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SEC. 110015. UPGRADING PUBLIC ALERT AND WARNING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$24,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2024, to the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to upgrade the Integrated Public 
Alert and Warning System for implementation of the Next 
Generation Warning System. 
(b) ASSISTANCE
TO CERTAIN ENTITIES.—In car-
rying out subsection (a), the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency is authorized to issue 
noncompetitive, risk-informed financial assistance to pub-
lic broadcasting entities, as defined in section 397 of the 
Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 397). 
(c) ADMINISTRATION.—In addition to amounts made 
available for administrative expenses under section 
205(d)(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5135(d)(2)), there 
is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise available, $1,000,000 to the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, to remain available until September 30, 2026, for 
administration of this section. 
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SEC. 110016. FEDERAL ASSISTANCE FOR EMERGENCY MAN-
AGERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—In addition to amounts otherwise 
available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out 
of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$412,000,000, to remain available until expended, to the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency for grants for construction, retrofit, technological 
enhancement, and updated requirements of State, local, 
Indian Tribal, and territorial emergency operations cen-
ters under section 614 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 
Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5196c). 
A State may provide grant funds under this subsection 
to local governments and Tribal governments to carry out 
the activities for which such funds are provided. 
(b) ADMINISTRATION.—In addition to amounts made 
available for administrative expenses under section 
205(d)(2) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5135(d)(2)), there 
is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise available, $13,000,000 to the 
Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, to remain available until expended, for adminis-
tration of this section. 
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(c) LIMITATION.—The amount of a project under a 
grant provided under this section may not exceed 
$4,000,000. 
(d) CODE COMPLIANCE.—In using funds under sub-
section (a), a grant recipient shall act in compliance with 
the latest published editions of relevant consensus-based 
codes, specifications, and standards that incorporate the 
latest hazard resistant designs and establish minimum ac-
ceptable criteria for the design, construction, and mainte-
nance of structures and facilities for the purpose of pro-
tecting the health, safety, and general welfare of the build-
ing users against disasters. 
SEC. 110017. FEMA PROCUREMENT, CONSTRUCTION, AND 
IMPROVEMENTS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $200,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2026, to the Ad-
ministrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agen-
cy for the construction, renovation, retrofit, technological 
enhancement, and updated requirements of Federal emer-
gency training centers and Federal emergency operations 
centers. 
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SEC. 110018. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION. 
(a) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR RE-
GIONAL ECONOMIC GROWTH CLUSTERS.—In addition to 
amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated for fis-
cal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, $4,000,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2027, to the Secretary of Commerce 
for grants under section 209 of the Public Works and Eco-
nomic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149) to de-
velop regional economic growth clusters, subject to the 
condition that sections 204 and 301 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 3144 and 3161) shall not apply to grants made 
with amounts made available under this subsection. 
(b) ECONOMIC ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE.—In addi-
tion to amounts otherwise available, there is appropriated 
for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2027, to the Secretary of 
Commerce for economic adjustment assistance as author-
ized by section 209 of the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149), of which— 
(1) $500,000,000 shall be to provide assistance 
to energy and industrial transition communities, in-
cluding coal, oil and gas, and nuclear transition 
communities; and 
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(2) $50,000,000 shall be to provide grants for 
project predevelopment and capacity building activi-
ties, including activities relating to the writing of 
grant applications (consistent with section 213 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 3153)) and stipends to local 
community organizations for planning participation, 
community outreach and engagement activities, sub-
ject to the conditions that— 
(A) sections 204 and 301 of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 3144 and 3161) shall not apply to 
grants made with amounts made available 
under this paragraph; and 
(B) not less than 50 percent of the 
amounts made available under this paragraph 
shall be for activities that are carried out in un-
derserved communities. 
(c) GRANTS FOR PUBLIC WORKS AND ECONOMIC DE-
VELOPMENT.—In addition to amounts otherwise available, 
there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$500,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2027, to the Secretary of Commerce for public works 
projects as authorized by section 201 of the Public Works 
and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3141). 
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(d) ADMINISTRATION.—Not more than 3 percent of 
the amounts made available under this section shall be 
used for the administrative costs of carrying out this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 110019. RECOMPETE PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION AP-
PROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts otherwise avail-
able, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$4,000,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2031, to the Department of Commerce for economic ad-
justment assistance as authorized by section 209 of the 
Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 
U.S.C. 3149) to establish a pilot program, to be known 
as the ‘‘Recompete Pilot Program’’, to provide grants to 
specified entities to carry out activities in eligible areas 
and Tribal lands for which a specified entity has jurisdic-
tion or otherwise serves to support local labor markets, 
local communities, and Tribal governments to alleviate 
persistent economic distress and labor market dislocation, 
except that sections 204 and 301 of such Act shall not 
apply to a grant provided under this section. 
(b) TERM.—A grant shall have a term of 10 fiscal 
years and be disbursed at such time and in such manner 
as determined by the Secretary of Commerce in accord-
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ance with benchmarking requirements established by the 
Secretary. 
(c) USE OF FUNDS.—Of the funds provided by this 
section— 
(1) not less than $3,855,000,000 shall be used 
for grants to be awarded to at least 15 specified en-
tities representing eligible areas to carry out activi-
ties described in a recompete plan approved by the 
Secretary of Commerce; 
(2) not more than $25,000,000 may be used for 
planning and technical assistance grants to be 
awarded to not more than 50 specified entities rep-
resenting eligible areas to develop a recompete plan 
and carry out predevelopment activities; and 
(3) not more than 3 percent shall be used for 
the administrative costs of carrying out this section. 
(d) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) ELIGIBLE AREAS.—An eligible area may not 
benefit from more than 1 grant and 1 grant de-
scribed in subsection (c)(2). 
(2) LIMITATION ON RECIPIENTS.—For purposes 
of the program under this section, a specified entity 
may not receive a grant on behalf of more than 1 
eligible area. 
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(e) MAXIMUM AWARD AMOUNT.—In determining the 
maximum amount of a grant that a specified entity may 
be awarded, the Secretary shall use the product obtained 
by multiplying— 
(1) the prime-age employment gap of the eligi-
ble area; 
(2) the prime-age population of the eligible 
area; and 
(3) either— 
(A) $70,585 for local labor markets; or 
(B) $53,600 for local communities. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE AREA.—The term ‘‘eligible area’’ 
means either of the following: 
(A) A local labor market that— 
(i) has a prime-age employment gap 
equal to not less than 2.5 percent; and 
(ii) meets additional criteria as the 
Secretary may establish. 
(B) A local community that— 
(i) has a prime-age employment gap 
equal to not less than 5 percent; 
(ii) is not located within an eligible 
local labor market that meets the criteria 
described in subparagraph (A); and 
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(iii) has a median annual household 
income of not more than $75,000. 
(2) LOCAL LABOR MARKET.—The term ‘‘local 
labor market’’ means any of the following areas that 
contains 1 or more specified entities described in 
subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (5): 
(A) A commuting zone, as defined by the 
Economic Research Service of the Department 
of Agriculture, excluding all core-based statis-
tical areas within the commuting zone described 
in subparagraph (B). 
(B) Subject to subparagraph (C), if 1 or 
more discrete metropolitan statistical areas or 
micropolitan statistical areas, as defined by the 
Office of Management and Budget (collectively 
referred to as ‘‘core-based statistical areas’’), 
exists within a commuting zone described in 
subparagraph (A), each such core-based statis-
tical area. 
(C) If the remaining area of a commuting 
zone described in subparagraph (A), excluding 
all core-based statistical areas within the com-
muting zone described in subparagraph (B), 
contains 1 or fewer counties and has a popu-
lation of 7,500 or fewer residents, that remain-
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ing area combined with an adjacent core-based 
statistical area within the commuting zone. 
(D) The Tribal land with a Tribal prime- 
age population represented by a Tribal govern-
ment. 
(3) LOCAL COMMUNITY.—The term ‘‘local com-
munity’’ means the area served by a specified entity 
described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of para-
graph (5) that— 
(A)(i) is located within a local labor mar-
ket or partial local labor market that is not eli-
gible; or 
(ii) is not coexistent with, or encompassing 
the entirety of, a local labor market; and 
(B) meets such additional criteria, includ-
ing a minimum population requirement, as the 
Secretary may establish. 
(4) PRIME-AGE EMPLOYMENT GAP.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘prime-age 
employment gap’’ means the difference (ex-
pressed as a percentage) between— 
(i) the national 5-year average prime- 
age employment rate; and 
(ii) the 5-year average prime-age em-
ployment rate of the eligible area. 
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(B) CALCULATION.—For the purposes of 
subparagraph (A), an individual is prime-age if 
such individual between the ages of 25 years 
and 54 years. 
(5) RECOMPETE PLAN.—The term ‘‘recompete 
plan’’ means a comprehensive 10-year economic de-
velopment plan that— 
(A) includes— 
(i) proposed programs and activities 
to be carried out with a grant awarded 
under this section to address the economic 
challenges of the eligible area in a manner 
that promotes long-term, sustained eco-
nomic growth and reduction in the prime- 
age employment gap of the eligible area; 
(ii) projected costs and annual ex-
penditures and proposed disbursement 
schedule; and 
(iii) other information as the Sec-
retary determines appropriate; 
(B) is developed by a specified entity that 
is the recipient of a planning and technical as-
sistance grant described in subsection (c)(2); 
and 
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(C) is submitted to the Secretary for ap-
proval for a specified entity to be considered for 
a grant under this section. 
(6) SPECIFIED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘specified 
entity’’ means— 
(A) a unit of local government; 
(B) the District of Columbia; 
(C) a territory or possession of the United 
States; 
(D) a Tribal government; 
(E) a State-authorized political subdivision 
or other entity, including a special-purpose enti-
ty engaged in economic development activities; 
(F) a public entity or nonprofit organiza-
tion, acting in cooperation with the officials of 
a political subdivision or entity described in 
subparagraph (E); 
(G) an economic development district (as 
defined in section 3 of the Public Works and 
Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 
3122); and 
(H) a consortium of any of the specified 
entities described in this paragraph which serve 
or are contained within the same eligible area. 
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(7) TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘‘Tribal 
government’’ means the recognized governing body 
of any Indian or Alaska Native tribe, band, nation, 
pueblo, village, community, component band, or com-
ponent reservation, individually identified (including 
parenthetically) in the list published by the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs on January 29, 2021, pursuant to 
section 104 of the Federally Recognized Indian 
Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 5131). 
(8) TRIBAL
LAND.—The term ‘‘Tribal land’’ 
means any land— 
(A) any land located within the boundaries 
of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria; 
or 
(B) any land not located within the bound-
aries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or 
rancheria, the title to which is held— 
(i) in trust by the United States for 
the benefit of an Indian Tribe or an indi-
vidual Indian; 
(ii) by an Indian Tribe or an indi-
vidual Indian, subject to restriction against 
alienation under laws of the United States; 
or 
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(iii) by a dependent Indian commu-
nity. 
(9) TRIBAL PRIME-AGE POPULATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘‘Tribal 
prime-age population’’ shall be equal to the sum 
obtained by adding— 
(i) the product obtained by multi-
plying— 
(I) the total number of individ-
uals ages 25 through 54 residing on 
the Tribal land of the Tribal govern-
ment; and 
(II) 0.65; and 
(ii) the product obtained by multi-
plying— 
(I) the total number of individ-
uals ages 25 through 54 included on 
the membership roll of the Tribal gov-
ernment; and 
(II) 0.35. 
(B) USE OF DATE.—A calculation under 
subparagraph (A) shall be determined based on 
data provided by the applicable Tribal govern-
ment to the Department of the Treasury under 
the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recov-
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ery Fund programs under title VI of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 801 et seq.). 
SEC. 110020. ASSISTANCE FOR FEDERAL BUILDINGS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2031, to be depos-
ited in the Federal Buildings Fund established under sec-
tion 592 of title 40, United States Code, for measures nec-
essary to convert facilities of the Administrator of General 
Services to high-performance green buildings (as defined 
in section 401 of the Energy Independence and Security 
Act of 2007 (42 U.S.C. 17061)). 
SEC. 110021. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION AND CLIMATE RE-
SILIENCE IN MARITIME SECTOR. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $100,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027, to the Mari-
time Administration, for the maritime environmental and 
technical assistance program under section 50307 of title 
46, United States Code, to reduce carbon emissions, re-
duce vessel noise pollution, and improve the climate resil-
iency of the marine shipping and the maritime industry. 
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SEC. 110022. CLIMATE RESILIENT COAST GUARD INFRA-
STRUCTURE. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,000,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2031, to the ac-
count under the heading ‘‘Coast Guard Procurement, Con-
struction, and Improvements’’, for the acquisition, design, 
and construction of new, or replacement of existing, cli-
mate resilient facilities, including personnel readiness fa-
cilities such as family support services facilities, that are 
threatened by or have been impacted by climate change, 
as authorized under sections 504(e) and 1101(b)(1) of 
title 14, United States Code. The Coast Guard shall re-
turn to the Treasury any funds appropriated under this 
section that have not been expended by September 30, 
2031. 
SEC. 110023. GREAT LAKES ICEBREAKER ACQUISITION. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $350,000,000, to re-
main available until September, 30, 2031, to the Coast 
Guard, for acquisition, design, and construction of a Great 
Lakes heavy icebreaker, as authorized under section 8107 
of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Au-
thorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (Public Law 116– 
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283). The Coast Guard shall return to the Treasury any 
funds appropriated under this section that have not been 
expended by September 30, 2031. 
SEC. 110024. POLAR SECURITY CUTTERS AND CLIMATE 
SCIENCE. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $788,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2031, to the Coast 
Guard, for the acquisition of the fourth heavy Polar Secu-
rity Cutter, including scientific laboratory and berthing fa-
cilities, to expand access for scientists to the polar regions, 
to improve climate and weather research, for other polar 
missions, and for other purposes, as authorized under sec-
tion 561 of title 14, United States Code. 
SEC. 110025. SMALL SHIPYARD GRANTS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $300,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027, to the Mari-
time Administration for the purposes of making grants 
under the assistance for small shipyards program, as au-
thorized by section 54101 of title 46, United States Code, 
to improve the climate resiliency and environmental sus-
tainability of the maritime industry and maritime trans-
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portation system, including workforce training and equip-
ment acquisition projects that improve the efficiency of 
shipyard operations, vessel construction and vessel repair. 
The deadlines established in paragraphs (2) and (3) of 
subsection (b) and paragraph (1) of subsection (f) of sec-
tion 54101 of such title shall not apply to amounts made 
available in this section, and the Secretary of Transpor-
tation may carry out multiple rounds of competition. 
SEC. 110026. PORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND SUPPLY CHAIN 
RESILIENCE. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $2,500,000,000, 
to remain available until September 30, 2027, to the Mari-
time Administration for the purposes of making grants for 
projects to support supply chain resilience, reduction in 
port congestion, the development of offshore wind support 
infrastructure, and environmental remediation, projects to 
reduce the impact of ports on the environment, and for 
other purposes. Such grants shall be administered in ac-
cordance with the requirements applicable to grants under 
section 50302 of title 46, United States Code. The dead-
lines established in paragraph (5) of subsection (c) of sec-
tion 50302 of such title shall not apply to amounts made 
available in this section, and the Secretary of Transpor-
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tation may carry out multiple rounds of competition. The 
Maritime Administration shall return to the Treasury any 
funds appropriated under this section that have not been 
expended by September 30, 2031. 
SEC. 110027. GRANTS FOR RURAL, SMALL, TRIBAL, AND 
ECONOMICALLY 
DISADVANTAGED 
MUNICI-
PALITY TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND CIR-
CUIT RIDER PROGRAMS AND WORKFORCE 
DEVELOPMENT. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Environmental 
Protection Agency for fiscal year 2022, out of any money 
in 
the 
Treasury 
not 
otherwise 
appropriated, 
$495,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency— 
(1) to provide technical assistance to rural, 
small, Tribal, and economically disadvantaged mu-
nicipalities for the purposes identified in subsection 
(b)(8) of section 104 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1254); and 
(2) for grants for manpower development and 
training and retraining of workforce employees of 
publicly owned treatment works in accordance with 
subsection (g) of such section. 
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(b) DETERMINATION
OF
ECONOMIC
DISADVAN-
TAGE.—In determining whether a municipality is economi-
cally disadvantaged for the purposes of this section, the 
Administrator shall, to the maximum extent practicable, 
take into consideration— 
(1) the criteria under paragraph (1) or (2) of 
section 301(a) of the Public Works and Economic 
Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3161); and 
(2) any affordability criteria established by the 
State in which the municipality is located pursuant 
to section 603(i)(2) or 221(c) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(i)(2); 
1301(c)). 
SEC. 110028. ALTERNATIVE WATER SOURCE PROJECT 
GRANTS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Environmental 
Protection Agency for fiscal year 2022, out of any money 
in 
the 
Treasury 
not 
otherwise 
appropriated, 
$125,000,000, to remain available until expended, for car-
rying out section 220 of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1300), in accordance with subsection 
(b), which funds may be used to make grants under such 
section on the condition that— 
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(1) a project carried out using such funds shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable, maximize the 
avoidance, minimization, or mitigation of climate 
change impacts on, and of, any constructed part of 
the project (including through the implementation of 
technologies to recover and reuse energy produced in 
the treatment of wastewater); and 
(2) all of the iron and steel used in the project 
are produced in the United States in accordance 
with section 608 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1388). 
(b) LIMITATIONS.—For purposes of subsection (a)— 
(1) the limitation in section 220(d)(1) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (as in effect on 
September 1, 2021), as it applies to the receipt of 
planning or design funds, shall not apply with re-
spect to eligibility for a grant under this section; and 
(2) the requirements of sections 220(d)(2) and 
(e) of such Act (as in effect on September 1, 2021) 
shall not apply to the making of a grant under this 
section. 
SEC. 110029. SEWER OVERFLOW AND STORMWATER REUSE 
MUNICIPAL GRANTS. 
(a) GENERAL ASSISTANCE.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, there is appropriated to the Environ-
mental Protection Agency for fiscal year 2022, out of any 
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money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, for 
carrying out section 221 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1301), which funds may be used 
to make grants under such section on the condition that 
any activity carried out using such funds shall, to the max-
imum extent practicable, maximize the avoidance, mini-
mization, or mitigation of climate change impacts on, and 
of, any constructed part of the activity (including through 
the implementation of technologies to recover and reuse 
energy produced in the treatment of wastewater). 
(b) FINANCIALLY DISTRESSED COMMUNITIES.— 
(1) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts 
otherwise available, there is appropriated to the En-
vironmental Protection Agency for fiscal year 2022, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, $1,000,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for carrying out section 221 of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1301), which funds may be used to make grants 
under such section to financially distressed commu-
nities (as defined in such section), including rural fi-
nancially distressed communities, on the condition 
that any activity carried out using such funds shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable, maximize the 
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avoidance, minimization, or mitigation of climate 
change impacts on, and of, any constructed part of 
the activity (including through the implementation 
of technologies to recover and reuse energy produced 
in the treatment of wastewater). 
(2) LIMITATION.—In carrying out paragraph 
(1), the Administrator of the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency may not require a financially distressed 
community receiving a grant pursuant to this sub-
section to provide, as a condition of eligibility to re-
ceive such grant, a share of the cost of the activity 
for which the grant was made. 
SEC. 110030. INDIVIDUAL HOUSEHOLD DECENTRALIZED 
WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEM GRANTS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Environmental 
Protection Agency for fiscal year 2022, out of any money 
in 
the 
Treasury 
not 
otherwise 
appropriated, 
$450,000,000, to remain available until expended, to make 
grants, in accordance with subsection (b), to States, mu-
nicipalities, and nonprofit entities under the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act for the construction, repair, 
or replacement of individual household decentralized 
wastewater treatment systems of eligible individuals (as 
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such term is defined in section 603(j) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(j)). 
(b) PRIORITY.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall prioritize the issuance of grants to assist eligible indi-
viduals (as such term is defined in section 603(j) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1383(j)) 
residing in households that are not connected to a system 
or technology designed to treat domestic sewage, including 
eligible individuals using household cesspools. 
SEC. 110031. TRIBAL CLEAN WATER GRANTS. 
(a) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Environmental 
Protection Agency for fiscal year 2022, out of any money 
in 
the 
Treasury 
not 
otherwise 
appropriated, 
$500,000,000, to remain available until expended, to make 
grants, in accordance with subsection (b), to Indian tribes 
and other entities described in section 518(c)(3) of the 
Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1377)— 
(1) for— 
(A) projects and activities eligible for as-
sistance under section 603(c) of such Act (33 
U.S.C. 1383); and 
(B) training, technical assistance, and edu-
cational programs related to the operation and 
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management of treatment works eligible for as-
sistance pursuant to such section 603(c); and 
(2) subject to the condition that— 
(A) any project or activity carried out 
using such funds shall, to the maximum extent 
practicable, maximize the avoidance, minimiza-
tion, or mitigation of climate change impacts 
on, and of, any constructed part of the project 
or activity (including through the implementa-
tion of technologies to recover and reuse energy 
produced in the treatment of wastewater); and 
(B) all of the iron and steel used in any 
project carried out using such funds are pro-
duced in the United States in accordance with 
section 608 of such Act (33 U.S.C. 1388). 
(b) LIMITATION.—In carrying out subsection (a), the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
may not require an Indian tribe or other entity receiving 
a grant under this section to provide, as a condition of 
eligibility to receive such grant, a share of the cost of the 
project or activity for which the grant was made. 
SEC. 110032. WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE ASSISTANCE 
TO COLONIAS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency for 
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fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $125,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for the Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency for carrying out section 307 of 
the Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments of 1996 (33 
U.S.C. 1281 note; 110 Stat. 1688), which funds may be 
used to award grants under such section to a border State 
or municipality with jurisdiction over an eligible commu-
nity (as such terms are defined in such section), on the 
condition that— 
(1) a project carried out using such funds shall, 
to the maximum extent practicable, maximize the 
avoidance, minimization, or mitigation of climate 
change impacts on, and of, any constructed part of 
the project (including through the implementation of 
technologies to recover and reuse energy produced in 
the treatment of wastewater); 
(2) all of the iron and steel used in the project 
are produced in the United States in accordance 
with section 608 of the Federal Water Pollution 
Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1388); and 
(3) an eligible community receiving assistance 
for such project pursuant to this section shall not be 
required to provide a share of the costs of carrying 
out the project. 
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SEC. 110033. CLEAN WATER NEEDS SURVEY. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Environmental Protection Agency for 
fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $5,000,000, to remain available 
until expended, for grants to States and municipalities to 
carry out a detailed estimate of the cost of construction 
of all needed publicly owned treatment works pursuant to 
section 516(b)(1)(B) of the Federal Water Pollution Con-
trol Act (33 U.S.C. 1375(b)(1)(B)). 
SEC. 110034. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS. 
The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
provide a report to Congress accounting for any equipment 
provided by the United States Coast Guard or the Army 
Corps of Engineers to any prior regime in Afghanistan 
and that has been left behind in Afghanistan. 
SEC. 110035. POLICY OF THE UNITED STATES ON CHILD 
LABOR. 
It is the policy of the United States that funds made 
available by this title should not be used to purchase prod-
ucts produced whole or in part through the use of child 
labor, as such term is defined in Article 3 of the Inter-
national Labor Organization Convention concerning the 
prohibition and immediate action for the elimination of the 
worst forms of child labor (December 2, 2000), or in viola-
tion of human rights. 
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TITLE XII—COMMITTEE ON 
VETERANS AFFAIRS 
SEC. 12001. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS INFRA-
STRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated for fiscal year 2022, out of any money in 
the 
Treasury 
not 
otherwise 
appropriated, 
$15,200,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2031, for facilities under the jurisdiction of, or for the use 
of, the Department of Veterans Affairs to carry out sec-
tions 2400, 2403, 2404, 2406, 2407, 2412, 8101 through 
8110, 8122, and 8161 through 8169 of title 38, United 
States Code, taking into consideration the integration of 
climate resiliency into infrastructure as well as the needs 
of underserved areas and underserved veteran populations. 
SEC. 12002. MODIFICATIONS TO ENHANCED-USE LEASE AU-
THORITY OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS. 
(a) MODIFICATIONS TO AUTHORITY.—Paragraph (2) 
of section 8162(a) of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2)(A) The Secretary may enter into an enhanced- 
use lease on or after the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph only if the Secretary determines— 
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‘‘(i) that the lease will not be inconsistent with, 
and will not adversely affect— 
‘‘(I) the mission of the Department; or 
‘‘(II) the operation of facilities, programs, 
and services of the Department in the local 
area; and 
‘‘(ii) that— 
‘‘(I) the lease will enhance the use of the 
leased property by directly or indirectly benefit-
ting veterans; or 
‘‘(II) the leased property will provide sup-
portive housing. 
‘‘(B) The Secretary shall give priority to enhanced- 
use leases that, on the leased property— 
‘‘(i) provide supportive housing for veterans; 
‘‘(ii) provide direct services or benefits targeted 
to veterans; or 
‘‘(iii) provide services or benefits that indirectly 
support veterans.’’. 
(b) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $455,000,000 for the Department of Veterans Af-
fairs, to remain available until expended, to enter into en-
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hanced-use leases pursuant to section 8162 of title 38, 
United States Code, as amended by this section. 
(c) MODIFICATION
OF SUNSET.—Section 8169 of 
such title is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2026’’. 
SEC. 12003. MAJOR MEDICAL FACILITY LEASES OF THE DE-
PARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO ENTER INTO MAJOR MEDICAL 
FACILITY LEASES.—Paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of 
section 8104 of title 38, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘No funds’’ and inserting ‘‘(A) 
No funds’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘or any major medical facility 
lease’’; 
(3) by striking ‘‘or lease’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(B) Funds may be appropriated for a fiscal year, 
and the Secretary may obligate and expend funds, includ-
ing for advance planning and design, for any major med-
ical facility lease.’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF MAJOR MED-
ICAL FACILITY LEASE.—Subparagraph (B) of paragraph 
(3) of such subsection is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(B) The term ‘major medical facility lease’— 
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‘‘(i) means a lease for space for use as a 
new medical facility approved through the Gen-
eral Services Administration under section 
3307(a)(2) of title 40 at an average annual rent 
equal to or greater than the dollar threshold de-
scribed in such section, which shall be subject 
to annual adjustment in accordance with sec-
tion 3307(h) of such title; and 
‘‘(ii) does not include a lease for space for 
use as a shared Federal medical facility for 
which the Department’s estimated share of the 
lease costs does not exceed such dollar thresh-
old.’’. 
(c) INTERIM LEASING ACTIONS.—Such section is fur-
ther amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(i)(1) The Secretary may carry out interim leasing 
actions as the Secretary considers necessary for major 
medical facility leases (as defined in subsection (a)(3)(B)). 
‘‘(2) In this subsection, the term ‘interim leasing ac-
tions’ has the meaning given that term by the Adminis-
trator of the General Services Administration.’’. 
(d) APPLICABILITY.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to a lease that has not 
been specifically authorized by law on or before the date 
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of the enactment of this Act and is included as part of 
the annual budget submission of the President for fiscal 
year 2022, 2023, or 2024. 
(e) PURCHASE OPTIONS.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs may obligate and expend funds to exercise a pur-
chase option included in any major medical facility lease 
described in subsection (d). 
(f) APPROPRIATION.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated for fiscal year 2022, 
out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, $1,805,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for major medical facility leases pursuant to sub-
chapter I of chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, 
as amended by this section, as requested in the annual 
budget submission of the President for fiscal year 2022, 
2023, or 2024. 
(g) TERMINATION AND RESTORATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective upon the date of 
execution of the final lease award for leases de-
scribed in subsection (d), subsections (a) through (e) 
of this section and the amendments made by those 
subsections are repealed and any provision of law 
amended by those subsections is restored as if those 
subsections had not been enacted into law. 
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(2) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall submit to Congress and the Law Revi-
sion Counsel of the House of Representatives written 
notification of the date specified in paragraph (1) 
not later than 30 days before such date. 
SEC. 12004. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF HEALTH PROFES-
SIONS RESIDENCY POSITIONS AT DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL FA-
CILITIES. 
(a) INCREASE.—In carrying out section 7302(a)(1) 
of title 38, United States Code, during the seven-year pe-
riod beginning on the day that is one year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs shall increase the number of health professions 
residency positions at medical facilities of the Department 
of Veterans Affairs by not more than 700 positions (which 
shall be allocated among occupations included in the most 
current determination published in the Federal Register 
pursuant to section 7412(a) of such title, or allocated pur-
suant to a prioritization by the Secretary of occupations 
in primary care, mental health care, and any other health 
professions occupation the Secretary determines appro-
priate) through the establishment of such new positions 
at— 
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(1) medical facilities where the Secretary estab-
lished such positions pursuant to section 301(b)(2) 
of the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability 
Act of 2014 (Public Law 113–146; 38 U.S.C. 7302 
note); or 
(2) any medical facility— 
(A) the director of which expresses an in-
terest in establishing or expanding a health pro-
fessions residency program at the medical facil-
ity; or 
(B) that is located in a community that 
has a high concentration of veterans or is expe-
riencing a shortage of health care professionals. 
(b) APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to amounts other-
wise available, there is appropriated to the Department 
of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, out of any money 
in 
the 
Treasury 
not 
otherwise 
appropriated, 
$375,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2029, for the purpose of carrying out this section. 
SEC. 12005. VETERAN RECORDS SCANNING. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Veterans Benefits Administration for 
fiscal year 2022, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, $150,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2023, for costs of record scanning 
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and claims processing, to carry out sections 7701 and 
7703 of title 38, United States Code. 
SEC. 12006. FUNDING FOR DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
In addition to amounts otherwise available, there is 
appropriated to the Office of Inspector General of the De-
partment of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2022, out of 
any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
$15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2031, for audits, investigations, and other oversight of 
projects and activities carried out with funds made avail-
able to the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
TITLE XIII—COMMITTEE ON 
WAYS AND MEANS 
Subtitle A—Universal Paid Family 
and Medical Leave 
SEC. 130001. PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE. 
The Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE XXII—PAID FAMILY AND 
MEDICAL LEAVE BENEFITS 
‘‘SEC. 2201. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
‘‘The table of contents for this title is as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 2201. Table of contents. 
‘‘Sec. 2202. Paid family and medical leave benefit eligibility. 
‘‘Sec. 2203. Benefit amount. 
‘‘Sec. 2204. Benefit determination and payment. 
‘‘Sec. 2205. Appeals. 
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‘‘Sec. 2206. Stewardship. 
‘‘Sec. 2207. Funding for benefit payments, grants, and program administra-
tion. 
‘‘Sec. 2208. Funding for outreach, public education, and research. 
‘‘Sec. 2209. Funding for State administration option for legacy States. 
‘‘Sec. 2210. Reimbursement option for employer-sponsored paid leave benefits. 
‘‘Sec. 2211. Funding for small business assistance. 
‘‘Sec. 2212. Definitions. 
‘‘SEC. 2202. PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE BENEFIT 
ELIGIBILITY. 
‘‘(a) ENTITLEMENT.—Every individual who— 
‘‘(1) has filed an application for a paid family 
and medical leave benefit in accordance with section 
2204(a); 
‘‘(2) has, or anticipates having, at least 4 
caregiving hours in a week ending at any time dur-
ing the period that begins 90 days before the date 
on which such application is filed or not later than 
180 days after such date; and 
‘‘(3) has wages or self-employment income at 
any time during the period— 
‘‘(A) beginning with the most recent cal-
endar quarter that ends at least 4 months prior 
to the beginning of the individual’s benefit pe-
riod specified in subsection (b); and 
‘‘(B) ending with the month before the 
month in which such benefit period begins, 
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shall be entitled to such a benefit for each month during 
such benefit period, except as otherwise provided in this 
section. 
‘‘(b) BENEFIT PERIOD.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), the benefit period specified in this sub-
section is the period beginning with the month in 
which ends the 1st week in which the individual has 
at least 4 caregiving hours and otherwise meets the 
criteria specified in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of 
subsection (a) and ending with the month in which 
ends the 52nd week ending during such period. 
‘‘(2) RETROACTIVE BENEFITS.—In the case of 
an application for benefits under this section with 
respect to an individual who has at least 4 
caregiving hours in a week at any time during the 
period that begins 90 days before the date on which 
such application is filed, the benefit period specified 
in this subsection is the period beginning with the 
later of— 
‘‘(A) the month in which ends the 1st week 
in which the individual has at least 4 caregiving 
hours; or 
‘‘(B) the 1st month that begins during 
such 90-day period, 
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and ending with the month in which ends the 52nd 
week ending during such period. 
‘‘(3) 
LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding 
para-
graphs (1) and (2), no benefit period under this title 
may begin with any month beginning prior to July 
2023. 
‘‘(c) CAREGIVING HOURS.— 
‘‘(1) CAREGIVING
HOUR
DEFINED.—For pur-
poses of this title, the term ‘caregiving hour’ means 
a 1-hour period during which the individual engaged 
in qualified caregiving (determined on the basis of 
information filed with the Secretary pursuant to 
subsection (c) of section 2204). 
‘‘(2) QUALIFIED CAREGIVING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 
subsection, the term ‘qualified caregiving’ 
means any activity engaged in by an individual 
in lieu of work, other than for monetary com-
pensation, for any reason described in para-
graph (1) or (3) of section 102(a) of the Family 
and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
2612(a)), except that for purposes of this para-
graph such section shall be applied— 
‘‘(i) by treating such individual as the 
employee referred to in such paragraph; 
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‘‘(ii) as if paragraph (1)(C) were 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘ ‘(C)(i) In order to care for a qualified 
family member of the employee, if such quali-
fied family member has a serious health condi-
tion. 
‘‘ ‘(ii) For purposes of clause (i), the term 
‘‘qualified family member’’ means, with respect 
to an employee— 
‘‘ ‘(I) a spouse (including a domestic 
partner in a civil union or other registered 
domestic partnership recognized by a 
State) and a spouse’s parent; 
‘‘ ‘(II) a child and a child’s spouse; 
‘‘ ‘(III) a parent and a parent’s 
spouse; 
‘‘ ‘(IV) a sibling and a sibling’s 
spouse; 
‘‘ ‘(V) a grandparent, a grandchild, or 
a spouse of a grandparent or grandchild; 
and 
‘‘ ‘(VI) any other individual who is re-
lated by blood or affinity and whose asso-
ciation with the employee is equivalent of 
a family relationship (as determined under 
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regulations issued by the Secretary of the 
Treasury).’; and 
‘‘(iii) by treating the criterion in para-
graph (1)(D) that an individual is ‘unable 
to perform the functions of the position of 
such employee’ because of a serious health 
condition as a criterion that the individual 
is unable to satisfy the requirements need-
ed to continue receiving the wages or self- 
employment income described in subsection 
(a)(3) with respect to the individual be-
cause of such serious health condition; 
‘‘(iv) as if paragraph (1)(E) were 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘ ‘(E) Because of any qualifying exigency 
(as the Secretary shall, by regulation, deter-
mine) arising out of the fact that a qualified 
family member of the employee (as defined in 
subparagraph (C)(ii)) is on covered active duty 
(or has been notified of an impending call or 
order to covered active duty) in the Armed 
Forces.’; and 
‘‘(v) as if paragraph (1) were amend-
ed by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘ ‘(G) Because of the death of a spouse, 
parent, or child of the employee.’. 
‘‘(vi) as if paragraph (3) were amend-
ed by striking ‘the spouse, son, daughter, 
parent, or next of kin’ and inserting ‘a 
qualified family member of the employee 
(as defined in subparagraph (C)(ii))’. 
‘‘(B) NO MONETARY COMPENSATION PER-
MITTED.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
an activity shall be considered to be engaged in 
by an individual for monetary compensation if 
the individual received any form of wage com-
pensation from an employer, including paid va-
cation, paid sick leave, and any other form of 
accrued paid time off (but not including any 
such form of accrued paid time off or any non- 
accrued paid family and medical leave benefits 
sponsored by an employer to the extent that the 
sum of such accrued or non-accrued paid leave 
and any paid family and medical leave benefits 
under section 2202 does not exceed 100 percent 
of the individual’s regular rate of pay (as deter-
mined under section 7(e) of the Fair Labor 
Standards Act of 1938)), for the time during 
which the individual was so engaged. 
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‘‘(C) TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS ELIGI-
BLE FOR EMPLOYER SPONSORED PAID FAMILY 
AND MEDICAL LEAVE BENEFITS.—For purposes 
of subparagraph (A), an activity engaged in by 
an individual shall not be considered to be en-
gaged in in lieu of work if, for the time during 
which the individual was so engaged, the indi-
vidual would be eligible for paid family and 
medical leave benefits under a program spon-
sored by an employer who receives a grant with 
respect to such program under section 2210. 
‘‘(D) TREATMENT
OF
INDIVIDUALS
EM-
PLOYED IN LEGACY STATES.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), an activity engaged in by an 
individual shall not be considered to be engaged 
in in lieu of work if the time during which the 
individual was so engaged constitutes leave 
from employment for which the individual 
would be eligible to receive paid family or med-
ical leave benefits under the law of a legacy 
State (as defined in section 2209(b)). 
‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF BEREAVEMENT LEAVE.—In the 
case of an activity engaged in by an individual in lieu of 
work for a reason described in paragraph (1)(G) of section 
102(a) of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (as 
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such section is applied for purposes of paragraph (2) of 
subsection (c)), the total number of caregiving hours at-
tributable to such activity, for each death described in 
such paragraph (1)(G), that may be credited under section 
2203(c) to weeks during the individual’s benefit period 
may not exceed 3⁄5 of the number of hours in the individ-
ual’s regular workweek (within the meaning of section 
2203(d)). 
‘‘(e) NO CAREGIVING HOURS IN INDIVIDUAL’S WEEK 
OF DEATH.—No caregiving hours of an individual may be 
credited under section 2203(c) to the week during which 
the individual dies. 
‘‘(f) DISQUALIFICATION FOLLOWING CERTAIN CON-
VICTIONS.—An individual who has been found to have 
used false statements or representation to secure benefits 
under this title shall be ineligible for benefits under this 
title for a 5-year period following the date of such finding. 
‘‘SEC. 2203. BENEFIT AMOUNT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The amount of the benefit to 
which an individual is entitled under section 2202 for a 
month shall be an amount equal to the sum of the weekly 
benefit amounts for each week ending during such month. 
The weekly benefit amount of an individual for a week 
shall be equal to the product of the individual’s weekly 
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benefit rate (as determined under subsection (b)) multi-
plied by a fraction— 
‘‘(1) the numerator of which is the number of 
caregiving hours of the individual credited to such 
week (as determined in subsection (c)); and 
‘‘(2) the denominator of which is the number of 
hours in a regular workweek of the individual (as de-
termined in subsection (d)). 
‘‘(b) WEEKLY BENEFIT RATE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, an individual’s weekly benefit rate shall be an 
amount equal to the sum of— 
‘‘(A) 85 percent of the individual’s average 
weekly earnings to the extent that such earn-
ings do not exceed the amount established for 
purposes of this subparagraph by paragraph 
(2); 
‘‘(B) 75 percent of the individual’s average 
weekly earnings to the extent that such earn-
ings exceed the amount established for purposes 
of subparagraph (A) but do not exceed the 
amount established for purposes of this sub-
paragraph by paragraph (2); 
‘‘(C) 55 percent of the individual’s average 
weekly earnings to the extent that such earn-
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ings exceed the amount established for purposes 
of subparagraph (B) but do not exceed the 
amount established for purposes of this sub-
paragraph by paragraph (2); 
‘‘(D) 25 percent of the individual’s average 
weekly earnings to the extent that such earn-
ings exceed the amount established for purposes 
of subparagraph (C) but do not exceed the 
amount established for purposes of this sub-
paragraph by paragraph (2); and 
‘‘(E) 5 percent of the individual’s average 
weekly earnings to the extent that such earn-
ings exceed the amount established for purposes 
of subparagraph (D) but do not exceed the 
amount established for purposes of this sub-
paragraph by paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) AMOUNTS ESTABLISHED.— 
‘‘(A) INITIAL AMOUNTS.—For individuals 
whose benefit period under this title begins in 
or before calendar year 2024, the amount es-
tablished for purposes of subparagraphs (A), 
(B), (C), (D), and (E) of paragraph (1) shall 
be 
1⁄52
of 
$15,080, 
$34,248, 
$72,000, 
$100,000, and $250,000, respectively. 
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‘‘(B) WAGE
INDEXING.—For individuals 
whose benefit period under this title begins in 
any calendar year after 2024, each of the 
amounts so established shall equal the cor-
responding amount established for the calendar 
year preceding such calendar year, or, if larger, 
the product of the corresponding amount estab-
lished with respect to the calendar year 2024 
and the quotient obtained by dividing— 
‘‘(i) the national average wage index 
(as defined in section 2212) for the second 
calendar year preceding such calendar 
year, by 
‘‘(ii) the national average wage index 
(as so defined) for 2022. 
‘‘(C) ROUNDING.—Each amount estab-
lished under subparagraph (B) for any calendar 
year shall be rounded to the nearest $1, except 
that any amount so established which is a mul-
tiple of $0.50 but not of $1 shall be rounded to 
the next higher $1. 
‘‘(3) AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS.—For pur-
poses of this subsection, an individual’s average 
weekly earnings, as calculated by the Secretary, shall 
be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing— 
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‘‘(A) the total of the wages and self-em-
ployment income received by the individual dur-
ing the most recent 8-calendar quarter period 
that ends at least 4 months prior to the begin-
ning of the individual’s benefit period; by 
‘‘(B) 104. 
‘‘(4) EVIDENCE OF EARNINGS.—For purposes 
of determining the wages and self-employment in-
come of an individual with respect to an application 
for benefits under section 2202, the Secretary shall 
make such determination on the basis of wage data 
provided to the Secretary from the National Direc-
tory of New Hires pursuant to section 453(j)(5) and 
self-employment income data provided by the Sec-
retary, except that the Secretary shall also consider 
any more recent or additional evidence of wages or 
self-employment income the individual chooses to ad-
ditionally submit. 
‘‘(c) CREDITING
OF
CAREGIVING
HOURS
TO
A 
WEEK.—The number of caregiving hours of an individual 
credited to a week as determined under this subsection 
shall equal the number of caregiving hours of the indi-
vidual occurring during such week, except that— 
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‘‘(1) such number may not exceed the number 
of hours in a regular workweek of the individual (as 
determined in subsection (d)); 
‘‘(2) no caregiving hours may be credited to a 
week in which fewer than 4 caregiving hours of the 
individual occur; 
‘‘(3) no caregiving hours of the individual may 
be credited to the individual’s waiting period, con-
sisting of the first week during an individual’s ben-
efit period in which at least 4 caregiving hours occur 
(regardless of whether the individual received paid 
vacation, paid sick leave, or any other form of ac-
crued paid time off from the individual’s employer 
during such week in accordance with section 
2202(c)(2)(B)); and 
‘‘(4) the total number of caregiving hours cred-
ited to weeks during the individual’s benefit period 
may not exceed the product of 12 multiplied by the 
number of hours in a regular workweek of the indi-
vidual (as so determined). 
‘‘(d) NUMBER OF HOURS IN A REGULAR WORK-
WEEK.—For purposes of this section, the number of hours 
in a regular workweek of an individual shall be the number 
of hours that the individual regularly works in a week for 
all employers (or regularly worked in the case of an indi-
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vidual no longer employed), as determined under guidance 
to be issued by the Secretary. 
‘‘SEC. 2204. BENEFIT DETERMINATION AND PAYMENT. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An individual seeking benefits 
under section 2202 shall file an application with the Sec-
retary containing the information described in subsection 
(b) and such other information as the Secretary may re-
quire. Any information contained in an application for 
benefits under section 2202, or in a periodic benefit claim 
report filed with respect to such benefits, shall be pre-
sumed to be true and accurate, unless the Secretary dem-
onstrates by a preponderance of the evidence that informa-
tion contained in the application or periodic benefit claim 
report is false, except that the Secretary shall establish 
procedures to validate the identity of the individual filing 
the application. 
‘‘(b) REQUIRED CONTENTS
OF INITIAL APPLICA-
TION.—An application for a paid family and medical leave 
benefit filed by an individual shall include— 
‘‘(1) an attestation that the individual has, or 
anticipates having, at least 4 caregiving hours in a 
week ending at any time during the period that be-
gins 90 days before the date on which such applica-
tion is filed or not later than 180 days after such 
date; 
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‘‘(2) except as otherwise provided in this sub-
section, a certification, issued by a relevant authority 
determined under regulations issued by the Sec-
retary, that contains such information as the Sec-
retary shall specify in such regulations as necessary 
to affirm the circumstances giving rise to the need 
for such caregiving hours, which shall be no more 
than the information that is required to be stated 
under section 103(b) of the Family and Medical 
Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2613(b)); 
‘‘(3) an attestation from the individual that no-
tice of the individual’s need to be absent from work 
during such caregiving hours has been provided, not 
later than 7 days after such need arises, to the indi-
vidual’s employer (except in cases of hardship or 
other extenuating circumstances or if the individual 
does not have (or no longer has) an employer); 
‘‘(4) pay stubs or such other evidence as the in-
dividual may provide demonstrating the individual’s 
wages or self-employment income during the period 
described in section 2202(a)(3), except that the Sec-
retary may waive this requirement in any case in 
which such evidence is otherwise available to the 
Secretary; 
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‘‘(5) an attestation from the individual stating 
the number of hours in a regular workweek of the 
individual (within the meaning of section 2203(d)); 
and 
‘‘(6) an attestation from the individual stating 
that the leave from employment with respect to 
which the individual is filing such application is not 
employment for which the individual has received— 
‘‘(A) a notice from a State pursuant to 
subsection (b)(2)(B) of section 2209 stating 
that such employment would be eligible for paid 
family and medical leave benefits under a State 
legacy program described in such section; or 
‘‘(B) a notice from the individual’s em-
ployer pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(F)(iv) of 
section 2210 stating that such employment 
would be eligible for paid family and medical 
leave benefits under an employer-sponsored pro-
gram described in such section. 
In the case of an individual who applies for a paid family 
and medical leave benefit in the anticipation of caregiving 
hours occurring after the date of application, the certifi-
cation described in paragraph (2), the attestation de-
scribed in paragraph (3), and the evidence described in 
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paragraph (4) may be provided after the 1st week in which 
at least 4 such caregiving hours occur. 
‘‘(c) PERIODIC BENEFIT CLAIM REPORT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), not later than 60 days (or such longer pe-
riod as may be provided in any case in which the 
Secretary determines that good cause exists for an 
extension) after the end of each month during the 
benefit period of an individual entitled to benefits 
under section 2202, the individual shall file a peri-
odic benefit claim report with the Secretary. Such 
periodic benefit claim report shall specify the 
caregiving hours of the individual that occurred dur-
ing each week that ended in such month and shall 
include such other information as the Secretary may 
require. No periodic benefit claim report shall be re-
quired with respect to any week in which fewer than 
4 caregiving hours occurred. 
‘‘(2) RETROACTIVE APPLICATIONS.—In the case 
of an application filed by an individual for a paid 
family and medical leave benefit with a benefit pe-
riod that begins, in accordance with section 
2202(b)(2), with a month that ends before the date 
on which such application is filed, the individual may 
include with such application the information de-
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scribed in the second sentence of paragraph (1) with 
respect to each week in the benefit period that ends 
before such date. 
‘‘(d) DETERMINATIONS
AND
NOTICE
REQUIRE-
MENTS.— 
‘‘(1) INITIAL APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
determine the initial eligibility of an individual 
applying for benefits under this title in accord-
ance with section 2202. 
‘‘(B) NOTICES.—To ensure payment of 
benefits in the correct amount and that bene-
ficiaries are aware of the right to appeal a ben-
efit determination of the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) not later than 15 days after each 
application for benefits from an individual 
under this title is filed, the Secretary shall 
provide notice to the individual of— 
‘‘(I) the initial determination of 
eligibility for such benefits; 
‘‘(II)(aa) the calendar quarter 
that begins the period described in 
section 2202(a)(3) with respect to the 
individual, the 8 calendar quarters 
used to compute the individual’s aver-
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age weekly earnings under section 
2203(b)(3), and the wages and self- 
employment income received by the 
individual during each of those 8 
quarters as recorded by the Secretary; 
and 
‘‘(bb) the individual’s right under 
section 2203(b)(4) to submit more re-
cent or additional evidence of such 
wages or self-employment income, in-
cluding a statement that eligibility 
could change or benefits could in-
crease if such additional evidence re-
sults in more recent or higher average 
weekly earnings; 
‘‘(III) the estimated weekly ben-
efit amount for a week to which 4 
caregiving hours of the individual are 
credited; 
‘‘(IV) the estimated weekly ben-
efit amount for a week to which a 
number of caregiving hours are cred-
ited equal to the number of hours in 
a regular workweek of the individual 
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(as 
determined 
in 
subsection 
2203(d)); 
‘‘(V) the number of caregiving 
hours credited to weeks ending prior 
to the date of such application; 
‘‘(VI) the beginning and ending 
dates of the individual’s benefit pe-
riod; and 
‘‘(VII) the individual’s right to 
appeal such initial determination in 
accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion 2205; and 
‘‘(ii) in any case in which an indi-
vidual submits additional information with 
respect to such an application, the Sec-
retary shall provide an updated notice to 
the individual containing the same infor-
mation provided in the notice described in 
clause (i), including a specific indication of 
any such information that has been up-
dated as a result of the additional informa-
tion submitted by the individual. 
‘‘(2) MONTHLY BENEFIT DETERMINATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—On the basis of the in-
formation filed with the Secretary pursuant to 
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subsection (c), the Secretary shall determine, 
with respect to an individual for each week end-
ing in a month, the number of caregiving hours 
to be credited to such week in accordance with 
section 2203(c). 
‘‘(B) NOTICES.—To ensure payment of 
benefits in the correct amount and that bene-
ficiaries are aware of the right to appeal a ben-
efit determination of the Secretary, not later 
than 15 days after each periodic benefit claim 
report from an individual is filed (or after filing 
of initial application for retroactive benefits), 
the Secretary shall provide notice to the indi-
vidual specifying— 
‘‘(i) whether payment will be made to 
the individual for each week to which such 
periodic benefit claim report pertains and 
the amount of such payment; 
‘‘(ii) if the Secretary determines that 
payment will not be made for a week or 
that payment will be made based on a 
number of caregiving hours credited to the 
week inconsistent with the number of 
caregiving hours specified for such week in 
such periodic benefit claim report (or ini-
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tial application), the reasons for such de-
termination; and 
‘‘(iii) the individual’s right to appeal 
such determination in accordance with the 
provisions of section 2205. 
‘‘(3) CHANGING
CIRCUMSTANCES.—The Sec-
retary shall issue regulations to establish a process 
under which an individual may notify the Secretary 
if more than one type of circumstance gives rise to 
the need for caregiving hours during the individual’s 
benefit period. Such caregiving hours shall be cred-
ited to weeks within the benefit period in accordance 
with section 2203(c) regardless of circumstance. 
‘‘(4) ACCESSIBILITY
OF
NOTICES.—The Sec-
retary shall take such actions as are necessary to en-
sure that any notice to one or more individuals 
issued pursuant to this title by the Secretary is writ-
ten in simple and clear language. 
‘‘(e) CERTIFICATION OF PAYMENT.—Not later than 
15 days after the making of a determination under sub-
section (d)(2)(A) with respect to the number of caregiving 
hours of an individual to be credited to weeks ending in 
a month, the Secretary shall certify payment to such indi-
vidual of the amount of the paid family and medical leave 
benefit for such month. 
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‘‘(f) EXPEDITED BENEFIT PAYMENT IN CASES OF 
MISSING PAYMENT.—The Secretary shall establish and 
put into effect procedures under which expedited payment 
of benefits under this title will be made to an individual 
to whom a benefit payment was due for a month but was 
not received by the individual. 
‘‘(g) SUBMISSION OF REQUIRED INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) 
BY
PHONE, 
MAIL, 
OR
ELECTRONIC 
MEANS.—To ensure full access to benefits by all eli-
gible individuals, applicable paid leave information 
with respect to an individual may be submitted to 
the Secretary by phone, mail, or electronic means. 
‘‘(2) BY ANY PERSON.—Any person may submit 
applicable paid leave information with respect to an 
individual, including, as applicable, the individual’s 
representative, the individual’s employer, or any rel-
evant authority identified under subsection (b)(2). 
The Secretary shall promptly notify an individual 
whenever any other person submits such information 
on the individual’s behalf. 
‘‘(3) NOTICE OF RECEIPT.—The Secretary shall 
provide prompt notice of receipt of all applicable 
paid leave information submitted with respect to an 
individual. 
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‘‘(4) DEFINITION OF APPLICABLE PAID LEAVE 
INFORMATION.—For purposes of this subsection, the 
term ‘applicable paid leave information’ means, with 
respect to an individual, any information submitted 
to the Secretary with respect to the paid family and 
medical leave benefits of the individual, including 
any initial application, periodic benefit claim report, 
appeal, and any other information submitted in sup-
port of such application, report, or appeal. 
‘‘SEC. 2205. APPEALS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—An individual shall have the 
right— 
‘‘(1) to appeal to the Secretary any determina-
tion made with respect to— 
‘‘(A) paid family and medical leave benefits 
under section 2202; and 
‘‘(B) paid family and medical leave bene-
fits under an employer-sponsored program de-
scribed in section 2210 whose initial appeal 
pursuant to subsection (b)(1)(F)(iii)(I) of such 
section results in a determination unfavorable 
to the individual; and 
‘‘(2) to appeal any final decision of the Sec-
retary by a civil action brought in the district court 
of the United States for the judicial district in which 
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the plaintiff resides, or in which the principal place 
of business of the plaintiff sits, or, if the plaintiff 
does not reside or such principal place of business 
does not sit within any such judicial district, in the 
United States District Court for the District of Co-
lumbia. 
‘‘(b) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall establish 
procedures for appeals of such determinations that ensure 
that appeals will be heard in a timely manner by a deci-
sionmaker who is different from the initial decisionmaker 
using procedures that are similar to the procedures used 
for appeals of determinations under the Medicare Low-In-
come Subsidy program described under section 1860D- 
14(a)(3)(B)(iv)(II). 
‘‘(c) AUTHORITY
TO ISSUE
AND ENFORCE SUB-
POENAS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For the purpose of any 
hearing, investigation, or other proceeding author-
ized or directed under this title, the Secretary shall 
have power to issue subpoenas requiring the attend-
ance and testimony of witnesses and the production 
of any evidence that relates to any matter under in-
vestigation or in question before the Secretary. Such 
attendance of witnesses and production of evidence 
at the designated place of such hearing, investiga-
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tion, or other proceeding may be required from any 
place in the United States or in any Territory or 
possession thereof. 
‘‘(2) SERVICE; WITNESSES.—Subpoenas of the 
Secretary shall be served by anyone authorized by 
the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) by delivering a copy thereof to the in-
dividual named therein; or 
‘‘(B) by registered mail or by certified mail 
addressed to such individual at his last dwelling 
place or principal place of business. 
A verified return by the individual serving the sub-
poena setting forth the manner of service, or, in the 
case of service by registered mail or by certified 
mail, the return post-office receipt therefor signed by 
the individual so served, shall be proof of service. 
Witnesses so subpoenaed shall be paid the same fees 
and mileage as are paid witnesses in the district 
courts of the United States. 
‘‘(3) CONTUMACY OR REFUSAL TO OBEY A SUB-
POENA.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In case of contumacy 
by, or refusal to obey a subpoena duly served 
upon, any person, any district court of the 
United States for the judicial district in which 
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the person charged with contumacy or refusal 
to obey is found or resides or transacts busi-
ness, upon application by the Secretary, shall 
have jurisdiction to issue an order requiring 
such person to appear and give testimony, or to 
appear and produce evidence, or both. Any fail-
ure to obey such order of the court may be pun-
ished by the court as contempt thereof. 
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF EMPLOYERS.—In the 
case of contumacy by, or refusal to obey a sub-
poena duly served upon, any employer, the Sec-
retary shall impose such penalties against the 
employer as the Secretary determines may 
apply pursuant to section 2210(f). 
‘‘SEC. 2206. STEWARDSHIP. 
‘‘(a) PROMOTING EQUITY.—The Secretary shall con-
duct a robust program to analyze and prevent disparities 
on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual 
orientation, gender identity, disability, age, national ori-
gin, family composition, or living arrangements with re-
spect to the benefits provided under this title and individ-
uals’ access to such benefits. 
‘‘(b) UNDERPAYMENTS AND OVERPAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whenever the Secretary de-
termines that more or less than the correct amount 
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of payment has been made to any individual under 
this title, the Secretary shall promptly notify the in-
dividual of such determination and inform the indi-
vidual of the right to appeal such determination in 
accordance with the provisions of section 2205. 
Proper adjustment or recovery shall be made, under 
regulations prescribed by the Secretary, as follows: 
‘‘(A) UNDERPAYMENTS.—With respect to 
payment to an individual of less than the cor-
rect amount, the Secretary shall promptly pay 
the balance of the amount due to such under-
paid individual. 
‘‘(B) OVERPAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—With respect to 
payment to an individual of more than the 
correct amount, the Secretary shall de-
crease any payment for a month under this 
title to which such overpaid individual is 
entitled (except that the weekly benefit 
amounts for each week ending during such 
month 
as 
determined 
under 
section 
2203(a) may not be decreased below the 
amount specified in clause (ii) with respect 
to such weekly benefit amounts of the indi-
vidual), or shall require such overpaid indi-
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vidual to refund the amount in excess of 
the correct amount, or shall apply any 
combination of the foregoing. 
‘‘(ii) LIMITATION ON RECOVERY.— 
‘‘(I) AMOUNT
SPECIFIED.—The 
amount specified in this clause with 
respect to a weekly benefit amount of 
an individual for a week is an amount 
equal to the weekly benefit amount 
that would be determined for the indi-
vidual for such week under section 
2203(a) if the individual’s weekly ben-
efit rate (as determined under section 
2203(b)) were equal to the applicable 
dollar amount as determined under 
subclause (II). 
‘‘(II) 
APPLICABLE
DOLLAR 
AMOUNT.—For purposes of subclause 
(I), the applicable dollar amount is— 
‘‘(aa) with respect to a 
weekly benefit amount deter-
mined for a week ending in a 
month in or before calendar year 
2024, $315; and 
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‘‘(bb) with respect to a 
weekly benefit amount deter-
mined for a week ending in a 
month in any calendar year after 
2024, the corresponding amount 
established with respect to a 
weekly benefit amount deter-
mined for a week ending in a 
month in the calendar year pre-
ceding such calendar year or, if 
larger, the product of the cor-
responding amount specified in 
item (aa) with respect to a week-
ly benefit amount determined for 
a week ending in a month in cal-
endar year 2024 multiplied by 
the quotient obtained by divid-
ing— 
‘‘(AA) the national av-
erage wage index (as defined 
in section 2212) for the sec-
ond calendar year preceding 
such calendar year, by 
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‘‘(BB) the national av-
erage wage index (as so de-
fined) for 2022. 
‘‘(2) WAIVER OF CERTAIN OVERPAYMENTS.—In 
any case in which more than the correct amount of 
payment has been made, there shall be no adjust-
ment of payments to, or recovery by the United 
States from, any individual who was without fault in 
connection with the overpayment if such adjustment 
or recovery would defeat the purpose of this title or 
would be against equity and good conscience, or 
would impede efficient or effective administration of 
this title, as determined by the Secretary under pro-
cedures to be established by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) LIABILITY OF CERTIFYING OR DISBURSING 
OFFICER.—No certifying or disbursing officer shall 
be held liable for any amount certified or paid by 
him to any individual where the adjustment or re-
covery of such amount is waived under paragraph 
(2), or where adjustment under paragraph (1) is not 
completed prior to the death of the individual 
against whose benefits deductions are authorized. 
‘‘(c) PENALTIES AND OTHER PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Whoever— 
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‘‘(A) knowingly and willfully makes or 
causes to be made any false statement or rep-
resentation of a material fact in any application 
for any benefit under this title, 
‘‘(B) at any time knowingly and willfully 
makes or causes to be made any false statement 
or representation of a material fact for use in 
determining rights to any such benefit, 
‘‘(C) having knowledge of the occurrence of 
any event affecting (A) his initial or continued 
right to any such benefit, or (B) the initial or 
continued right to any such benefit of any other 
individual in whose behalf he has applied for or 
is receiving such benefit, conceals or fails to dis-
close such event with an intent fraudulently to 
secure such benefit either in a greater amount 
or quantity than is due or when no such benefit 
is authorized, 
‘‘(D) having made application to receive 
any such benefit for the use and benefit of an-
other and having received it, knowingly and 
willfully converts such benefit or any part there-
of to a use other than for the use and benefit 
of such other person, or 
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‘‘(E) conspires to commit any offense de-
scribed in any of subparagraphs (A) through 
(C), 
shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, 
imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION FROM PARTICIPATION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No person or entity 
who is convicted of a violation of paragraph (1) 
may represent, or submit evidence on behalf of, 
an individual applying for, or receiving, benefits 
under this title. 
‘‘(B) NOTICE, EFFECTIVE DATE, AND PE-
RIOD OF EXCLUSION.— 
‘‘(i) 
IN
GENERAL.—An 
exclusion 
under this paragraph shall be effective at 
such time, for such period, and upon such 
reasonable notice to the public and to the 
individual excluded as may be specified in 
regulations consistent with clause (ii). 
‘‘(ii) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Such an ex-
clusion shall be effective with respect to 
services furnished to any individual on or 
after the effective date of the exclusion. 
Nothing in this paragraph may be con-
strued to preclude consideration of any 
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medical evidence derived from services pro-
vided by a health care provider before the 
effective date of the exclusion of the health 
care provider under this paragraph. 
‘‘(iii) PERIOD OF EXCLUSION.— 
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—The Sec-
retary shall specify, in the notice of 
exclusion under clause (i), the period 
of the exclusion. 
‘‘(II) PREVIOUS
OFFENSE.—In 
the case of the exclusion of a person 
or entity under subparagraph (A) who 
has previously been subject to an ex-
clusion under such subparagraph— 
‘‘(aa) if the person or entity 
has previously been subject to 
such an exclusion only once, the 
period of exclusion shall be not 
less than 10 years; and 
‘‘(bb) if the person or entity 
has previously been subject to 
such an exclusion more than 
once, the exclusion shall be per-
manent. 
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‘‘(C) NOTICE TO STATE LICENSING AGEN-
CIES.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) promptly notify the appropriate 
State or local agency or authority having 
responsibility for the licensing or certifi-
cation of a person or entity excluded from 
participation under this section of the fact 
and circumstances of the exclusion; 
‘‘(ii) request that appropriate inves-
tigations be made and sanctions invoked in 
accordance with applicable State law and 
policy; and 
‘‘(iii) request that the State or local 
agency or authority keep the Secretary 
fully and currently informed with respect 
to any actions taken in response to the re-
quest. 
‘‘(D) NOTICE, HEARING, AND
JUDICIAL 
REVIEW.—Any person or entity who is excluded 
(or directed to be excluded) from participation 
under this section is entitled to reasonable no-
tice and opportunity for a hearing by the Sec-
retary and to judicial review of such final agen-
cy decision to the same extent as is provided in 
section 2205. 
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clusion have not recurred and will not 
recur. 
‘‘(F) AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS OF EX-
CLUDED PERSONS AND ENTITIES.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed to have the effect 
of limiting access by any applicant or bene-
ficiary under this title or the Secretary to 
records maintained by any person or entity in 
connection with services provided to the appli-
cant or beneficiary prior to the exclusion of 
such person or entity under this paragraph. 
‘‘(G) 
REPORTING
REQUIREMENT.—Any 
person or entity participating in, or seeking to 
participate in, the program under this title shall 
inform the Secretary, in such form and manner 
as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulation, 
whether such person or entity has been con-
victed of a violation under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(d) REDETERMINATION OF ENTITLEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.— 
‘‘(A) PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall 
immediately redetermine the entitlement of in-
dividuals to paid family and medical leave ben-
efit benefits under this title if there is reason 
to believe that fraud or similar fault was in-
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volved in the application of the individual for 
such benefits, unless a United States attorney, 
or equivalent State prosecutor, with jurisdiction 
over potential or actual related criminal cases, 
certifies, in writing, that there is a substantial 
risk that such action by the Secretary with re-
gard to beneficiaries in a particular investiga-
tion would jeopardize the criminal prosecution 
of a person involved in a suspected fraud. 
‘‘(B) 
DISREGARD
OF
CERTAIN
EVI-
DENCE.—When redetermining the entitlement, 
or making an initial determination of entitle-
ment, of an individual under this title, the Sec-
retary shall disregard any evidence if there is 
reason to believe that fraud or similar fault was 
involved in the providing of such evidence. 
‘‘(2) SIMILAR
FAULT
DESCRIBED.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), similar fault is involved with 
respect to a determination if— 
‘‘(A) an incorrect or incomplete statement 
that is material to the determination is know-
ingly made; or 
‘‘(B) information that is material to the 
determination is knowingly concealed. 
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‘‘(3) TERMINATION OF BENEFITS.—If, after re-
determining pursuant to this subsection the entitle-
ment of an individual to monthly insurance benefits, 
the Secretary determines that there is insufficient 
evidence to support such entitlement, the Secretary 
may terminate such entitlement and may treat bene-
fits paid on the basis of such insufficient evidence as 
overpayments. 
‘‘SEC. 2207. FUNDING FOR BENEFIT PAYMENTS, GRANTS, 
AND PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION. 
‘‘(a) FUNDING
FOR
BENEFIT
PAYMENTS
AND 
GRANTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—There are appropriated, 
out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, such sums as may be necessary to pay 
benefits under section 2202 and for grants under 
sections 2209 and 2210, subject to paragraph (2). 
‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—In no case shall a grant 
under section 2209 exceed a total amount (for all 
applicable individuals) equivalent to the sum of ben-
efits paid (including, in the case of a grant under 
section 2209, the full cost of administering such 
benefits) for each applicable individual (as described 
under paragraph (3)) calculated on the basis of a 
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total number of hours of leave during the individ-
ual’s benefit period equal to— 
‘‘(A) the product of 12 multiplied by the 
number of hours in a regular workweek of the 
individual (within the meaning of section 
2203(d)), minus 
‘‘(B) the number of caregiving hours (as 
defined in section 2202(c)) of such individual 
credited in total to months during such benefit 
period under this title. 
‘‘(3) APPLICABLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes 
of paragraph (2), an ‘applicable individual’ is an in-
dividual, with respect to whom a grant under section 
2209 is awarded, receiving paid family or medical 
leave benefits for days of leave under a paid family 
and medical leave benefit program of a legacy State 
(as defined in section 2209(b)). 
‘‘(b) FUNDING FOR PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.— 
There are appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be nec-
essary for the following purposes (including through the 
use of grants or contracts except where otherwise speci-
fied): 
‘‘(1) Costs related to taking applications, re-
sponding to public inquiries, assisting with problem 
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resolution, taking requests for appeals, and the pro-
vision of other necessary assistance to individuals 
applying for or receiving benefits under this title, in-
cluding the following: 
‘‘(A) Costs related to staffing a national 
toll-free telephone number (which shall not be 
carried out through the use of grants or con-
tracts). 
‘‘(B) Costs related to technology to sup-
port a national toll-free telephone number and 
to technology related to the design, construction 
and maintenance of an online application and 
customer service portal. 
‘‘(C) Costs related to mailed notices. 
‘‘(2) Costs related to determining eligibility 
(which shall not be carried out through the use of 
grants or contracts). 
‘‘(3) Costs related to ensuring program integ-
rity and combating fraud, including by issuing regu-
lations to do the following: 
‘‘(A) Ensure identity validation of appli-
cants and beneficiaries. 
‘‘(B) Verify the professional credentials of 
relevant authorities who provide certifications 
pursuant to section 2204(b)(2). 
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‘‘(C) Ensure the accuracy of any wage and 
self-employment income data used in the ad-
ministration of this title. 
‘‘(D) Ensure that the attestation require-
ment in section 2204(b)(3) has been satisfied 
for each applicant and beneficiary. 
‘‘(E) Ensure the accuracy of periodic ben-
efit claim reports. 
‘‘(F) Provide for post-effectuation quality 
review of approved claims and quality review of 
denied claims (which shall not be carried out 
through the use of grants or contracts). 
‘‘(4) Costs related to certification of payment of 
benefits (which shall not be carried out through the 
use of grants or contracts). 
‘‘(5) Costs related to appeals (which shall not 
be carried out through the use of grants or con-
tracts). 
‘‘(6) Costs related to the administration by the 
Secretary of the legacy State grant program under 
section 2209 and the employer-sponsored plan grant 
program under section 2210. 
‘‘(7) Costs related to developing systems of 
records for purposes of administering the program 
under this title (which shall not be carried out 
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through the use of grants or contracts, except that 
costs related to technology to support such systems 
of records may be carried out through the use of 
grants or contracts). 
‘‘(8) Costs related to data exchange and shar-
ing, for which the Secretary shall enter into an 
agreement with relevant data sources including the 
National Directory of New Hires and shall seek to 
enter into agreements with States to obtain such in-
formation as the Secretary may require to determine 
eligibility and benefits payable under section 2202, 
administer the grants in sections 2209 and 2210, 
and verify such other information as the Secretary 
determines may be necessary in carrying out the 
provisions of this title. 
‘‘(9) Costs related to the training of employees, 
grantees, and contractors, including training relating 
to the prevention of discrimination in the adminis-
tration of this title on the basis of race, color, eth-
nicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender iden-
tity, disability, age, national origin, family composi-
tion, or living arrangements. 
‘‘(10) Costs related to providing technical as-
sistance to legacy States under section 2209 and to 
employers or third party administrators designated 
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by an employer of paid leave programs under section 
2210. 
‘‘(11) Costs related to providing technical as-
sistance to small business employers with respect to 
the requirements of the small business assistance 
grants in section 2211 and the process by which 
their employees may apply for benefits under section 
2202; and 
‘‘(12) Any other costs necessary for the effec-
tive administration of this title. 
‘‘SEC. 2208. FUNDING FOR OUTREACH, PUBLIC EDUCATION, 
AND RESEARCH. 
‘‘(a) FUNDING FOR OUTREACH AND PUBLIC EDU-
CATION.—There are appropriated, out of any funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $150,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 2022 through 2026 for the Secretary 
to, with respect to benefits provided by the program under 
this title— 
‘‘(1) engage in a robust program of culturally 
and linguistically competent education and outreach 
toward ensuring awareness of and access to such 
benefits; 
‘‘(2) provide information to potential bene-
ficiaries regarding eligibility requirements, the 
claims process, benefit amounts, maximum benefits 
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payable, notice requirements, the appeals process, 
and nondiscrimination rights, including specific ben-
efit estimates based on the average weekly earnings 
of a potential beneficiary; and 
‘‘(3) provide employers with a model notice to 
be used to inform employees of the availability of 
such benefits. 
‘‘(b) FUNDING FOR RESEARCH.—There are appro-
priated, out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, $150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2023 
through 2027 for the Secretary to— 
‘‘(1) develop and carry out grants for research 
for the purpose of ensuring full access to the bene-
fits provided by the program under this title, includ-
ing through the detection and prevention of dispari-
ties on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, 
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, 
age, national origin, income, language, job classifica-
tion, family composition, or living arrangements; and 
‘‘(2) annually make available to the public be-
ginning in fiscal year 2024 a report that includes— 
‘‘(A) the number of individuals who re-
ceived such benefits; 
‘‘(B) the purposes and durations for which 
such benefits were received; 
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‘‘(C) an analysis of benefit use by occupa-
tion, industry, wage levels, employer size, and 
geography; 
‘‘(D) an analysis of disparities identified 
by the grants for research authorized under this 
subsection on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, 
religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, 
disability, age, national origin, family composi-
tion, or living arrangements; 
‘‘(E) a description of the actions by the 
Secretary to prevent disparities and ensure full 
access to the benefits provided by the program 
under this title; 
‘‘(F) a comparative analysis of paid family 
and medical leave benefits received by individ-
uals through the program under section 2202, 
through a legacy State paid family and medical 
leave program described in section 2209, or 
through an employer-sponsored program de-
scribed in section 2210 that takes into account 
the number of individuals receiving benefits, the 
characteristics of the benefits received, and the 
patterns of leave-taking under each program; 
‘‘(G) the number of employers who re-
ceived a reimbursement grant under section 
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2210 and the number of employees of such em-
ployers who received paid family and medical 
leave benefits under an employer-sponsored pro-
gram described in such section; and 
‘‘(H) the number of employers who re-
ceived one or more small business assistance 
grants under section 2211 and the total number 
of such grants provided. 
‘‘SEC. 2209. FUNDING FOR STATE ADMINISTRATION OPTION 
FOR LEGACY STATES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—In each calendar year beginning 
with 2024, the Secretary shall make a grant to each State 
that, for the calendar year preceding such calendar year 
(or, in the case of a grant under this section in 2024, for 
the portion of such preceding calendar year occurring 
after June 30), was a legacy State and that met the data 
sharing requirements of subsection (c), in an amount 
equal to the lesser of— 
‘‘(1) an amount, as estimated by the Secretary, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, equal to 
the total amount of paid family and medical leave 
benefits that would have been paid under section 
2202 (including the full Federal cost of admin-
istering such benefits) to individuals who received 
benefits under a State program described in sub-
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section (b) during the calendar year preceding such 
calendar year (or, in the case of a grant under this 
section in 2024, for the portion of such preceding 
calendar year occurring after June 30) if the State 
had not been a legacy State for such preceding cal-
endar year (or, in the case of a grant under this sec-
tion in 2024, for the portion of such preceding cal-
endar year occurring after June 30); or 
‘‘(2) an amount equal to the total cost of the 
State paid family and medical leave program de-
scribed in subsection (b) for the calendar year pre-
ceding such calendar year (or, in the case of a grant 
under this section in 2024, for the portion of such 
preceding calendar year occurring after June 30), 
including— 
‘‘(A) the total amount of paid family and 
medical leave benefits that would have been 
paid to individuals under such program for 
leave that is exempt under such program on ac-
count of being otherwise paid under a program 
provided by such individual’s employer; and 
‘‘(B) the full cost to the State of admin-
istering such program. 
In any case in which, during any calendar year, the Sec-
retary has reason to believe that a State will be a legacy 
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State and meet the data sharing requirements of sub-
section (c) for such calendar year, the Secretary may make 
estimated payments during such calendar year of the 
grant which would be paid to such State in the succeeding 
calendar year, to be adjusted as appropriate in the suc-
ceeding calendar year. 
‘‘(b) LEGACY STATE.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘legacy State’ for a calendar year means a State 
that the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of 
Labor, determines— 
‘‘(1) has enacted, not later than the date of en-
actment of this title, a State law that provides paid 
family and medical leave benefits; and 
‘‘(2) for any calendar year that begins on or 
after the date that is 3 years after the date of enact-
ment of this title, has in effect, throughout such cal-
endar year, a State program enacted into law— 
‘‘(A) that provides paid family and medical 
leave benefits— 
‘‘(i) for at least 12 full workweeks of 
leave during each 12-month period to at 
least all of those individuals in the State 
who would be eligible for paid family and 
medical leave benefits under section 2202 
(without regard to section 2202(c)(2)(D)) 
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during any part of such calendar year, pro-
vided that such State program— 
‘‘(I) shall provide paid family and 
medical leave benefits for leave from 
employment by the State or any polit-
ical subdivision thereof, except that 
any State or local employees subject 
to a collective bargaining agreement 
may be excluded from such coverage 
with the agreement of 90 percent of 
the employees covered by the collective 
bargaining agreement; and 
‘‘(II) may provide such benefits 
for leave from Federal employment; 
and 
‘‘(ii) at a wage replacement rate that 
is at least equivalent to the wage replace-
ment rate under the program under this 
title 
(without 
regard 
to 
section 
2202(c)(2)(D)); and 
‘‘(B) that provides an annual notice to 
each individual whose employment would be eli-
gible for such benefits under the State program. 
‘‘(c) DATA SHARING.—As a condition of receiving a 
grant under subsection (a) in a calendar year, a State 
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shall enter into an agreement with the Secretary under 
which the State shall provide the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) with information, to be provided periodi-
cally as determined by the Secretary, concerning in-
dividuals who received a paid leave benefit under a 
State program described in subsection (b), including 
each individual’s name, information to establish the 
individual’s identity, dates for which such paid leave 
benefits were paid, the amount of such paid leave 
benefit, and, to the extent available, such other in-
formation concerning such individuals as the Sec-
retary may require for the purpose of carrying out 
this section and section 2202(c)(2)(D); 
‘‘(2) not later than July 1 of such calendar 
year, the amount described in subsection (a)(2) for 
the calendar year preceding such calendar year; and 
‘‘(3) such other information as the Secretary 
determines may be necessary in carrying out the 
provisions of this title, including for the purposes of 
promoting equity as described under section 2206(a) 
and for research described under section 2208(b). 
‘‘(d) FUNDING FOR TRANSITIONAL COSTS FOR LEG-
ACY STATES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There are appropriated to 
the Secretary, out of any funds in the Treasury not 
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otherwise appropriated, such sums as necessary for 
grants in accordance with this subsection. 
‘‘(2) TRANSITION
GRANTS.—The Secretary 
shall make a grant under this subsection to each 
State that— 
‘‘(A) is a legacy State for the calendar 
year in which occurs the date of enactment of 
this title; 
‘‘(B) certifies to the Secretary that the 
State intends to remain a legacy State and 
meet the data sharing requirements of sub-
section (c) at least through the first calendar 
year that begins on or after the date that is 3 
years after the date of enactment of this title; 
and 
‘‘(C) agrees to repay the full amount of 
such grant if the State fails to remain a legacy 
State and meet the data sharing requirements 
of subsection (c) as certified in subparagraph 
(B). 
‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of a 
grant provided to a State under this subsection shall 
be equal to 1⁄2 of the sum of the State’s expenditures 
from the date of enactment of this title through the 
calendar year described in paragraph (2)(B) on— 
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‘‘(A) the costs of creating new information 
technology systems as needed to implement the 
data sharing requirements of subsection (c) (in-
cluding staffing costs related to such systems); 
and 
‘‘(B) other necessary costs incurred by the 
State to meet the requirements of subsection 
(b)(2)(A)(ii). 
‘‘(4) ESTIMATED
ADVANCE
PAYMENTS.—The 
Secretary may make estimated payments of a grant 
provided to a State under this subsection for any 
calendar year, to be adjusted as appropriate in the 
succeeding calendar year. 
‘‘SEC. 2210. REIMBURSEMENT OPTION FOR EMPLOYER- 
SPONSORED PAID LEAVE BENEFITS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—For each calendar year begin-
ning with 2023, the Secretary shall make a grant to each 
employer that is an eligible employer for such calendar 
year in an amount equal to— 
‘‘(1) in the case of an eligible employer spon-
soring a paid family and medical leave benefit pro-
gram with respect to which benefits are awarded and 
paid under a contract with an insurer, an amount 
equal to 90 percent of the product of— 
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‘‘(A) the projected national average cost 
per employee of providing paid family and med-
ical leave benefits as determined by the Sec-
retary for such calendar year under subsection 
(c)(3) (or, in the case of calendar year 2023, 1⁄2 
of such projected national average cost); multi-
plied by 
‘‘(B) the number of employees (pro-rated 
for part-time employees) covered under the pro-
gram for such calendar year (or, in the case of 
calendar year 2023, for the portion of such cal-
endar year occurring after June 30); and 
‘‘(2) in the case of an eligible employer spon-
soring a self-insured paid family and medical leave 
benefit program with respect to which benefits are 
awarded and paid directly by the employer (or by a 
third party administrator on behalf of the employer), 
an amount equal to 90 percent of— 
‘‘(A) the amount of benefits paid under the 
program for such calendar year to individuals 
for up to 12 weeks of leave per individual (or, 
in the case of calendar year 2023, for the por-
tion of such calendar year occurring after June 
30); or 
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‘‘(B) if lesser, the product of the national 
average weekly benefit amount paid under sec-
tion 2203(a) during such calendar year (or, in 
the case of calendar year 2023, during the por-
tion of such calendar year occurring after June 
30) multiplied by the number of weeks of leave 
(up to 12 per individual) paid by the employer 
for all individuals under the program for the 
calendar year (or such portion in the case of 
calendar year 2023). 
‘‘(b) ELIGIBILITY; APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of subsection 
(a), an eligible employer for a calendar year is an 
employer (other than the Federal Government or the 
government of any State (or political subdivision 
thereof) that is a legacy State for such calendar year 
under section 2209) that satisfies all of the following 
requirements: 
‘‘(A) NON-LEGACY
STATE
EMPLOYEES.— 
The employer has one or more employees dur-
ing such calendar year whose employment with 
such employer would not be eligible for paid 
family or medical leave benefits under the law 
of any legacy State (as defined in section 
2209(b)) for such calendar year. 
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‘‘(B) APPLICATION; SUBMISSION
OF
RE-
QUIRED INFORMATION.—Not later than the cer-
tification deadline specified in paragraph (2)(A) 
for such calendar year, the employer— 
‘‘(i) notifies the Secretary that the 
employer intends to seek a grant under 
this section for such calendar year; 
‘‘(ii) certifies to the Secretary that the 
employer will have in effect during such 
calendar year a paid family and medical 
leave benefit program that meets the re-
quirements of subsection (c) and, not later 
than the submission deadline specified in 
paragraph (2)(B) for such calendar year, 
provides all documentation relating to such 
program as the Secretary may request; and 
‘‘(iii) pays an application fee of 
$1,000 (or $200 in the case of a renewed 
application). 
‘‘(C) APPROVAL BY THE SECRETARY.—The 
paid family and medical leave benefit program 
referred to in subparagraph (B) is subsequently 
approved by the Secretary as meeting all appli-
cable requirements. 
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‘‘(D) INFORMATION SUBMISSION REQUIRE-
MENT.—At the time of application for such 
grant for each calendar year, the employer— 
‘‘(i) submits to the Secretary— 
‘‘(I) an attestation that the paid 
family and medical leave benefit pro-
gram referred to in subparagraph (B) 
will remain in effect during the whole 
of such calendar year (or, in the case 
of a program not in effect at the be-
ginning of such calendar year, an at-
testation that such program will re-
main in effect until the end of such 
calendar year); and 
‘‘(II) with respect to each em-
ployee of the employer covered by the 
program for such calendar year, the 
employee’s name, information to es-
tablish the employee’s identity, and in 
the case of a part-time employee (for 
purposes of determining the number 
of employees (pro-rated for part-time 
employees) covered under the program 
for such calendar year under sub-
section (a)(1)(B)), the number of 
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hours the employee regularly works in 
a week; and 
‘‘(ii) agrees to submit information to 
the Secretary as described in subsection 
(e). 
‘‘(E) MAINTENANCE
OF
RECORDS.—The 
employer agrees to retain all records relating to 
the employer’s paid family and medical leave 
benefit program for not less than 3 years. 
‘‘(F) JOB PROTECTIONS AND OTHER EM-
PLOYEE RIGHTS.—As a condition of the grant, 
the employer agrees— 
‘‘(i) that, on return from leave under 
the program described in subparagraph 
(B), the individual taking such leave will— 
‘‘(I) be restored by the employer 
to the position of employment held by 
the individual when the leave com-
menced; or 
‘‘(II) be restored to an equivalent 
position with equivalent employment 
benefits, pay, and other terms and 
conditions of employment; 
‘‘(ii) to maintain coverage for the in-
dividual under any ‘group health plan’ (as 
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defined in section 2212) for the duration 
of such leave at the level and under the 
conditions coverage would have been pro-
vided if the individual had continued in 
employment continuously for the duration 
of such leave; 
‘‘(iii) in any case in which an em-
ployee receives an adverse determination 
from the employer (or administering enti-
ty) with respect to paid family and medical 
leave benefits under the program described 
in subparagraph (B)— 
‘‘(I) to provide opportunity for 
the employee to appeal such adverse 
determination to the employer (or ad-
ministering entity); and 
‘‘(II) in any case in which the 
employee elects to appeal the results 
of such initial appeal to the Secretary 
pursuant to section 2205(a)(1)(B) 
and the final decision of the Secretary 
is in the employee’s favor, to provide 
for the payment of such paid family 
and medical leave benefits in addition 
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to the costs to the Secretary of such 
secondary appeal; 
‘‘(iv) to provide annual notice to all 
employees of the availability of paid family 
and medical leave benefits under the pro-
gram described in subparagraph (B) and 
of the right to appeal any adverse deter-
mination with respect to such benefits; and 
‘‘(v) not to impose any fee on any em-
ployee related to the receipt of paid family 
and medical leave benefits under the pro-
gram described in subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(G) ADDITIONAL ASSURANCES.—The em-
ployer provides assurances that the employer 
(or administering entity)— 
‘‘(i) will not interfere with, restrain, 
or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to 
exercise, any right provided under such 
policy; 
‘‘(ii) will notify an employee in any 
case in which the employee is provided re-
imbursable benefits; and 
‘‘(iii) will not discharge, or in any 
other manner discriminate against, any in-
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dividual for opposing any practice prohib-
ited by such policy. 
‘‘(H) SPECIAL CONDITIONS IN THE CASE 
OF CERTAIN EMPLOYERS.— 
‘‘(i) SELF-INSURED PRIVATE EMPLOY-
ERS.—In the case of a paid family and 
medical leave benefit program of an em-
ployer (other than a State or political sub-
division thereof) with respect to which ben-
efits are awarded and paid directly by the 
employer (or by a third party adminis-
trator on behalf of the employer)— 
‘‘(I) such employer employs at 
least 50 employees described in sub-
paragraph (A); 
‘‘(II) such benefits are guaran-
teed by a surety bond held by the em-
ployer; and 
‘‘(III) such employer (or admin-
istering entity) holds funds in a dedi-
cated account for such benefits not 
used for any other business purpose. 
‘‘(ii) 
SELF-INSURED
STATE
AND 
LOCAL EMPLOYERS.—In the case of a paid 
family and medical leave benefit program 
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of an employer that is a State (or political 
subdivision thereof) with respect to which 
benefits are awarded and paid directly by 
the employer (or by a third party adminis-
trator on behalf of the employer), such 
benefits are negotiated pursuant to a col-
lective bargaining agreement. 
‘‘(2) TIMING OF APPLICATION.— 
‘‘(A) CERTIFICATION.—The certification 
deadline specified in this subparagraph for a 
calendar year is— 
‘‘(i) for calendar year 2023, March 
31, 2023; and 
‘‘(ii) for any calendar year after 2023, 
90 days before the beginning of such cal-
endar year, 
or, if later, the date that is 90 days before a 
plan described in paragraph (1)(B) first goes 
into effect. 
‘‘(B) SUBMISSION OF DOCUMENTATION.— 
The submission deadline specified in this sub-
paragraph for a calendar year is— 
‘‘(i) for calendar year 2023, May 15, 
2023; and 
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each of years 2021 through 
2023’’; and 
(bb) by striking the period 
at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following new subclauses: 
‘‘(VII) for 2024, is equal to 
$2,000; or 
‘‘(VIII) for a subsequent year, is 
equal to the amount specified in this 
subparagraph for the previous year, 
increased by the annual percentage in-
crease described in paragraph (6) for 
the year involved.’’; and 
(ii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘clause 
(i)(II)’’ and inserting ‘‘clause (i)’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (C)(i), by striking 
‘‘and for amounts’’ and inserting ‘‘and, for a 
year preceding 2024, for amounts’’; and 
(D) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘In 
applying’’ and inserting ‘‘For each of years 
2011 through 2023, in applying’’. 
(b) 
DECREASING
REINSURANCE
PAYMENT 
AMOUNT.—Section 1860D–15(b)(1) of the Social Security 
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