
Director, acting through such Center, shall, with respect 
to wildlife disease— 
(1) develop, validate, and deploy diagnostic 
tests; 
(2) provide diagnostic services to Federal, 
State, and Tribal natural resource management 
agencies; and 
(3) provide confirmatory testing of diagnostic 
results. 
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(b) STRATEGIES
FOR MITIGATION.—The Director 
shall— 
(1) develop a framework for wildlife disease ex-
perts in the United States to conduct risk assess-
ments of wildlife diseases; 
(2) communicate risk factors associated with 
wildlife diseases to the public; 
(3) develop strategies to mitigate the threat 
posed by wildlife disease; and 
(4) in coordination with the Director of the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service— 
(A) monitor wildlife disease threats to 
evaluate the risk posed by and impact of such 
diseases on the United States, conduct research 
and development to create statistically sup-
ported sampling frameworks for broad-scale 
surveillance of wildlife disease threats; 
(B) conduct research on human dimensions 
of wildlife disease transmission and on effective 
outreach to stakeholders to help manage wildlife 
disease; 
(C) conduct statistical modeling to under-
stand and predict wildlife disease movement; 
and 
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(D) make recommendations to the Sec-
retary of the Interior on wildlife species to be 
listed as injurious under section 42 of title 18, 
United States Code. 
(c) INTERNATIONAL SURVEILLANCE.—The Director, 
in coordination with the Administrator for the United 
States Agency for International Development, may 
strengthen global capacity for wildlife health monitoring 
to enhance early detection of diseases that have the capac-
ity to jump the species barrier and pose a risk to the 
United States, including by providing funding for— 
(1) academic, governmental, and nongovern-
mental partner entities working to prevent wildlife 
disease outbreaks, emerging pathogens of wildlife or-
igin, and epidemics or pandemics; 
(2) building wildlife disease diagnostic capacity 
and monitoring systems in countries with areas that 
pose a high risk for animal-to-human transmission 
of disease; and 
(3) providing technical assistance through train-
ing, data sharing, and performing testing in coun-
tries with areas that pose a high risk for animal-to- 
human transmission of disease. 
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(d) DIRECTOR.—In this section, the term ‘‘Director’’ 
means the Director of the United States Geological Sur-
vey. 
(e) WILDLIFE DISEASE.—In this section, the term 
‘‘wildlife disease’’ means a disease-causing agent in wild-
life that potentially poses a threat to human health. 
SEC. 190405. SURVEILLANCE BY STATES, TRIBES, TERRI-
TORIES, AND INSULAR AREAS. 
(a) WILDLIFE DISEASE SURVEILLANCE, RESEARCH, 
MANAGEMENT, AND EDUCATION.—The Director or the 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service shall establish a 
grant program to provide onetime funding to the States, 
the District of Columbia, Tribes, and the territories and 
insular areas of the United States to conduct epidemiolog-
ical surveillance, research, management, and education re-
lating to emerging wildlife disease. 
TITLE 
V—PANDEMIC 
RELIEF 
FOR AVIATION WORKERS AND 
PASSENGERS 
SEC. 190501. PANDEMIC RELIEF FOR AVIATION WORKERS. 
(a) APPLICABILITY OF ASSURANCE REGARDING FUR-
LOUGHS.—Section 4114(a)(1) of the Coronavirus Aid, Re-
lief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) is 
amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 2020’’ and inserting 
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‘‘the date on which such financial assistance is fully ex-
hausted by the air carrier or contractor’’. 
(b) PROTECTION
OF
COLLECTIVE
BARGAINING 
AGREEMENT.—Section 4115 of such Act is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘(a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (b). 
SEC. 190502. TRANSPARENCY OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. 
(a) DISCLOSURE OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—Not 
later than 72 hours after issuance of financial assistance 
by the Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section 
4112(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Se-
curity Act (Public Law 116–136), the Secretary shall pub-
lish on the website of the Department of the Treasury and 
shall submit to the congressional committees of jurisdic-
tion— 
(1) a plain-language description of the financial 
assistance, including the date of application, date of 
application approval, and identity of the recipient of 
financial assistance; 
(2) the amount of the financial assistance; and 
(3) a copy of any contract or assurances, if ap-
plicable, and other relevant documentation regarding 
the financial assistance. 
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(b) TRADE SECRETS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary may redact, from a disclo-
sure under subsection (a), any trade secret other than the 
amount of or conditions attached to the issuance of finan-
cial assistance. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES OF JURISDIC-
TION.—The term ‘‘congressional committees of juris-
diction’’ means the Committee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure and the Committee on Financial 
Services of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 
Urban Affairs of the Senate. 
(2) TRADE
SECRET
DEFINED.—The term 
‘‘trade secret’’ means any financial or business infor-
mation provided by the recipient of financial assist-
ance under section 4112(a) of the Coronavirus Aid, 
Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 
116–136), if— 
(A) such recipient has taken reasonable 
measures to keep such information secret; and 
(B) the information derives independent 
economic value, actual or potential, from not 
being generally known to, and not being readily 
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ascertainable through proper means by, another 
person who can obtain economic value from the 
disclosure or use of the information. 
(d) SAVINGS PROVISION.—Nothing in this section 
shall be construed as eliminating or abridging any report-
ing requirement under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136). 
SEC. 190503. AIR CARRIER MAINTENANCE OUTSOURCING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—A passenger air carrier receiving 
a loan, loan guarantee, or other investment under section 
4003 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Secu-
rity Act (Public Law 116–136) may not apply the pro-
ceeds of such assistance toward a contract for heavy main-
tenance work at a facility located outside of the United 
States if such contract would increase the ratio of mainte-
nance work performed outside of the United States to all 
maintenance work performed by or on behalf of such air 
carrier at all locations. 
(b) DEFINITION OF HEAVY MAINTENANCE WORK.— 
In this section, the term ‘‘heavy maintenance work’’ has 
the meaning given the term in section 44733(g) of title 
49, United States Code. 
SEC. 190504. NATIONAL AVIATION PREPAREDNESS PLAN. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transportation, 
in coordination with the Secretary of Health and Human 
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Services, the Secretary of Homeland Security, and the 
heads of such other Federal departments or agencies as 
the Secretary considers appropriate, shall develop a na-
tional aviation preparedness plan for communicable dis-
ease outbreaks. 
(b) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—A plan developed under 
subsection (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 
individual plan; 
(2) improve coordination among airports, air 
carriers, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, other 
appropriate Federal entities, and State and local 
governments or health agencies on developing poli-
cies that increase the effectiveness of screening, 
quarantining, and contact-tracing with respect to in-
bound international passengers; 
(3) ensure that at-risk employees are equipped 
with appropriate personal protective equipment to 
reduce the likelihood of exposure to pathogens in the 
event of a pandemic; 
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(4) ensure aircraft and enclosed facilities 
owned, operated, or used by an air carrier or airport 
are cleaned, disinfected, and sanitized frequently in 
accordance with Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention guidance; and 
(5) incorporate all elements referenced in the 
recommendation of the Comptroller General of the 
United States to the Secretary of Transportation 
contained in the report titled ‘‘Air Travel and Com-
municable 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 con-
sult with aviation industry and labor stakeholders, includ-
ing 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 
service representatives, and air carrier maintenance, 
repair, and overhaul workers; 
(4) the labor organization certified under sec-
tion 7111 of title 5, United States Code, as the ex-
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clusive bargaining representative of air traffic con-
trollers 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 Ad-
ministration; and 
(6) such other stakeholders as the Secretary 
considers appropriate. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the plan 
is developed under subsection (a), the Secretary shall sub-
mit to the appropriate committees of Congress such plan. 
(e) DEFINITION OF AT-RISK EMPLOYEES.—In this 
section, 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 
(2) air traffic controllers and systems safety 
specialists of the Federal Aviation Administration. 
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SEC. 190505. WORKING AND TRAVEL CONDITIONS. 
For the duration of 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– 
CoV–2 or coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19), an air 
carrier operating under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, shall— 
(1) require each passenger and cabin crew-
member to wear a mask or protective face covering 
while on board an aircraft of the air carrier; 
(2) require each flight crewmember to wear a 
mask or protective face covering while on board an 
aircraft but outside the flight deck; 
(3) submit to the Administrator of the Federal 
Aviation Administration a proposal to permit flight 
crew members of the air carrier to wear a mask or 
protective face covering while at their stations in the 
flight deck, including a safety risk assessment with 
respect to such proposal; 
(4) provide flight and cabin crewmembers, air-
port customer service agents, and other employees 
whose job responsibilities involve interaction with 
passengers with masks or protective face coverings, 
gloves, and hand sanitizer and wipes with sufficient 
alcohol content; 
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(5) ensure aircraft, including the cockpit and 
cabin, operated by such carrier are cleaned, dis-
infected, and sanitized after each use in accordance 
with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
guidance; 
(6) ensure enclosed facilities owned, operated, 
or used by such air carrier, including facilities used 
for flight or cabin crewmember training or perform-
ance of indoor maintenance, repair, or overhaul 
work, are cleaned, disinfected, and sanitized fre-
quently in accordance with Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention guidance; 
(7) provide air carrier employees whose job re-
sponsibilities involve cleaning, disinfecting, and sani-
tizing aircraft or enclosed facilities described in 
paragraphs (5) and (6) with masks or protective 
face coverings and gloves, and ensure that each con-
tractor of the air carrier provides employees of such 
contractor with such materials; and 
(8) establish guidelines, or adhere to applicable 
guidelines, for notifying employees of a confirmed 
COVID–19 diagnosis of an employee of such air car-
rier and for identifying other air carrier employees 
whom such employee contacted in the 48-hour period 
before the employee developed symptoms. 
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SEC. 190506. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN FEDERAL AVIATION 
ADMINISTRATION EMPLOYEES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the duration of 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–CoV–2 or coronavirus disease 2019 
(COVID–19), in order to maintain the safe and efficient 
operation of the air traffic control system, the Adminis-
trator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall— 
(1) provide air traffic controllers and airway 
transportation systems specialists of the Administra-
tion with masks or protective face coverings, gloves, 
and hand sanitizer and wipes with sufficient alcohol 
content; 
(2) ensure air traffic control facilities are 
cleaned, disinfected, and sanitized frequently in ac-
cordance with Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention guidance; and 
(3) provide employees of the Administration 
whose job responsibilities involve cleaning, dis-
infecting, and sanitizing facilities described in para-
graph (2) with masks or protective face coverings 
and gloves, and ensure that each contractor of the 
Administration provides employees of such con-
tractor with such materials. 
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(b) SOURCE OF EQUIPMENT.—The items described 
in subsection (a)(1) may be procured or provided under 
such subsection through any sources available to the Ad-
ministrator. 
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TITLE VI—AMTRAK AND RAIL 
WORKERS 
SEC. 190601. AMTRAK COVID–19 REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—For the duration of 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–CoV–2 or coronavirus disease 
(COVID–19), Amtrak shall— 
(1) require each passenger and employee of 
Amtrak, including engineers, conductors, and on-
board service workers, to wear a mask or other pro-
tective face covering while onboard an Amtrak train; 
(2) take such actions as are reasonable to en-
sure passenger compliance with the requirement 
under paragraph (1); 
(3) provide masks or protective face coverings, 
gloves, and hand sanitizer and sanitizing wipes with 
sufficient alcohol content to— 
(A) conductors, engineers, and onboard 
service workers; 
(B) ticket agents, station agents, and red 
cap agents; and 
(C) any other employees whose job respon-
sibilities include interaction with passengers; 
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(4) ensure Amtrak trains, including the loco-
motive cab and passenger cars, are cleaned, dis-
infected, and sanitized frequently in accordance with 
guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention and ensure that employees whose job 
responsibilities include such cleaning, disinfecting, or 
sanitizing are provided masks or protective face cov-
erings and gloves; 
(5) ensure stations and enclosed facilities that 
Amtrak owns and operates including facilities used 
for training or the performance of indoor mainte-
nance, repair, or overhaul work, are cleaned, dis-
infected, and sanitized frequently in accordance with 
guidance issued by the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention and ensure that employees whose job 
responsibilities include such cleaning, disinfecting, or 
sanitizing are provided masks or protective face cov-
erings and gloves; 
(6) take such actions as are reasonable to en-
sure that stations or facilities served or used by Am-
trak that Amtrak does not own are cleaned, dis-
infected, and sanitized frequently in accordance with 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guid-
ance; 
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(7) ensure that each contractor of Amtrak pro-
vides masks or protective face coverings and gloves 
to employees of such contractor whose job respon-
sibilities include those described in paragraphs (4) 
and (5); and 
(8) establish guidelines, or adhere to existing 
applicable guidelines, for notifying employees of a 
confirmed diagnosis of COVID–19 of an employee of 
Amtrak. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—If Amtrak is unable to acquire 
any of the items necessary to comply with paragraphs (3), 
(4), and (5) of subsection (a) due to market unavailability, 
Amtrak shall— 
(1) prepare and make public documentation 
demonstrating what actions have been taken to ac-
quire such items; and 
(2) continue efforts to acquire such items until 
such items become available. 
SEC. 190602. 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— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘July 31, 2020’’ and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2020, and for any registration peri-
ods during a period of continuing unemployment 
which began on or before December 31, 2020’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end ‘‘No recovery benefit 
under this section shall be payable for any registra-
tion period beginning on or after July 1, 2021.’’ 
(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 oth-
erwise 
appropriated, 
there 
are 
appropriated 
$1,000,000,000 to cover the cost of recovery benefits pro-
vided under subparagraph (A), to remain available until 
expended.’’. 
(c) DISREGARD OF RECOVERY BENEFITS FOR PUR-
POSES
OF ALL FEDERAL
AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED 
PROGRAMS.—Section 2(a)(5) of the Railroad Unemploy-
ment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 352(a)(5)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) A recovery benefit payable under sub-
paragraph (A) shall not be regarded as income 
and shall not be regarded as a resource for the 
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local law enforcement agencies receive on the identi-
fication and reporting of suspected bias-motivated 
crimes. 
(7) The problem of crimes motivated by bias is 
sufficiently serious, widespread, and interstate in na-
ture as to warrant Federal financial assistance to 
States and local jurisdictions. 
(8) Federal financial assistance with regard to 
certain violent crimes motivated by bias enables Fed-
eral, State, and local authorities to work together as 
partners in the investigation and prosecution of such 
crimes. 
SEC. 191003. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) HATE
CRIME.—The term ‘‘hate crime’’ 
means an act described in section 245, 247, or 249 
of title 18, United States Code, or in section 901 of 
the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3631). 
(2) PRIORITY
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘priority 
agency’’ means— 
(A) a law enforcement agency of a unit of 
local government that serves a population of not 
less than 100,000, as computed by the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation; or 
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(I) the demographic data (includ-
ing race, gender, age, offense of con-
viction, and criminal history level) of 
the individuals denied placement in 
community supervision under clause 
(i); and 
(II) the justification for the deni-
als described in subclause (I). 
(B) DISTRICT
COURTS.—In carrying out 
paragraph (1)(B), each district court of the 
United States— 
(i) shall conduct an immediate and ex-
pedited review of the detention orders of 
all covered individuals in the custody and 
care of the United States Marshals Serv-
ice, which may be conducted sua sponte 
and ex parte, without— 
(I) appearance by the defendant 
or any party; or 
(II) requiring a petition, motion, 
or other similar document to be filed; 
(ii) may not place in community su-
pervision any individual if the court deter-
mines, after a hearing and the attorney for 
the Government shows by clear and con-
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shall, not later than the earlier of September 30, 
2020, or 30 days before the start of the auction— 
(A) award to such applicant Rural Digital 
Opportunity Fund Phase I support for such 
census block or census block group, at 100 per-
cent of the reserve price (in this paragraph re-
ferred to as the ‘‘award’’); 
(B) remove such census block or census 
block group from the auction; and 
(C) reduce the budget for the auction by 
75 percent of the amount of the award and re-
duce the budget for the Rural Digital Oppor-
tunity Fund Phase II auction provided for in 
such Report and Order by 25 percent of the 
amount of the award. 
(3) The Commission shall require an applicant 
submitting a long-form application pursuant to para-
graph (1) to— 
(A) not later than 30 days after the date 
on which such applicant submits such long-form 
application, provide a letter of commitment 
from a bank meeting the Commission’s eligi-
bility requirements stating that the bank would 
provide a letter of credit to such applicant if 
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