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‘‘(q) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—There is au-
thorized to be appropriated to the corporation’s Office of 
Inspector General $24,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, which 
shall remain available through September 30, 2028, for 
salaries and expenses necessary for conducting investiga-
tions and audits of the implementation and administration 
of this section. 
‘‘(r) APPLICATION OF EXCISE TAX.—During the pe-
riod that a plan is subject to a partition order under this 
section and prior to a cessation of adjustments pursuant 
to subsection (i)(3), the plan shall not be subject to section 
4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 
SEC. 40102. REPEAL OF BENEFIT SUSPENSIONS FOR MULTI-
EMPLOYER PLANS IN CRITICAL AND DECLIN-
ING STATUS. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 
1986.—Paragraph (9) of section 432(e) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is repealed. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT IN-
COME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.—Paragraph (9) of section 
305(e) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(e)) is repealed. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The repeals made by this 
section shall not apply to plans that have been approved 
for a suspension of benefit under section 432(e)(9)(G) of
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the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and section 
305(e)(9)(G) of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1085(e)(9)(G)) before the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 40103. TEMPORARY DELAY OF DESIGNATION OF MUL-
TIEMPLOYER PLANS AS IN ENDANGERED, 
CRITICAL, OR CRITICAL AND DECLINING STA-
TUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding the actuarial 
certification under section 305(b)(3) of the Employee Re-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974 and section 
432(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a plan 
sponsor of a multiemployer plan elects the application of 
this section, then, for purposes of section 305 of such Act 
and section 432 of such Code— 
(1) the status of the plan for its first plan year 
beginning during the period beginning on March 1, 
2020, and ending on February 28, 2021, or the next 
succeeding plan year (as designated by the plan 
sponsor in such election), shall be the same as the 
status of such plan under such sections for the plan 
year preceding such designated plan year, and 
(2) in the case of a plan which was in endan-
gered or critical status for the plan year preceding 
the designated plan year described in paragraph (1),
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the plan shall not be required to update its plan or 
schedules under section 305(c)(6) of such Act and 
section 
432(c)(6) 
of 
such 
Code, 
or 
section 
305(e)(3)(B) of such Act and section 432(e)(3)(B) 
of such Code, whichever is applicable, until the plan 
year following the designated plan year described in 
paragraph (1). 
If section 305 of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 and section 432 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 did not apply to the plan year preceding 
the designated plan year described in paragraph (1), the 
plan actuary shall make a certification of the status of 
the plan under section 305(b)(3) of such Act and section 
432(b)(3) of such Code for the preceding plan year in the 
same manner as if such sections had applied to such pre-
ceding plan year. 
(b) EXCEPTION
FOR PLANS BECOMING CRITICAL 
DURING ELECTION.—If— 
(1) an election was made under subsection (a) 
with respect to a multiemployer plan, and 
(2) such plan has, without regard to such elec-
tion, been certified by the plan actuary under section 
305(b)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Secu-
rity Act of 1974 and section 432(b)(3) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 to be in critical status for
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the designated plan year described in subsection 
(a)(1), then such plan shall be treated as a plan in 
critical status for such plan year for purposes of ap-
plying section 4971(g)(1)(A) of such Code, section 
302(b)(3) of such Act (without regard to the second 
sentence thereof), and section 412(b)(3) of such 
Code (without regard to the second sentence there-
of). 
(c) ELECTION AND NOTICE.— 
(1) ELECTION.—An election under subsection 
(a)— 
(A) shall be made at such time and in such 
manner as the Secretary of the Treasury or the 
Secretary’s delegate may prescribe and, once 
made, may be revoked only with the consent of 
the Secretary, and 
(B) if made— 
(i) before the date the annual certifi-
cation is submitted to the Secretary or the 
Secretary’s 
delegate 
under 
section 
305(b)(3) 
of 
such 
Act 
and 
section 
432(b)(3) of such Code, shall be included 
with such annual certification, and 
(ii) after such date, shall be submitted 
to the Secretary or the Secretary’s delegate
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not later than 30 days after the date of the 
election. 
(2) NOTICE TO PARTICIPANTS.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 305(b)(3)(D) of the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974 and section 
432(b)(3)(D) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986, if the plan is neither in endangered nor 
critical status by reason of an election made 
under subsection (a)— 
(i) the plan sponsor of a multiem-
ployer plan shall not be required to provide 
notice under such sections, and 
(ii) the plan sponsor shall provide to 
the participants and beneficiaries, the bar-
gaining parties, the Pension Benefit Guar-
anty Corporation, and the Secretary of 
Labor a notice of the election under sub-
section (a) and such other information as 
the Secretary of the Treasury (in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Labor) may re-
quire— 
(I) if the election is made before 
the date the annual certification is 
submitted to the Secretary or the Sec-
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retary’s 
delegate 
under 
section 
305(b)(3) of such Act and section 
432(b)(3) of such Code, not later than 
30 days after the date of the certifi-
cation, and 
(II) if the election is made after 
such date, not later than 30 days 
after the date of the election. 
(B) NOTICE OF ENDANGERED STATUS.— 
Notwithstanding section 305(b)(3)(D) of such 
Act and section 432(b)(3)(D) of such Code, if 
the plan is certified to be in critical status for 
any plan year but is in endangered status by 
reason of an election made under subsection 
(a), the notice provided under such sections 
shall be the notice which would have been pro-
vided if the plan had been certified to be in en-
dangered status. 
SEC. 40104. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF THE FUNDING IM-
PROVEMENT AND REHABILITATION PERIODS 
FOR MULTIEMPLOYER PENSION PLANS IN 
CRITICAL AND ENDANGERED STATUS FOR 
2020 OR 2021. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—If the plan sponsor of a multiem-
ployer plan which is in endangered or critical status for
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a plan year beginning in 2020 or 2021 (determined after 
application of section 4) elects the application of this sec-
tion, then, for purposes of section 305 of the Employee 
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and section 432 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986— 
(1) except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
plan’s funding improvement period or rehabilitation 
period, whichever is applicable, shall be 15 years 
rather than 10 years, and 
(2) in the case of a plan in seriously endan-
gered status, the plan’s funding improvement period 
shall be 20 years rather than 15 years. 
(b) DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.—For pur-
poses of this section— 
(1) ELECTION.—An election under this section 
shall be made at such time, and in such manner and 
form, as (in consultation with the Secretary of 
Labor) the Secretary of the Treasury or the Sec-
retary’s delegate may prescribe. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—Any term which is used in 
this section which is also used in section 305 of the 
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 
and section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 shall have the same meaning as when used in 
such sections.
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 
plan years beginning after December 31, 2019. 
SEC. 40105. ADJUSTMENTS TO FUNDING STANDARD AC-
COUNT RULES. 
(a) ADJUSTMENTS.— 
(1) AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT 
INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.—Section 304(b)(8) 
of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1084(b)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) RELIEF FOR 2020 AND 2021.—A mul-
tiemployer plan with respect to which the sol-
vency test under subparagraph (C) is met as of 
February 29, 2020, may elect to apply this 
paragraph by substituting ‘February 29, 2020’ 
for ‘August 31, 2008’ each place it appears in 
subparagraphs (A)(i), (B)(i)(I), and (B)(i)(II) 
(without regard to whether such plan previously 
elected the application of this paragraph). The 
preceding sentence shall not apply to a plan 
with respect to which a partition order is in ef-
fect under section 4233A.’’. 
(2) AMENDMENT TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE 
OF 1986.—Section 431(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue
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Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(F) RELIEF FOR 2020 AND 2021.—A mul-
tiemployer plan with respect to which the sol-
vency test under subparagraph (C) is met as of 
February 29, 2020, may elect to apply this 
paragraph by substituting ‘February 29, 2020’ 
for ‘August 31, 2008’ each place it appears in 
subparagraphs (A)(i), (B)(i)(I), and (B)(i)(II) 
(without regard to whether such plan previously 
elected the application of this paragraph). The 
preceding sentence shall not apply to a plan 
with respect to which a partition order is in ef-
fect under section 4233A of the Employee Re-
tirement Income Security Act of 1974.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as of the first day of 
the first plan year ending on or after February 29, 
2020, except that any election a plan makes pursu-
ant to this section that affects the plan’s funding 
standard account for the first plan year beginning 
after February 29, 2020, shall be disregarded for 
purposes of applying the provisions of section 305 of 
the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
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1974 and section 432 of the Internal Revenue Code 
of 1986 to such plan year. 
(2) RESTRICTIONS ON BENEFIT INCREASES.— 
Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the restrictions on 
plan amendments increasing benefits in sections 
304(b)(8)(D) of such Act and 431(b)(8)(D) of such 
Code, as applied by the amendments made by this 
section, shall take effect on the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 40106. PBGC GUARANTEE FOR PARTICIPANTS IN MUL-
TIEMPLOYER PLANS. 
Section 4022A(c)(1) of the Employee Retirement In-
come Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1322a(c)(1)) is 
amended by striking subparagraphs (A) and (B) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) 100 percent of the accrual rate up to 
$15, plus 75 percent of the lesser of— 
‘‘(i) $70; or 
‘‘(ii) the accrual rate, if any, in excess 
of $15; and 
‘‘(B) the number of the participant’s years 
of credited service. 
For each calendar year after the first full calendar 
year following the date of the enactment of the In-
spector General Independence Act, the accrual rates
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in subparagraph (A) shall increase by the national 
average wage index (as defined in section 209(k)(1) 
of the Social Security Act). For purposes of this 
subsection, the rates applicable for determining the 
guaranteed benefits of the participants of any plan 
shall be the rates in effect for the calendar year in 
which the plan becomes insolvent under section 4245 
or the calendar year in which the plan is terminated, 
if earlier.’’. 
TITLE II—RELIEF FOR SINGLE 
EMPLOYER PENSION PLANS 
SEC. 40201. EXTENDED AMORTIZATION FOR SINGLE EM-
PLOYER PLANS. 
(a) 15-YEAR AMORTIZATION UNDER THE INTERNAL 
REVENUE CODE OF 1986.—Section 430(c) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) 15-YEAR AMORTIZATION.—With respect to 
plan years beginning after December 31, 2019— 
‘‘(A) the shortfall amortization bases for 
all plan years preceding the first plan year be-
ginning after December 31, 2019 (and all 
shortfall amortization installments determined 
with respect to such bases) shall be reduced to 
zero, and
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‘‘(B) subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (2) shall each be applied by substituting 
‘15-plan-year period’ for ‘7-plan-year period’.’’. 
(b) 15-YEAR AMORTIZATION UNDER THE EMPLOYEE 
RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.—Section 
303(c) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1083(c)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(8) 15-YEAR AMORTIZATION.—With respect to 
plan years beginning after December 31, 2019— 
‘‘(A) the shortfall amortization bases for 
all plan years preceding the first plan year be-
ginning after December 31, 2019 (and all 
shortfall amortization installments determined 
with respect to such bases) shall be reduced to 
zero, and 
‘‘(B) subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (2) shall each be applied by substituting 
‘15-plan-year period’ for ‘7-plan-year period’.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to plan years beginning after De-
cember 31, 2019.
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SEC. 40202. EXTENSION OF PENSION FUNDING STABILIZA-
TION PERCENTAGES FOR SINGLE EMPLOYER 
PLANS. 
(a) AMENDMENTS TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 
1986.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The table contained in sub-
clause (II) of section 430(h)(2)(C)(iv) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘If the calendar year is: 
The applica-
ble min-
imum per-
centage is: 
The applica-
ble max-
imum per-
centage is: 
Any year in the period starting in 2012 and end-
ing in 2019 .........................................................
90% 
110%
Any year in the period starting in 2020 and end-
ing in 2025 .........................................................
95% 
105%
2026 ........................................................................
90% 
110%
2027 ........................................................................
85% 
115%
2028 ........................................................................
80% 
120%
2029 ........................................................................
75% 
125%
After 2029 ..............................................................
70% 
130%.’’. 
(2) FLOOR ON 25-YEAR AVERAGES.—Subclause 
(I) of section 430(h)(2)(C)(iv) of such Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Not-
withstanding anything in this subclause, if the aver-
age of the first, second, or third segment rate for 
any 25-year period is less than 5 percent, such aver-
age shall be deemed to be 5 percent.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENTS TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT IN-
COME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The table contained in sub-
clause (II) of section 303(h)(2)(C)(iv) of the Em-
ployee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
U.S.C. 1083(h)(2)(C)(iv)(II)) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘If the calendar year is: 
The applica-
ble min-
imum per-
centage is: 
The applica-
ble max-
imum per-
centage is: 
Any year in the period starting in 2012 and end-
ing in 2019 .........................................................
90% 
110%
Any year in the period starting in 2020 and end-
ing in 2025 .........................................................
95% 
105%
2026 ........................................................................
90% 
110%
2027 ........................................................................
85% 
115%
2028 ........................................................................
80% 
120%
2029 ........................................................................
75% 
125%
After 2029 ..............................................................
70% 
130%.’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(f)(2)(D) of 
such Act (29 U.S.C. 1021(f)(2)(D)) is amend-
ed— 
(i) in clause (i) by striking ‘‘and the 
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015’’ both 
places it appears and inserting ‘‘, the Bi-
partisan Budget Act of 2015, and the In-
spector General Independence Act’’, and 
(ii) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘2023’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2029’’. 
(B) 
STATEMENTS.—The 
Secretary 
of 
Labor shall modify the statements required
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under subclauses (I) and (II) of section 
101(f)(2)(D)(i) of such Act to conform to the 
amendments made by this section. 
(3) FLOOR ON 25-YEAR AVERAGES.—Subclause 
(I) of section 303(h)(2)(C)(iv) of such Act (29 
U.S.C. 1083(h)(2)(C)(iv)(II)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding anything 
in this subclause, if the average of the first, second, 
or third segment rate for any 25-year period is less 
than 5 percent, such average shall be deemed to be 
5 percent.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to plan years begin-
ning after December 31, 2019. 
TITLE III—OTHER RETIREMENT 
RELATED PROVISIONS 
SEC. 40301. WAIVER OF REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBU-
TIONS FOR 2019. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 401(a)(9)(I)(i) of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘cal-
endar year 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘calendar years 2019 and 
2020’’. 
(b) ELIGIBLE ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTIONS.—Section 
402(c)(4) of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘2020’’
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each place it appears in the last sentence and inserting 
‘‘2019 or 2020’’. 
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
401(a)(9)(I) of such Code is amended— 
(1) by striking clause (ii) and redesignating 
clause (iii) as clause (ii), and 
(2) by striking ‘‘calendar year 2020’’ in clause 
(ii)(II), as so redesignated, and inserting ‘‘calendar 
years 2019 and 2020’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of section 2203 of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 
Economic Security Act, except that subparagraph (c)(1) 
thereof shall be applied by substituting ‘‘December 31, 
2018’’ for ‘‘December 31, 2019’’. 
SEC. 40302. WAIVER OF 60-DAY RULE IN CASE OF ROLL-
OVER OF OTHERWISE REQUIRED MINIMUM 
DISTRIBUTIONS IN 2019 OR 2020. 
(a) QUALIFIED TRUSTS.—402(c)(3) of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(D) EXCEPTION FOR ROLLOVER OF OTH-
ERWISE REQUIRED MINIMUM DISTRIBUTIONS IN 
2019 OR 2020.—In the case of an eligible roll-
over distribution described in the second sen-
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tence of paragraph (4), subparagraph (A) shall 
not apply to any transfer of such distribution 
made before December 1, 2020.’’. 
(b) INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS.—Section 
408(d)(3) of such Code is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(J) WAIVER OF 60-DAY RULE AND ONCE 
PER-YEAR LIMITATION FOR CERTAIN 2019 AND 
2020 ROLLOVERS.—In the case of a distribu-
tion during 2019 or 2020 to which, under sub-
paragraph (E), this paragraph would not have 
applied had the minimum distribution require-
ments of section 401(a)(9) applied during such 
years, the 60-day requirement under subpara-
graph (A) and the limitation under subpara-
graph (B) shall not apply to such distribution 
to the extent the amount is paid into an indi-
vidual retirement account, individual retirement 
annuity (other than an endowment contract), or 
eligible retirement plan (as defined in subpara-
graph (A)) as otherwise required under such 
subparagraph before December 1, 2020.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 
December 31, 2018.
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SEC. 40305. APPLICATION OF SPECIAL RULES TO MONEY 
PURCHASE PENSION PLANS. 
Section 2202(a)(6)(B) of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, 
and Economic Security Act is amended by inserting ‘‘, 
and, in the case of a money purchase pension plan, a 
coronavirus-related distribution which is an in-service 
withdrawal shall be treated as meeting the distribution 
rules of section 401(a) of such Code’’ before the period. 
SEC. 40306. GRANTS TO ASSIST LOW-INCOME WOMEN AND 
SURVIVORS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN OB-
TAINING QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATIONS 
ORDERS. 
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF GRANT AWARDS.—The Sec-
retary of Labor, acting through the Director of the Wom-
en’s Bureau and in conjunction with the Assistant Sec-
retary of the Employee Benefits Security Administration, 
shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible enti-
ties to enable such entities to assist low-income women 
and survivors of domestic violence in obtaining qualified 
domestic relations orders and ensuring that those women 
actually obtain the benefits to which they are entitled 
through those orders. 
(b) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means a community-based 
organization with proven experience and expertise in serv-
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ing women and the financial and retirement needs of 
women. 
(c) APPLICATION.—An eligible entity that desires to 
receive a grant under this section shall submit an applica-
tion to the Secretary of Labor at such time, in such man-
ner, and accompanied by such information as the Sec-
retary of Labor may require. 
(d) MINIMUM GRANT AMOUNT.—The Secretary of 
Labor shall award grants under this section in amounts 
of not less than $250,000. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—An eligible entity that receives 
a grant under this section shall use the grant funds to 
develop programs to offer help to low-income women or 
survivors of domestic violence who need assistance in pre-
paring, obtaining, and effectuating a qualified domestic re-
lations order. 
(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 
authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 
$100,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding 
fiscal year. 
SEC. 40307. MODIFICATION OF SPECIAL RULES FOR MIN-
IMUM FUNDING STANDARDS FOR COMMU-
NITY NEWSPAPER PLANS. 
(a) AMENDMENT TO INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 
1986.—Subsection (m) of section 430 of the Internal Rev-
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enue Code of 1986, as added by the Setting Every Com-
munity Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(m) SPECIAL RULES FOR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 
PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible newspaper plan 
sponsor of a plan under which no participant has 
had the participant’s accrued benefit increased 
(whether because of service or compensation) after 
April 2, 2019, may elect to have the alternative 
standards described in paragraph (4) apply to such 
plan. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE NEWSPAPER PLAN SPONSOR.— 
The term ‘eligible newspaper plan sponsor’ means 
the plan sponsor of— 
‘‘(A) any community newspaper plan, or 
‘‘(B) any other plan sponsored, as of April 
2, 2019, by a member of the same controlled 
group of a plan sponsor of a community news-
paper plan if such member is in the trade or 
business of publishing 1 or more newspapers. 
‘‘(3) ELECTION.—An election under paragraph 
(1) shall be made at such time and in such manner 
as prescribed by the Secretary. Such election, once 
made with respect to a plan year, shall apply to all
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subsequent plan years unless revoked with the con-
sent of the Secretary. 
‘‘(4) ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM FUNDING STAND-
ARDS.—The alternative standards described in this 
paragraph are the following: 
‘‘(A) INTEREST RATES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (h)(2)(C) and except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), the first, second, and 
third segment rates in effect for any 
month for purposes of this section shall be 
8 percent. 
‘‘(ii) NEW BENEFIT ACCRUALS.—Not-
withstanding subsection (h)(2), for pur-
poses of determining the funding target 
and normal cost of a plan for any plan 
year, the present value of any benefits ac-
crued or earned under the plan for a plan 
year with respect to which an election 
under paragraph (1) is in effect shall be 
determined on the basis of the United 
States Treasury obligation yield curve for 
the day that is the valuation date of such 
plan for such plan year.
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‘‘(iii) UNITED STATES TREASURY OB-
LIGATION YIELD CURVE.—For purposes of 
this subsection, the term ‘United States 
Treasury obligation yield curve’ means, 
with respect to any day, a yield curve 
which shall be prescribed by the Secretary 
for such day on interest-bearing obligations 
of the United States. 
‘‘(B) SHORTFALL AMORTIZATION BASE.— 
‘‘(i) PREVIOUS SHORTFALL AMORTIZA-
TION
BASES.—The shortfall amortization 
bases determined under subsection (c)(3) 
for all plan years preceding the first plan 
year to which the election under paragraph 
(1) applies (and all shortfall amortization 
installments determined with respect to 
such bases) shall be reduced to zero under 
rules similar to the rules of subsection 
(c)(6). 
‘‘(ii) NEW SHORTFALL AMORTIZATION 
BASE.—Notwithstanding subsection (c)(3), 
the shortfall amortization base for the first 
plan year to which the election under para-
graph (1) applies shall be the funding 
shortfall of such plan for such plan year
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(determined using the interest rates as 
modified under subparagraph (A)). 
‘‘(C) DETERMINATION OF SHORTFALL AM-
ORTIZATION INSTALLMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) 
30-YEAR
PERIOD.—Subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of subsection (c)(2) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘30-plan- 
year’ for ‘7-plan-year’ each place it ap-
pears. 
‘‘(ii) NO
SPECIAL
ELECTION.—The 
election under subparagraph (D) of sub-
section (c)(2) shall not apply to any plan 
year to which the election under paragraph 
(1) applies. 
‘‘(D) EXEMPTION FROM AT-RISK TREAT-
MENT.—Subsection (i) shall not apply. 
‘‘(5) COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER PLAN.—For pur-
poses of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘community 
newspaper plan’ means any plan to which this 
section applies maintained as of December 31, 
2018, by an employer which— 
‘‘(i) maintains the plan on behalf of 
participants and beneficiaries with respect 
to employment in the trade or business of
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publishing 1 or more newspapers which 
were published by the employer at any 
time during the 11-year period ending on 
the date of the enactment of this sub-
section, 
‘‘(ii)(I) is not a company the stock of 
which is publicly traded (on a stock ex-
change or in an over-the-counter market), 
and is not controlled, directly or indirectly, 
by such a company, or 
‘‘(II) is controlled, directly or indi-
rectly, during the entire 30-year period 
ending on the date of the enactment of this 
subsection by individuals who are members 
of the same family, and does not publish or 
distribute a daily newspaper that is car-
rier-distributed in printed form in more 
than 5 States, and 
‘‘(iii) is controlled, directly or indi-
rectly— 
‘‘(I) by 1 or more persons resid-
ing primarily in a State in which the 
community newspaper has been pub-
lished on newsprint or carrier-distrib-
uted,
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‘‘(II) during the entire 30-year 
period ending on the date of the en-
actment of this subsection by individ-
uals who are members of the same 
family, 
‘‘(III) by 1 or more trusts, the 
sole trustees of which are persons de-
scribed in subclause (I) or (II), or 
‘‘(IV) by a combination of per-
sons described in subclause (I), (II), 
or (III). 
‘‘(B) NEWSPAPER.—The term ‘newspaper’ 
does not include any newspaper (determined 
without regard to this subparagraph) to which 
any of the following apply: 
‘‘(i) Is not in general circulation. 
‘‘(ii) Is published (on newsprint or 
electronically) less frequently than 3 times 
per week. 
‘‘(iii) Has not ever been regularly 
published on newsprint. 
‘‘(iv) Does not have a bona fide list of 
paid subscribers. 
‘‘(C) CONTROL.—A person shall be treated 
as controlled by another person if such other
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person possesses, directly or indirectly, the 
power to direct or cause the direction and man-
agement of such person (including the power to 
elect a majority of the members of the board of 
directors of such person) through the ownership 
of voting securities. 
‘‘(6) CONTROLLED
GROUP.—For purposes of 
this subsection, the term ‘controlled group’ means all 
persons treated as a single employer under sub-
section (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 as of the 
date of the enactment of this subsection.’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT TO EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT IN-
COME SECURITY ACT OF 1974.—Subsection (m) of section 
303 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 
1974 (29 U.S.C. 1083(m)), as added by the Setting Every 
Community Up for Retirement Enhancement Act of 2019, 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(m) SPECIAL RULES FOR COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER 
PLANS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible newspaper plan 
sponsor of a plan under which no participant has 
had the participant’s accrued benefit increased 
(whether because of service or compensation) after 
April 2, 2019, may elect to have the alternative
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standards described in paragraph (4) apply to such 
plan. 
‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE NEWSPAPER PLAN SPONSOR.— 
The term ‘eligible newspaper plan sponsor’ means 
the plan sponsor of— 
‘‘(A) any community newspaper plan, or 
‘‘(B) any other plan sponsored, as of April 
2, 2019, by a member of the same controlled 
group of a plan sponsor of a community news-
paper plan if such member is in the trade or 
business of publishing 1 or more newspapers. 
‘‘(3) ELECTION.—An election under paragraph 
(1) shall be made at such time and in such manner 
as prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury. Such 
election, once made with respect to a plan year, shall 
apply to all subsequent plan years unless revoked 
with the consent of the Secretary of the Treasury. 
‘‘(4) ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM FUNDING STAND-
ARDS.—The alternative standards described in this 
paragraph are the following: 
‘‘(A) INTEREST RATES.— 
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 
subsection (h)(2)(C) and except as pro-
vided in clause (ii), the first, second, and 
third segment rates in effect for any
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month for purposes of this section shall be 
8 percent. 
‘‘(ii) NEW BENEFIT ACCRUALS.—Not-
withstanding subsection (h)(2), for pur-
poses of determining the funding target 
and normal cost of a plan for any plan 
year, the present value of any benefits ac-
crued or earned under the plan for a plan 
year with respect to which an election 
under paragraph (1) is in effect shall be 
determined on the basis of the United 
States Treasury obligation yield curve for 
the day that is the valuation date of such 
plan for such plan year. 
‘‘(iii) UNITED STATES TREASURY OB-
LIGATION YIELD CURVE.—For purposes of 
this subsection, the term ‘United States 
Treasury obligation yield curve’ means, 
with respect to any day, a yield curve 
which shall be prescribed by the Secretary 
of the Treasury for such day on interest- 
bearing obligations of the United States. 
‘‘(B) SHORTFALL AMORTIZATION BASE.— 
‘‘(i) PREVIOUS SHORTFALL AMORTIZA-
TION
BASES.—The shortfall amortization
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bases determined under subsection (c)(3) 
for all plan years preceding the first plan 
year to which the election under paragraph 
(1) applies (and all shortfall amortization 
installments determined with respect to 
such bases) shall be reduced to zero under 
rules similar to the rules of subsection 
(c)(6). 
‘‘(ii) NEW SHORTFALL AMORTIZATION 
BASE.—Notwithstanding subsection (c)(3), 
the shortfall amortization base for the first 
plan year to which the election under para-
graph (1) applies shall be the funding 
shortfall of such plan for such plan year 
(determined using the interest rates as 
modified under subparagraph (A)). 
‘‘(C) DETERMINATION OF SHORTFALL AM-
ORTIZATION INSTALLMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) 
30-YEAR
PERIOD.—Subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) of subsection (c)(2) 
shall be applied by substituting ‘30-plan- 
year’ for ‘7-plan-year’ each place it ap-
pears. 
‘‘(ii) NO
SPECIAL
ELECTION.—The 
election under subparagraph (D) of sub-
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section (c)(2) shall not apply to any plan 
year to which the election under paragraph 
(1) applies. 
‘‘(D) EXEMPTION FROM AT-RISK TREAT-
MENT.—Subsection (i) shall not apply. 
‘‘(5) COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER PLAN.—For pur-
poses of this subsection— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘community 
newspaper plan’ means a plan to which this sec-
tion applies maintained as of December 31, 
2018, by an employer which— 
‘‘(i) maintains the plan on behalf of 
participants and beneficiaries with respect 
to employment in the trade or business of 
publishing 1 or more newspapers which 
were published by the employer at any 
time during the 11-year period ending on 
the date of the enactment of this sub-
section, 
‘‘(ii)(I) is not a company the stock of 
which is publicly traded (on a stock ex-
change or in an over-the-counter market), 
and is not controlled, directly or indirectly, 
by such a company, or
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‘‘(II) is controlled, directly, or indi-
rectly, during the entire 30-year period 
ending on the date of the enactment of this 
subsection by individuals who are members 
of the same family, and does not publish or 
distribute a daily newspaper that is car-
rier-distributed in printed form in more 
than 5 States, and 
‘‘(iii) is controlled, directly, or indi-
rectly— 
‘‘(I) by 1 or more persons resid-
ing primarily in a State in which the 
community newspaper has been pub-
lished on newsprint or carrier-distrib-
uted, 
‘‘(II) during the entire 30-year 
period ending on the date of the en-
actment of this subsection by individ-
uals who are members of the same 
family, 
‘‘(III) by 1 or more trusts, the 
sole trustees of which are persons de-
scribed in subclause (I) or (II), or
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‘‘(IV) by a combination of per-
sons described in subclause (I), (II), 
or (III). 
‘‘(B) NEWSPAPER.—The term ‘newspaper’ 
does not include any newspaper (determined 
without regard to this subparagraph) to which 
any of the following apply: 
‘‘(i) Is not in general circulation. 
‘‘(ii) Is published (on newsprint or 
electronically) less frequently than 3 times 
per week. 
‘‘(iii) Has not ever been regularly 
published on newsprint. 
‘‘(iv) Does not have a bona fide list of 
paid subscribers. 
‘‘(C) CONTROL.—A person shall be treated 
as controlled by another person if such other 
person possesses, directly or indirectly, the 
power to direct or cause the direction and man-
agement of such person (including the power to 
elect a majority of the members of the board of 
directors of such person) through the ownership 
of voting securities. 
‘‘(6) CONTROLLED
GROUP.—For purposes of 
this subsection, the term ‘controlled group’ means all
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persons treated as a single employer under sub-
section (b), (c), (m), or (o) of section 414 of the In-
ternal Revenue Code of 1986 as of the date of the 
enactment of this subsection. 
‘‘(7) EFFECT
ON
PREMIUM
RATE
CALCULA-
TION.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
or any regulation issued by the Pension Benefit 
Guaranty Corporation, in the case of a plan for 
which an election is made to apply the alternative 
standards described in paragraph (3), the additional 
premium under section 4006(a)(3)(E) shall be deter-
mined as if such election had not been made.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to plan years ending after Decem-
ber 31, 2017. 
SEC. 40308. MINIMUM RATE OF INTEREST FOR CERTAIN DE-
TERMINATIONS RELATED TO LIFE INSUR-
ANCE CONTRACTS. 
(a) MODIFICATION OF MINIMUM RATE FOR PUR-
POSES OF CASH VALUE ACCUMULATION TEST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7702(b)(2)(A) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘an annual effective rate of 4 percent’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the applicable accumulation test minimum 
rate’’.
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(2) APPLICABLE
ACCUMULATION
TEST
MIN-
IMUM
RATE.—Section 7702(b) of such Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(3) APPLICABLE
ACCUMULATION
TEST
MIN-
IMUM RATE.—For purposes of paragraph (2)(A), the 
term ‘applicable accumulation test minimum rate’ 
means the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) an annual effective rate of 4 percent, 
or 
‘‘(B) the insurance interest rate (as de-
fined in subsection (f)(11)) in effect at the time 
the contract is issued.’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF MINIMUM RATE FOR PUR-
POSES OF GUIDELINE PREMIUM REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7702(c)(3)(B)(iii) of 
such Code is amended by striking ‘‘an annual effec-
tive rate of 6 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘the applicable 
guideline premium minimum rate’’. 
(2) APPLICABLE
GUIDELINE
PREMIUM
MIN-
IMUM RATE.—Section 7702(c)(3) of such Code is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) APPLICABLE
GUIDELINE
PREMIUM 
MINIMUM
RATE.—For purposes of subpara-
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graph (B)(iii), the term ‘applicable guideline 
premium minimum rate’ means the applicable 
accumulation test minimum rate (as defined in 
subsection (b)(3)) plus 2 percentage points.’’. 
(c) APPLICATION OF MODIFIED MINIMUM RATES TO 
DETERMINATION OF GUIDELINE LEVEL PREMIUM.—Sec-
tion 7702(c)(4) of such Code is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘4 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
applicable accumulation test minimum rate’’, and 
(2) by striking ‘‘6 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
applicable guideline premium minimum rate’’. 
(d) INSURANCE INTEREST RATE.—Section 7702(f) 
of such Code is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new paragraph: 
‘‘(11) INSURANCE INTEREST RATE.—For pur-
poses of this section— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘insurance 
interest rate’ means, with respect to any con-
tract issued in any calendar year, the lesser 
of— 
‘‘(i) the section 7702 valuation inter-
est rate for such calendar year (or, if such 
calendar year is not an adjustment year, 
the most recent adjustment year), or
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‘‘(ii) the section 7702 applicable Fed-
eral interest rate for such calendar year 
(or, if such calendar year is not an adjust-
ment year, the most recent adjustment 
year). 
‘‘(B) SECTION 7702 VALUATION INTEREST 
RATE.—The term ‘section 7702 valuation inter-
est rate’ means, with respect to any adjustment 
year, the prescribed U.S. valuation interest rate 
for life insurance with guaranteed durations of 
more than 20 years (as defined in the National 
Association of Insurance Commissioners’ Stand-
ard Valuation Law) as effective in the calendar 
year immediately preceding such adjustment 
year. 
‘‘(C) SECTION 7702 APPLICABLE FEDERAL 
INTEREST RATE.—The term ‘section 7702 ap-
plicable Federal interest rate’ means, with re-
spect to any adjustment year, the average 
(rounded to the nearest whole percentage point) 
of the applicable Federal mid-term rates (as de-
fined in section 1274(d) but based on annual 
compounding) effective as of the beginning of 
each of the calendar months in the most recent
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60-month period ending before the second cal-
endar year prior to such adjustment year. 
‘‘(D) ADJUSTMENT YEAR.—The term ‘ad-
justment year’ means the calendar year fol-
lowing any calendar year that includes the ef-
fective date of a change in the prescribed U.S. 
valuation interest rate for life insurance with 
guaranteed durations of more than 20 years (as 
defined in the National Association of Insur-
ance Commissioners’ Standard Valuation Law). 
‘‘(E) 
TRANSITION
RULE.—Notwith-
standing subparagraph (A), the insurance inter-
est rate shall be 2 percent in the case of any 
contract which is issued during the period 
that— 
‘‘(i) begins on January 1, 2021, and 
‘‘(ii) ends immediately before the be-
ginning of the first adjustment year that 
beings after December 31, 2021.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply to contracts issued after December 
31, 2020.
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DIVISION 
E—CONTINUED 
AS-
SISTANCE TO UNEMPLOYED 
WORKERS 
SEC. 50001. EXTENSION OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEM-
PLOYMENT COMPENSATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2104(e) of the CARES 
Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) APPLICABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An agreement entered into 
under this section shall apply to weeks of unemploy-
ment— 
‘‘(A) beginning after the date on which 
such agreement is entered into; and 
‘‘(B) ending on or before January 31, 
2021. 
‘‘(2) TRANSITION RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS RE-
MAINING ENTITLED TO REGULAR COMPENSATION AS 
OF JANUARY 31, 2021.—In the case of any individual 
who, as of the date specified in paragraph (1)(B), 
has not yet exhausted all rights to regular com-
pensation under the State law of a State with re-
spect to a benefit year that began before such date, 
Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation 
shall continue to be payable to such individual for 
any week beginning on or after such date for which
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the individual is otherwise eligible for regular com-
pensation with respect to such benefit year. 
‘‘(3) 
TERMINATION.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of this subsection, no Federal Pan-
demic Unemployment Compensation shall be payable 
for any week beginning after March 31, 2021.’’. 
(b) LIMITATION ON APPLICATION OF TRANSITION 
RULE.—Section 2104(g) of such Act is amended by in-
serting ‘‘(except for subsection (e)(2))’’ after ‘‘the pre-
ceding provisions of this section’’. 
(c) DISREGARD OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOY-
MENT COMPENSATION FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.—Section 
2104(h) of such Act is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(h) DISREGARD OF FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEM-
PLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR PURPOSES OF ALL FED-
ERAL AND FEDERALLY ASSISTED PROGRAMS.—A Federal 
Pandemic Unemployment Compensation payment shall 
not be regarded as income and shall not be regarded as 
a resource for the month of receipt and the following 9 
months, for purposes of determining the eligibility of the 
recipient (or the recipient’s spouse or family) for benefits 
or assistance, or the amount or extent of benefits or assist-
ance, under any Federal program or under any State or 
local program financed in whole or in part with Federal 
funds.’’.
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SEC. 50002. EXTENSION AND BENEFIT PHASEOUT RULE 
FOR 
PANDEMIC 
UNEMPLOYMENT 
ASSIST-
ANCE. 
Section 2102(c) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraphs (2) and (3)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘January 
31, 2021’’; and 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) TRANSITION RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS RE-
MAINING ENTITLED TO PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT 
ASSISTANCE AS OF JANUARY 31, 2021.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any in-
dividual who, as of the date specified in para-
graph (1)(A)(ii), is receiving Pandemic Unem-
ployment Assistance but has not yet exhausted 
all rights to such assistance under this section, 
Pandemic Unemployment Assistance shall con-
tinue to be payable to such individual for any 
week beginning on or after such date for which
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the individual is otherwise eligible for Pandemic 
Unemployment Assistance. 
‘‘(B) 
TERMINATION.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of this subsection, no Pan-
demic Unemployment Assistance shall be pay-
able for any week beginning after March 31, 
2021.’’. 
SEC. 50003. EXTENSION AND BENEFIT PHASEOUT RULE 
FOR 
PANDEMIC 
EMERGENCY 
UNEMPLOY-
MENT COMPENSATION. 
Section 2107(g) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(g) APPLICABILITY.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An agreement entered into 
under this section shall apply to weeks of unemploy-
ment— 
‘‘(A) beginning after the date on which 
such agreement is entered into; and 
‘‘(B) ending on or before January 31, 
2021. 
‘‘(2) TRANSITION RULE FOR INDIVIDUALS RE-
MAINING ENTITLED TO PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UN-
EMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION AS OF JANUARY 31, 
2021.—In the case of any individual who, as of the 
date specified in paragraph (1)(A)(ii), is receiving
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Pandemic Emergency Unemployment Compensation 
but has not yet exhausted all rights to such assist-
ance under this section, Pandemic Emergency Un-
employment Compensation shall continue to be pay-
able to such individual for any week beginning on or 
after such date for which the individual is otherwise 
eligible for Pandemic Emergency Unemployment 
Compensation. 
‘‘(3) 
TERMINATION.—Notwithstanding 
any 
other provision of this subsection, no Pandemic 
Emergency Unemployment Compensation shall be 
payable for any week beginning after March 31, 
2021.’’. 
SEC. 50004. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF 
THE FIRST WEEK OF COMPENSABLE REG-
ULAR UNEMPLOYMENT FOR STATES WITH NO 
WAITING WEEK. 
Section 2105(e)(2) of the CARES Act (Public Law 
116–136) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2021’’.
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SEC. 50005. EXTENSION OF EMERGENCY RELIEF AND TECH-
NICAL CORRECTIONS FOR GOVERNMENTAL 
ENTITIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. 
Section 903(i)(1) of the Social Security Act, as added 
by section 2103 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136), 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘during 
the applicable period’’ and inserting ‘‘with respect to 
the applicable period’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘section 
3309(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3309(a)’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘shall be 
used exclusively’’ and all that follows through the 
end and inserting ‘‘shall be used exclusively to re-
duce the amounts required to be paid in lieu of con-
tributions into the State unemployment fund pursu-
ant to such section by governmental entities and 
other organizations described in section 3309(a) of 
such Code’’; and 
(4) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘Decem-
ber 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2021’’. 
SEC. 50006. REDUCTION OF STATE ADMINISTRATIVE BUR-
DEN IN DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF 
PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 
Section 2102(d) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136) is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(4) STATE FLEXIBILITY IN ESTABLISHING IN-
COME.—In determining the income of an individual 
for purposes of an application for assistance author-
ized under subsection (b), a State may rely on such 
wage and self-employment data as the State may 
elect, including any applicable data with respect to 
an individual’s electronically mediated employment.’’. 
SEC. 50007. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR 
STATES WITH ADVANCES. 
Section 1202(b)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1322(b)(10)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘June 30, 2021’’. 
SEC. 50008. EXTENSION OF FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF EX-
TENDED UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION. 
Section 4105 of the Families First Coronavirus Re-
sponse Act (Public Law 116–127) is amended by striking 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘June 30, 2021’’. 
SEC. 50009. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF 
SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PAYMENTS IN 
STATES WITH PROGRAMS IN LAW. 
Section 2108(b)(2) of the CARES Act (Public Law 
116–136) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2021’’.
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SEC. 50010. EXTENSION OF TEMPORARY FINANCING OF 
SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION AGREEMENTS. 
Section 2109(d)(2) of the CARES Act (Public Law 
116–136) is amended by striking ‘‘December 31, 2020’’ 
and inserting ‘‘January 31, 2021’’. 
SEC. 50011. GRACE PERIOD FOR FULL FINANCING OF 
SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PROGRAMS. 
Section 2108(c) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136) is amended by striking ‘‘shall be eligible’’ and all that 
follows through the end and inserting the following: ‘‘ 
‘‘shall be eligible— 
‘‘(1) for payments under subsection (a) for 
weeks of unemployment beginning after the effective 
date of such enactment; and 
‘‘(2) for an additional payment equal to the 
total amount of payments for which the State is eli-
gible pursuant to an agreement under section 2109 
for weeks of unemployment before such effective 
date.’’. 
DIVISION F—ASSISTANCE TO AG-
RICULTURAL 
PRODUCERS 
AND OTHER MATTERS RELAT-
ING TO AGRICULTURE 
SEC. 60001. DEFINITIONS. 
In this division:
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(1) The term ‘‘COVID–19’’ means the disease 
caused by SARS–CoV–2, or any viral strain mutat-
ing therefrom with pandemic potential. 
(2) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 
of Agriculture. 
TITLE I—LIVESTOCK 
SEC. 60101. ESTABLISHMENT OF TRUST FOR BENEFIT OF 
UNPAID CASH SELLERS OF LIVESTOCK. 
The Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, is amended 
by inserting after section 317 (7 U.S.C. 217a) the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 318. STATUTORY TRUST ESTABLISHED; DEALER. 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—All livestock purchased by 
a dealer in cash sales and all inventories of, or re-
ceivables or proceeds from, such livestock shall be 
held by such dealer in trust for the benefit of all un-
paid cash sellers of such livestock until full payment 
has been received by such unpaid cash sellers. 
‘‘(2) EXEMPTION.—Any dealer whose average 
annual purchases of livestock do not exceed 
$100,000 shall be exempt from the provisions of this 
section. 
‘‘(3) 
EFFECT
OF
DISHONORED
INSTRU-
MENTS.—For purposes of determining full payment
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under paragraph (1), a payment to an unpaid cash 
seller shall not be considered to have been made if 
the unpaid cash seller receives a payment instrument 
that is dishonored. 
‘‘(b) PRESERVATION OF TRUST.—An unpaid cash 
seller shall lose the benefit of a trust under subsection (a) 
if the unpaid cash seller has not preserved the trust by 
giving written notice to the dealer involved and filing such 
notice with the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) within 30 days of the final date for mak-
ing a payment under section 409 in the event that 
a payment instrument has not been received; or 
‘‘(2) within 15 business days after the date on 
which the seller receives notice that the payment in-
strument promptly presented for payment has been 
dishonored. 
‘‘(c) NOTICE TO LIEN HOLDERS.—When a dealer re-
ceives notice under subsection (b) of the unpaid cash sell-
er’s intent to preserve the benefits of the trust, the dealer 
shall, within 15 business days, give notice to all persons 
who have recorded a security interest in, or lien on, the 
livestock held in such trust. 
‘‘(d) CASH SALES DEFINED.—For the purpose of 
this section, a cash sale means a sale in which the seller 
does not expressly extend credit to the buyer.
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‘‘(e) PURCHASE
OF
LIVESTOCK
SUBJECT
TO 
TRUST.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A person purchasing live-
stock subject to a dealer trust shall receive good title 
to the livestock if the person receives the livestock— 
‘‘(A) in exchange for payment of new 
value; and 
‘‘(B) in good faith without notice that the 
transfer is a breach of trust. 
‘‘(2) DISHONORED
PAYMENT
INSTRUMENT.— 
Payment shall not be considered to have been made 
if a payment instrument given in exchange for the 
livestock is dishonored. 
‘‘(3) TRANSFER
IN
SATISFACTION
OF
ANTE-
CEDENT DEBT.—A transfer of livestock subject to a 
dealer trust is not for value if the transfer is in sat-
isfaction of an antecedent debt or to a secured party 
pursuant to a security agreement. 
‘‘(f) ENFORCEMENT.—Whenever the Secretary has 
reason to believe that a dealer subject to this section has 
failed to perform the duties required by this section or 
whenever the Secretary has reason to believe that it will 
be in the best interest of unpaid cash sellers, the Secretary 
shall do one or more of the following—
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‘‘(1) appoint an independent trustee to carry 
out the duties required by this section, preserve 
trust assets, and enforce the trust; 
‘‘(2) serve as independent trustee, preserve 
trust assets, and enforce the trust; or 
‘‘(3) file suit in the United States district court 
for the district in which the dealer resides to enjoin 
the dealer’s failure to perform the duties required by 
this section, preserve trust assets, and to enforce the 
trust. Attorneys employed by the Secretary may, 
with the approval of the Attorney General, represent 
the Secretary in any such suit. Nothing herein shall 
preclude unpaid sellers from filing suit to preserve 
or enforce the trust.’’. 
SEC. 60102. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE FOR MARKET-READY 
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY LOSSES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make pay-
ments to covered producers to offset the losses of income 
related to the intentional depopulation of market-ready 
livestock and poultry due to insufficient access to meat 
and poultry processing related to the COVID–19 public 
health emergency, as determined by the Secretary. 
(b) PAYMENT RATE FOR COVERED PRODUCERS.— 
(1) PAYMENTS FOR FIRST 30-DAY PERIOD.— 
For a period of 30 days beginning, with respect to
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a covered producer, on the initial date of depopula-
tion described in subsection (a) of the market-ready 
livestock or poultry of the covered producer, the Sec-
retary shall reimburse such covered producer for 85 
percent of the value of losses as determined under 
subsection (c). 
(2) SUBSEQUENT 30-DAY PERIODS.—For each 
30-day period subsequent to the 30-day period de-
scribed in paragraph (1), the Secretary shall reduce 
the value of the losses as determined under sub-
section (c) with respect to a covered producer by 10 
percent. 
(3) MAXIMUM
AGGREGATE
PAYMENT.—In no 
case shall the amount of payments received by a pro-
ducer under this section and section 60306 exceed 
100 percent of the loss of such producer. 
(c) VALUATION.—In calculating the amount of losses 
for purposes of the payment rates under subsection (b), 
the Secretary shall use the average fair market value, as 
determined by the Secretary in collaboration with the 
Chief Economist of the Department of Agriculture and the 
Administrator of the Agricultural Marketing Service, for 
market-ready livestock, where applicable, and market- 
ready poultry, where applicable, during the period begin-
ning March 1, 2020, and ending on the date of the enact-
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ment of this section. In no case shall a payment made 
under subsection (b) exceed the average market value of 
market-ready livestock or poultry on the date of depopula-
tion. 
(d) PACKER-OWNED ANIMALS EXCLUDED.—The Sec-
retary may not make payments under this section for the 
losses of packer-owned animals. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED PRODUCER.—The term ‘‘covered 
producer’’ means a person or legal entity that as-
sumes the production and market risks associated 
with the agricultural production of livestock and 
poultry (as such terms are defined in section 2(a) of 
the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 
183(a)). 
(2) PACKER.—The term ‘‘packer’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 201 of the Pack-
ers and Stockyards Act, 1921 (7 U.S.C. 191). 
(3) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Agriculture. 
(f) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, out of any 
funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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SEC. 60103. ANIMAL DISEASE PREVENTION AND MANAGE-
MENT RESPONSE. 
Out of any amounts in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, there is appropriated to carry out section 
10409A of the Animal Health Protection Act (7 U.S.C. 
8308A) $300,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE II—DAIRY 
SEC. 60201. DAIRY DIRECT DONATION PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE DAIRY ORGANIZATION.—The term 
‘‘eligible dairy organization’’ is defined in section 
1431(a) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
9071(a)). 
(2) ELIGIBLE DISTRIBUTOR.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble distributor’’ means a public or private nonprofit 
organization that distributes donated eligible dairy 
products to recipient individuals and families. 
(3) ELIGIBLE
DAIRY
PRODUCTS.—The term 
‘‘eligible dairy products’’ means products primarily 
made from milk produced and processed within a 
Federal Milk Marketing Order. 
(4) ELIGIBLE PARTNERSHIP.—The term ‘‘eligi-
ble partnership’’ means a partnership between an el-
igible dairy organization and an eligible distributor. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT
AND PURPOSES.—Not later 
than 45 days after the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
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retary shall establish and administer a direct dairy dona-
tion program for the purposes of— 
(1) facilitating the timely donation of eligible 
dairy products and 
(2) preventing and minimizing food waste. 
(c) DONATION AND DISTRIBUTION PLANS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible to receive re-
imbursement under this section, an eligible partner-
ship shall submit to the Secretary a donation and 
distribution plan that describes the process that the 
eligible partnership will use for the donation, proc-
essing, transportation, temporary storage, and dis-
tribution of eligible dairy products. 
(2) REVIEW AND APPROVAL.—No later than 15 
business days after receiving a plan described in 
paragraph (1), the Secretary shall— 
(A) review such plan; and 
(B) issue an approval or disapproval of 
such plan. 
(d) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—On receipt of appropriate 
documentation under paragraph (2), the Secretary 
shall reimburse an eligible dairy organization at a 
rate equal to the current Class I milk price multi-
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plied by the volume of milk required to make the do-
nated product. 
(2) SPECIAL
CASE.—In the case of donated 
Class I products, the Secretary shall reimburse an 
eligible dairy organization at a rate equal to the cur-
rent Class I milk price plus 5 percent multiplied by 
the volume of milk required to make the donated 
Class I product. 
(3) DOCUMENTATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—An eligible dairy orga-
nization shall submit to the Secretary such doc-
umentation as the Secretary may require to 
demonstrate the eligible dairy product produc-
tion and donation to the eligible distributor. 
(B) VERIFICATION.—The Secretary may 
verify the accuracy of documentation submitted. 
(3) RETROACTIVE
REIMBURSEMENT.—In pro-
viding reimbursements under paragraph (1), the 
Secretary may provide reimbursements for milk 
costs incurred before the date on which the donation 
and distribution plan for the applicable participating 
partnership was approved by the Secretary. 
(e) PROHIBITION ON RESALE OF PRODUCTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible distributor that 
receives eligible dairy products donated under this
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section may not sell the products into commercial 
markets. 
(2) PROHIBITION
ON
FUTURE
PARTICIPA-
TION.—An eligible distributor that the Secretary de-
termines has violated paragraph (1) shall not be eli-
gible for any future participation in the program es-
tablished under this section. 
(f) REVIEWS.—The Secretary shall conduct appro-
priate reviews or audits to ensure the integrity of the pro-
gram established under this section. 
(g) PUBLICATION
OF DONATION ACTIVITY.—The 
Secretary, acting through the Agricultural Marketing 
Service, shall publish on the publicly accessible website of 
such agency periodic reports containing donation activity 
under this section. 
(h) SUPPLEMENTAL REIMBURSEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may make a 
supplemental reimbursement to an eligible dairy or-
ganization for an approved donation and distribution 
plan in accordance with the milk donation program 
established under section 1431 of the Agricultural 
Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9071). 
(2) REIMBURSEMENT
CALCULATION.—A sup-
plemental reimbursement described in paragraph (1) 
shall be equal to the value of—
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(A) the sum of— 
(i) the Class IV milk price for the ap-
plicable month, plus 
(ii) 5 percent of the Class I price for 
the applicable month, multiplied by 
(B) the volume of eligible milk under such 
approved donation plan. 
(i) FUNDING.—Out of any amounts of the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to carry 
out this section $500,000,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
SEC. 60202. SUPPLEMENTAL DAIRY MARGIN COVERAGE 
PAYMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide sup-
plemental dairy margin coverage payments to eligible 
dairy operations described in subsection (b)(1) whenever 
the average actual dairy production margin (as defined in 
section 1401 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
9051)) for a month is less than the coverage level thresh-
old selected by such eligible dairy operation under such 
section 1406. 
(b) ELIGIBLE DAIRY OPERATION DESCRIBED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—An eligible dairy operation 
described in this subsection is a dairy operation 
that—
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(A) is located in the United States; and 
(B) during a calendar year in which such 
dairy operation is a participating dairy oper-
ation (as defined in section 1401 of the Agricul-
tural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9051)), has a pro-
duction history established under the dairy 
margin coverage program under section 1405 of 
the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9055) 
of less than 5 million pounds, as determined in 
accordance with subsection (c) of such section 
1405. 
(2) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY.—An eligible 
dairy operation shall only be eligible for payments 
under this section during a calendar year in which 
such eligible dairy operation is enrolled in the dairy 
margin coverage (as defined in section 1401 of the 
Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9051)). 
(c) SUPPLEMENTAL PRODUCTION HISTORY CAL-
CULATION.—For purposes of determining the production 
history of an eligible dairy operation under this section, 
such dairy operation’s production history shall be equal 
to— 
(1) the production volume of such dairy oper-
ation for the 2019 milk marketing year; minus
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(2) the dairy margin coverage production his-
tory of such dairy operation established under sec-
tion 1405 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 
9055). 
(d) COVERAGE PERCENTAGE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of calculating 
payments to be issued under this section during a 
calendar year, an eligible dairy operation’s coverage 
percentage shall be equal to the coverage percentage 
selected by such eligible dairy operation with respect 
to such calendar year under section 1406 of the Ag-
ricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9056). 
(2) 5-MILLION POUND LIMITATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall not 
provide supplemental dairy margin coverage on 
an eligible dairy operation’s actual production 
for a calendar year such that the total covered 
production history of such dairy operation ex-
ceeds 5 million pounds. 
(B) DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—In cal-
culating the total covered production history of 
an eligible dairy operation under subparagraph 
(A), the Secretary shall multiply the coverage 
percentage selected by such operation under
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section 1406 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
U.S.C. 9056) by the sum of— 
(i) the supplemental production his-
tory calculated under subsection (c) with 
respect to such dairy operation; and 
(ii) the dairy margin coverage produc-
tion history described in subsection (c)(2) 
with respect to such dairy operation. 
(e) PREMIUM COST.—The premium cost for an eligi-
ble dairy operation under this section for a calendar year 
shall be equal to the product of multiplying— 
(1) the Tier I premium cost calculated with re-
spect to such dairy operation for such year under 
section 1407(b) of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 
12 U.S.C. 9057(b)); by 
(2) the production history calculation with re-
spect to such dairy operation determined under sub-
section (c) (such that total covered production his-
tory does not exceed 5 million pounds). 
(f) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 45 days after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall 
issue regulations to carry out this section. 
(g) PROHIBITION WITH RESPECT TO DAIRY MARGIN 
COVERAGE ENROLLMENT.—The Secretary may not re-
open or otherwise provide a special enrollment for dairy
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margin coverage (as defined in section 1401 of the Agri-
cultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9051)) for purposes of es-
tablishing eligibility for supplemental dairy margin cov-
erage payments under this section. 
(h) RETROACTIVE
APPLICATION
FOR
CALENDAR 
YEAR 2020.—The Secretary shall make payments under 
this section to eligible dairy operations described in sub-
section (b)(1) for months after and including January, 
2020. 
(i) SUNSET.—The authority to make payments under 
this section shall terminate on December 31, 2023. 
(j) FUNDING.—Out of any amounts in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to carry 
out this section such sums as may be necessary. 
SEC. 60203. RECOURSE LOAN PROGRAM FOR COMMERCIAL 
PROCESSORS OF DAIRY PRODUCTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make re-
course loans available to qualified applicants during the 
COVID–19 pandemic. 
(b) AMOUNT OF LOAN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A recourse loan made under 
this section shall be provided to qualified applicants 
up to the value of the eligible dairy product inven-
tory of the applicant as determined by the Secretary 
and consistent with subsection (c).
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(2) VALUATION.—For purposes of making re-
course loans under this section, the Secretary shall 
conduct eligible dairy product valuations to provide, 
to the maximum extent practicable, funds to con-
tinue the operations of qualified applicants. 
(c) INVENTORY USED
AS COLLATERAL.—Eligible 
dairy product inventory used as collateral for the recourse 
loan program under this section shall be pledged on a ro-
tating basis to prevent spoilage of perishable products. 
(d) TERM OF LOAN.—A recourse loan under this sec-
tion may be made for a period as determined by the Sec-
retary, except that no such recourse loan may end after 
the date that is 24 months after the date of the enactment 
of this section. 
(e) FUNDING.—Out of any amounts in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated to carry 
out this section $500,000,000. 
(f) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ELIGIBLE
DAIRY
PRODUCTS.—The term 
‘‘eligible dairy products’’ means all dairy products 
whether in base commodity or finished product form. 
(2) QUALIFIED APPLICANT.—The term ‘‘quali-
fied applicant’’ means any commercial processors, 
packagers, merchants, marketers, wholesalers, and
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distributors of eligible dairy products impacted by 
COVID–19. 
SEC. 60204. DAIRY MARGIN COVERAGE PREMIUM DIS-
COUNT FOR 3-YEAR SIGNUP. 
The Secretary shall provide a 15 percent discount for 
the premiums described in subsections (b) and (c) of sec-
tion 1407 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9051) 
and the premium described in section 60202(e) for a dairy 
operation (as defined in 1401 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
9051)) that makes a 1-time, three-year election to enroll 
in dairy margin coverage under part I of subtitle D of 
such Act for calendar years 2021 through 2023. 
TITLE III—SPECIALTY CROPS 
AND OTHER COMMODITIES 
SEC. 60301. SUPPORT FOR SPECIALTY CROP SECTOR. 
Section 101(l) of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness 
Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) COVID–19 OUTBREAK RELIEF.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
make grants to States eligible to receive a grant 
under this section to assist State efforts to sup-
port the specialty crop sector for impacts re-
lated to the COVID–19 public health emer-
gency.
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‘‘(B) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, 
out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, to carry out subparagraph (A) 
not less than $100,000,000, to remain available 
until expended.’’. 
SEC. 60302. SUPPORT FOR LOCAL AGRICULTURAL MAR-
KETS. 
Section 210A(i) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 
1946 (7 U.S.C. 1627c(d)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(4) GRANTS FOR COVID–19 LOSSES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In addition to grants 
made under the preceding provisions of this 
subsection, the Secretary shall make grants to 
eligible entities specified in paragraphs (5)(B) 
and (6)(B) of subsection (d) to provide assist-
ance in response to the COVID–19 pandemic. 
‘‘(B) MATCHING FUNDS APPLICABILITY.— 
The Secretary may not require a recipient of a 
grant under subparagraph (A) to provide any 
nonFederal matching funds. 
‘‘(F) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, 
out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 
appropriated, to carry out this paragraph,
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$50,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.’’. 
SEC. 60303. SUPPORT FOR FARMING OPPORTUNITIES 
TRAINING AND OUTREACH. 
Section 2501 of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, 
and Trade Act of 1990 (7 U.S.C. 2279) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(m) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or 
contracts with, eligible entities specified in sub-
section (c)(1) or entities eligible for grants under 
subsection (d) to provide training, outreach, and 
technical assistance on operations, financing, and 
marketing to beginning farmers and ranchers, so-
cially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers, and vet-
eran farmers and ranchers. 
‘‘(2) MATCHING
FUNDS
APPLICABILITY.—The 
Secretary may not require a recipient of a grant 
under this subsection to provide any nonFederal 
matching funds. 
‘‘(3) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, out of 
any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, to carry out this subsection, $50,000,000, to 
remain available until expended.’’.
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SEC. 60304. SUPPORT FOR FARM STRESS PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make grants 
to State departments of agriculture (or such equivalent 
department) to expand or sustain stress assistance pro-
grams for individuals who are engaged in farming, ranch-
ing, and other agriculture-related occupations, including— 
(1) programs that meet the criteria specified in 
section 7522(b)(1) of the Food, Conservation, and 
Energy Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 5936(b)(1)); and 
(2) any State initiatives carried out as of the 
date of the enactment of this Act that provide stress 
assistance for such individuals. 
(b) GRANT TIMING AND AMOUNT.—In making grants 
under subsection (a), not later than 60 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and subject to subsection (c), 
the Secretary shall— 
(1) make awards to States submitting State 
plans that meet the criteria specified in paragraph 
(1)(A) of such subsection within the time period 
specified by the Secretary, in an amount not to ex-
ceed, $500,000 for each State; and 
(2) of the amounts made available under sub-
section (f), allocate among such States, an amount 
to be determined by the Secretary. 
(c) STATE PLAN.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—A State department of agri-
culture seeking a grant under subsection (b) shall 
submit to the Secretary a State plan to expand or 
sustain stress assistance programs described in sub-
section (a) that includes— 
(A) a description of each activity and the 
estimated amount of funding to support each 
program and activity carried out through such 
a program; 
(B) an estimated timeline for the operation 
of each such program and activity; 
(C) the total amount of funding sought; 
and 
(D) an assurance that the State depart-
ment of agriculture will comply with the report-
ing requirement under subsection (e). 
(2) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 20 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall issue guidance for States with respect to the 
submission of a State plan under paragraph (1) and 
the allocation criteria under subsection (b). 
(3) REALLOCATION.—If, after the first grants 
are awarded pursuant to allocation under subsection 
(b), any funds made available under subsection (f)
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to carry out this subsection remain unobligated, the 
Secretary shall— 
(A) inform States that submit plans as de-
scribed in subsection (b), of such availability; 
and 
(B) reallocate such funds among such 
States, as the Secretary determines to be ap-
propriate and equitable. 
(d) COLLABORATION.—The Secretary may issue 
guidance to encourage State departments of agriculture 
to use funds provided under this section to support pro-
grams described in subsection (a) that are operated by— 
(1) Indian tribes (as defined in section 4 of the 
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 
Act (25 U.S.C. 5304)); 
(2) State cooperative extension services; and 
(3) nongovernmental organizations. 
(e) REPORTING.—Not later than 180 days after the 
public health emergency declared under section 319 of the 
Public Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 
31, 2020, is terminated, each State receiving additional 
grants under subsection (b) shall submit a report to the 
Secretary describing— 
(1) the activities conducted using such funds;
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(2) the amount of funds used to support each 
such activity; and 
(3) the estimated number of individuals served 
by each such activity. 
(f) FUNDING.—Out of any money not otherwise ap-
propriated, there is appropriated to carry out this section 
$28,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
(g) STATE DEFINED.—In this section, the term 
‘‘State’’ means— 
(1) a State; 
(2) the District of Columbia; 
(3) the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico; and 
(4) any other territory or possession of the 
United States. 
SEC. 60305. SUPPORT FOR PROCESSED COMMODITIES. 
(a) RENEWABLE
FUEL
REIMBURSEMENT
PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
payments in accordance with this subsection to eligi-
ble entities that experienced unexpected market 
losses as a result of the COVID–19 pandemic during 
the applicable period. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(A) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘ap-
plicable period’’ means January 1, 2020, 
through May 1, 2020. 
(B) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘‘eligible 
entity’’ means any domestic entity or facility 
that produced any qualified fuel in the calendar 
year 2019. 
(C) QUALIFIED FUEL.—The term ‘‘quali-
fied fuel’’ means any advanced biofuel, biomass- 
based diesel, cellulosic biofuel, conventional 
biofuel, or renewable fuel, as such terms are de-
fined in section 211(o)(1) of the Clean Air Act 
(42 U.S.C. 7545(o)(1)), that is produced in the 
United States. 
(3) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.—The amount of the 
payment payable to an eligible entity shall be the 
sum of— 
(A) $0.45 multiplied by the number of gal-
lons of qualified fuel produced by the eligible 
entity during the applicable period; and 
(B) if the Secretary determines that the el-
igible entity was unable to produce any quali-
fied fuel throughout 1 or more calendar months 
during the applicable period due to the 
COVID–19 pandemic, $0.45 multiplied by 50
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percent of the number of gallons produced by 
the eligible entity in the corresponding month 
or months in calendar year 2019. 
(4) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Ag-
riculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a 
report on the payments made under this subsection, 
including the identity of each payment recipient and 
the amount of the payment paid to the payment re-
cipient. 
(5) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, out of 
any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, such sums as may be necessary for pay-
ments to eligible entities under this subsection. 
(6) ADMINISTRATION.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall use 
the funds, facilities, and authorities of the Com-
modity Credit Corporation to carry out this 
subsection. 
(B) REGULATIONS.— 
(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise 
provided in this subsection, not later than 
30 days after the date of the enactment of
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this Act, the Secretary and the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, as appropriate, shall 
prescribe such regulations as are necessary 
to carry out this subsection. 
(ii) PROCEDURE.—The promulgation 
of regulations under, and administration 
of, this subsection shall be made without 
regard to— 
(I) the notice and comment pro-
visions of section 553 of title 5, 
United States Code; and 
(II) chapter 35 of title 44, 
United States Code (commonly known 
as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act’’). 
(b) 
EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE
FOR
TEXTILE 
MILLS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make 
emergency assistance available to domestic users of 
upland cotton and extra long staple cotton in the 
form of a payment in an amount determined under 
paragraph (2), regardless of the origin of such up-
land cotton or extra long staple cotton, during the 
10-month period beginning on March 1, 2020. 
(2) 
CALCULATION
OF
ASSISTANCE.—The 
amount of the assistance provided under paragraph
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(1) to a domestic user described in such paragraph 
shall be equal to 10 multiplied by the product of— 
(A) the domestic user’s historical monthly 
average consumption; and 
(B) 6 cents per pound so consumed. 
(3) ALLOWABLE USE.—Any emergency assist-
ance provided under this section shall be made avail-
able only to domestic users of upland cotton and 
extra long staple cotton that certify that the assist-
ance shall be used only for operating expenses. 
(4) HISTORICAL MONTHLY AVERAGE CONSUMP-
TION DEFINED.—The term ‘‘historical monthly aver-
age consumption’’ means the average consumption 
for each month occurring during the period begin-
ning on January 1, 2017, and ending on December 
31, 2019. 
(5) SUNSET.—The Secretary may not provide 
emergency assistance under this section on or after 
December 31, 2020. 
(6) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, out of 
any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out 
this subsection.
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SEC. 60306. DIRECT PAYMENTS TO AGRICULTURAL PRO-
DUCERS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall make direct 
payments to producers of specialty crops, livestock, and 
other commodities, to cover losses in response to the 
COVID–19 pandemic. 
(b) PAYMENT CALCULATIONS.—Payment under sub-
section (a), shall be calculated as follows: 
(1) SPECIALTY CROPS, LIVESTOCK, AND OTHER 
COMMODITIES COVERED BY CORONAVIRUS FOOD AS-
SISTANCE PROGRAM.—In the case of losses of spe-
cialty crops, livestock, and other commodities in-
curred during the first quarter of calendar year 
2020 and eligible to receive direct payments under 
the Department of Agriculture’s final rule for the 
Coronavirus Food Assistance program of the De-
partment of Agriculture, payments under subsection 
(a) shall be made to producers to ensure that they 
are compensated for 85 percent of the second quar-
ter actual losses estimated by the Secretary. 
(2) SPECIALTY CROPS, LIVESTOCK, AND OTHER 
COMMODITIES NOT COVERED BY CORONAVIRUS FOOD 
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—In the case of losses of spe-
cialty crops, livestock, and other commodities for 
which a producer is ineligible to receive direct pay-
ments under the program referred to in paragraph
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(1), payments under subsection (a) shall be equal to 
85 percent of the actual losses estimated by the Sec-
retary for the first and second quarters of calendar 
year 2020 for their commodity. 
(c) ADJUSTMENT.—In calculating the amount of a 
payment under subsection (b)(2), the Secretary shall ac-
count for price differentiation factors for a given com-
modity based on location, specialized varieties, and farm-
ing practices such as certified organic products, by 
using— 
(1) differentiated prices, as determined by the 
Risk Management Agency for purposes of the Fed-
eral crop insurance program under the Federal Crop 
Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), when avail-
able; and 
(2) other data from the Department of Agri-
culture and colleges and universities, to determine 
estimated prices. 
(d) ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME LIMITATIONS.—A 
payment under this section shall be deemed to be a cov-
ered benefit under section 1001D(b)(2) of the Food Secu-
rity Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1308–3a(b)(2)), unless at least 
75 percent of the adjusted gross income of the recipient 
of the payment is derived from farming, ranching, or for-
estry-related activities.
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(e) PAYMENTS.—The Secretary shall begin making 
payments under subsection (a) not later than 60 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section. 
(f) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, out of any 
funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to carry 
out this section $16,500,000,000, to remain available until 
December 31, 2020. 
(g) NOTIFICATION.—Any obligation or expenditure 
under this section shall be subject to the requirements de-
scribed in section 20 of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
Charter Act, as added by section 60402. 
(h) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry of the Senate a report specifying how 
price losses were calculated for each crop and crop dif-
ferentiation factor, and evaluating the implementation, 
costs, and general effectiveness of this section and the 
Coronavirus Food Assistance program of the Department 
of Agriculture.
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TITLE IV—COMMODITY CREDIT 
CORPORATION 
SEC. 60401. EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE. 
Section 5 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Char-
ter Act (15 U.S.C. 714c) is amended by redesignating sub-
section (h) as subsection (j) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(h) Remove and dispose of or aid in the removal or 
disposition of surplus livestock and poultry due to signifi-
cant supply chain interruption during an emergency pe-
riod. 
‘‘(i) Aid agricultural processing plants to ensure sup-
ply chain continuity during an emergency period.’’. 
SEC. 60402. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION. 
The Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act (15 
U.S.C. 714 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 20. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION AND OVERSIGHT 
ON SPENDING. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall notify in 
writing, by first-class mail and electronic mail, the Com-
mittee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
the Senate at least 90 calendar days (not counting any 
day on which both the House of Representatives and Sen-
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ate are not in session) in advance of any obligation or ex-
penditure authorized under this Act. 
‘‘(b) WRITTEN NOTICE.—A written notice required 
under subsection (a) shall specify— 
‘‘(1) the commodities that will be affected; 
‘‘(2) the maximum financial benefit per com-
modity; 
‘‘(3) the nature of the support, including— 
‘‘(A) direct payments; 
‘‘(B) technical and financial assistance; 
‘‘(C) marketing assistance; and 
‘‘(D) purchases; 
‘‘(4) the expected legal entities or individuals 
that would receive financial benefits; 
‘‘(5) the intended policy goals; 
‘‘(6) the legal justification specifying the au-
thority of this Act utilized; and 
‘‘(7) the projected impacts to commodity mar-
kets. 
‘‘(c) MONITORING OR OVERSIGHT.—The Comptroller 
General of the United States shall conduct monitoring and 
oversight of the exercise of authorities, the receipt, dis-
bursement, and use of funds for which a report is required 
under subsection (a).
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‘‘(d) REPORTS.—In conducting monitoring and over-
sight under subsection (c), the Comptroller General shall 
publish reports regarding the ongoing monitoring and 
oversight efforts, which, along with any audits and inves-
tigations conducted by the Comptroller General, shall be 
submitted to the Committee on Agriculture of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nu-
trition, and Forestry of the Senate and posted on the 
website of the Government Accountability Office— 
‘‘(1) not later than 90 days after the initial ob-
ligation or expenditure of funds subject to subsection 
(a), and every other month thereafter for as long as 
such obligations or expenditures continue; and 
‘‘(2) submit to the Committee on Agriculture of 
the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate 
additional reports as warranted by the findings of 
the monitoring and oversight activities of the Comp-
troller General. 
‘‘(e) ACCESS TO INFORMATION.— 
‘‘(1) RIGHT OF ACCESS.—In conducting moni-
toring and oversight activities under subsection (c), 
the Comptroller General shall have access to records, 
upon request, of any Federal, State, or local agency, 
contractor, grantee, recipient, or subrecipient per-
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taining to any obligations or expenditures subject to 
subsection (a), including private entities receiving 
such assistance. 
‘‘(2) COPIES.—The Comptroller General may 
make and retain copies of any records accessed 
under paragraph (1) as the Comptroller General de-
termines appropriate. 
‘‘(3) INTERVIEWS.—In addition to such other 
authorities as are available, the Comptroller General 
or a designee of the Comptroller General may inter-
view Federal, State, or local officials, contractor 
staff, grantee staff, recipients, or subrecipients per-
taining to any obligations or expenditures subject to 
subsection (a), including private entities receiving 
such assistance. 
‘‘(4) INSPECTION
OF
FACILITIES.—As deter-
mined necessary by the Comptroller General, the 
Government Accountability Office may inspect facili-
ties at which Federal, State, or local officials, con-
tractor staff, grantee staff, or recipients or sub-
recipients carry out their responsibilities related to 
obligations or expenditures subject to subsection (a). 
‘‘(5) ENFORCEMENT.—Access rights under this 
subsection shall be subject to enforcement consistent 
with section 716 of title 31, United States Code.
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‘‘(f) RELATIONSHIP
TO EXISTING AUTHORITY.— 
Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, amend, 
supersede, or restrict in any manner any existing author-
ity of the Comptroller General. 
‘‘(g) EXCEPTION TO WAITING PERIOD.—Subsection 
(a) shall not apply if, prior to obligating or spending any 
funding described in such subsection, the Secretary ob-
tains approval in writing from at least three of the fol-
lowing individuals— 
‘‘(1) the Chair of the Committee on Agriculture 
of the House of Representatives, 
‘‘(2) the Ranking Member of the Committee on 
Agriculture of the House of Representatives, 
‘‘(3) the Chair of the Committee on Agri-
culture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate; and 
‘‘(4) the Ranking Member of the Committee on 
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate. 
‘‘(h) EXCLUSION
FOR PREEXISTING AUTHORIZA-
TIONS.—This section shall not apply to obligations and ex-
penditures authorized in the Agriculture Improvement Act 
of 2018 (Public Law 115–334).’’.
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TITLE V—CONSERVATION 
SEC. 60501. EMERGENCY SOIL HEALTH AND INCOME PRO-
TECTION PILOT PROGRAM. 
(a) DEFINITION OF ELIGIBLE LAND.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘eligible land’’ means cropland that— 
(1) is selected by the owner or operator of the 
land for proposed enrollment in the pilot program 
under this section; and 
(2) as determined by the Secretary, had a crop-
ping history or was considered to be planted during 
each of the 3 crop years preceding enrollment. 
(b) ESTABLISHMENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall establish 
a voluntary emergency soil health and income pro-
tection pilot program under which eligible land is en-
rolled through the use of contracts to assist owners 
and operators of eligible land to conserve and im-
prove the soil, water, and wildlife resources of the el-
igible land. 
(2) DEADLINE
FOR
PARTICIPATION.—Eligible 
land may be enrolled in the program under this sec-
tion through December 31, 2021. 
(c) CONTRACTS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENTS.—A contract described in 
subsection (b) shall—
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(A) be entered into by the Secretary, the 
owner of the eligible land, and (if applicable) 
the operator of the eligible land; and 
(B) provide that, during the term of the 
contract— 
(i) the lowest practicable cost peren-
nial conserving use cover crop for the eligi-
ble land, as determined by the applicable 
State conservationist after considering the 
advice of the applicable State technical 
committee, shall be planted on the eligible 
land; 
(ii) subject to paragraph (4), the eligi-
ble land may be harvested for seed, hayed, 
or grazed outside the primary nesting sea-
son established for the applicable county; 
(iii) the eligible land may be eligible 
for a walk-in access program of the appli-
cable State, if any; and 
(iv) a nonprofit wildlife organization 
may provide to the owner or operator of 
the eligible land a payment in exchange for 
an agreement by the owner or operator not 
to harvest the conserving use cover. 
(2) PAYMENTS.—
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(A) RENTAL RATE.—Except as provided in 
paragraph (4)(B)(ii), the annual rental rate for 
a payment under a contract described in sub-
section (b) shall be $70 per acre. 
(B) ADVANCE PAYMENT.—At the request 
of the owner and (if applicable) the operator of 
the eligible land, the Secretary shall make all 
rental payments under a contract entered into 
under this section within 30 days of entering 
into such contract. 
(C) COST SHARE PAYMENTS.—A contract 
described in subsection (b) shall provide that, 
during the term of the contract, the Secretary 
shall pay, of the actual cost of establishment of 
the conserving use cover crop under paragraph 
(1)(B)(i), not more than $30 per acre. 
(3) TERM.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), each contract described in 
subsection (b) shall be for a term of 3 years. 
(B) EARLY TERMINATION.— 
(i) SECRETARY.—The Secretary may 
terminate a contract described in sub-
section (b) before the end of the term de-
scribed in subparagraph (A) if the Sec-
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retary determines that the early termi-
nation of the contract is appropriate. 
(ii) OWNERS
AND
OPERATORS.—An 
owner and (if applicable) an operator of el-
igible land enrolled in the pilot program 
under this section may terminate a con-
tract described in subsection (b) before the 
end of the term described in subparagraph 
(A) if the owner and (if applicable) the op-
erator pay to the Secretary an amount 
equal to the amount of rental payments re-
ceived under the contract. 
(4) HARVESTING, HAYING, AND GRAZING OUT-
SIDE
APPLICABLE
PERIOD.—The harvesting for 
seed, haying, or grazing of eligible land under para-
graph (1)(B)(ii) outside of the primary nesting sea-
son established for the applicable county shall be 
subject to the conditions that— 
(A) with respect to eligible land that is so 
hayed or grazed, adequate stubble height shall 
be maintained to protect the soil on the eligible 
land, as determined by the applicable State con-
servationist after considering the advice of the 
applicable State technical committee; and
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(B) with respect to eligible land that is so 
harvested for seed— 
(i) the eligible land shall not be eligi-
ble to be insured or reinsured under the 
Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1501 et seq.); and 
(ii) the annual rental rate for a pay-
ment under a contract described in sub-
section (b) shall be $52.50 per acre. 
(d) 
ACREAGE
LIMITATION.—Not 
more 
than 
5,000,000 total acres of eligible land may be enrolled 
under the pilot program under this section. 
(e) FUNDING.—There is appropriated, out of any 
funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section. 
TITLE W—NUTRITION 
SEC. 60601. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title: 
(1) COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emergency’’ 
means the public health emergency declared by the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services under sec-
tion 319 of the Public Health Services Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 2020, with respect to 
COVID–19.
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(2) SUPPLEMENTAL
NUTRITION
ASSISTANCE 
PROGRAM.—The term ‘‘supplemental nutrition as-
sistance program’’ has the meaning given such term 
in section 3(t) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(t)). 
SEC. 60602. ENHANCED PROJECTS TO HARVEST, PROCESS, 
PACKAGE, OR TRANSPORT DONATED COM-
MODITIES. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EMERGENCY
FEEDING
ORGANIZATION.— 
The term ‘‘emergency feeding organization’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 201A of the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 
7501). 
(2) PROJECT.—The term ‘‘project’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 203D(d)(1) of the 
Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 
7507(d)(1)). 
(3) PRIORITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT.—The 
term ‘‘priority agricultural product’’ means a dairy, 
meat, or poultry product, or a specialty crop— 
(A) packaged or marketed for sale to com-
mercial or food service industries;
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(B) for which decreased demand exists for 
such a product due to the COVID–19 outbreak; 
and 
(C) the repurposing of which would be im-
practical for grocery or retail sale. 
(4) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-
ing given the term in section 203D of the Emer-
gency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507). 
(5) STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘State agency’’ 
has the meaning given the term in section 203D of 
the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 
U.S.C. 7507). 
(b) ENHANCED PROJECTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs (3) 
and (4), using funds made available under sub-
section (d), the Secretary may provide funds to 
States to pay for harvesting, processing, packaging, 
or transportation costs of carrying out a project. 
(2) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 30 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
shall issue guidance to States— 
(A) to carry out this section; 
(B) to inform States of their allocations 
under paragraph (3); and
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(C) to encourage States to carry out 
projects that work with agricultural producers, 
processors, and distributors with priority agri-
cultural products. 
(3) ALLOCATION.— 
(A) ELIGIBILITY FOR ALLOCATION.—The 
Secretary shall allocate funds made available 
under subsection (d) based on the formula in 
effect under section 214(a) of the Emergency 
Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 
7515(a)), among States that timely submit a 
State plan of operation for a project that in-
cludes— 
(i) a list of emergency feeding organi-
zations in the State that will operate the 
project in partnership with the State agen-
cy; 
(ii) at the option of the State, a list 
of priority agricultural products located in 
the State that are for donation to emer-
gency feeding organizations and ready for 
transport; 
(iii) a description of how the project 
will meet the purposes described in section 
203D(d)(3) of the Emergency Food Assist-
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ance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507(d)(3)); 
and 
(iv) a timeline of when the project will 
begin operating. 
(B) REALLOCATION.—If the Secretary de-
termines that a State will not expend all the 
funds allocated to the State under subpara-
graph (A), the Secretary shall reallocate the un-
expended funds to other eligible States. 
(C) REPORT.—Each State that receives 
funds allocated under this paragraph shall sub-
mit to the Secretary financial reports on a reg-
ular basis describing the use of the funds. 
(4) USE OF FUNDS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives 
funds under section 203D(d)(5) of the Emer-
gency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 
7507(d)(5)) may— 
(i) receive funds under this section; 
and 
(ii) use funds received under this sec-
tion— 
(I) to expand projects for which 
funds are received under such section 
203D(d)(5);
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(II) to carry out new projects 
with agricultural producers, proc-
essors, or distributors participating in 
projects for which funds are received 
under such section 203D(d)(5); and 
(III) to carry out projects with 
agricultural producers, processors, or 
distributors 
not 
participating 
in 
projects for which funds are received 
under such section 203D(d)(5). 
(B) FEDERAL
SHARE.—Funds received 
under this section shall not be subject to the 
Federal share limitation described in section 
203D(d)(2)(B) of the Emergency Food Assist-
ance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507(d)(2)(B)). 
(c) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—A State agency that carries 
out a project using Federal funds received under 
this section may enter into cooperative agreements 
with State agencies of other States under section 
203B(d) of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 
1983 (7 U.S.C. 7507(d)) to maximize the use of 
commodities donated under the project. 
(2) SUBMISSION.—Not later than 15 days after 
entering into a cooperative agreement under para-
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graph (1), a State agency shall submit such agree-
ment to the Secretary. 
(d) APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS.—Out of funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, there is appro-
priated to carry out this section $25,000,000 to remain 
available until September 30, 2021. 
(e) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Not later than 10 days 
after the date of the receipt or issuance of each document 
listed in paragraphs (1), (2), or (3) of this subsection, the 
Secretary shall make publicly available on the website of 
the Department of Agriculture the following documents: 
(1) Any guidance issued under subsection 
(b)(2). 
(2) A State plan of operation or report sub-
mitted in accordance with subsection (b)(3). 
(3) A cooperative agreement submitted in ac-
cordance with subsection (c). 
SEC. 60603. SNAP NUTRITION EDUCATION FLEXIBILITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the Secretary may issue nationwide guidance 
to allow funding allocated under section 28 of the Food 
and Nutrition Act (7 U.S.C. 2036a) to be used for individ-
uals distributing food in a non-congregate setting under 
commodity distribution programs and child nutrition pro-
grams administered by the Food and Nutrition Service of
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the Department of Agriculture in States affected by the 
COVID–19 outbreak, provided that any individuals who 
distribute school meals under— 
(1) the school lunch program established under 
the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.); and 
(2) the school breakfast program established 
under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 
(42 U.S.C. 1773); 
using funds allocated under section 28 of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036a) supplement, not 
supplant, individuals who are employed by local edu-
cational authorities as of the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
(b) SUNSET.—The authority for this section shall ex-
pire 30 days after the COVID–19 public health emergency 
is terminated. 
SEC. 60604. FLEXIBILITIES FOR SENIOR FARMERS’ MARKET 
PROGRAM. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MODIFY OR WAIVE RULES.— 
Notwithstanding any other provision of law and if re-
quested by a State agency, the Secretary of Agriculture 
may modify or waive any rule issued under section 4402 
of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
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(7 U.S.C. 3007) that applies to such State agency if the 
Secretary determines that— 
(1) such State agency is unable to comply with 
such rule as a result of COVID–19, and 
(2) the requested modification or waiver is nec-
essary to enable such State agency to provide assist-
ance to low-income seniors under such section. 
(b) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Not later than 10 days 
after the date of the receipt or issuance of each document 
listed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this subsection, the 
Secretary shall make publicly available on the website of 
the Department of Agriculture the following documents: 
(1) Any request submitted by State agencies 
under subsection (a). 
(2) The Secretary’s approval or denial of each 
such request. 
(c) DEFINITION
OF STATE AGENCY.—The term 
‘‘State agency’’ has the meaning given such term in sec-
tion 249.2 of 18 title 7 of the Code of Federal Regula-
tions. 
(d) EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—Subsection (a) shall be in 
effect during the period that begins on the date of the 
enactment of this Act and ends 30 days after the termi-
nation of the COVID–19 public health emergency.
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SEC. 60605. FLEXIBILITIES FOR THE FOOD DISTRIBUTION 
PROGRAM ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS. 
(a) WAIVER
OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE REQUIRE-
MENT.—Funds provided in division B of the Coronavirus 
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116– 
136) for the food distribution program on Indian reserva-
tions authorized by section 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2013(b)) shall not be subject to 
the payment of the non-Federal share requirement de-
scribed in section 4(b)(4)(A) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 
2013(b)(4)(A)). 
(b) FLEXIBILITIES FOR CERTAIN HOUSEHOLDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may 
issue guidance to waive or adjust section 4(b)(2)(C) 
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2013(b)(2)(C)) for any Tribal organization (as de-
fined in section 3(v) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2012(v)), 
or for an appropriate State agency administering the 
program established under section 4(b) of such Act 
(7 U.S.C. 2013(b)), to ensure that households on 
the Indian reservation who are participating in the 
supplemental nutrition assistance program and who 
are unable to access approved retail food stores due 
to the outbreak of COVID–19 have access to com-
modities distributed under section 4(b) of such Act.
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(2) 
PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY.—The 
Secretary 
shall make available the guidance document issued 
under paragraph (1) on the public website of the 
Department of Agriculture not later than 10 days 
after the date of the issuance of such guidance. 
(3) SUNSET.—The authority under this sub-
section shall expire 30 days after the termination of 
the COVID–19 public health emergency. 
SEC. 60606. SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PRO-
GRAM. 
(a) VALUE
OF BENEFITS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, beginning on June 1, 2020, and 
for each subsequent month through September 30, 2021, 
the value of benefits determined under section 8(a) of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2017(a)), and 
consolidated block grants for Puerto Rico and American 
Samoa determined under section 19(a) of such Act (7 
U.S.C. 2028(a)), shall be calculated using 115 percent of 
the June 2019 value of the thrifty food plan (as defined 
in section 3 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2012)) if the value of 
the benefits and block grants would be greater under that 
calculation than in the absence of this subsection. 
(b) MINIMUM AMOUNT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The minimum value of bene-
fits determined under section 8(a) of the Food and
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Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2017(a)) for a 
household of not more than 2 members shall be $30. 
(2) EFFECTIVENESS.—Paragraph (1) shall re-
main in effect until the date on which 8 percent of 
the value of the thrifty food plan for a household 
containing 1 member, rounded to the nearest whole 
dollar increment, is equal to or greater than $30. 
(c) REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SECRETARY.—In car-
rying out this section, the Secretary shall— 
(1) consider the benefit increases described in 
each of subsections (a) and (b) to be a ‘‘mass 
change’’; 
(2) require a simple process for States to notify 
households of the increase in benefits; 
(3) consider section 16(c)(3)(A) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(3)(A)) 
to apply to any errors in the implementation of this 
section, without regard to the 120-day limit de-
scribed in that section; 
(4) disregard the additional amount of benefits 
that a household receives as a result of this section 
in determining the amount of overissuances under 
section 13 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 
(7 U.S.C. 2022); and
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(5) set the tolerance level for excluding small 
errors for the purposes of section 16(c) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)) at 
$50 through September 30, 2021. 
(d) PROVISIONS
FOR IMPACTED WORKERS.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the requirements 
under subsections (d)(1)(A)(ii) and (o) of section 6 of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) shall 
not be in effect during the period beginning on June 1, 
2020, and ending 2 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the costs of State ad-
ministrative expenses associated with carrying out 
this section and administering the supplemental nu-
trition assistance program established under the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.), 
the 
Secretary 
shall 
make 
available 
$150,000,000 
for 
fiscal 
year 
2020 
and 
$150,000,000 for fiscal year 2021. 
(2) TIMING FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020.—Not later 
than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary shall make available to States 
amounts for fiscal year 2020 under paragraph (1).
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(3) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Funds described 
in paragraph (1) shall be made available as grants 
to State agencies for each fiscal year as follows: 
(A) 75 percent of the amounts available 
for each fiscal year shall be allocated to States 
based on the share of each State of households 
that participate in the supplemental nutrition 
assistance program as reported to the Depart-
ment of Agriculture for the most recent 12- 
month period for which data are available, ad-
justed by the Secretary (as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act) for participation in dis-
aster programs under section 5(h) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)); 
and 
(B) 25 percent of the amounts available 
for each fiscal year shall be allocated to States 
based on the increase in the number of house-
holds that participate in the supplemental nu-
trition assistance program as reported to the 
Department of Agriculture over the most recent 
12-month period for which data are available, 
adjusted by the Secretary (as of the date of the 
enactment of this Act) for participation in dis-
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aster programs under section 5(h) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(h)). 
(f) SNAP RULES.—No funds (including fees) made 
available under this Act or any other Act for any fiscal 
year may be used to finalize, implement, administer, en-
force, carry out, or otherwise give effect to— 
(1) the final rule entitled ‘‘Supplemental Nutri-
tion Assistance Program: Requirements for Able- 
Bodied Adults Without Dependents’’ published in 
the Federal Register on December 5, 2019 (84 Fed. 
Reg. 66782); 
(2) the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Revision of Cat-
egorical Eligibility in the Supplemental Nutrition 
Assistance Program (SNAP)’’ published in the Fed-
eral Register on July 24, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 
35570); or 
(3) the proposed rule entitled ‘‘Supplemental 
Nutrition Assistance Program: Standardization of 
State Heating and Cooling Standard Utility Allow-
ances’’ published in the Federal Register on October 
3, 2019 (84 Fed. Reg. 52809). 
(g) CERTAIN EXCLUSIONS FROM SNAP INCOME.— 
A Federal pandemic unemployment compensation pay-
ment made to an individual under section 2104 of the 
CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) shall not be regarded
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as income and shall not be regarded as a resource for the 
month of receipt and the following 9 months, for the pur-
pose of determining eligibility for such individual or any 
other individual for benefits or assistance, or the amount 
of benefits or assistance, under any programs authorized 
under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 
et seq.). 
(h) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—Not later than 10 days 
after the date of the receipt or issuance of each document 
listed below, the Secretary shall make publicly available 
on the website of the Department of Agriculture the fol-
lowing documents: 
(1) Any State agency request to participate in 
the supplemental nutrition assistance program on-
line program under section 7(k). 
(2) Any State agency request to waive, adjust, 
or modify statutory or regulatory requirements 
under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 related 
to the COVID–19 outbreak. 
(3) The Secretary’s approval or denial of each 
such request under paragraphs (1) or (2). 
(i) FUNDING.—There are hereby appropriated to the 
Secretary, out of any money not otherwise appropriated, 
such sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
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SEC. 60607. SNAP HOT FOOD PURCHASES. 
During the period beginning 10 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and ending on the termi-
nation date of the COVID–19 public health emergency, 
the term ‘‘food’’, as defined in section 3 of the Food and 
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012), shall be deemed 
to exclude ‘‘hot foods or hot food products ready for imme-
diate consumption other than those authorized pursuant 
to clauses (3), (4), (5), (7), (8), and (9) of this sub-
section,’’ for purposes of such Act, except that such exclu-
sion is limited to retail food stores authorized to accept 
and redeem supplemental nutrition assistance program 
benefits as of the date of enactment of this Act. 
DIVISION G—ACCOUNTABILITY 
AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS 
TITLE I—ACCOUNTABILITY 
SEC. 70101. MEMBERSHIP OF THE PANDEMIC RESPONSE 
ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE. 
Section 15010(c) of the CARES Act (Public Law 
116–136) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and (D)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(D), and (E)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)(E), by inserting ‘‘of the 
Council’’ after ‘‘Chairperson’’.
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SEC. 70102. CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE IN 
STATUS OF INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) CHANGE IN STATUS OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF 
OFFICES.—Section 3(b) of the Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, is placed on paid or unpaid 
non-duty status,’’ after ‘‘is removed from office’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, change in status,’’ after 
‘‘any such removal’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘, change in status,’’ after ‘‘be-
fore the removal’’. 
(b) CHANGE IN STATUS OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF 
DESIGNATED FEDERAL ENTITIES.—Section 8G(e)(2) of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘, is placed on paid or unpaid 
non-duty status,’’ after ‘‘office’’; 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, change in status,’’ after 
‘‘any such removal’’; and 
(3) by inserting ‘‘, change in status,’’ after ‘‘be-
fore the removal’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
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SEC. 70103. PRESIDENTIAL EXPLANATION OF FAILURE TO 
NOMINATE AN INSPECTOR GENERAL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 33 of 
title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
section 3349d the following new section: 
‘‘§ 3349e. Presidential explanation of failure to nomi-
nate an Inspector General 
‘‘If the President fails to make a formal nomination 
for a vacant Inspector General position that requires a for-
mal nomination by the President to be filled within the 
period beginning on the date on which the vacancy oc-
curred and ending on the day that is 210 days after that 
date, the President shall communicate, within 30 days 
after the end of such period, to Congress in writing— 
‘‘(1) the reasons why the President has not yet 
made a formal nomination; and 
‘‘(2) a target date for making a formal nomina-
tion.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting after the item relating to 3349d the following 
new item: 
‘‘3349e. Presidential explanation of failure to nominate an Inspector General.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
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ment of this Act and shall apply to any vacancy first oc-
curring on or after that date. 
SEC. 70104. INSPECTOR GENERAL INDEPENDENCE. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Inspector General Independence Act’’. 
(b) AMENDMENT.—The Inspector General Act of 
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 
(1) in section 3(b)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘An Inspector General’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(1) An Inspector General’’; 
(B) by inserting after ‘‘by the President’’ 
the following: ‘‘in accordance with paragraph 
(2)’’; and 
(C) by inserting at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(2) The President may remove an Inspector 
General only for any of the following grounds: 
‘‘(A) Permanent incapacity. 
‘‘(B) Inefficiency. 
‘‘(C) Neglect of duty. 
‘‘(D) Malfeasance. 
‘‘(E) Conviction of a felony or conduct in-
volving moral turpitude. 
‘‘(F) Knowing violation of a law, rule, or 
regulation.
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‘‘(G) Gross mismanagement. 
‘‘(H) Gross waste of funds. 
‘‘(I) Abuse of authority.’’; and 
(2) in section 8G(e)(2), by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ″An Inspector General 
may be removed only for any of the following 
grounds: 
‘‘(A) Permanent incapacity. 
‘‘(B) Inefficiency. 
‘‘(C) Neglect of duty. 
‘‘(D) Malfeasance. 
‘‘(E) Conviction of a felony or conduct in-
volving moral turpitude. 
‘‘(F) Knowing violation of a law, rule, or 
regulation. 
‘‘(G) Gross mismanagement. 
‘‘(H) Gross waste of funds. 
‘‘(I) Abuse of authority.’’. 
SEC. 70105. USPS INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT RE-
SPONSIBILITIES. 
The Inspector General of the United States Postal 
Service shall— 
(1) conduct oversight, audits, and investigations 
of projects and activities carried out with funds pro-
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vided in division A of this Act to the United States 
Postal Service; and 
(2) not less than 90 days after the Postal Serv-
ice commences use of funding provided by division A 
of this Act, and annually thereafter, initiate an audit 
of the Postal Service’s use of appropriations and 
borrowing authority provided by any division of this 
Act, including the use of funds to cover lost reve-
nues, costs due to COVID–19, and expenditures, 
and submit a copy of such audit to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of 
the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
of the House of Representatives, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate. 
TITLE II—CENSUS MATTERS 
SEC. 70201. MODIFICATION OF 2020 CENSUS DEADLINES 
AND TABULATION OF POPULATION. 
(a) DEADLINE MODIFICATION.—Notwithstanding the 
timetables provided in sections 141(b) and (c) of title 13, 
United States Code, and section 22(a) of the Act entitled 
‘‘An Act to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decen-
nial censuses and to provide for an apportionment of Rep-
resentatives in Congress’’, approved June 18, 1929 (2
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U.S.C. 2a(a)), for the 2020 decennial census of the popu-
lation— 
(1) the tabulation of total population by States 
required by section 141(a) of such title for the ap-
portionment of Representatives in Congress among 
the several States shall be completed and reported 
by the Secretary to the President within 13 months 
after the decennial census date of April 1, 2020, and 
shall be made public by the Secretary no later than 
the date on which it is reported to the President; 
(2) the President shall transmit to the Congress 
a statement showing the whole number of persons in 
each State, and the number of Representatives to 
which each State would be entitled under an appor-
tionment of the then existing number of Representa-
tives, as required by such section 22(a), and deter-
mined solely as described therein, within 14 days 
after receipt of the tabulation reported by the Sec-
retary; and 
(3) the tabulations of populations required by 
section 141(c) of such title shall be completed by the 
Secretary as expeditiously as possible after the cen-
sus date of April 1, 2020, taking into account each 
State’s deadlines for legislative apportionment or 
districting, and reported to the Governor of the
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State involved and to the officers or public bodies 
having responsibility for legislative apportionment or 
districting of such State, except that such tabula-
tions of population of each State requesting a tab-
ulation plan, and basic tabulations of population of 
each other State, shall be completed, reported, and 
transmitted to each respective State within 16 
months after the decennial census date of April 1, 
2020. 
(b) QUALITY.—Data products and tabulations pro-
duced by the Bureau of the Census pursuant to sections 
141(b) or (c) of title 13, United States Code, in connection 
with the 2020 decennial census shall meet the same or 
higher data quality standards as similar products pro-
duced by the Bureau of the Census in connection with the 
2010 decennial census. 
SEC. 70202. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR 2020 CENSUS. 
On the first day of each month during the period be-
tween the date of enactment of this Act and July 1, 2021, 
the Director of the Bureau of the Census shall submit, 
to the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House 
of Representatives, the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, and the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House and the Senate, a
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report regarding the 2020 decennial census of population 
containing the following information: 
(1) The total number of field staff, sorted by 
category, hired by the Bureau compared to the num-
ber of field staff the Bureau estimated was nec-
essary to carry out such census. 
(2) Retention rates of such hired field staff. 
(3) Average wait time for call center calls and 
average wait time for each language provided. 
(4) Anticipated schedule of such census oper-
ations. 
(5) Total tabulated responses, categorized by 
race and Hispanic origin. 
(6) Total appropriations available for obligation 
for such census and a categorized list of total dis-
bursements. 
(7) Non-Response Follow-Up completion rates 
by geographic location. 
(8) Update/Enumerate and Update/Leave com-
pletion rates by geographic location. 
(9) Total spending to date on media, advertise-
ments, and partnership specialists, including a geo-
graphic breakdown of such spending. 
(10) Post-enumeration schedule and subsequent 
data aggregation and delivery progress.
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SEC. 70203. PROVIDING BUREAU OF THE CENSUS ACCESS 
TO INFORMATION FROM INSTITUTIONS OF 
HIGHER EDUCATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, including section 444 of the General Edu-
cation Provisions Act (commonly known as the ‘‘Family 
Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974’’), an institu-
tion of higher education may, in furtherance of a full and 
accurate decennial census of population count, provide to 
the Bureau of the Census information requested by the 
Bureau for purposes of enumeration for the 2020 decen-
nial census of population. 
(b) APPLICATION.— 
(1) INFORMATION.—Only information requested 
on the official 2020 decennial census of population 
form may be provided to the Bureau of the Census 
pursuant to this section. No institution of higher 
education may provide any information to the Bu-
reau on the immigration or citizenship status of any 
individual. 
(2) NOTICE
REQUIRED.—Before information 
can be provided to the Bureau, the institution of 
higher education shall give public notice of the cat-
egories of information which it plans to provide and 
shall allow 10 days after such notice has been given 
for a student to inform the institution that any or
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all of the information designated should not be re-
leased without the student’s prior consent. No insti-
tution of higher education shall provide the Bureau 
with the information of any individual who has ob-
jected to the provision of such information. 
(3) USE OF INFORMATION.—Information pro-
vided to the Bureau pursuant to this section may 
only be used for the purposes of enumeration for the 
2020 decennial census of population. 
(c) DEFINITION OF INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU-
CATION.—In this section, the term ‘‘institution of higher 
education’’ has the meaning given that term in section 102 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 
(d) SUNSET.—The authority provided in this section 
shall expire at the conclusion of 2020 census operations. 
SEC. 70204. LIMITATION ON TABULATION OF CERTAIN 
DATA. 
(a) LIMITATION.—The Bureau of the Census may 
not compile or produce any data product or tabulation as 
part of, in combination with, or in connection with, the 
2020 decennial census of population or any such census 
data produced pursuant to section 141(c) of title 13, 
United States Code, that is based in whole or in part on 
data that is not collected in such census.
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(b) EXCEPTION.—The limitation in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to any data product or tabulation that is 
required by sections 141(b) or (c) of such title, that uses 
the same or substantially similar methodology and data 
sources as a decennial census data product produced by 
the Bureau of the Census before January 1, 2019, or that 
uses a methodology and data sources that the Bureau of 
the Census finalized and made public prior to January 1, 
2018. 
TITLE III—FEDERAL 
WORKFORCE 
SEC. 70301. COVID–19 TELEWORKING REQUIREMENTS FOR 
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. 
(a) MANDATED TELEWORK.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Effective immediately upon 
the date of enactment of this Act, the head of any 
Federal agency shall require any employee of such 
agency who is authorized to telework under chapter 
65 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provi-
sion of law to telework during the period beginning 
on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on 
December 31, 2020. 
(2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
(A) the term ‘‘employee’’ means—
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(i) an employee of the Library of Con-
gress; 
(ii) an employee of the Government 
Accountability Office; 
(iii) a covered employee as defined in 
section 101 of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301), other 
than an applicant for employment; 
(iv) a covered employee as defined in 
section 411(c) of title 3, United States 
Code; 
(v) a Federal officer or employee cov-
ered under subchapter V of chapter 63 of 
title 5, United States Code; or 
(vi) any other individual occupying a 
position in the civil service (as that term is 
defined in section 2101(1) of title 5, 
United States Code); and 
(B) the term ‘‘telework’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 6501(3) of such title. 
(b) TELEWORK PARTICIPATION GOALS.—Chapter 65 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
(1) In section 6502— 
(A) in subsection (b)—
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(i) in paragraph (4), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (5), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(6) include annual goals for increasing the 
percent of employees of the executive agency partici-
pating in teleworking— 
‘‘(A) three or more days per pay period; 
‘‘(B) one or 2 days per pay period; 
‘‘(C) once per month; and 
‘‘(D) on an occasional, episodic, or short- 
term basis; and 
‘‘(7) include methods for collecting data on, set-
ting goals for, and reporting costs savings to the ex-
ecutive agency achieved through teleworking, con-
sistent with the guidance developed under section 
70302 (c) of The Heroes Act.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) NOTIFICATION
FOR
REDUCTION
IN
TELE-
WORKING PARTICIPATION.—Not later than 30 days before 
the date that an executive agency implements or modifies 
a teleworking plan that would reduce the percentage of
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employees at the agency who telework, the head of the ex-
ecutive agency shall provide written notification, including 
a justification for the reduction in telework participation 
and a description of how the agency will pay for any in-
creased costs resulting from that reduction, to— 
‘‘(1) the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management; 
‘‘(2) the Committee on Oversight and Reform 
of the House of Representatives; and 
‘‘(3) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate. 
‘‘(e) PROHIBITION
ON AGENCY-WIDE LIMITS
ON 
TELEWORKING.—An agency may not prohibit any delin-
eated period of teleworking participation for all employees 
of the agency, including the periods described in subpara-
graphs (A) through (D) of subsection (b)(6). The agency 
shall make any teleworking determination with respect to 
an employee or group of employees at the agency on a 
case-by-case basis.’’. 
(2) In section 6506(b)(2)— 
(A) in subparagraph (F)(vi), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (G), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and
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(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(H) agency cost savings achieved through 
teleworking, consistent with the guidance devel-
oped under section 2(c) of the Telework Metrics 
and Cost Savings Act; and 
‘‘(I) a detailed explanation of a plan to in-
crease the Government-wide teleworking partici-
pation rate above such rate applicable to fiscal 
year 2016, including agency-level plans to main-
tain or imparove such rate for each of the tele-
working frequency categories listed under sub-
paragraph (A)(iii).’’. 
(c) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of-
fice of Personnel Management, in collaboration with the 
Chief Human Capital Officer Council, shall establish uni-
form guidance for agencies on how to collect data on, set 
goals for, and report cost savings achieved through, tele-
working. Such guidance shall account for cost savings re-
lated to travel, energy use, and real estate. 
(d) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 6506(b)(1) 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking 
‘‘with Chief’’ and inserting ‘‘with the Chief’’.
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SEC. 70302. RETIREMENT FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. 
(a) CSRS.—Section 8336(c) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3)(A) In this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘affected individual’ 
means an individual covered under this 
subchapter who— 
‘‘(I) is performing service in a 
covered position; 
‘‘(II) is diagnosed with COVID– 
19 before the date on which the indi-
vidual becomes entitled to an annuity 
under paragraph (1) of this sub-
section or subsection (e), (m), or (n), 
as applicable; 
‘‘(III) because of the illness de-
scribed in subclause (II), is perma-
nently unable to render useful and ef-
ficient service in the employee’s cov-
ered position, as determined by the 
agency in which the individual was 
serving when such individual incurred 
the illness; and 
‘‘(IV) is appointed to a position 
in the civil service that—
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‘‘(aa) is not a covered posi-
tion; and 
‘‘(bb) is within an agency 
that regularly appoints individ-
uals to supervisory or administra-
tive positions related to the ac-
tivities of the former covered po-
sition of the individual; 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘covered position’ means 
a position as a law enforcement officer, 
customs and border protection officer, fire-
fighter, air traffic controller, nuclear mate-
rials courier, member of the Capitol Police, 
or member of the Supreme Court Police; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the term ‘COVID–19’ means the 
2019 Novel Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. 
‘‘(B) Unless an affected individual files an 
election described in subparagraph (E), cred-
itable service by the affected individual in a po-
sition described in subparagraph (A)(i)(IV) 
shall be treated as creditable service in a cov-
ered position for purposes of this chapter and 
determining the amount to be deducted and
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cordance with this chapter without regard to 
subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(F) Nothing in this paragraph shall be 
construed to apply to such affected individual 
any other pay-related laws or regulations appli-
cable to a covered position.’’. 
(b) FERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 8412(d) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and 
(2) as subparagraphs (A) and (B), respectively; 
(B) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ before ‘‘An em-
ployee’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2)(A) In this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘affected individual’ 
means an individual covered under this 
chapter who— 
‘‘(I) is performing service in a 
covered position; 
‘‘(II) is diagnosed with COVID– 
19 before the date on which the indi-
vidual becomes entitled to an annuity 
under paragraph (1) of this sub-
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section or subsection (e), as applica-
ble; 
‘‘(III) because of the illness de-
scribed in subclause (II), is perma-
nently unable to render useful and ef-
ficient service in the employee’s cov-
ered position, as determined by the 
agency in which the individual was 
serving when such individual incurred 
the illness; and 
‘‘(IV) is appointed to a position 
in the civil service that— 
‘‘(aa) is not a covered posi-
tion; and 
‘‘(bb) is within an agency 
that regularly appoints individ-
uals to supervisory or administra-
tive positions related to the ac-
tivities of the former covered po-
sition of the individual; 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘covered position’ means 
a position as a law enforcement officer, 
customs and border protection officer, fire-
fighter, air traffic controller, nuclear mate-
rials courier, member of the Capitol Police,
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or member of the Supreme Court Police; 
and 
‘‘(iii) the term ‘COVID–19’ means the 
2019 Novel Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. 
‘‘(B) Unless an affected individual files an 
election described in subparagraph (E), cred-
itable service by the affected individual in a po-
sition described in subparagraph (A)(i)(IV) 
shall be treated as creditable service in a cov-
ered position for purposes of this chapter and 
determining the amount to be deducted and 
withheld from the pay of the affected individual 
under section 8422. 
‘‘(C) Subparagraph (B) shall only apply if 
the affected employee transitions to a position 
described in subparagraph (A)(i)(IV) without a 
break in service exceeding 3 days. 
‘‘(D) The service of an affected individual 
shall no longer be eligible for treatment under 
subparagraph (B) if such service occurs after 
the individual— 
‘‘(i) is transferred to a supervisory or 
administrative position related to the ac-
tivities of the former covered position of 
the individual; or
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‘‘(ii) meets the age and service re-
quirements that would subject the indi-
vidual to mandatory separation under sec-
tion 8425 if such individual had remained 
in the former covered position. 
‘‘(E) In accordance with procedures estab-
lished by the Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management, an affected individual may file an 
election to have any creditable service per-
formed by the affected individual treated in ac-
cordance with this chapter without regard to 
subparagraph (B). 
‘‘(F) Nothing in this paragraph shall be 
construed to apply to such affected individual 
any other pay-related laws or regulations appli-
cable to a covered position.’’. 
(2) TECHNICAL
AND
CONFORMING
AMEND-
MENTS.— 
(A) Chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(i) in section 8414(b)(3), by inserting 
‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 
(ii) in section 8415— 
(I) in subsection (e), in the mat-
ter preceding paragraph (1), by in-
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serting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’; 
and 
(II) in subsection (h)(2)(A), by 
striking 
‘‘(d)(2)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘(d)(1)(B)’’; 
(iii) in section 8421(a)(1), by insert-
ing ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(d)’’; 
(iv) in section 8421a(b)(4)(B)(ii), by 
inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘section 8412(d)’’; 
(v) in section 8425, by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ 
after ‘‘section 8412(d)’’ each place it ap-
pears; and 
(vi) in section 8462(c)(3)(B)(ii), by 
inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘subsection (d)’’. 
(B) Title VIII of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4041 et seq.) is amended— 
(i) in section 805(d)(5) (22 U.S.C. 
4045(d)(5)), by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘or 
8412(d)’’; and 
(ii) 
in 
section 
812(a)(2)(B) 
(22 
U.S.C. 4052(a)(2)(B)), by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ 
after ‘‘or 8412(d)’’. 
(c) CIA EMPLOYEES.—Section 302 of the Central In-
telligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2152) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(d) EMPLOYEES DISABLED ON DUTY.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 
‘‘(A) the term ‘affected employee’ means 
an employee of the Agency covered under sub-
chapter II of chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code, who— 
‘‘(i) is performing service in a position 
designated under subsection (a); 
‘‘(ii) is diagnosed with COVID–19 be-
fore the date on which the employee be-
comes entitled to an annuity under section 
233 of this Act or section 8412(d)(1) of 
title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(iii) because of the illness described 
in clause (ii), is permanently unable to 
render useful and efficient service in the 
employee’s covered position, as determined 
by the Director; and 
‘‘(iv) is appointed to a position in the 
civil service that is not a covered position 
but is within the Agency; 
‘‘(B) the term ‘covered position’ means a 
position as—
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‘‘(i) a law enforcement officer de-
scribed in section 8331(20) or 8401(17) of 
title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(ii) a customs and border protection 
officer described in section 8331(31) or 
8401(36) of title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(iii) a firefighter described in section 
8331(21) or 8401(14) of title 5, United 
States Code; 
‘‘(iv) an air traffic controller described 
in section 8331(30) or 8401(35) of title 5, 
United States Code; 
‘‘(v) a nuclear materials courier de-
scribed in section 8331(27) or 8401(33) of 
title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(vi) a member of the United States 
Capitol Police; 
‘‘(vii) a member of the Supreme Court 
Police; 
‘‘(viii) an affected employee; or 
‘‘(ix) a special agent described in sec-
tion 804(15) of the Foreign Service Act of 
1980 (22 U.S.C. 4044(15)); and 
‘‘(C) the term ‘COVID–19’ means the 
2019 Novel Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV.
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‘‘(2) TREATMENT
OF
SERVICE
AFTER
DIS-
ABILITY.—Unless an affected employee files an elec-
tion described in paragraph (3), creditable service by 
the affected employee in a position described in 
paragraph (1)(A)(iv) shall be treated as creditable 
service in a covered position for purposes of this Act 
and chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, in-
cluding eligibility for an annuity under section 233 
of this Act or 8412(d)(1) of title 5, United States 
Code, and determining the amount to be deducted 
and withheld from the pay of the affected employee 
under section 8422 of title 5, United States Code. 
‘‘(3) BREAK IN SERVICE.—Paragraph (2) shall 
only apply if the affected employee transitions to a 
position described in paragraph (1)(A)(iv) without a 
break in service exceeding 3 days. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATION
ON
TREATMENT
OF
SERV-
ICE.—The service of an affected employee shall no 
longer be eligible for treatment under paragraph (2) 
if such service occurs after the employee is trans-
ferred to a supervisory or administrative position re-
lated to the activities of the former covered position 
of the employee. 
‘‘(5) OPT OUT.—An affected employee may file 
an election to have any creditable service performed
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by the affected employee treated in accordance with 
chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, without 
regard to paragraph (2).’’. 
(d) FOREIGN
SERVICE
RETIREMENT
AND
DIS-
ABILITY SYSTEM.—Section 806(a)(6) of the Foreign Serv-
ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4046(a)(6)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D)(i) In this subparagraph— 
‘‘(I) the term ‘affected special 
agent’ means an individual covered 
under this subchapter who— 
‘‘(aa) is performing service 
as a special agent; 
‘‘(bb) 
is 
diagnosed 
with 
COVID–19 before the date on 
which the individual becomes en-
titled to an annuity under section 
811; 
‘‘(cc) because of the illness 
described in item (bb), is perma-
nently unable to render useful 
and efficient service in the em-
ployee’s covered position, as de-
termined by the Secretary; and
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‘‘(dd) is appointed to a posi-
tion in the Foreign Service that 
is not a covered position; 
‘‘(II) the term ‘covered position’ 
means a position as— 
‘‘(aa) a law enforcement of-
ficer 
described 
in 
section 
8331(20) or 8401(17) of title 5, 
United States Code; 
‘‘(bb) a customs and border 
protection officer described in 
section 8331(31) or 8401(36) of 
title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(cc) a firefighter described 
in section 8331(21) or 8401(14) 
of title 5, United States Code; 
‘‘(dd) an air traffic con-
troller 
described 
in 
section 
8331(30) or 8401(35) of title 5, 
United States Code; 
‘‘(ee) a nuclear materials 
courier 
described 
in 
section 
8331(27) or 8401(33) of title 5, 
United States Code;
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‘‘(ff) 
a 
member 
of 
the 
United States Capitol Police; 
‘‘(gg) a member of the Su-
preme Court Police; 
‘‘(hh) an employee of the 
Agency designated under section 
302(a) of the Central Intelligence 
Agency 
Retirement 
Act 
(50 
U.S.C. 2152(a)); or 
‘‘(ii) a special agent; and 
‘‘(III) 
the 
term 
‘COVID–19’ 
means the 2019 Novel Coronavirus or 
2019-nCoV. 
‘‘(ii) Unless an affected special agent files 
an election described in clause (iv), creditable 
service by the affected special agent in a posi-
tion described in clause (i)(I)(dd) shall be treat-
ed as creditable service as a special agent for 
purposes of this subchapter, including deter-
mining the amount to be deducted and withheld 
from the pay of the individual under section 
805. 
‘‘(iii) Clause (ii) shall only apply if the spe-
cial agent transitions to a position described in
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clause (i)(I)(dd) without a break in service ex-
ceeding 3 days. 
‘‘(iv) The service of an affected employee 
shall no longer be eligible for treatment under 
clause (ii) if such service occurs after the em-
ployee is transferred to a supervisory or admin-
istrative position related to the activities of the 
former covered position of the employee. 
‘‘(v) In accordance with procedures estab-
lished by the Secretary, an affected special 
agent may file an election to have any cred-
itable service performed by the affected special 
agent treated in accordance with this sub-
chapter, without regard to clause (ii).’’. 
(e) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) OFFICE
OF
PERSONNEL
MANAGEMENT.— 
The Director of the Office of Personnel Management 
shall promulgate regulations to carry out the amend-
ments made by subsections (a) and (b). 
(2) CIA EMPLOYEES.—The Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency shall promulgate regula-
tions to carry out the amendment made by sub-
section (c). 
(3) FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DIS-
ABILITY SYSTEM.—The Secretary of State shall pro-
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section 8412(d)(2)(A)(i)(II) of title 5, United States 
Code 
(as 
amended 
by 
this 
section), 
section 
302(d)(1)(A)(ii) of the Central Intelligence Agency 
Retirement Act (as amended by this section), or sec-
tion 806(a)(6)(D)(i)(I)(bb) of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (as amended by this section), on or 
after the date that is 2 years after the date of enact-
ment of this section. 
SEC. 70303. PRESUMPTION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR WORKERS’ 
COMPENSATION 
BENEFITS 
FOR 
FEDERAL 
EMPLOYEES 
DIAGNOSED 
WITH 
CORONAVIRUS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—An employee who is diagnosed 
with COVID–19 during the period described in subsection 
(b)(2)(A) shall, with respect to any claim made by or on 
behalf of the employee for benefits under subchapter I of 
chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, be deemed to 
have an injury proximately caused by exposure to 
coronavirus arising out of the nature of the employee’s em-
ployment and be presumptively entitled to such benefits, 
including disability compensation, medical services, and 
survivor benefits. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
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(1) the term ‘‘coronavirus’’ means SARS– 
CoV–2 or another coronavirus with pandemic poten-
tial; and 
(2) the term ‘‘employee’’— 
(A) means an employee as that term is de-
fined in section 8101(1) of title 5, United 
States Code, (including an employee of the 
United States Postal Service, the Transpor-
tation Security Administration, or the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, including any indi-
vidual appointed under chapter 73 or 74 of title 
38, United States Code) employed in the Fed-
eral service at anytime during the period begin-
ning on January 27, 2020, and ending on Jan-
uary 30, 2022— 
(i) who carried out duties requiring 
contact with patients, members of the pub-
lic, or co-workers; or 
(ii) whose duties include a risk of ex-
posure to the coronavirus; and 
(B) does not include any employee other-
wise covered by subparagraph (A) who is tele-
working on a full-time basis during all of such 
period.
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TITLE IV—FEDERAL 
CONTRACTING PROVISIONS 
SEC. 70401. MANDATORY TELEWORK. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the emergency period, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
direct agencies to allow telework for all contractor per-
sonnel to the maximum extent practicable. Additionally, 
the Director shall direct contracting officers to document 
any decision to not allow telework during the emergency 
period in the contract file. 
(b) EMERGENCY PERIOD DEFINED.—In this section, 
the term ‘‘emergency period’’ means the period that— 
(1) begins on the date that is not later than 15 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act; and 
(2) ends on the date that the public health 
emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as re-
sult of COVID–19, including any renewal thereof, 
expires. 
SEC. 70402. GUIDANCE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SEC-
TION 3610 OF THE CARES ACT. 
Not later than 15 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall issue guidance to ensure uniform 
implementation across agencies of section 3610 of the
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CARES Act (Public Law 116–136). Any such guidance 
shall— 
(1) limit the basic requirements for reimburse-
ment to those included in such Act and the effective 
date for such reimbursement shall be January 31, 
2020; and 
(2) clarify that the term ‘‘minimum applicable 
contract billing rates’’ as used in such section in-
cludes the financial impact incurred as a con-
sequence of keeping the employees or subcontractors 
of the contractor in a ready state (such as the base 
hourly wage rate of an employee, plus indirect costs, 
fees, and general and administrative expenses). 
SEC. 70403. PAST PERFORMANCE RATINGS. 
Section 1126 of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(c) EXCEPTION FOR FAILURE TO DELIVER GOODS 
OR COMPLETE WORK DUE TO COVID–19.—If the head of 
an executive agency determines that a contractor failed 
to deliver goods or complete work as a result of measures 
taken as a result of COVID–19 under a contract with the 
agency by the date or within the time period imposed by 
the contract, any information relating to such failure may 
not be—
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‘‘(1) included in any past performance database 
used by executive agencies for making source selec-
tion decisions; or 
‘‘(2) evaluated unfavorably as a factor of past 
contract performance.’’. 
SEC. 70404. ACCELERATED PAYMENTS. 
Not later than 10 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and ending on the expiration of the public 
health emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the 
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) as a result 
of COVID–19, including any renewal thereof, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall direct con-
tracting officers to establish an accelerated payment date 
for any prime contract (as defined in section 8701 of title 
41, United States Code) with payments due 15 days after 
the receipt of a proper invoice. 
TITLE V—DISTRICT OF 
COLUMBIA 
SEC. 70501. SPECIAL BORROWING BY THE DISTRICT OF CO-
LUMBIA. 
(a) AUTHORIZING BORROWING UNDER MUNICIPAL 
LIQUIDITY FACILITY OF FEDERAL RESERVE BOARD AND 
SIMILAR FACILITIES OR PROGRAMS.—The Council of the 
District of Columbia (hereafter in this section referred to 
as the ‘‘Council’’) may by act authorize the issuance of
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bonds, notes, and other obligations, in amounts deter-
mined by the Chief Financial Officer of the District of 
Columbia to meet cash-flow needs of the District of Co-
lumbia government, for purchase by the Board of Gov-
ernors of the Federal Reserve under the Municipal Liquid-
ity Facility of the Federal Reserve or any other facility 
or program of the Federal Reserve or another entity of 
the Federal government which is established in response 
to the COVID–19 Pandemic. 
(b) REQUIRING ISSUANCE
TO BE COMPETITIVE 
WITH OTHER FORMS OF BORROWING.—The Council may 
authorize the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations 
under subsection (a) only if the issuance of such bonds, 
notes, and other obligations is competitive with other 
forms of borrowing in the financial market. 
(c) TREATMENT
AS GENERAL OBLIGATION.—Any 
bond, note, or other obligation issued under subsection (a) 
shall, if provided in the act of the Council, be a general 
obligation of the District. 
(d) PAYMENTS NOT SUBJECT TO APPROPRIATION.— 
No appropriation is required to pay— 
(1) any amount (including the amount of any 
accrued interest or premium) obligated or expended 
from or pursuant to subsection (a) for or from the
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sale of any bonds, notes, or other obligation under 
such subsection; 
(2) any amount obligated or expended for the 
payment of principal of, interest on, or any premium 
for any bonds, notes, or other obligations issued 
under subsection (a); 
(3) any amount obligated or expended pursuant 
to provisions made to secure any bonds, notes, or 
other obligations issued under subsection (a); or 
(4) any amount obligated or expended pursuant 
to commitments, including lines of credit or costs of 
issuance, made or entered in connection with the 
issuance of any bonds, notes, or other obligations for 
operating or capital costs financed under subsection 
(a). 
(e) RENEWAL.—Any bond, note, or other obligation 
issued under subsection (a) may be renewed if authorized 
by an act of the Council. 
(f) PAYMENT.—Any bonds, notes, or other obliga-
tions issued under subsection (a), including any renewal 
of such bonds, notes, or other obligations, shall be due 
and payable on such terms and conditions as are con-
sistent with the terms and conditions of the Municipal Li-
quidity Facility or other facility or program referred to 
in subsection (a).
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(g) INCLUSION OF PAYMENTS IN ANNUAL BUDG-
ET.—The Council shall provide in each annual budget for 
the District of Columbia government sufficient funds to 
pay the principal of and interest on all bonds, notes, or 
other obligations issued under subsection (a) of this sec-
tion becoming due and payable during such fiscal year. 
(h) OBLIGATION TO PAY.—The Mayor of the District 
of Columbia shall ensure that the principal of and interest 
on all bonds, notes, or other obligations issued under sub-
section (a) are paid when due, including by paying such 
principal and interest from funds not otherwise legally 
committed. 
(i) SECURITY INTEREST IN DISTRICT REVENUES.— 
The Council may by act provide for a security interest in 
any District of Columbia revenues as additional security 
for the payment of any bond, note, or other obligation 
issued under subsection (a). 
TITLE VI—OTHER MATTERS 
SEC. 
70601. 
ESTIMATES 
OF 
AGGREGATE 
ECONOMIC 
GROWTH ACROSS INCOME GROUPS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Measuring Real Income Growth Act of 2020’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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(1) BUREAU.—The term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the 
Bureau of Economic Analysis of the Department of 
Commerce. 
(2) GROSS
DOMESTIC
PRODUCT
ANALYSIS.— 
The term ‘‘gross domestic product analysis’’— 
(A) means a quarterly or annual analysis 
conducted by the Bureau with respect to the 
gross domestic product of the United States; 
and 
(B) includes a revision prepared by the 
Bureau of an analysis described in subpara-
graph (A). 
(3) RECENT ESTIMATE.—The term ‘‘recent es-
timate’’ means the most recent estimate described in 
subsection (c) that is available on the date on which 
the gross domestic product analysis with which the 
estimate is to be included is conducted. 
(c) INCLUSION IN REPORTS.—Beginning in 2020, in 
each gross domestic product analysis conducted by the Bu-
reau, the Bureau shall include a recent estimate of, with 
respect to specific percentile groups of income, the total 
amount that was added to the economy of the United 
States during the period to which the recent estimate per-
tains, including in— 
(1) each of the 10 deciles of income; and
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(2) the highest 1 percent of income. 
(d) AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 
are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of Com-
merce such sums as are necessary to carry out this sec-
tion. 
SEC. 70602. WAIVER OF MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT 
FOR THE DRUG FREE COMMUNITIES SUP-
PORT PROGRAM. 
The matching funds requirement under paragraphs 
(1)(A)(i), (1)(A)(iii), and (3)(D) of section 1032(b) of the 
Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 (21 U.S.C. 1532(b)) may 
be modified or waived by the Administrator if a grantee 
or applicant is unable to meet the requirement as a result 
of the public health emergency declared pursuant to sec-
tion 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d) as a result of COVID–19. 
SEC. 70603. UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE BORROWING 
AUTHORITY. 
Subsection (b)(2) of section 6001 of the Coronavirus 
Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (Public Law 116– 
136) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) the Secretary of the Treasury shall lend up 
to the amount described in paragraph (1) at the re-
quest of the Postal Service subject to the terms and 
conditions of the note purchase agreement between
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the Postal Service and the Federal Financing Bank 
in effect on September 29, 2018.’’. 
DIVISION H—VETERANS AND 
SERVICEMEMBERS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 80001. MODIFICATION OF PAY LIMITATION FOR CER-
TAIN HIGH-LEVEL EMPLOYEES AND OFFI-
CERS OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) MODIFICATION.—Section 7404(d) of title 38, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘and except 
for individuals appointed under 7401(4) and 7306 of this 
title,’’ after ‘‘section 7457 of this title,’’. 
(b) WAIVERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs may waive the limitation described in section 
7404(d) of such title, as in effect on the day before 
the date of the enactment of this Act, on the amount 
of basic pay payable to individuals appointed under 
section 7401(4) or 7306 of such title for basic pay 
payable during the period— 
(A) beginning on November 1, 2010; and 
(B) ending on the day before the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
(2) FORM.—The Secretary shall prescribe the 
form for requesting a waiver under paragraph (1).
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(3) TREATMENT OF WAIVER.—A decision not to 
grant a waiver under paragraph (1) shall not be 
treated as an adverse action and is not subject to 
further appeal, third-party review, or judicial review. 
SEC. 80002. INCREASE OF AMOUNT OF CERTAIN DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PAYMENTS 
DURING EMERGENCY PERIOD RESULTING 
FROM COVID–19 PANDEMIC. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the covered period, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall apply each of the fol-
lowing provisions of title 38, United States Code, by sub-
stituting for each of the dollar amounts in such provision 
the amount equal to 125 percent of the dollar amount that 
was in effect under such provision on the date of the en-
actment of this Act: 
(1) Subsections (l), (m), (r), and (t) of section 
1114. 
(2) Paragraph (1)(E) of section 1115. 
(3) Subsection (c) of section 1311. 
(4) Subsection (g) of section 1315. 
(5) Paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (d) of 
section 1521. 
(6) Paragraphs (2) and (4) of subsection (f) of 
section 1521.
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(b) TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS.—Any amount payable 
to an individual under subsection (a) in excess of the 
amount otherwise in effect shall be in addition to any 
other benefit or any other amount payable to that indi-
vidual under any provision of law referred to in subsection 
(a) or any other provision of law administered by the Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs. 
(c) COVERED PERIOD.—In this section, the covered 
period is the period that begins on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and ends 60 days after the last day of 
the emergency period (as defined in section 1135(g)(1) of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1))) result-
ing from the COVID–19 pandemic. 
SEC. 80003. PROHIBITION ON COPAYMENTS AND COST 
SHARING FOR VETERANS RECEIVING PRE-
VENTIVE SERVICES RELATING TO COVID–19. 
(a) PROHIBITION.—The Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs may not require any copayment or other cost sharing 
under chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, for 
qualifying coronavirus preventive services. The require-
ment described in this subsection shall take effect with 
respect to a qualifying coronavirus preventive service on 
the specified date. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘quali-
fying coronavirus preventive service’’ and ‘‘specified date’’
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have the meaning given those terms in section 3203 of 
the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136). 
SEC. 80004. MODIFICATION OF CALCULATION OF AMOUNTS 
OF PER DIEM GRANTS. 
Section 2012(a)(2)(B) of title 38, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or (iii)’’ after 
‘‘clause (ii)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(iii) With respect to a homeless veteran who 
has care of a minor dependent while receiving serv-
ices from the grant recipient or eligible entity, the 
daily cost of care shall be the sum of the daily cost 
of care determined under subparagraph (A) plus, for 
each such minor dependent, an amount that equals 
50 percent of such daily cost of care.’’. 
SEC. 80005. EMERGENCY TREATMENT FOR VETERANS DUR-
ING COVID–19 EMERGENCY PERIOD. 
(a) 
EMERGENCY
TREATMENT.—Notwithstanding 
section 1725 or 1728 of title 38, United States Code, or 
any other provision of law administered by the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs pertaining to furnishing emergency 
treatment to veterans at non-Department facilities, during 
the period of a covered public health emergency, the Sec-
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retary of Veterans Affairs shall furnish to an eligible vet-
eran emergency treatment at a non-Department facility in 
accordance with this section. 
(b) AUTHORIZATION NOT REQUIRED.—The Sec-
retary may not require an eligible veteran to seek author-
ization by the Secretary for emergency treatment fur-
nished to the veteran pursuant to subsection (a). 
(c) PAYMENT RATES.— 
(1) DETERMINATION.—The rate paid for emer-
gency treatment furnished to eligible veterans pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall be equal to the rate paid 
by the United States to a provider of services (as de-
fined in section 1861(u) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1395x(u))) or a supplier (as defined in 
section 1861(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1395x(d))) 
under the Medicare program under title XI or title 
XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et 
seq.), including section 1834 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1395m), for the same treatment. 
(2) FINALITY.—A payment in the amount pay-
able under paragraph (1) for emergency treatment 
furnished to an eligible veteran pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall be considered payment in full and 
shall extinguish the veteran’s liability to the provider 
of such treatment, unless the provider rejects the
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payment and refunds to the United States such 
amount by not later than 30 days after receiving the 
payment. 
(d) CLAIMS PROCESSED BY THIRD PARTY ADMINIS-
TRATORS.— 
(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 30 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary shall seek to award a contract to one or more 
entities, or to modify an existing contract, to process 
claims for payment for emergency treatment fur-
nished to eligible veterans pursuant to subsection 
(a). 
(2) PROMPT
PAYMENT
STANDARD.—Section 
1703D of title 38, United States Code, shall apply 
with respect to claims for payment for emergency 
treatment furnished to eligible veterans pursuant to 
subsection (a). 
(e) PRIMARY PAYER.—The Secretary shall be the pri-
mary payer with respect to emergency treatment furnished 
to eligible veterans pursuant to subsection (a), and with 
respect to the transportation of a veteran by ambulance. 
In any case in which an eligible veteran is furnished such 
emergency treatment for a non-service-connected disability 
described in subsection (a)(2) of section 1729 of title 38, 
United States Code, the Secretary shall recover or collect
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reasonable charges for such treatment from a health plan 
contract described in such section 1729 in accordance with 
such section. 
(f) APPLICATION.—This section shall apply to emer-
gency treatment furnished to eligible veterans during the 
period of a covered public health emergency, regardless of 
whether treatment was furnished before the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered public health emer-
gency’’ means the declaration— 
(A) of a public health emergency, based on 
an outbreak of COVID–19 by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under section 319 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d); or 
(B) of a domestic emergency, based on an 
outbreak of COVID–19 by the President, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, or a State or 
local authority. 
(2) The term ‘‘eligible veteran’’ means a vet-
eran enrolled in the health care system established 
under section 1705 of title 38, United States Code. 
(3) The term ‘‘emergency treatment’’ means 
medical care or services rendered in a medical emer-
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gency of such nature that a prudent layperson rea-
sonably expects that delay in seeking immediate 
medical attention would be hazardous to life or 
health. 
(4) The term ‘‘non-Department facility’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 1701 of title 
38, United States Code. 
SEC. 80006. FLEXIBILITY FOR THE SECRETARY OF VET-
ERANS AFFAIRS IN CARING FOR HOMELESS 
VETERANS 
DURING 
A 
COVERED 
PUBLIC 
HEALTH EMERGENCY. 
(a) GENERAL SUPPORT.— 
(1) USE OF FUNDS.—During a covered public 
health emergency, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
may use amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available to the Department of Veterans Affairs to 
carry out sections 2011, 2012, and 2061 of title 38, 
United States Code, to provide to homeless veterans 
the following: 
(A) Food. 
(B) Shelter. 
(C) Basic supplies (such as clothing, blan-
kets, and toiletry items). 
(D) Transportation.
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(E) Communications equipment and re-
quired capabilities (such as smartphones, dis-
posable phones, and phone service plans). 
(F) Such other assistance as the Secretary 
determines appropriate. 
(2) HOMELESS VETERANS ON LAND OF THE 
DEPARTMENT.— 
(A) USE OF REVOLVING FUND.—During a 
covered public health emergency, the Secretary 
may use amounts in the revolving fund under 
section 8109(h) of title 38, United States Code, 
to alter parking facilities of the Department to 
facilitate the use of such facilities as temporary 
shelter locations for homeless veterans. 
(B) PARTNERSHIPS.—During a covered 
public health emergency, the Secretary may 
partner with one or more organizations to man-
age land of the Department used by homeless 
veterans for sleeping. 
(C) EQUIPMENT.—During a covered public 
health emergency, the Secretary shall not be re-
sponsible for furnishing outdoor equipment nec-
essary for sleeping on land of the Department. 
(b) GRANT AND PER DIEM PROGRAM.—
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(1) MAXIMUM
PER
DIEM
RATE.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (2) of section 2012(a) of title 
38, United States Code, during a covered public 
health emergency, the maximum rate of per diem 
authorized under such section is 300 percent of the 
rate authorized for State homes for domiciliary care 
under subsection (a)(1)(A) of section 1741 of such 
title, as the Secretary may increase from time to 
time under subsection (c) of that section. 
(2) USE OF PER DIEM PAYMENTS.—During a 
covered public health emergency, a recipient of a 
grant or an eligible entity under the grant and per 
diem program of the Department (in this subsection 
referred to as the ‘‘program’’) may use per diem 
payments under sections 2012 and 2061 of title 38, 
United States Code, to provide food and basic sup-
plies for— 
(A) homeless veterans in the program; and 
(B) formerly homeless veterans in the com-
munity who experienced homelessness during 
the one-year period ending on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(3) ADDITIONAL TRANSITIONAL HOUSING.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—During a covered pub-
lic health emergency, the Secretary may provide
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amounts for grants and per diem payments 
under the program for additional transitional 
housing beds to facilitate access to housing and 
services provided to homeless veterans. 
(B) NOTICE; COMPETITION; PERIOD
OF 
PERFORMANCE.—The Secretary may provide 
amounts under subparagraph (A)— 
(i) without notice or competition; and 
(ii) for a period of performance deter-
mined by the Secretary. 
(4) INSPECTIONS AND LIFE SAFETY CODE RE-
QUIREMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—During a covered pub-
lic health emergency, the Secretary may waive 
any requirement under subsection (b) or (c) of 
section 2012 of title 38, United States Code, in 
order to allow the recipient of a grant or an eli-
gible entity under the program— 
(i) to quickly identify temporary alter-
nate sites of care for homeless veterans 
that are suitable for habitation; 
(ii) to facilitate social distancing or 
isolation needs; or
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(iii) to facilitate activation or continu-
ation of a program for which a grant has 
been awarded. 
(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may 
waive a requirement pursuant to the authority 
provided by subparagraph (A) with respect to a 
facility of a recipient of a grant or an eligible 
entity under the program only if the facility 
meets applicable local safety requirements, in-
cluding fire safety requirements. 
(c) HEALTH CARE FOR HOMELESS VETERANS.— 
(1) COMMUNITY-BASED
TREATMENT
FACILI-
TIES.—During a covered public health emergency, 
the Secretary may use amounts as authorized under 
subsection (a)(1) notwithstanding any requirement 
under subsection (a)(2) of section 2031 of title 38, 
United States Code, that community-based treat-
ment facilities provide care, treatment, and rehabili-
tative services to veterans described in such section. 
(2) REPORT TO CONGRESS ON REDUCTION OF 
CARE, TREATMENT, AND
REHABILITATIVE
SERV-
ICES.—During a covered public health emergency, if 
the Secretary reduces the care, treatment, and reha-
bilitative services provided to homeless veterans 
under section 2031(a)(2) of title 38, United States
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Code, the Secretary shall submit to Congress month-
ly reports on the reduction of such care, treatment, 
and services for the duration of the covered public 
health emergency. 
(3) INSPECTION AND LIFE SAFETY CODE RE-
QUIREMENTS.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—During a covered pub-
lic health emergency, the Secretary may waive 
any inspection or life safety code requirement 
under subsection (c) of section 2032 of title 38, 
United States Code— 
(i) to allow quick identification of 
temporary alternate sites of care for home-
less veterans that are suitable for habi-
tation; 
(ii) to facilitate social distancing or 
isolation needs; or 
(iii) to facilitate the operation of hous-
ing under such section. 
(B) LIMITATION.—The Secretary may 
waive a requirement pursuant to the authority 
provided by subparagraph (A) with respect to a 
residence or facility referred to in such section 
2032 only if the residence or facility, as the
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case may be, meets applicable local safety re-
quirements, including fire safety requirements. 
(d) ACCESS OF HOMELESS VETERANS TO DEPART-
MENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS TELEHEALTH SERVICES.— 
During a covered public health emergency, the Secretary 
may make available telehealth capabilities to homeless vet-
erans who— 
(1) are receiving services provided under chap-
ter 20 of title 38, United States Code; or 
(2) are participating in a program under such 
chapter. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) COVERED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.— 
The term ‘‘covered public health emergency’’ means 
an emergency with respect to COVID–19 declared 
by a Federal, State, or local authority. 
(2) 
HOMELESS
VETERAN; 
VETERAN.—The 
terms ‘‘homeless veteran’’ and ‘‘veteran’’ have the 
meanings given those terms in section 2002 of title 
38, United States Code. 
(3) PARKING FACILITY.—The term ‘‘parking fa-
cility’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
8109(a) of such title. 
(4) TELEHEALTH.—
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(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘telehealth’’ 
means the use of electronic information and 
telecommunications technologies to support and 
promote long-distance clinical health care, pa-
tient and professional health-related education, 
public health, and health administration. 
(B) TECHNOLOGIES.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), ‘‘telecommunications tech-
nologies’’ include video conferencing, the inter-
net, streaming media, and terrestrial and wire-
less communications. 
SEC. 80007. HUD–VASH PROGRAM. 
The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development 
shall take such actions with respect to the supported hous-
ing program carried out under section 8(o)(19) of the 
United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 
1437f(o)(19)) in conjunction with the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs (commonly referred to as ‘‘HUD–VASH’’), 
and shall require public housing agencies administering 
assistance under such program to take such actions, as 
may be appropriate to facilitate the issuance and utiliza-
tion of vouchers for rental assistance under such program 
during the period of the covered public health emergency 
(as such term is defined in section 1 of this Act), including 
the following actions:
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(1) Establishing mechanisms and procedures 
providing for referral and application documents 
used under such program to be received by fax, elec-
tronic mail, drop box, or other means not requiring 
in-person contact. 
(2) Establishing mechanisms and procedures 
for processing applications for participation in such 
program that do not require identification or 
verification of identity by social security number or 
photo ID in cases in which closure of governmental 
offices prevents confirmation or verification of iden-
tity by such means. 
(3) Providing for waiver of requirements to con-
duct housing quality standard inspections with re-
spect to dwelling units for which rental assistance is 
provided under such program. 
SEC. 80008. EXTENSION OF LEASE PROTECTIONS FOR 
SERVICEMEMBERS UNDER STOP MOVEMENT 
ORDERS IN RESPONSE TO LOCAL, NATIONAL, 
OR GLOBAL EMERGENCY. 
(a) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a)(1) of section 305 
of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3955) 
is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; or’’ and 
inserting a semicolon;
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(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraph: 
‘‘(C) the date of the lessee’s stop move-
ment order described in paragraph (1)(C) or 
(2)(C) of subsection (b), as the case may be.’’. 
(b) COVERED LEASES.— 
(1) LEASES OF PREMISES.—Paragraph (1) of 
subsection (b) of such section is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) the servicemember, while in military 
service— 
‘‘(i) executes a lease upon receipt of 
military orders for a permanent change of 
station or to deploy with a military unit, or 
as an individual in support of a military 
operation, for a period of not less than 90 
days; and
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‘‘(ii) thereafter receives a stop move-
ment order issued by the Secretary of De-
fense in response to a local, national, or 
global emergency, effective for an indefi-
nite period or for a period of not less than 
30 days, which prevents the servicemember 
or servicemember’s dependents from occu-
pying the lease for a residential, profes-
sional, business, agricultural, or similar 
purpose.’’. 
(2) LEASES OF MOTOR VEHICLES.—Paragraph 
(2) of such subsection is amended— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘; 
or’’ and inserting a semicolon; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) the servicemember, while in military 
service— 
‘‘(i) executes a lease upon receipt of 
military orders described in subparagraph 
(B); and 
‘‘(ii) thereafter receives a stop move-
ment order issued by the Secretary of De-
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fense in response to a local, national, or 
global emergency, effective for an indefi-
nite period or for a period of not less than 
30 days, which prevents the servicemem-
ber, or the servicemember’s dependents, 
from using the vehicle for personal or busi-
ness transportation.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE OF TERMINATION.—Paragraph 
(1) of subsection (d) of such section is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(1) LEASE OF PREMISES.— 
‘‘(A) ENTRANCE
TO
MILITARY
SERVICE, 
PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION, OR DEPLOY-
MENT.—In the case of a lease described in sub-
paragraph (A) or (B) of subsection (b)(1) that 
provides for monthly payment of rent, termi-
nation of the lease under subsection (a) is effec-
tive 30 days after the first date on which the 
next rental payment is due and payable after 
the date on which the notice under subsection 
(c) is delivered. In the case of any other lease 
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of sub-
section (b)(1) termination of the lease under 
subsection (a) is effective on the last day of the
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month following the month in which the notice 
is delivered. 
‘‘(B) STOP
MOVEMENT
ORDERS.—In the 
case of a lease described in subsection 
(b)(1)(C), termination of the lease under sub-
section (a) is effective on the date on which the 
requirements of subsection (c) are met for such 
termination.’’. 
(d) TECHNICAL
CORRECTION.—Subsection (i) is 
amended, in the matter before paragraph (1), by inserting 
‘‘In this section:’’ after ‘‘DEFINITIONS.—’’. 
(e) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—The amendments 
made by this section shall apply to stop movement orders 
issued on or after March 1, 2020. 
SEC. 80009. TERMINATION OF TELEPHONE, MULTICHANNEL 
VIDEO PROGRAMMING, AND INTERNET AC-
CESS 
SERVICE 
CONTRACTS 
BY 
SERVICEMEMBERS WHO ENTER INTO CON-
TRACTS AFTER RECEIVING MILITARY OR-
DERS FOR PERMANENT CHANGE OF STATION 
BUT THEN RECEIVE STOP MOVEMENT OR-
DERS DUE TO AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 305A(a)(1) of the 
Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3956) is 
amended—
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(1) by striking ‘‘after the date the servicemem-
ber receives military orders to relocate for a period 
of not less than 90 days to a location that does not 
support the contract.’’ and inserting ‘‘after—’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(A) the date the servicemember receives 
military orders to relocate for a period of not 
less than 90 days to a location that does not 
support the contract; or 
‘‘(B) the date the servicemember, while in 
military service, receives military orders for a 
permanent change of station, thereafter enters 
into the contract, and then after entering into 
the contract receives a stop movement order 
issued by the Secretary of Defense in response 
to a local, national, or global emergency, effec-
tive for an indefinite period or for a period of 
not less than 30 days, which prevents the serv-
icemember from using the services provided 
under the contract.’’. 
(b) RETROACTIVE APPLICATION.—The amendments 
made by this section shall apply to stop movement orders 
issued on or after March 1, 2020.
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SEC. 80010. TERMINATION OF CONTRACTS FOR TELE-
PHONE, MULTICHANNEL VIDEO PROGRAM-
MING, OR INTERNET ACCESS SERVICE BY 
CERTAIN 
INDIVIDUALS 
UNDER 
SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT. 
Section 305A(a) of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act (50 U.S.C. 3956(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL INDIVIDUALS COVERED.—For 
purposes of this section, the following individuals 
shall be treated as a servicemember covered by para-
graph (1): 
‘‘(A) A spouse or dependent of a service-
member who dies while in military service or a 
spouse or dependent of a member of the reserve 
components who dies while performing duty de-
scribed in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) A spouse or dependent of a service-
member who incurs a catastrophic injury or ill-
ness (as that term is defined in section 439(g) 
of title 37, United States Code), if the service-
member incurs the catastrophic injury or illness 
while in military service or performing duty de-
scribed in subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(C) A member of the reserve components 
performing military service or performing full-
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time National Guard duty, active Guard and 
Reserve duty, or inactive-duty training (as such 
terms are defined in section 101(d) of title 10, 
United States Code).’’. 
SEC. 80011. CLARIFICATION OF TERMINATION OF LEASES 
OF PREMISES AND MOTOR VEHICLES OF 
SERVICEMEMBERS 
WHO 
INCUR 
CATA-
STROPHIC 
INJURY 
OR 
ILLNESS 
OR 
DIE 
WHILE IN MILITARY SERVICE. 
(a) CATASTROPHIC INJURIES
AND ILLNESSES.— 
Paragraph (4) of section 305(a) of the Servicemembers 
Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3955(a)), as added by section 
545 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2020 (Public Law 116–92), is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(4) CATASTROPHIC
INJURY
OR
ILLNESS
OF 
LESSEE.— 
‘‘(A) TERMINATION.—If the lessee on a 
lease described in subsection (b) incurs a cata-
strophic injury or illness during a period of 
military service or while performing covered 
service, during the one-year period beginning on 
the date on which the lessee incurs such injury 
or illness—
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‘‘(i) the lessee may terminate the 
lease; or 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a lessee who lacks 
the mental capacity to contract or to man-
age his or her own affairs (including dis-
bursement of funds without limitation) due 
to such injury or illness, the spouse or de-
pendent of the lessee may terminate the 
lease. 
‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) The term ‘catastrophic injury or 
illness’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 439(g) of title 37, United States 
Code. 
‘‘(ii) The term ‘covered service’ means 
full-time National Guard duty, active 
Guard and Reserve duty, or inactive-duty 
training (as such terms are defined in sec-
tion 101(d) of title 10, United States 
Code).’’. 
(b) DEATHS.—Paragraph (3) of such section is 
amended by striking ‘‘The spouse of the lessee’’ and in-
serting ‘‘The spouse or dependent of the lessee’’.
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SEC. 80012. DEFERRAL OF CERTAIN DEBTS ARISING FROM 
BENEFITS UNDER LAWS ADMINISTERED BY 
THE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the covered period, the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not— 
(1) take any action to collect a covered debt (in-
cluding the offset of any payment by the Secretary); 
(2) record a covered debt; 
(3) issue notice of a covered debt to a person 
or a consumer reporting agency; 
(4) allow any interest to accrue on a covered 
debt; or 
(5) apply any administrative fee to a covered 
debt. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—Notwithstanding subsection (a), 
the Secretary may collect a payment regarding a covered 
debt (including interest or any administrative fee) from 
a person (or the fiduciary of that person) who elects to 
make such a payment during the covered period. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘consumer reporting agency’’ has 
the meaning given that term in section 5701 of title 
38, United States Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered debt’’ means a debt— 
(A) owed by a person (including a fidu-
ciary) to the United States;
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(B) arising from a benefit under a covered 
law; and 
(C) that is not subject to recovery under— 
(i) section 3729 of title 31, United 
States Code; 
(ii) section 1729 of title 38, United 
States Code; or 
(iii) Public Law 87–693 (42 U.S.C. 
2651). 
(3) The term ‘‘covered law’’ means any law ad-
ministered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
through— 
(A) the Under Secretary for Health; or 
(B) the Under Secretary for Benefits. 
(4) The term ‘‘covered period’’ means— 
(A) the COVID–19 emergency period; and 
(B) the 60 days immediately following the 
date of the end of the COVID–19 emergency 
period. 
(5) The term ‘‘COVID–19 emergency period’’ 
means the emergency period described in section 
1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320b-5(g)(1)(B)).
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SEC. 80013. TOLLING OF DEADLINES RELATING TO CLAIMS 
FOR 
BENEFITS 
ADMINISTERED 
BY 
SEC-
RETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. 
(a) REQUIRED TOLLING.—With respect to claims 
and appeals made by a claimant, the covered period shall 
be excluded in computing the following: 
(1) In cases where an individual expresses an 
intent to file a claim, the period in which the indi-
vidual is required to file the claim in order to have 
the effective date of the claim be determined based 
on the date of such intent, as described in section 
3.155(b)(1) of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations. 
(2) The period in which the claimant is re-
quired to take an action pursuant to section 5104C 
of title 38, United States Code. 
(3) The period in which the claimant is re-
quired to appeal a change in service-connected or 
employability status or change in physical condition 
described in section 5112(b)(6) of such title. 
(4) The period in which an individual is re-
quired to file a notice of appeal under section 7266 
of such title. 
(5) Any other period in which a claimant or 
beneficiary is required to act with respect to filing, 
perfecting, or appealing a claim, as determined ap-
propriate by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
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(b) USE OF POSTMARK DATES.—With respect to 
claims filed using nonelectronic means and appeals made 
during the covered period, the Secretary of Veterans Af-
fairs and the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, as 
the case may be, shall administer the provisions of title 
38, United States Code, as follows: 
(1) In section 5110— 
(A) in subsection (a)— 
(i) in paragraph (1), by substituting 
‘‘the earlier of the date of receipt of appli-
cation therefor and the date of the post-
mark or other official proof of mailing date 
of the application therefor’’ for ‘‘the date 
of receipt of application therefor’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (3), by substituting 
‘‘the earlier of the date of receipt of the 
supplemental claim and the date of the 
postmark or other official proof of mailing 
date of the supplemental claim’’ for ‘‘the 
date of receipt of the supplemental claim’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by sub-
stituting ‘‘the earlier of the date of receipt of 
application and the date of the postmark or 
other official proof of mailing date of the appli-
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cation’’ for ‘‘the date of receipt of the applica-
tion’’. 
(2) In section 7266, without regard to sub-
section (d). 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘claimant’’ has the meaning given 
that term in section 5100 of title 38, United States 
Code. 
(2) The term ‘‘covered period’’ means the pe-
riod beginning on the date of the emergency period 
(as defined in section 1135(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)(1))) resulting from 
the COVID–19 pandemic and ending 90 days after 
the last day of such emergency period. 
SEC. 80014. PROVISION OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AF-
FAIRS HOSPITAL CARE AND MEDICAL SERV-
ICES TO CERTAIN VETERANS WHO ARE UN-
EMPLOYED OR LOST EMPLOYER-SPONSORED 
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE BY REASON OF A 
COVERED PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—During the 12-month period be-
ginning on the date on which a covered veteran applies 
for hospital care or medical services under this section, 
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall consider the cov-
ered veteran to be unable to defray the expenses of nec-
836 
essary care for purposes of section 1722 of title 38, United 
States Code, and shall furnish to such veteran hospital 
care and medical services under chapter 17 of title 38, 
United States Code. 
(b) COVERED VETERAN.—For purposes of this sec-
tion, a covered veteran is a veteran— 
(1) who— 
(A) is unemployed; or 
(B) has lost access to a group health plan 
or group health insurance coverage by reason of 
a covered public health emergency; and 
(2) whose projected attributable income for the 
12-month period beginning on the date of applica-
tion for hospital care or medical services under this 
section is not more than the amount in effect under 
section 1722(b) of title 38, United States Code. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) The term ‘‘covered public health emer-
gency’’ means the declaration— 
(A) of a public health emergency, based on 
an outbreak of COVID–19 by the Secretary of 
Health and Human Services under section 319 
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
247d); or
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(B) of a domestic emergency, based on an 
outbreak of COVID–19 by the President, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, or State, or 
local authority. 
(2) The terms ‘‘group health plan’’ and ‘‘group 
health insurance coverage’’ have the meaning given 
such terms in section 2701 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-3). 
SEC. 80015. EXPANSION OF VET CENTER SERVICES TO VET-
ERANS 
AND 
MEMBERS 
OF 
THE 
ARMED 
FORCES WHO PERFORM CERTAIN SERVICE IN 
RESPONSE TO COVERED PUBLIC HEALTH 
EMERGENCY. 
Section 1712A of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘clauses (i) through (iv)’’ both 
places it appears and inserting ‘‘clauses (i) through 
(v)’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘in clause (v)’’ both places it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘in clause (vi)’’; 
(3) in subsection (a)(1)(C)— 
(A) by redesignating clauses (iv) and (v) as 
clauses (v) and (vi), respectively; and 
(B) by inserting after clause (iii) the fol-
lowing new clause (iv):
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‘‘(iv) Any individual who is a veteran or mem-
ber of the Armed Forces (including the reserve com-
ponents), who, in response to a covered public health 
emergency, performed active service or State active 
duty for a period of at least 14 days.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (h), by adding at the end the 
following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) The term ‘active service’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 101 of title 10. 
‘‘(5) The term ‘covered public health emer-
gency’ means the declaration— 
‘‘(A) of a public health emergency, based 
on an outbreak of COVID–19, by the Secretary 
of Health and Human Services under section 
319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 247d); or 
‘‘(B) of a domestic emergency, based on an 
outbreak of COVID–19, by the President, the 
Secretary of Homeland Security, or a State or 
local authority.’’.
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DIVISION I—SMALL BUSINESS 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 90001. AMENDMENTS TO THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION 
PROGRAM. 
(a) EXTENSION
OF
COVERED
PERIOD.—Section 
7(a)(36)(A)(iii) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(36)(A)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 
2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
(b) 
TRIBAL
BUSINESS
CONCERNS.—Section 
7(a)(36)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(36)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘described in sec-
tion 31(b)(2)(C)’’ each place it appears. 
(c) INCLUSION OF CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITALS IN 
THE
PAYCHECK
PROTECTION
PROGRAM.—Section 
7(a)(36)(D) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(36)(D)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new clause: 
‘‘(vii) INCLUSION OF CRITICAL ACCESS 
HOSPITALS.—During the covered period, 
any nonprofit organization that is a critical 
access hospital (as defined in section 
1861(mm) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1395x(mm))) shall be eligible to re-
ceive a covered loan, regardless of the sta-
tus of such a hospital as a debtor in a case
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under chapter 11 of title 11, Unites States 
Code, or the status of any debts owed by 
such a hospital to the Federal Govern-
ment.’’. 
(d) MODIFICATION TO ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—Section 
7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 
636(a)(36)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (vii), by striking ‘‘section 
501(c)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 501(c)’’; 
(B) in clause (viii)(II)— 
(i) in item (dd), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 
the end; 
(ii) in item (ee), by inserting ‘‘or’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘(ff) any compensation of 
an employee who is a registered 
lobbyist under the Lobbying Dis-
closure Act of 1995;’’; 
(C) in clause (xi)(IV), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(D) in clause (xii), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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(E) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(xiii) the term ‘housing cooperative’ 
means a cooperative housing corporation 
(as defined in section 216(b) of the Inter-
nal Revenue Code of 1986).’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (D)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘nonprofit organization,’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘housing co-
operative,’’; 
(B) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(vii) NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ELI-
GIBILITY.—During the covered period, any 
nonprofit organization shall be eligible to 
receive a covered loan. Any 501(c)(4) orga-
nization (as defined in section 501(c)(4) of 
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) may 
receive a covered loan provided that such 
501(c)(4) organization has not made and 
will not make a contribution, expenditure, 
independent expenditure, or electioneering 
communication within the meaning of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act, and has 
not undertaken and will not undertake
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similar campaign finance activities in State 
and local elections, during the election 
cycle which ends on the date of the general 
election in this calendar year;’’; 
(C) in clause (iv)— 
(i) in subclause (II), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in subclause (III), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subclause: 
‘‘(IV) any nonprofit organiza-
tion.’’; and 
(D) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘nonprofit 
organization’’ and inserting ‘‘housing coopera-
tive’’. 
(e) APPLICATION
TO
CERTAIN
LOCAL
NEWS 
MEDIA.—Section 7(a)(36)(D) of the Small Business Act 
(15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(D)) is amended— 
(1) in clause (iii)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘business concern that em-
ploys’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘business 
concern that— 
‘‘(I) employs’’;
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(B) in subclause (I), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(II) is assigned a North American Indus-
try Classification System code beginning with 
511110, 515112, or 515120 and the individual 
physical location at the time of disbursal does 
not exceed the size standard established by the 
Administrator for the applicable code shall be 
eligible to receive a covered loan for expenses 
associated with an individual physical location 
of that business concern to support the contin-
ued provision of local news, information, con-
tent, or emergency information, and, at the 
time of disbursal, the individual physical loca-
tion.’’; 
(2) in clause (iv) (as amended by subsection 
(d))— 
(A) in subclause (III), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in subclause (IV), by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(V) an individual physical loca-
tion of a business concern described in
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clause (iii)(II), if such concern shall 
not pay, distribute, or otherwise pro-
vide any portion of the covered loan to 
any other entity other than the indi-
vidual physical location that is the in-
tended recipient of the covered loan.’’; 
and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new 
clause: 
‘‘(viii) ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS 
FOR NEWS BROADCAST ENTITIES.— 
‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—With respect 
to an individual physical location of a 
business concern described in clause 
(iii)(II), each such location shall be 
treated as an independent, non-
affiliated entity for purposes of this 
paragraph. A parent company, invest-
ment company, or management com-
pany of one or more physical locations 
of a business concern described in 
clause (iii)(II) shall not be eligible for 
a covered loan. 
‘‘(II) 
DEMONSTRATION
OF 
NEED.—Any such location that is a
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franchise or affiliate of, or owned or 
controlled by a parent company, in-
vestment company, or the manage-
ment thereof, shall demonstrate, upon 
request of the Administrator, the need 
for a covered loan to support the con-
tinued provision of local news, infor-
mation, content, or emergency infor-
mation, and, at the time of disbursal, 
the individual physical location. 
‘‘(III) REPORT.—The Adminis-
trator and Secretary of the Treasury 
shall submit to the Committee on 
Small Business of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Committee on Small 
Business and Entrepreneurship of the 
Senate, and the Congressional Over-
sight Commission established under 
section 4020 of the CARES Act a re-
port including information on loans 
made to an entity described under 
this clause.’’. 
(f) APPLICATION
OF CERTAIN TERMS THROUGH 
LIFE OF COVERED LOAN.—Section 7(a)(36) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ‘‘During 
the covered period, with’’ and inserting ‘‘With’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘During 
the covered period, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(3) in subparagraph (J), by striking ‘‘During 
the covered period, with’’ and inserting ‘‘With’’; 
(4) in subparagraph (M)— 
(A) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘During the 
covered period, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘During the 
covered period, with’’ and inserting ‘‘With’’. 
(g) LOAN MATURITY.—Section 7(a)(36)(K)(ii) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(K)(ii)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘minimum maturity of 5 years’’ be-
fore ‘‘maximum maturity’’. 
(h) INTEREST CALCULATION.—Section 7(a)(36)(L) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(L)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘, calculated on a non-compounding, 
non-adjustable basis’’ after ‘‘4 percent’’. 
(i) FUNDING FOR THE PAYCHECK PROTECTION PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a)(36)(S) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)(S)) is 
amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(S) SET ASIDE FOR CERTAIN ENTITIES.— 
The Administrator shall provide for the cost to 
guarantee covered loans made under this para-
graph— 
‘‘(i) a set aside of not less than 25 
percent of each such amount for covered 
loans made to eligible recipients with 10 or 
fewer employees; and 
‘‘(ii) a set aside of 25 percent of each 
such amount for covered loans made to 
nonprofit organizations, of which not more 
than 12.5 percent of each such amount set 
aside may be used to make covered loans 
to nonprofit organizations with 500 or 
more employees.’’. 
(2) SET ASIDE FOR COMMUNITY FINANCIAL IN-
STITUTIONS.—Of amounts appropriated by the Pay-
check Protection Program and Health Care En-
hancement Act (Public Law 116–139) under the 
heading ‘‘Small Business Administration—Business 
Loans Program Account, CARES Act’’ that have 
not been obligated or expended, the lesser of 25 per-
cent of such amounts or $10,000,000,000 shall be 
set aside for the cost to guarantee covered loans 
made under section 7(a)(36) of the Small Business
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Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) by community financial 
institutions (as such term is defined in subpara-
graph (A)(xi) of such section). 
(3) AMOUNTS RETURNED.—Section 7(a)(36) of 
the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(T) AMOUNTS RETURNED.—Any amounts 
returned to the Secretary of the Treasury due 
to the cancellation of a covered loan shall be 
solely used for the cost to guarantee covered 
loans made to eligible recipients with 10 or 
fewer employees.’’. 
(j) TREATMENT
OF
CERTAIN
CRIMINAL
VIOLA-
TIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 7(a)(36) of the 
Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)), as 
amended by subsection (i), is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(U) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL 
VIOLATIONS.— 
‘‘(i) FINANCIAL
FRAUD
OR
DECEP-
TION.—A entity that is a business, organi-
zation, cooperative, or enterprise may not 
receive a covered loan if an owner of 20
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percent or more of the equity of such enti-
ty, during the 5-year period preceding the 
date on which such entity applies for a cov-
ered loan, has been convicted of a felony of 
financial fraud or deception under Federal, 
State, or Tribal law. 
‘‘(ii) ARRESTS OR CONVICTIONS.—An 
entity that is a business, organization, co-
operative, or enterprise shall be an eligible 
recipient notwithstanding a prior arrest or 
conviction under Federal, State, or Tribal 
law of an owner of 20 percent or more of 
the equity of such entity, unless such 
owner is currently incarcerated. 
‘‘(iii) WAIVER.—The Administrator 
may waive the requirements of clause (i).’’. 
(2) RULEMAKING.—Not later than 15 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Adminis-
trator of the Small Business Administration shall 
make necessary revisions to any rules to carry out 
the amendment made by this subsection. 
(k) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY FI-
NANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—Section 7(a)(36) of the Small 
Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)), as amended by sub-
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section (i), is further amended by adding at the end the 
following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(V) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR COMMU-
NITY
FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS.—Of amounts 
appropriated to carry out this paragraph, the 
Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with 
the Administrator, shall use $250,000,000 of 
such amounts to provide grants to community 
financial institutions, insured depository institu-
tions with consolidated assets of less than 
$10,000,000,000, and credit unions with con-
solidated assets of less than $10,000,000,000, 
to ensure such institutions can update their sys-
tems (including updates related to compliance 
with the Bank Secrecy Act) and efficiently pro-
vide loans that are guaranteed under this para-
graph.’’. 
(l) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 7(a)(36)(G) 
of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(36)) is 
amended— 
(1) in the subparagraph heading, by striking 
‘‘BORROWER REQUIREMENTS’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘eligible recipient applying’’ and inserting 
‘‘BORROWER
CERTIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS.—An 
eligible recipient applying’’; and
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(2) by redesignating subclauses (I) through 
(IV) as clauses (i) through (iv), respectively. 
SEC. 90002. COMMITMENTS FOR PAYCHECK PROTECTION 
PROGRAM. 
Section 1102(b) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116– 
136) is amended by striking ‘‘June 30, 2020’’ and all that 
follows through the period at the end and inserting ‘‘De-
cember 31, 2020, the amount authorized for commitments 
for loans made under paragraph (36) of section 7(a) of 
the Small Business Act, as added by subsection (a), shall 
be $659,000,000,000. The amount authorized under this 
section for commitments for loans made under section 
7(a)(36) of the Small Business Act shall be in addition 
to the amount authorized under the heading ‘Small Busi-
ness Administration—Business Loans Program Account’ 
in the Financial Services and General Government Appro-
priations Act, 2020 (division C of Public Law 116–93) 
for commitments for general business loans made under 
section 7(a) of the Small Business Act.’’. 
SEC. 90003. INCLUSION OF SCORE AND VETERAN BUSINESS 
OUTREACH CENTERS IN ENTREPRENEURIAL 
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1103(a)(2) of the CARES 
Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended—
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(C) a Veteran Business Outreach Center 
(as described under section 32(d) of the Small 
Business Act); and 
‘‘(D) the Service Corps of Retired Execu-
tives Association, or any successor or other or-
ganization, that receives a grant from the Ad-
ministrator to operate the SCORE program es-
tablished under section 8(b)(2)(A) of the Small 
Business Act;’’. 
(b) FUNDING.—Section 1107(a)(4) of the CARES 
Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘$240,000,000’’ and in-
serting ‘‘$220,000,000’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new sub-
paragraphs: 
‘‘(C) $10,000,000 shall be for a Veteran 
Business Outreach Center described in section 
1103(a)(2)(C) of this Act to carry out activities 
under such section; and
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‘‘(D) $10,000,000 shall be for the Service 
Corps of Retired Executives Association de-
scribed in section 1103(a)(2)(D) of this Act to 
carry out activities under such section;’’. 
SEC. 90004. AMENDMENTS TO PAYCHECK PROTECTION 
PROGRAM LOAN FORGIVENESS. 
(a) COVERED PERIOD.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1106(a)(3) of the 
CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended to 
read as follows: 
‘‘(3) the term ‘covered period’ means the period 
beginning on the date of the origination of a covered 
loan and ending on the earlier of— 
‘‘(A) the date that is 24 weeks after such 
date of origination; or 
‘‘(B) December 31, 2020;’’. 
(2) 
EXEMPTION
FOR
REHIRES.—Section 
1106(d)(5)(B) of such Act is amended by striking 
‘‘June 30, 2020’’ each place it appears and inserting 
‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 
(b) 
DEFINITION
OF
EXPECTED
FORGIVENESS 
AMOUNT.— 
(1) DEFINITION
OF
EXPECTED
FORGIVENESS 
AMOUNT.—Section 1106(a)(7) of the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116–136) is amended—
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(A) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs: 
‘‘(E) interest on any other debt obligations 
that were incurred before the covered period; 
‘‘(F) any amount that was a loan made 
under subsection (b)(2) that was refinanced as 
part of a covered loan and authorized by section 
7(a)(36)(F)(iv) of the Small Business Act; 
and’’. 
(2) FORGIVENESS.—Section 1106(b) of the 
CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) Any payment of interest on any other debt 
obligations that were incurred before the covered pe-
riod. 
‘‘(6) Any amount that was a loan made under 
section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act that was 
refinanced as part of a covered loan and authorized 
by section 7(a)(36)(F)(iv) of such Act.’’.
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(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 1106 
of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (e)— 
(i) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘pay-
ments on covered mortgage obligations, 
payments on covered lease obligations, and 
covered utility payments’’ and inserting 
‘‘payments or amounts refinanced de-
scribed under subsection (b) (other than 
payroll costs)’’; 
(ii) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking 
‘‘, make interest payments’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘or make covered utility 
payments’’ and inserting ‘‘, make pay-
ments described under subsection (b), or 
that was refinanced as part of a covered 
loan 
and 
authorized 
by 
section 
7(a)(36)(F)(iv) of the Small Business 
Act’’; and 
(B) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘pay-
ments for payroll costs, payments on covered 
mortgage obligations, payments on covered 
lease obligations, or covered utility payments’’ 
each place it appears and inserting ‘‘payments
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or amounts refinanced described under sub-
section (b)’’. 
(c) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
FOR PAYCHECK 
PROTECTION PROGRAM LOAN FORGIVENESS.—Section 
1106(e) of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136) as 
amended by subsection (b), is further amended— 
(1) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para-
graph (6); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(4) information on the veteran status, gender, 
race, and ethnicity, as reported on Form 1919 of the 
Administration or any similar loan application form 
of the Administration, of the eligible recipient; 
‘‘(5) the number of full-time equivalent employ-
ees of the eligible recipient— 
‘‘(A) on February 15, 2020; 
‘‘(B) on the day the eligible recipient sub-
mitted an application for a covered loan; and 
‘‘(C) on the day the eligible recipient sub-
mitted an application for forgiveness of a cov-
ered loan under this section; and’’.