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this section $6,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2022, to 
remain available until expended. 
(2) BYPASS BUDGET AUTHORITY.—The budget 
of ARPA–H shall be a separate line item in the an-
nual budget request submitted by the President to 
the Congress. ARPA–H shall have the authority to 
submit its annual budget request directly to Con-
gress concurrently with its submission to the Office 
of Management and Budget. 
SEC. 502. RESEARCH INVESTMENT TO SPARK THE ECON-
OMY. 
(a) AUTHORITY.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Each officer specified in 
paragraph (2) may exercise the authorities described 
in paragraph (3). 
(2) OFFICERS.—The officers specified in this 
paragraph are as follows: 
(A) The Secretary of Commerce, acting 
through the Administrator of the National Oce-
anic and Atmospheric Administration and the 
Director of the National Institute of Standards 
and Technology. 
(B) The Secretary of Agriculture. 
(C) The Secretary of Defense. 
(D) The Secretary of Education. 
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(E) The Secretary of Energy, acting for 
the Department of Energy (with respect to En-
ergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Nuclear 
Energy, and Fossil Research and Development) 
and through the Office of Science, the Ad-
vanced 
Research 
Projects 
Agency–Energy 
(ARPA–E), and the Office of Electricity. 
(F) The Secretary of the Interior, acting 
through the Director of the United States Geo-
logical Survey. 
(G) The Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, acting through the Director of the Na-
tional Institutes of Health. 
(H) The Secretary of Transportation. 
(I) The Administrator of the National Aer-
onautics and Space Administration. 
(J) The Administrator of the Environ-
mental Protection Agency. 
(K) The Director of the National Science 
Foundation. 
(3) AUTHORITIES.—The officers specified in 
paragraph (2) may— 
(A) provide supplemental funding to ex-
tend the duration of an award disrupted be-
cause of the COVID–19 public health emer-
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gency to a research institution, Research Lab-
oratory, or individual that was awarded before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, or to ex-
pand the purposes of such an award, in order 
to— 
(i) enable a postsecondary student or 
post-doctoral researcher to complete work; 
(ii) enable research scientists, tech-
nical staff, research associates, and prin-
cipal investigators to complete work; 
(iii) extend the training of a postsec-
ondary student, or the employment of a 
post-doctoral researcher, on an ongoing re-
search project for up to 2 years because of 
the disruption of the job market; 
(iv) create research opportunities for 
up to 2 years for graduate students and 
post-doctoral researchers; 
(v) replace, refurbish, or otherwise 
make usable laboratory animals, reagents, 
equipment, or other items required for re-
search; 
(vi) facilitate other research (including 
field work), training, and ongoing con-
struction activities, including at institu-
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tions that are disproportionately affected 
by the COVID–19 public health emergency 
(such as minority-serving institutions and 
2-year institutions of higher education); 
(vii) enable experimental field cam-
paigns and maintenance of field infrastruc-
ture, including through replacement of dis-
rupted experimental data to enable comple-
tion of impacted research; and 
(viii) support training in online course 
delivery and virtual research experiences 
that will improve quality and access needed 
to continue undergraduate, graduate, and 
post-doctoral training; 
(B) issue awards to research institutions, 
Research Laboratories, or other individuals to 
conduct research on the effects of the COVID– 
19 and future potential pandemics, on the ef-
fects and effectiveness of responses to such dis-
eases, and on improving the prediction of the 
possible courses of such pandemics; and 
(C) provide flexibility on an award for 
funds made available to an agency, by any prior 
or subsequent Act, by modifying the terms and 
conditions of the award with a research institu-
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tion, Research Laboratory, or individual due to 
facility closures or other limitations during the 
COVID–19 public health emergency. 
(4) MODIFICATIONS.—The modifications au-
thorized by paragraph (3)(C) include— 
(A) the provision of supplemental funding 
to extend the duration of the award concerned; 
or 
(B) flexibility on the allowable expenses 
under such award. 
(b) PROCEDURES.—The officers specified in sub-
section (a)(2) shall each establish procedures to carry out 
subsection (a). 
(c) EXPEDITED AWARDS.—Awards under subsection 
(a) shall be issued as expeditiously as possible. 
(d) AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2021 for 
the Department of Commerce, $450,000,000 to 
carry out subsection (a), of which— 
(A) $300,000,000 shall be for use by the 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra-
tion; and 
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