116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6800 
AN ACT 
Making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as ‘‘The Heroes Act’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 
DIVISION A—CORONAVIRUS RECOVERY SUPPLEMENTAL 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020 
Title I—Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and 
Related Agencies 
Title II—Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies 
Title III—Financial Services and General Government 
Title IV—Homeland Security 
Title V—Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies 
Title VI—Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, 
and Related Agencies 
Title VII—Legislative Branch 
Title VIII—Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Title IX—Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agen-
cies 
Title X—General Provisions—This Division 
DIVISION B—REVENUE PROVISIONS 
Title I—Economic stimulus 
Title II—Additional relief for workers 
Title III—Net operating losses 
DIVISION C—HEALTH PROVISIONS 
Title I—Medicaid Provisions 
Title II—Medicare Provisions 
Title III—Private Insurance Provisions 
Title IV—Application to Other Health Programs 
Title V—Public Health Policies 
Title VI—Public Health Assistance 
Title VII—Other matters 
DIVISION D—RETIREMENT PROVISIONS 
Title I—Relief for Multiemployer Pension Plans 
Title II—Relief for Single Employer Pension Plans 
Title III—Other Retirement Related Provisions 
DIVISION E—CONTINUED ASSISTANCE TO UNEMPLOYED 
WORKERS 
DIVISION F—ASSISTANCE TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCERS AND 
OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO AGRICULTURE 
Title I—Livestock 
Title II—Dairy 
Title III—Specialty Crops and Other Commodities 
Title IV—Commodity Credit Corporation 
Title V—Conservation 
Title VI—Nutrition 
DIVISION G—ACCOUNTABILITY AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS
Title I—Accountability 
Title II—Census Matters 
Title III—Federal Workforce 
Title IV—Federal Contracting Provisions 
Title V—District of Columbia 
Title VI—Other Matters 
DIVISION H—VETERANS AND SERVICEMEMBERS PROVISIONS 
DIVISION I—SMALL BUSINESS PROVISIONS 
DIVISION J—SUPPORT FOR ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AT-RISK 
INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES 
Title I—Family Care for Essential Workers 
Title II—Pandemic Emergency Assistance and Services 
Title III—Program Flexibility During the Pandemic 
DIVISION K—COVID–19 HERO ACT 
Title I—Providing Medical Equipment for First Responders and Essential 
Workers 
Title II—Protecting Renters and Homeowners from Evictions and Foreclosures 
Title III—Protecting People Experiencing Homelessness 
Title IV—Suspending Negative Credit Reporting and Strengthening Consumer 
and Investor Protections 
Title V—Forgiving Student Loan Debt and Protecting Student Borrowers 
Title VI—Standing Up For Small Businesses, Minority-Owned Businesses, and 
Non-Profits 
Title VII—Empowering Community Financial Institutions 
Title VIII—Providing Assistance for State, Territory, Tribal, and Local Govern-
ments 
Title IX—Providing Oversight and Protecting Taxpayers 
DIVISION L—FAMILIES, WORKERS, AND COMMUNITY SUPPORT 
PROVISIONS 
Title I—Amendments to Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act 
and Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act 
Title II—COVID–19 Workforce Development Response Activities 
Title III—COVID–19 Every Worker Protection Act of 2020 
Title IV—Community and Family Support 
Title V—COVID–19 Protections under Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Com-
pensation Act 
DIVISION M—CONSUMER PROTECTION AND 
TELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVISIONS 
Title I—COVID–19 Price Gouging Prevention 
Title II—E–Rate Support for Wi-Fi Hotspots, Other Equipment, and Connected 
Devices 
Title III—Emergency Benefit for Broadband Service 
Title IV—Continued Connectivity 
Title V—Don’t Break Up the T–Band 
Title VI—National Suicide Hotline Designation 
Title VII—COVID–19 Compassion and Martha Wright Prison Phone Justice 
Title VIII—Healthcare Broadband Expansion During COVID–19
DIVISION N—GIVING RETIREMENT OPTIONS TO WORKERS ACT 
DIVISION O—EDUCATION PROVISIONS AND OTHER PROGRAMS 
Title I—Higher Education Provisions 
Title II—Other Programs 
DIVISION P—ACCESS ACT 
DIVISION Q—COVID–19 HEROES FUND 
Title I—Provisions relating to State, Local, Tribal, and Private Sector Workers 
Title II—Provisions relating to Federal employees and COVID–19 
Title III—Coordination of benefits with other programs and laws 
DIVISION R—CHILD NUTRITION AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
DIVISION S—OTHER MATTERS 
Title I—Health Care Access for Urban Native Veterans Act 
Title II—Tribal School Federal Insurance Parity 
Title III—PRC for Native Veterans Act 
Title IV—Wildlife-Borne Disease Prevention 
Title V—Pandemic Relief for Aviation Workers and Passengers 
Title VI—Amtrak and Rail Workers 
Title VII—Energy and Environment Provisions 
Title VIII—Death and disability benefits for public safety officers impacted by 
COVID–19 
Title IX—Victims of Crime Act Amendments 
Title X—Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act 
Title XI—Prisons and Jails 
Title XII—Immigration Matters 
Title XIII—Coronavirus Relief Fund Amendments 
Title XIV—Rural Digital Opportunity 
Title XV—Foreign Affairs Provisions 
Title XVI—Scientific Integrity Act 
DIVISION T—ADDITIONAL OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion.
DIVISION 
A—CORONAVIRUS 
RECOVERY 
SUPPLEMENTAL 
APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2020 
The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for 
other purposes, namely: 
TITLE 
I—AGRICULTURE, 
RURAL 
DEVELOP-
MENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 
That the funding made available under this heading in 
this Act shall be used for conducting audits and investiga-
tions of projects and activities carried out with funds made 
available to the Department of Agriculture to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 
internationally: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 
RURAL HOUSING SERVICE 
RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Rental Assistance 
Program’’, $309,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, for temporary adjustment of wage income 
losses for residents of housing financed or assisted under 
section 514, 515, or 516 of the Housing Act of 1949, with-
out regard to any existing eligibility requirements based 
on income: 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. 
DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 
FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Child Nutrition Pro-
grams’’, $3,000,000,000 to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 
That the amount provided under this heading is for the 
purposes of carrying out section 180002 of the ‘‘Child Nu-
trition and Related Programs Recovery Act’’: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR 
WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Special Supple-
mental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Chil-
dren’’, $1,100,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Supplemental Nutri-
tion Assistance Program’’, $10,000,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021, 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 Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985.
tember 30, 2022, 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. 
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 
ADMINISTRATION 
ASSISTANCE TO FISHERY PARTICIPANTS 
Pursuant to section 12005 of the Coronavirus Aid, 
Relief, and Economic Security Act of 2020 (Public Law 
116–136), for an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance to 
Fishery Participants’’, $100,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, for necessary expenses to pro-
vide assistance to Tribal, subsistence, commercial, and 
charter fishery participants affected by the novel 
coronavirus (COVID–19), which may include direct relief 
payments: 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’’, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, in-
cluding the impact of coronavirus on the work of the De-
partment of Commerce and to carry out investigations and 
audits related to the funding made available for the De-
partment of Commerce in this Act and in title II of divi-
sion B of Public Law 116–136: 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—DEPARTMENT OF 
COMMERCE 
SEC. 10201. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Federal share for grants provided by the Eco-
nomic Development Administration under Public Law 
116–93, Public Law 116–20, and Public Law 116–136 
shall be 100 percent: 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 designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 
of 1985.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 
FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $200,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, including the impact of coronavirus on the 
work of the Department of Justice, to include funding for 
medical testing and services, personal protective equip-
ment, hygiene supplies and services, and sanitation serv-
ices: 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 INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $3,000,000, to remain available until expended 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, in-
cluding the impact of coronavirus on the work of the De-
partment of Justice and to carry out investigations and 
audits related to the funding made available for the De-
partment of Justice in 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. 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 
OFFICE ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN PREVENTION AND 
PROSECUTION PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Violence Against 
Women 
Prevention 
and 
Prosecution 
Programs’’, 
$100,000,000, to remain available until expended, of 
which— 
(1) $30,000,000 is for grants to combat vio-
lence against women, as authorized by part T of the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Acts of 
1968; 
(2) $15,000,000 is for transitional housing as-
sistance grants for victims of domestic violence, dat-
ing violence, stalking, or sexual assault, as author-
ized by section 40299 of the Violent Crime Control 
and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (Public Law 
103–322; ‘‘1994 Act’’); 
(3) $15,000,000 is for sexual assault victims 
assistance, as authorized by section 41601 of the 
1994 Act;
(4) $10,000,000 is for rural domestic violence 
and child abuse enforcement assistance grants, as 
authorized by section 40295 of the 1994 Act; 
(5) $10,000,000 is for legal assistance for vic-
tims, as authorized by section 1201 of the Victims 
of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000 
(Public Law 106–386; ‘‘2000 Act’’); 
(6) $4,000,000 is for grants to assist tribal gov-
ernments in exercising special domestic violence 
criminal jurisdiction, as authorized by section 904 of 
the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 
2013; and 
(7) $16,000,000 is for grants to support fami-
lies in the justice system, as authorized by section 
1301 of the 2000 Act: 
Provided, That a recipient of such funds shall not be sub-
ject, as a condition for receiving the funds, to any other-
wise-applicable requirement to provide or obtain other 
Federal or non-Federal funds: 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.
OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, $300,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, for the same purposes and subject 
to the same conditions as the appropriations for fiscal year 
2020 under this heading in title II of division B of Public 
Law 116–136, including for the purchase of personal pro-
tective equipment, and for costs related to preventing and 
controlling coronavirus at correctional institutions: Pro-
vided, That, notwithstanding section 502(a)(1) of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10153), funds provided under this heading in both 
this Act and title II of division B of Public Law 116– 
136 may be used to supplant State or local funds: Pro-
vided further, That a recipient of funds made available 
under this heading in both this Act and title II of division 
B of Public Law 116–136 shall not be subject, as a condi-
tion for receiving the funds, to any otherwise-applicable 
requirement to provide or obtain other Federal or non- 
Federal funds: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, $250,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, for offender reentry programs and re-
search, as authorized by the Second Chance Act of 2007 
(Public Law 110–199) and by the Second Chance Reau-
thorization Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–391), without 
regard to the time limitations specified at section 6(1) of 
such Act, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds provided under this heading may 
be used to supplant State or local funds: Provided further, 
That a recipient of funds made available under this head-
ing in this Act shall not be subject, as a condition for re-
ceiving the funds, to any otherwise-applicable requirement 
to provide or obtain other Federal or non-Federal funds: 
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 ‘‘State and Local Law 
Enforcement Assistance’’, $600,000,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, for grants, contracts, cooperative 
agreements, and other assistance as authorized by the 
Pandemic Justice Response Act (‘‘the Act’’): Provided, 
That $500,000,000 is to establish and implement policies
and procedures to prevent, detect, and stop the presence 
and spread of COVID–19 among arrestees, detainees, in-
mates, correctional facility staff, and visitors to the facili-
ties; and for pretrial citation and release grants, as au-
thorized by the Act: Provided further, That $25,000,000 
is for Rapid COVID–19 Testing, as authorized by the Act: 
Provided further, That $75,000,000 is for grants for Juve-
nile Specific Services, as authorized by the Act: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
funds provided under this heading may be used to sup-
plant State or local funds: Provided further, That a recipi-
ent of funds made available under this heading in this Act 
shall not be subject, as a condition for receiving the funds, 
to any otherwise-applicable requirement to provide or ob-
tain other Federal or non-Federal funds: 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 ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES 
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Oriented 
Policing Services’’, $300,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for grants under section 1701 of title I 
of the 1968 Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act
(34 U.S.C. 10381) for hiring and rehiring of additional 
career law enforcement officers under part Q of such title, 
notwithstanding subsection (i) of such section, and includ-
ing for the purchase of personal protective equipment: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding section 1704 of the Om-
nibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (34 
U.S.C. 10384), funds provided under this heading may be 
used to supplant State or local funds and may be used 
to retain career law enforcement officers: Provided further, 
That a recipient of funds made available under this head-
ing in this Act shall not be subject, as a condition for re-
ceiving the funds, to any otherwise-applicable requirement 
to provide or obtain other Federal or non-Federal funds: 
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. 
SCIENCE 
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 
RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Research and Related 
Activities’’, $125,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, including to fund research grants, of which
$1,000,000 shall be for a study on the spread of COVID– 
19 related disinformation: Provided further, That, of the 
amount appropriated under this heading in this Act, up 
to 2 percent of funds may be transferred to the ‘‘Agency 
Operations and Award Management’’ account for manage-
ment, administration, and oversight of funds provided 
under this heading in 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—SCIENCE 
STUDY ON COVID–19 DISINFORMATION 
SEC. 10202. (a) STUDY.—No later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the National Science Foundation shall enter into an ar-
rangement with the National Academies of Science, Engi-
neering, and Medicine (National Academies) to conduct a 
study on the current understanding of the spread of 
COVID–19-related disinformation on the internet and so-
cial media platforms. The study shall address the fol-
lowing: 
(1) the role disinformation and misinformation 
has played in the public response to COVID–19;
(2) 
the 
sources 
of 
COVID–19-related 
disinformation—both foreign and domestic—and the 
mechanisms by which that disinformation influences 
the public debate; 
(3) the role social media plays in the dissemina-
tion and promotion of COVID–19 disinformation 
and misinformation content and the role social 
media platforms play in the organization of groups 
seeking to spread COVID–19 disinformation; 
(4) the potential financial returns for creators 
or distributors of COVID–19 disinformation, and 
the role such financial incentives play in the propa-
gation of COVID–19 disinformation; 
(5) potential strategies to mitigate the dissemi-
nation 
and 
negative 
impacts 
of 
COVID–19 
disinformation, including specifically, the dissemina-
tion of disinformation on social media, including 
through improved disclosures; and 
(6) an analysis of the limitations of these miti-
gation strategies, and an analysis of how these strat-
egies can be implemented without infringing on 
Americans’ Constitutional rights and civil liberties. 
(b) REPORT.—In entering into an arrangement under 
this section, the Director shall request that the National 
Academies transmit to Congress a report on the results
of the study not later than 12 months after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(c) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap-
propriated for the purposes of conducting the study in this 
section $1,000,000. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to the Legal 
Services Corporation’’, $50,000,000, for the same pur-
poses and subject to the same conditions as the appropria-
tions for fiscal year 2020 under this heading in title II 
of division B of Public Law 116–136: 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. 
TITLE III—FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL 
GOVERNMENT 
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $35,000,000, to remain available until expended,
to conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, dis-
bursement, and use of funds made available under the 
‘‘Coronavirus State Fiscal Relief Fund’’ and the 
‘‘Coronavirus Local Fiscal Relief Fund’’ (collectively, 
‘‘Fiscal Relief Funds’’): Provided, That, if the Inspector 
General of the Department of the Treasury determines 
that an entity receiving a payment from amounts provided 
by the Fiscal Relief Funds has failed to comply with the 
provisions governing the use of such funding, the Inspec-
tor General shall transmit any relevant information re-
lated to such determination to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
not later than 5 days after any such determination is 
made: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TREASURY INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX 
ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
mestically or internationally: Provided, That such amount 
is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency
each such entity bears to the total 
population of all such entities; 
(C) $49,000,000,000 shall be al-
located as additional amounts among 
each of the 50 States and the District 
of Columbia in an amount which 
bears the same proportion to the total 
amount provided under this subpara-
graph as the relative prevalence of 
COVID–19 within each such entity 
bears to the total prevalence of 
COVID–19 within all such entities: 
Provided, That the relative prevalence 
of COVID–19 shall be calculated 
using the most recent data on the 
number of confirmed and probable 
cases as published on the Internet by 
the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention for each entity specified in 
the preceding proviso; 
(4) $250,000,000,000 shall be for making an 
additional payment to each of the 50 States and the 
District of Columbia, of which—
(A) $51,000,000,000 shall be allocated 
equally between each of the 50 States and the 
District of Columbia; and 
(B) $199,000,000,000 shall be allocated 
between each such entity in an additional 
amount which bears the same proportion to the 
total amount provided under this subparagraph 
as the average estimated number of seasonally- 
adjusted unemployed individuals (as measured 
by the Bureau of Labor Statistics Local Area 
Unemployment Statistics program) in each such 
entity over the 3-month period ending in March 
2021 bears to the average estimated number of 
seasonally-adjusted unemployed individuals in 
all such entities over the same period. 
Provided further, That any entity receiving a payment 
from funds made available under this heading in this Act 
shall only use such amounts to respond to, mitigate, cover 
costs or replace foregone revenues not projected on Janu-
ary 31, 2020 stemming from the public health emergency, 
or its negative economic impacts, with respect to the 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19): Provided further, That 
if the Inspector General of the Department of the Treas-
ury determines that an entity receiving a payment from 
amounts provided under this heading has failed to comply
with the preceding proviso, the amount equal to the 
amount of funds used in violation of such subsection shall 
be booked as a debt of such entity owed to the Federal 
Government, and any amounts recovered under this sub-
section shall be deposited into the general fund of the 
Treasury as discretionary offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That for purposes of the preceding provisos under 
this heading in this Act, the population of each entity de-
scribed in any such proviso shall be determined based on 
the most recent year for which data are available from 
the Bureau of the Census, or in the case of an Indian 
tribe, shall be determined based on data certified by the 
Tribal government: Provided further, That as used under 
this heading in this Act, the terms ‘‘Tribal government’’ 
and ‘‘Indian Tribe’’ have the same meanings as specified 
in section 601(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
601(g)), as added by section 5001 of the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116–136) and amended by section 191301 
of division X of this Act, and the term ‘‘State’’ means 
one of the 50 States: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Treasury shall make all payments required pursuant 
to paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and shall make 
all payments required pursuant to paragraph (4) not later 
than May 3, 2021: 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. 
CORONAVIRUS LOCAL FISCAL RELIEF FUND 
For making payments to metropolitan cities, coun-
ties, and other units of general local government to miti-
gate the fiscal effects stemming from the public health 
emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 
(COVID–19), $375,000,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, which shall be in addition to any other amounts 
available for making payments to metropolitan cities, 
counties, and other units of general local government (in-
cluding payments made under section 601 of the Social 
Security Act), of which— 
(1) $187,500,000,000 shall be for making pay-
ments to metropolitan cities and other units of gen-
eral local government (as those terms are defined in 
section 102 of the Housing and Community Devel-
opment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)), of which— 
(A) $131,250,000,000 shall be allocated 
pursuant 
to 
the 
formula 
under 
section 
106(b)(1) of the Housing and Community De-
velopment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)(1)) 
to metropolitan cities (as defined in section
102(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5302(a)(4)), 
including metropolitan cities that have relin-
quished or deferred their status as a metropoli-
tan city as of the date of enactment of this Act: 
Provided, That $87,500,000,000 of the funds 
provided under this subparagraph shall be paid 
not later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act: Provided further, That 
$43,750,000,000 of the funds provided under 
this subparagraph shall be paid not earlier than 
April 15, 2021, but not later than May 3, 2021; 
and 
(B) $56,250,000,000 shall be distributed 
to each State (as that term is defined in section 
102 of the Housing and Community Develop-
ment Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5302)) for use by 
units of general local government, other than 
counties or parishes, in nonentitlement areas 
(as defined in such section 102) of such States 
in an amount which bears the same proportion 
to the total amount provided under this sub-
paragraph as the total population of such units 
of general local government within the State 
bears to the total population of all such units 
of general local government in all such States:
Provided, That two-thirds of the funds provided 
under this subparagraph and allocated to each 
such unit of general local government shall be 
distributed to each such unit of general local 
government not later than 30 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That the remainder of the funds provided under 
this subparagraph and allocated to each such 
unit of general local government shall be dis-
tributed to each such unit of general local gov-
ernment not earlier than April 15, 2021, but 
not later than May 3, 2021: Provided further, 
That a State shall pass-through the amounts 
received under this subparagraph, within 30 
days of receipt, to each such unit of general 
local government in an amount that bears the 
same proportion to the amount distributed to 
each such State as the population of such unit 
of general local government bears to the total 
population of all such units of general local gov-
ernment within each such State: Provided fur-
ther, That if a State has not elected to dis-
tribute amounts allocated under this paragraph, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall pay the ap-
plicable amounts under this subparagraph to
the county would otherwise receive if the amount 
distributed under this paragraph were allocated to 
metropolitan cities and urban counties under section 
106(b) of the Housing and Community Development 
Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5306(b)): Provided further, 
That in the case of an amount to be paid to a coun-
ty that is not a unit of general local government, the 
amount shall instead be paid to the State in which 
such county is located, and such State shall dis-
tribute such amount to units of general local govern-
ment within such county in an amounts that bear 
the same proportion as the population of such units 
of general local government bear to the total popu-
lation of such county: Provided further, That for 
purposes of this paragraph, the District of Columbia 
shall be considered to consist of a single county that 
is a unit of general local government: 
Provided further, That any entity receiving a payment 
from funds made available under this heading in this Act 
shall only use such amounts to respond to, mitigate, cover 
costs or replace foregone revenues not projected on Janu-
ary 31, 2020 stemming from the public health emergency, 
or its negative economic impacts, with respect to the 
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19): Provided further, That 
if the Inspector General of the Department of the Treas-
ury determines that an entity receiving a payment from 
amounts provided under this heading has failed to comply 
with the preceding proviso, the amount equal to the 
amount of funds used in violation of such subsection shall 
be booked as a debt of such entity owed to the Federal 
Government, and any amounts recovered under this sub-
section shall be deposited into the general fund of the 
Treasury as discretionary offsetting receipts: Provided fur-
ther, That nothing in paragraph (1) or (2) shall be con-
strued as prohibiting a unit of general local government 
that has formed a consolidated government, or that is geo-
graphically contained (in full or in part) within the bound-
aries of another unit of general local government from re-
ceiving a distribution under each of subparagraphs (A) 
and (B) under paragraph (1) or under paragraph (2), as 
applicable, based on the respective formulas specified con-
tained therein: Provided further, That the amounts other-
wise determined for distribution to units of local govern-
ment under each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) under 
paragraph (1) and under paragraph (2) shall each be ad-
justed by the Secretary of the Treasury on a pro rata basis 
to the extent necessary to comply with the amount appro-
priated and the requirements specified in each paragraph 
and subparagraph, as applicable: Provided further, That 
as used under this heading in this Act, the term ‘‘county’’
means a county, parish, or other equivalent county divi-
sion (as defined by the Bureau of the Census): Provided 
further, That for purposes of the preceding provisos under 
this heading in this Act, the population of an entity shall 
be determined based on the most recent year for which 
data are available from the Bureau of the Census: Pro-
vided further, That such amount is designated by Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘Community Devel-
opment Financial Institutions Fund Program Account’’, 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: 
Provided, That the Community Development Financial In-
stitutions Fund (CDFI) shall provide grants using a for-
mula that takes into account criteria such as certification 
status, financial and compliance performance, portfolio 
and balance sheet strength, and program capacity: Pro-
vided further, That not less than $25,000,000 shall be for 
financial assistance, technical assistance, and training and 
outreach programs designed to benefit Native American, 
Native Hawaiian, and Alaska Native communities: Pro-
vided further, That the CDFI Fund shall make funds 
available under this subsection within 60 days of the date 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That funds 
made available under this heading may be used for admin-
istrative expenses, including administration of CDFI 
Fund programs and the New Markets Tax Credit Pro-
gram: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—INTERNAL REVENUE 
SERVICE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 10301. In addition to the amounts otherwise 
available to the Internal Revenue Service in fiscal year 
2020, $520,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2021, shall be available to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus, including for costs associated with 
the extended filing season: Provided, That such funds may 
be transferred by the Commissioner to the ‘‘Taxpayer 
Services’’, ‘‘Enforcement’’, or ‘‘Operations Support’’ ac-
counts of the Internal Revenue Service for an additional 
amount to be used solely to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro-
vided further, That the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Senate shall be noti-
fied in advance of any such transfer: Provided further, 
That such transfer authority is in addition to any other 
transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, That 
not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Commissioner shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate a spending plan for such funds: 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. 
INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 
ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 
ELECTION RESILIENCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for payments by the Elec-
tion Assistance Commission to States for contingency 
planning, preparation, and resilience of elections for Fed-
eral office, $3,600,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021: Provided, That of the amount provided 
under this heading, up to $5,000,000 may be transferred 
to and merged with ‘‘Election Assistance Commission— 
Salaries and Expenses’’: Provided further, That under this 
heading the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 States,
the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin 
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands: Provided further, That the amount of the pay-
ments made to a State under this heading shall be con-
sistent with sections 101(d) and 103 of the Help America 
Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20903): Provided further, 
That for the purposes of the preceding proviso, each ref-
erence to ‘‘$5,000,000’’ in such section 103 shall be 
deemed to refer to ‘‘$7,500,000’’: Provided further, That 
not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, the Election Assistance Commission shall obligate the 
funds to States under this heading in this Act: Provided 
further, That not less than 50 percent of the amount of 
the payment made to a State under this heading in this 
Act shall be allocated in cash or in kind to the units of 
local government which are responsible for the administra-
tion of elections for Federal office in the State: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—SMALL BUSINESS 
ADMINISTRATION 
SEC. 10303. (a) The third proviso under the heading 
‘‘Small Business Administration—Business Loans Pro-
gram Account’’ in the Financial Services and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2020 (division C of Pub-
lic 
Law 
116–93) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking 
‘‘$30,000,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$75,000,000,000’’. 
(b) The sixth proviso under the heading ‘‘Small Busi-
ness Administration—Business Loans Program Account’’ 
in the Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 2020 (division C of Public Law 116–93) 
is amended by striking ‘‘$12,000,000,000’’ and inserting 
‘‘$35,000,000,000’’. 
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE 
PAYMENT TO POSTAL SERVICE FUND 
For an additional payment to the ‘‘Postal Service 
Fund’’, 
for 
revenue 
forgone 
due 
to 
coronavirus, 
$25,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022: Provided, That the Postal Service, during the 
coronavirus emergency, shall prioritize the purchase of,
and make available to all Postal Service employees and 
facilities, personal protective equipment, including gloves, 
masks, and sanitizers, and shall conduct additional clean-
ing and sanitizing of Postal Service facilities and delivery 
vehicles: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $15,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do-
mestically or internationally: 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. 10304. (a) Title V of division B of the CARES 
Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended in the first proviso 
under the heading ‘‘Independent Agencies—Pandemic Re-
sponse Accountability Committee’’ by inserting ‘‘or any 
other Act (including Acts other than appropriations 
Acts)’’ after ‘‘provided in this Act’’.
(b) Amounts repurposed under this section that were 
previously designated by the Congress, respectively, as an 
emergency requirement or as being for disaster relief pur-
suant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act 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 or as being for disaster relief 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 10305. Title V of division B of the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116–136) is amended by striking the fifth 
proviso under the heading ‘‘General Services Administra-
tion—Real 
Property 
Activities—Federal 
Buildings 
Fund’’: Provided, That the amounts repurposed pursuant 
to this section that were previously designated by the Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
are designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 10306. For an additional amount for ‘‘Depart-
ment 
of 
the 
Treasury—Departmental 
Offices— 
Coronavirus Relief Fund’’, an amount equal to— 
(1) $1,250,000,000; less
(2) the amount allocated for the District of Co-
lumbia pursuant to section 601(c)(6) of the Social 
Security Act: 
Provided, That such amounts shall only be available for 
making a payment to the District of Columbia, and shall 
be in addition to any other funds available for such pur-
pose: Provided further, That the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall pay all amounts provided by this section directly to 
the District of Columbia not less than 5 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the 
District of Columbia shall use such amounts only to cover 
costs or replace foregone revenues stemming from the pub-
lic health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Dis-
ease (COVID–19): Provided further, That such amount is 
designated by 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. 
TITLE IV—HOMELAND SECURITY 
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup-
port’’, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2022, for oversight of activities of the Department of 
Homeland Security funded in this Act and in title VI of
division B of Public Law 116–136 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 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 
FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Assistance’’, 
$1,300,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
of which $500,000,000 shall be for Assistance to Fire-
fighter Grants for the purchase of personal protective 
equipment and related supplies, mental health evaluations, 
training, and temporary infectious disease de-contamina-
tion or sanitizing facilities and equipment; of which 
$500,000,000 shall be for Staffing for Adequate Fire and 
Emergency Response Grants; of which $100,000,000 shall 
be for Emergency Management Performance Grants; and 
of which $200,000,000 shall be for the Emergency Food 
and Shelter Program: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
SEC. 10401. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, funds made available under ‘‘Federal Emergency 
Management Agency—Federal Assistance’’ shall only be 
used for the purposes specifically described under that 
heading. 
SEC. 10402. (a) Subsections (c)(2), (f), (g)(1), 
(h)(1)–(4), (h)(6), and (k) of section 33 of the Federal 
Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 
2229) shall not apply to amounts appropriated for ‘‘Fed-
eral Emergency Management Agency – Federal Assist-
ance’’ for Assistance to Firefighter Grants in this Act. 
(b) Subsection (k) of section 33 of the Federal Fire 
Prevention and Control Act of 1974 (15 U.S.C. 2229) 
shall not apply to Amounts provided for ‘‘Federal Emer-
gency Management Agency–Federal Assistance’’ for As-
sistance to Firefighter Grants in title III of division D 
of Public Law 116–93 and in title VI of division B of Pub-
lic Law 116–136. 
(c) Amounts repurposed under this section that were 
previously designated by the Congress, respectively, as an 
emergency requirement or as being for disaster relief pur-
suant to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
Control Act 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 or as being for disaster relief 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 
10403. 
Subsections 
(a)(1)(A), 
(a)(1)(B), 
(a)(1)(E), (a)(1)(G), (c)(1), (c)(2), and (c)(4) of section 
34 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 
(15 U.S.C. 2229a) shall not apply to amounts appro-
priated for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency – 
Federal Assistance’’ for Staffing for Adequate Fire and 
Emergency Response Grants in this Act and in division 
D, title III of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 
(Public Law 116–93). 
TITLE V—INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 
UNITED STATES FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE 
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Resource Manage-
ment’’, $21,000,000, to remain available until expended 
for research; listing injurious species; electronic permitting 
system development; operation and maintenance; law en-
forcement interdiction and inspections; and other support 
activities, as described in sections 190402, 190403, and 
190404 of division S of this Act: Provided, That amounts
may be transferred to ‘‘Surveys, Investigations and Re-
search’’ in the United States Geological Survey; ‘‘National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’’ in the Depart-
ment of Commerce; and the ‘‘Center for Disease Control’’ 
in the Department of Health and Human Services: 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 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
STATE AND TRIBAL WILDLIFE GRANTS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Tribal 
Wildlife Grants’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until 
expended, for a onetime grant program as described in 
section 190405 of division S 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. 
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 
SURVEYS, INVESTIGATIONS, AND RESEARCH 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Surveys, Investiga-
tions, and Research’’, $40,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, for technical assistance, bio-
surveillance of wildlife and environmental persistence 
studies and related research, database development, and
accompanying activities as described in section 190404 of 
division S of this Act: Provided, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 
OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian 
Programs’’, $900,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, of which— 
(1) $100,000,000 shall be for housing improve-
ment; 
(2) $780,000,000 shall be for providing Tribal 
government services, for Tribal government em-
ployee salaries to maintain operations, and cleaning 
and sanitization of Tribally owned and operated fa-
cilities; and 
(3) $20,000,000 shall be used to provide and 
deliver potable water; and, 
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall 
be obligated until 3 days after the Bureau of Indian Af-
fairs provides a detailed spend plan, which includes dis-
tribution and use of funds by Tribe, to the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate: Provided further, That the Bureau shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate quarterly on the obligations and ex-
penditures of the funds provided by this Act: Provided fur-
ther, That assistance received herein shall not be included 
in the calculation of funds received by those Tribal govern-
ments who participate in the ‘‘Small and Needy’’ program: 
Provided further, That such amounts, if transferred to In-
dian Tribes and Tribal organizations under the Indian 
Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (1) will 
be transferred on a one-time basis, (2) are non-recurring 
funds that are not part of the amount required by 25 
U.S.C. 5325, and (3) may only be used for the purposes 
identified under this heading in this Act, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law: Provided further, That section 
11008 of this Act shall not apply to tribal contracts en-
tered into by the Bureau of Indian Affairs with this appro-
priation: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 
INSULAR AFFAIRS 
ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance to Terri-
tories’’, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, of which (1) $945,000,000 is for Capital Im-
provement Project grants for hospitals and other critical 
infrastructure; and (2) $55,000,000 is for territorial as-
sistance, including general technical assistance: Provided, 
That any appropriation for disaster assistance under this 
heading in this Act or previous appropriations Acts may 
be used as non-Federal matching funds for the purpose 
of hazard mitigation grants provided pursuant to section 
404 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emer-
gency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170c): Provided further, 
That amounts repurposed pursuant to this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency 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 
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. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’ , $5,000,000, to remain available until expended: 
Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental Pro-
grams and Management’’, $50,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021, for environmental justice 
grants as described in section 190702 of division S 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.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 
INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Indian Health Serv-
ices’’, $2,100,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and provide health 
services related to coronavirus, of which— 
(1) $1,000,000,000 shall be used to supplement 
reduced third party revenue collections; 
(2) $500,000,000 shall be used for direct health 
and telehealth services, including to purchase sup-
plies and personal protective equipment; 
(3) $140,000,000 shall be used to expand 
broadband infrastructure and information tech-
nology for telehealth and electronic health record 
system purposes; 
(4) $20,000,000 shall be used to address the 
needs of domestic violence victims and homeless indi-
viduals and families; 
(5) not less than $64,000,000 shall be for 
Urban Indian Organizations; and, 
(6) not less than $10,000,000 shall be used to 
provide and deliver potable water:
Provided, That such funds shall be allocated at the discre-
tion of the Director of the Indian Health Service: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided herein, not less than 
$366,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 
‘‘Indian Health Service—Indian Health Facilities’’ at the 
discretion of the Director to modify existing health facili-
ties to provide isolation or quarantine space, to purchase 
and install updated equipment necessary, and for mainte-
nance and improvement projects necessary to the purposes 
specified in this Act: Provided further, That such amounts 
may be used to supplement amounts otherwise available 
for such purposes under ‘‘Indian Health Facilities’’: Pro-
vided further, That such amounts, if transferred to Tribes 
and Tribal organizations under the Indian Self-Deter-
mination and Education Assistance Act, will be trans-
ferred on a one-time basis and that these non-recurring 
funds are not part of the amount required by section 106 
of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5325), and that such amounts may 
only be used for the purposes identified under this heading 
notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided fur-
ther, That none of the funds appropriated under this head-
ing in this Act for telehealth broadband activities shall be 
available for obligation until 3 days after the Indian 
Health Service provides to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate, a 
detailed spend plan that includes the cost, location, and 
expected completion date of each activity: Provided fur-
ther, That the Indian Health Service shall notify the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate quarterly on the obligations and expendi-
tures of the funds provided by this Act: Provided further, 
That section 11008 of this Act shall not apply to tribal 
contracts entered into by the Bureau of Indian Affairs 
with this appropriation: 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. 
NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants and Adminis-
tration’’, $10,000,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2021, for grants to respond to the impacts of 
coronavirus: Provided, That such funds are available 
under the same terms and conditions as grant funding ap-
propriated to this heading in Public Law 116–94: Pro-
vided further, That 40 percent of such funds shall be dis-
tributed to State arts agencies and regional arts organiza-
tions and 60 percent of such funds shall be for direct 
grants: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, such funds may also be used by the re-
cipients of such grants for purposes of the general oper-
ations of such recipients: Provided further, That the 
matching requirements under subsections (e), (g)(4)(A), 
and (p)(3) of section 5 of the National Foundation on the 
Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954) may 
be waived with respect to such grants: 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. 
NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 
GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants and Adminis-
tration’’, $10,000,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2021, for grants to respond to the impacts of 
coronavirus: Provided, That such funds are available 
under the same terms and conditions as grant funding ap-
propriated to this heading in Public Law 116–94: Pro-
vided further, That 40 percent of such funds shall be dis-
tributed to state humanities councils and 60 percent of 
such funds shall be for direct grants: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such
funds may also be used by the recipients of such grants 
for purposes of the general operations of such recipients: 
Provided further, That the matching requirements under 
subsection (h)(2)(A) of section 7 of the National Founda-
tion on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 may be 
waived with respect to such grants: 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. 
TITLE VI—DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH 
AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, 
AND RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 
TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ-
ment Services’’, $2,040,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus, of which $15,000,000 shall 
be transferred to ‘‘Program Administration’’, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021, to carry out activities 
in this Act, Public Law 116–127 and Public Law 116– 
136 for full-time equivalent employees, information tech-
nology upgrades needed to expedite payments and support
implementation, including to expedite policy guidance and 
disbursement of funds, technical assistance and other as-
sistance to States and territories to speed payment of Fed-
eral and State unemployment benefits, and of which the 
remaining amounts shall be used to carry out activities 
under the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (re-
ferred to in this Act as ‘‘WIOA’’) as follows: 
(1) $485,000,000 for grants to the States for 
adult employment and training activities, including 
incumbent worker trainings, transitional jobs, on- 
the-job training, individualized career services, sup-
portive services, needs-related payments, and to fa-
cilitate remote access to training services provided 
through a one-stop delivery system through the use 
of technology, to remain available until June 30, 
2021: Provided, That an adult shall not be required 
to meet the requirements of section 134(c)(3)(B) of 
the WIOA: Provided further, That an adult who 
meets 
the 
requirements 
described 
in 
section 
2102(a)(3)(A) of Public Law 116–136 may be eligi-
ble for participation: Provided further, That priority 
may be given to individuals who are adversely im-
pacted by economic changes due to the coronavirus, 
including individuals seeking employment, dislocated 
workers, individuals with barriers to employment, in-
dividuals who are unemployed, or individuals who 
are underemployed; 
(2) $518,000,000 for grants to the States for 
youth activities, including supportive services, sum-
mer employment for youth, and to facilitate remote 
access to training services provided through a one- 
stop delivery system through the use of technology, 
to remain available until June 30, 2021: Provided, 
That individuals described in section 2102(a)(3)(A) 
of Public Law 116–136 may be eligible for participa-
tion as an out-of-school youth if they meet the re-
quirements of clauses (i) and (ii) of section 
129(a)(1)(B) or as in-school youth if they meet the 
requirements of clauses (i) and (iii) of section 
129(a)(1)(C) of the WIOA; Provided further, That 
priority shall be given for out-of-school youth and 
youth with multiple barriers to employment: Pro-
vided further, That funds shall support employer 
partnerships for youth employment and subsidized 
employment, and partnerships with community- 
based organizations to support such employment; 
(3) $597,000,000 for grants to States for dis-
located worker employment and training activities, 
including incumbent worker trainings, transitional 
jobs, on-the-job training, individualized career serv-
ices, supportive services, needs-related payments, 
and to facilitate remote access to training services 
provided through a one-stop delivery system through 
the use of technology, to remain available until June 
30, 2021: Provided, That a dislocated worker shall 
not be required to meet the requirements of section 
134(c)(3)(B) of the WIOA: Provided further, That a 
dislocated worker who meets the requirements de-
scribed in section 2102(a)(3)(A) of Public Law 116– 
136 may be eligible for participation; 
(4) $400,000,000 for the dislocated workers as-
sistance national reserve to remain available until 
September 30, 2023; and 
(5) $25,000,000 for migrant and seasonal 
farmworker programs under section 167 of the 
WIOA, including emergency supportive services, to 
remain available until June 30, 2021, of which no 
less than $500,000 shall be for the collection and 
dissemination of electronic and printed materials re-
lated to coronavirus to the migrant and seasonal 
farmworker population nationwide, including Puerto 
Rico, through a cooperative agreement; 
Provided, That the impact of the COVID–19 national 
emergency may be considered as an additional factor for 
reimbursement for on-the-job training under section
134(c)(3)(H) of the WIOA and as a factor in determining 
an employer’s portion of the costs of providing customized 
training under section 3(14) of the WIOA: Provided fur-
ther, That notwithstanding section 134(d)(5) of the 
WIOA, a local board may use 40 percent of funds received 
under paragraphs (1) and (3) for transitional jobs: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding section 194(10) of the 
WIOA, that funds used to support transitional jobs may 
also be used to support public service employment: Pro-
vided 
further, 
That 
sections 
127(b)(1)(C)(iv)(III), 
132(b)(1)(B)(iv)(III), and 132(b)(2)(B)(iii)(II) shall not 
apply to funds appropriated under this heading: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
WAGE AND HOUR DIVISION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Wage and Hour Divi-
sion’’, $6,500,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, including for the administration, oversight, 
and coordination of worker protection activities related 
thereto: Provided, That the Secretary of Labor shall use 
funds provided under this heading to support enforcement
activities and outreach efforts to make individuals, par-
ticularly low-wage workers, aware of their rights under di-
vision C and division E of Public Law 116–127: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Occupational Safety 
and Health Administration’’, $100,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021, for implementation of 
section 120302 of The Heroes Act and for worker protec-
tion and enforcement activities to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus, of which $25,000,000 shall 
be for Susan Harwood training grants and at least 
$70,000,000 shall be to hire additional compliance safety 
and health officers, and for state plan enforcement, to pro-
tect workers from coronavirus by enforcing all applicable 
standards and directives, including 29 CFR 1910.132, 29 
CFR 1910.134, section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety 
and Health Act of 1970, and 29 CFR 1910.1030: Pro-
vided, That activities to protect workers from coronavirus 
supported by funds provided under this heading includes 
additional enforcement of standards and directives ref-
erenced in the preceding proviso at slaughterhouses, poul-
try processing plants, and agricultural workplaces: Pro-
vided further, That within 15 days of the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit a 
spending and hiring plan for the funds made available 
under this heading, and a monthly staffing report until 
all funds are expended, to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate: Pro-
vided further, That within 15 days of the date of enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall submit a 
plan for the additional enforcement activities described in 
the third proviso to the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency 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 such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 
SEC. 10601. There is hereby appropriated for fiscal 
year 2021 for ‘‘Department of Labor—Employment 
Training Administration—State Unemployment Insur-
ance and Employment Service Operations’’, $28,600,000, 
to be expended from the Employment Security Adminis-
tration Account in the Unemployment Trust Fund (‘‘the 
Trust Fund’’) to carry out title III of the Social Security 
Act: Provided, That such amount shall only become avail-
able for obligation if the Average Weekly Insured Unem-
ployment (‘‘AWIU’’) for fiscal year 2021 is projected, by 
the Department of Labor during fiscal year 2021 to ex-
ceed 1,728,000: Provided further, That to the extent that 
the AWIU for fiscal year 2021 is projected by the Depart-
ment of Labor to exceed 1,728,000, an additional 
$28,600,000 from the Trust Fund shall be made available 
for obligation during fiscal year 2021 for every 100,000 
increase in the AWIU level (including a pro rata amount 
for any increment less than 100,000): Provided further, 
That, except as specified in this section, amounts provided 
herein shall be available under the same authority and 
conditions applicable to funds provided to carry out title 
III of the Social Security Act under the heading ‘‘Depart-
ment of Labor—Employment Training Administration— 
State Unemployment Insurance and Employment Service
Operations’’ in division A of Public Law 116–94: Provided 
further, That such amounts shall be in addition to any 
other funds made available in any fiscal year for such pur-
poses: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES 
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Primary Health 
Care’’, $7,600,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for necessary expenses to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus, for grants and coop-
erative 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 staff-
ing 
levels: 
Provided, 
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 provided 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 maintain mobile vehicles and equip-
ment to conduct such testing; and (3) hire and train lab-
oratory personnel and other staff to conduct such mobile 
testing: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Ryan White HIV/ 
AIDS Program’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 
to coronavirus: Provided, That awards from funds pro-
vided 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, F, and section 2692(a) of title XXVI of the Pub-
lic 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 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’’, $2,130,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation-
ally: 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: 
Provided 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 30550 of division C of this Act: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading in this Act for specified programs, not 
less than $100,000,000 shall be allocated to tribes, tribal
organizations, urban Indian health organizations, or 
health service providers to tribes: Provided further, That 
of the amount provided under this heading in this Act, 
$130,000,000 shall be for public health data surveillance 
and analytics infrastructure modernization: Provided fur-
ther, That funds appropriated under this heading in this 
Act for grants may be used for the rent, lease, purchase, 
acquisition, construction, alteration, or renovation of non- 
Federally owned facilities to improve preparedness and re-
sponse capability at the State and local level: Provided fur-
ther, That all construction, alteration, or renovation work, 
carried out, in whole or in part, with funds appropriated 
under this heading in this Act, or under this heading in 
the CARES ACT (P.L. 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 emergency 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 re-
main available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, pre-
pare 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 Balanced 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 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Direc-
tor’’, $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 sci-
entific research or the programs and platforms that sup-
port research: Provided further, That funds made available 
under this heading in this Act may be transferred to the 
accounts of the Institutes and Centers of the National In-
stitutes of Health (‘‘NIH’’): Provided further, That this 
transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au-
thority available to the NIH: 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. 
SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION 
HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Health Surveillance 
and Program Support’’, $3,000,000,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That of the funds 
made available under this heading in this Act, 
$1,500,000,000 shall be for grants for the substance 
abuse prevention and treatment block grant program 
under subpart 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, 
$1,000,000,000 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 funds made available under this heading in 
this Act, $100,000,000 shall be for services to the home-
less population: 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 Na-
tional Child Traumatic Stress Network: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading in 
this Act, $265,000,000 is available for activities author-
ized under section 501(o) of the Public Health Service 
Act: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading in this Act, $25,000,000 shall be for 
the Suicide Lifeline and Disaster Distress Helpline: Pro-
vided further, That of the amount made available under 
this heading in this Act for specified programs, not less 
than $150,000,000 shall be allocated to tribes, tribal orga-
nizations, urban Indian health organizations, or health or 
behavioral health service providers to tribes: Provided fur-
ther, That the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Serv-
ices Administration has flexibility to amend allowable ac-
tivities, timelines, and reporting requirements for the Sub-
stance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Block Grant and 
the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant pur-
suant to the public health emergency declaration: Provided 
further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Manage-
ment’’, $150,000,000, to remain available through Sep-
tember 30, 2022, 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 
control, and staffing pursuant to section 30209 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. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 
LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Low Income Home 
Energy Assistance’’, $1,500,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, for making payments under sub-
section (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, $750,000,000 shall be allocated as though the 
total appropriation for such payments for fiscal year 2020 
was less than $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That each 
grantee that receives an allotment of funds made available 
under this heading in this Act shall, for purposes of in-
come eligibility, deem to be eligible any household that 
documents job loss or severe income loss dated after Feb-
ruary 29, 2020, such as a layoff or furlough notice or 
verification of application for unemployment benefits: Pro-
vided further, That the limitation in section 2605(b)(9)(A) 
of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, 
regarding planning and administering the use of funds, 
shall apply to funds provided under this heading in this 
Act by substituting ‘‘12.5 percent’’ for ‘‘10 percent’’: Pro-
vided further, That section 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 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. 
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 remain available until September 30, 
2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 
including for Federal administrative expenses, which shall 
be used to supplement, not supplant State, Territory, and 
Tribal general revenue funds for child care assistance 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 pro-
vided 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 ap-
plicable: 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 agen-
cies shall, for the duration of the COVID–19 public health 
emergency, 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 Secretary 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 fur-
ther, That States, Territories, and Tribes are authorized 
to use funds appropriated under this heading in this Act 
to provide child care assistance to health care sector em-
ployees, emergency responders, sanitation workers, farm-
workers, and other workers deemed essential during the 
response to coronavirus by public officials, without regard 
to the income eligibility requirements 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 section 658P(6) of the CCDBG 
Act, even if such providers were not receiving CCDBG as-
sistance prior to the public health emergency as a result
of the coronavirus, for the purposes of cleaning and sani-
tation, and other activities necessary to maintain or re-
sume the operation of programs: Provided further, That 
no later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
Act, each State, Territory, and Tribe that receives funding 
under this heading in this Act shall submit to the Sec-
retary a report, in such manner as the Secretary may re-
quire, 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 Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Com-
mittee 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, de-
scribing 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 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the
Senate, the Committee on Education and Labor of the 
House of Representatives, and the Committee on Health, 
Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report 
summarizing such reports from the States, Territories, 
and Tribes: Provided further, That payments made under 
this heading in this Act may be obligated in this fiscal 
year or the succeeding two fiscal years: Provided further, 
That funds appropriated under this heading in this Act 
may be made available to restore amounts, either directly 
or through reimbursement, for obligations incurred to pre-
vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 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 
pursuant 
to 
section 
251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families 
Services Programs’’, $1,590,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, which shall be used as follows: 
(1) $50,000,000 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-
tion 306(c)(4) of such Act, of which $2,000,000 
shall be for the National Domestic Violence Hotline: 
Provided, That the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services may make such funds available for pro-
viding temporary housing and assistance to victims 
of family, domestic, and dating violence; 
(2) $20,000,000 for necessary expenses for 
community-based grants for the prevention of child 
abuse and neglect under section 209 of the Child 
Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act, which the 
Secretary shall make without regard to sections 
203(b)(1) and 204(4) of such Act; and 
(3) $20,000,000 for necessary expenses for the 
Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act State 
Grant program as authorized by Section 112 of such 
Act; 
(4) $1,500,000,000 for necessary expenses for 
grants to carry out the Low-Income Household 
Drinking Water and Wastewater Assistance pro-
gram, as described in section 190703 of division S 
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 funds ap-
propriated by the CARES Act (P.L. 116–136) to carry 
out the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
9901 et seq.) and received by a State shall be made avail-
able to eligible entities (as defined in section 673(1)(A) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(1)(A)) not later than either 
30 days after such State receives such funds or 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, whichever oc-
curs later: Provided further, That such amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Aging and Disability 
Services Programs’’, $100,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to the coronavirus: Provided, That of the amount 
made available under this heading in this Act, 
$85,000,000 shall be for activities authorized under the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’) and activities au-
thorized under part B of title XX of the Social Security 
Act, including $20,000,000 for supportive services under 
part B of title III; $19,000,000 for nutrition services 
under subparts 1 and 2 of part C of title III; $1,000,000
for nutrition services under title VI; $20,000,000 for sup-
portive services for family caregivers under part E of title 
III; $10,000,000 for evidence-based health promotion and 
disease prevention services under part D of title III; 
$10,000,000 for elder rights protection activities, includ-
ing the long-term ombudsman program under title VII 
and adult protective services programs through the Elder 
Justice Act; and $5,000,000 shall be for grants to States 
to support the network of statewide senior legal services, 
including existing 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 further, 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 head-
ing: Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading in this Act, $10,000,000 shall be for 
activities authorized in the Developmental Disabilities As-
sistance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available under this heading in 
this Act, $5,000,000 shall be for activities authorized in 
the Assistive Technology Act of 2004: Provided further, 
That of the amount made available in the preceding pro-
viso, $5,000,000 shall be for the purchase of equipment 
to allow interpreters to provide appropriate and essential 
services to the hearing-impaired community: Provided fur-
ther, That for the purposes of the funding provided in the 
preceding proviso, during the emergency period described 
in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act, for 
purposes of section 4(e)(2)(A) of the Assistive Technology 
Act of 2004, the term ‘‘targeted individuals and entities’’ 
(as that term is defined in section 3(16) of the Assistive 
Technology Act of 2004) shall be deemed to include Amer-
ican Sign Language certified interpreters who are pro-
viding interpretation services remotely for individuals with 
disabilities: Provided further, That during such emergency 
period, for the purposes of the previous two provisos, to 
facilitate the ability of individuals with disabilities to re-
main in their homes and practice social 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 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.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY 
FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So-
cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $4,575,000,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, pre-
pare 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 re-
sponse activities: Provided, That funds appropriated under 
this paragraph in this Act may be used to develop and 
demonstrate innovations and enhancements to manufac-
turing platforms to support such capabilities: Provided 
further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
shall purchase vaccines developed using funds made avail-
able under this paragraph in this Act to respond to an 
outbreak or pandemic related to coronavirus in quantities 
determined by the Secretary to be adequate to address the
public health need: Provided further, That products pur-
chased by the Federal government with funds made avail-
able under this paragraph in this Act, including vaccines, 
therapeutics, and diagnostics, shall be purchased in ac-
cordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation guidance on 
fair and reasonable pricing: Provided further, That the 
Secretary may take such measures authorized under cur-
rent law to ensure that vaccines, therapeutics, and 
diagnostics developed from funds provided in this Act will 
be affordable in the commercial market: Provided further, 
That in carrying out the previous 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 Secretary 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 appropriated under this 
paragraph in this Act may be transferred to, and merged 
with, the fund authorized by section 319F–4, the Covered 
Countermeasure Process Fund, of the Public Health Serv-
ice Act: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this paragraph in this Act, $3,500,000,000 
shall be available to the Biomedical Advanced Research 
and Development Authority for necessary expenses of ad-
vanced research, development, manufacturing, production, 
and purchase of vaccines and therapeutics: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under this para-
graph in this Act, $500,000,000 shall be available to the 
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Author-
ity for the construction, renovation, or equipping of U.S.- 
based next generation manufacturing facilities, other than 
facilities owned by the United States Government: Pro-
vided 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 innovation 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, purchase, acquisition, con-
struction, 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, renovation or equip-
ping of non-Federally owned facilities for the production 
of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, and 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 sufficient do-
mestic production of such supplies: Provided further, 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 En-
hancement Act (P.L. 116–139), shall be subject to the re-
quirements 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 Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
on the current inventory of ventilators and personal pro-
tective equipment in the Strategic National Stockpile, in-
cluding 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: Provided further, That after the date 
that a report is required to be submitted by the preceding 
proviso, amounts made available for ‘‘Department of 
Health and Human Services—Office of the Secretary— 
General Departmental Management’’ in Public Law 116– 
94 for salaries and expenses of the Immediate Office of 
the Secretary shall be reduced by $250,000 for each day
that such report has not been submitted: Provided further, 
That not later than the first Monday in February of fiscal 
year 2021 and each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary 
shall include in the annual budget submission for the De-
partment, and submit to the Congress, the Secretary’s re-
quest with respect to expenditures necessary to maintain 
the minimum level of relevant supplies in the Strategic 
National Stockpile, including in case of a significant pan-
demic, in consultation with the working group under sec-
tion 319F(a) of the Public Health Service Act and the 
Public Health Emergency Medical Countermeasures En-
terprise 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’’, $100,000,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus, for necessary expenses to make 
payments under the Health Care Provider Relief Fund as 
described in section 30611 of division C of this Act: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency 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 the COVID-19 National Testing and Contact Tracing 
Initiative, as described in subtitle D of division C 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. 
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 
STATE FISCAL STABILIZATION FUND 
For an additional amount for ‘‘State Fiscal Stabiliza-
tion Fund’’, $90,000,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2022, 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 ele-
mentary, 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 per-
cent to the outlying areas and one-half of 1 percent to
the Bureau of Indian Education (‘‘BIE’’) for activities 
consistent with this heading under such terms and condi-
tions as the Secretary may determine: Provided further, 
That the Secretary may reserve up to $30,000,000 for ad-
ministration and oversight of the activities under this 
heading: Provided further, That the Secretary shall allo-
cate 61 percent of the remaining funds made available to 
carry out this heading to the States on the basis of their 
relative population of individuals aged 5 through 24 and 
allocate 39 percent on the basis of their relative number 
of children counted under section 1124(c) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (referred to 
under this heading as ‘‘ESEA’’) as State grants: Provided 
further, That State grants shall support statewide elemen-
tary, secondary, and postsecondary activities; subgrants to 
local educational agencies; and, subgrants to public insti-
tutions of higher education: Provided further, That States 
shall allocate 65 percent of the funds received under the 
fourth proviso as subgrants to local educational agencies 
in proportion to the amount of funds such local edu-
cational agencies received under part A of title I of the 
ESEA in the most recent fiscal year: Provided further, 
That States shall allocate 30 percent of the funds received 
under the fourth proviso as subgrants to public institu-
tions of higher education, of which the Governor shall re-
serve a percentage necessary to make the minimum grants 
described in the next proviso and, of the amounts remain-
ing after making such reservation, 75 percent shall be ap-
portioned according to the relative share in the State of 
students who received Pell Grants who are not exclusively 
enrolled in distance education courses prior to the 
coronavirus emergency at the institution in the previous 
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 en-
rolled in distance education courses prior to the 
coronavirus emergency at the institution in the previous 
award year: Provided further, That any public institution 
of higher education that is not otherwise eligible for a 
grant of at least $1,000,000 under the preceding proviso 
and has an enrollment of at least 500 students shall be 
eligible to receive an amount equal to whichever is lesser 
of the total loss of revenue and increased costs associated 
with the coronavirus or $1,000,000: Provided further, 
That the Governor shall use any remaining funds that 
were unnecessary to carry out the previous proviso to dis-
tribute such funds to institutions of higher education in 
accordance with the formula in the preceding provisos: 
Provided further, That the Governor may use any funds 
received under the fourth proviso that are not specifically
reserved under this heading for additional support to ele-
mentary, secondary, and postsecondary education, includ-
ing 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 
Governor 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 oth-
erwise commit within two years of receiving such funds, 
and the Secretary shall reallocate such funds to the re-
maining States in accordance with the fourth proviso: Pro-
vided further, That Governors shall use State grants and 
subgrants to maintain or restore State and local fiscal 
support for elementary, secondary and postsecondary edu-
cation: Provided further, That funds for local educational 
agencies may be used for any activity authorized by the 
ESEA, including the Native Hawaiian Education Act and 
the Alaska Native Educational Equity, Support, and As-
sistance Act, the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
Act (‘‘IDEA’’), subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney- 
Vento Homeless Assistance 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 heading may use the funds for 
activities coordinated with State, local, tribal, and terri-
torial public health departments to detect, prevent, or 
mitigate the spread of infectious disease or otherwise re-
spond to coronavirus; support online learning by pur-
chasing educational technology and internet access for stu-
dents, which may include assistive technology or adaptive 
equipment, that aids in regular and substantive edu-
cational interactions between students and their classroom 
instructor; provide ongoing professional development to 
staff in how to effectively provide quality online academic 
instruction; provide assistance for children and families to 
promote equitable participation in quality online learning; 
plan and implement activities related to supplemental 
afterschool programs and summer learning, including pro-
viding classroom instruction or quality online learning 
during the summer months; plan for and coordinate dur-
ing long-term closures, provide technology for quality on-
line learning to all students, and how to support the needs 
of low-income students, racial and ethnic minorities, stu-
dents with disabilities, English learners, students experi-
encing homelessness, and children in foster care, including 
how to address learning gaps that are created or exacer-
bated due to long-term closures; support the continuity of 
student engagement through social and emotional learn-
ing; and other activities that are necessary to maintain 
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 in-
curred, and payroll) and grants to students for expenses 
directly related to coronavirus and the disruption of cam-
pus operations (which may include emergency financial aid 
to students for tuition, food, housing, technology, health 
care, and child care costs that shall not be required to 
be repaid by such students) or for the acquisition of tech-
nology and services directly related to the need for dis-
tance education and the training of faculty and staff to 
use such technology and services: Provided further, That 
an institution of higher education may not use funds re-
ceived under this heading to increase its endowment or 
provide funding for capital outlays associated with facili-
ties related to athletics, sectarian instruction, or religious 
worship: Provided further, That funds may be used to sup-
port hourly workers, such as education support profes-
sionals, classified school employees, and adjunct and con-
tingent faculty: Provided further, That a Governor 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 rea-
sonably require: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 
issue a notice inviting applications not later than 15 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, 
That any State receiving funding under this heading shall 
maintain its percent of total spending on elementary, sec-
ondary, and postsecondary education in fiscal year 2019 
for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022: Provided further, 
That a State’s application shall include assurances that 
the State will maintain support for elementary and sec-
ondary 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 fis-
cal year for which State support for elementary and sec-
ondary education is provided: 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 
development 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 high-
er education and state financial aid) in the 3 fiscal years 
preceding the fiscal year for which State support for high-
er education is provided, and that any such State’s sup-
port for higher education funding, as calculated as spend-
ing 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 
application, the Governor shall provide baseline data that 
demonstrates the State’s current status in each of the 
areas described in such assurances in the preceding pro-
visos: Provided further, That a State’s application shall in-
clude assurances that the State will not construe any pro-
visions under this heading as displacing any otherwise ap-
plicable provision of any collective-bargaining agreement 
between an eligible entity and a labor organization as de-
fined by section 2(5) of the National Labor Relations Act 
(29 U.S.C. 152(5)) or analogous State law: Provided fur-
ther, That a State’s application shall include assurances 
that the State shall maintain the wages, benefits, and 
other terms and conditions of employment set forth in any 
collective-bargaining agreement between the eligible entity 
and a labor organization, as defined in the preceding pro-
viso: Provided further, That a State’s application shall in-
clude assurances that all students with disabilities are af-
forded their full rights under IDEA, including all rights 
and services outlined in individualized education programs 
(‘‘IEPs’’): 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 as-
sistance to students to attend private elementary or sec-
ondary schools, unless such funds are used to provide spe-
cial education and related services to children with disabil-
ities whose IEPs require such placement, and where the 
school district maintains responsibility for providing such 
children a free appropriate public education, as authorized 
by IDEA: Provided further, That a local educational agen-
cy, 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 disruptions or closures related to coronavirus: Pro-
vided further, That the terms ‘‘elementary education’’ and 
‘‘secondary education’’ have the meaning given such terms 
under State law: Provided further, That the term ‘‘institu-
tion of higher education’’ has the meaning given such term
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in section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965: Pro-
vided further, That the term ‘‘fiscal year’’ shall have the 
meaning given such term under State law: Provided fur-
ther, That the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 States, 
the District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puer-
to Rico: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
HIGHER EDUCATION 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Higher Education’’, 
$10,150,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2021, 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 for ex-
penses already incurred, technology costs associated with 
a transition to distance education, sign language and cap-
tioning costs associated with a transition to distance edu-
cation, faculty and staff trainings, and payroll) directly 
caused by coronavirus and to enable emergency financial 
aid to students for expenses directly related to coronavirus 
and the disruption of university operations (which may in-
clude food, housing, transportation, technology, health 
care, and child care), of which $20,000,000 shall be trans-
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ferred to ‘‘Howard University’’ to help defray expenses 
(which may include lost revenue, reimbursement for ex-
penses already incurred, technology costs associated with 
a transition to distance education, technology costs associ-
ated with a transition to distance education, faculty and 
staff trainings, and payroll) directly related to coronavirus 
and to enable grants to students for expenses directly re-
lated to coronavirus and the disruption of university oper-
ations (which may include food, housing, transportation, 
technology, health care, and child care), of which 
$11,000,000 shall be transferred to ‘‘Gallaudet Univer-
sity’’ to help defray expenses (which may include lost rev-
enue, reimbursement for expenses already incurred, tech-
nology costs associated with a transition to distance edu-
cation, sign language and captioning costs associated with 
a transition to distance education, faculty and staff 
trainings, and payroll) directly related to coronavirus and 
to enable grants to students for expenses directly related 
to coronavirus and the disruption of university operations 
(which may include food, housing, transportation, tech-
nology, health care, and child care), and of which the re-
maining 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 Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (‘‘HEA’’) as follows:
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(1) $1,708,000,000 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 
related 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 Ap-
propriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) and 
distributed to institutions of higher education as fol-
lows: 
(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: 
(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 
beginning of that fiscal year and the total 
number of Pell Grant recipients at all such 
institutions;
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(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 stu-
dents enrolled 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-
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
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under section 318 of the Higher Education Act, 
the Secretary shall allot funding according to 
the formula in section 318(e) of the Higher 
Education 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 eligible. 
(2) $8,400,000,000 for part B of title VII of 
the HEA for institutions of higher education (as de-
fined in section 101 or 102(c) of the HEA) to ad-
dress needs directly related to coronavirus as follows: 
(A) $7,000,000,000 shall be provided to 
private, nonprofit institutions of higher edu-
cation— 
(i) by reserving an amount necessary 
to make the minimum grants described in 
the second to last proviso under this head-
ing; and
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(ii) from amounts not reserved under 
clause (i), by apportioning— 
(I) 75 percent according to the 
relative share of enrollment of Federal 
Pell Grant recipients who are not ex-
clusively enrolled in distance edu-
cation 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 exclu-
sively enrolled in distance education 
courses prior to the coronavirus emer-
gency. 
(B) $1,400,000,000 shall be for institu-
tions of higher education with unmet need re-
lated to the coronavirus, including institutions 
of higher education that offer their courses and 
programs exclusively through distance edu-
cation: 
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-
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dent’s cost of attendance (as defined under section 472 
of the HEA), including tuition, food, housing, course ma-
terials, technology, health care, and child care): Provided 
further, That institutions of higher education may use 
such funds to defray expenses (including lost revenue, re-
imbursement for expenses already incurred, technology 
costs associated with a transition to distance education, 
faculty and staff trainings, and payroll) incurred by insti-
tutions of higher education: Provided further, That such 
payments shall not be used to increase endowments or pro-
vide funding for capital outlays associated with facilities 
related to athletics, sectarian instruction, or religious wor-
ship: Provided further, That any private, nonprofit institu-
tion 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 increased costs 
associated with the coronavirus or $1,000,000: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided under paragraph 2(B), 
the Secretary shall make an application available for insti-
tutions 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
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or challenges implementing distance education platforms 
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 
communities or regions where the number of coronavirus 
cases has imposed exceptional costs on the institution, and 
other criteria that the Secretary shall identify after con-
sultation with institutions of higher education or their rep-
resentatives: Provided further, That no institution may re-
ceive an award 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 Sec-
retary shall brief the Committees on Appropriations fif-
teen days in advance 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 
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. 10602. Amounts made available to ‘‘Depart-
ment of Education—Office of Inspector General’’ in title
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VIII of division B of Public Law 116–136 are hereby per-
manently rescinded, and an amount of additional new 
budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded is 
hereby appropriated, 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 purposes: Provided, 
That the amounts appropriated by this section may also 
be used for investigations and are available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 10603. The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco-
nomic Security Act (P.L. 116–136) is amended by striking 
section 18001(a)(3): Provided, That amounts repurposed 
pursuant to the amendment made by this section that 
were previously designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency 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 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 10604. Section 18005(a) of the Coronavirus 
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (P.L. 116–136)
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is 
amended 
by 
inserting 
‘‘including 
subsections 
(a)(4)(A)(i) and (c) of such section’’ after ‘‘section 1117’’ 
and by inserting ‘‘Such equitable services shall be provided 
by the local educational agency in which the students re-
side, and the amount of funds available for such equitable 
services shall be based on the number of nonpublic school 
students who were identified in the calculation under sec-
tion 1117(c)(1) of the ESEA for purposes of Title I–A 
during the 2019–2020 school year relative to the sum of 
such students in public schools during the 2019–2020 
school year.’’ after ‘‘representatives of nonpublic schools.’’: 
Provided, That amounts repurposed pursuant to the 
amendment made by this section that were previously des-
ignated 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 Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 10605. 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 
significant changes to the delivery of instruction due to 
the coronavirus’’ and inserting ‘‘to defray expenses (in-
cluding lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses already
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incurred, technology costs associated with a transition to 
distance education, faculty and staff trainings, payroll) in-
curred by institutions of higher education.’’: Provided, 
That amounts repurposed pursuant to the amendment 
made by 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 
requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985. 
SEC. 10606. With respect to the allocation and award 
of funds under this title, the Secretary of Education is 
prohibited from— 
(a) establishing a priority or preference not specified 
in this title; and 
(b) imposing limits on the use of such funds not spec-
ified in this title. 
RELATED AGENCIES 
CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY 
SERVICE 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS—CORPORATION FOR 
NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE 
SEC. 10607. (a) The remaining unobligated balances 
of funds as of September 30, 2020, from amounts pro-
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vided to ‘‘Corporation for National and Community Serv-
ice—Salaries and Expenses’’ in title IV of division A of 
the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Pub-
lic Law 116–94), are hereby permanently rescinded, and 
an amount of additional new budget authority equal to 
the unobligated balances rescinded is hereby appropriated 
on September 30, 2020, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, for the same purposes and under the 
same authorities that they were originally made available 
in Public Law 116–94, which shall be in addition to any 
other funds available for such purposes: 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. 
(b) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as 
of September 30, 2020, from amounts provided to ‘‘Cor-
poration for National and Community Service—Operating 
Expenses’’ in title IV of division A of the Further Consoli-
dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), are 
hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of addi-
tional new budget authority equal to the unobligated bal-
ances rescinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 
2020, to remain available until September 30, 2021, for 
the same purposes and under the same authorities that
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they were originally made available in Public Law 116– 
94, which shall be in addition to any other funds available 
for such purposes: Provided, That any amounts appro-
priated by the preceding proviso shall not be subject to 
the allotment requirements otherwise applicable under sec-
tions 129(a), (b), (d), and (e) of the National and Commu-
nity Service Act of 1993: 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. 
(c) The remaining unobligated balances of funds as 
of September 30, 2020, from amounts provided to ‘‘Cor-
poration for National and Community Service—Office of 
Inspector General’’ in title IV of division A of the Further 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 
94), are hereby permanently rescinded, and an amount of 
additional new budget authority equal to the amount re-
scinded is hereby appropriated on September 30, 2020, 
to remain available until September 30, 2021, for the 
same purposes and under the same authorities that they 
were originally made available in Public Law 116–94, 
which shall be in addition to any other funds available for 
such purposes: Provided, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement
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pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
(d)(1) Section 3514(b) of title III of division A of 
Public Law 116–136 is hereby repealed, and such section 
shall be applied hereafter as if such subsection had never 
been enacted. 
(2)(A) IN
GENERAL.—The amounts provided 
under this subsection are designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the 
Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 
933(g)), and the budgetary effects shall not be en-
tered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursu-
ant to section 4(d) of such Act. 
(B) DESIGNATION
IN
THE
SENATE.—In the 
Senate, this subsection is designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 4112(a) of H. 
Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the concurrent reso-
lution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, and the 
budgetary effects shall not be entered on any 
PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of sec-
tion 4106 of such concurrent resolution. 
(C) 
CLASSIFICATION
OF
BUDGETARY
EF-
FECTS.—Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget 
Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the joint ex-
planatory statement of the committee of conference
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accompanying Conference Report 105–217 and sec-
tion 250(c)(7) and (c)(8) of the Balanced Budget 
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 
budgetary effects of this subsection shall not be esti-
mated— 
(i) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; 
and 
(ii) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of 
section 3 of the Statutory Pay As-You-Go Act 
of 2010 as being included in an appropriation 
Act. 
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’’, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus, including grants to States, terri-
tories, tribes, museums, and libraries, to expand digital 
network access, purchase internet accessible devices, pro-
vide technical support services, and for operational ex-
penses: 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
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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 
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 remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus, including the expeditious dispensation of rail-
road unemployment insurance benefits, and to support 
full-time equivalents and overtime hours as needed to ad-
minister the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act: Pro-
vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency 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, in-
cluding salaries and expenses necessary for oversight, in-
vestigations and audits of the Railroad Retirement Board 
and railroad unemployment insurance benefits funded in 
this Act and Public Law 116–136: Provided, That such
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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. 10608. 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. 10609. Funds appropriated by this title may be 
used by the Secretary of the Health and Human Services 
to appoint, without regard to the provisions of sections 
3309 through 3319 of title 5 of the United States Code, 
candidates needed for positions to perform critical 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. 10610. Funds made available by this title may 
be used to enter into contracts with individuals for the 
provision of personal services (as described in section 104 
of part 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 inter-
nationally, subject to prior notification to the Committees
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on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided, That such individuals may not be 
deemed employees of the United States for the purpose 
of any law administered by the Office of Personnel Man-
agement: Provided further, That the authority made avail-
able pursuant to this section shall expire on September 
30, 2024. 
SEC. 10611. Not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall provide a detailed spend plan of an-
ticipated uses of funds made available to the Department 
of Health and Human Services in this Act, including esti-
mated personnel and administrative costs, to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate: Provided, That such plans shall be up-
dated and submitted to such Committees every 60 days 
until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That the 
spend plans shall be accompanied by a listing of each con-
tract obligation incurred that exceeds $5,000,000 which 
has not previously been reported, including the amount of 
each such obligation. 
SEC. 10612. Not later than September 30, 2020, the 
remaining unobligated balances of funds made available 
through September 30, 2020, under the heading ‘‘Na-
tional Institutes of Health’’ in the Further Consolidated
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Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) are hereby 
permanently rescinded, and an amount of additional new 
budget authority equivalent to the amount rescinded from 
each account is hereby appropriated to that account, to 
remain available until September 30, 2021, and shall be 
available for the same purposes, in addition to other funds 
as may be available for such purposes, and under the same 
authorities for which the funds were originally provided 
in Public Law 116–94: Provided, 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. 
SEC. 10613. Funds made available in Public Law 
113–235 to the accounts of the National Institutes of 
Health that were available for obligation through fiscal 
year 2015 and were obligated for multi-year research 
grants shall be available through fiscal year 2021 for the 
liquidation of valid obligations if the Director of the Na-
tional Insitutes of Health determines the project suffered 
an interruption of activities attributable to SARS–CoV– 
2: Provided, 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 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
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SEC. 10614. Of the funds appropriated by this title 
under the heading ‘‘Public Health and Social Services 
Emergency Fund’’, $75,000,000 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 ac-
tivities supported with funds appropriated to the Depart-
ment 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 Appropriations 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 VII—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
For an additional amount for the ‘‘House of Rep-
resentatives’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2021, for necessary expenses to prevent, pre-
pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That the 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
shall be allocated in accordance with a spend plan sub-
mitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives by the Chief Administrative Officer and 
approved by such Committee: Provided further, That such
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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. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
for audits and investigations relating to COVID–19 or 
similar pandemics, as well as any related stimulus funding 
to assist the United States response to health and eco-
nomic vulnerabilities to pandemics: Provided, That, not 
later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Government Accountability Office shall submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and the Senate a spend plan specifying funding esti-
mates and a timeline for such audits and investigations: 
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.
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TITLE VIII—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOREIGN 
OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 
General’’, $2,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2022, for oversight of funds administered by the De-
partment 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 pursuant 
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. 10801. Section 21005 of the Emergency Appro-
priations for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency 
Operations (division B of Public Law 116–136) is amend-
ed by inserting at the end before the period ‘‘and is further 
amended by striking ‘$5,563,619’ in the second proviso 
under the heading ‘Repatriation Loans Program Account’ 
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘$15,563,619’ ’’. 
SEC. 10802. Section 21009 of the Emergency Appro-
priations for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency
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Operations (division B of Public Law 116–136) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and inserting in lieu 
thereof ‘‘fiscal years 2020 and 2021’’: Provided, That the 
amount provided by this section 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 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE IX 
TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN 
DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 
OPERATIONS 
For 
an 
additional 
amount 
for 
‘‘Operations’’, 
$75,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: 
Provided, That amounts made available under this head-
ing in this Act shall be derived from the general fund, 
of which not less than $1,000,000 shall be for the Admin-
istrator to seek to enter into an agreement not later than 
45 days after the date of enactment of this Act with a 
research organization established under chapter 1503 of 
title 36, United States Code, to conduct a study to deter-
mine whether the environmental controls systems in com-
mercial airliners recirculate pathogens in the cabin air and
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to assess existing and potential technological solutions to 
reduce pathogen recirculation and to mitigate any elevated 
risk of exposure to pathogens in the cabin air: Provided 
further That such amount is designated by the Congress 
as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION 
HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Highway Infrastruc-
ture Programs’’, $15,000,000,000, to remain available 
until expended: Provided, That the funds made available 
under this heading shall be derived from the general fund, 
shall be in addition to any funds provided for fiscal year 
2020 in this or any other Act for ‘‘Federal-aid Highways’’ 
under chapters 1 or 2 of title 23, United States Code, 
and shall not affect the distribution or amount of funds 
provided in any other Act: Provided further, That notwith-
standing chapter 1 of title 23, United States Code, or any 
other provision of law, a State, territory, Puerto Rico, or 
Indian Tribe may use funds made available under this 
heading in this Act for activities eligible under section 
133(b) of title 23, United States Code, for administrative 
and operations expenses, including salaries of employees 
(including those employees who have been placed on ad-
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ministrative leave) or contractors, information technology 
needs, and availability payments: Provided further, That 
of the funds made available under this heading, 
$14,775,000,000 
shall 
be 
available 
for 
States, 
$150,000,000 shall be available for the Tribal Transpor-
tation Program, as described in section 202 of title 23, 
United States Code, $60,000,000 shall be available for the 
Puerto Rico Highway Program, as described in section 
165(b)(2)(C)(iii) of such title; and $15,000,000 shall be 
available for under the Territorial Highway Program, as 
described in section 165(c)(6) of such title: Provided fur-
ther, That for the purposes of funds made available under 
this heading the term ‘‘State’’ means any of the 50 States 
or the District of Columbia: Provided further, That the 
funds made available under this heading for States shall 
be apportioned to States in the same ratio as the obliga-
tion limitation for fiscal year 2020 was distributed among 
the States in accordance with the formula specified in sec-
tion 120(a)(5) of division H of Public Law 116–94 and 
shall be apportioned not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That the funds 
made available under this heading shall be administered 
as if apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23, United 
States Code, except that activities eligible under the Tribal 
Transportation Program shall be administered as if allo-
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cated under chapter 2 of title 23, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That funds apportioned to a State under 
this heading shall be suballocated within the State to areas 
described in subsection 133(d)(1)(A)(i) of title 23, United 
States Code, in the same ratio that funds suballocated to 
those areas for fiscal year 2020 bears to the total amount 
of funds apportioned to the State for the Federal-aid high-
way program under section 104 of such title for fiscal year 
2020: Provided further, That of funds made available 
under this heading for activities eligible under section 
133(b) of title 23, United States Code, any such activity 
shall be subject to the requirements of section 133(i) of 
such title: Provided further, That, except as provided in 
the following proviso, the funds made available under this 
heading for activities eligible under the Puerto Rico High-
way Program and activities eligible under the Territorial 
Highway Program shall be administered as if allocated 
under sections 165(b) and 165(c), respectively, of such 
title: Provided further, That the funds made available 
under this heading for activities eligible under the Puerto 
Rico Highway Program shall not be subject to the require-
ments of sections 165(b)(2)(A) or 165(b)(2)(B) of such 
title: Provided further, That for amounts subject to the 
obligation limitation under the heading ‘‘Department of 
Transportation—Federal Highway Administration—Fed-
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eral-aid Highways—(Limitation on Obligations)—(High-
way Trust Fund)’’ in Public Law 116–94 for fiscal year 
2020 that are obligated after the date of enactment of this 
Act, and for any amounts made available under this head-
ing in this Act, the Federal share of the costs shall be, 
at the option of the State, District of Columbia, territory, 
Puerto Rico, or Indian Tribe, up to 100 percent, and may 
be available for administrative and operations expenses, 
including salaries of employees (including those employees 
who have been placed on administrative leave) or contrac-
tors, information technology needs, and availability pay-
ments: Provided further, That section 120(c) of Public 
Law 116–94 shall not apply for fiscal year 2020, and that 
amounts that would otherwise have been redistributed by 
section 120(c) shall be retained by States and shall be 
available for their original purpose until September 30, 
2021, except that such amounts shall be subject to such 
redistribution in fiscal year 2021: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under section 147 of title 23, 
United States Code, for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 are 
available for the administrative and operating expenses of 
eligible entities related to the response to a coronavirus 
public health emergency beginning on January 20, 2020, 
reimbursement for administrative and operating costs to 
maintain service including the purchase of personal pro-
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tective equipment, and paying the administrative leave of 
operations personnel due to reductions in service: Provided 
further, That funds made available for administrative and 
operating expenses authorized for fiscal year 2020 in Pub-
lic Law 116–94 or in this Act under this heading are not 
required to be included in a transportation improvement 
program or a statewide transportation improvement pro-
gram under sections 134 or 135 of title 23, United States 
Code, or chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, as 
applicable: Provided further, That unless otherwise speci-
fied, applicable requirements under title 23, United States 
Code, shall apply to funds made available under this head-
ing: Provided further, That the Administrator of the Fed-
eral Highway Administration may retain up to one half 
of one percent of the funds made available under this 
heading to fund the oversight by the Administrator of ac-
tivities carried out with funds made available under this 
heading: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION EMERGENCY RELIEF 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Transportation 
Emergency Relief’’, $15,750,000,000, to remain available
128 
until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 
coronavirus: Provided, That of the amounts appropriated 
under this heading in this Act— 
(1) $11,750,000,000 shall be for grants to ur-
banized areas with populations over 3,000,000 and 
shall be allocated in the same ratio as funds were 
provided in fiscal year 2020: Provided, That 15 per-
cent of the amounts provided in this paragraph shall 
be allocated as if such funds were provided under 
section 5307 of title 49, United States Code and ap-
portioned in accordance with section 5336 of such 
title (other than subsection (b)(3) and (c)(1)(A)) 
and 85 percent of the amounts provided in this 
paragraph shall be allocated under section 5337 of 
such title and apportioned in accordance with such 
section: Provided further, That funds provided under 
section 5337 shall be added to funds apportioned 
under section 5307 for administration in accordance 
with provisions under section 5307: Provided further, 
That for urbanized areas with multiple subrecipi-
ents, funds provided under section 5337 in this 
paragraph shall be distributed among subrecipients 
using the same ratio used to distribute funds made 
available for section 5337 in fiscal year 2020; and
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(2) $4,000,000,000 shall be for grants to tran-
sit agencies that, as a result of coronavirus, require 
significant additional assistance to maintain basic 
transit services: Provided, That such funds shall be 
administered as if they were provided under section 
5324 of title 49, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, 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 Oc-
tober 1, 2018, partnered with a recipient or sub-
recipient in order to meet the requirements of sec-
tion 5311(f) of such title shall be eligible to directly 
apply for funds under this paragraph: Provided fur-
ther, That entities that are subrecipients of funds 
under chapter 53 of title 49 and have partnered with 
a recipient or subrecipient in order to meet the re-
quirements of section 5311(f) of such title shall be 
eligible to receive not more than 18.75 percent of 
the total funds provided under this paragraph: Pro-
vided further, That such entities shall use assistance 
provided under this heading only for workforce re-
tention or, the recall or rehire of any laid off, fur-
loughed, or terminated employee, associated with the 
provision of bus service: Provided further, That, the 
Secretary shall issue a Notice of Funding Oppor-
130 
tunity not later than 30 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act and that such Notice of Funding 
Opportunity shall require application submissions 
not later than 45 days after the enactment of this 
Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall make 
awards not later than 45 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 evalu-
ating applications for assistance, the Secretary shall 
give priority to transit agencies with the largest rev-
enue loss as a percentage of their operating ex-
penses: Provided further, That if applications for as-
sistance do not exceed available funds, the Secretary 
shall reserve the remaining amounts for grantees to 
prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and 
shall accept applications on a rolling basis: Provided 
further, That if amounts made available under this 
heading in this Act remain unobligated on December 
31, 2021, such amounts shall be available for any 
purpose eligible under section 5324 of title 49, 
United States Code: 
Provided further, That the provision of funds under this 
section shall not affect the ability of any other agency of
131 
the Government, including the Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency, or State agency, a local governmental 
entity, organization, or person, to provide any other funds 
otherwise authorized by law: Provided further, That not-
withstanding 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 provided under this heading in this Act are 
available for the operating expenses of transit agencies re-
lated to the response to a coronavirus public health emer-
gency, including, beginning on January 20, 2020, reim-
bursement for operating costs to maintain service and lost 
revenue due to the coronavirus public health emergency, 
including the purchase of personal protective equipment, 
and paying the administrative leave of operations or con-
tractor personnel due to reductions in service: Provided 
further, That to the maximum 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 payroll and public transit service, un-
less the recipient certifies to the Secretary they have not 
furloughed any employees: Provided further, That such op-
erating expenses are not required to be included in a 
transportation improvement program, long-range trans-
portation plan, statewide transportation plan, or a state-
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wide transportation improvement program: Provided fur-
ther, 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: Provided fur-
ther, That unless otherwise specified, applicable require-
ments 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 further, 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 obliga-
tions 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 provided 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 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.
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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 con-
ditions 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 provided for administrative expenses and other 
expenses of public housing agencies for their section 8 pro-
grams, including 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 As-
sistance 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 incurred to prevent, prepare for, and re-
spond to coronavirus regardless of the date on which such 
costs were incurred: Provided further, That of the amounts 
made available under this heading in this Act,
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$500,000,000 shall be available for administrative ex-
penses and other expenses of public 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 calendar year 2020 sec-
tion 8 renewal funding allocations, including Mainstream 
vouchers, for public housing agencies that experience a 
significant increase in voucher per-unit costs due to ex-
traordinary circumstances or that, despite taking reason-
able cost savings measures, as determined by the Sec-
retary, would otherwise be required to terminate rental as-
sistance for families as a result of insufficient 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 sec-
tion 8(o) of the United States Housing Act of 1937 for 
use by individuals and families who are—homeless, as de-
fined 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 McKin-
ney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11360(1)); 
or fleeing, or attempting to flee, domestic violence, dating 
violence, sexual assault, or stalking: Provided further, That 
the Secretary shall allocate amounts made available in the
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preceding 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 hous-
ing 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 home-
lessness, and economic and housing market conditions: 
Provided further, That if a public housing authority elects 
not to administer or does not promptly issue all of its au-
thorized vouchers within a reasonable period of time, the 
Secretary shall reallocate any unissued vouchers and asso-
ciated funds to other public housing agencies according 
to the criteria in the preceding proviso: Provided further, 
That a public housing agency shall not reissue any vouch-
ers under this heading in this Act for incremental rental 
voucher assistance when assistance for the family initially 
assisted is terminated: Provided further, That upon termi-
nation of incremental 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 agency for the renewal of vouchers 
previously authorized under this heading in this Act: Pro-
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vided further, That amounts made available in this para-
graph are in addition to any other amounts made available 
for such purposes: Provided further, That up to 0.5 per-
cent of the amounts made available under this heading 
in this Act may be transferred, in aggregate, to ‘‘Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, Program Of-
fices—Public and Indian Housing’’ to supplement existing 
resources for the necessary 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 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 remain available until September 30, 
2021, 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 amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act and under the
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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 re-
gardless 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 Indian 
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 Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 
HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Housing Opportuni-
ties for Persons with AIDS’’, $15,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2021, and to be used under 
the same authority and conditions as the additional appro-
priations 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
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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: 
Provided 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 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 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 au-
thority 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 such amount made available under this heading in 
this Act 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 formula in fiscal year 2020, and that
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such allocations shall be made within 30 days of enact-
ment 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 respond to coronavirus: Pro-
vided 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: Provided further, That of 
the amounts made available under this heading in this 
Act, up to $25,000,000 may be transferred to ‘‘Depart-
ment of Housing and Urban Development, Program Of-
fices—Community Planning and Development’’ 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, 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 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Homeless Assistance 
Grants’’, $11,500,000,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025, for the Emergency Solutions Grants pro-
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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 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 $4,000,000,000 of the amount made avail-
able under this heading in this Act shall be distributed 
pursuant to 24 CFR 576.3 to grantees that received allo-
cations pursuant to that same formula in fiscal year 2020, 
and that such allocations shall be made within 30 days 
of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That, in addi-
tion to amounts allocated in the preceding proviso, remain-
ing amounts shall be allocated directly to a State or unit 
of general local government by the formula specified in 
the third proviso under this heading in title XII of division 
B of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136): Provided fur-
ther, That not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of this Act and every 60 days thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall allocate a minimum of an additional 
$500,000,000, pursuant to the formula referred to in the 
preceding proviso, based on the best available data: Pro-
vided further, That up to 0.5 percent of the amounts made 
available under this heading in this Act may be trans-
ferred to ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Develop-
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ment—Program Offices—Community Planning and De-
velopment’’ for necessary costs of administering and over-
seeing 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 stalk-
ing or to assist homeless youth, age 24 and under: Pro-
vided 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 des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et 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 sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
EMERGENCY RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
For activities and assistance authorized in section 
110201, $100,000,000,000, to remain available until ex-
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pended: 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. 
HOUSING PROGRAMS 
PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 
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 con-
ditions 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 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 FOR THE ELDERLY 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Housing for the El-
derly’’, $500,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2023, and 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 not-
withstanding the first proviso under this heading in the 
CARES Act, $300,000,000 of the amount made available
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under this heading in this Act shall be for one-time grants 
for service coordinators, as authorized under section 676 
of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1992 
(42 U.S.C. 13632), and the continuation of existing con-
gregate service grants for residents of assisted housing 
projects: Provided further, That such amount is designated 
by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Housing for Persons 
with Disabilities’’, $200,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2023, and to be used under the same au-
thority 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 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 COUNSELING ASSISTANCE 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Housing Counseling 
Assistance’’, for contracts, grants, and other assistance 
excluding loans, as authorized under section 106 of the 
Housing 
and 
Urban 
Development 
Act 
of 
1968,
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$100,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2022, including up to $8,000,000 for administrative con-
tract services: Provided, That funds made available under 
this heading in this Act shall be used for providing coun-
seling and advice to tenants and homeowners, both current 
and prospective, with respect to property maintenance, fi-
nancial management or literacy, foreclosure and eviction 
mitigation, and such other matters as may be appropriate 
to assist them in improving their housing conditions, meet-
ing their financial needs, and fulfilling the responsibilities 
of tenancy or homeownership; for program administration; 
and for housing counselor training: Provided further, That 
amounts made available under this heading in this Act 
may be used to purchase equipment and technology to de-
liver services through use of the Internet or other elec-
tronic or virtual means in response to the public health 
emergency related to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 
(COVID–19) pandemic: Provided further, That for pur-
poses of providing such grants from amounts provided 
under this heading, the Secretary may enter into 
multiyear agreements, as appropriate, subject to the avail-
ability of annual appropriations: Provided further, That 
such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 
an 
emergency 
requirement 
pursuant 
to 
section
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251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 
FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 
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 
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 of the 
funds made available under this heading in this Act, 
$4,000,000 shall be for Fair Housing Organization Initia-
tive 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 na-
tional media grantees and State and local education and 
outreach grantees, to educate the public and the housing 
industry about fair housing rights and responsibilities dur-
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ing the COVID–19 pandemic: Provided further, That such 
grants in the preceding proviso shall be divided evenly be-
tween the national media campaign and education and 
outreach activities: 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. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 
(INCLUDING RESCISSIONS) 
SEC. 10901. There is hereby appropriated from the 
General Fund of the Treasury, for payment to the Airport 
and Airway Trust Fund, an amount equal to the amount 
authorized by section 9502(c) of title 26, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 10902. Amounts previously made available in 
the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (Public 
Law 113–6) for the heading ‘‘Department of Housing and 
Urban Development—Public and Indian Housing—Choice 
Neighborhoods Initiative’’ shall remain available for ex-
penditure for the purpose of paying valid obligations in-
curred prior to the expiration of such amounts through 
September 30, 2021. 
SEC. 10903. 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-
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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 Con-
gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 
are designated by the Congress as an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 
10904. 
(a) 
Notwithstanding 
section 
51309(a)(1)(B) of title 46, United States Code, for fiscal 
year 2020, the Secretary of Transportation may confer the 
degree of bachelor of science on an individual who has not 
passed the examination for a merchant marine officer’s 
license due to intervening efforts to prevent, prepare for, 
and respond to coronavirus. 
(b) The Secretary of Transportation may provide 
such individual up to 1 year after receipt of such degree 
to pass the examination for a merchant marine officer’s 
license. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow 
the provision of a license under section 7101 of title 46, 
United States Code, to an individual who has not passed 
the required examination.
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SEC. 
10905. 
(a) 
Notwithstanding 
section 
51506(a)(3) of title 46, United States Code, for fiscal year 
2020, the Secretary of Transportation may allow a State 
maritime academy to waive a condition for graduation for 
an individual to pass the examination required for the 
issuance of a license under section 7101 of title 46, United 
States Code, due to intervening efforts to prevent, prepare 
for, and respond to coronavirus. 
(b) The Secretary of Transportation may provide 
such individual up to 1 year after graduation to pass such 
examination. 
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow 
the provision of a license under section 7101 of title 46, 
United States Code, to an individual who has not passed 
the required examination. 
SEC. 10906. 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 provide additional funds to maintain operations for 
such housing, for providing supportive services, and for 
taking other necessary actions to prevent, prepare for, and 
respond to coronavirus, including to actions to self-isolate,
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quarantine, or to provide other coronavirus infection con-
trol services as recommended by the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, including providing relocation 
services for residents 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 Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the 
Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
TITLE X 
GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS DIVISION 
SEC. 11001. Not later than 30 days after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the head of each executive agen-
cy that receives funding in any division of this Act, or that 
received funding in the Coronavirus Preparedness and Re-
sponse Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (division 
A of Public Law 116–123), the Second Coronavirus Pre-
paredness and Response Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2020 (division A of Public Law 116–127), the 
CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), or the Paycheck Pro-
tection Program and Health Care Enhancement Act (Pub-
lic Law 116–139) shall provide a report detailing the an-
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ticipated uses of all such funding to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate: Provided, That each report shall include estimated 
personnel and administrative costs, as well as the total 
amount of funding apportioned, allotted, obligated, and 
expended, to date: Provided further, That each such report 
shall be updated and submitted to such Committees every 
60 days until all funds are expended or expire: Provided 
further, That reports submitted pursuant to this section 
shall satisfy the requirements of section 1701 of division 
A of Public Law 116–127. 
SEC. 11002. Each amount appropriated or made 
available by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise 
appropriated for the fiscal year involved. 
SEC. 11003. No part of any appropriation contained 
in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 11004. Unless otherwise provided for by this 
Act, the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to 
appropriations accounts shall be available under the au-
thorities and conditions applicable to such appropriations 
accounts for fiscal year 2020. 
SEC. 11005. Each amount designated in this Act by 
the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur-
suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget
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and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be avail-
able (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the 
President subsequently so designates all such amounts 
and transmits such designations to the Congress. 
SEC. 11006. Any amount appropriated by this Act, 
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg-
et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and subse-
quently so designated by the President, and transferred 
pursuant to transfer authorities provided by this Act shall 
retain such designation. 
SEC. 11007. (a) Any contract or agreement entered 
into by an agency with a State or local government or any 
other non-Federal entity for the purposes of providing cov-
ered assistance, including any information and documents 
related to the performance of and compliance with such 
contract or agreement, shall be— 
(1) deemed an agency record for purposes of 
section 552(f)(2) of title 5, United States Code; and 
(2) subject to section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of 
Information Act’’). 
(b) In this section—
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(1) the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 
the term in section 551 of title 5, United States 
Code; and 
(2) the term ‘‘covered assistance’’— 
(A) means any assistance provided by an 
agency in accordance with an Act or amend-
ments made by an Act to provide aid, assist-
ance, or funding related to the outbreak of 
COVID–19 that is enacted before, on, or after 
the date of enactment of this Act; and 
(B) includes any such assistance made 
available by an agency under— 
(i) this Act; 
(ii) the Paycheck Protection Program 
and Health Care Enhancement Act (Public 
Law 116–139), or an amendment made by 
that Act; 
(iii) the CARES Act (Public Law 
116–136), or an amendment made by that 
Act; 
(iv) the Families First Coronavirus 
Response Act (Public Law 116–127), or an 
amendment made by that Act; or 
(v) the Coronavirus Preparedness and 
Response 
Supplemental 
Appropriations
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Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–123), or an 
amendment made by that Act. 
SEC. 11008. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law and in a manner consistent with other provisions 
in any division of this Act, all laborers and mechanics em-
ployed by contractors and subcontractors on projects fund-
ed directly by or assisted in whole or in part by and 
through the Federal Government pursuant to any division 
of this Act shall be paid wages at rates not less than those 
prevailing on projects of a character similar in the locality 
as determined by the Secretary of Labor in accordance 
with subchapter IV of chapter 31 of title 40, United States 
Code. With respect to the labor standards specified in this 
section, the Secretary of Labor shall have the authority 
and functions set forth in Reorganization Plan Numbered 
14 of 1950 (64 Stat. 1267; 5 U.S.C. App.) and section 
3145 of title 40, United States Code. 
(b) The amounts provided by this section are des-
ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re-
quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal-
anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
SEC. 11009. (a) STATUTORY PAYGO EMERGENCY 
DESIGNATION.—The amounts provided under division B 
and each succeeding division are designated as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 4(g) of the Statu-
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tory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)), and 
the budgetary effects shall not be entered on either 
PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) of 
such Act. 
(b) SENATE PAYGO EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.— 
In the Senate, division B and each succeeding division are 
designated as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress), the 
concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018, 
and the budgetary effects shall not be entered on any 
PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 
4106 of such concurrent resolution. 
(c) CLASSIFICATION
OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.— 
Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 
Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 
the committee of conference accompanying Conference Re-
port 105–217 and section 250(c)(8) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the 
budgetary effects of division B and each succeeding divi-
sion shall not be estimated— 
(1) shall not be estimated for purposes of sec-
tion 251 of such Act; and 
(2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 
3 of the Statutory Pay As-You-Go Act of 2010 as 
being included in an appropriation Act.
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(d) ENSURING NO WITHIN-SESSION SEQUESTRA-
TION.—Solely for the purpose of calculating a breach with-
in a category for fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section 
251(a)(6) or section 254(g) of the Balanced Budget and 
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and notwith-
standing any other provision of this division, the budg-
etary effects from this division shall be counted as 
amounts designated as being for an emergency require-
ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Re-
covery Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020’’. 
DIVISION B—REVENUE 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 20001. SHORT TITLE. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Worker Health 
Coverage Protection Act’’. 
TITLE I—ECONOMIC STIMULUS 
Subtitle A—2020 Recovery Rebate 
Improvements 
SEC. 20101. DEPENDENTS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETER-
MINING CREDIT AND REBATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6428(a)(2) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘qualifying 
children (within the meaning of section 24(c))’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘dependents (as defined in section 152)’’.
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 6428(g) of such Code is amended 
by striking ‘‘qualifying child’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘dependent’’. 
(2) Section 6428(g)(2)(B) of such Code is 
amended by striking ‘‘such child’’ and inserting 
‘‘such dependent’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in section 2201 
of the CARES Act. 
SEC. 20102. INDIVIDUALS PROVIDING TAXPAYER IDENTI-
FICATION NUMBERS TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT 
IN DETERMINING CREDIT AND REBATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6428(g) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended by section 20101 of 
this Act, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) IDENTIFICATION NUMBER REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The $1,200 amount in sub-
section (a)(1) shall be treated as being zero unless 
the taxpayer includes the TIN of the taxpayer on 
the return of tax for the taxable year. 
‘‘(2) JOINT RETURNS.—In the case of a joint 
return, the $2,400 amount in subsection (a)(1) shall 
be treated as being—
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‘‘(A) zero if the TIN of neither spouse is 
included on the return of tax for the taxable 
year, and 
‘‘(B) $1,200 if the TIN of only one spouse 
is so included. 
‘‘(3) DEPENDENTS.—A dependent shall not be 
taken into account under subsection (a)(2) unless 
the TIN of such dependent is included on the return 
of tax for the taxable year. 
‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH CERTAIN ADVANCE 
PAYMENTS.—In the case of any payment made pur-
suant to subsection (f)(5)(B), a TIN shall be treated 
for purposes of this subsection as included on the 
taxpayer’s return of tax if such TIN is provided pur-
suant to such subsection. 
‘‘(5) MATHEMATICAL OR CLERICAL ERROR AU-
THORITY.—Any omission of a correct TIN required 
under this subsection shall be treated as a mathe-
matical or clerical error for purposes of applying sec-
tion 6213(g)(2) to such omission.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in section 2201 
of the CARES Act.
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SEC. 20103. 2020 RECOVERY REBATES NOT SUBJECT TO RE-
DUCTION OR OFFSET WITH RESPECT TO 
PAST-DUE SUPPORT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2201(d)(2) of the CARES 
Act is amended by inserting ‘‘(c),’’ before ‘‘(d)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
this section shall apply to credits and refunds allowed or 
made after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 20104. PROTECTION OF 2020 RECOVERY REBATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) of section 2201 of 
the CARES Act, as amended by the preceding provisions 
of this Act, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), and 
(3) as subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), and by mov-
ing such subparagraphs 2 ems to the right, 
(2) by striking ‘‘REDUCTION OR OFFSET.—Any 
credit’’ and inserting ‘‘REDUCTION, OFFSET, GAR-
NISHMENT, ETC.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Any credit’’, and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraphs: 
‘‘(2) ASSIGNMENT OF BENEFITS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Any applicable pay-
ment shall not be subject to transfer, assign-
ment, execution, levy, attachment, garnishment, 
or other legal process, or the operation of any
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bankruptcy or insolvency law, to the same ex-
tent as payments described in section 207 of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 407) without 
regard to subsection (b) thereof. 
‘‘(B) ENCODING OF PAYMENTS.—As soon 
as practicable after the date of the enactment 
of this paragraph, the Secretary of the Treas-
ury shall encode applicable payments that are 
paid electronically to any account— 
‘‘(i) with a unique identifier that is 
reasonably sufficient to allow a financial 
institution to identify the payment as a 
payment protected under subparagraph 
(A), and 
‘‘(ii) pursuant to the same specifica-
tions as required for a benefit payment to 
which part 212 of title 31, Code of Federal 
regulations applies. 
‘‘(C) GARNISHMENT.— 
‘‘(i) ENCODED PAYMENTS.—Upon re-
ceipt of a garnishment order that applies 
to an account that has received an applica-
ble payment that is encoded as provided in 
subparagraph (B), a financial institution 
shall follow the requirements and proce-
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dures set forth in part 212 of title 31, 
Code of Federal Regulations. This para-
graph shall not alter the status of pay-
ments as tax refunds or other nonbenefit 
payments for purpose of any reclamation 
rights of the Department of Treasury or 
the Internal Revenue Service as per part 
210 of title 31 of the Code of Federal Reg-
ulations. 
‘‘(ii) OTHER PAYMENTS.—If a finan-
cial institution receives a garnishment 
order (other than an order that has been 
served by the United States) that applies 
to an account into which an applicable 
payment that has not been encoded as pro-
vided in subparagraph (B) has been depos-
ited on any date in the prior 60 days (in-
cluding any date before the date of the en-
actment of this paragraph), the financial 
institution, upon the request of the account 
holder or for purposes of complying in 
good faith with a State order, State law, 
court order, or interpretation by a State 
Attorney General relating to garnishment 
order, may, but is not required to, treat
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the amount of the payment as exempt 
under law from garnishment without re-
quiring the account holder to assert any 
right of garnishment exemption or requir-
ing the consent of the judgment creditor. 
‘‘(iii) LIABILITY.—A financial institu-
tion that complies in good faith with clause 
(i) or that acts in good faith in reliance on 
clause (ii) shall not be liable under any 
Federal or State law, regulation, or court 
or other order to a creditor that initiates 
an order for any protected amounts, to an 
account holder for any frozen amounts or 
garnishment order applied. 
‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this 
paragraph— 
‘‘(i) ACCOUNT
HOLDER.—The term 
‘account holder’ means a natural person 
against whom a garnishment order is 
issued and whose name appears in a finan-
cial institution’s records. 
‘‘(ii) 
APPLICABLE
PAYMENT.—The 
term ‘applicable payment’ means any pay-
ment of credit or refund by reason of sec-
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tion 6428 of such Code (as so added) or by 
reason of subsection (c) of this section. 
‘‘(iii) GARNISHMENT.—The term ‘gar-
nishment’ means execution, levy, attach-
ment, garnishment, or other legal process. 
‘‘(iv) 
GARNISHMENT
ORDER.—The 
term ‘garnishment order’ means a writ, 
order, notice, summons, judgment, levy, or 
similar written instruction issued by a 
court, a State or State agency, a munici-
pality or municipal corporation, or a State 
child support enforcement agency, includ-
ing a lien arising by operation of law for 
overdue child support or an order to freeze 
the assets in an account, to effect a gar-
nishment against a debtor.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 20105. PAYMENTS TO REPRESENTATIVE PAYEES AND 
FIDUCIARIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6428(f) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating para-
graph (6) as paragraph (7) and by inserting after para-
graph (5) the following new paragraph:
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‘‘(6) PAYMENT
TO
REPRESENTATIVE
PAYEES 
AND FIDUCIARIES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any in-
dividual for which payment information is pro-
vided to the Secretary by the Commissioner of 
Social Security, the Railroad Retirement Board, 
or the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the pay-
ment by the Secretary under paragraph (3) 
with respect to such individual may be made to 
such individual’s representative payee or fidu-
ciary and the entire payment shall be— 
‘‘(i) provided to the individual who is 
entitled to the payment, or 
‘‘(ii) used only for the benefit of the 
individual who is entitled to the payment. 
‘‘(B) 
APPLICATION
OF
ENFORCEMENT 
PROVISIONS.— 
‘‘(i) In the case of a payment de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) which is made 
with respect to a social security beneficiary 
or a supplemental security income recipi-
ent, section 1129(a)(3) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–8(a)(3)) shall 
apply to such payment in the same manner
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as such section applies to a payment under 
title II or XVI of such Act. 
‘‘(ii) In the case of a payment de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) which is made 
with respect to a railroad retirement bene-
ficiary, section 13 of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act (45 U.S.C. 231l) shall apply to 
such payment in the same manner as such 
section applies to a payment under such 
Act. 
‘‘(iii) In the case of a payment de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) which is made 
with respect to a veterans beneficiary, sec-
tions 5502, 6106, and 6108 of title 38, 
United States Code, shall apply to such 
payment in the same manner as such sec-
tions apply to a payment under such 
title.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in section 2201 
of the CARES Act.
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SEC. 20106. APPLICATION TO TAXPAYERS WITH RESPECT 
TO WHOM ADVANCE PAYMENT HAS ALREADY 
BEEN MADE. 
In the case of any taxpayer with respect to whom re-
fund or credit was made or allowed before the date of the 
enactment of this Act under subsection (f) of section 6428 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added by the 
CARES Act), such subsection shall be applied separately 
with respect to the excess (if any) of— 
(1) the advance refund amount determined 
under section 6428(f)(2) of such Code after the ap-
plication of the amendments made by this subtitle, 
over 
(2) the amount of such refund or credit so 
made or allowed. 
Subtitle B—Additional Recovery 
Rebates to Individuals 
SEC. 20111. ADDITIONAL RECOVERY REBATES TO INDIVID-
UALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter B of chapter 65 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting 
after section 6428 the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 6428A. ADDITIONAL RECOVERY REBATES TO INDIVID-
UALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In the case of an eligible indi-
vidual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax
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imposed by subtitle A for the first taxable year beginning 
in 2020 an amount equal to the additional rebate amount 
determined for such taxable year. 
‘‘(b) ADDITIONAL REBATE AMOUNT.—For purposes 
of this section, the term ‘additional rebate amount’ means, 
with respect to any taxpayer for any taxable year, the sum 
of— 
‘‘(1) $1,200 ($2,400 in the case of a joint re-
turn), plus 
‘‘(2) $1,200 multiplied by the number of de-
pendents of the taxpayer for such taxable year (not 
in excess of 3 such dependents). 
‘‘(c) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 
section, the term ‘eligible individual’ means any individual 
other than— 
‘‘(1) any nonresident alien individual, 
‘‘(2) any individual with respect to whom a de-
duction under section 151 is allowable to another 
taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the cal-
endar year in which the individual’s taxable year be-
gins, and 
‘‘(3) an estate or trust. 
‘‘(d) LIMITATION BASED ON MODIFIED ADJUSTED 
GROSS INCOME.—The amount of the credit allowed by 
subsection (a) (determined without regard to this sub-
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section and subsection (f)) shall be reduced (but not below 
zero) by 5 percent of so much of the taxpayer’s modified 
adjusted gross income as exceeds— 
‘‘(1) $150,000 in the case of a joint return or 
a surviving spouse (as defined in section 2(a)), 
‘‘(2) $112,500 in the case of a head of house-
hold (as defined in section 2(b)), and 
‘‘(3) $75,000 in any other case. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.— 
‘‘(1) MODIFIED
ADJUSTED
GROSS
INCOME.— 
For purposes of this subsection (other than this 
paragraph), the term ‘modified adjusted gross in-
come’ means adjusted gross income determined with-
out regard to sections 911, 931, and 933. 
‘‘(2) DEPENDENT DEFINED.—For purposes of 
this section, the term ‘dependent’ has the meaning 
given such term by section 152. 
‘‘(3) CREDIT TREATED AS REFUNDABLE.—The 
credit allowed by subsection (a) shall be treated as 
allowed by subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of 
chapter 1. 
‘‘(4) 
IDENTIFICATION
NUMBER
REQUIRE-
MENT.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The $1,200 amount in 
subsection (b)(1) shall be treated as being zero
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unless the taxpayer includes the TIN of the 
taxpayer on the return of tax for the taxable 
year. 
‘‘(B) JOINT RETURNS.—In the case of a 
joint return, the $2,400 amount in subsection 
(b)(1) shall be treated as being— 
‘‘(i) zero if the TIN of neither spouse 
is included on the return of tax for the 
taxable year, and 
‘‘(ii) $1,200 if the TIN of only one 
spouse is so included. 
‘‘(C) DEPENDENTS.—A dependent shall 
not be taken into account under subsection 
(b)(2) unless the TIN of such dependent is in-
cluded on the return of tax for the taxable year. 
‘‘(D) COORDINATION
WITH
CERTAIN
AD-
VANCE PAYMENTS.—In the case of any payment 
made pursuant to subsection (g)(5)(A)(ii), a 
TIN shall be treated for purposes of this para-
graph as included on the taxpayer’s return of 
tax if such TIN is provided pursuant to such 
subsection. 
‘‘(f) COORDINATION WITH ADVANCE REFUNDS OF 
CREDIT.—
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‘‘(1) REDUCTION OF REFUNDABLE CREDIT.— 
The amount of the credit which would (but for this 
paragraph) be allowable under subsection (a) shall 
be reduced (but not below zero) by the aggregate re-
funds and credits made or allowed to the taxpayer 
(or any dependent of the taxpayer) under subsection 
(g). Any failure to so reduce the credit shall be 
treated as arising out of a mathematical or clerical 
error and assessed according to section 6213(b)(1). 
‘‘(2) JOINT RETURNS.—In the case of a refund 
or credit made or allowed under subsection (g) with 
respect to a joint return, half of such refund or cred-
it shall be treated as having been made or allowed 
to each individual filing such return. 
‘‘(g) ADVANCE REFUNDS AND CREDITS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (5), 
each individual who was an eligible individual for 
such individual’s first taxable year beginning in 
2019 shall be treated as having made a payment 
against the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such tax-
able year in an amount equal to the advance refund 
amount for such taxable year. 
‘‘(2) ADVANCE
REFUND
AMOUNT.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), the advance refund amount 
is the amount that would have been allowed as a