gress), is amended by inserting ‘‘except the first proviso fol-
lowing paragraph (6) under the heading ‘Department of 
Labor—State Unemployment Insurance and Employment 
Service Operations’ ’’ before the period. 
(2) Any obligations and expenditures made for 
projects or activities described in this section before 
the date of enactment of this Act pursuant to the first 
proviso following paragraph (6) under the heading 
‘‘Department of Labor—State Unemployment Insur-
ance and Employment Service Operations’’ as pro-
vided by section 101 of the Continuing Appropria-
tions Act, 2021 shall be charged to the appropriation 
provided by this section, consistent with section 107 
of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021. 
SEC. 802. (a) Any funds made available under this 
Act to support or fund apprenticeship programs shall only 
be used for, or provided to, apprenticeship programs as de-
fined in subsection (b) of this section, including any funds 
awarded for the purposes of grants, contracts, or cooperative 
agreements, or the development, implementation, or admin-
istration, of an apprenticeship program. 
(b) The term ‘‘apprenticeship’’ means an apprentice-
ship program registered under the Act of August 16, 1937 
(commonly known as the ‘‘National Apprenticeship Act’’) 
(50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 U.S.C. 50 et seq.) and that
complies with the requirements of subpart A of part 29, 
Code of Federal Regulations, and part 30 of such title (as 
in effect on September 30, 2020). 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Primary Health 
Care’’, $7,600,000,000, for necessary expenses to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, for grants and co-
operative agreements under the Health Centers Program, as 
defined by section 330 of the Public Health Service Act, and 
for grants to Federally qualified health centers, as defined 
in section 1861(aa)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act, and 
for eligible entities under the Native Hawaiian Health Care 
Improvement Act, including maintenance or expansion of 
health center and system capacity and staffing levels: Pro-
vided, That sections 330(r)(2)(B), 330(e)(6)(A)(iii), and 
330(e)(6)(B)(iii) shall not apply to funds provided under 
this heading in this Act: Provided further, That funds pro-
vided under this heading in this Act may be used to (1) 
purchase equipment and supplies to conduct mobile testing 
for SARS–CoV–2 or COVID–19; (2) purchase and main-
tain mobile vehicles and equipment to conduct such testing; 
and (3) hire and train laboratory personnel and other staff
to conduct such mobile testing: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
HEALTH WORKFORCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Workforce’’, 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
of which $800,000,000 shall be for carrying out title III 
of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the health 
workforce and $200,000,000 shall be for carrying out section 
846 of such Act: Provided, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading in this Act for carrying out title 
III of the Public Health Service Act with respect to the 
health workforce, $100,000,000 shall be made available for 
purposes of providing public health services through a sup-
plemental grant or grants to states currently participating 
in the NHSC State Loan Repayment Program notwith-
standing section 338I(b) of the PHS Act, to make awards 
as authorized under section 338I(j) of the Public Health 
Service (PHS) Act, and notwithstanding the health profes-
sional shortage area requirements under 338I, the Secretary 
may develop rules needed to implement this proviso: Pro-
vided further, That for purposes of the previous proviso,
notwithstanding section 338I(d)(2) of the PHS Act, no 
more than 10 percent of funds made available in such sup-
plemental grants may be used by the state for administra-
tion of the State Loan Repayment Program in that state: 
Provided further, That for the purposes of these funds, the 
term ‘‘primary health services’’ and ‘‘primary health care 
services’’ as referenced in section 338I of the PHS Act, in-
cludes public health services, as defined by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Maternal and Child 
Health’’, $500,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus, for carrying out title V of the Social Secu-
rity Act with respect to maternal and child health: Pro-
vided, That notwithstanding sections 502(a)(1) and 
502(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, such funds shall be 
available for awards to states and territories to carry out 
special projects of regional and national significance pursu-
ant to section 501(a)(2) of such Act: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Ryan White HIV/ 
AIDS Program’’, $100,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus: Provided, That awards from funds 
provided under this heading in this Act shall be through 
modifications to existing contracts and supplements to ex-
isting grants and cooperative agreements under parts A, B, 
C, D, and F, or section 2692(a) of title XXVI of the Public 
Health Service Act: Provided further, That such supple-
ments shall be awarded using a data-driven methodology 
determined by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices: Provided further, That sections 2604(c), 2612(b), and 
2651(c) of the Public Health Service Act shall not apply 
to funds provided under this heading in this Act: Provided 
further, That the Secretary may waive any penalties and 
administrative requirements as may attach to these funds 
or to funds awarded under title XXVI with respect to the 
Ryan White HIV/AIDS program as necessary to ensure 
that the funds may be used efficiently: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 
CDC–WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘CDC–Wide Activities 
and Program Support’’, $13,700,000,000, to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter-
nationally: Provided, That of the amount provided under 
this heading in this Act, $1,000,000,000 shall be for Public 
Health Emergency Preparedness cooperative agreements 
under section 319C–1 of the Public Health Service Act: Pro-
vided further, That, of the amount provided under this 
heading in this Act, $1,000,000,000 shall be for necessary 
expenses for grants for core public health infrastructure for 
State, local, Territorial, or Tribal health departments as 
described in section 550 of division K of this Act: Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing in this Act for specified programs, not less than 
$100,000,000 shall be allocated to tribes, tribal organiza-
tions, urban Indian health organizations, or health service 
providers to tribes: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading in this Act, not less than 
$1,000,000,000 shall be for global disease detection and 
emergency response: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided under this heading in this Act, not less than 
$200,000,000 shall be for public health data surveillance 
and analytics infrastructure modernization: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under this heading 
in this Act, $7,000,000,000 shall be for activities to plan, 
prepare for, promote, distribute, administer, monitor, and 
track coronavirus vaccines, as described in section 703 of 
division K of this Act, to ensure broad-based distribution, 
access, and vaccine coverage: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading in this Act, 
$1,000,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for grants for 
an evidence-based public awareness campaign on the im-
portance of vaccinations, as described in section 704 of divi-
sion K of this Act: Provided further, That of the amount 
made 
available 
under 
this 
heading 
in 
this 
Act, 
$2,000,000,000 shall be for necessary expenses for grants to 
State, local, Tribal, or territorial health departments to 
purchase or procure personal protective equipment and 
other workplace safety measures for use in containment and 
mitigation of COVID-19 transmission among essential 
workers, as well as provide funding to employers of essential 
workers for containment and mitigation of COVID-19 
transmission among essential workers in their workplaces, 
as described in section 651 of division K of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount made available under this 
heading in this Act, up to $500,000,000 shall be for activi-
ties to plan, prepare for, promote, distribute, administer, 
monitor, and track seasonal influenza vaccines to ensure
broad-based distribution, access, and vaccine coverage: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available under this head-
ing in this Act may reimburse CDC obligations incurred 
for vaccine planning, preparation, promotion, and dis-
tribution prior to the enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the Director of CDC shall report to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate within 60 days of enactment of this Act on an 
enhanced seasonal influenza vaccination strategy to include 
nationwide vaccination goals and specific actions that CDC 
will take to achieve such goals: Provided further, That funds 
appropriated under this heading in this Act for grants may 
be used for the rent, lease, purchase, acquisition, construc-
tion, alteration, or renovation of non-Federally owned fa-
cilities to improve preparedness and response capability at 
the State and local level: Provided further, That all con-
struction, alteration, or renovation work, carried out, in 
whole or in part, with funds appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act, or under this heading in the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116–136), shall be subject to the requirements 
of section 1621(b)(1)(I) of the Public Health Service Act 
(42 U.S.C. 300s–1(b)(1)(I)): Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 
DISEASES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of 
Allergy and Infectious Diseases’’, $500,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of 
Mental Health’’, $200,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Director’’, 
$4,021,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
domestically or internationally: Provided, That not less 
than $3,000,000,000 of the amount provided under this 
heading in this Act shall be for offsetting the costs related 
to reductions in lab productivity resulting from the 
coronavirus pandemic or public health measures related to 
the coronavirus pandemic: Provided further, That up to 
$1,021,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 
in this Act shall be to support additional scientific research 
or the programs and platforms that support research: Pro-
vided further, That funds made available under this head-
ing in this Act may be transferred to the accounts of the 
Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health 
(‘‘NIH’’): Provided further, That this transfer authority is 
in addition to any other transfer authority available to the 
NIH: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Surveillance 
and Program Support’’, $8,500,000,000, to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That of the 
funds made available under this heading in this Act,
$3,500,000,000 shall be for grants for the substance abuse 
prevention and treatment block grant program under sub-
part II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health Service 
Act (‘‘PHS Act’’): Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading in this Act, $4,000,000,000 
shall be for grants for the community mental health services 
block grant program under subpart I of part B of title XIX 
of the PHS Act: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available in the previous proviso, the Assistant Secretary 
is directed to provide no less than 50 percent of funds di-
rectly to facilities defined in section 1913(c) of the PHS 
Act: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading in this Act, not less than $600,000,000 
is available for Certified Community Behavioral Health 
Clinic Expansion Grant program: Provided further, That 
of the amount made available under this heading in this 
Act, not less than $50,000,000 shall be available for suicide 
prevention programs: Provided further, That of the funds 
made 
available 
under 
this 
heading 
in 
this 
Act, 
$100,000,000 shall be for activities and services under 
Project AWARE: Provided further, That of the funds made 
available under this heading in this Act, $10,000,000 shall 
be for the National Child Traumatic Stress Network: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount made available under this 
heading in this Act, $240,000,000 is available for activities
authorized under section 501(o) of the PHS Act: Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing in this Act for specified programs, not less than 
$150,000,000 shall be allocated to tribes, tribal organiza-
tions, urban Indian health organizations, or health or be-
havioral health service providers to tribes: Provided further, 
That with respect to the amount appropriated under this 
heading in this Act the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
Services Administration may waive requirements with re-
spect to allowable activities, timelines, or reporting require-
ments for the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment 
Block Grant and the Community Mental Health Services 
Block Grant as deemed necessary to facilitate a grantee’s 
response to coronavirus: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Manage-
ment’’, $500,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus, for State strike teams for resident and em-
ployee safety in skilled nursing facilities and nursing facili-
ties, including activities to support clinical care, infection
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control, and staffing pursuant to section 208 of division K 
of this Act: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Low Income Home En-
ergy Assistance’’, $4,500,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus, for making payments under 
subsection (b) of section 2602 of the Low-Income Home En-
ergy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.): Pro-
vided, That of the amount provided under this heading in 
this Act, $2,250,000,000 shall be allocated as though the 
total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 2021 
was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That sec-
tion 2607(b)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(2)(B)) 
shall not apply to funds made available under this heading 
in this Act: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 
DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States for 
the 
Child 
Care 
and 
Development 
Block 
Grant’’, 
$7,000,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, including for Federal administrative expenses, 
which shall be used to supplement, not supplant State, Ter-
ritory, and Tribal general revenue funds for child care as-
sistance for low-income families within the United States 
(including territories) without regard to requirements in 
sections 658E(c)(3)(D)–(E) or section 658G of the Child 
Care and Development Block Grant Act: Provided, That 
funds provided under this heading in this Act may be used 
for costs of providing relief from copayments and tuition 
payments for families and for paying that portion of the 
child care provider’s cost ordinarily paid through family 
copayments, to provide continued payments and assistance 
to child care providers in the case of decreased enrollment 
or closures related to coronavirus, and to ensure child care 
providers are able to remain open or reopen as appropriate 
and applicable: Provided further, That States, Territories, 
and Tribes are encouraged to place conditions on payments 
to child care providers that ensure that child care providers 
use a portion of funds received to continue to pay the sala-
ries and wages of staff: Provided further, That lead agencies
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shall, for the duration of the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency, implement enrollment and eligibility policies that 
support the fixed costs of providing child care services by 
delinking provider reimbursement rates from an eligible 
child’s absence and a provider’s closure due to the COVID– 
19 public health emergency: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall remind States that CCDBG State plans do not 
need to be amended prior to utilizing existing authorities 
in the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act for 
the purposes provided herein: Provided further, That States, 
Territories, and Tribes are authorized to use funds appro-
priated under this heading in this Act to provide child care 
assistance to health care sector employees, emergency re-
sponders, sanitation workers, farmworkers, and other work-
ers deemed essential during the response to coronavirus by 
public officials, without regard to the income eligibility re-
quirements of section 658P(4) of such Act: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act 
shall be available to eligible child care providers under sec-
tion 658P(6) of the CCDBG Act, even if such providers were 
not receiving CCDBG assistance prior to the public health 
emergency as a result of the coronavirus, for the purposes 
of cleaning and sanitation, and other activities necessary 
to maintain or resume the operation of programs: Provided 
further, That no later than 60 days after the date of enact-
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ment of this Act, each State, Territory, and Tribe that re-
ceives funding under this heading in this Act shall submit 
to the Secretary a report, in such manner as the Secretary 
may require, describing how the funds appropriated under 
this heading in this Act will be spent and that no later 
than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report summarizing 
such reports from the States, Territories, and Tribes: Pro-
vided further, That, no later than October 31, 2021, each 
State, Territory, and Tribe that receives funding under this 
heading in this Act shall submit to the Secretary a report, 
in such manner as the Secretary may require, describing 
how the funds appropriated under this heading in this Act 
were spent and that no later than 60 days after receiving 
such reports from the States, Territories, and Tribes, the 
Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the 
Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Health, Education, 
Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report summarizing 
such reports from the States, Territories, and Tribes: Pro-
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vided further, That payments made under this heading in 
this Act may be obligated in this fiscal year or the suc-
ceeding two fiscal years: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated under this heading in this Act may be made 
available to restore amounts, either directly or through re-
imbursement, for obligations incurred to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to coronavirus, prior to the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States for 
the 
Child 
Care 
and 
Development 
Block 
Grant’’, 
$50,000,000,000, for necessary expenses to carry out the 
Child Care Stabilization Fund program, as authorized by 
section 803 of this Act: Provided, That such funds shall be 
available without regard to the requirements in subpara-
graphs (C) through (E) of section 658E(c)(3) or section 
658G of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: 
Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading in this Act may be made available to restore 
amounts, either directly or through reimbursement, for obli-
gations incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act 
for the purposes provided herein: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an
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emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
CHILD CARE STABILIZATION FUND 
SEC. 803. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CCDBG TERMS.—The terms ‘‘eligible child 
care provider’’, ‘‘Indian tribe’’, ‘‘lead agency’’, ‘‘tribal 
organization’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the 
meanings given the terms in section 658P of the Child 
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
U.S.C. 9858n) except as otherwise provided in this 
section. 
(2) COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emergency’’ 
means the public health emergency declared by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services under sec-
tion 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID– 
19, including any renewal of the declaration. 
(b) GRANTS.—From the amounts appropriated to 
carry out this section and under the authority of section 
658O of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act 
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m) and this section, the Secretary 
shall award child care stabilization grants to the lead agen-
cy of each State (as defined in that section 658O), territory 
described in subsection (a)(1) of such section, Indian tribe,
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and tribal organization from allotments and payments 
made under subsection (c)(2), not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act. 
(c) SECRETARIAL RESERVATION AND ALLOTMENTS.— 
(1) RESERVATION.—The Secretary shall reserve 
not more than 1 percent of the funds appropriated to 
carry out this section for the Federal administration 
of grants described in subsection (b). Amounts re-
served by the Secretary for administrative expenses 
shall remain available until fiscal year 2024. 
(2) ALLOTMENTS.—The Secretary shall use the 
remainder of the funds appropriated to carry out this 
section to award allotments to States, as defined in 
section 658O of the Child Care Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m), and payments 
to territories, Indian tribes, and tribal organizations 
in accordance with paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-
section (a), and subsection (b), of section 658O of the 
Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 9858m). 
(d) STATE RESERVATIONS AND SUBGRANTS.— 
(1) RESERVATION.—A lead agency for a State 
that receives a child care stabilization grant pursuant 
to subsection (b) shall reserve not more than 10 per-
cent of such grant funds—
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(A) to administer subgrants made to quali-
fied child care providers under paragraph (2), 
including to carry out data systems building 
and other activities that enable the disbursement 
of payments of such subgrants; 
(B) to provide technical assistance and sup-
port in applying for and accessing the subgrant 
opportunity under paragraph (2), to eligible 
child care providers (including to family child 
care providers, group home child care providers, 
and other non-center-based child care providers, 
providers in rural areas, and providers with 
limited administrative capacity), either directly 
or through resource and referral agencies or 
staffed family child care networks; 
(C) to publicize the availability of subgrants 
under this section and conduct widespread out-
reach to eligible child care providers (including 
family child care providers, group home child 
care providers, and other non-center-based child 
care providers, providers in rural areas, and 
providers with limited administrative capacity), 
either directly or through resource and referral 
agencies or staffed family child care networks, to
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ensure eligible child care providers are aware of 
the subgrants available under this section; 
(D) to carry out the reporting requirements 
described in subsection (f); and 
(E) to carry out activities to improve the 
supply and quality of child care during and 
after the COVID–19 public health emergency, 
such as conducting community needs assess-
ments, carrying out child care cost modeling, 
making improvements to child care facilities, in-
creasing access to licensure or participation in 
the State’s tiered quality rating system, and car-
rying out other activities described in section 
658G(b) of the Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858e(b)), to 
the extent that the lead agency can carry out ac-
tivities described in this subparagraph without 
preventing the lead agency from fully conducting 
the activities described in subparagraphs (A) 
through (D). 
(2) SUBGRANTS TO QUALIFIED CHILD CARE PRO-
VIDERS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The lead agency shall 
use the remainder of the grant funds awarded 
pursuant to subsection (b) to make subgrants to
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qualified child care providers described in sub-
paragraph (B), to support the stability of the 
child care sector during and after the COVID– 
19 public health emergency and to ensure the 
maintenance of a delivery system of child care 
services throughout the State that provides for 
child care in a variety of settings, including the 
settings of family child care providers, and for a 
variety of ages, including care for infants and 
toddlers. The lead agency shall provide the 
subgrant funds in advance of provider expendi-
tures for costs described in subsection (e), except 
as provided in subsection (e)(2). 
(B) QUALIFIED CHILD CARE PROVIDER.— 
To be qualified to receive a subgrant under this 
paragraph, a provider shall be an eligible child 
care provider that— 
(i) was providing child care services on 
or before March 1, 2020; and 
(ii) on the date of submission of an ap-
plication for the subgrant, was either— 
(I) open and available to provide 
child care services; or 
(II) closed due to the COVID–19 
public health emergency.
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(C) SUBGRANT AMOUNT.—The lead agency 
shall make subgrants, from amounts awarded 
pursuant to subsection (b), to qualified child care 
providers, and the amount of such a subgrant to 
such a provider shall— 
(i) be based on the provider’s stated av-
erage operating expenses during the period 
(of not longer than 6 months) before March 
1, 2020, or before the provider’s last day of 
operation for a provider that operates sea-
sonally, and at minimum cover such oper-
ating expenses for the intended length of the 
subgrant; 
(ii) account for increased costs of pro-
viding or preparing to provide child care as 
a result of the COVID–19 public health 
emergency, such as provider and employee 
compensation and existing benefits (existing 
as of March 1, 2020) and the implementa-
tion of new practices related to sanitization, 
group size limits, and social distancing; 
(iii) be adjusted for payments or reim-
bursements made to an eligible child care 
provider to carry out the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42
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U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) or the Head Start Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.) if the period of 
such payments or reimbursements overlaps 
with the period of the subgrant award; and 
(iv) be adjusted for payments or reim-
bursements made to an eligible child care 
provider through the Paycheck Protection 
Program set forth in section 7(a)(36) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)), 
as added by section 1102 of the Coronavirus 
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
(Public Law 116–136) if the period of such 
payments or reimbursements overlaps with 
the period of the subgrant award. 
(D) APPLICATION.— 
(i) ELIGIBILITY.—To be eligible to re-
ceive a subgrant under this paragraph, a 
child care provider shall submit an applica-
tion to a lead agency at such time and in 
such manner as the lead agency may re-
quire. Such application shall include— 
(I) a good-faith certification that 
the ongoing operations of the child care 
provider have been impacted as a re-
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sult of the COVID–19 public health 
emergency; 
(II) for a provider described in 
subparagraph (B)(ii)(I), an assurance 
that, for the duration of the subgrant— 
(aa) the provider will give 
priority for available slots (in-
cluding slots that are only tempo-
rarily available) to— 
(AA) children of essen-
tial workers (such as health 
care sector employees, emer-
gency responders, sanitation 
workers, farmworkers, child 
care employees, and other 
workers determined to be es-
sential during the response to 
coronavirus by public offi-
cials), children of workers 
whose places of employment 
require 
their 
attendance, 
children experiencing home-
lessness, children with dis-
abilities, children at risk of 
child abuse or neglect, and
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children in foster care, in 
States, tribal communities, 
or localities where stay-at- 
home or related orders are in 
effect; or 
(BB) children of work-
ers whose places of employ-
ment require their attend-
ance, children experiencing 
homelessness, children with 
disabilities, children at risk 
of child abuse or neglect, chil-
dren in foster care, and chil-
dren whose parents are in 
school or a training pro-
gram, in States, tribal com-
munities, or localities where 
stay-at-home or related or-
ders are not in effect; 
(bb) the provider will imple-
ment policies in line with guid-
ance from the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and the 
corresponding State, tribal, and 
local authorities, and in accord-
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ance with State, tribal, and local 
orders, for child care providers 
that remain open, including guid-
ance on sanitization practices, 
group size limits, and social 
distancing; 
(cc) for each employee, the 
provider will pay the full com-
pensation described in subsection 
(e)(1)(C), including any benefits, 
that was provided to the employee 
as of March 1, 2020 (referred to 
in this clause as ‘‘full compensa-
tion’’), and will not take any ac-
tion that reduces the weekly 
amount of the employee’s com-
pensation 
below 
the 
weekly 
amount of full compensation, or 
that reduces the employee’s rate of 
compensation below the rate of 
full compensation; and 
(dd) the provider will pro-
vide relief from copayments and 
tuition payments for the families 
enrolled in the provider’s program
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and prioritize such relief for fami-
lies struggling to make either type 
of payments; 
(III) for a provider described in 
subparagraph (B)(ii)(II), an assurance 
that— 
(aa) for the duration of the 
provider’s closure due to the 
COVID–19 public health emer-
gency, for each employee, the pro-
vider will pay full compensation, 
and will not take any action that 
reduces the weekly amount of the 
employee’s compensation below the 
weekly amount of full compensa-
tion, or that reduces the employ-
ee’s rate of compensation below 
the rate of full compensation; 
(bb) children enrolled as of 
March 1, 2020, will maintain 
their slots, unless their families 
choose to disenroll the children; 
(cc) for the duration of the 
provider’s closure due to the 
COVID–19 public health emer-
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gency, the provider will provide 
relief from copayments and tui-
tion payments for the families en-
rolled in the provider’s program 
and prioritize such relief for fami-
lies struggling to make either type 
of payments; and 
(dd) the provider will resume 
operations when the provider is 
able to safely implement policies 
in line with guidance from the 
Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention and the corresponding 
State, tribal, and local authori-
ties, and in accordance with 
State, tribal, and local orders; 
(IV) information about the child 
care provider’s— 
(aa) program characteristics 
sufficient to allow the lead agency 
to establish the child care pro-
vider’s priority status, as de-
scribed in subparagraph (F);
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(bb) 
program 
operational 
status on the date of submission of 
the application; 
(cc) type of program, includ-
ing whether the program is a cen-
ter-based child care, family child 
care, group home child care, or 
other non-center-based child care 
type program; 
(dd) total enrollment on the 
date of submission of the applica-
tion and total capacity as allowed 
by the State and tribal authori-
ties; and 
(ee) receipt of assistance, and 
amount of assistance, through a 
payment or reimbursement de-
scribed in subparagraph (C)(iv), 
and the time period for which the 
assistance was made; 
(V) information necessary to de-
termine the amount of the subgrant, 
such as information about the pro-
vider’s stated average operating ex-
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penses over the appropriate period, de-
scribed in subparagraph (C)(i); and 
(VI) such other limited informa-
tion as the lead agency shall determine 
to be necessary to make subgrants to 
qualified child care providers. 
(ii) FREQUENCY.—The lead agency 
shall accept and process applications sub-
mitted under this subparagraph on a roll-
ing basis. 
(iii) 
UPDATES.—The 
lead 
agency 
shall— 
(I) at least once a month, verify 
by obtaining a self-attestation from 
each qualified child care provider that 
received such a subgrant from the 
agency, whether the provider is open 
and available to provide child care 
services or is closed due to the COVID– 
19 public health emergency; 
(II) allow the qualified child care 
provider to update the information 
provided in a prior application; and 
(III) adjust the qualified child 
care provider’s subgrant award as nec-
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essary, based on changes to the appli-
cation information, including changes 
to the provider’s operational status. 
(iv) EXISTING
APPLICATIONS.—If a 
lead agency has established and imple-
mented a grant program for child care pro-
viders that is in effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, and an eligible child care 
provider has already submitted an applica-
tion for such a grant to the lead agency 
containing the information specified in 
clause (i), the lead agency shall treat that 
application as an application submitted 
under this subparagraph. If an eligible 
child care provider has already submitted 
such an application containing part of the 
information specified in clause (i), the pro-
vider may submit to the lead agency an ab-
breviated application that contains the re-
maining information, and the lead agency 
shall treat the 2 applications as an applica-
tion submitted under this subparagraph. 
(E) MATERIALS.— 
(i) IN
GENERAL.—The lead agency 
shall provide the materials and other re-
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sources related to such subgrants, including 
a notification of subgrant opportunities and 
application materials, to qualified child 
care providers in the most commonly spoken 
languages in the State. 
(ii) APPLICATION.—The application 
shall be accessible on the website of the lead 
agency within 30 days after the lead agency 
receives grant funds awarded pursuant to 
subsection (b) and shall be accessible to all 
eligible child care providers, including fam-
ily child care providers, group home child 
care providers, and other non-center-based 
child care providers, providers in rural 
areas, and providers with limited adminis-
trative capacity. 
(F) PRIORITY.—In making subgrants under 
this section, the lead agency shall give priority 
to qualified child care providers that, prior to or 
on March 1, 2020— 
(i) provided child care during non-
traditional hours; 
(ii) served dual language learners, chil-
dren with disabilities, children experiencing 
homelessness, children in foster care, chil-
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dren from low-income families, or infants 
and toddlers; 
(iii) served a high proportion of chil-
dren whose families received subsidies under 
the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.) 
for the child care; or 
(iv) operated in communities, includ-
ing rural communities, with a low supply 
of child care. 
(G) PROVIDERS RECEIVING OTHER ASSIST-
ANCE.—The lead agency, in determining whether 
a provider is a qualified child care provider, 
shall not take into consideration receipt of a 
payment or reimbursement described in subpara-
graph (C)(iii) or subparagraph (C)(iv). 
(H) AWARDS.—The lead agency shall equi-
tably make subgrants under this paragraph to 
center-based child care providers, family child 
care providers, group home child care providers, 
and other non-center-based child care providers, 
such that qualified child care providers are able 
to access the subgrant opportunity under this 
paragraph regardless of the providers’ setting, 
size, or administrative capacity.
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(I) OBLIGATION.—The lead agency shall ob-
ligate at least 50 percent of funds available to 
carry out this section for subgrants described in 
this paragraph, within 6 months of the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(e) USES OF FUNDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A qualified child care pro-
vider that receives funds through such a subgrant 
may use the funds for the costs of— 
(A) payroll; 
(B) employee benefits, including group 
health plan benefits during periods of paid sick, 
medical, or family leave, and insurance pre-
miums; 
(C) employee salaries or similar compensa-
tion, including any income or other compensa-
tion to a sole proprietor or independent con-
tractor that is a wage, commission, income, net 
earnings from self-employment, or similar com-
pensation; 
(D) employee recruitment and retention; 
(E) payment on any mortgage obligation; 
(F) rent (including rent under a lease 
agreement); 
(G) utilities and facility maintenance;
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(H) insurance; 
(I) providing premium pay for child care 
providers and other employees who provide serv-
ices during the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency; 
(J) sanitization and other costs associated 
with cleaning; 
(K) personal protective equipment and other 
equipment necessary to carry out the functions of 
the child care provider; 
(L) training and professional development 
related to health and safety practices, including 
the proper implementation of policies in line 
with guidance from the Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention and the corresponding State, 
tribal, and local authorities, and in accordance 
with State, tribal, and local orders; 
(M) purchasing or updating equipment and 
supplies to serve children during nontraditional 
hours 
(N) modifications to child care services as a 
result of the COVID–19 public health emergency, 
such as limiting group sizes, adjusting staff-to- 
child ratios, and implementing other heightened 
health and safety measures;
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(O) mental health supports for children and 
employees; and 
(P) other goods and services necessary to 
maintain or resume operation of the child care 
program, or to maintain the viability of the 
child care provider as a going concern during 
and after the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency. 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT.—The qualified child care 
provider may use the subgrant funds to reimburse the 
provider for sums obligated or expended before the 
date of enactment of this Act for the cost of a good 
or service described in paragraph (1) to respond to 
the COVID–19 public health emergency. 
(f) REPORTING.— 
(1) INITIAL REPORT.—A lead agency receiving a 
grant under this section shall, within 60 days after 
making the agency’s first subgrant under subsection 
(d)(2) to a qualified child care provider, submit a re-
port to the Secretary that includes— 
(A) data on qualified child care providers 
that applied for subgrants and qualified child 
care providers that received such subgrants, in-
cluding—
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(i) the number of such applicants and 
the number of such recipients; 
(ii) the number and proportion of such 
applicants and recipients that received pri-
ority and the characteristic or characteris-
tics of such applicants and recipients asso-
ciated with the priority; 
(iii) the number and proportion of 
such applicants and recipients that are— 
(I) center-based child care pro-
viders; 
(II) family child care providers; 
(III) group home child care pro-
viders; or 
(IV) other non-center-based child 
care providers; and 
(iv) within each of the groups listed in 
clause (iii), the number of such applicants 
and recipients that are, on the date of sub-
mission of the application— 
(I) open and available to provide 
child care services; or 
(II) closed due to the COVID–19 
public health emergency;
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(B) the total capacity of child care pro-
viders that are licensed, regulated, or registered 
in the State on the date of the submission of the 
report; 
(C) a description of— 
(i) the efforts of the lead agency to pub-
licize the availability of subgrants under 
this section and conduct widespread out-
reach to eligible child care providers about 
such subgrants, including efforts to make 
materials available in languages other than 
English; 
(ii) the lead agency’s methodology for 
determining amounts of subgrants under 
subsection (d)(2); 
(iii) the lead agency’s timeline for dis-
bursing the subgrant funds; and 
(iv) the lead agency’s plan for ensuring 
that qualified child care providers that re-
ceive funding through such a subgrant com-
ply with assurances described in subsection 
(d)(2)(D) and use funds in compliance with 
subsection (e); and 
(D) such other limited information as the 
Secretary may require.
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(2) QUARTERLY
REPORT.—The lead agency 
shall, following the submission of such initial report, 
submit to the Secretary a report that contains the in-
formation described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
(D) of paragraph (1) once a quarter until all funds 
allotted for activities authorized under this section are 
expended. 
(3) FINAL
REPORT.—Not later than 60 days 
after a lead agency receiving a grant under this sec-
tion has obligated all of the grant funds (including 
funds received under subsection (h)), the lead agency 
shall submit a report to the Secretary, in such man-
ner as the Secretary may require, that includes— 
(A) the total number of eligible child care 
providers who were providing child care services 
on or before March 1, 2020, in the State and the 
number of such providers that submitted an ap-
plication under subsection (d)(2)(D); 
(B) the number of qualified child care pro-
viders in the State that received funds through 
the grant; 
(C) the lead agency’s methodology for deter-
mining amounts of subgrants under subsection 
(d)(2);
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(G) the percentages, of the child care pro-
viders that received such a subgrant, that are— 
(i) center-based child care providers; 
(ii) family child care providers; 
(iii) group home child care providers; 
or 
(iv) other non-center-based child care 
providers; 
(H) the percentages, of the child care pro-
viders listed in subparagraph (G) that are, on 
the date of submission of the application— 
(i) open and available to provide child 
care services; or 
(ii) closed due to the COVID–19 public 
health emergency; 
(I) information about how child care pro-
viders used the funds received under such a 
subgrant; 
(J) information about how the lead agency 
used funds reserved under subsection (d)(1); and 
(K) information about how the subgrants 
helped to stabilize the child care sector. 
(4) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— 
(A) FINDINGS
FROM
INITIAL
REPORTS.— 
Not later than 60 days after receiving all reports
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required to be submitted under paragraph (1), 
the Secretary shall provide a report to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor of the House of 
Representatives, to the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor and Pensions of the Senate, 
and to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, sum-
marizing the findings from the reports received 
under paragraph (1). 
(B) FINDINGS FROM FINAL REPORTS.—Not 
later than 36 months after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary shall provide a report 
to the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives, to the Committee on 
Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 
Senate, and to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate, summarizing the findings from the re-
ports received under paragraph (3). 
(g) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts made 
available to carry out this section shall be used to supple-
ment and not supplant other Federal, State, and local pub-
lic funds expended to provide child care services for eligible 
individuals, including funds provided under the Child Care
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and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 
et seq.) and State child care programs. 
(h) REALLOTMENT OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS.— 
(1) UNOBLIGATED
FUNDS.— A State, Indian 
tribe, or tribal organization that anticipates being 
unable to obligate all grant funds received under this 
section by September 30, 2022 shall notify the Sec-
retary, at least 60 days prior to such date, of the 
amount of funds it anticipates being unable to obli-
gate by such date. A State, Indian tribe, or tribal or-
ganization shall return to the Secretary any grant 
funds received under this section that the State, In-
dian tribe, or tribal organization does not obligate by 
September 30, 2022. 
(2) REALLOTMENT.—The Secretary shall award 
new allotments and payments, in accordance with 
subsection (c)(2), to covered States, Indian tribes, or 
tribal organizations from funds that are returned 
under paragraph (1) within 60 days of receiving such 
funds. Funds made available through the new allot-
ments and payments shall remain available to each 
covered State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization 
until September 30, 2023. 
(3) COVERED STATE, INDIAN TRIBE, OR TRIBAL 
ORGANIZATION.—For purposes of paragraph (2), a
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covered State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization is 
a State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization that re-
ceived an allotment or payment under this section 
and was not required to return grant funds under 
paragraph (1). 
(i) EXCEPTIONS.—The Child Care and Development 
Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq.), excluding 
requirements in subparagraphs (C) through (E) of section 
658E(c)(3), section 658G, and section 658J(c) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3), 9858e, 9858h(c)), shall apply to 
child care services provided under this section to the extent 
the application of such Act does not conflict with the provi-
sions of this section. Nothing in this Act shall be construed 
to require a State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization to 
submit an application, other than the application described 
in section 658E or 658O(c) of the Child Care and Develop-
ment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c, 9858m(c)), 
to receive a grant under this Act. 
(j) APPLICATION.—In carrying out the Child Care and 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 with funds other than 
the funds made available under this heading in this Act, 
the Secretary shall calculate the amounts of appropriated 
funds described in subsections (a) and (b) of section 658O 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9858m) by excluding funds made 
available under this heading in this Act.
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CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families 
Services Programs’’, $3,700,000,000, to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to coronavirus, which shall be used as fol-
lows: 
(1) $1,700,000,000 for making payments under 
the Head Start Act, including for Federal adminis-
trative expenses, and allocated in an amount that 
bears the same ratio to such portion as the number 
of enrolled children served by the agency involved 
bears to the number of enrolled children by all Head 
Start agencies: Provided, That none of the funds 
made available in this paragraph shall be included in 
the calculation of the ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fis-
cal years, as such term is defined in sections 
640(a)(7)(A), 641A(h)(1)(B), or 645(d)(3) of the 
Head Start Act: Provided further, That funds made 
available in this paragraph are not subject to the al-
location requirements of section 640(a) of the Head 
Start Act; 
(2) $100,000,000 for Family Violence Prevention 
and Services grants as authorized by section 303(a) 
and 303(b) of the Family Violence Prevention and 
Services Act with such funds available to grantees 
without regard to matching requirements under sec-
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tion 306(c)(4) of such Act, of which $2,000,000 shall 
be for the National Domestic Violence Hotline: Pro-
vided, That the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services may make such funds available for providing 
temporary housing and assistance to victims of fam-
ily, domestic, and dating violence; 
(3) $75,000,000 for child welfare services as au-
thorized by subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the So-
cial Security Act (other than sections 426, 427, and 
429 of such subpart), with such funds available to 
grantees without regard to matching requirements 
under section 424(a) of that Act or any applicable re-
ductions in Federal financial participation under sec-
tion 424(f) of that Act; 
(4) $225,000,000 for necessary expenses for com-
munity-based grants for the prevention of child abuse 
and neglect under section 209 of the Child Abuse Pre-
vention and Treatment Act, which the Secretary shall 
make without regard to sections 203(b)(1) and 204(4) 
of such Act; 
(5) $100,000,000 for necessary expenses for the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act State 
Grant program as authorized by Section 112 of such 
Act; and
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(6) $1,500,000,000 for necessary expenses for 
grants to carry out the Low-Income Household Drink-
ing Water and Wastewater Assistance program, as de-
scribed in section 303 of division U of this Act: 
Provided, That funds made available under this heading 
in this Act may be used for the purposes provided herein 
to reimburse costs incurred between January 20, 2020, and 
the date of award: Provided further, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aging and Disability 
Services Programs’’, $1,000,000,000, to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to the coronavirus: Provided, That of the 
amount made available under this heading in this Act, 
$925,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), including 
$200,000,000 for supportive services under part B of title 
III; $480,000,000 for nutrition services under subparts 1 
and 2 of part C of title III; $20,000,000 for nutrition serv-
ices under title VI; $150,000,000 for supportive services for 
family caregivers under part E of title III; $44,000,000 for 
evidence-based health promotion and disease prevention
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services under part D of title III; $6,000,000 for aging net-
work support activities to develop targeted outreach strate-
gies to reach particularly at-risk populations, including 
populations targeted under section 306(a)(4)(A)(i)(l) of 
such Act; $20,000,000 for elder rights protection activities, 
including the long-term ombudsman program under title 
VII; and $5,000,000 shall be for grants to States to support 
the network of statewide senior legal services, including ex-
isting senior legal hotlines, efforts to expand such hotlines 
to all interested States, and legal assistance to providers, 
in order to ensure seniors have access to legal assistance, 
with such fund allotted to States consistent with paragraphs 
(1) through (3) of section 304(a) of the OAA: Provided fur-
ther, That State matching requirements under sections 
304(d)(1)(D) and 373(g)(2) of the OAA shall not apply to 
funds made available under this heading: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading in 
this Act, $50,000,000 shall be for activities authorized in 
the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of 
Rights Act of 2000: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading in this Act, $25,000,000 
shall be for activities authorized in the Assistive Technology 
Act of 2004: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available in the preceding proviso, $5,000,000 shall be for 
the purchase of equipment to allow interpreters to provide
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appropriate and essential services to the hearing-impaired 
community: Provided further, That for the purposes of the 
funding provided in the preceding proviso, during the emer-
gency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the So-
cial Security Act, for purposes of section 4(e)(2)(A) of the 
Assistive Technology Act of 2004, the term ‘‘targeted indi-
viduals and entities’’ (as that term is defined in section 
3(16) of the Assistive Technology Act of 2004) shall be 
deemed to include American Sign Language certified inter-
preters who are providing interpretation services remotely 
for individuals with disabilities: Provided further, That 
during such emergency period, for the purposes of the pre-
vious two provisos, to facilitate the ability of individuals 
with disabilities to remain in their homes and practice so-
cial distancing, the Secretary shall waive the prohibitions 
on the use of grant funds for direct payment for an assistive 
technology device for an individual with a disability under 
sections 4(e)(2)(A) and 4(e)(5) of such Act: Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aging and Disability 
Services Programs’’, $175,000,000, to prevent, prepare for,
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and respond to the coronavirus, which shall be used as fol-
lows: 
(1) $5,000,000 for elder abuse, neglect, and ex-
ploitation forensic centers, as authorized by section 
2031(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397l(f)); 
(2) $14,000,000 for grants for long-term care 
staffing and technology, as authorized by section 
2041(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397m(d)); 
(3) $123,000,000 for adult protective services 
functions and grants, as authorized by sections 
2042(a)(2), 2042(b)(5), and 2042(c)(6) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397m—1); 
(4) $18,000,000 for long-term care ombudsman 
program grants and training, as authorized by sec-
tions 2043(a)(2) and 2043(b)(2) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397m—2); 
(5) $14,000,000 for investigation systems and 
training, as authorized by sections 6703(b)(1)(C) and 
6703(b)(2)(C) of the Patient Protection and Afford-
able Care Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i—3a(b)); and 
(6) $1,000,000 for assessment reports, as author-
ized by section 207 of division J of this Act:
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Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $21,025,000,000, to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically 
or internationally, including the development of necessary 
countermeasures and vaccines, prioritizing platform-based 
technologies with U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities, 
the purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, nec-
essary medical supplies, as well as medical surge capacity, 
addressing blood supply chain, workforce modernization, 
telehealth access and infrastructure, initial advanced man-
ufacturing, novel dispensing, enhancements to the U.S. 
Commissioned Corps, and other preparedness and response 
activities: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 
paragraph in this Act may be used to develop and dem-
onstrate innovations and enhancements to manufacturing 
platforms to support such capabilities: Provided further, 
That the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
purchase vaccines developed using funds made available 
under this paragraph in this Act to respond to an outbreak
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or pandemic related to coronavirus in quantities deter-
mined by the Secretary to be adequate to address the public 
health need: Provided further, That products purchased by 
the Federal government with funds made available under 
this paragraph in this Act, including vaccines, therapeutics, 
and diagnostics, shall be purchased in accordance with Fed-
eral Acquisition Regulation guidance on fair and reason-
able pricing: Provided further, That the Secretary may take 
such measures authorized under current law to ensure that 
vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostics developed from 
funds provided in this Act will be affordable in the commer-
cial market: Provided further, That in carrying out the pre-
vious proviso, the Secretary shall not take actions that delay 
the development of such products: Provided further, That 
products purchased with funds appropriated under this 
paragraph in this Act may, at the discretion of the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, be deposited in the 
Strategic National Stockpile under section 319F–2 of the 
Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated under this paragraph in this Act may be trans-
ferred to, and merged with, the fund authorized by section 
319F–4, the Covered Countermeasure Process Fund, of the 
Public Health Service Act: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this paragraph in this Act, 
$20,000,000,000 shall be available to the Biomedical Ad-
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vanced Research and Development Authority for necessary 
expenses of advanced research, development, manufacturing, 
production, and purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, and an-
cillary medical products to prevent the spread of SARS- 
CoV-2 and COVID-19, as described in section 702 of divi-
sion K of this Act: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this paragraph in this Act, 
$500,000,000 shall be available to the Biomedical Advanced 
Research and Development Authority for the construction, 
renovation, or equipping of U.S.-based next generation 
manufacturing facilities, other than facilities owned by the 
United States Government: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this paragraph in this Act, 
$500,000,000 shall be available to the Biomedical Advanced 
Research and Development Authority to promote innova-
tion in antibacterial research and development: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this paragraph 
in this Act may be used for grants for the rent, lease, pur-
chase, acquisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of 
non-Federally owned facilities to improve preparedness and 
response capability at the State and local level: Provided 
further, That funds appropriated under this paragraph in 
this Act may be used for the construction, alteration, ren-
ovation or equipping of non-Federally owned facilities for 
the production of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and
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medicines and other items purchased under section 319F– 
2(a) of the Public Health Service Act where the Secretary 
determines that such a contract is necessary to assure suffi-
cient domestic production of such supplies: Provided fur-
ther, That all construction, alteration, or renovation work, 
carried out, in whole or in part, with fund appropriated 
under this heading in this Act, the CARES Act (P.L. 116– 
136), or the Paycheck Protection Program and Health Care 
Enhancement Act (P.L. 116–139), shall be subject to the 
requirements of 42 U.S.C. 300s-1(b)(1)(I): Provided further, 
That not later than seven days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, and weekly thereafter until the public health 
emergency related to coronavirus is no longer in effect, the 
Secretary shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate on the cur-
rent inventory of ventilators and personal protective equip-
ment in the Strategic National Stockpile, including the 
numbers of face shields, gloves, goggles and glasses, gowns, 
head covers, masks, and respirators, as well as deployment 
of ventilators and personal protective equipment during the 
previous week, reported by state and other jurisdiction: Pro-
vided further, That not later than the first Monday in Feb-
ruary of fiscal year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
the Secretary shall include in the annual budget submission 
for the Department, and submit to the Congress, the Sec-
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retary’s request with respect to expenditures necessary to 
maintain the minimum level of relevant supplies in the 
Strategic National Stockpile, including in case of a signifi-
cant pandemic, in consultation with the working group 
under section 319F(a) of the Public Health Service Act and 
the Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures 
Enterprise established under section 2811–1 of such Act: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $50,000,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus, for necessary expenses to make pay-
ments under the Health Care Provider Relief Fund as de-
scribed in section 611 of division K of this Act: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $75,000,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus, for necessary expenses to carry out
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the COVID–19 National Testing and Contact Tracing Ini-
tiative, as described in subtitle D of title V of division K 
of this Act: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State Fiscal Stabiliza-
tion Fund’’, $208,058,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus: Provided, That the Secretary of 
Education (referred to under this heading as ‘‘Secretary’’) 
shall make grants to the Governor of each State for support 
of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and, 
as applicable, early childhood education programs and serv-
ices: Provided further, That of the amount made available, 
the Secretary shall first allocate up to one-half of 1 percent 
to the outlying areas and one-half of 1 percent to the Bu-
reau of Indian Education (‘‘BIE’’) for BIE-funded schools 
and Tribal Colleges or Universities for activities consistent 
with this heading under such terms and conditions as the 
Secretary may determine and in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Interior: Provided further, That the Secretary 
may reserve up to $30,000,000 for administration and over-
sight of the activities under this heading: Provided further,
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That the Secretary shall allocate 61 percent of the remain-
ing funds made available to carry out this heading to the 
States on the basis of their relative population of individ-
uals aged 5 through 24 and allocate 39 percent on the basis 
of their relative number of children counted under section 
1124(c) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965 (referred to under this heading as ‘‘ESEA’’) as 
State grants: Provided further, That State grants shall sup-
port statewide elementary, secondary, and postsecondary 
activities; subgrants to local educational agencies; and, sub-
grants to public institutions of higher education: Provided 
further, That States shall allocate 85 percent of the funds 
received under the fourth proviso as subgrants to local edu-
cational agencies in proportion to the amount of funds such 
local educational agencies received under part A of title I 
of the ESEA in the most recent fiscal year: Provided fur-
ther, That subgrants provided under the preceding proviso 
shall be administered by State educational agencies: Pro-
vided further, That States shall allocate 13 percent of the 
funds received under the fourth proviso as subgrants to pub-
lic institutions of higher education, of which 75 percent 
shall be apportioned according to the relative share in the 
State of students who received Pell Grants who are not ex-
clusively enrolled in distance education courses prior to the 
coronavirus emergency at the institution in the previous
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award year and 25 percent shall be apportioned according 
to the relative share in the State of the total enrollment of 
students at the institution who are not exclusively enrolled 
in distance education courses prior to the coronavirus emer-
gency at the institution in the previous award year: Pro-
vided further, That the Governor may use any funds re-
ceived under the fourth proviso that are not specifically re-
served under this heading for additional support to elemen-
tary, secondary, and postsecondary education, including 
supports for under-resourced institutions, institutions with 
high burden due to the coronavirus, and institutions who 
did not possess distance education capabilities prior to the 
coronavirus emergency: Provided further, That the Gov-
ernor shall return to the Secretary any funds received that 
the Governor does not award to local educational agencies 
and public institutions of higher education or otherwise 
commit within two years of receiving such funds, and the 
Secretary shall reallocate such funds to the remaining 
States in accordance with the fourth proviso: Provided fur-
ther, That Governors shall use State grants and subgrants 
to maintain or restore State and local fiscal support for 
elementary, secondary and postsecondary education: Pro-
vided further, That funds for local educational agencies 
may be used for any activity authorized by the ESEA, in-
cluding the Native Hawaiian Education Act and the Alaska
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Native Educational Equity, Support, and Assistance Act, 
the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (‘‘IDEA’’), 
subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney-Vento Homeless As-
sistance Act, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act 
or the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act 
of 2006 (‘‘the Perkins Act’’): Provided further, That a State 
or local educational agency receiving funds under this head-
ing may use the funds for activities coordinated with State, 
local, tribal, and territorial public health departments to 
detect, prevent, or mitigate the spread of infectious disease 
or otherwise respond to coronavirus; support online learn-
ing by purchasing educational technology and internet ac-
cess for students, which may include assistive technology or 
adaptive equipment, that aids in regular and substantive 
educational interactions between students and their class-
room instructor; provide ongoing professional development 
to staff in how to effectively provide quality online aca-
demic instruction; provide assistance for children and fami-
lies to promote equitable participation in quality online 
learning; plan and implement activities related to supple-
mental afterschool programs and summer learning, includ-
ing providing classroom instruction or quality online learn-
ing during the summer months; plan for and coordinate 
during long-term closures, provide technology for quality 
online learning to all students, and how to support the
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needs of low-income students, racial and ethnic minorities, 
students with disabilities, English learners (including 
through such activities as are authorized under Title III 
of the ESEA, such as ensuring the access of English learners 
to online learning, supporting professional development on 
digital instruction for English learners, engagement with 
the parents of English learners, expanded summer and 
after-school programs, and mental health supports), stu-
dents experiencing homelessness, and children in foster care, 
including how to address learning gaps that are created or 
exacerbated due to long-term closures; support the con-
tinuity of student engagement through social and emotional 
learning; and other activities that are necessary to main-
tain the operation of and continuity of services in local edu-
cational agencies, including maintaining employment of 
existing personnel, and reimbursement for eligible costs in-
curred during the national emergency: Provided further, 
That a public institution of higher education that receives 
funds under this heading shall use funds for education and 
general expenditures (including defraying expenses due to 
lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, 
and payroll) and grants to students for expenses directly 
related to coronavirus and the disruption of campus oper-
ations (which may include emergency financial aid to stu-
dents for tuition, food, housing, technology, health care, and
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child care costs that shall not be required to be repaid by 
such students) or for the acquisition of technology and serv-
ices directly related to the need for distance education and 
the training of faculty and staff to use such technology and 
services (which shall not include payment to contractors for 
the provision of pre-enrollment recruitment activities): Pro-
vided further, That an institution of higher education may 
not use funds received under this heading to increase its 
endowment or provide funding for capital outlays associ-
ated with facilities related to athletics, sectarian instruc-
tion, or religious worship: Provided further, That funds 
may be used to support hourly workers, such as education 
support professionals, classified school employees, and ad-
junct and contingent faculty: Provided further, That a Gov-
ernor of a State desiring to receive an allocation under this 
heading shall submit an application at such time, in such 
manner, and containing such information as the Secretary 
may reasonably require: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall issue a notice inviting applications not later 
than 15 days after the date of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That any State receiving funding under this 
heading shall maintain its percent of total spending on ele-
mentary, secondary, and postsecondary education in fiscal 
year 2019 for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022: Provided 
further, That a State’s application shall include assurances
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that the State will maintain support for elementary and 
secondary education in fiscal year 2020, fiscal year 2021, 
and fiscal year 2022 at least at the level of such support 
that is the average of such State’s support for elementary 
and secondary education in the 3 fiscal years preceding the 
fiscal year for which State support for elementary and sec-
ondary education is provided: Provided further, That any 
State receiving funding under this heading shall maintain 
or exceed its per pupil spending on elementary and sec-
ondary education in fiscal year 2019 or the proportion of 
such State’s spending on elementary and secondary edu-
cation in fiscal year 2019 for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 
2022: Provided further, That a State educational agency 
shall only be eligible to receive funds under this Act if the 
State in which such agency is located, in either of fiscal 
years 2021 and 2022, does not reduce State funding for a 
high-need local educational agency (defined as a local edu-
cational agency that has a higher percentage of economi-
cally disadvantaged students than the median local edu-
cational agency in the state) such that the per-pupil reduc-
tion in State funds in each such high-need local educational 
agency is more than the overall per-pupil reduction in State 
funds, as calculated by the total reduction in State funds 
provided to all local educational agencies in the State di-
vided by the total student enrollment across all local edu-
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cational agencies in the State: Provided further, That a 
State’s application shall include assurances that the State 
will maintain State support for higher education (not in-
cluding support for capital projects or for research and de-
velopment or tuition and fees paid by students) in fiscal 
year 2020, fiscal year 2021, and fiscal year 2022 at least 
at the level of such support that is the average of such 
State’s support for higher education (which shall include 
State and local government funding to institutions of higher 
education and state financial aid) in the 3 fiscal years pre-
ceding the fiscal year for which State support for higher 
education is provided, and that any such State’s support 
for higher education funding, as calculated as spending for 
public higher education per full-time equivalent student, 
shall be at least the same in fiscal year 2022 as it was 
in fiscal year 2019: Provided further, That in such applica-
tion, the Governor shall provide baseline data that dem-
onstrates the State’s current status in each of the areas de-
scribed in such assurances in the preceding provisos: Pro-
vided further, That a State’s application shall include as-
surances that the State will not construe any provisions 
under this heading as displacing any otherwise applicable 
provision of any collective-bargaining agreement between 
an eligible entity and a labor organization as defined by 
section 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C.
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152(5)) or analogous State law: Provided further, That a 
State’s application shall include assurances that the State 
shall maintain the wages, benefits, and other terms and con-
ditions of employment set forth in any collective-bargaining 
agreement between the eligible entity and a labor organiza-
tion, as defined in the preceding proviso: Provided further, 
That a State’s application shall include assurances that all 
students with disabilities (as defined by section 602 of 
IDEA) are afforded their full rights under IDEA, including 
all rights and services outlined in individualized education 
programs (‘‘IEPs’’) (as defined in section 614(d) of IDEA), 
individualized family services plans (as defined by section 
636 of IDEA), and in section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 
of 1973: Provided further, That a State receiving funds 
under this heading shall submit a report to the Secretary, 
at such time and in such manner as the Secretary may 
require, that describes the use of funds provided under this 
heading: Provided further, That no recipient of funds under 
this heading shall use funds to provide financial assistance 
to students to attend private elementary or secondary 
schools, unless such funds are used to provide special edu-
cation and related services to children with disabilities 
whose IEPs require such placement, and where the school 
district maintains responsibility for providing such chil-
dren a free appropriate public education, as authorized by
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IDEA: Provided further, That a local educational agency, 
State, institution of higher education, or other entity that 
receives funds under ‘‘State Fiscal Stabilization Fund’’, 
shall to the greatest extent practicable, continue to pay its 
employees and contractors during the period of any disrup-
tions or closures related to coronavirus: Provided further, 
That the terms ‘‘elementary education’’ and ‘‘secondary 
education’’ have the meaning given such terms under State 
law: Provided further, That the term ‘‘institution of higher 
education’’ has the meaning given such term in section 101 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965: Provided further, That 
the term ‘‘fiscal year’’ shall have the meaning given such 
term under State law: Provided further, That the term 
‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 States, the District of Colum-
bia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY 
FACILITIES AID 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Elementary and Sec-
ondary School Emergency Facilities Aid’’, $5,000,000,000 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as
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being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—ELEMENTARY AND 
SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY FACILITIES AID 
SEC. 804. (a)(1) GRANTS.—From the amount made 
available under this heading in this Act, the Secretary shall 
make elementary and secondary school emergency facilities 
grants to each State educational agency with an approved 
application. The Secretary shall issue a notice inviting ap-
plications not later than 30 days of enactment of this Act 
and approve or deny applications not later than 30 days 
after receipt. 
(2) For purposes of this section, a State des-
ignated agency shall mean the State educational 
agency, unless the Governor of a State designates a 
State agency other than the educational agency as re-
sponsible for school facilities improvement under this 
section and informs the Secretary of such designation 
and the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 States, the 
District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puer-
to Rico . 
(b)(1) ALLOCATIONS TO STATES.—The amount of each 
grant under subsection (a) shall be allocated by the Sec-
retary to each State in the same proportion as each State
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received under part A of title I of the ESEA of 1965 in 
the most recent fiscal year. 
(2) STATE RESERVATION.—A State may reserve 
not more than 1⁄2 of 1 percent for administration 
costs. 
(3) RESERVATION FOR OUTLYING AREAS AND BU-
REAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION-FUNDED SCHOOLS.—The 
Secretary shall reserve from the amount made avail-
able under this heading in this Act— 
(A) one-half of 1 percent, to provide assist-
ance to the outlying areas; and 
(B) one-half of 1 percent, for payments to 
the Secretary of the Interior to provide assist-
ance to Bureau of Indian Education-funded 
schools. 
(c) SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.— 
Within 60 days of the State’s approved application under 
paragraph (a), each State shall allocate the remaining 
grant funds awarded to the State under this section as sub-
grants to local educational agencies in the State, with the 
grant funds allocated to the local educational agencies with 
the highest percentages of students eligible for a free or re-
duced price lunch under the Richard B. Russell National 
School Lunch Act (42. U.S.C. 1751 et. seq.) with the public
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school facilities with the highest needs related to the 
coronavirus as determined by the State. 
(1) PUBLIC
NOTICE.—The State educational 
agency shall make subgrant information available to 
the public on the State educational agency website, 
including the local educational agencies that received 
subgrant awards and the amounts provided to each 
local educational agency. 
(2) SUBGRANT APPLICATIONS.—To be considered 
for a subgrant under this section, a qualified local 
educational agency shall submit an application to the 
State educational agency that shall include at min-
imum— 
(A) a description of the coronavirus-related 
school facility needs within the local educational 
agency; and 
(B) an estimate of how much addressing the 
coronavirus-related facility needs will cost. 
(d) USES OF FUNDS.—A local educational agency that 
receives funds under this section may use the funds for any 
of the following: 
(1) School facility repairs and improvements to 
enable operation of schools to reduce risk of virus 
transmission and exposure to environmental health 
hazards, and to support student health needs.
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(2) Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, re-
placement, and upgrade projects to improve the in-
door air quality in school facilities, including me-
chanical and non-mechanical heating, ventilation, 
and air conditioning systems, filtering, purification 
and other air cleaning, fans, control systems, and 
window and door repair and replacement. 
(3) School facility repairs and improvements to 
support improved personal hygiene, such as repair, 
replacement, and installation of sinks for hand wash-
ing and touchless water dispensers for drinking, and 
health isolation areas. 
(4) Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, and 
replacement of school facility potable water systems to 
provide safe drinking water after prolonged shutoffs. 
(5) Improvements to finishes, such as painting 
and other surface repair, needed to enable effective 
sanitizing. 
(6) Improvements to school grounds needed to en-
able 
outdoor 
instruction 
and 
other 
physically 
distanced school activities. 
(7) Training of school facility staff in associa-
tion with the above uses of funds.
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(8) Planning, assessment, management, design, 
renovation, repair and construction activities in asso-
ciation with the above uses of funds. 
(9) Inspection, testing, maintenance, repair, re-
placement, and upgrade projects to electrical systems 
to allow or improve information technology to provide 
virtual education. 
(e) PRIORITY.—A local educational agency that re-
ceives funds under this section shall prioritize funds for its 
school facilities that have the most significant facility im-
provement needs with respect to responding to covid-19, in-
cluding those identified by the Centers for Disease Control 
and Prevention. 
(f) REPORTING.—(1) The local educational agency 
shall include the following information in a report to the 
State educational agency within 60 days of receipt of grant 
funds— 
(A) which schools benefitted from the funds in 
this section; 
(B) how much funding each selected school re-
ceived; and 
(C) a description of how the grant funds were 
used.
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(2) The State educational agency shall include the fol-
lowing information in a report to the Secretary within 6 
months of receipt of grant funds— 
(A) which local educational agencies received 
funding; 
(B) how much funding was awarded to each re-
ceiving local educational agency; and 
(C) a summary on the uses of funds for projects 
receiving funds under this section, including the 
amount of local or state funds, if any, applied to 
projects. 
(3) The Secretary shall prepare and submit a report 
to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate, the Committee on Education 
and Labor of the House of Representatives, and the Com-
mittee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions of the 
Senate within 10 months of the date of enactment of this 
Act, that includes a summary of the types of projects that 
were funded with the grants. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Higher Education’’, 
$11,942,000,000 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, of which $11,000,000 shall be transferred to 
‘‘National Technical Institute for the Deaf’’ to help defray 
expenses (which may include lost revenue, reimbursement
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directly related to coronavirus and to enable grants to stu-
dents for expenses directly related to coronavirus and the 
disruption of university operations (which may include 
food, housing, transportation, technology, health care, and 
child care), and of which the remaining amounts shall be 
used to carry out parts A and B of title III, parts A and 
B of title V, subpart 4 of part A of title VII, and part B 
of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’) 
as follows: 
(1) $3,500,000,000 for parts A and B of title III, 
parts A and B of title V, and subpart 4 of part A 
of title VII of the HEA to address needs directly re-
lated to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount 
shall be allocated by the Secretary proportionally to 
such programs covered under this paragraph and 
based on the relative share of funding appropriated to 
such programs in the Further Consolidated Appro-
priations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) and distrib-
uted to institutions of higher education as follows: 
(A) Except as otherwise provided in sub-
paragraph (B), for eligible institutions under 
part B of title III and subpart 4 of part A of 
title VII of the Higher Education Act, the Sec-
retary shall allot to each eligible institution an 
amount using the following formula:
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(i) 70 percent according to a ratio 
equivalent to the number of Pell Grant re-
cipients in attendance at such institution at 
the end of the school year preceding the be-
ginning of that fiscal year and the total 
number of Pell Grant recipients at all such 
institutions; 
(ii) 20 percent according to a ratio 
equivalent to the total number of students 
enrolled at such institution at the end of the 
school year preceding the beginning of that 
fiscal year and the number of students en-
rolled at all such institutions; and 
(iii) 10 percent according to a ratio 
equivalent to the total endowment size at all 
eligible institutions at the end of the school 
year preceding the beginning of that fiscal 
year and the total endowment size at such 
institutions; 
(B) For eligible institutions under section 
326 of the Higher Education Act, the Secretary 
shall allot to each eligible institution an amount 
in proportion to the award received from fund-
ing for such institutions in the Further Consoli-
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dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 
116–94); 
(C) For eligible institutions under section 
316 of the Higher Education Act, the Secretary 
shall allot funding according to the formula in 
section 316(d)(3) of the Higher Education Act; 
(D) Notwithstanding section 318(f) of the 
Higher Education Act, for eligible institutions 
under section 318 of the Higher Education Act, 
the Secretary shall allot funding according to the 
formula in section 318(e) of the Higher Edu-
cation Act; 
(E) Except as provided in subparagraphs 
(C) and (D), for eligible institutions under part 
A of title III of the Higher Education Act and 
parts A and B of title V, the Secretary shall 
issue an application for eligible institutions to 
demonstrate unmet need, and the Secretary shall 
allow eligible institutions to apply for funds 
under one of the programs for which they are eli-
gible. 
(2) $8,400,000,000 for part B of title VII of the 
HEA for institutions of higher education (as defined 
in section 101 or 102(c) of the HEA) to address needs 
directly related to coronavirus as follows:
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(A) $7,000,000,000 shall be provided to pri-
vate, nonprofit institutions of higher education, 
by apportioning— 
(i) 75 percent according to the relative 
share of enrollment of Federal Pell Grant 
recipients who are not exclusively enrolled 
in distance education courses prior to the 
coronavirus emergency; and 
(ii) 25 percent according to the relative 
share of the total enrollment of students who 
were not Federal Pell Grant recipients who 
are not exclusively enrolled in distance edu-
cation courses prior to the coronavirus 
emergency. 
(B) $1,400,000,000 shall be for institutions 
of higher education with unmet need related to 
the coronavirus, including institutions of higher 
education that offer their courses and programs 
exclusively through distance education: 
Provided, That funds shall be used to make payments to 
such institutions to provide emergency grants to students 
who attended such institutions at any point during the 
coronavirus emergency and for any component of the stu-
dent’s cost of attendance (as defined under section 472 of 
the HEA), including tuition, food, housing, course mate-
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rials, technology, health care, and child care): Provided fur-
ther, That institutions of higher education may use such 
funds to defray expenses (including lost revenue, reimburse-
ment for expenses already incurred, technology costs associ-
ated with a transition to distance education, faculty and 
staff trainings, and payroll) incurred by institutions of 
higher education: Provided further, That such payments 
shall not be used to increase endowments, to pay contractors 
for the provision of pre-enrollment recruitment activities, 
or provide funding for capital outlays associated with fa-
cilities related to athletics, sectarian instruction, or reli-
gious worship: Provided further, That any private, non-
profit institution of higher education that is not otherwise 
eligible for a grant of at least $1,000,000 under paragraph 
(2)(A)(ii) of this heading and has a total enrollment of at 
least 500 students shall be eligible to receive, from amounts 
reserved under paragraph (2)(A)(i), an amount equal to 
whichever is the lesser of the total loss of revenue and in-
creased costs associated with the coronavirus or $1,000,000: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided under para-
graph 2(B), the Secretary shall make an application avail-
able for institutions of higher education to demonstrate 
unmet need, which shall include for this purpose a dramatic 
decline in revenue as a result of campus closure, exceptional 
costs or challenges implementing distance education plat-
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forms due to lack of a technological infrastructure, serving 
a large percentage of students who lack access to adequate 
technology to move to distance education, serving a region 
or community that has been especially impacted by in-
creased unemployment and displaced workers, serving com-
munities or regions where the number of coronavirus cases 
has imposed exceptional costs on the institution, and other 
criteria that the Secretary shall identify after consultation 
with institutions of higher education or their representa-
tives: Provided further, That no institution may receive an 
award under the preceding proviso unless it has submitted 
an application that describes the impact of the coronavirus 
on the institution and the ways that the institution will 
use the funds to ameliorate such impact: Provided further, 
That the Secretary shall reallocate any funds received from 
an institution to remaining institutions in accordance with 
paragraph 2(A): Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
brief the Committees on Appropriations fifteen days in ad-
vance of making any application available for funds under 
paragraph (2)(B): Provided further, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION SCIENCES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Institute of Education 
Sciences’’, $32,000,000 to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus for carrying out the National Assessment of 
Educational Progress Authorization Act (title III of Public 
Law 107–279): Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $7,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, includ-
ing for salaries and expenses necessary for oversight, inves-
tigations and audits of programs, grants, and projects fund-
ed in this Act to respond to coronavirus: Provided, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
SEC. 805. The remaining unobligated balances of funds 
made available to ‘‘Department of Education—Office of In-
spector General’’ in title VIII of division B of the CARES
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Act (Public Law 116–136) are hereby rescinded, and an 
amount of additional new budget authority equivalent to 
the amount rescinded is hereby appropriated, for an addi-
tional amount for fiscal year 2021, to remain available 
until expended, for the same purposes and under the same 
authorities as they were originally appropriated, and shall 
be in addition to any other funds available for such pur-
poses: Provided, That the amounts appropriated by this sec-
tion may also be used for investigations and are available 
until expended: Provided further, That amounts rescinded 
pursuant to this section that were previously designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 are designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 806. Section 18004(c) of the Coronavirus Aid, 
Relief, and Economic Security Act (P.L. 116–136) is 
amended by striking ‘‘to cover any costs associated with sig-
nificant changes to the delivery of instruction due to the 
coronavirus’’ and inserting ‘‘to defray expenses (including
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lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, 
technology costs associated with a transition to distance 
education, faculty and staff trainings, payroll) incurred by 
institutions of higher education.’’: Provided, That amounts 
repurposed pursuant to the amendment made by this sec-
tion that were previously designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 807. With respect to the allocation and award 
of funds under this title, the Secretary of Education is pro-
hibited from— 
(a) establishing a priority or preference not specified 
in this title; and 
(b) imposing limits on the use of such funds not speci-
fied in this title. 
SEC. 808. (a) LOCAL ACTIVITIES
AND IN-PERSON 
CARE.—Notwithstanding each provision in part B of title 
IV of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.) that requires activities under such 
part to be carried out during nonschool hours or periods 
when school is not in session, for school year 2020–2021, 
an eligible entity that is awarded a subgrant under section
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4204 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7174) for community learning 
centers may use such subgrant funds— 
(1) to carry out activities described in section 
4205 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7175), regardless of 
whether such activities are conducted in-person or 
virtually, or during school hours or when school is in 
session; and 
(2) to provide in-person care during— 
(A) the regular school day for students eligi-
ble to receive services under part B of title IV of 
such Act (20 U.S.C. 7171 et seq.); and 
(B) a period in which full-time in-person 
instruction is not available for all such students 
served by such eligible entity. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—An eligible entity may carry out 
the activities described in subsection (a)(1) and the in-per-
son care described in subsection (a)(2) if— 
(1) such activities and in-person care supple-
ment but do not supplant regular school day require-
ments; 
(2) such eligible entity complies with section 
4204(b)(2)(D) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7174(b)(2)(D)) with re-
spect to the activities carried out pursuant to this 
Act; and
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(3) such eligible entity specifies in an applica-
tion for a subgrant under section 4204(b) of such Act 
(20 U.S.C. 7174(b)) with respect to such school year 
(or in an addendum to such application) how the 
subgrant funds will be used to carry out such activi-
ties or to provide such in-person care, or both. 
(c) EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The amounts pro-
vided by this section are designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 809. The Secretary of Education may allow funds 
appropriated for grants under part B of title I and title 
VI of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) 
for fiscal year 2020 to be available for obligation and ex-
penditure during fiscal years 2020 and 2021: Provided, 
That the amounts provided by this section are designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Corporation for 
National and Community Service’’ (referred to under this 
heading as ‘‘CNCS’’), $336,000,000, to prevent, prepare for,
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and respond to coronavirus, including to carry out the Do-
mestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (‘‘1973 Act’’) and the 
National and Community Service Act of 1990 (‘‘1990 
Act’’): Provided, That $228,000,000 of the funds made 
available in this paragraph may be used to make new and 
additional awards to new and existing AmeriCorps grant-
ees and may be used to provide adjustments to awards 
under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act for which the 
Chief Executive Officer of CNCS determines that a waiver 
of the Federal share limitation is warranted under section 
2521.70 of title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount provided in this para-
graph, $26,000,000 shall be for programs under title I, part 
A of the 1973 Act: Provided further, That of the amount 
provided in this paragraph, $35,000,000 shall be for pro-
grams under title II of the 1973 Act, and not less than 
$23,000,000 of these funds shall be available for the pro-
gram under title II, part C of the 1973 Act: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amounts provided under this paragraph: 
(1) up to 1 percent of the funds in this paragraph may 
be used to defray the costs of conducting grant application 
reviews, including the use of outside peer reviewers and elec-
tronic management of the grants cycle; (2) $9,000,000 shall 
be available to provide assistance to State commissions on 
national and community service, under section 126(a) of
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the 1990 Act; (3) $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out 
subtitle E of the 1990 Act; and (4) $12,000,000 shall be 
available 
for 
expenses 
authorized 
under 
section 
501(a)(4)(F) of the 1990 Act, which shall be awarded by 
CNCS on a competitive basis: Provided further, That for 
the purposes of carrying out the 1990 Act, satisfying the 
requirements in section 122(c)(1)(D) of such Act may in-
clude a determination of need by the local community: Pro-
vided further, That up to $21,000,000 may be transferred 
for necessary expenses of administration as provided under 
section 501(a)(5) of the 1990 Act and under section 504(a) 
of the 1973 Act: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PAYMENT TO THE NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Service 
Trust’’, $14,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That CNCS may transfer additional funds from 
the amount provided under the heading ‘‘Corporation for 
National and Community Service’’ in this Act for grants 
made under subtitle C of title I of the 1990 Act to this ap-
propriation upon determination that such transfer is nec-
essary to support the activities of national service partici-
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pants and after notice is transmitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided further, That the amount appropriated for 
or transferred to the National Service Trust may be invested 
under section 145(b) of the 1990 Act without regard to the 
requirement to apportion funds under 31 U.S.C. 1513(b): 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 
For an additional amount for fiscal year 2021 for 
‘‘Corporation for Public Broadcasting,’’ $175,000,000 to 
prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including 
for fiscal stabilization grants to public telecommunications 
entities, as defined by 47 U.S.C. 397(12), with no deduction 
for administrative or other costs of the Corporation, to 
maintain programming and services and preserve small 
and rural stations threatened by declines in non-Federal 
revenues: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 
OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS AND 
ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Institute of Museum 
and Library Services’’, $135,000,000 to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to coronavirus, including grants to States, 
territories, tribes, museums, and libraries, to expand digital 
network access, purchase internet accessible devices, provide 
technical support services, and for operational expenses: 
Provided, That any matching funds requirements for 
States, tribes, libraries, and museums are waived for grants 
provided with funds made available under this heading in 
this Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Limitation on Admin-
istration’’, $4,500,000 to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus, including the expeditious dispensation of 
railroad unemployment insurance benefits, and to support 
full-time equivalents and overtime hours as needed to ad-
minister the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act, and 
of which $8,300 shall be for administrative costs related to
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implementing rebate payments: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
LIMITATION ON THE OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Inspector 
General’’, $500,000, to remain available until expended, to 
prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including 
salaries and expenses necessary for oversight, investigations 
and audits of the Railroad Retirement Board and railroad 
unemployment insurance benefits funded in this Act and 
Public Law 116–136: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Limitation on Admin-
istrative Expenses’’, $40,500,000, to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation-
ally, for necessary expenses to carry out additional recovery 
rebates to individuals, as described in section 101 of divi-
sion F of this Act: Provided, That of the amount made 
available under this heading in this Act, $2,500,000, to re-
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main available until September 30, 2025, shall be trans-
ferred to ‘‘Social Security Administration—Office of In-
spector General’’ for necessary expenses in carrying out the 
provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 810. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds made available under each heading in this title shall 
only be used for the purposes specifically described under 
that heading. 
SEC. 811. Funds appropriated by this title may be 
used by the Secretary of the Department of Health and 
Human Services to appoint, without regard to the provi-
sions of sections 3309 through 3319 of title 5 of the United 
States Code, candidates needed for positions to perform crit-
ical work relating to coronavirus for which— 
(1) public notice has been given; and 
(2) the Secretary has determined that such a 
public health threat exists. 
SEC. 812. Funds made available by this title may be 
used to enter into contracts with individuals for the provi-
sion of personal services (as described in section 104 of part
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37 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (48 CFR 
37.104)) to support the prevention of, preparation for, or 
response to coronavirus, domestically and internationally, 
subject to prior notification to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate: 
Provided, That such individuals may not be deemed em-
ployees of the United States for the purpose of any law ad-
ministered by the Office of Personnel Management: Pro-
vided further, That the authority made available pursuant 
to this section shall expire on September 30, 2024. 
SEC. 813. Not later than 30 days after the date of en-
actment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall provide a detailed spend plan of anticipated 
uses of funds made available to the Department of Health 
and Human Services in this Act, including estimated per-
sonnel and administrative costs, to the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen-
ate: Provided, That such plans shall be updated and sub-
mitted to such Committees every 60 days until September 
30, 2024: Provided further, That the spend plans shall be 
accompanied by a listing of each contract obligation in-
curred that exceeds $5,000,000 which has not previously 
been reported, including the amount of each such obligation. 
SEC. 814. Of the funds appropriated by this title under 
the heading ‘‘Public Health and Social Services Emergency
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Fund’’, $25,000,000 shall be transferred to, and merged 
with, funds made available under the heading ‘‘Office of the 
Secretary, Office of Inspector General’’, and shall remain 
available until expended, for oversight of activities sup-
ported with funds appropriated to the Department of 
Health and Human Services in this Act: Provided, That 
the Inspector General of the Department of Health and 
Human Services shall consult with the Committees on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
prior to obligating such funds: Provided further, That the 
transfer authority provided by this section is in addition 
to any other transfer authority provided by law. 
TITLE IX 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate’’, $6,345,000, to remain available 
until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, which shall be allocated in accordance with a 
spend plan submitted to the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
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suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Allowances and Ex-
penses’’, $37,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for necessary expenses for Business Continuity and Disaster 
Recovery, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, to be allocated in accordance with a spend 
plan submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives by the Chief Administrative Offi-
cer and approved by such Committee: Provided, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
JOINT ITEMS 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Attending 
Physician’’, $600,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Salaries’’, 
$12,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus: Provided, That amounts provided under this 
heading in this Act may be transferred between Capitol Po-
lice ‘‘Salaries’’ and ‘‘General Expenses’’ for the purposes 
provided herein without the approval requirement of section 
1001 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2014 
(2 U.S.C. 1907a); Provided further, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $1,200,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Construction 
and Operations’’, $150,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, to supplement the funding made available to the 
Architect for the purposes described in title IX of division 
B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That 
this additional amount also may be used for the purchase 
and distribution of supplies to respond to coronavirus in-
cluding, but not limited to, cleaning and sanitation sup-
plies, masks and/or face coverings to Congressional offices, 
committees, and visitors, including provisions for travel 
and other necessary work carried out by staff in their Con-
gressional Districts and State Offices, wherever located: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $12,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus, including to offset losses resulting from the 
coronavirus pandemic of amounts collected pursuant to the
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Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 
150), for revolving fund activities pursuant to sections 182 
and 182a through 182e of title 2, United States Code, sec-
tions 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United States Code, and 
sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title, 
and for reimbursement of the Little Scholars Child Develop-
ment Center for salaries for employees, as authorized by this 
title: Provided, That the Library of Congress may transfer 
amounts appropriated under this heading in this Act to 
other applicable appropriations of the Library of Congress 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS 
OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Government Pub-
lishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund’’, 
$7,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, which shall be for offsetting losses resulting 
from the coronavirus pandemic of amounts collected pursu-
ant to section 309 of title 44, United States Code: Provided, 
That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act
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may be made available to restore amounts, either directly 
or through reimbursement, for obligations incurred to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically 
or internationally, prior to the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $88,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, which 
shall be for audits and investigations and for reimburse-
ment of the Tiny Findings Child Development Center for 
salaries for employees, as authorized by this title: Provided, 
That not later than 90 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Government Accountability Office shall sub-
mit to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate a spend plan specifying 
funding estimates and a timeline for such audits and inves-
tigations: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SOURCE OF FUNDS USED FOR PAYMENT OF SALARIES AND 
EXPENSES OF SENATE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE CENTER 
SEC. 901. The Secretary of the Senate shall reimburse 
the Senate Employee Child Care Center for personnel costs 
incurred until September 30, 2021, for employees of such 
Center who have been ordered to cease working due to meas-
ures taken in the Capitol complex to combat coronavirus, 
from amounts in the appropriations account ‘‘Miscella-
neous Items’’ within the contingent fund of the Senate. 
SEC. 902. Funds appropriated to the Architect of the 
Capitol in this Act also may be used to restore amounts, 
either directly or through reimbursement, for obligations in-
curred by the Architect to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) prior to the date 
of enactment of this Act. Funds used to restore amounts 
to other Architect of the Capitol accounts shall assume the 
original period of availability of such accounts. 
AUTHORITY OF ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL TO MAKE 
EXPENDITURES IN RESPONSE TO EMERGENCIES 
SEC. 903. (a) COVERAGE OF COMMUTING EX-
PENSES.—Section 1305(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2010 (2 U.S.C. 1827(a)(2)) is amended 
by inserting after ‘‘refreshments’’, the following: ‘‘transpor-
tation and other related expenses incurred by employees in
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commuting between their residence and their place of em-
ployment’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE SUPPLIES AND 
SERVICES 
THROUGHOUT 
FACILITIES 
AND 
GROUNDS UNDER THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAP-
ITOL’S CARE.—Section 1305 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2010 (2 U.S.C. 1827) is further 
amended by inserting after subsection (a)(2), the following: 
‘‘(3) May accept contributions of, and incur obligations and 
make expenditures for, supplies, products, services, and 
operational costs necessary to respond to the emergency, 
which may be provided throughout all facilities and 
grounds under the care of the Architect of the Capitol wher-
ever located, on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis 
subject to the availability of funds.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsections (a) and (b) shall apply with respect to fiscal 
year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 904. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 
6304(c) of title 5, United States Code, any annual leave 
accumulated by an employee of the Government Publishing 
Office in excess of the limits prescribed in section 6304(a) 
of title 5, United States Code, remains to the credit of the 
employee until December 31, 2021.
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TITLE X 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘General Operating Ex-
penses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, $338,000,000, to 
prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including 
the elimination of backlogs that may have occurred: Pro-
vided, That amounts provided under this heading in this 
Act made available for the elimination of backlogs may not 
be used to increase the number of permanent positions: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts provided under this 
heading, up to $198,000,000 shall be to improve the Veteran 
Benefits Administration’s education systems, including im-
plementation of changes to chapters 30 through 36 of part 
III of title 38, United States Code in the Harry W. Colmery 
Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 
115–48), in a bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs to treat certain programs of education converted to 
distance learning by reason of emergencies and health-re-
lated situations in the same manner as programs of edu-
cation pursued at educational institutions, and for other
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purposes (Public Law 116–128), and in the Student Vet-
eran Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 (Public Law 116– 
140): Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Community 
Care’’, $100,000,000, for a one-time emergency payment to 
existing State Extended Care Facilities for Veterans, to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, 
That such payments shall be in proportion to each State’s 
share of the total resident capacity in such facilities as of 
January 4, 2020 where such capacity includes only vet-
erans on whose behalf the Department pays a per diem 
amount pursuant to 38 United States Code 1741 or 1745: 
Provided further, That amounts made available to ‘‘Vet-
erans Health Administration—Medical Services’’ in divi-
sion B of Public Law 116–136, may be transferred to and 
merged with the Medical Community Care account to be 
used for the purposes provided under this heading in this 
Act, and shall be in additional to any other amounts avail-
able for such purposes: Provided further, That amounts 
transferred pursuant to the preceding proviso that were pre-
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viously designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Cemetery Ad-
ministration’’, $26,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Board of Veterans Ap-
peals’’, $4,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Information Tech-
nology Systems’’, $45,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus: Provided, That amounts provided under 
this heading shall be to improve the Veteran Benefits Ad-
ministration’s education systems, including implementa-
tion of changes to chapters 30 through 36 of part III of 
title 38, United States Code in the Harry W. Colmery Vet-
erans Educational Assistance Act of 2017 (Public Law 115– 
48), in a bill to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
to treat certain programs of education converted to distance 
learning by reason of emergencies and health-related situa-
tions in the same manner as programs of education pursued 
at educational institutions, and for other purposes (Public 
Law 116–128), and in the Student Veteran Coronavirus 
Response Act of 2020 (Public Law 116–140): Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE—CIVIL 
CEMETERIAL EXPENSES, ARMY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $2,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $2,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 1001. Title X of division B of the Coronavirus 
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116– 
136) is amended under the heading ‘‘Department of Vet-
erans Affairs—Departmental Administration—Grants for 
Construction of State Extended Care Facilities’’ by striking
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‘‘including to modify or alter existing hospital, nursing 
home, and domiciliary facilities in State homes: Provided,’’ 
and inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘which shall be 
for modifying or altering existing hospital, nursing home, 
and domiciliary facilities in State homes: Provided, That 
the Secretary shall conduct a new competition or competi-
tions to award grants to States using funds provided under 
this heading in this Act: Provided further, That such grants 
may be made to reimburse States for the costs of modifica-
tions or alterations that have been initiated or completed 
before an application for a grant under this section is ap-
proved by the Secretary: Provided further, That the use of 
funds provided under this heading in this Act shall not be 
subject to state matching fund requirement, application re-
quirements, cost thresholds, the priority list, deadlines, 
award dates under sections 8134 and 8135 of title 38, 
United States Code, and part 59 of chapter I of title 38, 
Code of Federal Regulations, and shall not be subject to re-
quirements of section 501(d) of title 38, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may establish and ad-
just rolling deadlines for applications for such grants and 
may issue multiple rounds of application periods for the 
award of such grants under this section: Provided further,’’: 
Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to this sec-
tion that were previously designated by the Congress as an
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emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated 
by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 1002. Of the unobligated balances available to the 
Department of Veterans Affairs from title X of division B 
of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act 
(Public Law 116–136) for ‘‘Veterans Health Administra-
tion, Medical Services’’, up to $100,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to ‘‘Departmental Administration, Information 
Technology Systems’’ to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for im-
provements to supply chain systems including the Defense 
Medical Logistics Standard Support system: Provided, 
That not more than $50,000,000 may be transferred to de-
velopment subaccount for the Supply Chain Management 
project: Provided further, That the transferred funds shall 
be in addition to any other funds made available for this 
purpose: Provided further, That the amounts transferred in 
this section that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
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suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE XI 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, 
AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic Pro-
grams’’, $500,000,000, for necessary expenses to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including for evac-
uation expenses, emergency preparedness, maintaining con-
sular operations, and other operations and maintenance re-
quirements related to the consequences of coronavirus, do-
mestically or internationally, of which $425,000,000 shall 
be for Consular and Border Security Programs, to remain 
available until expended, for offsetting losses resulting from 
the coronavirus pandemic of fees collected and deposited 
into such account pursuant to section 7081 of Public Law 
115–31: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $4,400,000, for oversight of activities conducted 
by the Department of State and made available to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus by this title and 
by prior acts: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
OPERATING EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 
$50,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus and for other operations and maintenance re-
quirements related to the consequences of coronavirus: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $3,500,000, for oversight of activities conducted 
by the United States Agency for International Development
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and made available to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus by this title and by prior acts: Provided, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Global Health Pro-
grams’’, $3,690,925,000, for necessary expenses to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That 
such funds shall be administered by the Administrator of 
the United States Agency for International Development: 
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading in this title, not less than $150,000,000 shall be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds made available for 
the Emergency Reserve Fund established pursuant to sec-
tion 7058(c)(1) of the Department of State, Foreign Oper-
ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2017 
(division J of Public Law 115–31): Provided further, That 
funds made available pursuant to the preceding proviso 
shall be made available under the terms and conditions of 
such section, as amended: Provided further, That funds ap-
propriated by this paragraph in this title shall be made
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available for a contribution to a multilateral vaccine devel-
opment partnership to support epidemic preparedness: Pro-
vided further, That of the funds appropriated by this para-
graph in this title, not less than $3,500,000,000 shall be 
made available for a United States Contribution to The 
GAVI Alliance: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
by this paragraph in this title shall be allocated and allot-
ted within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 
to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Global Health Pro-
grams’’, $4,535,925,000, for necessary expenses to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That 
such funds shall be administered by the United States Glob-
al AIDS Coordinator: Provided further, That not less than 
$3,500,000,000 shall be made available as a United States 
contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuber-
culosis and Malaria (Global Fund): Provided further, That 
funds made available to the Global Fund pursuant to the 
previous proviso shall be made available notwithstanding 
section 202(d)(4)(A)(i) of the United States Leadership 
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 
(22 U.S.C. 7622(d)(4)(A)(i)): Provided further, That funds
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appropriated under this heading for fiscal years 2020 and 
2021 which are designated as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
and made available as a United States contribution to the 
Global Fund shall not be considered a contribution for the 
purpose of applying section 202(d)(4)(A)(i): Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated by this paragraph in this 
title shall be allocated and allotted within 60 days of the 
date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Development Assist-
ance’’, $250,000,000, for necessary expenses to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus, including to address 
related economic, and stabilization requirements, of which 
not less than $150,000,000 shall be made available to main-
tain access to basic education and not less than $45,000,000 
shall be to maintain access to not-for-profit institutions of 
higher education for costs related to the consequences of 
coronavirus: Provided, That such institutions of higher edu-
cation shall meet standards equivalent to those required for
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United States institutional accreditation by a regional ac-
creditation agency recognized by the United States Depart-
ment of Education: Provided further, That funds made 
available under this heading in this title shall be allocated 
and allotted within 60 days of the date of enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Inter-American Foun-
dation’’, $15,000,000, for necessary expenses to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus, including to address 
related economic and stabilization requirements: Provided, 
That funds made available under this heading in this title 
shall be allocated and allotted within 60 days of the enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount is 
designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
UNITED STATES AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘United States African 
Development Foundation’’, $15,000,000, for necessary ex-
penses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus,
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including to address related economic and stabilization re-
quirements: Provided, That funds made available under this 
heading in this title shall be allocated and allotted within 
60 days of the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘International Organi-
zations and Programs’’, $935,250,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2022, for necessary expenses to prevent, 
prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and to support the 
United Nations Global Humanitarian Response Plan 
COVID–19, of which not less than $750,000,000 shall be 
for the World Food Programme, and not less than 
$185,250,000 shall be for the United Nations Children’s 
Fund: Provided, That funds made available under this 
heading in this title shall be allocated and allotted within 
60 days of the date of enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 1101. The authorities and limitations of section 
402 of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supple-
mental Appropriations Act (division A of Public Law 116– 
123) shall apply to funds appropriated by this title as fol-
lows: 
(1) Subsections (a), (d), (e), and (f) shall apply 
to funds under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’; 
and 
(2) Subsections (c), (d), (e), and (f) shall apply 
to funds under the heading ‘‘Global Health Pro-
grams’’, and ‘‘Development Assistance’’. 
SEC. 1102. Funds appropriated by this title under the 
headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 
‘‘Global Health Programs’’, and ‘‘Development Assistance’’ 
may be used to reimburse such accounts administered by 
the Department of State and the United States Agency for 
International Development, for obligations incurred to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus prior to the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1103. The reporting requirements of section 
406(b) of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Sup-
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plemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of Public 
Law 116–123) shall apply to funds appropriated by this 
title. 
SEC. 1104. Section 404 of the Coronavirus Prepared-
ness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act (divi-
sion A of Public Law 116–123) shall apply to funds appro-
priated by this title under the same headings as specified 
by such section. 
SEC. 1105. Notwithstanding the limitations in sections 
609(i) and 609(j) of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 
(2211 U.S.C. 7708(j), 7715), the Millennium Challenge Cor-
poration may, subject to the availability of funds, extend 
any compact in effect as of January 29, 2020, for up to 
one additional year, to account for delays related to 
coronavirus: Provided, That the Corporation shall notify 
the Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations 
of the Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives prior to 
providing any such extension. 
SEC. 1106. The Secretary of State and the heads of 
other Federal agencies may rely upon the authority of sec-
tion 5924 of title 5, United States Code, without regard to 
the foreign area limitations referenced therein, to make pay-
ments for education allowances to employees who are in the 
United States on ordered or authorized departure, or for
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whom travel to a post in a foreign area has been delayed, 
to prevent, prepare for, or respond to coronavirus: Provided, 
That the authority under this section shall expire on De-
cember 31, 2024. 
SEC. 1107. The Secretary of State and the heads of 
other Federal agencies whose employees are authorized to 
receive payments of monetary amounts and other allow-
ances under section 5523 of title 5, United States Code, may 
rely upon the authority of that section, without regard to 
the time limitations referenced therein, to continue such 
payments in connection with authorized or ordered depar-
tures from foreign areas, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus: Provided, That the authority under 
this section shall be available to continue such payments 
for the period beginning on July 21, 2020, through Sep-
tember 30, 2022, when such authority shall expire. 
TITLE XII 
TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, includ-
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ing necessary expenses for operating costs and capital out-
lays: Provided, That such amounts are in addition to any 
other amounts made available for this purpose: Provided 
further, That obligations of amounts under this heading in 
this Act shall not be subject to the limitation on obligations 
under the heading ‘‘Office of the Secretary—Working Cap-
ital Fund’’ in division H of the Further Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94): Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE 
In addition to funds provided to the ‘‘Payments to Air 
Carriers’’ program in Public Law 116–94 to carry out the 
essential air service program under section 41731 through 
41742 of title 49, United States Code, $75,000,000, to be 
derived from the general fund of the Treasury, and to be 
made available to the Essential Air Service and Rural Im-
provement Fund, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Operations’’, 
$50,000,000, to be derived from the general fund, for nec-
essary expenses to provide Federal Aviation Administration 
(FAA) employees with masks or protective face coverings, 
gloves, and sanitizer and wipes with sufficient alcohol con-
tent and to ensure FAA facilities are cleaned, disinfected, 
and sanitized in accordance with Centers for Disease Con-
trol and Prevention guidance: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air-
ports’’, $13,500,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, to remain available until September 
30, 2026: Provided, That amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act shall be derived from the general 
fund of the Treasury: Provided further, That funds provided 
under this heading in this Act shall only be available to 
sponsors of airports in categories defined in section 47102 
of title 49, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
requirements of chapter 471 of such title, except for project
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eligibility, shall apply to funds provided for any contract 
awarded (after the date of enactment of this Act) for airport 
development and funded under this heading: Provided fur-
ther, That funds provided under this heading in this Act 
may not be used for any purpose not directly related to 
the airport: Provided further, That of the amounts appro-
priated under this heading in this Act— 
(1) Not less than $500,000,000 shall be to pay 
the local share of eligible costs for which a grant is 
made under this heading under the Department of 
Transportation Appropriations Act, 2021: Provided, 
That any remaining funds after the apportionment 
under this paragraph (1) shall be distributed as de-
scribed in paragraph (2) under this heading in this 
Act: 
(2) Not less than $12,500,000,000 shall be avail-
able for any purpose for which airport revenues may 
lawfully be used: Provided, That such funds shall be 
allocated among eligible primary airports (as defined 
in section 47102(16) of title 49 United States Code) 
based 
on 
each 
airport’s 
calendar 
year 
2019 
enplanements 
as 
a 
percentage 
of 
total 
2019 
enplanements for all eligible primary service airports: 
Provided further, That sponsors provide relief equal-
ing at least 25 percent of the amount allocated to an
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airport under this paragraph to on-airport car rent-
al, on-airport parking, and in-terminal airport con-
cessions (as defined in part 23 of title 49, Code of 
Federal Regulations) in the form of waiving rent, 
minimum annual guarantees, lease obligations, fees, 
or penalties, or, at the request of the owner of an in- 
terminal concession, to provide for a buyout of such 
concession: Provided further, That the sponsor shall 
give the highest priority to an owner who qualifies as 
an small businesses with maximum gross receipts less 
than $56 million: Provided further, That the Federal 
share payable of the costs for which a grant is made 
under this paragraph shall be 100 percent; and 
(3) Up to $200,000,000 shall be available for 
general aviation airports and commercial service air-
ports that are not primary airports for any purpose 
for which airport revenues may lawfully be used, and, 
which the Secretary shall apportion directly to each 
eligible airport, as defined in paragraphs (7), (8), 
and (16) of section 47102 of title 49, United States 
Code, based on the categories published in the most 
current National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems, 
reflecting the percentage of the aggregate published el-
igible development costs for each such category, and 
then dividing the allocated funds evenly among the el-
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igible airports in each category, rounding up to the 
nearest thousand dollars: Provided, That the Federal 
share payable of the costs for which a grant is made 
under this paragraph shall be 100 percent: Provided 
further, That any remaining funds after the appor-
tionment under this paragraph (3) shall be distrib-
uted as described in paragraph (2) under this head-
ing in this Act: 
Provided further, That the matter preceding the first pro-
viso under this heading in title XII of division B of the 
CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) is amended by striking 
‘‘to remain available until expended’’ and inserting ‘‘to re-
main available until September 30, 2025’’: Provided fur-
ther, That amounts made available under this heading in 
title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116- 
136) shall not be subject to the limitation on obligations 
in any act making appropriations: Provided further, That 
any funds under the previous proviso designated as airport 
grants that are unobligated, recovered by or returned to the 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) within 5 years 
from the date of enactment of the CARES Act (Public Law 
116-36) shall be pooled and redistributed as described in 
paragraph (2) under this heading in this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That the FAA may redistribute funds under the pre-
vious proviso on more than one occasion: Provided further,
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That any airport that had been allocated more than four 
times annual operating expenses under this heading in title 
XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) 
shall not be eligible for funds allocated or redistributed 
under this Act: Provided further, That the Administrator 
of the FAA may retain up to 0.1 percent of the funds pro-
vided under this heading in this Act to fund the award and 
oversight by the Administrator of grants made under this 
heading in this Act: Provided further, That obligations of 
funds under this heading in this Act shall not be subject 
to any limitations on obligations provided in any Act mak-
ing appropriations: Provided further, That all airport 
sponsors receiving funds under this heading in this Act 
shall continue to employ, through September 30, 2021, at 
least 90 percent of the number of individuals employed 
(after making adjustments for retirements or voluntary em-
ployee separations) by each airport as of March 27, 2020: 
Provided further, That the Secretary may waive the work-
force retention requirement in the previous proviso, if the 
Secretary determines the airport is experiencing economic 
hardship as a direct result of the requirement, or the re-
quirement reduces aviation safety or security: Provided fur-
ther, That the workforce retention requirement shall not 
apply to nonhub airports or nonprimary airports receiving 
funds under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That
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amounts repurposed by the provisions under this heading 
in this Act that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 
for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
Of prior year unobligated contract authority and liq-
uidating cash provided for Motor Carrier Safety in the 
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public 
Law 105–178), SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), or 
other appropriations or authorization acts, in addition to 
amounts already appropriated in fiscal year 2020 for 
‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’, 
$238,500 in additional obligation limitation is provided 
and repurposed for obligations incurred to support activi-
ties to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 
NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 
RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Northeast Corridor 
Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’, 
$1,392,085,000, to remain available until expended, to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including to 
enable the Secretary of Transportation to make or amend 
existing grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration for activities associated with the Northeast Cor-
ridor, as authorized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing 
America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public 
Law 114–94): Provided, That not less than $219,610,000 
of the amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading in this Act shall 
be made available for use by the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation in lieu of capital payments from States 
and commuter rail passenger transportation providers sub-
ject to the cost allocation policy developed pursuant to sec-
tion 24905(c) of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, 
That, 
notwithstanding 
sections 
24319(g) 
and
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24905(c)(1)(A)(i) of title 49, United States Code, such use 
of funds does not constitute cross-subsidization of commuter 
rail passenger transportation: Provided further, That not 
more than $91,800,000 of the amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act shall be made available for 
use by the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to 
repay or prepay debt incurred by the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation under financing arrangements en-
tered into prior to the enactment of this Act and to pay 
required reserves, costs, and fees related to such debt, includ-
ing for loans from the Department of Transportation and 
loans that would otherwise have been paid from National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation revenues: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may retain up to $4,890,000 of the 
amounts made available under both this heading in this 
Act and the ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ heading in this Act to 
fund the costs of project management and oversight of ac-
tivities authorized by section 11101(c) of the Fixing Amer-
ica’s Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 
114–94): Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the amounts 
made available under both this heading in this Act and the 
‘‘National Network Grants to the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation’’ heading in this Act shall be transferred 
to ‘‘National Railroad Passenger Corporation—Office of
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Inspector General—Salaries and Expenses’’ for conducting 
audits and investigations of projects and activities carried 
out with amounts made available in this Act and in title 
XII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
nomic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) under the head-
ings ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network Grants to 
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’: Provided 
further, That amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act may be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Na-
tional Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation’’ to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD 
PASSENGER CORPORATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘National Network 
Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’, 
$1,007,915,000, to remain available until expended, to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including to 
enable the Secretary of Transportation to make or amend 
existing grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
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poration for activities associated with the National Network 
as authorized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing America’s 
Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114– 
94): Provided, That not less than $349,700,000 of the 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
shall be made available for use by the National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation to be apportioned toward State pay-
ments required by the cost methodology policy adopted pur-
suant to section 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and 
Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432): Provided 
further, That a State-supported route’s share of such fund-
ing under the preceding proviso shall consist of (1) 7 per-
cent of the costs allocated to the route in fiscal year 2019 
under the cost methodology policy adopted pursuant to sec-
tion 209 of the Passenger Rail Investment and Improve-
ment Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–432), and (2) any re-
maining amounts under the preceding proviso shall be ap-
portioned to a route in proportion to its passenger revenue 
and other revenue allocated to a State-supported route in 
fiscal year 2019 divided by the total passenger revenue and 
other revenue allocated to all State-supported routes in fis-
cal year 2019: Provided further, That State-supported 
routes which terminated service on or before February 1, 
2020, shall not be included in the cost and revenue calcula-
tions made pursuant to the preceding proviso: Provided fur-
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ther, That amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act may be transferred to and merged with ‘‘Northeast 
Corridor Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor-
poration’’ to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Transit Infrastructure 
Grants’’, $32,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: 
Provided, That of the amounts appropriated under this 
heading in this Act— 
(1) $18,500,000,000 shall be for grants to recipi-
ents eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, United 
States Code, and administered as if such funds were 
provided under section 5307 of title 49, United States 
Code (apportioned in accordance with section 5336 of 
such title (other than subsections (h)(1) and (h)(4))), 
and section 5337 of title 49, United States Code (ap-
portioned in accordance with such section), except 
that funds apportioned under section 5337 shall be 
added to funds apportioned under 5307 for adminis-
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tration under 5307: Provided, That the Secretary 
shall allocate the amounts provided in the preceding 
proviso under sections 5307 and 5337 of title 49, 
United States Code, in the same ratio as funds were 
provided under Public Law 116–94 and shall allocate 
such amounts not later than 14 days after enactment 
of this Act: Provided further, That the amounts allo-
cated to any urbanized area from amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act when com-
bined with the amounts allocated to each such urban-
ized area from funds appropriated under this heading 
in title XIII of division B of the CARES Act (Public 
Law 116–136) may not exceed more than 100 percent 
of any recipient’s 2018 operating costs based on data 
contained in the National Transit Database: Provided 
further, That for any urbanized area for which the 
calculation in the previous proviso exceeds 100 per-
cent of the urbanized area’s 2018 operating costs, the 
Secretary shall distribute funds in excess of such per-
cent to urbanized areas for which the calculation in 
the previous proviso does not exceed 100 percent in 
the same proportion as amounts allocated under the 
first proviso of this paragraph; 
(2) $2,500,000,000 shall be for grants under sec-
tion 5309 of title 49, United States Code: Provided,
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That of the amounts provided under this para-
graph— 
(A) $1,950,000,000 shall be for grants to re-
cipients that received an allocation under section 
5309 of title 49, United States Code, for fiscal 
year 2019 or fiscal year 2020 as of the date of 
enactment of this Act: Provided, That the Sec-
retary shall calculate each recipient’s non-Cap-
ital Investment Grant financial commitment for 
fiscal years 2019 and 2020 as a percentage of the 
non-Capital Investment Grant financial commit-
ments of all projects for such fiscal years and 
shall proportionally allocate such funds within 
14 days of enactment of this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That any recipient with a project open for 
revenue service for which they received a con-
struction grant agreement are not eligible for 
funds provided under this paragraph; and 
(B) $400,000,000 shall be for grants to re-
cipients that receive an allocation of fiscal year 
2019 or fiscal year 2020 funds after the date of 
enactment of this Act under section 5309 of title 
49, United States Code: Provided, That such 
grants shall be allocated to such recipients in 
proportion to the allocation of fiscal year 2019
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That any recipient or subrecipient of funds under 
chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, or an 
intercity bus service provider that has, since October 
1, 2018, partnered with a recipient or subrecipient in 
order to meet the requirements of section 5311(f) of 
such title shall be eligible to directly apply for funds 
under this paragraph: Provided further, That entities 
that have partnered with a recipient or subrecipient 
in order to meet the requirements of section 5311(f) 
of such title shall be eligible to receive not more than 
7.5 percent of the total funds provided under this 
paragraph and shall use assistance provided under 
this paragraph only for workforce retention or the re-
call or rehire of any laid off, furloughed, or termi-
nated employee associated with the provision of inter-
city bus service including, but not limited to, service 
eligible for funding under section 5311(f) of title 49, 
United States Code: Provided further, That when 
evaluating applications of intercity bus service assist-
ance, the Secretary shall give priority to preserving 
national and regional intercity bus networks and the 
rural services that make meaningful connections to 
those networks: Provided further, That the Secretary 
shall issue a Notice of Funding Opportunity not later 
than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act
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that requires applications to be submitted not later 
than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall make 
awards not later than 60 days after the application 
deadline: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
require grantees to provide estimates of financial 
need, data on reduced ridership, and a spending plan 
for funds: Provided further, That when evaluating ap-
plications for assistance to transit agencies, the Sec-
retary shall give priority to agencies in urbanized 
areas that received less than 100 percent of their 2018 
operating expenses from the funds appropriated in 
paragraph (1) combined with the funds appropriated 
under this heading in title XII of division B of the 
CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), and transit agen-
cies with the largest revenue loss as a percentage of 
the agency’s 2018 operating expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That States may apply on behalf of a recipient, 
a subrecipient, or a group of recipients or subrecipi-
ents: Provided further, That if applications for assist-
ance do not exceed available funds, the Secretary shall 
reserve the remaining amounts for grantees to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and 
shall accept applications on a rolling basis: Provided 
further, That if amounts made available under this
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paragraph remain unobligated on December 31, 2021, 
such amounts shall be available for any purpose eligi-
ble under section 5324 of title 49, United States Code: 
Provided further, That the Secretary shall not waive the 
requirements of section 5333 of title 49, United States Code, 
for funds appropriated under this heading in this Act or 
for funds previously made available under section 5307 of 
title 49, United States Code, or sections 5310, 5311, 5337, 
or 5340 of such title as a result of the coronavirus: Provided 
further, That the provision of funds under this heading in 
this Act shall not affect the ability of any other agency of 
the Government, including the Federal Emergency Manage-
ment Agency, a State agency, or a local governmental enti-
ty, organization, or person, to provide any other funds oth-
erwise authorized by law: Provided further, That notwith-
standing subsection (a)(1) or (b) of section 5307 of title 49, 
United States Code, subsection (a)(1) of section 5324 of such 
title, or any provision of chapter 53 of title 49, funds pro-
vided under this heading in this Act are available for the 
operating expenses of transit agencies related to the response 
to a coronavirus public health emergency, including, begin-
ning on January 20, 2020, reimbursement for operating 
costs to maintain service and lost revenue due to the 
coronavirus public health emergency, including the pur-
chase of personal protective equipment, and paying the ad-
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ministrative leave of operations or contractor personnel due 
to reductions in service: Provided further, That to the max-
imum extent possible, funds made available under this 
heading in this Act and in title XII of division B of the 
CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) shall be directed to pay-
roll and public transit, unless the recipient certifies to the 
Secretary that the recipient has not furloughed any employ-
ees: Provided further, That such operating expenses are not 
required to be included in a transportation improvement 
program, long-range transportation plan, statewide trans-
portation plan, or a statewide transportation improvement 
program: Provided further, That grants made under this 
heading in this Act and in title XII of division B of the 
CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) to recipients or sub-
recipients may be used to make payments to contractors 
providing transit operations service or maintenance of roll-
ing stock, right of way and/or stations at pre-COVID-19 
service billing levels in such amounts as existed on Feb-
ruary 3, 2020, even if such service was reduced due to the 
COVID-19 public health emergency: Provided further, That 
the preceding proviso may only apply if a contractor con-
tinuously retains its full and part-time workforce at their 
previous full or part-time status, and/or, where applicable, 
beginning on the date that employees of the contractor are 
able to return to work at their previous full or part-time
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status that it laid off, furloughed or terminated as a result 
of the COVID-19 public health emergency, or its effects, 
under the terms of any applicable collective bargaining 
agreement: Provided further, That private providers of pub-
lic transportation may be considered eligible sub-recipients 
of funding provided under this heading: Provided further, 
That unless otherwise specified, applicable requirements 
under chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, shall 
apply to funding made available under this heading in this 
Act, except that the Federal share of the costs for which any 
grant is made under this heading in this Act shall be, at 
the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Provided fur-
ther, That the amount made available under this heading 
in this Act shall be derived from the general fund and shall 
not be subject to any limitation on obligations for transit 
programs set forth in any Act: Provided further, That not 
more than one-half of one percent of the funds for transit 
infrastructure grants, but not to exceed $125,000,000, pro-
vided under this heading in this Act shall be available for 
administrative expenses and ongoing program management 
oversight as authorized under sections 5334 and 5338(f)(2) 
of title 49, United States Code, and shall be in addition 
to any other appropriations for such purpose: Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION 
OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 
(HARBOR MAINTENANCE TRUST FUND) 
For necessary expenses to conduct the operations, 
maintenance, and capital infrastructure activities of the 
Seaway International Bridge, $1,500,000, to be derived 
from the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund pursuant to sec-
tion 210 of the Water Resources Development Act of 1986 
(33 U.S.C. 2238), to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursu-
ant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro-
vided, That the funding made available under this heading 
in this Act shall be used for conducting audits and inves-
tigations of projects and activities carried out by the De-
partment of Transportation to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus: Provided further, That such amount
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is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT 
PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 
TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental 
Assistance’’, $4,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, and to be used under the same authority and condi-
tions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year 2020 
under this heading in title XII of division B of the CARES 
Act (Public Law 116–136), except that any amounts pro-
vided for administrative expenses and other expenses of 
public housing agencies for their section 8 programs, in-
cluding Mainstream vouchers, under this heading in the 
CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) and under this heading 
in this Act shall also be available for Housing Assistance 
Payments under section 8(o) of the United States Housing 
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437f(o)): Provided, That amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act and under 
the same heading in title XII of division B of the CARES 
Act may be used to cover or reimburse allowable costs in-
curred to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus
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regardless of the date on which such costs were incurred: 
Provided further, That of the amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act, $500,000,000 shall be avail-
able for administrative expenses and other expenses of pub-
lic housing agencies for their section 8 programs, including 
Mainstream vouchers: Provided further, That of the 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 
$2,500,000,000 shall be available for adjustments in the cal-
endar year 2020 or 2021 section 8 renewal funding alloca-
tions, including Mainstream vouchers, for public housing 
agencies that experience a significant increase in voucher 
per-unit costs due to extraordinary circumstances or that, 
despite taking reasonable cost savings measures, as deter-
mined by the Secretary, would otherwise be required to ter-
minate rental assistance for families as a result of insuffi-
cient funding: Provided further, That of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act, $1,000,000,000 
shall be used for incremental rental voucher assistance 
under section 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 
for use by individuals and families who are—homeless, as 
defined under section 103(a) of the McKinney-Vento Home-
less Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11302(a)); at risk of home-
lessness, as defined under section 401(1) of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1)); or 
fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating vio-
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lence, sexual assault, or stalking: Provided further, That the 
Secretary shall allocate amounts made available in the pre-
ceding proviso to public housing agencies not later than 60 
days after the date of enactment of this Act, according to 
a formula that considers the ability of the public housing 
agency to use vouchers promptly and the need of geo-
graphical areas based on factors to be determined by the 
Secretary, such as risk of transmission of coronavirus, high 
numbers or rates of sheltered and unsheltered homelessness, 
and economic and housing market conditions: Provided fur-
ther, That if a public housing authority elects not to admin-
ister or does not promptly issue all of its authorized vouch-
ers within a reasonable period of time, the Secretary shall 
reallocate any unissued vouchers and associated funds to 
other public housing agencies according to the criteria in 
the preceding proviso: Provided further, That a public hous-
ing agency shall not reissue any vouchers under this head-
ing in this Act for incremental rental voucher assistance 
when assistance for the family initially assisted is termi-
nated: Provided further, That upon termination of incre-
mental rental voucher assistance under this heading in this 
Act for one or more families assisted by a public housing 
agency, the Secretary shall reallocate amounts that are no 
longer needed by such public housing agency for assistance 
under this heading in this Act to another public housing
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agency for the renewal of vouchers previously authorized 
under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That 
amounts made available in this paragraph are in addition 
to any other amounts made available for such purposes: 
Provided further, That up to 0.5 percent of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act may be 
transferred, in aggregate, to ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, Program Offices—Public and Indian 
Housing’’ to supplement existing resources for the necessary 
costs of administering and overseeing the obligation and ex-
penditure of these amounts, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2024: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Housing Oper-
ating Fund’’, as authorized by section 9(e) of the United 
States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), 
$2,000,000,000, to be used under the same authority and 
conditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of the 
CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act and
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under the same heading in title XII of division B of the 
CARES Act may be used to cover or reimburse allowable 
costs incurred to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus regardless of the date on which such costs were 
incurred: Provided further, That up to 0.5 percent of the 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act may 
be transferred, in aggregate, to ‘‘Department of Housing 
and Urban Development, Program Offices—Public and In-
dian Housing’’ to supplement existing resources for the nec-
essary costs of administering and overseeing the obligation 
and expenditure of these amounts, to remain available until 
September 30, 2024: Provided further, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Native American Pro-
grams’’, $400,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2024, and to be used under the same authority and con-
ditions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 under this heading in title XII of division B of the 
Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Pub-
lic Law 116–136): Provided, That the amounts made avail-
able under this heading in this Act are as follows:
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(1) Up to $150,000,000 shall be available for the 
Native American Housing Block Grants program, as 
authorized under title I of the Native American Hous-
ing Assistance and Self-Determination Act of 1996 
(25 U.S.C. 4111 et seq.); and 
(2) Not less than $250,000,000 shall be available 
for grants to Indian tribes under the Indian Commu-
nity Development Block Grant program under title I 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 
1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(a)(1)), notwithstanding section 
106(a)(1) of such Act, for emergencies that constitute 
imminent threats to health and safety: 
Provided further, That amounts made available under 
paragraph (1) under this heading in title XII of division 
B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security 
Act (Public Law 116–136) which are allocated to Indian 
tribes or tribally designated housing entities, and which are 
not accepted, are voluntarily returned, or otherwise recap-
tured for any reason, may be used by the Secretary to make 
awards under paragraph (2) under this heading in title XII 
of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
Security Act (Public Law 116–136), in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes: Provided 
further, That up to one-half of 1 percent of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act may be
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transferred, in aggregate, to ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development, Program Offices—Public and Indian 
Housing’’ for necessary costs of administering and over-
seeing the obligation and expenditure of such amounts and 
of amounts made available under this heading in title XII 
of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic 
Security Act (Public Law 116–136), to remain available 
until September 30, 2029, in addition to any other amounts 
made available for such purposes: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Housing Opportunities 
for Persons with AIDS’’, $65,000,000, to be used under the 
same authority and conditions as the additional appropria-
tions for fiscal year 2020 under this heading in title XII 
of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): 
Provided, That amounts provided under this heading in 
this Act that are allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(5) of 
the AIDS Housing Opportunity Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et 
seq.) shall remain available until September 30, 2022: Pro-
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vided further, That not less than $15,000,000 of the amount 
provided under this heading in this Act shall be allocated 
pursuant to the formula in section 854 of such Act using 
the same data elements as utilized pursuant to that same 
formula in fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That up to 
0.5 percent of the amounts made available under this head-
ing in this Act may be transferred to ‘‘Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development—Program Offices—Commu-
nity Planning and Development’’ for necessary costs of ad-
ministering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure 
of amounts under this heading in this Act, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2030: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop-
ment Fund’’, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, and to be used under the same author-
ity and conditions as the additional appropriations for fis-
cal year 2020 under this heading in title XII of division 
B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That 
such amount made available under this heading in this Act
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shall be distributed pursuant to section 106 of the Housing 
and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306) 
to grantees that received allocations pursuant to such for-
mula in fiscal year 2020, and that such allocations shall 
be made within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Provided 
further, That in administering funds under this heading, 
an urban county shall consider needs throughout the entire 
urban county configuration to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus: Provided further, That up to 
$100,000,000 of amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act may be used to make new awards or increase 
prior awards to existing technical assistance providers: Pro-
vided further, That of the amounts made available under 
this heading in this Act, up to $25,000,000 may be trans-
ferred to ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Program Offices—Community Planning and Development’’ 
for necessary costs of administering and overseeing the obli-
gation and expenditure of amounts under this heading in 
this Act, to remain available until September 30, 2028: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Homeless Assistance 
Grants’’, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for the Emergency Solutions Grants pro-
gram as authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the 
McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11371 
et seq.), as amended, and to be used under the same author-
ity and conditions as the additional appropriations for fis-
cal year 2020 under this heading in title XII of division 
B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That 
$3,000,000,000 of the amount made available under this 
heading in this Act shall be distributed pursuant to 24 CFR 
576.3 to grantees that received allocations pursuant to that 
same formula in fiscal year 2020, and that such allocations 
shall be made within 30 days of enactment of this Act: Pro-
vided further, That, in addition to amounts allocated in 
the preceding proviso, remaining amounts shall be allocated 
directly to a State or unit of general local government by 
the formula specified in the third proviso under this head-
ing in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public 
Law 116–136): Provided further, That not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of this Act and every 60 
days thereafter, the Secretary shall allocate a minimum of 
an additional $500,000,000, pursuant to the formula re-
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ferred to in the preceding proviso, based on the best avail-
able data: Provided further, That up to 0.5 percent of the 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act may 
be transferred to ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban De-
velopment—Program Offices—Community Planning and 
Development’’ for necessary costs of administering and 
overseeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts under 
this heading in this Act, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030: Provided further, That funds made avail-
able under this heading in this Act and under this heading 
in title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 
116–136) may be used for eligible activities the Secretary 
determines to be critical in order to assist survivors of do-
mestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, and stalking 
or to assist homeless youth, age 24 and under: Provided fur-
ther, That a grantee, when contracting with service pro-
viders engaged directly in the provision of services to home-
less persons served by the program, shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, enter into contracts in amounts that cover the ac-
tual total program costs and administrative overhead to 
provide the services contracted: Provided further, That 
amounts repurposed by this paragraph that were previously 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an
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emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) 
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance authorized in section 201 
of division O of this Act (the ‘‘COVID–19 HERO ACT’’), 
$50,000,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Project-Based Rental 
Assistance’’, $750,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, and to be used under the same authority and condi-
tions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year 2020 
under this heading in title XII of division B of the CARES 
Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That up to 0.5 per-
cent of the amounts made available under this heading in 
this Act may be transferred to ‘‘Department of Housing and
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Urban Development—Program Offices—Office of Housing’’ 
for necessary costs of administering and overseeing the obli-
gation and expenditure of amounts under this heading in 
this Act, to remain available until September 30, 2030: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con-
gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Housing for the Elder-
ly’’, $500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2023, and to be used under the same authority and condi-
tions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year 2020 
under this heading in title XII of division B of the CARES 
Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That notwithstanding 
the first proviso under this heading in the CARES Act, 
$300,000,000 of the amount made available under this 
heading in this Act shall be for one-time grants for service 
coordinators, as authorized under section 676 of the Hous-
ing and Community Development Act of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 
13632), and the continuation of existing congregate service 
grants for residents of assisted housing projects: Provided 
further, That up to 0.5 percent of the amounts made avail-
able under this heading in this Act may be transferred to
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‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development—Pro-
gram Offices—Office of Housing’’ for necessary costs of ad-
ministering and overseeing the obligation and expenditure 
of amounts under this heading in this Act, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2030: Provided further, That such 
amount is designated by the Congress as being for an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Housing for Persons 
with Disabilities’’, $45,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, and to be used under the same author-
ity and conditions as the additional appropriations for fis-
cal year 2020 under this heading in title XII of division 
B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That 
up to 0.5 percent of the amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act may be transferred to ‘‘Department of 
Housing and Urban Development—Program Offices—Of-
fice of Housing’’ for necessary costs of administering and 
overseeing the obligation and expenditure of amounts under 
this heading in this Act, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency require-
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ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Fair Housing Activi-
ties’’, $14,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, and to be used under the same authority and condi-
tions as the additional appropriations for fiscal year 2020 
under this heading in title XII of division B of the CARES 
Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided, That of the funds 
made available under this heading in this Act, $4,000,000 
shall be for Fair Housing Organization Initiative grants 
through the Fair Housing Initiatives Program (FHIP), 
made available to existing grantees, which may be used for 
fair housing activities and for technology and equipment 
needs to deliver services through use of the Internet or other 
electronic or virtual means in response to the public health 
emergency related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
(COVID–19) pandemic: Provided further, That of the funds 
made available under this heading in this Act, $10,000,000 
shall be for FHIP Education and Outreach grants made 
available to previously-funded national media grantees and 
State and local education and outreach grantees, to educate 
the public and the housing industry about fair housing
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rights and responsibilities during the COVID–19 pandemic: 
Provided further, That such grants in the preceding proviso 
shall be divided evenly between the national media cam-
paign and education and outreach activities: Provided fur-
ther, That up to 0.5 percent of the amounts made available 
under this heading in this Act may be transferred to ‘‘De-
partment of Housing and Urban Development—Program 
Offices—Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity’’ for nec-
essary costs of administering and overseeing the obligation 
and expenditure of amounts under this heading in this Act, 
to remain available until September 30, 2030: Provided fur-
ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro-
vided, That the funding made available under this heading 
in this Act shall be used for conducting audits and inves-
tigations of projects and activities carried by the Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, 
That such amount is designated by the Congress as being
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for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RELATED AGENCY 
NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT 
CORPORATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to the Neigh-
borhood Reinvestment Corporation’’, $100,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to the Neighborhood Rein-
vestment Corporation (‘‘NRC’’) for housing counseling for 
households threatened with housing instability due to the 
economic circumstances caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, 
under the following terms and conditions: 
(1) The NRC shall make grants to counseling 
intermediaries approved by the Department of Hous-
ing and Urban Development (‘‘HUD’’) to provide 
housing counseling assistance to help prevent and re-
spond to the displacement of residents due to eviction, 
default of mortgages, or foreclosure of mortgages 
(‘‘Housing Counseling Assistance’’). State Housing 
Finance Agencies may also be eligible to receive 
grants where they meet all the requirements under 
this heading. NRC may target grants may to HUD- 
approved counseling intermediaries and State Hous-
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ing Finance Agencies based on their ability to serve 
the most vulnerable communities, based on an anal-
ysis by the NRC of which areas are most impacted by 
the economic circumstances caused by the COVID-19 
pandemic. 
(2) Housing Counseling Assistance shall be made 
available to consumers facing housing instability 
(‘‘Housing Counseling Clients’’). Housing Counseling 
Clients will be provided such assistance that shall 
consist of activities that are likely to prevent evictions 
or foreclosures, and result in the long-term afford-
ability of the housing unit retained pursuant to such 
activity or another positive outcome for the Housing 
Counseling Client. No funds made available under 
this heading may be provided directly to lenders, to 
landlords, or to Housing Counseling Clients to dis-
charge outstanding rent or mortgage balances or for 
any other direct debt reduction payments. 
(3) Not less than 40 percent of grant funds made 
available under this heading shall be provided to 
counseling organizations that target Housing Coun-
seling Assistance to minority and low-income home-
owners, renters, individuals experiencing homeless-
ness, and individuals at risk of homelessness or pro-
vide such services in neighborhoods with high con-
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centrations of minority and low-income homeowners, 
renters, individuals experiencing homelessness, and 
individuals at risk of homelessness. 
(4) The delivery of Housing Counseling Assist-
ance as provided under this heading shall involve a 
reasonable analysis of the Housing Counseling Cli-
ent’s financial situation, resources available to the 
Housing Counseling Client, and advice on applicable 
laws or rules regarding eviction protections, mortgage 
forbearance, or foreclosure protection. 
(5) NRC may provide up to 15 percent of the 
Housing Counseling Assistance grant funds under 
this heading to its own charter members with exper-
tise in housing counseling, subject to a certification 
by the NRC that the procedures for selection do not 
consist of any procedures or activities that could be 
construed as an unacceptable conflict of interest or 
have the appearance of impropriety. 
(6) 
The 
HUD-approved 
counseling 
inter-
mediaries and State Housing Finance Agencies re-
ceiving funds under this heading shall have dem-
onstrated experience in housing counseling (including 
foreclosure counseling, rental counseling, homelessness, 
and/or financial counseling) and outreach. NRC may
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use other criteria to demonstrate capacity, particu-
larly in underserved areas. 
(7) Of the total amount made available under 
this heading, up to 4 percent of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act may be made 
available to support non-grant costs associated with 
the Housing Counseling Assistance grants program, 
including training, administrative costs, grant com-
pliance, and evaluation. 
(8) The NRC shall build the relevant capacities 
of HUD-approved counseling intermediaries and 
State Housing Finance Agencies through a com-
prehensive training program of NRC training 
courses, except that private financial institutions that 
participate in NRC training shall pay market rates 
for such training. 
(9) Housing Counseling Assistance grants may 
include a budget for outreach, advertising, technology, 
reporting, training, sub-grantee oversight, and other 
program-related support as determined by the NRC. 
(10) The NRC shall report annually to the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate as well as the Senate Banking 
Committee and House Financial Services Committee
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on its efforts to mitigate housing instability caused by 
the COVID-19 pandemic. 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 1201. The provision under the heading ‘‘Office 
of the Inspector General—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title 
XII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
nomic Security Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended by 
striking ‘‘with funds made available in this Act to’’ and 
inserting ‘‘by’’: Provided, That the amounts repurposed in 
this section that were previously designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 1202. Amounts made available under the head-
ings ‘‘Project-Based Rental Assistance’’, ‘‘Housing for the 
Elderly’’ and ‘‘Housing for Persons With Disabilities’’ in 
title XII of division B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136) and under such headings in this title of this Act may 
be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to pro-
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vide additional funds to maintain operations for such hous-
ing, for providing supportive services, and for taking other 
necessary actions to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, including to actions to self-isolate, quarantine, 
or to provide other coronavirus infection control services as 
recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-
vention, including providing relocation services for resi-
dents of such housing to provide lodging at hotels, motels, 
or other locations: Provided, That the amounts repurposed 
pursuant to this section that were previously designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985 are designated by the Congress as an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 1203. Amounts made available in this Act under 
the headings ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National 
Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National Network 
Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ 
shall be used under the same conditions as section 22002 
of title XII of division B of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116–136): Pro-
vided, That the amounts made available in this Act under 
such headings shall be used by the National Railroad Pas-
senger Corporation to prevent employee furloughs as a re-