Title: COVID–19 International Response and Recovery Act of 2020
Policy area: International Affairs

Summary:
COVID-19 International Response and Recovery Act of 2020
This bill addresses the role of the United States in the global response to COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) and future pandemics.
Specifically, the bill authorizes measures to facilitate the repatriation of U.S. nationals who are abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bill also provides support for international organizations, including through (1) providing payments to organizations that address global humanitarian needs, and (2) advocating for the establishment of a World Bank Trust Fund to aid countries responding to epidemics and pandemics.
Further, the bill establishes measures related to refugee, humanitarian, and migration matters during the pandemic, such as those facilitating humanitarian assistance to countries affected by COVID-19, addressing threats to women and girls, and restricting deportation of foreign nationals.
The bill establishes leadership roles for the U.S. Agency for International Development, the State Department, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should an infectious disease with pandemic potential break out outside the United States. The bill also creates the role of Special Advisor to the President for Global Health Security, who shall coordinate the U.S. response to global health security emergencies.
Further, the bill requires the Department of Homeland Security to automatically extend certain immigration-related statuses, such as employment authorizations, that would otherwise expire during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The bill also allows a Peace Corps volunteer whose period of service was terminated due to COVID-19 to file for pandemic-related unemployment benefits.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3669 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3669

  To respond to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 7, 2020

  Mr. Menendez (for himself, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Shaheen, Mr. Coons, Mr. 
Udall, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Kaine, Mr. Markey, Mr. Merkley, and Mr. Booker) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
                     Committee on Foreign Relations

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
  To respond to the global COVID-19 pandemic, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``COVID-19 
International Response and Recovery Act of 2020''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Definitions.
Sec. 3. Sense of Congress.
  TITLE I--ENHANCING PROTECTION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS ABROAD DURING A 
                                PANDEMIC

Sec. 111. Administration of foreign affairs diplomatic and consular 
                            programs.
Sec. 112. Authority to waive reimbursement requirements related to 
                            certain evacuations.
Sec. 113. Operationalizing expedient American Citizen Services during 
                            the COVID-19 pandemic: Intracountry travel.
Sec. 114. Operationalizing expedient American Citizen Services during 
                            the COVID-19 pandemic: Consular affairs, 
                            task forces, and regulations.
Sec. 115. Consular affairs and repatriation resources of the Department 
                            of State.
Sec. 116. After action reports and worldwide remote American Citizen 
                            Services drills.
              TITLE II--GLOBAL PROGRAMMING AND AUTHORITIES

      Subtitle A--United States Leadership and Multilateral Issues

Sec. 201. Sense of Congress on transnational cooperation in support of 
                            pandemic preparedness and response.
Sec. 202. Multilateral leadership and assistance to international 
                            organizations.
Sec. 203. Authorization for United States participation in the 
                            Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness 
                            Innovations.
Sec. 204. Supporting humanitarian and development assistance related to 
                            COVID-19 response through the United States 
                            combatant commands.
Sec. 205. United States Government actions to detect and prevent global 
                            pandemics.
Sec. 206. Additional authorities.
Sec. 207. Support for efforts of the Global Fund to Fight Aids, 
                            Tuberculosis and Malaria to respond to 
                            COVID-19.
          Subtitle B--International Economic Pandemic Response

Sec. 211. Sense of Congress on building resilience.
Sec. 212. Financial support for pandemic preparedness and global health 
                            security.
Sec. 213. Sense of Congress on the United States International 
                            Development Finance Corporation.
Sec. 214. Prohibition on the transfer of sovereign loan guarantees to 
                            the United States International Development 
                            Finance Corporation.
Sec. 215. Surge financing mechanism.
Sec. 216. Sense of Congress on contributions to the Currency Exchange 
                            Fund.
Sec. 217. Sense of Congress on bilateral debt restructuring.
Sec. 218. Clearing World Bank Group arrears.
      Subtitle C--Refugee, Humanitarian, and Migration Provisions

Sec. 231. Protection of refugees and asylum seekers.
Sec. 232. Humanitarian assistance to countries affected by the COVID-19 
                            pandemic.
Sec. 233. Addressing threats to women and girls in the COVID-19 
                            pandemic.
Sec. 234. Safeguarding democracy and human rights during the COVID-19 
                            pandemic.
                   Subtitle D--Other Regional Matters

Sec. 241. Assistance for the West Bank and Gaza related to the COVID-19 
                            pandemic.
Sec. 242. Preventing the spread of COVID-19 at the United States-Mexico 
                            border.
Sec. 243. Limitations on removal of foreign nationals.
Sec. 244. Sense of Congress on ensuring that sanctions do not inhibit 
                            the provision of humanitarian relief to 
                            Iran.
Sec. 245. Sense of Congress on clarifying that sanctions do not inhibit 
                            the provision of humanitarian relief to 
                            Venezuela.
Sec. 246. Sense of Congress on ensuring that sanctions do not inhibit 
                            the provision of humanitarian relief to the 
                            Democratic People's Republic of North 
                            Korea.
Sec. 247. Sense of Congress on relations with the European Union.
Sec. 248. International financial institution assistance for COVID-19 
                            recovery efforts in Sudan.
    TITLE III--UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND AUTHORITIES

  Subtitle A--Enhancing United States Government Response to Pandemics

Sec. 301. Roles for United States Agency for International Development, 
                            Department of State, and the Centers for 
                            Disease Control and Prevention.
Sec. 302. Enhanced support for global health security.
Sec. 303. Global health security strategy and reports.
Sec. 304. Requirement to consult with Congress before restricting 
                            travel to or from the United States.
Sec. 305. Sense of Congress on using a scientific term for COVID-19.
         Subtitle B--Other United States Government Authorities

Sec. 311. Sense of Congress on provision of personal protective 
                            equipment to United States Government 
                            personnel overseas.
Sec. 312. Report on COVID-19 infection risk mitigation procedures.
Sec. 313. Extension of expiring immigration statuses and employment 
                            authorization.
Sec. 314. Sense of Congress on helping foreign assistance recipients 
                            mitigate effects from loss of operations 
                            and economic disruption related to the 
                            COVID-19 pandemic.
Sec. 315. Sense of Congress on disinformation about COVID-19.
Sec. 316. United States Agency for Global Media.
Sec. 317. Global Engagement Center.
Sec. 318. Pandemic unemployment assistance for Peace Corps volunteers.
Sec. 319. Additional paid leave to employees of certain independent 
                            agencies involved in the conduct of foreign 
                            affairs.
Sec. 320. Millennium Challenge Corporation compact extensions.
Sec. 321. Annual National Intelligence Estimate and briefing on novel 
                            diseases and pandemic threats.
Sec. 322. Applicability of Government in the Sunshine Act.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 
                Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives.
            (2) COVID-19.--The term ``COVID-19'' means the novel 
        coronavirus disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome 
        coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
            (3) Ebola.--The term ``Ebola'' means the Ebola virus 
        disease.
            (4) Global health security.--The term ``global health 
        security'' means activities, at the country, regional, and 
        global levels, to improve epidemic and pandemic preparedness 
        and capabilities in order to minimize vulnerability to acute 
        public health events that can endanger the health of 
        populations at the country level and across international 
        boundaries.
            (5) Global health security agenda; ghsa.--The terms 
        ``Global Health Security Agenda'' and ``GHSA'' refer to the 
        partnership, established in 2014, of nations, international 
        organizations, and nongovernmental stakeholders that is 
        committed to helping--
                    (A) build countries' capacities to create a world 
                safe and secure from infectious disease threats; and
                    (B) elevate global health security as a national 
                and global priority.
            (6) Health system.--The term ``health system'' means all of 
        the organizations, institutions, and resources, including 
        resources from public, private, traditional, and informal 
        sectors, that are dedicated to improving the health of 
        individuals, including through service provision, resource 
        generation, financing, and stewardship, especially those 
        aspects of a system which are foundational to success in 
        multiple United States Government supported health programs and 
        for which constraints should be addressed in a comprehensive 
        way.
            (7) Private sector.--The term ``private sector'' includes 
        local, national, and multinational corporations, academia, and 
        nongovernmental entities and organizations with relevant 
        expertise.
            (8) United states government supported health program.--The 
        term ``United States Government supported health program'' 
        means any program or activity supported by United States 
        foreign assistance that addresses a specific disease or health 
        issue, such as malaria, tuberculosis, neglected tropical 
        diseases, maternal and child health, nutrition, family 
        planning, or HIV/AIDS.
            (9) United states national defined.--The term ``United 
        States national'' means an individual who is--
                    (A) a United States citizen; or
                    (B) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
                residence to the United States.

SEC. 3. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) as we attempt to manage the scale and scope of the 
        impact of COVID-19 in the United States, a coordinated global 
        response and recovery effort is in the national security and 
        economic interests of the United States; and
            (2) in the same way that the world witnessed increased 
        international counterterrorism cooperation following the tragic 
        terrorist attacks against the United States on September 11, 
        2001, countries around the world need to increase information-
        sharing and coordination on global health issues, including to 
        address COVID-19.

  TITLE I--ENHANCING PROTECTION OF AMERICAN CITIZENS ABROAD DURING A 
                                PANDEMIC

SEC. 111. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--There is authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of State $15,770,000 for fiscal year 2021 for ``Emergencies 
in the Diplomatic and Consular Service'', for necessary expenses for 
emergency evacuations of United States nationals, and third country 
nationals connected to such persons, including private medical 
evacuation support, during the COVID-19 outbreak.
    (b) Notification.--Not later than 15 days after an expenditure 
pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State shall notify the 
appropriate congressional committees of the amount, purposes, and 
national interests served by such expenditure.

SEC. 112. AUTHORITY TO WAIVE REIMBURSEMENT REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO 
              CERTAIN EVACUATIONS.

    Section 4(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the State Department Basic Authorities 
Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671(b)(2)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting 
before the semicolon at the end the following: ``: Provided, that the 
Secretary of State may pay expenses related to the evacuation of 
private United States nationals abroad, and third-country nationals 
connected to such persons, on a non-reimbursable basis in connection 
with the response to COVID-19 or other situations when it is in the 
national interest, taking into consideration the financial need of each 
such individual''.

SEC. 113. OPERATIONALIZING EXPEDIENT AMERICAN CITIZEN SERVICES DURING 
              THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: INTRACOUNTRY TRAVEL.

    The Secretary of State shall immediately petition the government of 
any country that closes its borders and airspace due to COVID-19 or a 
future pandemic to make arrangements with each United States mission in 
that country to ensure United States nationals are able to travel 
intracountry to United States Government evacuation points or to access 
commercial travel when possible.

SEC. 114. OPERATIONALIZING EXPEDIENT AMERICAN CITIZEN SERVICES DURING 
              THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC: CONSULAR AFFAIRS, TASK FORCES, AND 
              REGULATIONS.

    The Secretary of State shall direct the Assistant Secretary of 
State for Consular Affairs to immediately, and for 45 days after the 
President determines the COVID-19 pandemic is over--
            (1) provide United States missions worldwide with explicit 
        guidance to protect United States nationals and empower 
        officers, specialists, and local staff as they protect lives 
        during and immediately after the pandemic period;
            (2) augment the staffing of the Consular Affairs Task Force 
        2 to better assist posts and United States nationals overseas, 
        including--
                    (A) increasing staffing of the Overseas Consular 
                Services call center and activation of the National 
                Passport Information Center and the National Visa 
                Center to immediately improve consular response times; 
                and
                    (B) direct public access to Task Force 2 through 
                the Overseas Consular Services call center; and
            (3) notify Congress of any additional monetary or technical 
        resources needed to carry out the actions described in this 
        subsection.

SEC. 115. CONSULAR AFFAIRS AND REPATRIATION RESOURCES OF THE DEPARTMENT 
              OF STATE.

    Section 1 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 
U.S.C. 2651a) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section:
    ``(h) Responding to Epidemics or Pandemics.--
            ``(1) Statement of policy.--It shall be the policy of the 
        United States, during any public health emergency caused by an 
        epidemic or pandemic--
                    ``(A) to not leave any United States national 
                involuntarily stranded in a foreign country; and
                    ``(B) to provide all appropriate and available 
                assistance to United States nationals to facilitate 
                their return to the United States, when requested, for 
                the duration of the public health emergency.
            ``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection--
                    ``(A) the term `tier two response' means a single, 
                comprehensive approach to incident management for the 
                National Passport Center and the National Visa Center 
                during a national emergency caused by an epidemic or 
                pandemic, including--
                            ``(i) the promulgation of protocols for 
                        communication, information and planning, 
                        emergency assistance, logistics management and 
                        support, staffing, and financial management; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the identification of roles and 
                        responsibilities for response and staffing, 
                        critical infrastructure, and international and 
                        interagency coordination; and
                    ``(B) the term `United States national' means an 
                individual who is--
                            ``(i) a United States citizen; or
                            ``(ii) an alien lawfully admitted for 
                        permanent residence to the United States.
            ``(3) Establishment of repatriation task force.--Whenever 
        the Department of State issues a Level 3 or Level 4 Travel 
        Advisory in response to an epidemic or pandemic, the Secretary 
        shall establish, under the direction of the Assistant Secretary 
        for Consular Affairs, a Repatriation Task Force, which shall--
                    ``(A) formulate and implement policies that protect 
                and advance United States interests in protecting and 
                safeguarding the needs of United States nationals, 
                including repatriation and other health and medical 
                needs;
                    ``(B) ensure that procedures implemented by 
                American Citizen Services are integrated into, and 
                reflected in, the decision-making process within the 
                Department of State;
                    ``(C) coordinate the functions of American Citizen 
                Services, including repatriation, responding to health 
                and medical needs, and other relevant functions, within 
                the Department of State;
                    ``(D) manage, in coordination with relevant 
                diplomatic posts, all communication and coordination 
                with United States nationals regarding their needs, 
                including repatriation and health and medical matters;
                    ``(E) incorporate the functions of American Citizen 
                Services, including repatriation and other health and 
                medical needs priorities, into the activities of the 
                Department of State;
                    ``(F) coordinate efforts of the Department of State 
                with relevant Federal departments and agencies to meet 
                the needs of American Citizen Services, including 
                repatriation and other health and medical needs; and
                    ``(G) support American Citizen Services with 
                repatriation and other health and medical needs, 
                including coordinating and providing resources to meet 
                all repatriation needs.
            ``(4) Personnel.--The Secretary shall ensure that there are 
        sufficient personnel serving in the Office of American Citizens 
        Services and Crisis Management and the Bureau of Consular 
        Affairs or other Department of State personnel in the countries 
        affected by the epidemic or pandemic, to carry out the 
        responsibilities set forth in paragraph (3), including 
        repatriation matters.
            ``(5) National passport center and national visa center.--
        Whenever the Department of State issues a Level 3 or Level 4 
        Travel Advisory in response to an epidemic or pandemic, the 
        Secretary shall activate the National Passport Information 
        Center and the National Visa Center to immediately provide tier 
        two response.
            ``(6) Notification requirement.--Not later than 15 days 
        before the Department of State intends to discontinue the 
        repatriation services described in paragraph (3) in any region, 
        country, or part thereof during a public health emergency 
        caused by an epidemic or pandemic affecting such region, 
        country, or part, the Secretary of State shall notify, by all 
        appropriate means, all United States nationals affected by this 
        service interruption, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
        Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives of the date after which the Department of State 
        will no longer provide such services to United States nationals 
        seeking repatriation to the United States.''.

SEC. 116. AFTER ACTION REPORTS AND WORLDWIDE REMOTE AMERICAN CITIZEN 
              SERVICES DRILLS.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that Department 
of State career professionals have done tremendous work to address the 
extraordinary challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic and to bring 
home more than 77,000 United States nationals from approximately 128 
countries and territories during a time of crisis.
    (b) Comprehensive After Action Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the President 
        determines the COVID-19 pandemic is over, the Secretary of 
        State shall provide a comprehensive after action report to the 
        Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee 
        on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, including 
        an assessment of any consular system failures due to lack of 
        bandwidth--personnel or technical, system design, or capacity--
        and resources needed to improve future performance of American 
        Citizen Services during a global health crisis.
            (2) Form.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall be 
        submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified 
        annex.
    (c) Semi-Annual Worldwide Remote American Citizen Services 
Drills.--
            (1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall direct the 
        Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs to direct a 
        semi-annual worldwide drill for all consular systems and 
        personnel. The drill shall include remote processing and 
        systems (with minimum 80 percent remote consular telework 
        worldwide).
            (2) Reports.--The Secretary shall report the outcome of 
        each drill to the appropriate congressional committees within 
        90 days following the conclusion of the drill. The first drill 
        shall be held not later than 180 days after the President 
        determines the COVID-19 pandemic is over.

              TITLE II--GLOBAL PROGRAMMING AND AUTHORITIES

      Subtitle A--United States Leadership and Multilateral Issues

SEC. 201. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TRANSNATIONAL COOPERATION IN SUPPORT OF 
              PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) global pandemic preparedness and response requires 
        international and regional cooperation and action;
            (2) the United States should assert strong leadership in 
        multilateral fora such as the Group of 7, Group of 20, and the 
        United Nations by collaborating and cooperating with other 
        countries, international and regional organizations, and other 
        relevant fora, including the World Health Organization, to 
        develop a comprehensive and coordinated response to end the 
        COVID-19 pandemic and prevent future waves of infection;
            (3) the United States should exercise leadership in efforts 
        to address the economic and financial implications of the 
        COVID-19 pandemic, especially as it affects low and middle 
        income countries, through the World Bank Group, the 
        International Monetary Fund, and the International Finance 
        Corporation as well as relevant regional and bilateral 
        international financial institutions;
            (4) the United States Government should engage with other 
        countries, international and regional organizations, and other 
        relevant fora regarding the development and distribution of 
        global goods, including equipment, commodities, and supplies 
        that are being used to combat COVID-19, and treatments and 
        vaccines once they become available;
            (5) the United States should lead the United Nations 
        Security Council in adding health security as an explicit part 
        of the mandate of the United Nations Regional Center for 
        Preventative Diplomacy in Central Asia;
            (6) the United States should recognize the critical role 
        that regional organizations such as the Pan American Health 
        Organization and the African Centers for Disease Control and 
        Prevention play in transnational cooperation on pandemic 
        preparedness and response;
            (7) the United States Government should coordinate closely 
        with the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control and 
        other relevant European Union entities on efforts to develop a 
        COVID-19 vaccine and provide international assistance to 
        developing countries confronting the pandemic; and
            (8) the United States should encourage the development of 
        organizational frameworks for pandemic health response through 
        the C5+1 framework, the South Asian Association for Regional 
        Cooperation, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, and 
        other regional entities including the Southeast Asia One Health 
        University Network, the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance, and 
        the Asia Partnership on Emerging Infectious Disease Research.

SEC. 202. MULTILATERAL LEADERSHIP AND ASSISTANCE TO INTERNATIONAL 
              ORGANIZATIONS.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the United 
States--
            (1) to elevate the role of multilateral institutions in 
        leading a robust international response to COVID-19 by 
        undertaking a range of actions at the United Nations, and by 
        providing timely financial support to United Nations agencies 
        responding to the pandemic; and
            (2) to provide United States assistance to the United 
        Nations COVID-19 Global Humanitarian Response Plan, launched 
        March 25, 2020, and engage other donor governments to increase 
        funding for the United Nation's effort to combat COVID-19 in 
        the world's poorest and most vulnerable countries.
    (b) United States Government Leadership.--In carrying out the 
policy under section (a), the President shall direct the United States 
Permanent Representative to the United Nations to use the voice, vote, 
and influence of the United States at the United Nations to--
            (1) introduce a United Nations Security Council resolution 
        to declare COVID-19 and all pandemics a threat to international 
        peace and security and to require member states to address this 
        threat by aligning their health preparedness frameworks with 
        international best practices and those established by the GHSA 
        to improve country capacity to prevent, detect, and respond to 
        infectious disease threats;
            (2) ensure that the World Health Organization plays an 
        effective role in aligning member countries around a single 
        strategic operating plan to detect, contain, treat, and deter 
        the further spread of COVID-19; and
            (3) mandate the Director-General of the World Health 
        Organization to commission an interim assessment, to be 
        conducted by a panel of outside independent experts and 
        presented at the World Health Assembly in May 2021, on all 
        aspects of the World Health Organization's response to the 
        COVID-19 pandemic, starting from the onset of the outbreak of 
        COVID-19, including--
                    (A) the functioning of the International Health 
                Regulations (2005) and recommendations for their 
                improvement to ensure transparency and the development 
                of core capacities to prevent, detect and respond to 
                infectious disease outbreaks;
                    (B) resource mobilization in response to COVID-19 
                and funding of the World Health Organization 
                Emergencies Program in general; and
                    (C) emergency response actions taken at all three 
                levels of the World Health Organization in response to 
                COVID-19.
    (c) Restoration of Funding to the World Health Organization.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
                    (A) The World Health Organization is the leading 
                international body spearheading the global public 
                health response to the COVID-19 pandemic, conducts 
                vital work that saves millions of lives every year, and 
                serves an important convening, policy and coordinating 
                role.
                    (B) On April 14, 2020, President Donald J. Trump 
                announced a suspension of further funding to the World 
                Health Organization while the Administration conducts a 
                review of United States funding to the organization.
                    (C) The President's decision to suspend funding to 
                the World Health Organization in the midst of global 
                pandemic risks--
                            (i) interruptions to life-saving activities 
                        such as measles and polio vaccinations, HIV 
                        testing, newborn and maternal support, and 
                        various other global health and research 
                        activities; and
                            (ii) increasing direct financial and 
                        economic cost to United States taxpayers when 
                        and if we must confront such challenges as 
                        dealing with a global pandemic alone.
                    (D) The President's retreat from the World Health 
                Organization and other multilateral institutions erodes 
                the ability of the United States ``to shape 
                developments that are positive for the United States'' 
                within the international system and leaves a vacuum in 
                which other countries with interests counter to United 
                States interests gain influence.
            (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        the United States Government should--
                    (A) immediately restore funding to the World Health 
                Organization; and
                    (B) continue to use its influence to shape the 
                policies and practices of the Organization.
            (3) United states contributions.--Not later than 30 days 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President 
        shall, through the Secretary of State--
                    (A) provide the World Health Organization with all 
                necessary amounts to address its arrears from fiscal 
                year 2019;
                    (B) release undisbursed fiscal year 2020 assessed 
                dues to the World Health Organization; and
                    (C) release all voluntary funds currently being 
                withheld from the World Health Organization.
            (4) Report.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
                State, in consultation with the Administrator of the 
                United States Agency for International Development, 
                shall provide the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the 
                House of Representatives a report detailing the 
                criteria and factors considered by the United States 
                Government in reviewing its funding contributions to 
                the World Health Organization and the effect of the 
                review on pandemic response and global health 
                activities.
                    (B) Elements.--The report required under 
                subparagraph (A) shall include--
                            (i) a complete description of all criteria 
                        and benchmarks used to determine whether to 
                        restart, redirect, end, or alter United States 
                        contributions to the World Health Organization, 
                        and the weight given to each criteria or 
                        benchmark;
                            (ii) an explanation of all steps taken to 
                        conduct this review, including the key 
                        officials who led the review and the agencies 
                        involved;
                            (iii) a description of all information 
                        requested and obtained from the World Health 
                        Organization that the United States used to 
                        conduct this review;
                            (iv) a summary of the findings and 
                        recommendations produced during the review;
                            (v) the total amount of funds suspended, 
                        withheld, or redirected, as compared to the 
                        amounts the United States had planned to send 
                        to the World Health Organization as of January 
                        1, 2020;
                            (vi) a complete list and description of all 
                        entities and initiatives that received any 
                        redirected funds;
                            (vii) a complete list and description of 
                        each exception, change, or carve-out to the 
                        announced suspension of funds to the World 
                        Health Organization, including a justification 
                        for each such exception; and
                            (viii) an analysis of the effects the 
                        suspension of United States contributions to 
                        the World Health Organization had on the global 
                        COVID-19 response, World Health Organization 
                        global health activities, and United States 
                        Government engagement with the World Health 
                        Organization.
    (d) Pan American Health Organization.--
            (1) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
                    (A) The Pan American Health Organization is the 
                premier multilateral health agency for the Americas and 
                implements programs to--
                            (i) facilitate technical cooperation with 
                        its member countries to strengthen health 
                        systems and public health standards;
                            (ii) address communicable and 
                        noncommunicable diseases and their causes; and
                            (iii) respond to public health related 
                        emergencies in the region.
                    (B) The United States currently is in arrears to 
                the Pan American Health Organization for approximately 
                $61,000,000 from fiscal year 2019 and has dues of an 
                estimated $49,500,000 for fiscal year 2020.
            (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        the United States should immediately settle its arrears with 
        the Pan American Health Organization from fiscal year 2019 and 
        provide its assessed contributions for fiscal year 2020 in an 
        expeditious manner in order to strengthen the Pan American 
        Health Organization's response to the COVID-19 pandemic in 
        Latin America and the Caribbean.
            (3) Addressing arrears.--Not later than 30 days after the 
        date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
        provide the Pan American Health Organization with all necessary 
        amounts to address its arrears from fiscal year 2019 and fiscal 
        year 2020.
            (4) Accountability measures.--The Secretary of State and 
        the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall--
                    (A) take all necessary steps to ensure that United 
                States assessed contributions and voluntary 
                contributions to the Pan American Health Organization 
                are used for their intended purposes;
                    (B) take all necessary steps to ensure that the Pan 
                American Health Organization, which serves as the 
                regional office of the World Health Organization, 
                maintains the World Health Organization's Global Code 
                of Practice on the International Recruitment of Health 
                Personnel, which was adopted by the World Health 
                Assembly in May 2010, including adherence to the 
                guiding principles listed in Article 3 of the Code, 
                which urge Member States to ``promote and respect fair 
                labour practices for all health personnel'';
                    (C) refer any matters that do not comply with the 
                actions set forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B) to the 
                Pan American Health Organization's Integrity and 
                Conflict Management System and the World Health 
                Organization's Office of Internal Oversight Services; 
                and
                    (D) provide written notification and summary to the 
                Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
                Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
                Representatives of any referral made pursuant to 
                subparagraph (C) within 15 days of any such 
                notification.
    (e) Authorizations.--
            (1) Timely payment to international organizations.--
                    (A) In general.--There is authorized to be 
                appropriated to the President $2,186,980,000 for fiscal 
                year 2021 for necessary expenses, not otherwise 
                provided for, to carry out the provisions of section 
                301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
                2221), and to meet annual obligations of membership in 
                international multilateral organizations, pursuant to 
                treaties ratified pursuant to the advice and consent of 
                the Senate, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress.
                    (B) Availability of funds.--Not later than 60 days 
                after the date of the enactment of this Act, amounts 
                authorized to be appropriated pursuant to subparagraph 
                (A) under the headings ``Contributions to International 
                Organizations'' and ``International Organizations and 
                Programs'' shall be made available to the Department of 
                State.
            (2) Payment of arrears.--In addition to amounts otherwise 
        available for the payment of assessed contributions to 
        international organizations and contributions for international 
        peacekeeping activities, there is authorized to be 
        appropriated, notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 
        sums as may be necessary to pay United States arrears to the 
        United Nations and United Nations specialized agencies 
        recognized by the United States.
            (3) Contributions to the united nations covid-19 
        humanitarian response plan for the most vulnerable countries.--
        There is authorized to be appropriated to the President for the 
        purposes of contributing directly to the United Nations COVID-
        19 Humanitarian Response Plan, $500,000,000 for fiscal year 
        2021 to carry out section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
        1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292), in addition to funds otherwise 
        appropriated or made available for such purpose.

SEC. 203. AUTHORIZATION FOR UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION IN THE 
              COALITION FOR EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS INNOVATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The United States shall participate in the 
Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the appropriate 
congressional committees a report that describes the following:
            (1) The United States planned contributions to the 
        Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (in this 
        section referred to as the ``Coalition'') and the mechanisms 
        for United States participation in the Coalition.
            (2) The manner and extent to which the United States shall 
        participate in the governance of the Coalition.
            (3) The role of the Coalition in and anticipated benefits 
        of United States participation in the Coalition on--
                    (A) the Global Health Security Strategy required by 
                section 7058(c)(3) of the Department of State, Foreign 
                Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 
                2018 (division K of Public Law 115-141);
                    (B) the applicable revision of the National 
                Biodefense Strategy required by section 1086 of the 
                National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
                (6 U.S.C. 104); and
                    (C) any other relevant policy and planning process.
    (c) United States Contributions.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $200,000,000 to carry out global health security, for 
contributions to the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations.

SEC. 204. SUPPORTING HUMANITARIAN AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE RELATED TO 
              COVID-19 RESPONSE THROUGH THE UNITED STATES COMBATANT 
              COMMANDS.

    (a) Authorization.--Subject to subsection (b), the United States 
combatant commands are authorized to provide assistance in their 
respective areas of operation to enable foreign governments to better 
prevent, prepare for, or respond to COVID-19.
    (b) Certification Requirement.--This authorization shall go into 
effect only after the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development determines and certifies to the relevant 
congressional committees that--
            (1) provision of assistance by a specific United States 
        combatant command is necessary to enable a foreign government 
        or governments to prevent, prepare for, or respond to COVID-19; 
        and
            (2) all assistance provided by a United States combatant 
        command pursuant to this authorization has been jointly planned 
        with the United States Agency for International Development and 
        the Department of State.
    (c) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and every 90 days thereafter, the Administrator 
of the United States Agency for International Development, the 
Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of State shall brief the 
relevant congressional committees on all humanitarian and development 
assistance programming related to COVID-19 by United States combatant 
commands within their areas of operation.
    (d) Relevant Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``relevant congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
        Armed Services of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
        Armed Services of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 205. UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ACTIONS TO DETECT AND PREVENT GLOBAL 
              PANDEMICS.

    (a) Country Strategies.--
            (1) In general.--In each country in which the United States 
        Government is implementing at least three United States 
        Government supported health programs, missions of the United 
        States Agency for International Development, in consultation 
        with relevant host country entities, shall--
                    (A) conduct an assessment that is similar to the 
                Health Systems Assessment Approach, that--
                            (i) takes a comprehensive view of the 
                        constraints in the health system that prevent 
                        the achievement of desired outcomes of United 
                        States Government supported health programs in 
                        the country from multiple perspectives; and
                            (ii) identifies the best opportunities for 
                        improving health systems performance for the 
                        achievement of multiple United States 
                        Government supported health programs, including 
                        obstacles to health service delivery;
                    (B) map the resources of the country and other 
                donors in the health sector; and
                    (C) develop and implement a new or revised 5-year 
                strategy for United States assistance, based on the 
                results of the assessment described in subparagraph 
                (A), to strengthen the country's health system that--
                            (i) provides a framework for achieving such 
                        strategy;
                            (ii) identifies key areas for United States 
                        Government investments in the sector;
                            (iii) specifies the role of health programs 
                        undertaken by each Federal Government agency 
                        operating in the country in achieving such 
                        strategy; and
                            (iv) includes cost analysis, benchmarks, 
                        outputs, and desired outcomes.
            (2) Elements.--The strategy developed pursuant to paragraph 
        (1) shall--
                    (A) be informed by the assessment required under 
                paragraph (1)(A);
                    (B) incorporate the health security priorities 
                identified under the country's Joint External 
                Evaluation, if applicable;
                    (C) outline how assistance provided by each Federal 
                Government agency operating in the country will support 
                the development and implementation of a national action 
                plan;
                    (D) identify potential obstacles to the 
                implementation of the strategy, such as issues relating 
                to governance of an effective health system at all 
                levels of the country's public health systems, 
                especially with respect to governing bodies and 
                councils at the provincial, district, and community 
                levels;
                    (E) identify bureaucratic barriers and 
                inefficiencies, including poor linkages between 
                government ministries and between ministries and donor 
                agencies, and the extent of any corruption;
                    (F) include proposals for sustainable financing 
                mechanisms for health systems;
                    (G) identify barriers to building and retaining an 
                effective frontline health workforce with key global 
                health security capacities laid out by the 
                International Health Regulations (2005), and include 
                recommendations for host country actions to achieve a 
                workforce that conforms with the World Health 
                Organization's recommendation for at least 44.5 
                doctors, nurses, and midwives per every 10,000 people;
                    (H) identify deficiencies in information systems 
                and communication technologies that prevent linkages at 
                all levels of the health system delivery and medical 
                supply systems;
                    (I) identify weaknesses in supply chain and 
                procurement systems and practices, and recommend ways 
                to improve the efficiency, transparency, and 
                effectiveness of such systems and practices;
                    (J) identify obstacles to health service access and 
                quality and improved health outcomes for women and 
                girls, and for the poorest and most vulnerable, 
                including a lack of social support and other underlying 
                causes, and recommendations for how to overcome such 
                obstacles;
                    (K) include plans for integrating innovations in 
                health technologies, services, and systems;
                    (L) identify barriers to health literacy, community 
                engagement, and patient empowerment, and 
                recommendations for overcoming such barriers; and
                    (M) describe the role of the private sector and 
                nongovernmental health providers, including community 
                groups engaged in health promotion and mutual 
                assistance and faith-based institutions engaged in 
                health delivery, including the extent to which the 
                local population utilizes such health services.
            (3) Consultation.--In developing a strategy pursuant to 
        paragraph (1), each United States Agency for International 
        Development mission shall consult with--
                    (A) relevant host government institutions;
                    (B) professional associations;
                    (C) patient groups;
                    (D) civil society organizations (including 
                international nongovernmental organizations with 
                relevant expertise in program implementation); and
                    (E) the private sector.
    (b) Coordination of Programs and Activities at the Country Level.--
The President, acting through the United States Agency for 
International Development mission director in each country described in 
subsection (a)(1), shall--
            (1) ensure that not less than five percent of the amounts 
        appropriated to carry out each United States Government 
        supported health program in countries identified in subsection 
        (a)(1) is provided to carry out activities identified in 
        paragraph (2);
            (2) coordinate the implementation of programs and 
        activities undertaken by relevant Federal agencies, bureaus, 
        and offices to ensure that United States Government supported 
        health programs--
                    (A) improve a country's ability to detect, prevent, 
                and respond to infectious disease outbreaks, such as 
                COVID-19 and Ebola;
                    (B) strengthen, in an integrated manner, cross-
                cutting health systems of host countries that impact 
                more than one health program;
                    (C) are designed to make sustained improvements in 
                health outcomes and health security, such that health 
                systems are broadly available, particularly to people 
                with poor access to quality health services;
                    (D) complement, or are aligned with, to the extent 
                applicable, national strategies to strengthen health 
                systems;
                    (E) utilize, to the fullest extent practicable, 
                service delivery platforms that do not fragment care or 
                build parallel or disease-specific procurement 
                processes or supply chains;
                    (F) complement, or are aligned with, efforts by the 
                host government--
                            (i) to prevent, detect, and respond to 
                        infectious disease outbreaks;
                            (ii) to provide appropriate training to 
                        health system professionals, including 
                        managers, administrators, frontline health 
                        workers, paraprofessionals, and professionals; 
                        and
                            (iii) to coordinate health programs and 
                        activities with multilateral and bilateral 
                        donors to ensure that such activities support 
                        efforts to strengthen the health system;
                    (G) help host countries address the issues that 
                create barriers to the retention of skilled health care 
                professionals;
                    (H) help national governments to devise 
                implementable options for mobilizing sustainable 
                domestic and external resources and financing for 
                health systems strengthening; and
                    (I) encourage the coordination of programs and 
                activities with multilateral and bilateral donors;
            (3) provide funds to local health organizations, whenever 
        practicable, by contracting directly with such organizations;
            (4) ensure that contractors and grantees receiving United 
        States Government funds for the purpose of carrying out health-
        related activities--
                    (A) build local capacity through such activities; 
                and
                    (B) subcontract, to the fullest extent practicable 
                and on an increasing basis, with local health 
                organizations; and
            (5) encourage civil society and the private sector to 
        collaborate with donors and host country governments--
                    (A) to increase the sense of ownership by citizens; 
                and
                    (B) to improve program and activity effectiveness.
    (c) International Efforts.--
            (1) Coordination.--The Administrator of the United States 
        Agency for International Development, in coordination with the 
        Secretary of State, shall lead interagency efforts to work with 
        the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; Gavi, 
        the Vaccine Alliance; bilateral donors; and other relevant 
        multilateral and international organizations and stakeholders 
        to develop--
                    (A) shared core indicators for strengthened health 
                security and health systems;
                    (B) standardized reporting requirements among 
                donors to reduce the burden placed on host countries;
                    (C) structures for joint assessments, plans, 
                auditing, and consultations; and
                    (D) a regularized approach to coordination on 
                health systems strengthening.
            (2) Technical guidance.--The Office of Health Systems in 
        the Bureau for Global Health at the United States Agency for 
        International Development, in consultation with the working 
        group established under subsection (e), shall--
                    (A) issue technical guidance to carry out the 
                strategy and elements described in this section; and
                    (B) determine whether approaches carried out at the 
                country level with combined resources in pursuit of 
                country level health systems strategies comply with the 
                guidance issued pursuant to subparagraph (A).
            (3) Progress report.--Not later than one year after the 
        date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit a 
        report to the appropriate congressional committees that 
        describes the implementation of this subsection.
    (d) Public Private Partnerships To Improve Health Systems 
Strengthening.--
            (1) Inclusion in country strategies.--The country 
        strategies developed under subsection (a) shall include a 
        section that--
                    (A) discusses the role of the private sector 
                (including corporate, local, and international 
                organizations with relevant expertise); and
                    (B) identifies opportunities for the private 
                sector--
                            (i) to accelerate research and development 
                        of innovative health and information 
                        technology, and to offer training related to 
                        its use;
                            (ii) to contribute to improvements in 
                        health administration and management processes;
                            (iii) to improve system efficiency;
                            (iv) to develop training related to 
                        clinical practice guidelines; and
                            (v) to help countries develop systems for 
                        documenting outcomes and achievements related 
                        to activities undertaken to strengthen the 
                        health sector.
            (2) Plan for engagement through the global development 
        alliance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
        of this Act, the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development shall submit a plan to the 
        appropriate congressional committees that--
                    (A) addresses how the Global Development Alliance 
                will partner with the private sector to increase health 
                security and health systems strengthening activities, 
                including shortening the period during which companies 
                may register; and
                    (B) includes recommendations for streamlining and 
                improving means for partnering with the private 
                sector--
                            (i) to detect and respond to pandemic 
                        diseases; and
                            (ii) to strengthen health systems and 
                        health security.
    (e) Interagency Working Group.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall convene an interagency 
        working group to coordinate efforts and track progress on 
        United States Government activities related to health systems 
        strengthening, and shall appoint the Administrator of the 
        United States Agency for International Development to lead the 
        working group. The working group shall be composed of 
        representatives of the Department of State, the Department of 
        Health and Human Services, including the Centers for Disease 
        Control and Prevention, relevant United States credit 
        authorities, and other relevant Federal agencies.
            (2) Duties.--The Working Group shall meet not less 
        frequently than quarterly--
                    (A) to establish goals and measurable targets and 
                to develop metrics for measuring progress in health 
                system strengthening by United States Government 
                supported health programs, including--
                            (i) increasing human resources for health 
                        and for reduced attrition in the health sector;
                            (ii) improving supply chain systems, 
                        including reducing drug and health commodity 
                        stockouts;
                            (iii) improving surveillance capacity;
                            (iv) improving health information systems; 
                        and
                            (v) strengthening health systems outcomes, 
                        as measured by essential proxy measures, such 
                        as resource optimization, delivery of essential 
                        services, and population coverage;
                    (B) to ensure that activities carried out through 
                the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the 
                President's Malaria Initiative, and other bilateral 
                health funding are meeting the minimum requirements 
                for, and are wholly aligned with, supporting and 
                complementing national strategies on health systems 
                strengthening, as applicable;
                    (C) to ensure coordination with the Global Health 
                Security Agenda;
                    (D) to ensure coordination with other donors and 
                multilateral organizations, including the Global Fund 
                to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; Gavi, the 
                Vaccine Alliance; and the Global Financing Facility; 
                and
                    (E) to seek regular input from civil society and 
                the private sector regarding best practices for 
                strengthening health systems at the country level.
            (3) Cooperation.--Members of the Working Group shall 
        provide the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development with any requested data and 
        information that is related to health system strengthening 
        activities and programs.
            (4) Reporting requirements.--
                    (A) Initial report.--Not later than 90 days after 
                the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
                Administrator of the United States Agency for 
                International Development shall submit a report to the 
                appropriate congressional committees that identifies--
                            (i) the members of the Working Group;
                            (ii) the Working Group's plans to carry out 
                        the duties described in paragraph (2); and
                            (iii) the countries in which such duties 
                        will be carried out.
                    (B) Annual report.--Not later than one year after 
                submission of the initial report under subparagraph 
                (A), and annually thereafter for the next five years, 
                the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
                International Development shall submit a report to the 
                appropriate congressional committees that describes, 
                with respect to the reporting period--
                            (i) the progress achieved in strengthening 
                        health systems; and
                            (ii) the amount of funding from the 
                        President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the 
                        President's Malaria Initiative, Maternal and 
                        Child Health, Neglected Tropical Diseases, 
                        Nutrition, Tuberculosis, Family Planning, 
                        Pandemic Preparedness, and other United States 
                        Government supported health programs that was 
                        spent on strengthening health systems in cross 
                        cutting ways.
            (5) Authorization for use of funds.--Amounts appropriated 
        by this Act and amounts appropriated for purposes of carrying 
        out section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
        U.S.C. 2151b) may be used to carry out the activities described 
        in subsections (a) and (b).

SEC. 206. ADDITIONAL AUTHORITIES.

    (a) Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.--Chapter 1 of part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 104(c)(1) (22 U.S.C. 2151b(c)(1)), by 
        inserting ``(emphasizing health systems strengthening, as 
        appropriate)'' after ``health services'';
            (2) in section 104A (22 U.S.C. 2151b-2)--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(3)(D), by striking 
                ``including health care systems, under other 
                international donor support'' and inserting ``including 
                through support for health systems strengthening, under 
                other donor support''; and
                    (B) in subsection (f)(3)(Q), by inserting ``the 
                Office of the United States Global AIDS Coordinator, 
                partner countries, and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, 
                Tuberculosis, and Malaria to ensure that their actions 
                support the activities taken to strengthen the overall 
                health systems in recipient countries, and efforts by'' 
                after ``efforts by''; and
            (3) in section 104B(g)(2) (22 U.S.C. 2151b-3(g)(2)), by 
        inserting ``strengthening the health system of the country 
        and'' after ``contribute to''.
    (b) United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and 
Malaria Act of 2003.--Section 204(a) of the United States Leadership 
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 
7623(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(A), by inserting ``, in the context of 
        plans to strengthen overall health systems'' before the 
        semicolon; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(C), by inserting ``as part of a 
        strategy to improve overall health'' before the semicolon at 
        the end.

SEC. 207. SUPPORT FOR EFFORTS OF THE GLOBAL FUND TO FIGHT AIDS, 
              TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA TO RESPOND TO COVID-19.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the COVID-19 pandemic threatens gains made through 
        decades of investments to combat the spread of AIDS, 
        tuberculosis, and malaria;
            (2) COVID-19 poses a threat to the health systems of 
        resource-constrained countries, including strains on laboratory 
        capacity and supply chains for health commodities, as well as 
        availability of healthcare workers and equipment and supplies;
            (3) interruptions in treatment for AIDS, tuberculosis, and 
        malaria due to disruptions in supply chains for critical drugs 
        and medical equipment and supplies, as well as the diversion of 
        healthcare workers, could significantly increase the death toll 
        from AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, potentially exceeding the 
        number of deaths from COVID-19 itself; and
            (4) the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 
        has a strong track record of working with partners in resource-
        constrained settings to ensure delivery of services and 
        commodities.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Notwithstanding section 
202(d)(4)(A)(i) of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, 
Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7622(d)(4)(A)(i)), 
there is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000,000 for an immediate 
contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and 
Malaria, specifically for its COVID-19 response mechanism, to be 
available until expended.

          Subtitle B--International Economic Pandemic Response

SEC. 211. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON BUILDING RESILIENCE.

    It is the sense of Congress that United States foreign assistance 
and finance must improve the ability of people, households, 
communities, countries, regions, institutions, and systems to assess, 
anticipate, prevent, adapt to, cope with, and recover from shocks and 
stresses, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, in ways that--
            (1) account for, and reduce chronic vulnerability resulting 
        from, disruptive or potentially disruptive changes in national 
        and community demographics, the environment and natural 
        resource availability, public health threats like the COVID-19 
        outbreak, political leadership, and economic growth trends;
            (2) address structural drivers of shocks, stresses, and 
        vulnerability, including poor governance, weak public 
        institutions, and systemic gender, religious, or ethnic-based 
        marginalization and economic exclusion;
            (3) expand resilience capacities, inclusive economic growth 
        opportunities, and equitable access to capital and market tools 
        across diverse populations and communities in developing 
        countries;
            (4) strengthen inclusive governance and economic growth, 
        peace and stability, and food and nutrition security in the 
        face of current and potential disruptions, and the capacities 
        of national and local institutions charged with serving the 
        public good and ensuring public safety;
            (5) advance a comprehensive, whole-of-government approach 
        to build capacities that protect, improve, and sustain growth, 
        peace, and stability and preparedness against shocks in 
        developing countries and for populations most vulnerable to 
        persistent and forecasted shocks and stresses;
            (6) improve international support of the United States 
        Government for sustained inclusive long-term growth, peace and 
        stability, equality, and good governance in developing 
        countries, at the national and subnational levels, through the 
        collection, evaluation, and practical application of 
        information on persistent and forecasted shocks and stresses, 
        such as epidemics, pandemics, and climate change;
            (7) assess and measure the progress of United States 
        foreign assistance in helping households, communities, systems, 
        and institutions measure impact on improving development, 
        peace, and stability outcomes following shocks and stresses or 
        to prevent shocks from materializing; and
            (8) foster partnerships and seek commitments from host 
        countries to--
                    (A) make inclusive investments;
                    (B) implement reforms;
                    (C) execute programs that build resilience 
                capacities and planning towards the achievement of 
                long-term sustainable development and growth;
                    (D) establish safeguards against shocks like 
                epidemics, pandemics, and climate change; and
                    (E) ensure responsible agents are accountable.

SEC. 212. FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR PANDEMIC PREPAREDNESS AND GLOBAL HEALTH 
              SECURITY.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) no country is fully prepared to respond to epidemic or 
        pandemic threats, and as COVID-19 has demonstrated, an outbreak 
        anywhere can quickly escalate to become a threat everywhere;
            (2) the work of international public institutions and 
        publicly and privately funded organizations and initiatives 
        such as the World Health Organization, the Global Preparedness 
        Monitoring Board, the GHSA, and others to identify and develop 
        action plans, set standards, develop tools for evaluation, and 
        undertake assessments has been critical to efforts to improve 
        global health security;
            (3) lack of resources and incentives have proven to be 
        obstacles to lower-income countries, which have not allocated 
        sufficient funding from national budgets to fill their pandemic 
        preparedness gaps identified through Joint External 
        Evaluations;
            (4) recent estimates suggest that the costs for most lower-
        income countries to close their gaps in preparedness would be 
        less than $2 per person per year, which is significantly lower 
        than the trillions of dollars in costs to United States 
        taxpayers resulting from the health and economic impact of 
        pandemics; and
            (5) the World Bank has a critical role in helping lower-
        income countries finance actions to fill gaps identified 
        through existing assessments and national action plans to 
        prevent, detect, and respond to epidemic and pandemic threats.
    (b) Establishment of a World Bank Trust Fund.--
            (1) In general.--The United States Executive Director to 
        the World Bank Group shall use the voice and vote of the United 
        States to advocate for the establishment of a multi-donor trust 
        fund to incentivize and support countries to develop and 
        implement credible national action plans aimed at preventing, 
        detecting, and responding to epidemics and pandemics, including 
        to further incentivize countries with such plans to provide 
        domestic resources towards their implementation (in this 
        section referred to as the ``Trust Fund''). The United States 
        Executive Director shall ensure that the Trust Fund--
                    (A) is available to low-income countries that have 
                developed a credible national action plan on health 
                security, including those that have prioritized 
                pandemic preparedness funding in their national 
                budgets;
                    (B) places specific emphasis on use of the funds 
                for--
                            (i) acquisition of technical assistance for 
                        the development and implementation of national 
                        action plans for health security that seek to 
                        achieve specific, measurable targets, including 
                        targets identified through Joint External 
                        Evaluations carried out in keeping with the 
                        International Health Regulations (2005);
                            (ii) financing for the implementation of 
                        actions and activities meant to fill gaps 
                        identified through rigorously developed and 
                        evaluated national action plans for health 
                        security that identify measurable steps to 
                        build and sustain capacity to prevent, detect, 
                        and respond to epidemic threats, including 
                        those that have undergone Joint External 
                        Evaluations and in keeping with the targets of 
                        the Global Health Security Agenda;
                            (iii) financing through mechanisms aimed at 
                        creating incentives for countries to devote an 
                        increasing share of their own resources to core 
                        preparedness functions and to make measurable, 
                        independently verified progress against 
                        preparedness outcomes such as national action 
                        plan benchmarks, Joint External Evaluation and 
                        Global Health Security Index scores, or other 
                        credible, rigorously developed, measurable 
                        plans;
                            (iv) leverage over public and private 
                        sector funding, including country resources and 
                        resources from government donors, development 
                        banks, private sector entities, philanthropies, 
                        and other non-governmental entities, to 
                        incentivize countries to prioritize health 
                        security;
                            (v) resources for the purposes of measuring 
                        progress made towards achieving benchmarks and 
                        milestones in closing gaps, and for 
                        evaluations;
                            (vi) activities to conduct regular 
                        exercises of health security capacities and for 
                        publishing and disseminating annual after-
                        action reviews based on simulation exercises; 
                        and
                            (vii) activities necessary to 
                        constructively participate in an international 
                        biosurveillance architecture aimed at rapidly 
                        detecting emerging pandemic threats;
                    (C) develops and reports on a means for ensuring 
                funding is prioritized for countries that are the most 
                vulnerable to pandemic threats;
                    (D) makes provisions for accepting donations from 
                the private sector, foundations, and nongovernmental 
                organizations;
                    (E) requires countries applying for resources made 
                available by this fund to identify specific funding in 
                national budgets for purposes of pandemic preparedness; 
                and
                    (F) is structured with appropriate safeguards and 
                benchmarks to ensure that funding is used transparently 
                and effectively and that measurable results are 
                achieved.
    (c) Coordination.--In advocating for the establishment of the Trust 
Fund, the United States Executive Director shall make an effort to 
ensure that the establishment of any Trust Fund coordinates with--
            (1) existing facilities of the World Bank Group; and
            (2) actions and activities undertaken by international 
        public institutions and publicly and privately funded 
        organizations and initiatives.
    (d) Requirement for Consultation.--In advocating for the 
establishment of a Trust Fund pursuant to subsection (b), the United 
States Executive Director of the World Bank Group shall consult with 
the appropriate congressional committees about the establishment of the 
Trust Fund, including on the elements and requirements associated with 
the plans, programs, and actions that are eligible for funding, and 
plans to ensure funding is prioritized for countries that are the most 
vulnerable to epidemic and pandemic threats.

SEC. 213. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL 
              DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION.

    It is the sense of Congress as follows:
            (1) The COVID-19 pandemic is causing a global economic 
        recession as evidenced by, but not limited to, the following 
        global economic indicators:
                    (A) The United Nations Conference on Trade and 
                Development estimates that the economic uncertainty 
                associated with the COVID-19 pandemic will likely cost 
                the global economy at least $1,000,000,000,000 in 2020.
                    (B) Global markets have suffered losses ranging 
                between 5 percent and over 10 percent since the 
                beginning of the pandemic.
                    (C) African finance ministers recently announced 
                that the continent will need at least a 
                $100,000,000,000 stimulus package, including the 
                suspension of debt service payments.
            (2) Even when markets begin to recover in the future, 
        access to capital will likely be especially challenging for 
        developing countries, which likely also will be struggling with 
        the containment of and recovery from COVID-19.
            (3) Economic uncertainty and inability of individuals and 
        households to generate income is a major driver of political 
        instability and social discord, which creates conditions for 
        insecurity.
            (4) It is in the security and economic interests of the 
        United States to assist in the economic recovery of developing 
        countries that are made more vulnerable and unstable from both 
        the public health and economic impacts of the COVID-19 
        pandemic.
            (5) United States foreign assistance and development 
        finance institutions must blunt the impacts of a COVID-19 
        related economic recession by supporting investments in sectors 
        critical to maintaining economic stability and resilience in 
        low and middle income countries.
            (6) The need for the United States International 
        Development Finance Corporation's support for advancing 
        development outcomes in less developed countries, as mandated 
        by the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development 
        Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), is critical to ensuring 
        lasting and resilient economic growth in light of the COVID-19 
        pandemic's exacerbation of economic hardships and challenges.
            (7) The United States International Development Finance 
        Corporation is encouraged to adjust its view of risk versus 
        return by taking smart risks that may produce a lower rate of 
        financial return but produce significant development outcomes 
        in responding to the economic effects of COVID-19.
            (8) To mitigate the economic impacts of the COVID-19 
        recession, the United States International Development Finance 
        Corporation should use its resources and authorities to, among 
        other things--
                    (A) offer borrowers loans and loan guarantees at 
                concessional rates below the Federal Reserve interest 
                rate;
                    (B) ensure loan support for small- and medium-sized 
                enterprises;
                    (C) offer local currency loans to borrowers for 
                working capital needs;
                    (D) create dedicated financing opportunities for 
                new ``customers'' that are experiencing financial 
                hardship due to COVID-19;
                    (E) extend grace periods for loan payment and 
                repayment to borrowers experiencing hardship due to the 
                COVID-19 pandemic; and
                    (F) work with other development finance 
                institutions to create co-financing facilities to 
                support customers experiencing hardship due to the 
                COVID-19 pandemic.

SEC. 214. PROHIBITION ON THE TRANSFER OF SOVEREIGN LOAN GUARANTEES TO 
              THE UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE 
              CORPORATION.

    (a) In General.--Section 1463(c)(1) of the Better Utilization of 
Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9683(c)(1)) 
is amended by striking ``the Corporation or any other appropriate 
department or agency of the United States Government'' and inserting 
``any appropriate department or agency of the United States Government 
(other than the Corporation)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the Better Utilization of Investments 
Leading to Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.).

SEC. 215. SURGE FINANCING MECHANISM.

    Title III of the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to 
Development Act of 2018 (22 U.S.C. 9631 et seq.) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 1436. SURGE FINANCING MECHANISM.

    ``(a) In General.--The Board shall establish a mechanism, to be 
administered by the Strategic Investments Officer, pursuant to which 
the Corporation expedites decisions to provide support under title II 
in select cases.
    ``(b) Maximum Contingent Liability.--The maximum contingent 
liability of the Corporation outstanding at any one time during any 
fiscal year under this section shall not exceed in the aggregate an 
amount that is equal to 10 percent of the amount appropriated for the 
Corporation for that fiscal year.
    ``(c) Notification to Congress.--The Chairperson of the Board shall 
notify the appropriate congressional committees of each decision to 
expedite a decision under this section and the reasons for expediting 
that decision.''.

SEC. 216. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE CURRENCY EXCHANGE 
              FUND.

    It is the sense of Congress that the President, acting through the 
Secretary of State, should contribute such sums as may be necessary to 
the Currency Exchange Fund (TCX) in order to help hedge against foreign 
exchange risk in COVID-19 economic reconstruction efforts.

SEC. 217. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON BILATERAL DEBT RESTRUCTURING.

    It is the Sense of Congress that the President, acting through the 
Secretary of the Treasury, should enter into negotiations for selling, 
reducing, or cancelling amounts owed to the United States from 
bilateral credit partners who are in immediate need of debt 
restructuring due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

SEC. 218. CLEARING WORLD BANK GROUP ARREARS.

    Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of the Treasury shall provide the World Bank Group with 
all necessary amounts to address the United States arrears from fiscal 
years 2019 and 2020.

      Subtitle C--Refugee, Humanitarian, and Migration Provisions

SEC. 231. PROTECTION OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) during the unprecedented public health crisis caused by 
        the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States should collaborate 
        with governments of other countries to take measures that 
        protect individuals fleeing persecution, war, and generalized 
        violence; and
            (2) extraordinary policy measures, such as border closures 
        and travel restrictions, which impose unusual burdens for those 
        seeking international protection, should be lifted as soon as 
        circumstances permit, and exceptions to such measures should be 
        made for highly vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers.
    (b) Resumption of Refugee Resettlement.--The Secretary of State, in 
coordination with the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall--
            (1) extend the period of validity for refugee visas;
            (2) continue processing immigration benefits, including 
        security vetting, to the extent such processing is unaffected 
        by the COVID-19 pandemic;
            (3) expeditiously resume refugee resettlement through the 
        United States Refugee Admissions Program upon the resumption of 
        international refugee resettlement operations by the United 
        Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International 
        Organization for Migration;
            (4) reallocate refugee admissions to ensure that--
                    (A) the number of refugees authorized to be 
                admitted for fiscal year 2020 under section 207(a) of 
                the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(a)) 
                will be reached; and
                    (B) highly vulnerable refugees referred by the 
                United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, such as 
                unaccompanied refugee minors, are admitted; and
            (5) notify the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
        Senate, the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 
        Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives, the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of 
        Representatives, and the Committee on Homeland Security of the 
        House of Representatives about the reallocation described in 
        paragraph (4).
    (c) Applying Refugee Admissions to the Fiscal Year 2020 
Presidential Determination.--
            (1) In general.--Any alien described in paragraph (2) who, 
        after applying for admission as a covered refugee, is admitted 
        to the United States shall be counted against the fiscal year 
        2020 numerical limitation for admission of refugees determined 
        under section 207(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1157(a)).
            (2) Covered refugee.--An alien is a covered refugee 
        described in this paragraph if the alien--
                    (A) applied for admission as a refugee, regardless 
                of the applicant's allocation within the fiscal year 
                2020 numerical limitation for admission of refugees; 
                and
                    (B)(i) was designated as ``Ready for Departure'' in 
                the Department of State's Worldwide Refugee Admissions 
                Processing System on March 17, 2020;
                    (ii) had, or will have, a medical clearance expire 
                between March 17, 2020, and September 30, 2020;
                    (iii) had, or will have, a security clearance 
                expire between March 17, 2020, and September 30, 2020; 
                or
                    (iv) completed an interview with a U.S. Citizenship 
                and Immigration Services officer before March 17, 2020.
    (d) Humanitarian Exemption for Entry Into the United States.--
            (1) In general.--Any alien who travels to the United States 
        for the purpose of seeking entry into the United States to 
        avoid persecution or torture in his or her country of origin or 
        most recent residence shall be--
                    (A) considered to be engaging in essential travel;
                    (B) exempted from travel restrictions into the 
                United States; and
                    (C) afforded the right to seek asylum in the United 
                States.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 362 of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 265) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Whenever'' and inserting the 
                following:
    ``(a) In General.--Whenever''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subsection:
    ``(b) Humanitarian Exceptions.--The Surgeon General shall specify 
humanitarian exceptions to the travel restrictions authorized under 
subsection (a) for persons in need of protection from persecution or 
torture.''.
    (e) Extension of Filing or Re-Entry Deadlines.--
            (1) In general.--
                    (A) Extension of visa expiration.--Notwithstanding 
                section 221(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
                (8 U.S.C. 1201(c)) or any other provision of law, 
                including any actions taken pursuant to section 212(f) 
                or 215(a) of such Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a)) or 
                section 362 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
                265), if any visa described in subparagraph (B) expires 
                or expired during the period described in paragraph 
                (3), the period of validity of the visa shall be 
                extended until the date that is 90 days after the last 
                day of the period described in paragraph (3).
                    (B) Visa described.--A visa described in this 
                subparagraph is a visa issued under--
                            (i) section 1059 of the National Defense 
                        Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public 
                        Law 109-163; 8 U.S.C. 1101 note);
                            (ii) section 1244 of the Refugee Crisis in 
                        Iraq Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-181; 8 U.S.C. 
                        1157 note); or
                            (iii) section 602 of the Afghan Allies 
                        Protection Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-8; 8 
                        U.S.C. 1101 note).
            (2) Refugees admissions impacted by covid-19.--
        Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including any 
        actions taken pursuant to section 212(f) or 215(a) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a)) 
        or section 362 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
        265)--
                    (A) if an alien seeking admission pursuant to 
                section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
                U.S.C. 1157) was designated, at any time during the 
                period described in paragraph (3) as ``Ready for 
                Departure'' or the equivalent in the Department of 
                State's Worldwide Refugee Admissions Processing System, 
                the period of validity of all required checks for such 
                alien shall be extended until the date that is 90 days 
                after the last day of the period described in paragraph 
                (3);
                    (B) each alien described in subparagraph (A) shall 
                be counted against the fiscal year 2020 numerical 
                limitation for admission of refugees set by the 
                President pursuant to section 207(a) of the Immigration 
                and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157(a)) regardless of 
                the applicant's allocation within such numerical 
                limitation or the applicant's date of admission;
                    (C) the period of validity of a travel document 
                issued pursuant to section 223.1(b) of title 8, Code of 
                Federal Regulations that is scheduled to expire during 
                the period described in paragraph (3) shall be extended 
                until the date that is 90 days after the last day of 
                the period described in paragraph (3);
                    (D) a filing deadline for any application, benefit, 
                or petition filed pursuant to section 207 of the 
                Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1157), 
                including a petition to follow to join a relative or an 
                affidavit of relationship, that is scheduled to expire 
                during the period described in paragraph (3) shall be 
                extended to the date that is 90 days after the last day 
                of the period described in paragraph (3); and
                    (E) upon the termination of the public health 
                emergency declared pursuant to section 319 of the 
                Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect 
                to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Secretary of State, in 
                conjunction with the Secretary of Homeland Security, 
                shall expedite the admission of refugees described in 
                this subsection to achieve the numerical limitation set 
                by the President for fiscal year 2020 pursuant to 
                section 207(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
                (8 U.S.C. 1157(a)).
            (3) Period described.--The period described in this section 
        is the period beginning on the date on which the public health 
        emergency was declared pursuant to section 319 of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect to the COVID-
        19 pandemic and ending 90 days after the termination of such 
        public health emergency.
            (4) Reporting requirement.--
                    (A) In general.--Not later than 30 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act and quarterly 
                thereafter until all COVID-19 related travel 
                restrictions, whether domestic or foreign, have been 
                lifted, the Secretary of State, after consultation with 
                the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall submit a 
                report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, the 
                Committee on the Judiciary, and the Committee on 
                Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
                Foreign Affairs, the Committee on the Judiciary, and 
                the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
                Representatives describing the actions taken to ensure 
                that special immigration visa recipients, refugees, and 
                follow-to-join relatives approved for resettlement or 
                admission in the United States do not face undue 
                application-related delays in traveling to the United 
                States.
                    (B) Contents.--Each report required under 
                subparagraph (A) shall--
                            (i) include the number and nationality of 
                        special immigrant visa recipients, refugees, 
                        and follow-to-join relatives who were delayed 
                        due to COVID-19;
                            (ii) indicate how many of the individuals 
                        described in clause (i) have since traveled to 
                        the United States; and
                            (iii) for such individuals who have not 
                        traveled to the United States, the current 
                        status of their travel documents and the 
                        expected dates on which they will be traveling 
                        to the United States.
    (f) Domestic Refugee Resettlement.--
            (1) Authorization of appropriations.--In addition to 
        amounts otherwise appropriated for such purposes, there is 
        authorized to be appropriated to the Office of Refugee 
        Resettlement of the Department of Health and Human Services an 
        additional $642,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 to meet the 
        immediate needs of recently arrived refugees and other 
        populations receiving resettlement services due to the public 
        health and economic crises caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
            (2) Use of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant to 
        paragraph (1) shall be used--
                    (A) to increase the period during which individuals 
                described in paragraph (1) shall receive Refugee Cash 
                Assistance and Refugee Medical Assistance benefits from 
                8 months to 18 months to provide such individuals, 
                during the extent of such crises, with needed housing, 
                food, and medical assistance;
                    (B) to provide an additional $2,000 for all current 
                and future individuals enrolled in the Matching Grant 
                program--
                            (i) to ensure that rent and utilities for 
                        such individuals are paid for at least 180 
                        days; and
                            (ii) to waive or suspend the non-Federal 
                        matching requirement for this additional 
                        funding;
                    (C) to expand by 200 percent the Preferred 
                Communities Program to provide emergency assistance, 
                such as food, housing, and health needs, to the 
                individuals benefitting from such program;
                    (D) to ensure that--
                            (i) resettlement agencies are able to 
                        maintain their infrastructure and capacity at a 
                        level to continue to serve newly arrived 
                        refugees, previously arrived refugees, and 
                        other populations of concern who remain 
                        statutorily eligible for integration services; 
                        and
                            (ii) there is sufficient capacity for 
                        future arrivals to be adequately served; and
                    (E) to increase the Refugee Support Services budget 
                by $200,000,000 to ensure that the program can flexibly 
                meet recipients' immediate and emergency needs, such as 
                housing, food, and unemployment assistance.
            (3) Implementation of migration and refugee assistance 
        funds.--
                    (A) Findings.--Congress finds that--
                            (i) the infrastructure of the refugee 
                        resettlement program is being challenged, 
                        particularly in light of the moratorium on 
                        refugee arrivals, which inhibits the ability of 
                        refugee resettlement agencies to serve 
                        newcomers, resettled refugees, Afghan and Iraqi 
                        special immigrant visa recipients, asylees, and 
                        others; and
                            (ii) it is important to preserve the 
                        capacity of overseas infrastructure, including 
                        the Resettlement Support Centers overseas, so 
                        that refugee arrivals can resume expeditiously.
                    (B) Bureau of population, refugees, and 
                migration.--The Assistant Secretary of State for the 
                Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration shall--
                            (i) during the period beginning on the date 
                        of the enactment of this Act and ending on 
                        September 30, 2020, increase reception and 
                        placement assistance by $1,000 per person to 
                        strengthen direct support for recent and new 
                        arrivals, including and beyond their first 90 
                        days after arrival;
                            (ii) provide $1,200 in cash assistance 
                        directly to each refugee and Afghan and Iraqi 
                        special immigrant visa recipient who arrived in 
                        the United States during the 12-month period 
                        ending on the date of the enactment of this 
                        Act;
                            (iii) ensure that each of the 9 refugee 
                        resettlement agencies receive adequate funding 
                        to stabilize the refugee resettlement 
                        infrastructure required to continue serving 
                        refugees, as determined by the Secretary of 
                        State, in consultation with such agencies; and
                            (iv) maintain level funding to the overseas 
                        resettlement support centers while processing 
                        refugees for resettlement to the United States 
                        is temporarily suspended.

SEC. 232. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES AFFECTED BY THE COVID-19 
              PANDEMIC.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It shall be the policy of the United 
States to--
            (1) ensure that international assistance, including United 
        States assistance, to address the COVID-19 pandemic reaches all 
        vulnerable populations, including racial and religious 
        minorities, refugees, internally displaced persons, migrants, 
        and stateless persons;
            (2) ensure that United States assistance addresses the 
        second order effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, including 
        specifically ensuring that such assistance meets the needs of 
        those facing starvation and acute food insecurity as a result 
        of the pandemic; and
            (3) protect and support humanitarian actors who are 
        essential workers in preventing, mitigating and responding to 
        the spread of COVID-19 among the marginalized and vulnerable 
        groups described in paragraph (1), and ensure such humanitarian 
        actors are exempted from inappropriate and unreasonable travel 
        restrictions to ensure they can effectively undertake life-
        saving assistance.
    (b) Facilitating Effective and Safe Humanitarian Assistance.--The 
Secretary of State, in coordination with the Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, shall carry out 
actions that accomplish the policies set forth in subsection (a), 
including the following actions:
            (1) Branding.--Prescribing as appropriate, with due 
        consideration for the safety and security of implementing 
        partners and beneficiaries, the use of logos or other insignia 
        of the United States Agency for International Development or 
        the Department of State identity to appropriately identify 
        overseas programs under this Act administered by the United 
        States Agency for International Development and the Department 
        of State.
            (2) Exception to travel restrictions for aid workers.--
        Taking steps to ensure that travel restrictions implemented to 
        help contain the spread of COVID-19 are not applied to 
        individuals authorized by the United States Government to 
        travel to or reside in a designated country to provide 
        assistance related to or otherwise impacted by the COVID-19 
        outbreak.
            (3) Procurement of personal protective equipment.--
        Approving the usage of foreign assistance funding for the 
        procurement of personal protective equipment by United States 
        Government implementing partners from businesses within or 
        nearby the country receiving foreign assistance on an urgent 
        basis and in a manner consistent with efforts to respond to the 
        spread of COVID-19 in the United States.
            (4) Authorization for aid worker evacuation.--Waiving 
        certain travel restrictions implemented to help contain the 
        spread of COVID-19 in order to facilitate the medical 
        evacuation of United States Government implementing partners, 
        regardless of nationality.
    (c) Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State and the 
        Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
        Development shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
        committees a report that assesses the global humanitarian 
        response and outlines specific elements of the United States 
        Government's efforts.
            (2) Elements.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall include the following elements:
                    (A) A description of humanitarian and health-worker 
                access to crisis-affected areas, including--
                            (i) restrictions on the arrival of 
                        humanitarian workers from abroad into the 
                        country;
                            (ii) restrictions on the travel within the 
                        country of humanitarian workers to reach their 
                        areas of operation where populations of concern 
                        reside;
                            (iii) access to medical evacuation in the 
                        event of a health emergency; and
                            (iv) access to personal protective 
                        equipment for United States Government 
                        implementing partners.
                    (B) An analysis and description of countries that 
                have expressly prevented vulnerable populations from 
                accessing necessary assistance related to COVID-19, 
                including--
                            (i) their omission from national response 
                        plans;
                            (ii) laws, policies, or practices that 
                        restrict or preclude treatment at public 
                        hospitals and health facilities; and
                            (iii) exclusion or discrimination in law, 
                        policy, or practice that prevents equal access 
                        to food, shelter, and other basic assistance.
                    (C) A description of United States Government 
                efforts to facilitate greater humanitarian access, 
                including--
                            (i) advocacy and diplomatic efforts with 
                        relevant foreign governments and multilateral 
                        institutions to ensure that vulnerable 
                        populations are included in national response 
                        plans and other relevant plans developed in 
                        response to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
                            (ii) advocacy and diplomatic efforts with 
                        relevant foreign governments to ensure that 
                        relevant travel exemptions are issued for 
                        humanitarian and health workers responding to 
                        the COVID-19 pandemic.
    (d) Authorization.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, and consistent with the authorities of section 491 of the 
        Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2292), there is 
        authorized to be appropriated to the President $4,400,000,000 
        in additional funding for fiscal year 2020, in addition to 
        funds otherwise appropriated or made available for such purpose 
        to provide assistance to meet the urgent humanitarian needs of 
        countries directly affected by or at imminent risk of being 
        affected by the outbreak of COVID-19, especially to communities 
        hosting significant numbers displaced persons and other 
        vulnerable groups, in accordance with established international 
        humanitarian principles.
            (2) Incorporation of gender analysis.--The Secretary of 
        State and the Administrator of the United States Agency for 
        International Development shall ensure that all strategies, 
        programs, and activities undertaken pursuant to this subsection 
        are shaped by a gender analysis as defined by the Women's 
        Entrepreneurship and Economic Empowerment Act of 2019 (Public 
        Law 115-428).

SEC. 233. ADDRESSING THREATS TO WOMEN AND GIRLS IN THE COVID-19 
              PANDEMIC.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) credible research indicates that the COVID-19 pandemic 
        has increased exposure to domestic violence, child marriage, 
        trafficking and other forms of gender-based violence and abuse, 
        and has increased and compounded the risks displaced women and 
        girls face in emergencies;
            (2) the COVID-19 pandemic is disrupting access to sexual 
        and reproductive health care, including antenatal and postnatal 
        care, contraception, and care related to HIV/AIDS and sexually 
        transmitted infections;
            (3) sexual and reproductive health care must remain 
        essential priorities to ensure women and girls may continue to 
        access these services from the most trusted providers; and
            (4) the United States Government should fully support the 
        United Nations Population Fund, which is playing a critical 
        role in the pandemic response and is the lead United Nations 
        agency mandated to address sexual and reproductive health 
        needs, as well as coordinating gender-based violence (GBV) 
        response in humanitarian emergencies.
    (b) Authorization of Activities To Address Gender-Based Violence 
During and After the Pandemic.--The Secretary of State, in coordination 
with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, shall carry out activities to prevent, mitigate, and 
respond to gender-based violence during and following the COVID-19 
pandemic, including--
            (1) providing training, equipment, and capacity building 
        for frontline responders, including health care workers, 
        humanitarian aid personnel, and other service deliverers--
                    (A) to identify and prevent gender-based violence 
                in communities affected by COVID-19; and
                    (B) to support survivors and those at risk through 
                best practices, including--
                            (i) immediate, life-saving assistance, 
                        including medical care, hygiene and dignity 
                        kits, the clinical management of rape, mental 
                        health and psychological support, and referral 
                        to other services, including case management;
                            (ii) access to justice and community-level 
                        reintegration; and
                            (iii) opportunities to earn livelihoods, 
                        build skills, and receive an education;
            (2) ensuring that mechanisms such as domestic abuse 
        hotlines and services for survivors of GBV are considered 
        ``essential services'' within COVID-19 response programs and 
        are fully resourced;
            (3) prioritizing the use of technology and other remote 
        options to maintain contact with and support survivors of 
        violence when movement or access is restricted;
            (4) integrating the prevention of sexual exploitation and 
        abuse committed by aid workers or others providing response 
        services into all programs, including prioritizing appropriate 
        training, monitoring, and accountability mechanisms; and
            (5) ensuring that frontline workers, including those 
        providing in-person services to address gender-based violence, 
        have the personal protective equipment, training, and other 
        safety measures needed to safely provide essential services 
        during the pandemic on an urgent basis and in a manner 
        consistent with efforts to respond to the spread of COVID-19 in 
        the United States.
    (c) Authorization of Assistance to the United Nations Population 
Fund.--Notwithstanding the Secretary of State's determination on July 
8, 2019, made pursuant to the third proviso of title III of the 
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Act, 2019 (division F of Public Law 116-6), funds 
authorized under this Act shall be made available to the United Nations 
Population Fund, including for the following purposes in COVID-19 
impacted countries:
            (1) Improved data collection, coordination, technical 
        expertise and availability of dedicated gender advisors to 
        prevent and respond to gender-based violence in humanitarian 
        settings through the Gender Based Violence Area of 
        Responsibility forum, which is managed by the United Nations 
        Population Fund, and across sectors of humanitarian action, 
        including through training and sensitization of humanitarian 
        aid workers on identification of and care for survivors of 
        gender-based violence, which has spiked globally amid the 
        COVID-19 pandemic.
            (2) Procurement and distribution of personal protective 
        equipment to assist frontline health care workers on an urgent 
        basis and in a manner consistent with efforts to respond to the 
        spread of COVID-19 in the United States.
            (3) Procurement and distribution of sanitizing agents to 
        assist frontline health care workers in infection control.
            (4) Reduction of preventable maternal deaths by delivering 
        prenatal care, antenatal care, and safe childbirth delivery 
        services.
            (5) Addressing the unmet need for contraception, by 
        procuring and distributing essential contraceptive supplies and 
        by improving the functioning of the supply chain.
            (6) Coordination and delivery of gender-based violence 
        prevention, mitigation, and education services.
            (7) Coordination and delivery of information and services 
        to prevent child marriage and female genital mutilation, the 
        incidence of which has increased during the COVID-19 pandemic.

SEC. 234. SAFEGUARDING DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS DURING THE COVID-19 
              PANDEMIC.

    (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) governments may be required to take appropriate but 
        extraordinary actions, during public health emergencies, to 
        halt the spread of disease, including closing businesses and 
        public events, limiting access to public spaces, and 
        restricting the movement of people;
            (2) authorities in more than 82 countries, including the 
        United States, have declared states of emergency due to the 
        threat of COVID-19, which the World Health Organization 
        designated a global pandemic on March 11, 2020;
            (3) governments in certain countries with COVID-19 cases, 
        such as Cambodia, Egypt, Hungary, India, Turkey, China, and the 
        China Liaison Office in Hong Kong, have taken measures that 
        violate the human rights of their citizens without clear public 
        health justification, oversight measures, or sunset provisions;
            (4) governments in 25 countries, including Kenya, Iran, the 
        Philippines, Thailand, and Jordan, have taken measures that 
        affect expression and restrict freedom of the press;
            (5) against a backdrop of rising nationalism, populism, 
        authoritarianism and pushback against human rights in some 
        countries, the crisis can provide a pretext unrelated to the 
        pandemic for governments to engage in repression, including 
        measures that undermine democratic institutions, quash 
        legitimate dissent, and attack journalists, activists, and 
        disfavored social groups, like refugees and migrants, with far-
        reaching consequences that outlive the current crisis;
            (6) the United States Government, implementing emergency 
        policies at home and through its diplomacy and foreign 
        assistance abroad, should assertively champion the protection 
        of internationally recognized human rights during and after the 
        COVID-19 pandemic; and
            (7) during and after the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department 
        of State and the United States Agency for International 
        Development should directly or through nongovernmental 
        organizations or international organizations, provide 
        assistance and implement programs that support democratic 
        institutions, civil society, free media, and internationally 
        recognized human rights.
    (b) Funding for Civil Society and Human Rights Defenders.--
            (1) Program priorities.--Amounts made available for fiscal 
        years 2021 through 2025 to carry out programs authorized under 
        sections 101 and 102 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
        U.S.C. 2151 and 2151-1), including programs to support 
        democratic institutions, human rights defenders, civil society, 
        and freedom of the press, shall be particularly targeted, to 
        the extent feasible, at countries in which emergency government 
        measures taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic violated 
        internationally recognized human rights.
            (2) Eligible countries.--Countries in which emergency 
        government measures taken in response to the COVID-19 pandemic 
        violated internationally recognized human rights, and civil 
        society organizations serving those countries, shall be 
        eligible to receive funds made available pursuant to sections 
        101 and 102 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for each of 
        fiscal years 2021 through 2025, for--
                    (A) programs designed to strengthen and support 
                civil society, human rights defenders, and the freedom 
                of the press; and
                    (B) programs to restore democratic institutions.
    (c) Security Assistance.--
            (1) In general.--Upon the request of the Senate or the 
        House of Representatives by resolution of either such House, or 
        upon the request of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
        Senate or the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of 
        Representatives, the Secretary of State shall, within thirty 
        days after receipt of such request, transmit to both such 
        committees a statement, prepared with the assistance of the 
        Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
        Labor, with respect to the country designated in such request, 
        setting forth--
                    (A) all the available information and a detailed 
                description of practices the recipient government has 
                engaged in or tolerated that violate internationally 
                recognized human rights, including through the use of 
                surveillance technology, in connection with emergency 
                laws or policies implemented in response to, or 
                justified by, the COVID-19 pandemic, or sustained 
                emergency measures that have the effect of curtailing 
                human, political and civil rights beyond a purpose or 
                duration reasonably necessary to contain the COVID-19 
                crisis;
                    (B) the steps the United States has taken to--
                            (i) promote respect for and observance of 
                        human rights in that country and discourage any 
                        practices which are inimical to internationally 
                        recognized human rights, and
                            (ii) publicly or privately call attention 
                        to, and disassociate the United States and any 
                        security assistance provided for such country 
                        from, such practices;
                    (C) whether, in the opinion of the Secretary of 
                State, notwithstanding any such practices--
                            (i) extraordinary circumstances exist which 
                        necessitate a continuation of security 
                        assistance (as defined in section 502B of the 
                        Foreign Assistance Act (22 U.S.C. 2304)) or 
                        security cooperation for such country, and, if 
                        so, a description of such circumstances and the 
                        extent to which such assistance should be 
                        continued, and
                            (ii) on all the facts it is in the national 
                        interest of the United States to provide such 
                        assistance; and
                    (D) such other information that the Secretary of 
                State deems important to include.
            (2) Expedited procedures.--A resolution of request shall be 
        considered in the Senate in accordance with the provisions of 
        section 601(b) of the International Security Assistance and 
        Arms Export Control Act of 1976.
    (d) Reporting Requirements.--
            (1) Initial report.--Not later than 60 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
        publish a report that includes--
                    (A) for each country and territory included in the 
                annual Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, 
                whether and how each country or territory has adhered 
                to the principles set forth in the Universal 
                Declaration of Human Rights and the International 
                Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in responding to 
                the COVID-19 pandemic;
                    (B) with regard to each country in which the 
                response to the COVID-19 pandemic violated 
                internationally recognized human rights in a manner 
                inconsistent with the principles of limitation and 
                derogation--
                            (i) the actions of the United States 
                        Government to voice concern about such 
                        violations; and
                            (ii) any efforts made by each country to 
                        respond to and resolve such human rights 
                        concerns;
                    (C) with regard to each country in which the 
                response to the COVID-19 pandemic violated 
                internationally recognized human rights, the impact of 
                noncompliant policies on--
                            (i) the population's access to health care 
                        services; and
                            (ii) the government's efforts to control 
                        the pandemic;
                    (D) a description of actions taken by the Global 
                Engagement Center established under section 1287 of the 
                National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 
                (22 U.S.C. 2656 note) to counter disinformation related 
                to COVID-19; and
                    (E) a description of the United States Government's 
                efforts around the world--
                            (i) to counter disinformation related to 
                        the COVID-19 pandemic; and
                            (ii) to disseminate accurate information 
                        about the pandemic.
            (2) Monthly reports.--Not later than 30 days after the 
        publication of the report required under paragraph (1), and 
        monthly thereafter until the date that is 60 days after the 
        date on which the President declares that the COVID-19 pandemic 
        has ended, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 
        United States Agency for International Development shall 
        provide to the appropriate congressional committees a list of 
        the countries that have removed COVID-19-related emergency 
        restrictions impacting internationally recognized human rights, 
        including details regarding the restrictions that were removed.
            (3) Final report.--Not later than 90 days after the date on 
        which the President declares that the COVID-19 pandemic has 
        ended, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the 
        appropriate congressional committees that--
                    (A) lists the countries whose emergency measures 
                limiting internationally recognized human rights in a 
                manner inconsistent with the principles of limitation 
                and derogation extended beyond the end of the global 
                pandemic;
                    (B) describes such countries' emergency measures, 
                including a description of how such procedures violate 
                internationally recognized human rights and an analysis 
                of the impact of such measures on access to health care 
                and efforts to control the pandemic within the country;
                    (C) describes--
                            (i) any surveillance measures implemented 
                        during the COVID-19 pandemic;
                            (ii) the extent to which such measures have 
                        been, or have not been, rolled back; and
                            (iii) whether and how such measures impact 
                        internationally recognized human rights; and
                    (D) includes a strategic plan by the Department of 
                State and the United States Agency for International 
                Development that addresses, through diplomacy and 
                foreign assistance, the persistent issues related to 
                internationally recognized human rights in the 
                aftermath of the COVID-19 response.

                   Subtitle D--Other Regional Matters

SEC. 241. ASSISTANCE FOR THE WEST BANK AND GAZA RELATED TO THE COVID-19 
              PANDEMIC.

    (a) Finding.--Congress finds that Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza 
are experiencing outbreaks of COVID-19, and recognizes the 
interconnection of public health, public safety, and security.
    (b) Humanitarian Assistance.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the United States Government may use funds appropriated for 
international disaster assistance to provide rapid awards of 
humanitarian assistance, including through previously vetted United 
States organizations, in furtherance of health-related COVID-19 
response efforts in the West Bank and Gaza.

SEC. 242. PREVENTING THE SPREAD OF COVID-19 AT THE UNITED STATES-MEXICO 
              BORDER.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) In January 2019, the Department of Homeland Security 
        began implementing the Migrant Protection Protocols, which 
        require foreign nationals entering or seeking admission to the 
        United States from Mexico, without proper documentation, to be 
        returned to Mexico for the duration of their immigration 
        proceedings.
            (2) Approximately 60,000 foreign nationals who have been 
        subjected to the Migrant Protection Protocols are temporarily 
        residing in Mexican communities close to the border between the 
        United States and Mexico, and some of them are living in 
        encampments that lack basic health and sanitation 
        infrastructure.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) asylum seekers living in Mexican communities close to 
        the United States-Mexico border as a result of the Migrant 
        Protection Protocols are highly vulnerable to the transmission 
        of COVID-19; and
            (2) the spread of COVID-19 in these communities would have 
        a direct impact on United States communities on the other side 
        of the border, the residents of such communities, and their 
        public health systems.
    (c) Termination of Authorization of Migrant Protection Protocols.--
Section 235(b)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
1225(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subparagraphs (B) 
        and (C)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (B)''; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (C).

SEC. 243. LIMITATIONS ON REMOVAL OF FOREIGN NATIONALS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) The Secretary of Homeland Security has deported from 
        the United States--
                    (A) Guatemalan nationals, who have been sent back 
                to Guatemala;
                    (B) Mexican nationals, who have been sent back to 
                Mexico; and
                    (C) Haitian nationals, who have been sent back to 
                Haiti.
            (2) Some of the people referred to in paragraph (1) have 
        tested positive for COVID-19 upon arrival in their country of 
        origin.
            (3) In 2019, the Secretary of Homeland Security signed 
        Asylum Cooperative Agreements with the Governments of 
        Guatemala, of Honduras, and of El Salvador to transfer asylum 
        seekers from the United States.
            (4) The public health systems of Guatemala, Haiti, 
        Honduras, El Salvador, and other countries have limited 
        capacity for handling severe or critical cases of COVID-19, as 
        documented by United States Embassies in each country.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) deporting foreign nationals suffering from COVID-19 to 
        countries that lack sufficient public health capacity to 
        address the pandemic increases the risk for uncontrolled 
        outbreaks of COVID-19 in foreign countries;
            (2) uncontrolled outbreaks of COVID-19 in foreign countries 
        increase the risk that COVID-19 will be reintroduced into the 
        United States in the future;
            (3) the Secretary of Homeland Security must test all 
        foreign nationals for COVID-19 before deporting them to their 
        respective countries of origin; and
            (4) the transfer of asylum seekers from the United States 
        to Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador poses unnecessary risks 
        to the health and safety of the individuals being transferred 
        and communities in recipient countries while the COVID-19 
        pandemic remains uncontrolled.
    (c) Limitation on Removals.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, the Secretary of Homeland Security is prohibited from removing 
foreign nationals from the United States to their respective countries 
of origin until after the Secretary of Homeland Security and the 
Secretary of State jointly certify to the Committee on Foreign 
Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the 
House of Representatives that--
            (1) the Secretary of Homeland Security has developed and 
        implemented a protocol to ensure that all foreign nationals 
        with an order of removal from the United States will be tested 
        for COVID-19 before being removed from the United States; and
            (2) the Secretary of Homeland Security and the Secretary of 
        State have provided appropriate foreign governments with 
        information about the COVID-19 testing protocol developed by 
        the Secretary of Homeland Security for foreign nationals who 
        are removed from the United States.

SEC. 244. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ENSURING THAT SANCTIONS DO NOT INHIBIT 
              THE PROVISION OF HUMANITARIAN RELIEF TO IRAN.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the President should--
                    (A) take steps to ensure that sanctions imposed by 
                the United States do not inhibit the delivery and 
                availability of humanitarian relief, including medicine 
                and medical equipment, for the people of Iran;
                    (B) publicly clarify to financial institutions and 
                other entities that United States law does not penalize 
                medical or other humanitarian transactions meant to 
                combat COVID-19 in Iran and publicly promote ways that 
                financial institutions and governments around the world 
                can help fight the pandemic in Iran;
                    (C) work quickly with the governments of other 
                countries to set up humanitarian channels for entities 
                to provide assistance related to combating COVID-19 to 
                Iran, modeled on the Swiss Humanitarian Trade 
                Arrangement;
                    (D) ensure that entities are not penalized or 
                subject to sanctions if they are legitimately providing 
                humanitarian or medical supplies that will help the 
                people of Iran combat the spread and effects of COVID-
                19 in Iran; and
                    (E) temporarily raise the ceiling on the amount of 
                funds permitted to be sent to Iran for humanitarian aid 
                under General License E, issued under part 560 of title 
                31, Code of Federal Regulations, and relating to 
                authorizing certain services in support of 
                nongovernmental organizations' activities in Iran, or 
                specify that payments related to combating the COVID-19 
                pandemic are not counted for purposes of that ceiling; 
                and
            (2) the Government of Iran should take immediate steps to 
        promote the health and safety of people in Iran by releasing 
        from prison all politically held dual nationals who may be at 
        increased risk for contracting or suffering from complications 
        from COVID-19.

SEC. 245. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON CLARIFYING THAT SANCTIONS DO NOT INHIBIT 
              THE PROVISION OF HUMANITARIAN RELIEF TO VENEZUELA.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the President should--
                    (A) take all necessary steps to ensure and clarify 
                that sanctions imposed by the United States do not 
                inhibit the delivery and availability of humanitarian 
                relief, including medicine and medical equipment, for 
                the people of Venezuela;
                    (B) publicly clarify to financial institutions and 
                other entities that United States law does not penalize 
                medical or humanitarian transactions meant to combat 
                COVID-19 in Venezuela, including by updating and 
                republishing the document of the Office of Foreign 
                Assets Control of the Department of the Treasury 
                entitled ``Guidance Related to the Provision of 
                Humanitarian Assistance and Support to the Venezuelan 
                People'', and dated August 6, 2019; and
                    (C) publicly promote ways that international 
                organizations and governments around the world can best 
                respond to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in 
                Venezuela; and
            (2) the regime of Nicolas Maduro should immediately--
                    (A) permit the delivery of international 
                humanitarian assistance, including agricultural 
                commodities and medical equipment, for the people of 
                Venezuela; and
                    (B) release all political prisoners who may be at 
                increased risk of contracting or suffering from 
                complications from COVID-19.

SEC. 246. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON ENSURING THAT SANCTIONS DO NOT INHIBIT 
              THE PROVISION OF HUMANITARIAN RELIEF TO THE DEMOCRATIC 
              PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF NORTH KOREA.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the President should--
                    (A) take steps to ensure that sanctions imposed by 
                the United States do not inhibit the delivery and 
                availability of humanitarian relief, including medicine 
                and medical equipment, for the people of the Democratic 
                People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK);
                    (B) publicly clarify to the United Nations, 
                financial institutions, and other entities that United 
                States law does not penalize medical or other 
                humanitarian transactions meant to combat COVID-19 in 
                the DPRK, and publicly promote ways that financial 
                institutions and governments around the world can help 
                fight the pandemic in the DPRK;
                    (C) work quickly with the governments of other 
                countries to set up humanitarian channels for entities 
                to provide assistance related to combating COVID-19 to 
                the DPRK, including for travel for effective aid 
                delivery and program monitoring; and
                    (D) ensure that entities are not penalized or 
                subject to sanctions if they are legitimately providing 
                humanitarian or medical supplies that will help the 
                people of the DPRK combat the spread and effects of 
                COVID-19 in the DPRK; and
            (2) the Government of the DPRK should take immediate steps 
        to promote the health and safety of people in the DPRK by, 
        among other measures, releasing from prison all political 
        prisoners held at political prison and reeducation camps run by 
        the State Security Department and the Ministry for People's 
        Security who may be at increased risk for contracting or 
        suffering from complications from COVID-19.

SEC. 247. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the European Union is a close ally of the United 
        States, and the President should express solidarity with the 
        European Union and work closely with Brussels to lead an 
        international response to the humanitarian and economic 
        implications of the COVID-19 pandemic;
            (2) the United States Government should closely coordinate 
        international humanitarian and development assistance efforts 
        with the European Union's ``Team Europe'' campaign as the 
        developing world contends with significant challenges 
        associated with the COVID-19 pandemic;
            (3) the United States Government and the European Union 
        should coordinate efforts to leverage the wealth and experience 
        of the private sector in providing assistance and expertise to 
        address the humanitarian economic implications of the COVID-19 
        pandemic;
            (4) scientists from the United States should coordinate 
        closely with scientists from European Union member states to 
        develop effective treatments and a vaccine for COVID-19;
            (5) the United States Government and the European Union and 
        its member states should enhance intelligence cooperation to 
        counter Chinese and Russian disinformation efforts with respect 
        to the COVID-19 pandemic;
            (6) the United States Government and the European Union 
        should coordinate on joint strategies to diminish reliance on 
        the medical and pharmaceutical supply chain from China in the 
        wake of the COVID-19 pandemic;
            (7) the United States Government and the European Union 
        should coordinate efforts to provide assistance and directly 
        engage with the political leadership of EU Eastern Partnership 
        countries and EU aspirant countries, especially those in the 
        Western Balkans; and
            (8) the United States Government and the European Union 
        should closely coordinate to mitigate the effects of anti-
        democratic forces seeking to erode our democratic institutions 
        and shared values throughout the pandemic.

SEC. 248. INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION ASSISTANCE FOR COVID-19 
              RECOVERY EFFORTS IN SUDAN.

    (a) Authorization.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
Secretary of the Treasury may instruct the United States executive 
director of an international financial institution to use the voice and 
vote of the United States to support assistance by such institution, 
including any loan, credit, or guarantee, for Sudan, provided that such 
assistance must be related to Sudan's response or recovery from the 
COVID-19 pandemic.
    (b) International Financial Institution Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``international financial institution'' means the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the 
International Development Association, the International Finance 
Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the International 
Monetary Fund, the International Fund for Agricultural Development, the 
Asian Development Fund, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the 
North American Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development, the African Development Bank, the African Development 
Fund, and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency.

    TITLE III--UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND AUTHORITIES

  Subtitle A--Enhancing United States Government Response to Pandemics

SEC. 301. ROLES FOR UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, 
              DEPARTMENT OF STATE, AND THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL 
              AND PREVENTION.

    (a) Designation of Lead Agencies for Coordination of United States 
Response to Infectious Disease Outbreaks With Pandemic Potential.--In 
the event of an infectious disease outbreak outside the United States 
with pandemic potential, the President shall designate agencies to lead 
response efforts as follows:
            (1) The United States Agency for International Development 
        shall serve as the lead agency for the United States 
        international response, relief, and recovery efforts associated 
        with the potential pandemic outbreak. In this capacity, the 
        United States Agency for International Development shall--
                    (A) support activities, as necessary and 
                appropriate, including immediate disaster assistance 
                and humanitarian response needs in highly affected 
                countries, including testing, treatment, and assistance 
                with preventative care units and community care 
                facilities; provision of supplies such as personal 
                protective, screening, and treatment equipment; 
                community outreach and communication and mobilization 
                efforts; and logistics support; and
                    (B) lead the coordination of funding allocations, 
                in coordination with the Department of State, the 
                International Development Finance Corporation, the 
                Millennium Challenge Corporation, the Inter-American 
                Foundation, and the United States African Development 
                Foundation, to address the secondary economic and 
                social impacts of the pandemic outbreak, such as food 
                insecurity to economic destabilization and insecurity.
            (2) The Department of State shall serve as the lead for 
        diplomatic engagement regarding relief and recovery efforts 
        associated with the potential pandemic outbreak. In this 
        capacity, the Department of State shall promote biosecurity 
        practices and mitigate the risk of illicit acquisition of any 
        pandemic virus or disease.
            (3) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shall 
        serve as the medical lead for the international response to the 
        potential pandemic outbreak. In this capacity, the Centers for 
        Disease Control and Prevention shall work to prevent, prepare 
        for, and respond to the outbreak of a pandemic disease through 
        activities, including--
                    (A) infection control, contact tracing and 
                laboratory surveillance and training;
                    (B) building up emergency operation centers; and
                    (C) providing education and outreach and, in the 
                conduct of clinical trials in affected countries, 
                assessing the safety and efficacy of vaccine and 
                treatment candidates.

SEC. 302. ENHANCED SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY.

    (a) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United States--
            (1) to improve the ability of countries to prevent, detect, 
        and respond to health crises, including outbreaks of infectious 
        diseases with epidemic and pandemic potential, such as COVID-19 
        and Ebola;
            (2) to advance the Global Health Security Agenda by 
        promoting global health security as a core national and human 
        security interest;
            (3) to collaborate with other countries to detect and 
        mitigate outbreaks of infectious diseases with epidemic and 
        pandemic potential early in order to prevent the spread of 
        disease;
            (4) to encourage other countries to invest in basic health 
        care systems; and
            (5) to improve the understanding of and response to 
        intersections of human, animal, and environmental health to--
                    (A) prevent and mitigate infectious disease 
                outbreaks; and
                    (B) combat the growing threat of antimicrobial 
                resistance.
    (b) Special Advisor to the President for Global Health Security.--
Section 101 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3021) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3), by striking ``; and'' and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                paragraph:
            ``(5) coordinate, without assuming operational authority, 
        the United States Government response to global health security 
        emergencies.'';
            (2) by redesignating subsection (h) as subsection (i); and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (g) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(h) Special Advisor to the President for Global Health 
Security.--
            ``(1) In general.--The President shall designate an 
        employee of the National Security Council to be responsible 
        for--
                    ``(A) the coordination of the interagency process 
                for preparing for, preventing, detecting, and 
                responding to global health security emergencies; and
                    ``(B) in consultation with the Global Health 
                Security Agenda Interagency Review Council established 
                pursuant to `section 302(c) of the COVID-19 
                International Response and Recovery Act of 2020' and in 
                coordination with the Administrator of the United 
                States Agency for International Development, leading 
                the development of a framework for such a response in 
                countries where there is armed conflict or insecurity.
            ``(2) Congressional briefing.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not less frequently than 
                semiannually, the employee designated under paragraph 
                (1) shall provide a briefing to the appropriate 
                congressional committees that describes his or her 
                responsibilities and activities under such paragraph.
                    ``(B) Appropriate congressional committees 
                defined.--In this subsection, the term `appropriate 
                congressional committees' means--
                            ``(i) the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
                        the Senate;
                            ``(ii) the Committee on Appropriations of 
                        the Senate;
                            ``(iii) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 
                        the House of Representatives; and
                            ``(iv) the Committee on Appropriations of 
                        the House of Representatives.''.
    (c) Establishment of the Global Health Security Agenda Interagency 
Review Council.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall direct the National 
        Security Council to establish a Global Health Security Agenda 
        Interagency Review Council (referred to in this section as the 
        ``Council''), which shall perform--
                    (A) the general responsibilities described in 
                paragraph (4); and
                    (B) the specific roles and responsibilities 
                described in paragraph (6).
            (2) Chair.--The Special Advisor to the President for Global 
        Health Security designated under section 101(h)(1) of the 
        National Security Act of 1947, as added by subsection (b), 
        shall serve as the Chair of the Council.
            (3) Meetings.--The Council shall meet not less frequently 
        than 4 times per year to advance its mission and fulfill its 
        responsibilities.
            (4) General responsibilities.--
                    (A) In general.--The Council shall--
                            (i) provide, by consensus, policy-level 
                        guidance to participating agencies on GHSA 
                        goals, objectives, and implementation;
                            (ii) facilitate interagency, multi-sectoral 
                        engagement to carry out GHSA implementation;
                            (iii) provide a forum for raising and 
                        working to resolve interagency disagreements 
                        concerning the GHSA;
                            (iv) review the progress toward, and work 
                        to resolve challenges in, achieving United 
                        States commitments under the GHSA, including 
                        commitments to assist other countries in 
                        achieving GHSA targets;
                            (v) consider, among other issues--
                                    (I) the status of United States 
                                financial commitments to the GHSA in 
                                the context of commitments by other 
                                donors, and the contributions of 
                                partner countries to achieve GHSA 
                                targets;
                                    (II) the progress toward the 
                                milestones outlined in GHSA national 
                                plans for countries in which the United 
                                States Government has committed to 
                                assist in implementing the GHSA and in 
                                annual work plans outlining agency 
                                priorities for implementing the GHSA; 
                                and
                                    (III) the Joint External 
                                Evaluations of United States and 
                                partner country capabilities to address 
                                infectious disease threats, including 
                                the ability to achieve the targets 
                                outlined within the World Health 
                                Organization's Joint External 
                                Evaluation tool, and gaps identified by 
                                such external evaluations;
                            (vi) develop an annual report regarding the 
                        progress achieved, and the challenges faced, 
                        concerning the United States Government's 
                        ability to advance GHSA across priority 
                        countries that--
                                    (I) includes recommendations to 
                                resolve, mitigate, or otherwise address 
                                the challenges identified in the 
                                report; and
                                    (II) is submitted to the President 
                                and to the appropriate congressional 
                                committees and is made publicly 
                                available;
                            (vii) not later than September 1, 2020, 
                        complete a GHSA review that--
                                    (I) is submitted to the President 
                                and to the appropriate congressional 
                                committees;
                                    (II) includes an evaluation of the 
                                progress achieved during the 5-year 
                                period of the initiative, and any 
                                challenges faced in carrying out the 
                                initiative; and
                                    (III) includes recommendations on 
                                the future direction of the initiative; 
                                and
                            (viii) develop a framework for the United 
                        States Government to respond to health 
                        emergencies amid insecure settings, such as the 
                        Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of 
                        the Congo in conflict.
                    (B) Form.--The annual report developed under 
                subparagraph (A)(vi), the review completed under 
                subparagraph (A)(vii), and the framework developed 
                under subparagraph (A)(viii) shall be submitted in 
                unclassified form, but may contain a classified annex.
                    (C) Non-interference in foreign affairs 
                responsibilities.--The Council may not perform any 
                activities or functions that interfere with the foreign 
                affairs responsibilities of the Secretary of State, 
                including the responsibility to oversee the 
                implementation of programs and policies that advance 
                the GHSA within foreign countries.
            (5) Participation.--The Council shall consist of 
        representatives, serving at the Assistant Secretary level or 
        higher, from--
                    (A) the Department of State;
                    (B) the Department of Defense;
                    (C) the Department of Justice;
                    (D) the Department of Agriculture;
                    (E) the Department of Health and Human Services;
                    (F) the Department of Homeland Security;
                    (G) the Office of Management and Budget;
                    (H) the United States Agency for International 
                Development;
                    (I) the Environmental Protection Agency;
                    (J) the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention;
                    (K) the Office of Science and Technology Policy, 
                and
                    (L) such other agencies as the representatives from 
                the agencies referred to in subparagraphs (A) through 
                (K) determine, by consensus, to be appropriate.
            (6) Specific roles and responsibilities.--
                    (A) In general.--The heads of agencies described in 
                paragraph (5) shall--
                            (i) make the GHSA and its implementation a 
                        high priority within their respective agencies, 
                        and include GHSA-related activities within 
                        their respective agencies' strategic planning 
                        and budget processes;
                            (ii) designate a senior-level official to 
                        be responsible for the implementation of this 
                        section;
                            (iii) designate, in accordance with 
                        paragraph (5), an appropriate representative at 
                        the Assistant Secretary level or higher to 
                        participate on the Council;
                            (iv) keep the Council apprised of GHSA-
                        related activities undertaken within their 
                        respective agencies;
                            (v) maintain responsibility for agency-
                        related programmatic functions in coordination 
                        with host governments, country teams, and GHSA 
                        in-country teams, and in conjunction with other 
                        relevant agencies;
                            (vi) coordinate with other agencies that 
                        are identified in this section to satisfy 
                        programmatic goals, and further facilitate 
                        coordination of country teams, implementers, 
                        and donors in host countries; and
                            (vii) coordinate across GHSA national plans 
                        and with GHSA partners to which the United 
                        States is providing assistance.
                    (B) Additional roles and responsibilities.--In 
                addition to the roles and responsibilities described in 
                subparagraph (A), the heads of the agencies described 
                in paragraph (5) shall carry out their respective roles 
                and responsibilities described in subsections (b) 
                through (i) of section 3 of Executive Order 13747 (81 
                Fed. Reg. 78701; relating to Advancing the Global 
                Health Security Agenda to Achieve a World Safe and 
                Secure from Infectious Disease Threats), as in effect 
                on the day before the date of the enactment of this 
                Act.

SEC. 303. GLOBAL HEALTH SECURITY STRATEGY AND REPORTS.

    (a) Strategy.--The Special Advisor to the President for Global 
Health Security designated under section 101(h) of the National 
Security Act of 1947, as added by section 302(b), shall coordinate the 
development and implementation of a strategy to implement the policy 
described in section 302(a), which shall--
            (1) set specific and measurable goals, benchmarks, 
        timetables, performance metrics, and monitoring and evaluation 
        plans that reflect international best practices relating to 
        transparency, accountability, and global health security;
            (2) support, and be aligned with, country-owned, global 
        health security policy and investment plans developed with 
        input from key stakeholders, as appropriate;
            (3) facilitate communication and collaboration, as 
        appropriate, among local stakeholders in support of a multi-
        sectoral approach to global health security;
            (4) support the long-term success of programs by building 
        the capacity of local organizations and institutions in target 
        countries and communities and by strengthening health systems;
            (5) develop community resilience to infectious disease 
        emergencies and threats, such as COVID-19 and Ebola;
            (6) leverage resources and expertise through partnerships 
        with the private sector, health organizations, civil society, 
        nongovernmental organizations, and health research and academic 
        institutions; and
            (7) support appropriate collaboration between United States 
        universities and public and private institutions in target 
        countries and communities to promote health security and 
        innovation.
    (b) Coordination.--The President, acting through the Special 
Advisor for Global Health Security, shall coordinate, through a whole-
of-government approach, the efforts of relevant Federal departments and 
agencies in the implementation of the strategy required under 
subsection (a)--
            (1) by establishing monitoring and evaluation systems, 
        coherence, and coordination across relevant Federal departments 
        and agencies; and
            (2) by establishing platforms for regular consultation and 
        collaboration with key stakeholders and the appropriate 
        congressional committees.
    (c) Strategy Submission.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than October 1, 2020, the 
        President, in consultation with the head of each relevant 
        Federal department and agency, shall submit the strategy 
        required under subsection (a) to the appropriate congressional 
        committees.
            (2) Implementation.--The strategy shall provide a detailed 
        description of how the United States intends to implement the 
        policy described in section 302(a) and the agency-specific 
        plans described in paragraph (3).
            (3) Agency-specific plans.--The strategy required under 
        subsection (a) shall include specific implementation plans from 
        each relevant Federal department and agency that describes--
                    (A) the anticipated contributions of the department 
                or agency, including technical, financial, and in-kind 
                contributions, to implement the strategy; and
                    (B) the efforts of the department or agency to 
                ensure that the activities and programs carried out 
                pursuant to the strategy are designed to achieve 
                maximum impact and long-term sustainability, including 
                specific efforts to strengthen health systems, as 
                relevant.
    (d) Annual Report.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the submission 
        of the strategy to the appropriate congressional committees, in 
        accordance with subsection (c), and not later than October 1 of 
        each year thereafter, the President shall submit a report to 
        the appropriate congressional committees that describes the 
        status of the implementation of the strategy required under 
        subsection (a).
            (2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall--
                    (A) contain a summary of the strategy as an 
                appendix;
                    (B) identify any substantial changes made in the 
                strategy during the preceding calendar year;
                    (C) describe the progress made in implementing the 
                strategy, with specific information related to the 
                progress on improving countries' ability to detect, 
                respond and prevent the spread of infectious disease 
                threats like COVID-19 and Ebola;
                    (D) identify--
                            (i) the indicators used to establish 
                        benchmarks and measure results over time; and
                            (ii) the mechanisms for reporting such 
                        results in an open and transparent manner;
                    (E) contain a transparent, open, and detailed 
                accounting of expenditures by relevant Federal 
                departments and agencies to implement the strategy, 
                including, for each Federal department and agency--
                            (i) the statutory source of expenditures;
                            (ii) the amounts expended;
                            (iii) implementing partners;
                            (iv) targeted beneficiaries; and
                            (v) activities supported;
                    (F) describe how the strategy leverages other 
                United States global health and development assistance 
                programs;
                    (G) assess efforts to coordinate United States 
                global health security programs, activities, and 
                initiatives with key stakeholders; and
                    (H) incorporate a plan for regularly--
                            (i) reviewing and updating strategies, 
                        partnerships, and programs; and
                            (ii) sharing lessons learned with a wide 
                        range of stakeholders in an open, transparent 
                        manner.
    (e) Form.--The strategy required under subsection (a) and the 
report required under subsection (d) shall be submitted in unclassified 
form, but may contain a classified annex.

SEC. 304. REQUIREMENT TO CONSULT WITH CONGRESS BEFORE RESTRICTING 
              TRAVEL TO OR FROM THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 5 days before imposing travel 
restrictions regarding travel to or from the United States, the 
President shall consult with the relevant congressional committees and 
provide a notification that includes--
            (1) a policy and legal justification for the travel 
        restrictions;
            (2) a record and description of diplomatic notifications to 
        countries that would be affected by the travel restrictions; 
        and
            (3) a description of the expected national security, 
        health, and economic implications resulting from the 
        restrictions.
    (b) Relevant Congressional Committees Defined.--In this section, 
the term ``relevant congressional committees'' means--
            (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
        Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate; and
            (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on 
        Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives.

SEC. 305. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON USING A SCIENTIFIC TERM FOR COVID-19.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) On February 11, 2020, the World Health Organization 
        announced the scientific name of the disease caused by the 
        novel SARS-CoV-2 that emerged in 2019: COVID-19.
            (2) The World Health Organization recommends the use of 
        scientific names for new human infectious diseases in order to 
        prevent stigma and discrimination against any specific ethnic 
        or racial groups.
            (3) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advises 
        addressing COVID-19 in ways that reduce and avoid stigma and 
        discrimination.
            (4) Some United States Government officials continue to 
        refer to COVID-19 as the ``Wuhan virus'', ``Chinese virus'', 
        ``Kung Flu'', or cognates, rather than the World Health 
        Organization-recommended scientific term.
            (5) The Federal Bureau of Investigation warned that hate 
        crime incidents against Asian Americans would likely surge as a 
        result of the spread of COVID-19, and, researchers have 
        reported an alarming spike in anti-Asian racism in the United 
        States since the COVID-19 outbreak began.
            (6) Other countries, including Ethiopia, the United 
        Kingdom, and Australia, have reported increased levels of 
        harassment and assault directly connected to stigmatization of 
        the virus.
            (7) International cooperation is essential to address this 
        pandemic, and the United States insistence on using alternate 
        terms to refer to ``COVID-19'' has hampered international 
        efforts, including among the Group of 7, to address this 
        crisis.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the United 
States and all of its officers and employees should consistently use 
the World Health Organization-recommended term ``COVID-19'' in domestic 
and international contexts.

         Subtitle B--Other United States Government Authorities

SEC. 311. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON PROVISION OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE 
              EQUIPMENT TO UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL OVERSEAS.

    It is the sense of Congress that the President should, on an urgent 
basis and in a manner consistent with efforts to respond to the spread 
of COVID-19 in the United States, provide personal protective equipment 
and COVID-19 testing devices for use by United States Government 
personnel overseas as needed and in relation to the provision of 
support to United States nationals abroad, or third-country nationals 
connected to such persons, or to the diplomatic or development missions 
of the United States abroad, who are unable to otherwise obtain such 
services, support, or equipment.

SEC. 312. REPORT ON COVID-19 INFECTION RISK MITIGATION PROCEDURES.

    Not later than 15 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a report with a comprehensive plan for COVID-19 infection 
risk mitigation procedures for the Department of State's overseas 
employees and first responders.

SEC. 313. EXTENSION OF EXPIRING IMMIGRATION STATUSES AND EMPLOYMENT 
              AUTHORIZATION.

    (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.), 
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall automatically extend the 
immigration status, period of lawful presence, and employment 
authorization, as applicable, of an alien described in subsection (b) 
for not less than the same period for which the status, period of 
lawful presence, and employment authorization were initially granted.
    (b) Alien Described.--An alien described in this subsection is an 
alien (as defined in section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality 
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a))) whose nonimmigrant status, temporary protected 
status, parole, period of authorized stay, deferred action, or 
employment authorization expired or will expire during the covered 
period.
    (c) Continuous Presence Requirements for Lawful Permanent 
Residents.--With respect to any alien lawfully admitted for permanent 
residence in the United States who is absent from the United States at 
any time during the covered period, such absence shall not be 
considered--
            (1) to be a break of continuous presence for purposes of 
        naturalization under section 316 of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1427); or
            (2) in making a determination with respect to whether the 
        alien has abandoned or relinquished lawful permanent resident 
        status.
    (d) Covered Period Defined.--In this section, the term ``covered 
period'' means the period beginning on March 1, 2020, and ending on the 
later of--
            (1) the date that is 90 days after the date on which the 
        national emergency declared by the President under the National 
        Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to COVID-
        19 is rescinded; or
            (2) one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 314. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON HELPING FOREIGN ASSISTANCE RECIPIENTS 
              MITIGATE EFFECTS FROM LOSS OF OPERATIONS AND ECONOMIC 
              DISRUPTION RELATED TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the guidance issued by the Office of Management and 
        Budget on March 19, 2020, related to the provision of 
        administrative relief for recipients of Federal financial 
        assistance directly impacted by COVID-19 due to loss of 
        operations is consistent with the overall effort to minimize 
        the loss and economic disruption caused by COVID-19; and
            (2) the Department of State and the United States Agency 
        for International Development should urgently implement the 
        Office of Management and Budget guidance to ensure the 
        continued flow of funds to partners and other nongovernmental 
        entities receiving foreign assistance funding, such that--
                    (A) programs underway can be appropriately modified 
                and, if needed, extended;
                    (B) recipients are not penalized for delays;
                    (C) staff can be retained; and
                    (D) programs can expeditiously continue following 
                the easing of restrictions related to the COVID-19 
                pandemic.

SEC. 315. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON DISINFORMATION ABOUT COVID-19.

    It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) the spread of disinformation, myths, conspiracies, and 
        misinformation on COVID-19 can result in consequences that harm 
        public security and health;
            (2) technology companies, particularly social media 
        platforms, share responsibility for ensuring that their 
        platforms are free of disinformation on COVID-19;
            (3) the United States Agency for Global Media and its 
        grantee networks have a critical mission to inform, engage, and 
        connect people around the world in support of freedom and 
        democracy, and those networks must adhere to professional 
        journalistic standards and integrity;
            (4) the Department of State's Global Engagement Center's 
        core mission is to direct, lead, synchronize, integrate, and 
        coordinate efforts of the United States Government to 
        recognize, understand, expose, and counter foreign state and 
        non-state propaganda and disinformation efforts aimed at 
        undermining or influencing the policies, security, or stability 
        of the United States, its allies, and partner nations;
            (5) State, local, and Federal governmental agencies all 
        have a role to play in educating the United States population 
        and promoting programs that strengthen our communities' 
        resiliency to disinformation campaigns; and
            (6) such resiliency requires sustained education, a 
        commitment from our leaders to promote credible, scientific 
        information regarding public health, and a free and independent 
        press.

SEC. 316. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR GLOBAL MEDIA.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Owing to their reliable reputation, United States 
        Agency for Global Media networks and grantees, including Voice 
        of America and Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, have seen an 
        increase in traffic on their online platforms.
            (2) These broadcasting entities have proven valuable in 
        providing timely and accurate information, particularly in 
        countries in which the free press is under threat.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
            (1) accurate, investigative, and scientific journalism is 
        critical for societies to effectively combat global health; and
            (2) Congress supports--
                    (A) United States Agency for Global Media network 
                and grantee investigative and scientific reporting on 
                COVID-19; and
                    (B) platforms that help dispel and combat 
                misinformation about the pandemic.
    (c) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        $10,000,000 to the United States Agency for Global Media for 
        fiscal year 2021, which shall be used by USAGM or its 
        networks--
                    (A) to enhance investigative and specialized 
                reporting on COVID-19;
                    (B) to expand efforts to counter COVID-19 
                disinformation in its media markets, which suffer from 
                a lack of objective journalism on the pandemic;
                    (C) to increase staff training in circumvention 
                tools and other cyber capabilities; and
                    (D) to increase staff and resources to provide 
                appropriate research and support services.
            (2) Technology.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
        $5,000,000 to the United States Agency for Global Media 
        Authorization for fiscal year 2021, which shall be used--
                    (A) to enhance the operational capacity of its 
                networks to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
                    (B) to upgrade information technology 
                infrastructure, including broadcasting equipment, and 
                enhance telecommunications.
    (d) Voice of America.--It is the sense of Congress that amounts 
appropriated pursuant to subsection (c)(1) that are made available to 
Voice of America should be used--
            (1) to expand programs, such as POLYGRAPH.info;
            (2) to provide critical tools for combating propaganda;
            (3) to assist journalists in providing accurate information 
        to local media outlets;
            (4) to hire additional staff, including reporters, writers, 
        and producers; and
            (5) to contract with language-specific production 
        companies.
    (e) Office of Cuba Broadcasting.--It is the sense of Congress 
that--
            (1) the Office of Cuba Broadcasting should continue its 
        reporting on issues affecting the Cuban people, including 
        COVID-19; and
            (2) Radio, TV, and Digital Marti should continue to 
        broadcast programs that detect, highlight, and dispel 
        disinformation.
    (f) Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.--
            (1) Finding.--Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty operates in 
        media markets in which nonstate actors and authoritarian 
        states, including Russia, heavily invest in misinformation and 
        disinformation campaigns designed to promote confusion and 
        mistrust.
            (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty should--
                    (A) increase investigative reporting regarding--
                            (i) the impacts of COVID-19;
                            (ii) the political and social responses 
                        governments are taking in response to COVID-19; 
                        and
                            (iii) the lasting impacts such actions will 
                        have on key political freedoms; and
                    (B) expand its ``digital first'' strategy.
    (g) Radio Free Asia.--
            (1) Finding.--Radio Free Asia operates in a media market 
        dominated by powerful state-run media that have invested 
        heavily in media distortion and disinformation.
            (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        Radio Free Asia should--
                    (A) commission technical experts to bolster efforts 
                to counter social media tools, including bots used by 
                some countries to promote misinformation;
                    (B) expand digital programming and local coverage 
                to expose China's media manipulation techniques; and
                    (C) increase English language content to help 
                counter China's propaganda directed toward English-
                speaking audiences.
    (h) Middle East Broadcasting Networks.--
            (1) Finding.--The Middle East Broadcasting Networks operate 
        largely in closed media markets in which malign state and 
        nonstate actors remain active.
            (2) Sense of congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
        the Middle East Broadcasting Networks should--
                    (A) continue its plans to expand its investigative 
                news unit; and
                    (B) work to ensure that reporting continues amidst 
                operational challenges on the ground.

SEC. 317. GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER.

    (a) Findings.--Congress finds that the Global Engagement Center has 
initiated efforts to combat disinformation related to COVID-19.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that the Global 
Engagement Center should--
            (1) be funded entirely through the regular Department of 
        State budget instead of through the existing Department of 
        Defense transfer authority mechanism in order to best execute 
        its mission;
            (2) continue its efforts to expose and counter state and 
        non-state sponsored misinformation regarding COVID-19, 
        including by coordinating with relevant Federal agencies with 
        expertise in public health and infectious diseases; and
            (3) prioritize the recruitment of senior foreign service 
        officers into its rank to help integrate the Center's work into 
        broader Department of State efforts.
    (c) Hiring Authorities.--For a period not to exceed three years 
following the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 
may appoint employees to carry out the functions of the Global 
Engagement Center, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United 
States Code, governing appointment in the competitive service, and may 
fix the basic compensation of such employees without regard to chapter 
51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title.

SEC. 318. PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE FOR PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEERS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2102 of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-
136), is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii)--
                    (A) in subclause (I)(kk), by striking ``or'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subclause (II), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end and inserting ``or''; and
                    (C) by inserting after subclause (II) the following 
                new subclause:
                                    ``(III) is a Peace Corps volunteer 
                                whose period of service in the Peace 
                                Corps was terminated during the period 
                                beginning on February 1, 2020, and 
                                ending on March 21, 2020, as a result 
                                of being evacuated from abroad in 
                                response to the COVID-19 pandemic; 
                                and''; and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``The 
                assistance'' and inserting ``Except as provided in 
                paragraph (3), the assistance'';
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (4);
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(3) Assistance for certain peace corps volunteers.--In 
        the case of a covered individual who is a Peace Corps volunteer 
        described in subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii)(III), the assistance 
        authorized under subsection (b) for a week of unemployment 
        shall be--
                    ``(A)(i) the weekly benefit amount authorized under 
                the unemployment compensation law of the State where 
                the covered individual resides if the individual were a 
                Federal employee earning the maximum rate of basic pay 
                prescribed for grade GS-7 of the General Schedule; and
                    ``(ii) the amount of Federal Pandemic Unemployment 
                Compensation under section 2104; and
                    ``(B) in the case of an increase of the weekly 
                benefit amount after the date of enactment of this Act, 
                increased in an amount equal to such increase.''; and
                    (D) in paragraph (4), as so redesignated--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subparagraph 
                        (A), by inserting ``or paragraph (3)(A)(ii)'' 
                        after ``paragraph (1)(A)(ii)''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``or paragraph 
                        (3)(A)(i)'' after ``paragraph (1)(A)(i)'' each 
                        place it appears.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if enacted on the date of the enactment of the CARES Act 
(Public Law 116-136; 134 Stat. 281).

SEC. 319. ADDITIONAL PAID LEAVE TO EMPLOYEES OF CERTAIN INDEPENDENT 
              AGENCIES INVOLVED IN THE CONDUCT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

    Section 21007 of division A of the CARES Act (Public Law 116-136) 
is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``, the Director of the Peace Corps, the 
        Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge 
        Corporation, the Chief Executive Officer of the International 
        Development Finance Corporation, the President and Chief 
        Executive Officer of the United States African Development 
        Foundation, the President and Chief Executive Officer of the 
        Inter-American Foundation,'' after ``the Secretary of State''; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``the Secretary and the Administrator'' and 
        inserting ``each of the agency heads authorized to provide 
        additional paid leave under this section''.

SEC. 320. MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION COMPACT EXTENSIONS.

    Notwithstanding the limitations in sections 609(j) and 616 of the 
Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7708(j), 7715), the 
Millennium Challenge Corporation may extend any compact in effect or 
assistance provided as of January 29, 2020, for up to one additional 
year, to account for delays related to COVID-19. The Corporation shall 
provide the appropriate congressional committees with a justification 
prior to providing any such extension.

SEC. 321. ANNUAL NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE AND BRIEFING ON NOVEL 
              DISEASES AND PANDEMIC THREATS.

    (a) In General.--The National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3001 
et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 1109. ANNUAL NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE ESTIMATE AND BRIEFING ON 
              NOVEL DISEASES AND PANDEMIC THREATS.

    ``(a) Definition of Appropriate Committees of Congress.--In this 
section, the term `appropriate committees of Congress' means--
            ``(1) the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Select 
        Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Health, 
        Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and
            ``(2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Permanent 
        Select Committee on Intelligence, and the Committee on Energy 
        and Commerce of the House of Representatives.
    ``(b) National Intelligence Estimates Required.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this section, and annually thereafter, the 
        National Intelligence Council shall produce a National 
        Intelligence Estimate regarding the risk of pandemics from 
        highly infectious and novel diseases.
            ``(2) Elements.--Each National Intelligence Estimate 
        produced under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
                    ``(A) An identification of the countries most 
                likely to be the origin of a disease with pandemic 
                potential.
                    ``(B) An assessment of the likelihood of a spread 
                of a disease described in subparagraph (A) to the 
                United States, the Armed Forces or diplomatic or 
                development personnel of the United States abroad, or 
                citizens of the United States abroad in a manner that 
                could lead to an epidemic in the United States that 
                affects the national security or economic prosperity of 
                the United States.
                    ``(C) An assessment of the preparedness of 
                countries around the world to detect, prevent, and 
                respond to pandemic threats.
                    ``(D) An identification of any gaps in the 
                preparedness of countries described in subparagraph 
                (C).
    ``(c) Submission to Congress.--On December 1, following the date on 
which a National Intelligence Estimate is produced under subsection 
(b)(1), the National Intelligence Council shall submit the Estimate to 
the appropriate committees of Congress.
    ``(d) Congressional Briefings.--On an annual basis, the National 
Intelligence Council shall brief the appropriate committees of Congress 
on--
            ``(1) the most recent National Intelligence Estimate 
        submitted under subsection (c); and
            ``(2) outbreaks of disease with pandemic potential that 
        could lead to an epidemic described in subsection (b)(2)(B).
    ``(e) Public Availability.--The Director of National Intelligence 
shall make publicly available an unclassified version of each National 
Intelligence Estimate produced under subsection (b)(1).''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in the matter 
preceding section 2 of such Act (50 U.S.C. 3002) is amended by adding 
at the end the following new item:

``1109. Annual National Intelligence Estimate and briefing on novel 
                            diseases and pandemic threats.''.

SEC. 322. APPLICABILITY OF GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE ACT.

    Each Federal department, agency, corporation, office, or other 
Federal entity that receives funds for, or undertakes any work, 
project, program, or other activity related to, COVID-19 response shall 
conduct its operations in accordance with the requirements of section 
552b of title 5, United States Code, notwithstanding the membership 
criteria described in subsection (a)(1) of such section.
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