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O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. AMENDMENT NO.llll Calendar No.lll Purpose: Providing emergency assistance and health care re- sponse for individuals, families and businesses affected by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES—116th Cong., 2d Sess. H. R. 748 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on high cost employer-sponsored health coverage. Referred to the Committee on and ordered to be printed Ordered to lie on the table and to be printed AMENDMENT IN THE NATURE OF A SUBSTITUTE intended to be proposed by Viz: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the fol- 1 lowing: 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Aid, Re- 4 lief, and Economic Security Act’’ or the ‘‘CARES Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 6 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 7 Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. References. DIVISION A—KEEPING WORKERS PAID AND EMPLOYED, HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ENHANCEMENTS, AND ECONOMIC STABILIZATION ---PAGE BREAK--- 2 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE I—KEEPING AMERICAN WORKERS PAID AND EMPLOYED ACT Sec. 1101. Definitions. Sec. 1102. Paycheck protection program. Sec. 1103. Entrepreneurial development. Sec. 1104. State trade expansion program. Sec. 1105. Waiver of matching funds requirement under the women’s business center program. Sec. 1106. Loan forgiveness. Sec. 1107. Direct appropriations. Sec. 1108. Minority business development agency. Sec. 1109. United States Treasury Program Management Authority. Sec. 1110. Emergency EIDL grants. Sec. 1111. Resources and services in languages other than English. Sec. 1112. Subsidy for certain loan payments. Sec. 1113. Bankruptcy. Sec. 1114. Emergency rulemaking authority. TITLE II—ASSISTANCE FOR AMERICAN WORKERS, FAMILIES, AND BUSINESSES Subtitle A—Unemployment Insurance Provisions Sec. 2101. Short title. Sec. 2102. Pandemic Unemployment Assistance. Sec. 2103. Emergency unemployment relief for governmental entities and non- profit organizations. Sec. 2104. Emergency increase in unemployment compensation benefits. Sec. 2105. Temporary full Federal funding of the first week of compensable regular unemployment for States with no waiting week. Sec. 2106. Emergency State staffing flexibility. Sec. 2107. Pandemic emergency unemployment compensation. Sec. 2108. Temporary financing of short-time compensation payments in States with programs in law. Sec. 2109. Temporary financing of short-time compensation agreements. Sec. 2110. Grants for short-time compensation programs. Sec. 2111. Assistance and guidance in implementing programs. Sec. 2112. Waiver of the 7-day waiting period for benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Sec. 2113. Enhanced benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Sec. 2114. Extended unemployment benefits under the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act. Sec. 2115. Funding for the DOL Office of Inspector General for oversight of unemployment provisions. Sec. 2116. Implementation. Subtitle B—Rebates and Other Individual Provisions Sec. 2201. 2020 recovery rebates for individuals. Sec. 2202. Special rules for use of retirement funds. Sec. 2203. Temporary waiver of required minimum distribution rules for cer- tain retirement plans and accounts. Sec. 2204. Allowance of partial above the line deduction for charitable contribu- tions. ---PAGE BREAK--- 3 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Sec. 2205. Modification of limitations on charitable contributions during 2020. Sec. 2206. Exclusion for certain employer payments of student loans. Subtitle C—Business Provisions Sec. 2301. Employee retention credit for employers subject to closure due to COVID-19. Sec. 2302. Delay of payment of employer payroll taxes. Sec. 2303. Modifications for net operating losses. Sec. 2304. Modification of limitation on losses for taxpayers other than cor- porations. Sec. 2305. Modification of credit for prior year minimum tax liability of cor- porations. Sec. 2306. Modifications of limitation on business interest. Sec. 2307. Technical amendments regarding qualified improvement property. Sec. 2308. Temporary exception from excise tax for alcohol used to produce hand sanitizer. TITLE III—SUPPORTING AMERICA’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE CORONAVIRUS Subtitle A—Health Provisions Sec. 3001. Short title. PART I—ADDRESSING SUPPLY SHORTAGES SUBPART A—MEDICAL PRODUCT SUPPLIES Sec. 3101. National Academies report on America’s medical product supply chain security. Sec. 3102. Requiring the strategic national stockpile to include certain types of medical supplies. Sec. 3103. Treatment of respiratory protective devices as covered counter- measures. SUBPART B—MITIGATING EMERGENCY DRUG SHORTAGES Sec. 3111. Prioritize reviews of drug applications; incentives. Sec. 3112. Additional manufacturer reporting requirements in response to drug shortages. SUBPART C—PREVENTING MEDICAL DEVICE SHORTAGES Sec. 3121. Discontinuance or interruption in the production of medical devices. PART II—ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR COVID-19 PATIENTS SUBPART A—COVERAGE OF TESTING AND PREVENTIVE SERVICES Sec. 3201. Coverage of diagnostic testing for COVID-19. Sec. 3202. Pricing of diagnostic testing. Sec. 3203. Rapid coverage of preventive services and vaccines for coronavirus. SUBPART B—SUPPORT FOR HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS Sec. 3211. Supplemental awards for health centers. Sec. 3212. Telehealth network and telehealth resource centers grant programs. ---PAGE BREAK--- 4 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Sec. 3213. Rural health care services outreach, rural health network develop- ment, and small health care provider quality improvement grant programs. Sec. 3214. United States Public Health Service Modernization. Sec. 3215. Limitation on liability for volunteer health care professionals during COVID-19 emergency response. Sec. 3216. Flexibility for members of National Health Service Corps during emergency period. SUBPART C—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 3221. Confidentiality and disclosure of records relating to substance use disorder. Sec. 3222. Nutrition services. Sec. 3223. Continuity of service and opportunities for participants in commu- nity service activities under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965. Sec. 3224. Guidance on protected health information. Sec. 3225. Reauthorization of healthy start program. Sec. 3226. Importance of the blood supply. PART III—INNOVATION Sec. 3301. Removing the cap on OTA during public health emergencies. Sec. 3302. Priority zoonotic animal drugs. PART IV—HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE Sec. 3401. Reauthorization of health professions workforce programs. Sec. 3402. Health workforce coordination. Sec. 3403. Education and training relating to geriatrics. Sec. 3404. Nursing workforce development. Subtitle B—Education Provisions Sec. 3501. Short title. Sec. 3502. Definitions. Sec. 3503. Campus-based aid waivers. Sec. 3504. Use of supplemental educational opportunity grants for emergency aid. Sec. 3505. Federal work-study during a qualifying emergency. Sec. 3506. Adjustment of subsidized loan usage limits. Sec. 3507. Exclusion from Federal Pell Grant duration limit. Sec. 3508. Institutional refunds and Federal student loan flexibility. Sec. 3509. Satisfactory academic progress. Sec. 3510. Continuing education at affected foreign institutions. Sec. 3511. National emergency educational waivers. Sec. 3512. HBCU Capital financing. Sec. 3513. Temporary relief for federal student loan borrowers. Sec. 3514. Provisions related to the Corporation for National and Community Service. Sec. 3515. Workforce response activities. Sec. 3516. Technical amendments. Sec. 3517. Waiver authority and reporting requirement for institutional aid. Sec. 3518. Authorized uses and other modifications for grants. Sec. 3519. Service obligations for teachers. ---PAGE BREAK--- 5 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Subtitle C—Labor Provisions Sec. 3601. Limitation on paid leave. Sec. 3602. Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act Limitation. Sec. 3603. Unemployment insurance. Sec. 3604. OMB Waiver of Paid Family and Paid Sick Leave. Sec. 3605. Paid leave for rehired employees. Sec. 3606. Advance refunding of credits. Sec. 3607. Expansion of DOL Authority to postpone certain deadlines. Sec. 3608. Single-employer plan funding rules. Sec. 3609. Application of cooperative and small employer charity pension plan rules to certain charitable employers whose primary exempt purpose is providing services with respect to mothers and chil- dren. Sec. 3610. Federal contractor authority. Sec. 3611. Technical corrections. Subtitle D—Finance Committee Sec. 3701. Exemption for telehealth services. Sec. 3702. Inclusion of certain over-the-counter medical products as qualified medical expenses. Sec. 3703. Increasing Medicare telehealth flexibilities during emergency period. Sec. 3704. Enhancing Medicare telehealth services for Federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics during emergency pe- riod. Sec. 3705. Temporary waiver of requirement for face-to-face visits between home dialysis patients and physicians. Sec. 3706. Use of telehealth to conduct face-to-face encounter prior to recertifi- cation of eligibility for hospice care during emergency period. Sec. 3707. Encouraging use of telecommunications systems for home health services furnished during emergency period. Sec. 3708. Improving care planning for Medicare home health services. Sec. 3709. Adjustment of sequestration. Sec. 3710. Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment system add-on pay- ment for COVID–19 patients during emergency period. Sec. 3711. Increasing access to post-acute care during emergency period. Sec. 3712. Revising payment rates for durable medical equipment under the Medicare program through duration of emergency period. Sec. 3713. Coverage of the COVID-19 vaccine under part B of the Medicare program without any cost-sharing. Sec. 3714. Requiring Medicare prescription drug plans and MA–PD plans to allow during the COVID-19 emergency period for fills and re- fills of covered part D drugs for up to a 3-month supply. Sec. 3715. Providing home and community-based services in acute care hos- pitals. Sec. 3716. Clarification regarding uninsured individuals. Sec. 3717. Clarification regarding coverage of COVID-19 testing products. Sec. 3718. Amendments relating to reporting requirements with respect to clin- ical diagnostic laboratory tests. Sec. 3719. Expansion of the Medicare hospital accelerated payment program during the COVID-19 public health emergency. Sec. 3720. Delaying requirements for enhanced FMAP to enable State legisla- tion necessary for compliance. Subtitle E—Health and Human Services Extenders ---PAGE BREAK--- 6 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. PART I—MEDICARE PROVISIONS Sec. 3801. Extension of the work geographic index floor under the Medicare program. Sec. 3802. Extension of funding for quality measure endorsement, input, and selection. Sec. 3803. Extension of funding outreach and assistance for low-income pro- grams. PART II—MEDICAID PROVISIONS Sec. 3811. Extension of the Money Follows the Person rebalancing demonstra- tion program. Sec. 3812. Extension of spousal impoverishment protections. Sec. 3813. Delay of DSH reductions. Sec. 3814. Extension and expansion of Community Mental Health Services demonstration program. PART III—HUMAN SERVICES AND OTHER HEALTH PROGRAMS Sec. 3821. Extension of sexual risk avoidance education program. Sec. 3822. Extension of personal responsibility education program. Sec. 3823. Extension of demonstration projects to address health professions workforce needs. Sec. 3824. Extension of the temporary assistance for needy families program and related programs. PART IV—PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS Sec. 3831. Extension for community health centers, the National Health Serv- ice Corps, and teaching health centers that operate GME pro- grams. Sec. 3832. Diabetes programs. PART V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 3841. Prevention of duplicate appropriations for fiscal year 2020. Subtitle F—Over-the-Counter Drugs PART I—OTC DRUG REVIEW Sec. 3851. Regulation of certain nonprescription drugs that are marketed with- out an approved drug application. Sec. 3852. Misbranding. Sec. 3853. Drugs excluded from the over-the-counter drug review. Sec. 3854. Treatment of Sunscreen Innovation Act. Sec. 3855. Annual update to Congress on appropriate pediatric indication for certain OTC cough and cold drugs. Sec. 3856. Technical corrections. PART II—USER FEES Sec. 3861. Finding. ---PAGE BREAK--- 7 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Sec. 3862. Fees relating to over-the-counter drugs. TITLE IV—ECONOMIC STABILIZATION AND ASSISTANCE TO SE- VERELY DISTRESSED SECTORS OF THE UNITED STATES ECON- OMY Subtitle A—Coronavirus Economic Stabilization Act of 2020 Sec. 4001. Short title. Sec. 4002. Definitions. Sec. 4003. Emergency relief and taxpayer protections. Sec. 4004. Limitation on certain employee compensation. Sec. 4005. Continuation of certain air service. Sec. 4006. Coordination with Secretary of Transportation. Sec. 4007. Suspension of certain aviation excise taxes. Sec. 4008. Debt guarantee authority. Sec. 4009. Temporary Government in the Sunshine Act relief. Sec. 4010. Temporary hiring flexibility. Sec. 4011. Temporary lending limit waiver. Sec. 4012. Temporary relief for community banks. Sec. 4013. Temporary relief from troubled debt restructurings. Sec. 4014. Optional temporary relief from current expected credit losses. Sec. 4015. Non-applicability of restrictions on ESF during national emergency. Sec. 4016. Temporary credit union provisions. Sec. 4017. Increasing access to materials necessary for national security and pandemic recovery. Sec. 4018. Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery. Sec. 4019. Conflicts of interest. Sec. 4020. Congressional Oversight Commission. Sec. 4021. Credit protection during COVID–19. Sec. 4022. Foreclosure moratorium and consumer right to request forbearance. Sec. 4023. Forbearance of residential mortgage loan payments for multifamily properties with federally backed loans. Sec. 4024. Temporary moratorium on eviction filings. Sec. 4025. Protection of collective bargaining agreement. Sec. 4026. Reports. Sec. 4027. Direct appropriation. Sec. 4028. Rule of construction. Sec. 4029. Termination of authority. Subtitle B—Air Carrier Worker Support Sec. 4111. Definitions. Sec. 4112. Pandemic relief for aviation workers. Sec. 4113. Procedures for providing payroll support. Sec. 4114. Required assurances. Sec. 4115. Protection of collective bargaining agreement. Sec. 4116. Limitation on certain employee compensation. Sec. 4117. Tax payer protection. Sec. 4118. Reports. Sec. 4119. Coordination. Sec. 4120. Direct appropriation. TITLE V—CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUNDS Sec. 5001. Coronavirus Relief Fund. ---PAGE BREAK--- 8 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 6001. COVID–19 borrowing authority for the United States Postal Serv- ice. Sec. 6002. Emergency designation. DIVISION B—EMERGENCY APPROPRIATIONS FOR CORONAVIRUS HEALTH RESPONSE AND AGENCY OPERATIONS SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 1 Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 2 to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 3 be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi- 4 sion. 5 DIVISION A—KEEPING WORKERS 6 PAID AND EMPLOYED, 7 HEALTH CARE SYSTEM EN- 8 HANCEMENTS, AND ECO- 9 NOMIC STABILIZATION 10 TITLE I—KEEPING AMERICAN 11 WORKERS PAID AND EM- 12 PLOYED ACT 13 SEC. 1101. DEFINITIONS. 14 In this title— 15 the terms ‘‘Administration’’ and ‘‘Adminis- 16 trator’’ mean the Small Business Administration 17 and the Administrator thereof, respectively; and 18 the term ‘‘small business concern’’ has the 19 meaning given the term in section 3 of the Small 20 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636). 21 ---PAGE BREAK--- 9 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 1102. PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM. 1 IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a) of the Small Busi- 2 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) is amended— 3 in paragraph 4 in subparagraph in the matter 5 preceding clause by striking ‘‘and and 6 inserting and and 7 by adding at the end the following: 8 PARTICIPATION IN THE PAYCHECK 9 PROTECTION PROGRAM.—In an agreement to 10 participate in a loan on a deferred basis under 11 paragraph (36), the participation by the Admin- 12 istration shall be 100 percent.’’; and 13 by adding at the end the following: 14 PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM.— 15 DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph— 16 the terms ‘appropriate Federal 17 banking agency’ and ‘insured depository 18 institution’ have the meanings given those 19 terms in section 3 of the Federal Deposit 20 Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); 21 the term ‘covered loan’ means a 22 loan made under this paragraph during the 23 covered period; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 10 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘(iii) the term ‘covered period’ means 1 the period beginning on February 15, 2020 2 and ending on June 30, 2020; 3 the term ‘eligible recipient’ 4 means an individual or entity that is eligi- 5 ble to receive a covered loan; 6 the term ‘eligible self-employed 7 individual’ has the meaning given the term 8 in section 7002(b) of the Families First 9 Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 10 116–127); 11 the term ‘insured credit union’ 12 has the meaning given the term in section 13 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 14 U.S.C. 1752); 15 ‘‘(vii) the term ‘nonprofit organiza- 16 tion’ means an organization that is de- 17 scribed in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal 18 Revenue Code of 1986 and that is exempt 19 from taxation under section 501(a) of such 20 Code; 21 ‘‘(viii) the term ‘payroll costs’— 22 means— 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 11 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the sum of payments 1 of any compensation with respect 2 to employees that is a— 3 salary, wage, 4 commission, or similar com- 5 pensation; 6 payment of cash 7 tip or equivalent; 8 payment for va- 9 cation, parental, family, 10 medical, or sick leave; 11 allowance for 12 dismissal or separation; 13 payment re- 14 quired for the provisions of 15 group health care benefits, 16 including insurance pre- 17 miums; 18 payment of any 19 retirement benefit; or 20 payment of 21 State or local tax assessed 22 on the compensation of em- 23 ployees; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 12 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the sum of payments 1 of any compensation to or income 2 of a sole proprietor or inde- 3 pendent contractor that is a 4 wage, commission, income, net 5 earnings from self-employment, 6 or similar compensation and that 7 is in an amount that is not more 8 than $100,000 in 1 year, as pro- 9 rated for the covered period; and 10 shall not include— 11 the compensation of 12 an individual employee in excess 13 of an annual salary of $100,000, 14 as prorated for the covered pe- 15 riod; 16 taxes imposed or with- 17 held under chapters 21, 22, or 24 18 of the Internal Revenue Code of 19 1986 during the covered period; 20 any compensation of 21 an employee whose principal 22 place of residence is outside of 23 the United States; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 13 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. qualified sick leave 1 wages for which a credit is al- 2 lowed under section 7001 of the 3 Families First Coronavirus Re- 4 sponse Act (Public Law 116– 5 127); or 6 qualified family leave 7 wages for which a credit is al- 8 lowed under section 7003 of the 9 Families First Coronavirus Re- 10 sponse Act (Public Law 116– 11 127); and 12 the term ‘veterans organization’ 13 means an organization that is described in 14 section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue 15 Code that is exempt from taxation under 16 section 501(a) of such Code. 17 PAYCHECK PROTECTION LOANS.— 18 Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, 19 the Administrator may guarantee covered loans 20 under the same terms, conditions, and processes 21 as a loan made under this subsection. 22 REGISTRATION OF LOANS.—Not later 23 than 15 days after the date on which a loan is 24 made under this paragraph, the Administration 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 14 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. shall register the loan using the TIN (as de- 1 fined in section 7701 of the Internal Revenue 2 Code of 1986) assigned to the borrower. 3 INCREASED ELIGIBILITY FOR CER- 4 TAIN SMALL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZA- 5 TIONS.— 6 IN GENERAL.—During the cov- 7 ered period, in addition to small business 8 concerns, any business concern, nonprofit 9 organization, veterans organization, or 10 Tribal business concern described in sec- 11 tion 31(b)(2)(C) shall be eligible to receive 12 a covered loan if the business concern, 13 nonprofit organization, veterans organiza- 14 tion, or Tribal business concern employs 15 not more than the greater of— 16 500 employees; or 17 if applicable, the size stand- 18 ard in number of employees estab- 19 lished by the Administration for the 20 industry in which the business con- 21 cern, nonprofit organization, veterans 22 organization, or Tribal business con- 23 cern operates. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 15 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. INCLUSION OF SOLE PROPRI- 1 ETORS, INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS, AND 2 ELIGIBLE SELF-EMPLOYED INDIVID- 3 UALS.— 4 IN GENERAL.—During the 5 covered period, individuals who oper- 6 ate under a sole proprietorship or as 7 an independent contractor and eligible 8 self-employed individuals shall be eli- 9 gible to receive a covered loan. 10 DOCUMENTATION.—An eli- 11 gible self-employed individual, inde- 12 pendent contractor, or sole proprietor- 13 ship seeking a covered loan shall sub- 14 mit such documentation as is nec- 15 essary to establish such individual as 16 eligible, including payroll tax filings 17 reported to the Internal Revenue 18 Service, Forms 1099–MISC, and in- 19 come and expenses from the sole pro- 20 prietorship, as determined by the Ad- 21 ministrator and the Secretary. 22 ‘‘(iii) BUSINESS CONCERNS WITH 23 MORE THAN 1 PHYSICAL LOCATION.—Dur- 24 ing the covered period, any business con- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 16 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. cern that employs not more than 500 em- 1 ployees per physical location of the busi- 2 ness concern and that is assigned a North 3 American Industry Classification System 4 code beginning with 72 at the time of dis- 5 bursal shall be eligible to receive a covered 6 loan. 7 WAIVER OF AFFILIATION 8 RULES.—During the covered period, the 9 provisions applicable to affiliations under 10 section 121.103 of title 13, Code of Fed- 11 eral Regulations, or any successor regula- 12 tion, are waived with respect to eligibility 13 for a covered loan for— 14 any business concern with 15 not more than 500 employees that, as 16 of the date on which the covered loan 17 is disbursed, is assigned a North 18 American Industry Classification Sys- 19 tem code beginning with 72; 20 any business concern oper- 21 ating as a franchise that is assigned a 22 franchise identifier code by the Ad- 23 ministration; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 17 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘(III) any business concern that 1 receives financial assistance from a 2 company licensed under section 301 of 3 the Small Business Investment Act of 4 1958 (15 U.S.C. 681). 5 EMPLOYEE.—For purposes of de- 6 termining whether a business concern, non- 7 profit organization, veterans organization, 8 or Tribal business concern described in 9 section 31(b)(2)(C) employs not more than 10 500 employees under clause the 11 term ‘employee’ includes individuals em- 12 ployed on a full-time, part-time, or other 13 basis. 14 AFFILIATION.—The provisions 15 applicable to affiliations under section 16 121.103 of title 13, Code of Federal Regu- 17 lations, or any successor thereto, shall 18 apply with respect to a nonprofit organiza- 19 tion and a veterans organization in the 20 same manner as with respect to a small 21 business concern. 22 MAXIMUM LOAN AMOUNT.—During 23 the covered period, with respect to a covered 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 18 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. loan, the maximum loan amount shall be the 1 lesser of— 2 the sum of— 3 the product obtained by 4 multiplying— 5 the average total 6 payments by the appli- 7 cant for payroll costs incurred 8 during the 1-year period before 9 the date on which the loan is 10 made, except that, in the case of 11 an applicant that is seasonal em- 12 ployer, as determined by the Ad- 13 ministrator, the average total 14 payments for payroll 15 shall be for the 12-week period 16 beginning February 15, 2019, or 17 at the election of the eligible re- 18 cipient, March 1, 2019, and end- 19 ing June 30, 2019; by 20 2.5; and 21 the outstanding amount of 22 a loan under subsection that 23 was made during the period beginning 24 on January 31, 2020 and ending on 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 19 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the date on which covered loans are 1 made available to be refinanced under 2 the covered loan; or 3 if requested by an otherwise eli- 4 gible recipient that was not in business 5 during the period beginning on February 6 15, 2019 and ending on June 30, 2019, 7 the sum of— 8 the product obtained by 9 multiplying— 10 the average total 11 payments by the appli- 12 cant for payroll costs incurred 13 during the period beginning on 14 January 1, 2020 and ending on 15 February 29, 2020; by 16 2.5; and 17 the outstanding amount of 18 a loan under subsection that 19 was made during the period beginning 20 on January 31, 2020 and ending on 21 the date on which covered loans are 22 made available to be refinanced under 23 the covered loan; or 24 $10,000,000. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 20 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ALLOWABLE USES OF COVERED 1 LOANS.— 2 IN GENERAL.—During the cov- 3 ered period, an eligible recipient may, in 4 addition to the allowable uses of a loan 5 made under this subsection, use the pro- 6 ceeds of the covered loan for— 7 payroll costs; 8 costs related to the continu- 9 ation of group health care benefits 10 during periods of paid sick, medical, 11 or family leave, and insurance pre- 12 miums; 13 ‘‘(III) employee salaries, commis- 14 sions, or similar compensations; 15 payments of interest on 16 any mortgage obligation (which shall 17 not include any prepayment of or pay- 18 ment of principal on a mortgage obli- 19 gation); 20 rent (including rent under a 21 lease agreement); 22 utilities; and 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 21 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘(VII) interest on any other debt 1 obligations that were incurred before 2 the covered period. 3 DELEGATED AUTHORITY.— 4 IN GENERAL.—For purposes 5 of making covered loans for the pur- 6 poses described in clause a lender 7 approved to make loans under this 8 subsection shall be deemed to have 9 been delegated authority by the Ad- 10 ministrator to make and approve cov- 11 ered loans, subject to the provisions of 12 this paragraph. 13 CONSIDERATIONS.—In eval- 14 uating the eligibility of a borrower for 15 a covered loan with the terms de- 16 scribed in this paragraph, a lender 17 shall consider whether the borrower— 18 was in operation on 19 February 15, 2020; and 20 ‘‘(bb)(AA) had employees 21 for whom the borrower paid sala- 22 ries and payroll taxes; or 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 22 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. paid independent 1 contractors, as reported on a 2 Form 1099–MISC. 3 ‘‘(iii) ADDITIONAL LENDERS.—The 4 authority to make loans under this para- 5 graph shall be extended to additional lend- 6 ers determined by the Administrator and 7 the Secretary of the Treasury to have the 8 necessary qualifications to process, close, 9 disburse and service loans made with the 10 guarantee of the Administration. 11 REFINANCE.—A loan made 12 under subsection during the period 13 beginning on January 31, 2020 and ending 14 on the date on which covered loans are 15 made available may be refinanced as part 16 of a covered loan. 17 NONRECOURSE.—Notwith- 18 standing the waiver of the personal guar- 19 antee requirement or collateral under sub- 20 paragraph the Administrator shall 21 have no recourse against any individual 22 shareholder, member, or partner of an eli- 23 gible recipient of a covered loan for non- 24 payment of any covered loan, except to the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 23 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. extent that such shareholder, member, or 1 partner uses the covered loan proceeds for 2 a purpose not authorized under clause 3 BORROWER REQUIREMENTS.— 4 CERTIFICATION.—An eligible re- 5 cipient applying for a covered loan shall 6 make a good faith certification— 7 that the uncertainty of cur- 8 rent economic conditions makes nec- 9 essary the loan request to support the 10 ongoing operations of the eligible re- 11 cipient; 12 acknowledging that funds 13 will be used to retain workers and 14 maintain payroll or make mortgage 15 payments, lease payments, and utility 16 payments; 17 ‘‘(III) that the eligible recipient 18 does not have an application pending 19 for a loan under this subsection for 20 the same purpose and duplicative of 21 amounts applied for or received under 22 a covered loan; and 23 during the period begin- 24 ning on February 15, 2020 and end- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 24 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ing on December 31, 2020, that the 1 eligible recipient has not received 2 amounts under this subsection for the 3 same purpose and duplicative of 4 amounts applied for or received under 5 a covered loan. 6 FEE WAIVER.—During the covered 7 period, with respect to a covered loan— 8 in lieu of the fee otherwise appli- 9 cable under paragraph the Ad- 10 ministrator shall collect no fee; and 11 in lieu of the fee otherwise appli- 12 cable under paragraph the Ad- 13 ministrator shall collect no fee. 14 CREDIT ELSEWHERE.—During the 15 covered period, the requirement that a small 16 business concern is unable to obtain credit else- 17 where, as defined in section 3(h), shall not 18 apply to a covered loan. 19 WAIVER OF PERSONAL GUARANTEE 20 REQUIREMENT.—During the covered period, 21 with respect to a covered loan— 22 no personal guarantee shall be re- 23 quired for the covered loan; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 25 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. no collateral shall be required for 1 the covered loan. 2 MATURITY FOR LOANS WITH RE- 3 MAINING BALANCE AFTER APPLICATION OF 4 FORGIVENESS.—With respect to a covered loan 5 that has a remaining balance after reduction 6 based on the loan forgiveness amount under 7 section 1106 of the CARES Act— 8 the remaining balance shall con- 9 tinue to be guaranteed by the Administra- 10 tion under this subsection; and 11 the covered loan shall have a 12 maximum maturity of 10 years from the 13 date on which the borrower applies for 14 loan forgiveness under that section. 15 INTEREST RATE REQUIREMENTS.—A 16 covered loan shall bear an interest rate not to 17 exceed 4 percent. 18 LOAN DEFERMENT.— 19 DEFINITION OF IMPACTED BOR- 20 ROWER.— 21 IN GENERAL.—In this sub- 22 paragraph, the term ‘impacted bor- 23 rower’ means an eligible recipient 24 that— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 26 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. is in operation on 1 February 15, 2020; and 2 has an application for 3 a covered loan that is approved 4 or pending approval on or after 5 the date of enactment of this 6 paragraph. 7 PRESUMPTION.—For pur- 8 poses of this subparagraph, an im- 9 pacted borrower is presumed to have 10 been adversely impacted by COVID– 11 19. 12 DEFERRAL.—During the covered 13 period, the Administrator shall— 14 consider each eligible recipi- 15 ent that applies for a covered loan to 16 be an impacted borrower; and 17 require lenders under this 18 subsection to provide complete pay- 19 ment deferment relief for impacted 20 borrowers with covered loans for a pe- 21 riod of not less than 6 months, includ- 22 ing payment of principal, interest, and 23 fees, and not more than 1 year. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 27 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘(iii) SECONDARY MARKET.—During 1 the covered period, with respect to a cov- 2 ered loan that is sold on the secondary 3 market, if an investor declines to approve 4 a deferral requested by a lender under 5 clause (ii), the Administrator shall exercise 6 the authority to purchase the loan so that 7 the impacted borrower may receive a defer- 8 ral for a period of not less than 6 months, 9 including payment of principal, interest, 10 and fees, and not more than 1 year. 11 GUIDANCE.—Not later than 30 12 days after the date of enactment of this 13 paragraph, the Administrator shall provide 14 guidance to lenders under this paragraph 15 on the deferment process described in this 16 subparagraph. 17 SECONDARY MARKET SALES.—A cov- 18 ered loan shall be eligible to be sold in the sec- 19 ondary market consistent with this subsection. 20 The Administrator may not collect any fee for 21 any guarantee sold into the secondary market 22 under this subparagraph. 23 REGULATORY CAPITAL REQUIRE- 24 MENTS.— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 28 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. RISK WEIGHT.—With respect to 1 the appropriate Federal banking agencies 2 or the National Credit Union Administra- 3 tion Board applying capital requirements 4 under their respective risk-based capital re- 5 quirements, a covered loan shall receive a 6 risk weight of zero percent. 7 TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM TDR 8 DISCLOSURES.—Notwithstanding any other 9 provision of law, an insured depository in- 10 stitution or an insured credit union that 11 modifies a covered loan in relation to 12 COVID–19-related difficulties in a trou- 13 bled debt restructuring on or after March 14 13, 2020, shall not be required to comply 15 with the Financial Accounting Standards 16 Board Accounting Standards Codification 17 Subtopic 310-40 (‘Receivables – Troubled 18 Debt Restructurings by Creditors’) for 19 purposes of compliance with the require- 20 ments of the Federal Deposit Insurance 21 Act (12 U.S.C. 1811 et seq.), until such 22 time and under such circumstances as the 23 appropriate Federal banking agency or the 24 National Credit Union Administration 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 29 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Board, as applicable, determines appro- 1 priate. 2 REIMBURSEMENT FOR PROC- 3 ESSING.— 4 IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 5 shall reimburse a lender authorized to 6 make a covered loan at a rate, based on 7 the balance of the financing outstanding at 8 the time of disbursement of the covered 9 loan, of— 10 5 percent for loans of not 11 more than $350,000; 12 3 percent for loans of more 13 than $350,000 and less than 14 $2,000,000; and 15 ‘‘(III) 1 percent for loans of not 16 less than $2,000,000. 17 FEE LIMITS.—An agent that as- 18 sists an eligible recipient to prepare an ap- 19 plication for a covered loan may not collect 20 a fee in excess of the limits established by 21 the Administrator. 22 ‘‘(iii) TIMING.—A reimbursement de- 23 scribed in clause shall be made not later 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 30 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. than 5 days after the disbursement of the 1 covered loan. 2 SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is 3 the sense of the Senate that the Adminis- 4 trator should issue guidance to lenders and 5 agents to ensure that the processing and 6 disbursement of covered loans prioritizes 7 small business concerns and entities in un- 8 derserved and rural markets, including vet- 9 erans and members of the military commu- 10 nity, small business concerns owned and 11 controlled by socially and economically dis- 12 advantaged individuals (as defined in sec- 13 tion women, and businesses in 14 operation for less than 2 years. 15 DUPLICATION.—Nothing in this 16 paragraph shall prohibit a recipient of an eco- 17 nomic injury disaster loan made under sub- 18 section during the period beginning on 19 January 31, 2020 and ending on the date on 20 which covered loans are made available that is 21 for a purpose other than paying payroll costs 22 and other obligations described in subparagraph 23 from receiving assistance under this para- 24 graph. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 31 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. WAIVER OF PREPAYMENT PEN- 1 ALTY.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 2 law, there shall be no prepayment penalty for 3 any payment made on a covered loan.’’. 4 COMMITMENTS FOR 7(A) LOANS.—During the pe- 5 riod beginning on February 15, 2020 and ending on June 6 30, 2020— 7 the amount authorized for commitments for 8 general business loans authorized under section 7(a) 9 of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), in- 10 cluding loans made under paragraph (36) of such 11 section, as added by subsection shall be 12 $349,000,000,000; and 13 the amount authorized for commitments for 14 such loans under the heading ‘‘BUSINESS LOANS 15 PROGRAM ACCOUNT’’ under the heading ‘‘SMALL 16 BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION’’ under title V of the 17 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 18 116–93; 133 Stat. 2475) shall not apply. 19 EXPRESS LOANS.— 20 IN GENERAL.—Section 7(a)(31)(D) of the 21 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(31)(D)) is 22 amended by striking ‘‘$350,000’’ and inserting 23 ‘‘$1,000,000’’. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 32 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. PROSPECTIVE REPEAL.—Effective on Janu- 1 ary 1, 2021, section 7(a)(31)(D) of the Small Busi- 2 ness Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(31)(D)) is amended by 3 striking ‘‘$1,000,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$350,000’’. 4 EXCEPTION TO GUARANTEE FEE WAIVER FOR 5 VETERANS.—Section 7(a)(31)(G) of the Small Business 6 Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(31)(G)) is amended— 7 by striking clause (ii); and 8 by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (ii). 9 INTERIM RULE.—On and after the date of enact- 10 ment of this Act, the interim final rule published by the 11 Administrator entitled ‘‘Express Loan Programs: Affili- 12 ation Standards’’ (85 Fed. Reg. 7622 (February 10, 13 2020)) is permanently rescinded and shall have no force 14 or effect. 15 SEC. 1103. ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT. 16 DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 17 the term ‘‘covered small business concern’’ 18 means a small business concern that has experi- 19 enced, as a result of COVID–19— 20 supply chain disruptions, including 21 changes in— 22 quantity and lead time, including 23 the number of shipments of components 24 and delays in shipments; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 33 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (ii) quality, including shortages in 1 supply for quality control reasons; and 2 (iii) technology, including a com- 3 promised payment network; 4 staffing challenges; 5 a decrease in gross receipts or cus- 6 tomers; or 7 a closure; 8 the term ‘‘resource partner’’ means— 9 a small business development center; 10 and 11 a women’s business center; 12 the term ‘‘small business development cen- 13 ter’’ has the meaning given the term in section 3 of 14 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632); and 15 the term ‘‘women’s business center’’ means 16 a women’s business center described in section 29 of 17 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 656). 18 EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND ADVISING 19 GRANTS.— 20 IN GENERAL.—The Administration may 21 provide financial assistance in the form of grants to 22 resource partners to provide education, training, and 23 advising to covered small business concerns. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 34 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this sub- 1 section shall be used for the education, training, and 2 advising of covered small business concerns and 3 their employees on— 4 accessing and applying for resources 5 provided by the Administration and other Fed- 6 eral resources relating to access to capital and 7 business resiliency; 8 the hazards and prevention of the 9 transmission and communication of COVID–19 10 and other communicable diseases; 11 the potential effects of COVID–19 on 12 the supply chains, distribution, and sale of 13 products of covered small business concerns and 14 the mitigation of those effects; 15 the management and practice of 16 telework to reduce possible transmission of 17 COVID–19; 18 the management and practice of re- 19 mote customer service by electronic or other 20 means; 21 the risks of and mitigation of cyber 22 threats in remote customer service or telework 23 practices; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 35 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the mitigation of the effects of reduced 1 travel or outside activities on covered small 2 business concerns during COVID–19 or similar 3 occurrences; and 4 any other relevant business practices 5 necessary to mitigate the economic effects of 6 COVID–19 or similar occurrences. 7 GRANT DETERMINATION.— 8 SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CEN- 9 TERS.—The Administration shall award 80 per- 10 cent of funds authorized to carry out this sub- 11 section to small business development centers, 12 which shall be awarded pursuant to a formula 13 jointly developed, negotiated, and agreed upon, 14 with full participation of both parties, between 15 the association formed under section 16 21(a)(3)(A) of the Small Business Act (15 17 U.S.C. 648(a)(3)(A)) and the Administration. 18 WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTERS.—The 19 Administration shall award 20 percent of funds 20 authorized to carry out this subsection to wom- 21 en’s business centers, which shall be awarded 22 pursuant to a process established by the Ad- 23 ministration in consultation with recipients of 24 assistance. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 36 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. NO MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.— 1 Matching funds shall not be required for any 2 grant under this subsection. 3 GOALS AND METRICS.— 4 IN GENERAL.—Goals and metrics for 5 the funds made available under this subsection 6 shall be jointly developed, negotiated, and 7 agreed upon, with full participation of both par- 8 ties, between the resource partners and the Ad- 9 ministrator, which shall— 10 take into consideration the extent 11 of the circumstances relating to the spread 12 of COVID–19, or similar occurrences, that 13 affect covered small business concerns lo- 14 cated in the areas covered by the resource 15 partner, particularly in rural areas or eco- 16 nomically distressed areas; 17 (ii) generally follow the use of funds 18 outlined in paragraph but shall not re- 19 strict the activities of resource partners in 20 responding to unique situations; and 21 (iii) encourage resource partners to 22 develop and provide services to covered 23 small business concerns. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 37 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Adminis- 1 trator shall make publicly available the method- 2 ology by which the Administrator and resource 3 partners jointly develop the metrics and goals 4 described in subparagraph 5 RESOURCE PARTNER ASSOCIATION GRANTS.— 6 IN GENERAL.—The Administrator may pro- 7 vide grants to an association or associations rep- 8 resenting resource partners under which the associa- 9 tion or associations shall establish a single central- 10 ized hub for COVID–19 information, which shall in- 11 clude— 12 1 online platform that consolidates re- 13 sources and information available across mul- 14 tiple Federal agencies for small business con- 15 cerns related to COVID–19; and 16 a training program to educate resource 17 partner counselors, members of the Service 18 Corps of Retired Executives established under 19 section 8(b)(1)(B) of the Small Business Act 20 (15 U.S.C. 637(b)(1)(B)), and counselors at 21 veterans business outreach centers described in 22 section 32 of the Small Business Act (15 23 U.S.C. 657b) on the resources and information 24 described in subparagraph 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 38 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. GOALS AND METRICS.—Goals and metrics 1 for the funds made available under this subsection 2 shall be jointly developed, negotiated, and agreed 3 upon, with full participation of both parties, between 4 the association or associations receiving a grant 5 under this subsection and the Administrator. 6 REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 7 of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Ad- 8 ministrator shall submit to the Committee on Small Busi- 9 ness and Entrepreneurship of the Senate and the Com- 10 mittee on Small Business of the House of Representatives 11 a report that describes— 12 with respect to the initial year covered by 13 the report— 14 the programs and services developed 15 and provided by the Administration and re- 16 source partners under subsection 17 the initial efforts to provide those serv- 18 ices under subsection and 19 the online platform and training devel- 20 oped and provided by the Administration and 21 the association or associations under subsection 22 and 23 with respect to the subsequent years covered 24 by the report— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 39 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. with respect to the grant program 1 under subsection 2 the efforts of the Administrator 3 and resource partners to develop services 4 to assist covered small business concerns; 5 (ii) the challenges faced by owners of 6 covered small business concerns in access- 7 ing services provided by the Administration 8 and resource partners; 9 (iii) the number of unique covered 10 small business concerns that were served 11 by the Administration and resource part- 12 ners; and 13 (iv) other relevant outcome perform- 14 ance data with respect to covered small 15 business concerns, including the number of 16 employees affected, the effect on sales, the 17 disruptions of supply chains, and the ef- 18 forts made by the Administration and re- 19 source partners to mitigate these effects; 20 and 21 with respect to the grant program 22 under subsection 23 the efforts of the Administrator 24 and the association or associations to de- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 40 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. velop and evolve an online resource for 1 small business concerns; and 2 (ii) the efforts of the Administrator 3 and the association or associations to de- 4 velop a training program for resource part- 5 ner counselors, including the number of 6 counselors trained. 7 SEC. 1104. STATE TRADE EXPANSION PROGRAM. 8 IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding paragraph 9 (3)(C)(iii) of section 22(l) of the Small Business Act (15 10 U.S.C. 649(l)), for grants under the State Trade Expan- 11 sion Program under such section 22(l) using amounts 12 made available for fiscal year 2018 or fiscal year 2019, 13 the period of the grant shall continue through the end of 14 fiscal year 2021. 15 REIMBURSEMENT.—The Administrator shall re- 16 imburse any recipient of assistance under section 22(l) of 17 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 649(l)) for financial 18 losses relating to a foreign trade mission or a trade show 19 exhibition that was cancelled solely due to a public health 20 emergency declared due to COVID–19 if the reimburse- 21 ment does not exceed a recipient’s grant funding. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 41 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 1105. WAIVER OF MATCHING FUNDS REQUIREMENT 1 UNDER THE WOMEN’S BUSINESS CENTER 2 PROGRAM. 3 During the 3-month period beginning on the date of 4 enactment of this Act, the requirement relating to obtain- 5 ing cash contributions from non-Federal sources under 6 section 29(c)(1) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 7 656(c)(1)) is waived for any recipient of assistance under 8 such section 29. 9 SEC. 1106. LOAN FORGIVENESS. 10 DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 11 the term ‘‘covered loan’’ means a loan guar- 12 anteed under paragraph (36) of section 7(a) of the 13 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), as added by 14 section 1102; 15 the term ‘‘covered mortgage obligation’’ 16 means any indebtedness or debt instrument incurred 17 in the ordinary course of business that— 18 is a liability of the borrower; 19 is a mortgage on real or personal 20 property; and 21 was incurred before February 15, 22 2020; 23 the term ‘‘covered period’’ means the 8- 24 week period beginning on the date of the origination 25 of a covered loan; 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 42 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the term ‘‘covered rent obligation’’ means 1 rent obligated under a leasing agreement in force be- 2 fore February 15, 2020; 3 the term ‘‘covered utility payment’’ means 4 payment for a service for the distribution of elec- 5 tricity, gas, water, transportation, telephone, or 6 internet access for which service began before Feb- 7 ruary 15, 2020; 8 the term ‘‘eligible recipient’’ means the re- 9 cipient of a covered loan; 10 the term ‘‘expected forgiveness amount’’ 11 means the amount of principal that a lender reason- 12 ably expects a borrower to expend during the cov- 13 ered period on the sum of any— 14 payroll costs; 15 payments of interest on any covered 16 mortgage obligation (which shall not include 17 any prepayment of or payment of principal on 18 a covered mortgage obligation); 19 payments on any covered rent obliga- 20 tion; and 21 covered utility payments; and 22 the term ‘‘payroll costs’’ has the meaning 23 given that term in paragraph (36) of section 7(a) of 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 43 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), as 1 added by section 1102 of this Act. 2 FORGIVENESS.—An eligible recipient shall be eli- 3 gible for forgiveness of indebtedness on a covered loan in 4 an amount equal to the sum of the following costs incurred 5 and payments made during the covered period: 6 Payroll costs. 7 Any payment of interest on any covered 8 mortgage obligation (which shall not include any 9 prepayment of or payment of principal on a covered 10 mortgage obligation). 11 Any payment on any covered rent obliga- 12 tion. 13 Any covered utility payment. 14 TREATMENT OF AMOUNTS FORGIVEN.— 15 IN GENERAL.—Amounts which have been 16 forgiven under this section shall be considered can- 17 celed indebtedness by a lender authorized under sec- 18 tion 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 19 636(a)). 20 PURCHASE OF GUARANTEES.—For purposes 21 of the purchase of the guarantee for a covered loan 22 by the Administrator, amounts which are forgiven 23 under this section shall be treated in accordance 24 with the procedures that are otherwise applicable to 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 44 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. a loan guaranteed under section 7(a) of the Small 1 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)). 2 REMITTANCE.—Not later than 90 days 3 after the date on which the amount of forgiveness 4 under this section is determined, the Administrator 5 shall remit to the lender an amount equal to the 6 amount of forgiveness, plus any interest accrued 7 through the date of payment. 8 ADVANCE PURCHASE OF COVERED LOAN.— 9 REPORT.—A lender authorized under 10 section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 11 U.S.C. 636(a)), or, at the discretion of the Ad- 12 ministrator, a third party participant in the sec- 13 ondary market, may, report to the Adminis- 14 trator an expected forgiveness amount on a cov- 15 ered loan or on a pool of covered loans of up 16 to 100 percent of the principal on the covered 17 loan or pool of covered loans, respectively. 18 PURCHASE.—The Administrator shall 19 purchase the expected forgiveness amount de- 20 scribed in subparagraph as if the amount 21 were the principal amount of a loan guaranteed 22 under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 23 636(a)). 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 45 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. TIMING.—Not later than 15 days after 1 the date on which the Administrator receives a 2 report under subparagraph the Adminis- 3 trator shall purchase the expected forgiveness 4 amount under subparagraph with respect to 5 each covered loan to which the report relates. 6 LIMITS ON AMOUNT OF FORGIVENESS.— 7 AMOUNT MAY NOT EXCEED PRINCIPAL.— 8 The amount of loan forgiveness under this section 9 shall not exceed the principal amount of the financ- 10 ing made available under the applicable covered 11 loan. 12 REDUCTION BASED ON REDUCTION IN NUM- 13 BER OF EMPLOYEES.— 14 IN GENERAL.—The amount of loan 15 forgiveness under this section shall be reduced, 16 but not increased, by multiplying the amount 17 described in subsection by the quotient ob- 18 tained by dividing— 19 the average number of full-time 20 equivalent employees per month employed 21 by the eligible recipient during the covered 22 period; by 23 (ii)(I) at the election of the bor- 24 rower— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 46 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (aa) the average number of full- 1 time equivalent employees per month 2 employed by the eligible recipient dur- 3 ing the period beginning on February 4 15, 2019 and ending on June 30, 5 2019; or 6 (bb) the average number of full- 7 time equivalent employees per month 8 employed by the eligible recipient dur- 9 ing the period beginning on January 10 1, 2020 and ending on February 29, 11 2020; or 12 (II) in the case of an eligible recipient 13 that is seasonal employer, as determined 14 by the Administrator, the average number 15 of full-time equivalent employees per 16 month employed by the eligible recipient 17 during the period beginning on February 18 15, 2019 and ending on June 30, 2019. 19 CALCULATION OF AVERAGE NUMBER 20 OF EMPLOYEES.—For purposes of subpara- 21 graph the average number of full-time 22 equivalent employees shall be determined by 23 calculating the average number of full-time 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 47 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. equivalent employees for each pay period falling 1 within a month. 2 REDUCTION RELATING TO SALARY AND 3 WAGES.— 4 IN GENERAL.—The amount of loan 5 forgiveness under this section shall be reduced 6 by the amount of any reduction in total salary 7 or wages of any employee described in subpara- 8 graph during the covered period that is in 9 excess of 25 percent of the total salary or wages 10 of the employee during the most recent full 11 quarter during which the employee was em- 12 ployed before the covered period. 13 EMPLOYEES DESCRIBED.—An em- 14 ployee described in this subparagraph is any 15 employee who did not receive, during any single 16 pay period during 2019, wages or salary at an 17 annualized rate of pay in an amount more than 18 $100,000. 19 TIPPED WORKERS.—An eligible recipient 20 with tipped employees described in section 21 3(m)(2)(A) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 22 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(m)(2)(A)) may receive forgive- 23 ness for additional wages paid to those employees. 24 EXEMPTION FOR RE-HIRES.— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 48 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—In a circumstance de- 1 scribed in subparagraph the amount of 2 loan forgiveness under this section shall be de- 3 termined without regard to a reduction in the 4 number of full-time equivalent employees of an 5 eligible recipient or a reduction in the salary of 6 1 or more employees of the eligible recipient, as 7 applicable, during the period beginning on Feb- 8 ruary 15, 2020 and ending on the date that is 9 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 10 CIRCUMSTANCES.—A circumstance de- 11 scribed in this subparagraph is a cir- 12 cumstance— 13 in which— 14 during the period beginning 15 on February 15, 2020 and ending on 16 the date that is 30 days after the date 17 of enactment of this Act, there is a re- 18 duction, as compared to February 15, 19 2020, in the number of full-time 20 equivalent employees of an eligible re- 21 cipient; and 22 (II) not later than June 30, 23 2020, the eligible employer has elimi- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 49 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. nated the reduction in the number of 1 full-time equivalent employees; 2 (ii) in which— 3 during the period beginning 4 on February 15, 2020 and ending on 5 the date that is 30 days after the date 6 of enactment of this Act, there is a re- 7 duction, as compared to February 15, 8 2020, in the salary or wages of 1 or 9 more employees of the eligible recipi- 10 ent; and 11 (II) not later than June 30, 12 2020, the eligible employer has elimi- 13 nated the reduction in the salary or 14 wages of such employees; or 15 (iii) in which the events described in 16 clause and (ii) occur. 17 EXEMPTIONS.—The Administrator and the 18 Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe regulations 19 granting de minimis exemptions from the require- 20 ments under this subsection. 21 APPLICATION.—An eligible recipient seeking loan 22 forgiveness under this section shall submit to the lender 23 that is servicing the covered loan an application, which 24 shall include— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 50 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. documentation verifying the number of full- 1 time equivalent employees on payroll and pay rates 2 for the periods described in subsection includ- 3 ing— 4 payroll tax filings reported to the In- 5 ternal Revenue Service; and 6 State income, payroll, and unemploy- 7 ment insurance filings; 8 documentation, including cancelled checks, 9 payment receipts, transcripts of accounts, or other 10 documents verifying payments on covered mortgage 11 obligations, payments on covered lease obligations, 12 and covered utility payments; 13 a certification from a representative of the 14 eligible recipient authorized to make such certifi- 15 cations that— 16 the documentation presented is true 17 and correct; and 18 the amount for which forgiveness is re- 19 quested was used to retain employees, make in- 20 terest payments on a covered mortgage obliga- 21 tion, make payments on a covered rent obliga- 22 tion, or make covered utility payments; and 23 any other documentation the Administrator 24 determines necessary. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 51 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. PROHIBITION ON FORGIVENESS WITHOUT DOCU- 1 MENTATION.—No eligible recipient shall receive forgive- 2 ness under this section without submitting to the lender 3 that is servicing the covered loan the documentation re- 4 quired under subsection 5 DECISION.—Not later than 60 days after the date 6 on which a lender receives an application for loan forgive- 7 ness under this section from an eligible recipient, the lend- 8 er shall issue a decision on the an application. 9 HOLD HARMLESS.—If a lender has received the 10 documentation required under this section from an eligible 11 recipient attesting that the eligible recipient has accurately 12 verified the payments for payroll costs, payments on cov- 13 ered mortgage obligations, payments on covered lease obli- 14 gations, or covered utility payments during covered pe- 15 riod— 16 an enforcement action may not be taken 17 against the lender under section 47(e) of the Small 18 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657t(e)) relating to loan 19 forgiveness for the payments for payroll costs, pay- 20 ments on covered mortgage obligations, payments on 21 covered lease obligations, or covered utility pay- 22 ments, as the case may be; and 23 the lender shall not be subject to any pen- 24 alties by the Administrator relating to loan forgive- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 52 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ness for the payments for payroll costs, payments on 1 covered mortgage obligations, payments on covered 2 lease obligations, or covered utility payments, as the 3 case may be. 4 TAXABILITY.—For purposes of the Internal Rev- 5 enue Code of 1986, any amount which (but for this sub- 6 section) would be includible in gross income of the eligible 7 recipient by reason of forgiveness described in subsection 8 shall be excluded from gross income. 9 RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—The cancellation of 10 indebtedness on a covered loan under this section shall not 11 otherwise modify the terms and conditions of the covered 12 loan. 13 REGULATIONS.—Not later than 30 days after the 14 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall 15 issue guidance and regulations implementing this section. 16 SEC. 1107. DIRECT APPROPRIATIONS. 17 IN GENERAL.—There is appropriated, out of 18 amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 19 the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, to remain 20 available until September 30, 2021, for additional 21 amounts— 22 $349,000,000,000 under the heading 23 ‘‘Small Business Administration—Business Loans 24 Program Account, CARES Act’’ for the cost of 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 53 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. guaranteed loans as authorized under paragraph 1 (36) of section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 2 U.S.C. 636(a)), as added by section 1102(a) of this 3 Act; 4 $675,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Small 5 Business Administration—Salaries and Expenses’’ 6 for salaries and expenses of the Administration; 7 $25,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Small 8 Business Administration—Office of Inspector Gen- 9 eral’’, to remain available until September 30, 2024, 10 for necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector 11 General of the Administration in carrying out the 12 provisions of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 13 U.S.C. App.); 14 $265,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Small 15 Business Administration—Entrepreneurial Develop- 16 ment Programs’’, of which— 17 $240,000,000 shall be for carrying out 18 section 1103(b) of this Act; and 19 $25,000,000 shall be for carrying out 20 section 1103(c) of this Act; 21 $10,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Depart- 22 ment of Commerce—Minority Business Development 23 Agency’’ for minority business centers of the Minor- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 54 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ity Business Development Agency to provide tech- 1 nical assistance to small business concerns; 2 $10,000,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Small 3 Business Administration—Emergency EIDL 4 Grants’’ shall be for carrying out section 1110 of 5 this Act; 6 $17,000,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Small 7 Business Administration—Business Loans Program 8 Account, CARES Act’’ shall be for carrying out sec- 9 tion 1112 of this Act; and 10 $25,000,000 under the heading ‘‘Depart- 11 ment of the Treasury—Departmental Offices—Sala- 12 ries and Expenses’’ shall be for carrying out section 13 1109 of this Act. 14 SECONDARY MARKET.—During the period begin- 15 ning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on 16 September 30, 2021, guarantees of trust certificates au- 17 thorized by section 5(g) of the Small Business Act (15 18 U.S.C. 635(g)) shall not exceed a principal amount of 19 $100,000,000,000. 20 REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 21 date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall sub- 22 mit to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and 23 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 24 resentatives a detailed expenditure plan for using the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 55 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. amounts appropriated to the Administration under sub- 1 section 2 SEC. 1108. MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY. 3 DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 4 the term ‘‘Agency’’ means the Minority 5 Business Development Agency of the Department of 6 Commerce; 7 the term ‘‘minority business center’’ means 8 a Business Center of the Agency; 9 the term ‘‘minority business enterprise’’ 10 means a for-profit business enterprise— 11 not less than 51 percent of which is 12 owned by 1 or more socially disadvantaged indi- 13 viduals, as determined by the Agency; and 14 the management and daily business 15 operations of which are controlled by 1 or more 16 socially disadvantaged individuals, as deter- 17 mined by the Agency; and 18 the term ‘‘minority chamber of commerce’’ 19 means a chamber of commerce developed specifically 20 to support minority business enterprises. 21 EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND ADVISING 22 GRANTS.— 23 IN GENERAL.—The Agency may provide fi- 24 nancial assistance in the form of grants to minority 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 56 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. business centers and minority chambers of commerce 1 to provide education, training, and advising to mi- 2 nority business enterprises. 3 USE OF FUNDS.—Grants under this section 4 shall be used for the education, training, and advis- 5 ing of minority business enterprises and their em- 6 ployees on— 7 accessing and applying for resources 8 provided by the Agency and other Federal re- 9 sources relating to access to capital and busi- 10 ness resiliency; 11 the hazards and prevention of the 12 transmission and communication of COVID–19 13 and other communicable diseases; 14 the potential effects of COVID–19 on 15 the supply chains, distribution, and sale of 16 products of minority business enterprises and 17 the mitigation of those effects; 18 the management and practice of 19 telework to reduce possible transmission of 20 COVID–19; 21 the management and practice of re- 22 mote customer service by electronic or other 23 means; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 57 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the risks of and mitigation of cyber 1 threats in remote customer service or telework 2 practices; 3 the mitigation of the effects of reduced 4 travel or outside activities on minority business 5 enterprises during COVID–19 or similar occur- 6 rences; and 7 any other relevant business practices 8 necessary to mitigate the economic effects of 9 COVID–19 or similar occurrences. 10 NO MATCHING FUNDS REQUIRED.—Match- 11 ing funds shall not be required for any grant under 12 this section. 13 GOALS AND METRICS.— 14 IN GENERAL.—Goals and metrics for 15 the funds made available under this section 16 shall be jointly developed, negotiated, and 17 agreed upon, with full participation of both par- 18 ties, between the minority business centers, mi- 19 nority chambers of commerce, and the Agency, 20 which shall— 21 take into consideration the extent 22 of the circumstances relating to the spread 23 of COVID–19, or similar occurrences, that 24 affect minority business enterprises located 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 58 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in the areas covered by minority business 1 centers and minority chambers of com- 2 merce, particularly in rural areas or eco- 3 nomically distressed areas; 4 (ii) generally follow the use of funds 5 outlined in paragraph but shall not re- 6 strict the activities of minority business 7 centers and minority chambers of com- 8 merce in responding to unique situations; 9 and 10 (iii) encourage minority business cen- 11 ters and minority chambers of commerce 12 to develop and provide services to minority 13 business enterprises. 14 PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Agency 15 shall make publicly available the methodology 16 by which the Agency, minority business centers, 17 and minority chambers of commerce jointly de- 18 velop the metrics and goals described in sub- 19 paragraph 20 WAIVERS.— 21 IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 22 provision of law or regulation, the Agency may, dur- 23 ing the 3-month period that begins on the date of 24 enactment of this Act, waive any matching require- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 59 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ment imposed on a minority business center or a 1 specialty center of the Agency under a cooperative 2 agreement between such a center and the Agency if 3 the applicable center is unable to raise funds, or has 4 suffered a loss of revenue, because of the effects of 5 COVID–19. 6 REMAINING COMPLIANT.—Notwithstanding 7 any provision of a cooperative agreement between 8 the Agency and a minority business center, if, dur- 9 ing the period beginning on the date of enactment 10 of this Act and ending on September 30, 2021, such 11 a center decides not to collect fees because of the 12 economic consequences of COVID–19, the center 13 shall be considered to be in compliance with that 14 agreement if— 15 the center notifies the Agency with re- 16 spect to that decision, which the center may 17 provide through electronic mail; and 18 the Agency, not later than 15 days 19 after the date on which the center provides no- 20 tice to the Agency under subparagraph 21 confirms receipt of the notification 22 under subparagraph and 23 (ii) accepts the decision of the center. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 60 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. REPORT.—Not later than 6 months after the date 1 of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 2 Agency shall submit to the Committee on Small Business 3 and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Commerce, 4 Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Com- 5 mittee on Small Business and the Committee on Energy 6 and Commerce of the House of Representatives a report 7 that describes— 8 with respect to the period covered by the 9 initial report— 10 the programs and services developed 11 and provided by the Agency, minority business 12 centers, and minority chambers of commerce 13 under subsection and 14 the initial efforts to provide those serv- 15 ices under subsection and 16 with respect to subsequent years covered by 17 the report— 18 with respect to the grant program 19 under subsection 20 the efforts of the Agency, minority 21 business centers, and minority chambers of 22 commerce to develop services to assist mi- 23 nority business enterprises; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 61 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (ii) the challenges faced by owners of 1 minority business enterprises in accessing 2 services provided by the Agency, minority 3 business centers, and minority chambers of 4 commerce; 5 (iii) the number of unique minority 6 business enterprises that were served by 7 the Agency, minority business centers, or 8 minority chambers of commerce; and 9 (iv) other relevant outcome perform- 10 ance data with respect to minority business 11 enterprises, including the number of em- 12 ployees affected, the effect on sales, the 13 disruptions of supply chains, and the ef- 14 forts made by the Agency, minority busi- 15 ness centers, and minority chambers of 16 commerce to mitigate these effects . 17 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 18 authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 to carry out 19 this section, to remain available until expended. 20 SEC. 1109. UNITED STATES TREASURY PROGRAM MANAGE- 21 MENT AUTHORITY. 22 DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 23 the terms ‘‘appropriate Federal banking 24 agency’’ and ‘‘insured depository institution’’ have 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 62 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the 1 Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813); 2 the term ‘‘insured credit union’’ has the 3 meaning given the term in section 101 of the Fed- 4 eral Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1752); and 5 the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 6 of the Treasury. 7 AUTHORITY TO INCLUDE ADDITIONAL FINAN- 8 CIAL INSTITUTIONS.—The Department of the Treasury, 9 in consultation with the Administrator, and the Chairman 10 of the Farm Credit Administration shall establish criteria 11 for insured depository institutions, insured credit unions, 12 institutions of the Farm Credit System chartered under 13 the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.), 14 and other lenders that do not already participate in lend- 15 ing under programs of the Administration, to participate 16 in the paycheck protection program to provide loans under 17 this section until the date on which the national emergency 18 declared by the President under the National Emergencies 19 Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to the 20 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) expires. 21 SAFETY AND SOUNDNESS.—An insured deposi- 22 tory institution, insured credit union, institution of the 23 Farm Credit System chartered under the Farm Credit Act 24 of 1971 (12 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.), or other lender may 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 63 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. only participate in the program established under this sec- 1 tion if participation does not affect the safety and sound- 2 ness of the institution or lender, as determined by the Sec- 3 retary in consultation with the appropriate Federal bank- 4 ing agencies or the National Credit Union Administration 5 Board, as applicable. 6 REGULATIONS FOR LENDERS AND LOANS.— 7 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may issue 8 regulations and guidance as necessary to carry out 9 the purposes of this section, including to— 10 allow additional lenders to originate 11 loans under this section; and 12 establish terms and conditions for 13 loans under this section, including terms and 14 conditions concerning compensation, under- 15 writing standards, interest rates, and maturity. 16 REQUIREMENTS.—The terms and condi- 17 tions established under paragraph shall provide 18 for the following: 19 A rate of interest that does not exceed 20 the maximum permissible rate of interest avail- 21 able on a loan of comparable maturity under 22 paragraph (36) of section 7(a) of the Small 23 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), as added by 24 section 1102 of this Act. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 64 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Terms and conditions that, to the 1 maximum extent practicable, are consistent 2 with the terms and conditions required under 3 the following provisions of paragraph (36) of 4 section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 5 U.S.C. 636(a)), as added by section 1102 of 6 this Act: 7 Subparagraph pertaining to 8 borrower eligibility. 9 (ii) Subparagraph pertaining to 10 the maximum loan amount. 11 (iii) Subparagraph pertaining 12 to allowable uses of program loans. 13 (iv) Subparagraph pertaining to 14 fee waivers. 15 Subparagraph pertaining to 16 loan deferment. 17 A guarantee percentage that, to the 18 maximum extent practicable, is consistent with 19 the guarantee percentage required under sub- 20 paragraph of section 7(a)(2) of the Small 21 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)(2)), as added 22 by section 1102 of this Act. 23 Loan forgiveness under terms and con- 24 ditions that, to the maximum extent prac- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 65 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ticable, is consistent with the terms and condi- 1 tions for loan forgiveness under section 1106 of 2 this Act. 3 ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS GENERALLY.—The 4 Secretary may issue regulations and guidance as necessary 5 to carry out the purposes of this section, including to allow 6 additional lenders to originate loans under this title and 7 to establish terms and conditions such as compensation, 8 underwriting standards, interest rates, and maturity for 9 under this section. 10 CERTIFICATION.—As a condition of receiving a 11 loan under this section, a borrower shall certify under 12 terms acceptable to the Secretary that the borrower— 13 does not have an application pending for a 14 loan under section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 15 (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) for the same purpose; and 16 has not received such a loan during the pe- 17 riod beginning on February 15, 2020 and ending on 18 December 31, 2020. 19 OPT-IN FOR SBA QUALIFIED LENDERS.—Lend- 20 ers qualified to participate as a lender under 7(a) of the 21 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)) may elect to par- 22 ticipate in the paycheck protection program under the cri- 23 teria, terms, and conditions established under this section. 24 Such participation shall not preclude the lenders from con- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 66 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. tinuing participation as a lender under section 7(a) of the 1 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)). 2 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION.—With guidance 3 from the Secretary, the Administrator shall administer the 4 program established under this section, including the mak- 5 ing and purchasing of guarantees on loans under the pro- 6 gram, until the date on which the national emergency de- 7 clared by the President under the National Emergencies 8 Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to the 9 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) expires. 10 CRIMINAL PENALTIES.—A loan under this section 11 shall be deemed to be a loan under the Small Business 12 Act (15 U.S.C. 631 et seq.) for purposes of section 16 13 of such Act (15 U.S.C. 645). 14 SEC. 1110. EMERGENCY EIDL GRANTS. 15 DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 16 the term ‘‘covered period’’ means the period 17 beginning on January 31, 2020 and ending on De- 18 cember 31, 2020; and 19 the term ‘‘eligible entity’’ means— 20 a business with not more than 500 em- 21 ployees; 22 any individual who operates under a 23 sole proprietorship, with or without employees, 24 or as an independent contractor; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 67 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. a cooperative with not more than 500 1 employees; 2 an ESOP (as defined in section 3 of 3 the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 632)) with 4 not more than 500 employees; or 5 a tribal small business concern, as de- 6 scribed in section 31(b)(2)(C) of the Small 7 Business Act (15 U.S.C. 657a(b)(2)(C)), with 8 not more than 500 employees. 9 ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—During the covered period, 10 in addition to small business concerns, private nonprofit 11 organizations, and small agricultural cooperatives, an eli- 12 gible entity shall be eligible for a loan made under section 13 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)). 14 TERMS; CREDIT ELSEWHERE.—With respect to 15 a loan made under section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business 16 Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)) in response to COVID–19 dur- 17 ing the covered period, the Administrator shall waive— 18 any rules related the personal guarantee on 19 advances and loans of not more than $200,000 dur- 20 ing the covered period for all applicants; 21 the requirement that an applicant needs to 22 be in business for the 1-year period before the dis- 23 aster, except that no waiver may be made for a busi- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 68 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ness that was not in operation on January 31, 2020; 1 and 2 the requirement in the flush matter fol- 3 lowing subparagraph of section 7(b)(2) of the 4 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)), as so re- 5 designated by subsection of this section, that an 6 applicant be unable to obtain credit elsewhere. 7 APPROVAL AND ABILITY TO REPAY FOR SMALL 8 DOLLAR LOANS.—With respect to a loan made under sec- 9 tion 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 10 636(b)(2)) in response to COVID–19 during the covered 11 period, the Administrator may— 12 approve an applicant based solely on the 13 credit score of the applicant and shall not require an 14 applicant to submit a tax return or a tax return 15 transcript for such approval; or 16 use alternative appropriate methods to de- 17 termine an applicant’s ability to repay. 18 EMERGENCY GRANT.— 19 IN GENERAL.—During the covered period, 20 an entity included for eligibility in subsection in- 21 cluding small business concerns, private nonprofit 22 organizations, and small agricultural cooperatives, 23 that applies for a loan under section 7(b)(2) of the 24 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)) in re- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 69 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. sponse to COVID–19 may request that the Adminis- 1 trator provide an advance that is, subject to para- 2 graph in the amount requested by such appli- 3 cant to such applicant within 3 days after the Ad- 4 ministrator receives an application from such appli- 5 cant. 6 VERIFICATION.—Before disbursing amounts 7 under this subsection, the Administrator shall verify 8 that the applicant is an eligible entity by accepting 9 a self-certification from the applicant under penalty 10 of perjury pursuant to section 1746 of title 28 11 United States Code. 12 AMOUNT.—The amount of an advance pro- 13 vided under this subsection shall be not more than 14 $10,000. 15 USE OF FUNDS.—An advance provided 16 under this subsection may be used to address any al- 17 lowable purpose for a loan made under section 18 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 19 636(b)(2)), including— 20 providing paid sick leave to employees 21 unable to work due to the direct effect of the 22 COVID–19; 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 70 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. maintaining payroll to retain employ- 1 ees during business disruptions or substantial 2 slowdowns; 3 meeting increased costs to obtain ma- 4 terials unavailable from the applicant’s original 5 source due to interrupted supply chains; 6 making rent or mortgage payments; 7 and 8 repaying obligations that cannot be 9 met due to revenue losses. 10 REPAYMENT.—An applicant shall not be re- 11 quired to repay any amounts of an advance provided 12 under this subsection, even if subsequently denied a 13 loan under section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act 14 (15 U.S.C. 636(b)(2)). 15 UNEMPLOYMENT GRANT.—If an applicant 16 that receives an advance under this subsection trans- 17 fers into, or is approved for, the loan program under 18 section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 19 636(a)), the advance amount shall be reduced from 20 the loan forgiveness amount for a loan for payroll 21 costs made under such section 7(a). 22 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 23 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Ad- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 71 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ministration $10,000,000,000 to carry out this sub- 1 section. 2 TERMINATION.—The authority to carry out 3 grants under this subsection shall terminate on De- 4 cember 31, 2020. 5 EMERGENCIES INVOLVING FEDERAL PRIMARY 6 RESPONSIBILITY QUALIFYING FOR SBA ASSISTANCE.— 7 Section 7(b)(2) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 8 636(b)(2)) is amended— 9 in subparagraph by striking at 10 the end; 11 in subparagraph by striking at 12 the end; 13 in subparagraph by striking at 14 the end; 15 by redesignating subparagraph as sub- 16 paragraph 17 by inserting after subparagraph the fol- 18 lowing: 19 an emergency involving Federal pri- 20 mary responsibility determined to exist by the 21 President under the section 501(b) of the Rob- 22 ert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 23 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)); or’’; and 24 in subparagraph as so redesignated— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 72 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by striking ‘‘or and inserting 1 or 2 by striking ‘‘disaster declaration’’ each 3 place it appears and inserting ‘‘disaster or 4 emergency declaration’’; 5 by striking ‘‘disaster has occurred’’ 6 and inserting ‘‘disaster or emergency has oc- 7 curred’’; 8 by striking ‘‘such disaster’’ and insert- 9 ing ‘‘such disaster or emergency’’; and 10 by striking ‘‘disaster stricken’’ and in- 11 serting ‘‘disaster- or emergency-stricken’’; and 12 in the flush matter following subparagraph 13 as so redesignated, by striking the period at the 14 end and inserting the following: Provided further, 15 That for purposes of subparagraph the Admin- 16 istrator shall deem that such an emergency affects 17 each State or subdivision thereof (including coun- 18 ties), and that each State or subdivision has suffi- 19 cient economic damage to small business concerns to 20 qualify for assistance under this paragraph and the 21 Administrator shall accept applications for such as- 22 sistance immediately.’’. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 73 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 1111. RESOURCES AND SERVICES IN LANGUAGES 1 OTHER THAN ENGLISH. 2 IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall provide 3 the resources and services made available by the Adminis- 4 tration to small business concerns in the 10 most com- 5 monly spoken languages, other than English, in the 6 United States, which shall include Mandarin, Cantonese, 7 Japanese, and Korean. 8 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 9 authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator 10 $25,000,000 to carry out this section. 11 SEC. 1112. SUBSIDY FOR CERTAIN LOAN PAYMENTS. 12 DEFINITION OF COVERED LOAN.—In this sec- 13 tion, the term ‘‘covered loan’’ means a loan that is— 14 guaranteed by the Administration under— 15 section 7(a) of the Small Business Act 16 (15 U.S.C. 636(a))— 17 including a loan made under the 18 Community Advantage Pilot Program of 19 the Administration; and 20 (ii) excluding a loan made under para- 21 graph (36) of such section 7(a), as added 22 by section 1102; or 23 title V of the Small Business Invest- 24 ment Act of 1958 (15 U.S.C. 695 et seq.); or 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 74 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. made by an intermediary to a small busi- 1 ness concern using loans or grants received under 2 section 7(m) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 3 636(m)). 4 SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con- 5 gress that— 6 all borrowers are adversely affected by 7 COVID-19; 8 relief payments by the Administration are 9 appropriate for all borrowers; and 10 in addition to the relief provided under this 11 Act, the Administration should encourage lenders to 12 provide payment deferments, when appropriate, and 13 to extend the maturity of covered loans, so as to 14 avoid balloon payments or any requirement for in- 15 creases in debt payments resulting from deferments 16 provided by lenders during the period of the national 17 emergency declared by the President under the Na- 18 tional Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 19 with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 20 (COVID–19). 21 PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS.— 22 IN GENERAL.—The Administrator shall pay 23 the principal, interest, and any associated fees that 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 75 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. are owed on a covered loan in a regular servicing 1 status— 2 with respect to a covered loan made 3 before the date of enactment of this Act and 4 not on deferment, for the 6-month period begin- 5 ning with the next payment due on the covered 6 loan; 7 with respect to a covered loan made 8 before the date of enactment of this Act and on 9 deferment, for the 6-month period beginning 10 with the next payment due on the covered loan 11 after the deferment period; and 12 with respect to a covered loan made 13 during the period beginning on the date of en- 14 actment of this Act and ending on the date that 15 is 6 months after such date of enactment, for 16 the 6-month period beginning with the first 17 payment due on the covered loan. 18 TIMING OF PAYMENT.—The Administrator 19 shall begin making payments under paragraph 20 on a covered loan not later than 30 days after the 21 date on which the first such payment is due. 22 APPLICATION OF PAYMENT.—Any payment 23 made by the Administrator under paragraph 24 shall be applied to the covered loan such that the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 76 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. borrower is relieved of the obligation to pay that 1 amount. 2 OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The Administrator 3 shall— 4 communicate and coordinate with the Fed- 5 eral Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the 6 Comptroller of the Currency, and State bank regu- 7 lators to encourage those entities to not require 8 lenders to increase their reserves on account of re- 9 ceiving payments made by the Administrator under 10 subsection 11 waive statutory limits on maximum loan 12 maturities for any covered loan durations where the 13 lender provides a deferral and extends the maturity 14 of covered loans during the 1-year period following 15 the date of enactment of this Act; and 16 when necessary to provide more time be- 17 cause of the potential of higher volumes, travel re- 18 strictions, and the inability to access some properties 19 during the COVID–19 pandemic, extend lender site 20 visit requirements to— 21 not more than 60 days (which may be 22 extended at the discretion of the Administra- 23 tion) after the occurrence of an adverse event, 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 77 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. other than a payment default, causing a loan to 1 be classified as in liquidation; and 2 not more than 90 days after a pay- 3 ment default. 4 RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec- 5 tion may be construed to limit the authority of the Admin- 6 istrator to make payments pursuant to subsection with 7 respect to a covered loan solely because the covered loan 8 has been sold in the secondary market. 9 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 10 authorized to be appropriated to the Administrator 11 $17,000,000,000 to carry out this section. 12 SEC. 1113. BANKRUPTCY. 13 SMALL BUSINESS DEBTOR REORGANIZATION.— 14 IN GENERAL.—Section 1182(1) of title 11, 15 United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 16 DEBTOR.—The term ‘debtor’— 17 subject to subparagraph means a 18 person engaged in commercial or business ac- 19 tivities (including any affiliate of such person 20 that is also a debtor under this title and exclud- 21 ing a person whose primary activity is the busi- 22 ness of owning single asset real estate) that has 23 aggregate noncontingent liquidated secured and 24 unsecured debts as of the date of the filing of 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 78 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the petition or the date of the order for relief 1 in an amount not more than $7,500,000 (ex- 2 cluding debts owed to 1 or more affiliates or in- 3 siders) not less than 50 percent of which arose 4 from the commercial or business activities of 5 the debtor; and 6 does not include— 7 any member of a group of affili- 8 ated debtors that has aggregate noncontin- 9 gent liquidated secured and unsecured 10 debts in an amount greater than 11 $7,500,000 (excluding debt owed to 1 or 12 more affiliates or insiders); 13 any debtor that is a corporation 14 subject to the reporting requirements 15 under section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities 16 Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78m, 17 78o(d)); or 18 ‘‘(iii) any debtor that is an affiliate of 19 an issuer, as defined in section 3 of the Se- 20 curities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 21 22 APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTERS.—Section 23 103(i) of title 11, United States Code, is amended 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 79 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by striking ‘‘small business debtor’’ and inserting 1 ‘‘debtor (as defined in section 1182)’’. 2 APPLICATION OF AMENDMENT.—The 3 amendment made by paragraph shall apply only 4 with respect to cases commenced under title 11, 5 United States Code, on or after the date of enact- 6 ment of this Act. 7 TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.— 8 DEFINITION OF SMALL BUSINESS 9 DEBTOR.—Section 101(51D)(B)(iii) of title 11, 10 United States Code, is amended to read as fol- 11 lows: 12 ‘‘(iii) any debtor that is an affiliate of 13 an issuer (as defined in section 3 of the 14 Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 15 U.S.C. 16 UNCLAIMED PROPERTY.—Section 17 347(b) of title 11, United States Code, is 18 amended by striking ‘‘1194’’ and inserting 19 ‘‘1191’’. 20 SUNSET.—On the date that is 1 year after 21 the date of enactment of this Act, section 1182(1) 22 of title 11, United States Code, is amended to read 23 as follows: 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 80 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. DEBTOR.—The term ‘debtor’ means a 1 small business debtor.’’. 2 BANKRUPTCY RELIEF.— 3 IN GENERAL.— 4 EXCLUSION FROM CURRENT 5 INCOME.—Section 101(10A)(B)(ii) of title 11, 6 United States Code, is amended— 7 in subclause (III), by striking 8 and’’ and inserting a semicolon; 9 (ii) in subclause (IV), by striking the 10 period at the end and inserting and’’; 11 and 12 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 13 lowing: 14 Payments made under Fed- 15 eral law relating to the national emer- 16 gency declared by the President under 17 the National Emergencies Act (50 18 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to 19 the coronavirus disease 2019 20 (COVID–19).’’. 21 CONFIRMATION OF PLAN.—Section 22 1325(b)(2) of title 11, United States Code, is 23 amended by inserting ‘‘payments made under 24 Federal law relating to the national emergency 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 81 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. declared by the President under the National 1 Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with 2 respect to the coronavirus disease 2019 3 (COVID–19),’’ after ‘‘other than’’. 4 MODIFICATION OF PLAN AFTER CON- 5 FIRMATION.—Section 1329 of title 11, United 6 States Code, is amended by adding at end the 7 following: 8 Subject to paragraph for a plan con- 9 firmed prior to the date of enactment of this subsection, 10 the plan may be modified upon the request of the debtor 11 if— 12 the debtor is experiencing or has experi- 13 enced a material financial hardship due, directly or 14 indirectly, to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID– 15 19) pandemic; and 16 the modification is approved after notice 17 and a hearing. 18 A plan modified under paragraph may not 19 provide for payments over a period that expires more than 20 7 years after the time that the first payment under the 21 original confirmed plan was due. 22 Sections 1322(a), 1322(b), 1323(c), and the re- 23 quirements of section 1325(a) shall apply to any modifica- 24 tion under paragraph 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 82 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. APPLICABILITY.— 1 The amendments made by sub- 2 paragraphs and shall apply to any 3 case commenced before, on, or after the 4 date of enactment of this Act. 5 (ii) The amendment made by subpara- 6 graph shall apply to any case for which 7 a plan has been confirmed under section 8 1325 of title 11, United States Code, be- 9 fore the date of enactment of this Act. 10 SUNSET.— 11 IN GENERAL.— 12 EXCLUSION FROM CURRENT 13 INCOME.—Section 14 101(10A)(B)(ii) of title 11, United States 15 Code, is amended— 16 in subclause (III), by striking 17 the semicolon at the end and inserting 18 and’’; 19 (II) in subclause (IV), by striking 20 and’’ and inserting a period; and 21 (III) by striking subclause 22 (ii) CONFIRMATION OF PLAN.—Sec- 23 tion 1325(b)(2) of title 11, United States 24 Code, is amended by striking ‘‘payments 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 83 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. made under Federal law relating to the na- 1 tional emergency declared by the President 2 under the National Emergencies Act (50 3 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to the 4 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19),’’. 5 (iii) MODIFICATION OF PLAN AFTER 6 CONFIRMATION.—Section 1329 of title 11, 7 United States Code, is amended by strik- 8 ing subsection 9 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments 10 made by subparagraph shall take effect on 11 the date that is 1 year after the date of enact- 12 ment of this Act. 13 SEC. 1114. EMERGENCY RULEMAKING AUTHORITY. 14 Not later than 15 days after the date of enactment 15 of this Act, the Administrator shall issue regulations to 16 carry out this title and the amendments made by this title 17 without regard to the notice requirements under section 18 553(b) of title 5, United States Code. 19 ---PAGE BREAK--- 84 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE II—ASSISTANCE FOR 1 AMERICAN WORKERS, FAMI- 2 LIES, AND BUSINESSES 3 Subtitle A—Unemployment 4 Insurance Provisions 5 SEC. 2101. SHORT TITLE. 6 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Relief for Workers 7 Affected by Coronavirus Act’’. 8 SEC. 2102. PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE. 9 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 10 COVID–19.—The term ‘‘COVID-19’’ means 11 the 2019 Novel Coronavirus or 2019-nCoV. 12 COVID–19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.— 13 The term ‘‘COVID-19 public health emergency’’ 14 means the public health emergency declared by the 15 Secretary of Health and Human Services on Janu- 16 ary 27, 2020, with respect to the 2019 Novel 17 Coronavirus. 18 COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered 19 individual’’— 20 means an individual who— 21 is not eligible for regular com- 22 pensation or extended benefits under State 23 or Federal law or pandemic emergency un- 24 employment compensation under section 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 85 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 2107, including an individual who has ex- 1 hausted all rights to regular unemployment 2 or extended benefits under State or Fed- 3 eral law or pandemic emergency unemploy- 4 ment compensation under section 2107; 5 and 6 (ii) provides self-certification that the 7 individual— 8 is otherwise able to work and 9 available for work within the meaning 10 of applicable State law, except the in- 11 dividual is unemployed, partially un- 12 employed, or unable or unavailable to 13 work because— 14 (aa) the individual has been 15 diagnosed with COVID–19 or is 16 experiencing of 17 COVID–19 and seeking a med- 18 ical diagnosis; 19 (bb) a member of the indi- 20 vidual’s household has been diag- 21 nosed with COVID–19; 22 (cc) the individual is pro- 23 viding care for a family member 24 or a member of the individual’s 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 86 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. household who has been diag- 1 nosed with COVID–19; 2 (dd) a child or other person 3 in the household for which the in- 4 dividual has primary caregiving 5 responsibility is unable to attend 6 school or another facility that is 7 closed as a direct result of the 8 COVID-19 public health emer- 9 gency and such school or facility 10 care is required for the individual 11 to work; 12 (ee) the individual is unable 13 to reach the place of employment 14 because of a quarantine imposed 15 as a direct result of the COVID- 16 19 public health emergency; 17 (ff) the individual is unable 18 to reach the place of employment 19 because the individual has been 20 advised by a health care provider 21 to self-quarantine due to con- 22 cerns related to COVID–19; 23 (gg) the individual was 24 scheduled to commence employ- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 87 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ment and does not have a job or 1 is unable to reach the job as a di- 2 rect result of the COVID-19 pub- 3 lic health emergency; 4 (hh) the individual has be- 5 come the breadwinner or major 6 support for a household because 7 the head of the household has 8 died as a direct result of 9 COVID–19; 10 (ii) the individual has to quit 11 his or her job as a direct result 12 of COVID–19; 13 (jj) the individual’s place of 14 employment is closed as a direct 15 result of the COVID–19 public 16 health emergency; or 17 (kk) the individual meets 18 any additional criteria established 19 by the Secretary for unemploy- 20 ment assistance under this sec- 21 tion; or 22 (II) is self-employed, is seeking 23 part-time employment, does not have 24 sufficient work history, or otherwise 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 88 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. would not qualify for regular unem- 1 ployment or extended benefits under 2 State or Federal law or pandemic 3 emergency unemployment compensa- 4 tion under section 2107 and meets the 5 requirements of subclause and 6 does not include— 7 an individual who has the ability to 8 telework with pay; or 9 (ii) an individual who is receiving paid 10 sick leave or other paid leave benefits, re- 11 gardless of whether the individual meets a 12 qualification described in items (aa) 13 through (kk) of subparagraph 14 SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 15 the Secretary of Labor. 16 STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ includes the 17 District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 18 Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 19 the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- 20 lands, the Federated States of Micronesia, the Re- 21 public of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of 22 Palau. 23 ASSISTANCE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AS A RESULT 24 OF COVID-19.—Subject to subsection the Secretary 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 89 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. shall provide to any covered individual unemployment ben- 1 efit assistance while such individual is unemployed, par- 2 tially unemployed, or unable to work for the weeks of such 3 unemployment with respect to which the individual is not 4 entitled to any other unemployment compensation (as that 5 term is defined in section 85(b) of title 26, United States 6 Code) or waiting period credit. 7 APPLICABILITY.— 8 IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- 9 graph the assistance authorized under sub- 10 section shall be available to a covered indi- 11 vidual— 12 for weeks of unemployment, partial un- 13 employment, or inability to work caused by 14 COVID–19— 15 beginning on or after January 27, 16 2020; and 17 (ii) ending on or before December 31, 18 2020; and 19 subject to subparagraph as 20 long as the covered individual’s unemployment, 21 partial unemployment, or inability to work 22 caused by COVID–19 continues. 23 LIMITATION ON DURATION OF ASSIST- 24 ANCE.—The total number of weeks for which a cov- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 90 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ered individual may receive assistance under this 1 section shall not exceed 39 weeks and such total 2 shall include any week for which the covered indi- 3 vidual received regular compensation or extended 4 benefits under any Federal or State law, except that 5 if after the date of enactment of this Act, the dura- 6 tion of extended benefits is extended, the 39-week 7 period described in this paragraph shall be extended 8 by the number of weeks that is equal to the number 9 of weeks by which the extended benefits were ex- 10 tended. 11 ASSISTANCE FOR UNEMPLOYMENT BEFORE 12 DATE OF ENACTMENT.—The Secretary shall estab- 13 lish a process for making assistance under this sec- 14 tion available for weeks beginning on or after Janu- 15 ary 27, 2020, and before the date of enactment of 16 this Act. 17 AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE.— 18 IN GENERAL.—The assistance authorized 19 under subsection for a week of unemployment, 20 partial unemployment, or inability to work shall 21 be— 22 the weekly benefit amount author- 23 ized under the unemployment compensation law 24 of the State where the covered individual was 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 91 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. employed, except that the amount may not be 1 less than the minimum weekly benefit amount 2 described in section 625.6 of title 20, Code of 3 Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto; 4 and 5 (ii) the amount of Federal Pandemic Un- 6 employment Compensation under section 2104; 7 and 8 in the case of an increase of the week- 9 ly benefit amount after the date of enactment 10 of this Act, increased in an amount equal to 11 such increase. 12 CALCULATIONS OF AMOUNTS FOR CERTAIN 13 COVERED INDIVIDUALS.—In the case of a covered 14 individual who is self-employed, who lives in a terri- 15 tory described in subsection or of section 16 625.6 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, or 17 who would not otherwise qualify for unemployment 18 compensation under State law, the assistance au- 19 thorized under subsection for a week of unem- 20 ployment shall be calculated in accordance with sec- 21 tion 625.6 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, 22 or any successor thereto, and shall be increased by 23 the amount of Federal Pandemic Unemployment 24 Compensation under section 2104. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 92 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ALLOWABLE METHODS OF PAYMENT.—Any 1 assistance provided for in accordance with para- 2 graph (1)(A)(ii) shall be payable either— 3 as an amount which is paid at the 4 same time and in the same manner as the as- 5 sistance provided for in paragraph is 6 payable for the week involved; or 7 at the option of the State, by pay- 8 ments which are made separately from, but on 9 the same weekly basis as, any assistance pro- 10 vided for in paragraph 11 WAIVER OF STATE REQUIREMENT.—Notwith- 12 standing State law, for purposes of assistance authorized 13 under this section, compensation under this Act shall be 14 made to an individual otherwise eligible for such com- 15 pensation without any waiting period. 16 AGREEMENTS WITH STATES.— 17 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall provide 18 the assistance authorized under subsection 19 through agreements with States which, in the judg- 20 ment of the Secretary, have an adequate system for 21 administering such assistance through existing State 22 agencies. 23 PAYMENTS TO STATES.—There shall be 24 paid to each State which has entered into an agree- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 93 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ment under this subsection an amount equal to 100 1 percent of— 2 the total amount of assistance provided 3 by the State pursuant to such agreement; and 4 any additional administrative expenses 5 incurred by the State by reason of such agree- 6 ment (as determined by the Secretary), includ- 7 ing any administrative expenses necessary to fa- 8 cilitate processing of applications for assistance 9 under this section online or by telephone rather 10 than in-person. 11 TERMS OF PAYMENTS.—Sums payable to 12 any State by reason of such State’s having an agree- 13 ment under this subsection shall be payable, either 14 in advance or by way of reimbursement (as deter- 15 mined by the Secretary), in such amounts as the 16 Secretary estimates the State will be entitled to re- 17 ceive under this subsection for each calendar month, 18 reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any 19 amount by which the Secretary finds that his esti- 20 mates for any prior calendar month were greater or 21 less than the amounts which should have been paid 22 to the State. Such estimates may be made on the 23 basis of such statistical, sampling, or other method 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 94 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the 1 State agency of the State involved. 2 FUNDING.— 3 ASSISTANCE.— 4 IN GENERAL.—Funds in the extended 5 unemployment compensation account (as estab- 6 lished by section 905(a) of the Social Security 7 Act (42 U.S.C. 1105(a)) of the Unemployment 8 Trust Fund (as established by section 904(a) of 9 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a)) shall be used to 10 make payments to States pursuant to sub- 11 section 12 TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwith- 13 standing any other provision of law, the Sec- 14 retary of the Treasury shall transfer from the 15 general fund of the Treasury (from funds not 16 otherwise appropriated) to the extended unem- 17 ployment compensation account such sums as 18 the Secretary of Labor estimates to be nec- 19 essary to make payments described in subpara- 20 graph There are appropriated from the 21 general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal 22 year limitation, the sums referred to in the pre- 23 ceding sentence and such sums shall not be re- 24 quired to be repaid. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 95 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 1 IN GENERAL.—Funds in the employ- 2 ment security administration account (as estab- 3 lished by section 901(a) of the Social Security 4 Act (42 U.S.C. 1105(a)) of the Unemployment 5 Trust Fund (as established by section 904(a) of 6 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a)) shall be used to 7 make payments to States pursuant to sub- 8 section 9 TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwith- 10 standing any other provision of law, the Sec- 11 retary of the Treasury shall transfer from the 12 general fund of the Treasury (from funds not 13 otherwise appropriated) to the employment se- 14 curity administration account such sums as the 15 Secretary of Labor estimates to be necessary to 16 make payments described in subparagraph 17 There are appropriated from the general fund 18 of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, 19 the sums referred to in the preceding sentence 20 and such sums shall not be required to be re- 21 paid. 22 CERTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary of Labor 23 shall from time to time certify to the Secretary of 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 96 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the Treasury for payment to each State the sums 1 payable to such State under paragraphs and 2 RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PANDEMIC UNEM- 3 PLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND DISASTER UNEMPLOYMENT 4 ASSISTANCE.—Except as otherwise provided in this sec- 5 tion or to the extent there is a conflict between this section 6 and section 625 of title 20, Code of Federal Regulations, 7 such section 625 shall apply to this section as if— 8 the term ‘‘COVID–19 public health emer- 9 gency’’ were substituted for the term ‘‘major dis- 10 aster’’ each place it appears in such section 625; and 11 the term ‘‘pandemic’’ were substituted for 12 the term ‘‘disaster’’ each place it appears in such 13 section 625. 14 SEC. 2103. EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF FOR GOV- 15 ERNMENTAL ENTITIES AND NONPROFIT OR- 16 GANIZATIONS. 17 FLEXIBILITY IN PAYING REIMBURSEMENT.—The 18 Secretary of Labor may issue clarifying guidance to allow 19 States to interpret their State unemployment compensa- 20 tion laws in a manner that would provide maximum flexi- 21 bility to reimbursing employers as it relates to timely pay- 22 ment and assessment of penalties and interest pursuant 23 to such State laws. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 97 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. FEDERAL FUNDING.—Section 903 of the Social 1 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1103) is amended by adding at 2 the end the following: 3 ‘‘Transfers for Federal Reimbursement of State 4 Unemployment Funds 5 In addition to any other amounts, the Sec- 6 retary of Labor shall provide for the transfer of funds dur- 7 ing the applicable period to the accounts of the States in 8 the Unemployment Trust Fund, by transfer from amounts 9 reserved for that purpose in the Federal unemployment 10 account, in accordance with the succeeding provisions of 11 this subsection. 12 The amount of funds transferred to the account 13 of a State under subparagraph during the applicable 14 period shall, as determined by the Secretary of Labor, be 15 equal to one-half of the amounts of compensation (as de- 16 fined in section 3306(h) of the Internal Revenue Code of 17 1986) attributable under the State law to service to which 18 section 3309(a)(1) of such Code applies that were paid 19 by the State for weeks of unemployment beginning and 20 ending during such period. Such transfers shall be made 21 at such times as the Secretary of Labor considers appro- 22 priate. 23 Notwithstanding any other law, funds trans- 24 ferred to the account of a State under subparagraph 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 98 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. shall be used exclusively to reimburse governmental enti- 1 ties and other organizations described in section 2 3309(a)(2) of such Code for amounts paid (in lieu of con- 3 tributions) into the State unemployment fund pursuant to 4 such section. 5 For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘appli- 6 cable period’ means the period beginning on March 13, 7 2020, and ending on December 31, 2020. 8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 9 the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the gen- 10 eral fund of the Treasury (from funds not otherwise ap- 11 propriated) to the Federal unemployment account such 12 sums as the Secretary of Labor estimates to be necessary 13 for purposes of making the transfers described in para- 14 graph 15 There are appropriated from the general fund 16 of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, the sums 17 referred to in subparagraph and such sums shall not 18 be required to be repaid.’’. 19 SEC. 2104. EMERGENCY INCREASE IN UNEMPLOYMENT 20 COMPENSATION BENEFITS. 21 FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS.—Any State 22 which desires to do so may enter into and participate in 23 an agreement under this section with the Secretary of 24 Labor (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’). Any 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 99 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. State which is a party to an agreement under this section 1 may, upon providing 30 days’ written notice to the Sec- 2 retary, terminate such agreement. 3 PROVISIONS OF AGREEMENT.— 4 FEDERAL PANDEMIC UNEMPLOYMENT COM- 5 PENSATION.—Any agreement under this section 6 shall provide that the State agency of the State will 7 make payments of regular compensation to individ- 8 uals in amounts and to the extent that they would 9 be determined if the State law of the State were ap- 10 plied, with respect to any week for which the indi- 11 vidual is (disregarding this section) otherwise enti- 12 tled under the State law to receive regular com- 13 pensation, as if such State law had been modified in 14 a manner such that the amount of regular com- 15 pensation (including dependents’ allowances) payable 16 for any week shall be equal to— 17 the amount determined under the 18 State law (before the application of this para- 19 graph), plus 20 an additional amount of $600 (in this 21 section referred to as ‘‘Federal Pandemic Un- 22 employment Compensation’’). 23 ALLOWABLE METHODS OF PAYMENT.—Any 24 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 100 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. provided for in accordance with paragraph shall 1 be payable either— 2 as an amount which is paid at the 3 same time and in the same manner as any reg- 4 ular compensation otherwise payable for the 5 week involved; or 6 at the option of the State, by pay- 7 ments which are made separately from, but on 8 the same weekly basis as, any regular com- 9 pensation otherwise payable. 10 NONREDUCTION RULE.— 11 IN GENERAL.—An agreement under this 12 section shall not apply (or shall cease to apply) with 13 respect to a State upon a determination by the Sec- 14 retary that the method governing the computation of 15 regular compensation under the State law of that 16 State has been modified in a manner such that the 17 number of weeks (the maximum benefit entitlement), 18 or the average weekly benefit amount, of regular 19 compensation which will be payable during the pe- 20 riod of the agreement (determined disregarding any 21 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation) 22 will be less than the number of weeks, or the aver- 23 age weekly benefit amount, of the average weekly 24 benefit amount of regular compensation which would 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 101 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. otherwise have been payable during such period 1 under the State law, as in effect on January 1, 2 2020. 3 MAXIMUM BENEFIT ENTITLEMENT.—In 4 paragraph the term ‘‘maximum benefit entitle- 5 ment’’ means the amount of regular unemployment 6 compensation payable to an individual with respect 7 to the individual’s benefit year. 8 PAYMENTS TO STATES.— 9 IN GENERAL.— 10 FULL REIMBURSEMENT.—There shall 11 be paid to each State which has entered into an 12 agreement under this section an amount equal 13 to 100 percent of— 14 the total amount of Federal Pan- 15 demic Unemployment Compensation paid 16 to individuals by the State pursuant to 17 such agreement; and 18 (ii) any additional administrative ex- 19 penses incurred by the State by reason of 20 such agreement (as determined by the Sec- 21 retary). 22 TERMS OF PAYMENTS.—Sums payable 23 to any State by reason of such State’s having 24 an agreement under this section shall be pay- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 102 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. able, either in advance or by way of reimburse- 1 ment (as determined by the Secretary), in such 2 amounts as the Secretary estimates the State 3 will be entitled to receive under this section for 4 each calendar month, reduced or increased, as 5 the case may be, by any amount by which the 6 Secretary finds that his estimates for any prior 7 calendar month were greater or less than the 8 amounts which should have been paid to the 9 State. Such estimates may be made on the 10 basis of such statistical, sampling, or other 11 method as may be agreed upon by the Secretary 12 and the State agency of the State involved. 13 CERTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall 14 from time to time certify to the Secretary of the 15 Treasury for payment to each State the sums pay- 16 able to such State under this section. 17 APPROPRIATION.—There are appropriated 18 from the general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal 19 year limitation, such sums as may be necessary for 20 purposes of this subsection. 21 APPLICABILITY.—An agreement entered into 22 under this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment— 23 beginning after the date on which such 24 agreement is entered into; and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 103 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ending on or before July 31, 2020. 1 FRAUD AND OVERPAYMENTS.— 2 IN GENERAL.—If an individual knowingly 3 has made, or caused to be made by another, a false 4 statement or representation of a material fact, or 5 knowingly has failed, or caused another to fail, to 6 disclose a material fact, and as a result of such false 7 statement or representation or of such nondisclosure 8 such individual has received an amount of Federal 9 Pandemic Unemployment Compensation to which 10 such individual was not entitled, such individual— 11 shall be ineligible for further Federal 12 Pandemic Unemployment Compensation in ac- 13 cordance with the provisions of the applicable 14 State unemployment compensation law relating 15 to fraud in connection with a claim for unem- 16 ployment compensation; and 17 shall be subject to prosecution under 18 section 1001 of title 18, United States Code. 19 REPAYMENT.—In the case of individuals 20 who have received amounts of Federal Pandemic 21 Unemployment Compensation to which they were 22 not entitled, the State shall require such individuals 23 to repay the amounts of such Federal Pandemic Un- 24 employment Compensation to the State agency, ex- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 104 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. cept that the State agency may waive such repay- 1 ment if it determines that— 2 the payment of such Federal Pandemic 3 Unemployment Compensation was without fault 4 on the part of any such individual; and 5 such repayment would be contrary to 6 equity and good conscience. 7 RECOVERY BY STATE AGENCY.— 8 IN GENERAL.—The State agency shall 9 recover the amount to be repaid, or any part 10 thereof, by deductions from any Federal Pan- 11 demic Unemployment Compensation payable to 12 such individual or from any unemployment 13 compensation payable to such individual under 14 any State or Federal unemployment compensa- 15 tion law administered by the State agency or 16 under any other State or Federal law adminis- 17 tered by the State agency which provides for 18 the payment of any assistance or allowance with 19 respect to any week of unemployment, during 20 the 3-year period after the date such individuals 21 received the payment of the Federal Pandemic 22 Unemployment Compensation to which they 23 were not entitled, in accordance with the same 24 procedures as apply to the recovery of overpay- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 105 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ments of regular unemployment benefits paid 1 by the State. 2 OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING.—No re- 3 payment shall be required, and no deduction 4 shall be made, until a determination has been 5 made, notice thereof and an opportunity for a 6 fair hearing has been given to the individual, 7 and the determination has become final. 8 REVIEW.—Any determination by a State 9 agency under this section shall be subject to review 10 in the same manner and to the same extent as deter- 11 minations under the State unemployment compensa- 12 tion law, and only in that manner and to that ex- 13 tent. 14 APPLICATION TO OTHER UNEMPLOYMENT BENE- 15 FITS.—Each agreement under this section shall include 16 provisions to provide that the purposes of the preceding 17 provisions of this section shall be applied with respect to 18 unemployment benefits described in subsection to 19 the same extent and in the same manner as if those bene- 20 fits were regular compensation. 21 DISREGARD OF ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR 22 PURPOSES OF MEDICAID AND CHIP.—The 23 equivalent of any Federal pandemic unemployment com- 24 pensation paid to an individual under this section shall 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 106 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. be disregarded when determining income for any purpose 1 under the programs established under titles XIX and title 2 XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq., 3 1397aa et seq.) . 4 DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 5 the terms ‘‘compensation’’, ‘‘regular com- 6 pensation’’, ‘‘benefit year’’, ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State agency’’, 7 ‘‘State law’’, and ‘‘week’’ have the respective mean- 8 ings given such terms under section 205 of the Fed- 9 eral-State Extended Unemployment Compensation 10 Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note); and 11 any reference to unemployment benefits de- 12 scribed in this paragraph shall be considered to refer 13 to— 14 extended compensation (as defined by 15 section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Un- 16 employment Compensation Act of 1970); 17 regular compensation (as defined by 18 section 85(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 19 1986) provided under any program adminis- 20 tered by a State under an agreement with the 21 Secretary; 22 pandemic unemployment assistance 23 under section 2102; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 107 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. pandemic emergency unemployment 1 compensation under section 2107. 2 SEC. 2105. TEMPORARY FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF THE 3 FIRST WEEK OF COMPENSABLE REGULAR 4 UNEMPLOYMENT FOR STATES WITH NO WAIT- 5 ING WEEK. 6 FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS.—Any State 7 which desires to do so may enter into and participate in 8 an agreement under this section with the Secretary of 9 Labor (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’). Any 10 State which is a party to an agreement under this section 11 may, upon providing 30 days’ written notice to the Sec- 12 retary, terminate such agreement. 13 REQUIREMENT THAT STATE LAW DOES NOT 14 APPLY A WAITING WEEK.—A State is eligible to enter 15 into an agreement under this section if the State law (in- 16 cluding a waiver of State law) provides that compensation 17 is paid to individuals for their first week of regular unem- 18 ployment without a waiting week. An agreement under 19 this section shall not apply (or shall cease to apply) with 20 respect to a State upon a determination by the Secretary 21 that the State law no longer meets the requirement under 22 the preceding sentence. 23 PAYMENTS TO STATES.— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 108 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. FULL REIMBURSEMENT.—There shall be 1 paid to each State which has entered into an agree- 2 ment under this section an amount equal to 100 per- 3 cent of— 4 the total amount of regular compensa- 5 tion paid to individuals by the State for their 6 first week of regular unemployment; and 7 any additional administrative expenses 8 incurred by the State by reason of such agree- 9 ment (as determined by the Secretary). 10 TERMS OF PAYMENTS.—Sums payable to 11 any State by reason of such State’s having an agree- 12 ment under this section shall be payable, either in 13 advance or by way of reimbursement (as determined 14 by the Secretary), in such amounts as the Secretary 15 estimates the State will be entitled to receive under 16 this section for each calendar month, reduced or in- 17 creased, as the case may be, by any amount by 18 which the Secretary finds that his estimates for any 19 prior calendar month were greater or less than the 20 amounts which should have been paid to the State. 21 Such estimates may be made on the basis of such 22 statistical, sampling, or other method as may be 23 agreed upon by the Secretary and the State agency 24 of the State involved. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 109 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. FUNDING.— 1 COMPENSATION.— 2 IN GENERAL.—Funds in the Federal 3 unemployment account (as established by sec- 4 tion 905(g)) of the Unemployment Trust Fund 5 (as established by section 904(a)) shall be used 6 to make payments under subsection 7 TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwith- 8 standing any other provision of law, the Sec- 9 retary of the Treasury shall transfer from the 10 general fund of the Treasury (from funds not 11 otherwise appropriated) to the Federal unem- 12 ployment account such sums as the Secretary of 13 Labor estimates to be necessary to make pay- 14 ments described in subparagraph There 15 are appropriated from the general fund of the 16 Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, the 17 sums referred to in the preceding sentence and 18 such sums shall not be required to be repaid. 19 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 20 IN GENERAL.—Funds in the employ- 21 ment security administration account (as estab- 22 lished by section 901(a) of the Social Security 23 Act (42 U.S.C. 1105(a)) of the Unemployment 24 Trust Fund (as established by section 904(a) of 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 110 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. such Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a)) shall be used to 1 make payments to States pursuant to sub- 2 section 3 TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwith- 4 standing any other provision of law, the Sec- 5 retary of the Treasury shall transfer from the 6 general fund of the Treasury (from funds not 7 otherwise appropriated) to the employment se- 8 curity administration account such sums as the 9 Secretary of Labor estimates to be necessary to 10 make payments described in subparagraph 11 There are appropriated from the general fund 12 of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, 13 the sums referred to in the preceding sentence 14 and such sums shall not be required to be re- 15 paid. 16 CERTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall 17 from time to time certify to the Secretary of the 18 Treasury for payment to each State the sums pay- 19 able to such State under this section. 20 APPLICABILITY.—An agreement entered into 21 under this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment— 22 beginning after the date on which such 23 agreement is entered into; and 24 ending on or before December 31, 2020. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 111 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. FRAUD AND OVERPAYMENTS.—The provisions of 1 section 2107(e) shall apply with respect to compensation 2 paid under an agreement under this section to the same 3 extent and in the same manner as in the case of pandemic 4 emergency unemployment compensation under such sec- 5 tion. 6 DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section, the 7 terms ‘‘regular compensation’’, ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State agency’’, 8 ‘‘State law’’, and ‘‘week’’ have the respective meanings 9 given such terms under section 205 of the Federal-State 10 Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 (26 11 U.S.C. 3304 note). 12 SEC. 2106. EMERGENCY STATE STAFFING FLEXIBILITY. 13 Section 4102(b) of the Emergency Unemployment 14 Stabilization and Access Act of 2020 (contained in division 15 D of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act) is 16 amended— 17 by striking ‘‘or employer experience rating’’ 18 and inserting ‘‘employer experience rating, or, sub- 19 ject to the succeeding sentence, personnel standards 20 on a merit basis’’; and 21 by adding at the end the following new sen- 22 tence: ‘‘The emergency flexibility for personnel 23 standards on a merit basis shall only apply through 24 December 31, 2020, and is limited to engaging of 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 112 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. temporary staff, rehiring of retirees or former em- 1 ployees on a non-competitive basis, and other tem- 2 porary actions to quickly process applications and 3 claims.’’. 4 SEC. 2107. PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COM- 5 PENSATION. 6 FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS.— 7 IN GENERAL.—Any State which desires to 8 do so may enter into and participate in an agree- 9 ment under this section with the Secretary of Labor 10 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’). Any 11 State which is a party to an agreement under this 12 section may, upon providing 30 days’ written notice 13 to the Secretary, terminate such agreement. 14 PROVISIONS OF AGREEMENT.—Any agree- 15 ment under paragraph shall provide that the 16 State agency of the State will make payments of 17 pandemic emergency unemployment compensation to 18 individuals who— 19 have exhausted all rights to regular 20 compensation under the State law or under 21 Federal law with respect to a benefit year (ex- 22 cluding any benefit year that ended before 23 July1, 2019); 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 113 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. have no rights to regular compensation 1 with respect to a week under such law or any 2 other State unemployment compensation law or 3 to compensation under any other Federal law; 4 are not receiving compensation with 5 respect to such week under the unemployment 6 compensation law of Canada; and 7 are able to work, available to work, 8 and actively seeking work. 9 EXHAUSTION OF BENEFITS.—For purposes 10 of paragraph an individual shall be deemed 11 to have exhausted such individual’s rights to regular 12 compensation under a State law when— 13 no payments of regular compensation 14 can be made under such law because such indi- 15 vidual has received all regular compensation 16 available to such individual based on employ- 17 ment or wages during such individual’s base pe- 18 riod; or 19 such individual’s rights to such com- 20 pensation have been terminated by reason of 21 the expiration of the benefit year with respect 22 to which such rights existed. 23 WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT, ETC.—For 24 purposes of any agreement under this section— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 114 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the amount of pandemic emergency 1 unemployment compensation which shall be 2 payable to any individual for any week of total 3 unemployment shall be equal to— 4 the amount of the regular com- 5 pensation (including dependents’ allow- 6 ances) payable to such individual during 7 such individual’s benefit year under the 8 State law for a week of total unemploy- 9 ment; and 10 (ii) the amount of Federal Pandemic 11 Unemployment Compensation under sec- 12 tion 2104; 13 the terms and conditions of the State 14 law which apply to claims for regular compensa- 15 tion and to the payment thereof (including 16 terms and conditions relating to availability for 17 work, active search for work, and refusal to ac- 18 cept work) shall apply to claims for pandemic 19 emergency unemployment compensation and the 20 payment thereof, except where otherwise incon- 21 sistent with the provisions of this section or 22 with the regulations or operating instructions of 23 the Secretary promulgated to carry out this sec- 24 tion; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 115 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the maximum amount of pandemic 1 emergency unemployment compensation payable 2 to any individual for whom an pandemic emer- 3 gency unemployment compensation account is 4 established under subsection shall not ex- 5 ceed the amount established in such account for 6 such individual; and 7 the allowable methods of payment 8 under section 2104(b)(2) shall apply to pay- 9 ments of amounts described in subparagraph 10 11 COORDINATION RULE.—An agreement 12 under this section shall apply with respect to a State 13 only upon a determination by the Secretary that, 14 under the State law or other applicable rules of such 15 State, the payment of extended compensation for 16 which an individual is otherwise eligible must be de- 17 ferred until after the payment of any pandemic 18 emergency unemployment compensation under sub- 19 section for which the individual is concurrently 20 eligible. 21 NONREDUCTION RULE.— 22 IN GENERAL.—An agreement under 23 this section shall not apply (or shall cease to 24 apply) with respect to a State upon a deter- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 116 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. mination by the Secretary that the method gov- 1 erning the computation of regular compensation 2 under the State law of that State has been 3 modified in a manner such that the number of 4 weeks (the maximum benefit entitlement), or 5 the average weekly benefit amount, of regular 6 compensation which will be payable during the 7 period of the agreement will be less than the 8 number of weeks, or the average weekly benefit 9 amount, of the average weekly benefit amount 10 of regular compensation which would otherwise 11 have been payable during such period under the 12 State law, as in effect on January 1, 2020. 13 MAXIMUM BENEFIT ENTITLEMENT.— 14 In subparagraph the term ‘‘maximum ben- 15 efit entitlement’’ means the amount of regular 16 unemployment compensation payable to an indi- 17 vidual with respect to the individual’s benefit 18 year. 19 ACTIVELY SEEKING WORK.— 20 IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara- 21 graph for purposes of paragraph 22 the term ‘‘actively seeking work’’ means, with 23 respect to any individual, that such individual— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 117 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. is registered for employment serv- 1 ices in such a manner and to such extent 2 as prescribed by the State agency; 3 (ii) has engaged in an active search 4 for employment that is appropriate in light 5 of the employment available in the labor 6 market, the individual’s skills and capabili- 7 ties, and includes a number of employer 8 contacts that is consistent with the stand- 9 ards communicated to the individual by the 10 State; 11 (iii) has maintained a record of such 12 work search, including employers con- 13 tacted, method of contact, and date con- 14 tacted; and 15 (iv) when requested, has provided 16 such work search record to the State agen- 17 cy. 18 FLEXIBILITY.—Notwithstanding the 19 requirements under subparagraph and 20 paragraph a State shall provide flexi- 21 bility in meeting such requirements in case of 22 individuals unable to search for work because of 23 COVID-19, including because of illness, quar- 24 antine, or movement restriction. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 118 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT COM- 1 PENSATION ACCOUNT.— 2 IN GENERAL.—Any agreement under this 3 section shall provide that the State will establish, for 4 each eligible individual who files an application for 5 pandemic emergency unemployment compensation, 6 an pandemic emergency unemployment compensa- 7 tion account with respect to such individual’s benefit 8 year. 9 AMOUNT IN ACCOUNT.—The amount estab- 10 lished in an account under subsection shall be 11 equal to 13 times the individual’s average weekly 12 benefit amount, which includes the amount of Fed- 13 eral Pandemic Unemployment Compensation under 14 section 2104, for the benefit year. 15 WEEKLY BENEFIT AMOUNT.—For purposes 16 of this subsection, an individual’s weekly benefit 17 amount for any week is the amount of regular com- 18 pensation (including dependents’ allowances) under 19 the State law payable to such individual for such 20 week for total unemployment plus the amount of 21 Federal Pandemic Unemployment Compensation 22 under section 2104. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 119 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. PAYMENTS TO STATES HAVING AGREEMENTS 1 FOR THE PAYMENT OF PANDEMIC EMERGENCY UNEM- 2 PLOYMENT COMPENSATION.— 3 IN GENERAL.—There shall be paid to each 4 State that has entered into an agreement under this 5 section an amount equal to 100 percent of the pan- 6 demic emergency unemployment compensation paid 7 to individuals by the State pursuant to such agree- 8 ment. 9 TREATMENT OF REIMBURSABLE COMPENSA- 10 TION.—No payment shall be made to any State 11 under this section in respect of any compensation to 12 the extent the State is entitled to reimbursement in 13 respect of such compensation under the provisions of 14 any Federal law other than this section or chapter 15 85 of title 5, United States Code. A State shall not 16 be entitled to any reimbursement under such chapter 17 85 in respect of any compensation to the extent the 18 State is entitled to reimbursement under this section 19 in respect of such compensation. 20 DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT.—Sums pay- 21 able to any State by reason of such State having an 22 agreement under this section shall be payable, either 23 in advance or by way of reimbursement (as may be 24 determined by the Secretary), in such amounts as 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 120 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the Secretary estimates the State will be entitled to 1 receive under this section for each calendar month, 2 reduced or increased, as the case may be, by any 3 amount by which the Secretary finds that the Sec- 4 retary’s estimates for any prior calendar month were 5 greater or less than the amounts which should have 6 been paid to the State. Such estimates may be made 7 on the basis of such statistical, sampling, or other 8 method as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and 9 the State agency of the State involved. 10 FINANCING PROVISIONS.— 11 COMPENSATION.— 12 IN GENERAL.—Funds in the extended 13 unemployment compensation account (as estab- 14 lished by section 905(a) of the Social Security 15 Act (42 U.S.C. 1105(a)) of the Unemployment 16 Trust Fund (as established by section 904(a) of 17 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a)) shall be used for 18 the making of payments to States having agree- 19 ments entered into under this section. 20 TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwith- 21 standing any other provision of law, the Sec- 22 retary of the Treasury shall transfer from the 23 general fund of the Treasury (from funds not 24 otherwise appropriated) to the extended unem- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 121 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ployment compensation account such sums as 1 the Secretary of Labor estimates to be nec- 2 essary to make payments described in subpara- 3 graph There are appropriated from the 4 general fund of the Treasury, without fiscal 5 year limitation, the sums referred to in the pre- 6 ceding sentence and such sums shall not be re- 7 quired to be repaid. 8 ADMINISTRATION.— 9 IN GENERAL.—There are appropriated 10 out of the employment security administration 11 account (as established by section 901(a) of the 12 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1101(a)) of the 13 Unemployment Trust Fund, without fiscal year 14 limitation, such funds as may be necessary for 15 purposes of assisting States (as provided in title 16 III of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 501 17 et seq.)) in meeting the costs of administration 18 of agreements under this section. 19 TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Notwith- 20 standing any other provision of law, the Sec- 21 retary of the Treasury shall transfer from the 22 general fund of the Treasury (from funds not 23 otherwise appropriated) to the employment se- 24 curity administration account such sums as the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 122 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Secretary of Labor estimates to be necessary to 1 make payments described in subparagraph 2 There are appropriated from the general fund 3 of the Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, 4 the sums referred to in the preceding sentence 5 and such sums shall not be required to be re- 6 paid. 7 CERTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall from 8 time to time certify to the Secretary of the Treasury 9 for payment to each State the sums payable to such 10 State under this subsection. The Secretary of the 11 Treasury, prior to audit or settlement by the Gov- 12 ernment Accountability Office, shall make payments 13 to the State in accordance with such certification, by 14 transfers from the extended unemployment com- 15 pensation account (as so established) to the account 16 of such State in the Unemployment Trust Fund (as 17 so established). 18 FRAUD AND OVERPAYMENTS.— 19 IN GENERAL.—If an individual knowingly 20 has made, or caused to be made by another, a false 21 statement or representation of a material fact, or 22 knowingly has failed, or caused another to fail, to 23 disclose a material fact, and as a result of such false 24 statement or representation or of such nondisclosure 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 123 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. such individual has received an amount of pandemic 1 emergency unemployment compensation under this 2 section to which such individual was not entitled, 3 such individual— 4 shall be ineligible for further pandemic 5 emergency unemployment compensation under 6 this section in accordance with the provisions of 7 the applicable State unemployment compensa- 8 tion law relating to fraud in connection with a 9 claim for unemployment compensation; and 10 shall be subject to prosecution under 11 section 1001 of title 18, United States Code. 12 REPAYMENT.—In the case of individuals 13 who have received amounts of pandemic emergency 14 unemployment compensation under this section to 15 which they were not entitled, the State shall require 16 such individuals to repay the amounts of such pan- 17 demic emergency unemployment compensation to the 18 State agency, except that the State agency may 19 waive such repayment if it determines that— 20 the payment of such pandemic emer- 21 gency unemployment compensation was without 22 fault on the part of any such individual; and 23 such repayment would be contrary to 24 equity and good conscience. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 124 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. RECOVERY BY STATE AGENCY.— 1 IN GENERAL.—The State agency shall 2 recover the amount to be repaid, or any part 3 thereof, by deductions from any pandemic 4 emergency unemployment compensation payable 5 to such individual under this section or from 6 any unemployment compensation payable to 7 such individual under any State or Federal un- 8 employment compensation law administered by 9 the State agency or under any other State or 10 Federal law administered by the State agency 11 which provides for the payment of any assist- 12 ance or allowance with respect to any week of 13 unemployment, during the 3-year period after 14 the date such individuals received the payment 15 of the pandemic emergency unemployment com- 16 pensation to which they were not entitled, in ac- 17 cordance with the same procedures as apply to 18 the recovery of overpayments of regular unem- 19 ployment benefits paid by the State. 20 OPPORTUNITY FOR HEARING.—No re- 21 payment shall be required, and no deduction 22 shall be made, until a determination has been 23 made, notice thereof and an opportunity for a 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 125 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. fair hearing has been given to the individual, 1 and the determination has become final. 2 REVIEW.—Any determination by a State 3 agency under this section shall be subject to review 4 in the same manner and to the same extent as deter- 5 minations under the State unemployment compensa- 6 tion law, and only in that manner and to that ex- 7 tent. 8 DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘com- 9 pensation’’, ‘‘regular compensation’’, ‘‘extended compensa- 10 tion’’, ‘‘benefit year’’, ‘‘base period’’, ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State 11 agency’’, ‘‘State law’’, and ‘‘week’’ have the respective 12 meanings given such terms under section 205 of the Fed- 13 eral-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 14 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note). 15 APPLICABILITY.—An agreement entered into 16 under this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment— 17 beginning after the date on which such 18 agreement is entered into; and 19 ending on or before December 31, 2020. 20 SEC. 2108. TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME COM- 21 PENSATION PAYMENTS IN STATES WITH PRO- 22 GRAMS IN LAW. 23 PAYMENTS TO STATES.— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 126 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 1 there shall be paid to a State an amount equal to 2 100 percent of the amount of short-time compensa- 3 tion paid under a short-time compensation program 4 (as defined in section 3306(v) of the Internal Rev- 5 enue Code of 1986) under the provisions of the 6 State law. 7 TERMS OF PAYMENTS.—Payments made to 8 a State under paragraph shall be payable by way 9 of reimbursement in such amounts as the Secretary 10 estimates the State will be entitled to receive under 11 this section for each calendar month, reduced or in- 12 creased, as the case may be, by any amount by 13 which the Secretary finds that the Secretary’s esti- 14 mates for any prior calendar month were greater or 15 less than the amounts which should have been paid 16 to the State. Such estimates may be made on the 17 basis of such statistical, sampling, or other method 18 as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the 19 State agency of the State involved. 20 LIMITATIONS ON PAYMENTS.— 21 GENERAL PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.— 22 No payments shall be made to a State under 23 this section for short-time compensation paid to 24 an individual by the State during a benefit year 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 127 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in excess of 26 times the amount of regular 1 compensation (including dependents’ allow- 2 ances) under the State law payable to such in- 3 dividual for a week of total unemployment. 4 EMPLOYER LIMITATIONS.—No pay- 5 ments shall be made to a State under this sec- 6 tion for benefits paid to an individual by the 7 State under a short-time compensation program 8 if such individual is employed by the partici- 9 pating employer on a seasonal, temporary, or 10 intermittent basis. 11 APPLICABILITY.—Payments to a State under 12 subsection shall be available for weeks of unemploy- 13 ment— 14 beginning on or after the date of the enact- 15 ment of this Act; and 16 ending on or before December 31, 2020. 17 NEW PROGRAMS.—Subject to subsection 18 if at any point after the date of the enactment of this Act 19 the State enacts a State law providing for the payment 20 of short-time compensation under a short-time compensa- 21 tion program that meets the definition of such a program 22 under section 3306(v) of the Internal Revenue Code of 23 1986, the State shall be eligible for payments under this 24 section after the effective date of such enactment. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 128 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. FUNDING AND CERTIFICATIONS.— 1 FUNDING.—There are appropriated, out of 2 moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 3 such sums as may be necessary for purposes of car- 4 rying out this section. 5 CERTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall 6 from time to time certify to the Secretary of the 7 Treasury for payment to each State the sums pay- 8 able to such State under this section. 9 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 10 SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 11 the Secretary of Labor. 12 STATE; STATE AGENCY; STATE LAW.—The 13 terms ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State agency’’, and ‘‘State law’’ 14 have the meanings given those terms in section 205 15 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Com- 16 pensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note). 17 TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO DEFINITION.—Sec- 18 tion 3306(v)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 19 U.S.C. 3306) is amended by striking ‘‘Workforce Invest- 20 ment Act of 1998’’ and inserting ‘‘Workforce Innovation 21 and Opportunity Act’’. 22 SEC. 2109. TEMPORARY FINANCING OF SHORT-TIME COM- 23 PENSATION AGREEMENTS. 24 FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENTS.— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 129 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—Any State which desires to 1 do so may enter into, and participate in, an agree- 2 ment under this section with the Secretary provided 3 that such State’s law does not provide for the pay- 4 ment of short-time compensation under a short-time 5 compensation program (as defined in section 6 3306(v) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986). 7 ABILITY TO TERMINATE.—Any State which 8 is a party to an agreement under this section may, 9 upon providing 30 days’ written notice to the Sec- 10 retary, terminate such agreement. 11 PROVISIONS OF FEDERAL-STATE AGREEMENT.— 12 IN GENERAL.—Any agreement under this 13 section shall provide that the State agency of the 14 State will make payments of short-time compensa- 15 tion under a plan approved by the State. Such plan 16 shall provide that payments are made in accordance 17 with the requirements under section 3306(v) of the 18 Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 19 LIMITATIONS ON PLANS.— 20 GENERAL PAYMENT LIMITATIONS.—A 21 short-time compensation plan approved by a 22 State shall not permit the payment of short- 23 time compensation to an individual by the State 24 during a benefit year in excess of 26 times the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 130 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. amount of regular compensation (including de- 1 pendents’ allowances) under the State law pay- 2 able to such individual for a week of total un- 3 employment. 4 EMPLOYER LIMITATIONS.—A short- 5 time compensation plan approved by a State 6 shall not provide payments to an individual if 7 such individual is employed by the participating 8 employer on a seasonal, temporary, or intermit- 9 tent basis. 10 EMPLOYER PAYMENT OF COSTS.—Any 11 short-time compensation plan entered into by an em- 12 ployer must provide that the employer will pay the 13 State an amount equal to one-half of the amount of 14 short-time compensation paid under such plan. Such 15 amount shall be deposited in the State’s unemploy- 16 ment fund and shall not be used for purposes of cal- 17 culating an employer’s contribution rate under sec- 18 tion 3303(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 19 1986. 20 PAYMENTS TO STATES.— 21 IN GENERAL.—There shall be paid to each 22 State with an agreement under this section an 23 amount equal to— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 131 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. one-half of the amount of short-time 1 compensation paid to individuals by the State 2 pursuant to such agreement; and 3 any additional administrative expenses 4 incurred by the State by reason of such agree- 5 ment (as determined by the Secretary). 6 TERMS OF PAYMENTS.—Payments made to 7 a State under paragraph shall be payable by way 8 of reimbursement in such amounts as the Secretary 9 estimates the State will be entitled to receive under 10 this section for each calendar month, reduced or in- 11 creased, as the case may be, by any amount by 12 which the Secretary finds that the Secretary’s esti- 13 mates for any prior calendar month were greater or 14 less than the amounts which should have been paid 15 to the State. Such estimates may be made on the 16 basis of such statistical, sampling, or other method 17 as may be agreed upon by the Secretary and the 18 State agency of the State involved. 19 FUNDING.—There are appropriated, out of 20 moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 21 such sums as may be necessary for purposes of car- 22 rying out this section. 23 CERTIFICATIONS.—The Secretary shall 24 from time to time certify to the Secretary of the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 132 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Treasury for payment to each State the sums pay- 1 able to such State under this section. 2 APPLICABILITY.—An agreement entered into 3 under this section shall apply to weeks of unemployment— 4 beginning on or after the date on which 5 such agreement is entered into; and 6 ending on or before December 31, 2020. 7 SPECIAL RULE.—If a State has entered into an 8 agreement under this section and subsequently enacts a 9 State law providing for the payment of short-time com- 10 pensation under a short-time compensation program that 11 meets the definition of such a program under section 12 3306(v) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, the 13 State— 14 shall not be eligible for payments under this 15 section for weeks of unemployment beginning after 16 the effective date of such State law; and 17 subject to section 2108(b)(2), shall be eligi- 18 ble to receive payments under section 2108 after the 19 effective date of such State law. 20 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 21 SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 22 the Secretary of Labor. 23 STATE; STATE AGENCY; STATE LAW.—The 24 terms ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State agency’’, and ‘‘State law’’ 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 133 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. have the meanings given those terms in section 205 1 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Com- 2 pensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note). 3 SEC. 2110. GRANTS FOR SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PRO- 4 GRAMS. 5 GRANTS.— 6 FOR IMPLEMENTATION OR IMPROVED AD- 7 MINISTRATION.—The Secretary shall award grants 8 to States that enact short-time compensation pro- 9 grams (as defined in subsection for the pur- 10 pose of implementation or improved administration 11 of such programs. 12 FOR PROMOTION AND ENROLLMENT.—The 13 Secretary shall award grants to States that are eligi- 14 ble and submit plans for a grant under paragraph 15 for such States to promote and enroll employers 16 in short-time compensation programs (as so de- 17 fined). 18 ELIGIBILITY.— 19 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall de- 20 termine eligibility criteria for the grants under 21 paragraphs and 22 CLARIFICATION.—A State admin- 23 istering a short-time compensation program 24 that does not meet the definition of a short- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 134 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. time compensation program under section 1 3306(v) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 2 and a State with an agreement under section 3 2109, shall not be eligible to receive a grant 4 under this section until such time as the State 5 law of the State provides for payments under a 6 short-time compensation program that meets 7 such definition and such law. 8 AMOUNT OF GRANTS.— 9 IN GENERAL.—The maximum amount avail- 10 able for making grants to a State under paragraphs 11 and shall be equal to the amount obtained 12 by multiplying $100,000,000 (less the amount used 13 by the Secretary under subsection by the same 14 ratio as would apply under subsection of 15 section 903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 16 1103) for purposes of determining such State’s 17 share of any excess amount (as described in sub- 18 section of such section) that would have been 19 subject to transfer to State accounts, as of October 20 1, 2019, under the provisions of subsection of 21 such section. 22 AMOUNT AVAILABLE FOR DIFFERENT 23 GRANTS.—Of the maximum incentive payment deter- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 135 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. mined under paragraph with respect to a 1 State— 2 one-third shall be available for a grant 3 under subsection and 4 two-thirds shall be available for a 5 grant under subsection 6 GRANT APPLICATION AND DISBURSAL.— 7 APPLICATION.—Any State seeking a grant 8 under paragraph or of subsection shall 9 submit an application to the Secretary at such time, 10 in such manner, and complete with such information 11 as the Secretary may require. In no case may the 12 Secretary award a grant under this section with re- 13 spect to an application that is submitted after De- 14 cember 31, 2023. 15 NOTICE.—The Secretary shall, within 30 16 days after receiving a complete application, notify 17 the State agency of the State of the Secretary’s find- 18 ings with respect to the requirements for a grant 19 under paragraph or (or both) of subsection 20 21 CERTIFICATION.—If the Secretary finds 22 that the State law provisions meet the requirements 23 for a grant under subsection the Secretary shall 24 thereupon make a certification to that effect to the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 136 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Secretary of the Treasury, together with a certifi- 1 cation as to the amount of the grant payment to be 2 transferred to the State account in the Unemploy- 3 ment Trust Fund (as established in section 904(a) 4 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1104(a))) pur- 5 suant to that finding. The Secretary of the Treasury 6 shall make the appropriate transfer to the State ac- 7 count within 7 days after receiving such certifi- 8 cation. 9 REQUIREMENT.—No certification of compli- 10 ance with the requirements for a grant under para- 11 graph or of subsection may be made with 12 respect to any State whose— 13 State law is not otherwise eligible for 14 certification under section 303 of the Social Se- 15 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 503) or approvable under 16 section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 17 1986; or 18 short-time compensation program is 19 subject to discontinuation or is not scheduled to 20 take effect within 12 months of the certifi- 21 cation. 22 USE OF FUNDS.—The amount of any grant 23 awarded under this section shall be used for the implemen- 24 tation of short-time compensation programs and the over- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 137 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. all administration of such programs and the promotion 1 and enrollment efforts associated with such programs, 2 such as through— 3 the creation or support of rapid response 4 teams to advise employers about alternatives to lay- 5 offs; 6 the provision of education or assistance to 7 employers to enable them to assess the feasibility of 8 participating in short-time compensation programs; 9 and 10 the development or enhancement of systems 11 to automate— 12 the submission and approval of plans; 13 and 14 the filing and approval of new and on- 15 going short-time compensation claims. 16 ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary is authorized 17 to use 0.25 percent of the funds available under subsection 18 to provide for outreach and to share best practices with 19 respect to this section and short-time compensation pro- 20 grams. 21 RECOUPMENT.—The Secretary shall establish a 22 process under which the Secretary shall recoup the 23 amount of any grant awarded under paragraph or 24 of subsection if the Secretary determines that, during 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 138 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the 5-year period beginning on the first date that any such 1 grant is awarded to the State, the State— 2 terminated the State’s short-time compensa- 3 tion program; or 4 failed to meet appropriate requirements 5 with respect to such program (as established by the 6 Secretary). 7 FUNDING.—There are appropriated, out of mon- 8 eys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the 9 Secretary, $100,000,000 to carry out this section, to re- 10 main available without fiscal year limitation. 11 REPORTING.—The Secretary may establish re- 12 porting requirements for States receiving a grant under 13 this section in order to provide oversight of grant funds. 14 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 15 SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 16 the Secretary of Labor. 17 SHORT-TIME COMPENSATION PROGRAM.— 18 The term ‘‘short-time compensation program’’ has 19 the meaning given such term in section 3306(v) of 20 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 21 STATE; STATE AGENCY; STATE LAW.—The 22 terms ‘‘State’’, ‘‘State agency’’, and ‘‘State law’’ 23 have the meanings given those terms in section 205 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 139 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Com- 1 pensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note). 2 SEC. 2111. ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE IN IMPLEMENTING 3 PROGRAMS. 4 IN GENERAL.—In order to assist States in estab- 5 lishing, qualifying, and implementing short-time com- 6 pensation programs (as defined in section 3306(v) of the 7 Internal Revenue Code of 1986), the Secretary of Labor 8 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall— 9 develop model legislative language, or dis- 10 seminate existing model legislative language, which 11 may be used by States in developing and enacting 12 such programs, and periodically review and revise 13 such model legislative language; 14 provide technical assistance and guidance in 15 developing, enacting, and implementing such pro- 16 grams; and 17 establish reporting requirements for States, 18 including reporting on— 19 the number of estimated averted lay- 20 offs; 21 the number of participating employers 22 and workers; and 23 such other items as the Secretary of 24 Labor determines are appropriate. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 140 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. MODEL LANGUAGE AND GUIDANCE.—The model 1 language and guidance developed under subsection 2 shall allow sufficient flexibility by States and participating 3 employers while ensuring accountability and program in- 4 tegrity. 5 CONSULTATION.—In developing the model legisla- 6 tive language and guidance under subsection and in 7 order to meet the requirements of subsection the Sec- 8 retary shall consult with employers, labor organizations, 9 State workforce agencies, and other program experts. Ex- 10 isting model legislative language that has been developed 11 through such a consultative process shall be deemed to 12 meet the consultation requirement of this subsection. 13 REPEAL.—Section 4104 of the Emergency Unem- 14 ployment Stabilization and Access Act of 2020 (contained 15 in division D of the Families First Coronavirus Response 16 Act) is repealed. 17 SEC. 2112. WAIVER OF THE 7-DAY WAITING PERIOD FOR 18 BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEM- 19 PLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT. 20 NO WAITING WEEK.—With respect to any reg- 21 istration period beginning after the date of enactment of 22 this Act and ending on or before December 31, 2020, sub- 23 paragraphs (A)(ii) and (B)(ii) of section 2(a)(1) of the 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 141 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 1 352(a)(1)) shall not apply. 2 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS AND REGULA- 3 TIONS.—The Railroad Retirement Board may prescribe 4 any operating instructions or regulations necessary to 5 carry out this section. 6 FUNDING.—Out of any funds in the Treasury not 7 otherwise appropriated, there are appropriated 8 $50,000,000 to cover the costs of additional benefits pay- 9 able due to the application of subsection Upon the 10 exhaustion of the funds appropriated under this sub- 11 section, subsection shall no longer apply with respect 12 to any registration period beginning after the date of ex- 13 haustion of funds. 14 DEFINITION OF REGISTRATION PERIOD.—For 15 purposes of this section, the term ‘‘registration period’’ 16 has the meaning given such term under section 1 of the 17 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 351). 18 SEC. 2113. ENHANCED BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD 19 UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT. 20 Section 2(a) of the Railroad Unemployment Insur- 21 ance Act (45 U.S.C. § 352(a)) is amended by adding at 22 the end the following: 23 Notwithstanding paragraph subsection 24 and any other limitation on total benefits in this 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 142 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Act, for registration periods beginning on or after April 1 1, 2020, but on or before July 31, 2020, a recovery benefit 2 in the amount of $1,200 shall be payable to a qualified 3 employee with respect to any registration period in which 4 the employee received unemployment benefits under para- 5 graph and in any registration period in which the 6 employee did not receive unemployment benefits due to the 7 limitation in subsection or due to reaching the 8 maximum number of days of benefits in the benefit year 9 beginning July 1, 2019, under subsection No 10 recovery benefits shall be payable under this section upon 11 the exhaustion of the funds appropriated under subpara- 12 graph for payment of benefits under this subpara- 13 graph. 14 Out of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise 15 appropriated, there are appropriated $425,000,000 to 16 cover the cost of recovery benefits provided under subpara- 17 graph to remain available until expended.’’. 18 SEC. 2114. EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNDER 19 THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 20 ACT. 21 EXTENSION.—Section 2(c)(2)(D)(iii) of the Rail- 22 road Unemployment Insurance Act (45 U.S.C. 23 352(c)(2)(D)(iii) is amended— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 143 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by striking ‘‘July 1, 2008’’ and inserting 1 ‘‘July 1, 2019’’; 2 by striking ‘‘June 30, 2013’’ and inserting 3 ‘‘June 30, 2020’’; and 4 by striking ‘‘December 31, 2013’’ and in- 5 serting ‘‘December 31, 2020’’. 6 CLARIFICATION ON AUTHORITY TO USE 7 FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under either the first or 8 second sentence of clause (iv) of section 2(c)(2)(D) of the 9 Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act shall be available 10 to cover the cost of additional extended unemployment 11 benefits provided under such section 2(c)(2)(D) by reason 12 of the amendments made by subsection as well as to 13 cover the cost of such benefits provided under such section 14 2(c)(2)(D) as in effect on the day before the date of enact- 15 ment of this Act. 16 SEC. 2115. FUNDING FOR THE DOL OFFICE OF INSPECTOR 17 GENERAL FOR OVERSIGHT OF UNEMPLOY- 18 MENT PROVISIONS. 19 There are appropriated, out of moneys in the Treas- 20 ury not otherwise appropriated, to the Office of the In- 21 spector General of the Department of Labor, $25,000,000 22 to carry out audits, investigations, and other oversight ac- 23 tivities authorized under the Inspector General Act of 24 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) that are related to the provisions 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 144 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. of, and amendments made by, this subtitle, to remain 1 available without fiscal year limitation. 2 SEC. 2116. IMPLEMENTATION. 3 NON-APPLICATION OF THE PAPERWORK REDUC- 4 TION ACT.—Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code 5 (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act 6 of 1995’’), shall not apply to the provisions of, and the 7 amendments made by, this subtitle. 8 OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS OR OTHER GUID- 9 ANCE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 10 Secretary of Labor may issue any operating instructions 11 or other guidance necessary to carry out the provisions 12 of, or the amendments made by, this subtitle. 13 Subtitle B—Rebates and Other 14 Individual Provisions 15 SEC. 2201. 2020 RECOVERY REBATES FOR INDIVIDUALS. 16 IN GENERAL.—Subchapter B of chapter 65 of 17 subtitle F of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend- 18 ed by inserting after section 6427 the following new sec- 19 tion: 20 ‘‘SEC. 6428. 2020 RECOVERY REBATES FOR INDIVIDUALS. 21 IN GENERAL.—In the case of an eligible indi- 22 vidual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax 23 imposed by subtitle A for the first taxable year beginning 24 in 2020 an amount equal to the sum of— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 145 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. $1,200 ($2,400 in the case of eligible indi- 1 viduals filing a joint return), plus 2 an amount equal to the product of $500 3 multiplied by the number of qualifying children 4 (within the meaning of section 24(c)) of the tax- 5 payer. 6 TREATMENT OF CREDIT.—The credit allowed by 7 subsection shall be treated as allowed by subpart C 8 of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1. 9 LIMITATION BASED ON ADJUSTED GROSS IN- 10 COME.—The amount of the credit allowed by subsection 11 (determined without regard to this subsection and sub- 12 section shall be reduced (but not below zero) by 5 13 percent of so much of the taxpayer’s adjusted gross in- 14 come as exceeds— 15 $150,000 in the case of a joint return, 16 $112,500 in the case of a head of house- 17 hold, and 18 $75,000 in the case of a taxpayer not de- 19 scribed in paragraph or 20 ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 21 section, the term ‘eligible individual’ means any individual 22 other than— 23 any nonresident alien individual, 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 146 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. any individual with respect to whom a de- 1 duction under section 151 is allowable to another 2 taxpayer for a taxable year beginning in the cal- 3 endar year in which the individual’s taxable year be- 4 gins, and 5 an estate or trust. 6 COORDINATION WITH ADVANCE REFUNDS OF 7 CREDIT.— 8 IN GENERAL.—The amount of credit 9 which would (but for this paragraph) be allowable 10 under this section shall be reduced (but not below 11 zero) by the aggregate refunds and credits made or 12 allowed to the taxpayer under subsection Any 13 failure to so reduce the credit shall be treated as 14 arising out of a mathematical or clerical error and 15 assessed according to section 6213(b)(1). 16 JOINT RETURNS.—In the case of a refund 17 or credit made or allowed under subsection with 18 respect to a joint return, half of such refund or cred- 19 it shall be treated as having been made or allowed 20 to each individual filing such return. 21 ADVANCE REFUNDS AND CREDITS.— 22 IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 23 each individual who was an eligible individual for 24 such individual’s first taxable year beginning in 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 147 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 2019 shall be treated as having made a payment 1 against the tax imposed by chapter 1 for such tax- 2 able year in an amount equal to the advance refund 3 amount for such taxable year. 4 ADVANCE REFUND AMOUNT.—For pur- 5 poses of paragraph the advance refund amount 6 is the amount that would have been allowed as a 7 credit under this section for such taxable year if this 8 section (other than subsection and this sub- 9 section) had applied to such taxable year. 10 TIMING AND MANNER OF PAYMENTS.— 11 TIMING.—The Secretary shall, sub- 12 ject to the provisions of this title, refund or 13 credit any overpayment attributable to this sec- 14 tion as rapidly as possible. No refund or credit 15 shall be made or allowed under this subsection 16 after December 31, 2020. 17 DELIVERY OF PAYMENTS.—Notwith- 18 standing any other provision of law, the Sec- 19 retary may certify and disburse refunds payable 20 under this subsection electronically to any ac- 21 count to which the payee authorized, on or after 22 January 1, 2018, the delivery of a refund of 23 taxes under this title or of a Federal payment 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 148 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (as defined in section 3332 of title 31, United 1 States Code). 2 WAIVER OF CERTAIN RULES.—Not- 3 withstanding section 3325 of title 31, United 4 States Code, or any other provision of law, with 5 respect to any payment of a refund under this 6 subsection, a disbursing official in the executive 7 branch of the United States Government may 8 modify payment information received from an 9 officer or employee described in section 10 3325(a)(1)(B) of such title for the purpose of 11 facilitating the accurate and efficient delivery of 12 such payment. Except in cases of fraud or reck- 13 less neglect, no liability under sections 3325, 14 3527, 3528, or 3529 of title 31, United States 15 Code, shall be imposed with respect to pay- 16 ments made under this subparagraph. 17 NO INTEREST.—No interest shall be al- 18 lowed on any overpayment attributable to this sec- 19 tion. 20 ALTERNATE TAXABLE YEAR.—In the case 21 of an individual who, at the time of any determina- 22 tion made pursuant to paragraph has not filed 23 a tax return for the year described in paragraph 24 the Secretary may— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 149 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. apply such paragraph by substituting 1 ‘2018’ for ‘2019’, and 2 if the individual has not filed a tax 3 return for such individual’s first taxable year 4 beginning in 2018, use information with respect 5 to such individual for calendar year 2019 pro- 6 vided in— 7 Form SSA-1099, Social Security 8 Benefit Statement, or 9 Form RRB-1099, Social Security 10 Equivalent Benefit Statement. 11 NOTICE TO TAXPAYER.—Not later than 15 12 days after the date on which the Secretary distrib- 13 uted any payment to an eligible taxpayer pursuant 14 to this subsection, notice shall be sent by mail to 15 such taxpayer’s last known address. Such notice 16 shall indicate the method by which such payment 17 was made, the amount of such payment, and a 18 phone number for the appropriate point of contact 19 at the Internal Revenue Service to report any failure 20 to receive such payment. 21 IDENTIFICATION NUMBER REQUIREMENT.— 22 IN GENERAL.—No credit shall be allowed 23 under subsection to an eligible individual who 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 150 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. does not include on the return of tax for the taxable 1 year— 2 such individual’s valid identification 3 number, 4 in the case of a joint return, the valid 5 identification number of such individual’s 6 spouse, and 7 in the case of any qualifying child 8 taken into account under subsection the 9 valid identification number of such qualifying 10 child. 11 VALID IDENTIFICATION NUMBER.— 12 IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para- 13 graph the term ‘valid identification num- 14 ber’ means a social security number (as such 15 term is defined in section 24(h)(7)). 16 ADOPTION TAXPAYER IDENTIFICA- 17 TION NUMBER.—For purposes of paragraph 18 in the case of a qualifying child who is 19 adopted or placed for adoption, the term ‘valid 20 identification number’ shall include the adop- 21 tion taxpayer identification number of such 22 child. 23 SPECIAL RULE FOR MEMBERS OF THE 24 ARMED FORCES.—Paragraph shall not apply 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 151 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in the case where at least 1 spouse was a member 1 of the Armed Forces of the United States at any 2 time during the taxable year and at least 1 spouse 3 satisfies paragraph 4 MATHEMATICAL OR CLERICAL ERROR AU- 5 THORITY.—Any omission of a correct valid identi- 6 fication number required under this subsection shall 7 be treated as a mathematical or clerical error for 8 purposes of applying section 6213(g)(2) to such 9 omission. 10 REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall prescribe 11 such regulations or other guidance as may be necessary 12 to carry out the purposes of this section, including any 13 such measures as are deemed appropriate to avoid allow- 14 ing multiple credits or rebates to a taxpayer.’’. 15 ADMINISTRATIVE AMENDMENTS.— 16 DEFINITION OF DEFICIENCY.—Section 17 6211(b)(4)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 18 is amended by striking ‘‘and 36B, 168(k)(4)’’ and 19 inserting ‘‘36B, and 6428’’. 20 MATHEMATICAL OR CLERICAL ERROR AU- 21 THORITY.—Section 6213(g)(2)(L) of such Code is 22 amended by striking ‘‘or 32’’ and inserting ‘‘32, or 23 6428’’. 24 TREATMENT OF POSSESSIONS.— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 152 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. PAYMENTS TO POSSESSIONS.— 1 MIRROR CODE POSSESSION.—The Sec- 2 retary of the Treasury shall pay to each posses- 3 sion of the United States which has a mirror 4 code tax system amounts equal to the loss (if 5 any) to that possession by reason of the amend- 6 ments made by this section. Such amounts shall 7 be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury 8 based on information provided by the govern- 9 ment of the respective possession. 10 OTHER POSSESSIONS.—The Secretary 11 of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of 12 the United States which does not have a mirror 13 code tax system amounts estimated by the Sec- 14 retary of the Treasury as being equal to the ag- 15 gregate benefits (if any) that would have been 16 provided to residents of such possession by rea- 17 son of the amendments made by this section if 18 a mirror code tax system had been in effect in 19 such possession. The preceding sentence shall 20 not apply unless the respective possession has a 21 plan, which has been approved by the Secretary 22 of the Treasury, under which such possession 23 will distribute such payments to its 24 residents. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 153 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. COORDINATION WITH CREDIT ALLOWED 1 AGAINST UNITED STATES INCOME TAXES.—No cred- 2 it shall be allowed against United States income 3 taxes under section 6428 of the Internal Revenue 4 Code of 1986 (as added by this section) to any per- 5 son— 6 to whom a credit is allowed against 7 taxes imposed by the possession by reason of 8 the amendments made by this section, or 9 who is eligible for a payment under a 10 plan described in paragraph 11 DEFINITIONS AND SPECIAL RULES.— 12 POSSESSION OF THE UNITED 13 STATES.—For purposes of this subsection, the 14 term ‘‘possession of the United States’’ includes 15 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and the 16 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is- 17 lands. 18 MIRROR CODE TAX SYSTEM.—For pur- 19 poses of this subsection, the term ‘‘mirror code 20 tax system’’ means, with respect to any posses- 21 sion of the United States, the income tax sys- 22 tem of such possession if the income tax liabil- 23 ity of the residents of such possession under 24 such system is determined by reference to the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 154 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. income tax laws of the United States as if such 1 possession were the United States. 2 TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—For pur- 3 poses of section 1324 of title 31, United States 4 Code, the payments under this subsection shall 5 be treated in the same manner as a refund due 6 from a credit provision referred to in subsection 7 of such section. 8 EXCEPTION FROM REDUCTION OR OFFSET.— 9 Any credit or refund allowed or made to any individual 10 by reason of section 6428 of the Internal Revenue Code 11 of 1986 (as added by this section) or by reason of sub- 12 section of this section shall not be— 13 subject to reduction or offset pursuant to 14 section 3716 or 3720A of title 31, United States 15 Code, 16 subject to reduction or offset pursuant to 17 subsection or of section 6402 of the In- 18 ternal Revenue Code of 1986, or 19 reduced or offset by other assessed Federal 20 taxes that would otherwise be subject to levy or col- 21 lection. 22 PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.—The Secretary 23 of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall conduct 24 a public awareness campaign, in coordination with the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 155 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Commissioner of Social Security and the heads of other 1 relevant Federal agencies, to provide information regard- 2 ing the availability of the credit and rebate allowed under 3 section 6428 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as 4 added by this section), including information with respect 5 to individuals who may not have filed a tax return for tax- 6 able year 2018 or 2019. 7 APPROPRIATIONS TO CARRY OUT REBATES.— 8 IN GENERAL.—Immediately upon the enact- 9 ment of this Act, the following sums are appro- 10 priated, out of any money in the Treasury not other- 11 wise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending Sep- 12 tember 30, 2020: 13 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY.— 14 For an additional amount for ‘‘De- 15 partment of the Treasury—Bureau of the 16 Fiscal Service—Salaries and Expenses’’, 17 $78,650,000, to remain available until 18 September 30, 2021. 19 (ii) For an additional amount for 20 ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Internal 21 Revenue Service—Taxpayer Services’’, 22 $293,500,000, to remain available until 23 September 30, 2021. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 156 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (iii) For an additional amount for 1 ‘‘Department of the Treasury—Internal 2 Revenue Service—Operations Support’’, 3 $170,000,000, to remain available until 4 September 30, 2021. 5 (iv) For an additional amount for 6 ‘‘Department of Treasury—Internal Rev- 7 enue Service—Enforcement’’, $37,200,000, 8 to remain available until September 30, 9 2021. 10 Amounts made available in appropriations 11 under clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this subpara- 12 graph may be transferred between such appro- 13 priations upon the advance notification of the 14 Committees on Appropriations of the House of 15 Representatives and the Senate. Such transfer 16 authority is in addition to any other transfer 17 authority provided by law. 18 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION.— 19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Social Security 20 Administration—Limitation on Administrative 21 Expenses’’, $38,000,000, to remain available 22 until September 30, 2021. 23 REPORTS.—No later than 15 days after en- 24 actment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 157 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. shall submit a plan to the Committees on Appropria- 1 tions of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 2 ate detailing the expected use of the funds provided 3 by paragraph Beginning 90 days after enact- 4 ment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 5 submit a quarterly report to the Committees on Ap- 6 propriations of the House of Representatives and the 7 Senate detailing the actual expenditure of funds pro- 8 vided by paragraph and the expected expendi- 9 ture of such funds in the subsequent quarter. 10 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 11 Paragraph of section 1324(b) of title 12 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 13 ‘‘6428,’’ after 14 The table of sections for subchapter B of 15 chapter 65 of subtitle F of the Internal Revenue 16 Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the item 17 relating to section 6427 the following: 18 ‘‘Sec. 6428. 2020 Recovery Rebates for individuals.’’. SEC. 2202. SPECIAL RULES FOR USE OF RETIREMENT 19 FUNDS. 20 TAX-FAVORED WITHDRAWALS FROM RETIRE- 21 MENT PLANS.— 22 IN GENERAL.—Section 72(t) of the Internal 23 Revenue Code of 1986 shall not apply to any 24 coronavirus-related distribution. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 158 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. AGGREGATE DOLLAR LIMITATION.— 1 IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 2 subsection, the aggregate amount of distribu- 3 tions received by an individual which may be 4 treated as coronavirus-related distributions for 5 any taxable year shall not exceed $100,000. 6 TREATMENT OF PLAN DISTRIBU- 7 TIONS.—If a distribution to an individual would 8 (without regard to subparagraph be a 9 coronavirus-related distribution, a plan shall not 10 be treated as violating any requirement of the 11 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 merely because 12 the plan treats such distribution as a 13 coronavirus-related distribution, unless the ag- 14 gregate amount of such distributions from all 15 plans maintained by the employer (and any 16 member of any controlled group which includes 17 the employer) to such individual exceeds 18 $100,000. 19 CONTROLLED GROUP.—For purposes 20 of subparagraph the term ‘‘controlled 21 group’’ means any group treated as a single 22 employer under subsection or 23 of section 414 of the Internal Revenue Code of 24 1986. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 159 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. AMOUNT DISTRIBUTED MAY BE REPAID.— 1 IN GENERAL.—Any individual who re- 2 ceives a coronavirus-related distribution may, at 3 any time during the 3-year period beginning on 4 the day after the date on which such distribu- 5 tion was received, make 1 or more contributions 6 in an aggregate amount not to exceed the 7 amount of such distribution to an eligible retire- 8 ment plan of which such individual is a bene- 9 ficiary and to which a rollover contribution of 10 such distribution could be made under section 11 402(c), 403(a)(4), 403(b)(8), 408(d)(3), or 12 457(e)(16), of the Internal Revenue Code of 13 1986, as the case may be. 14 TREATMENT OF REPAYMENTS OF DIS- 15 TRIBUTIONS FROM ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT 16 PLANS OTHER THAN IRAS.—For purposes of 17 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a con- 18 tribution is made pursuant to subparagraph 19 with respect to a coronavirus-related distribu- 20 tion from an eligible retirement plan other than 21 an individual retirement plan, then the taxpayer 22 shall, to the extent of the amount of the con- 23 tribution, be treated as having received the 24 coronavirus-related distribution in an eligible 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 160 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. rollover distribution (as defined in section 1 402(c)(4) of such Code) and as having trans- 2 ferred the amount to the eligible retirement 3 plan in a direct trustee to trustee transfer with- 4 in 60 days of the distribution. 5 TREATMENT OF REPAYMENTS OF DIS- 6 TRIBUTIONS FROM IRAS.—For purposes of the 7 Internal Revenue Code of 1986, if a contribu- 8 tion is made pursuant to subparagraph 9 with respect to a coronavirus-related distribu- 10 tion from an individual retirement plan (as de- 11 fined by section 7701(a)(37) of such Code), 12 then, to the extent of the amount of the con- 13 tribution, the coronavirus-related distribution 14 shall be treated as a distribution described in 15 section 408(d)(3) of such Code and as having 16 been transferred to the eligible retirement plan 17 in a direct trustee to trustee transfer within 60 18 days of the distribution. 19 DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub- 20 section— 21 CORONAVIRUS-RELATED DISTRIBU- 22 TION.—Except as provided in paragraph 23 the term ‘‘coronavirus-related distribution’’ 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 161 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. means any distribution from an eligible retire- 1 ment plan made— 2 on or after January 1, 2020, and 3 before December 31, 2020, 4 (ii) to an individual— 5 who is diagnosed with the 6 virus SARS-CoV-2 or with 7 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 8 by a test approved by the Centers for 9 Disease Control and Prevention, 10 (II) whose spouse or dependent 11 (as defined in section 152 of the In- 12 ternal Revenue Code of 1986) is diag- 13 nosed with such virus or disease by 14 such a test, or 15 (III) who experiences adverse fi- 16 nancial consequences as a result of 17 being quarantined, being furloughed 18 or laid off or having work hours re- 19 duced due to such virus or disease, 20 being unable to work due to lack of 21 child care due to such virus or dis- 22 ease, closing or reducing hours of a 23 business owned or operated by the in- 24 dividual due to such virus or disease, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 162 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. or other factors as determined by the 1 Secretary of the Treasury (or the Sec- 2 retary’s delegate). 3 EMPLOYEE CERTIFICATION.—The ad- 4 ministrator of an eligible retirement plan may 5 rely on an employee’s certification that the em- 6 ployee satisfies the conditions of subparagraph 7 (A)(ii) in determining whether any distribution 8 is a coronavirus-related distribution. 9 ELIGIBLE RETIREMENT PLAN.—The 10 term ‘‘eligible retirement plan’’ has the meaning 11 given such term by section 402(c)(8)(B) of the 12 Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 13 INCOME INCLUSION SPREAD OVER 3-YEAR 14 PERIOD.— 15 IN GENERAL.—In the case of any 16 coronavirus-related distribution, unless the tax- 17 payer elects not to have this paragraph apply 18 for any taxable year, any amount required to be 19 included in gross income for such taxable year 20 shall be so included ratably over the 3-taxable- 21 year period beginning with such taxable year. 22 SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of sub- 23 paragraph rules similar to the rules of sub- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 163 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. paragraph of section 408A(d)(3) of the In- 1 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 shall apply. 2 SPECIAL RULES.— 3 EXEMPTION OF DISTRIBUTIONS FROM 4 TRUSTEE TO TRUSTEE TRANSFER AND WITH- 5 HOLDING RULES.—For purposes of sections 6 401(a)(31), 402(f), and 3405 of the Internal 7 Revenue Code of 1986, coronavirus-related dis- 8 tributions shall not be treated as eligible roll- 9 over distributions. 10 CORONAVIRUS-RELATED DISTRIBU- 11 TIONS TREATED AS MEETING PLAN DISTRIBU- 12 TION REQUIREMENTS.—For purposes of the In- 13 ternal Revenue Code of 1986, a coronavirus-re- 14 lated distribution shall be treated as meeting 15 the requirements of sections 401(k)(2)(B)(i), 16 403(b)(7)(A)(i), 403(b)(11), and 457(d)(1)(A) 17 of such Code and section 8433(h)(1) of title 5, 18 United States Code. 19 LOANS FROM QUALIFIED PLANS.— 20 INCREASE IN LIMIT ON LOANS NOT TREAT- 21 ED AS DISTRIBUTIONS.—In the case of any loan 22 from a qualified employer plan (as defined under 23 section 72(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 24 1986) to a qualified individual made during the 180- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 164 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. day period beginning on the date of the enactment 1 of this Act— 2 clause of section 72(p)(2)(A) of 3 such Code shall be applied by substituting 4 ‘‘$100,000’’ for ‘‘$50,000’’, and 5 clause (ii) of such section shall be ap- 6 plied by substituting ‘‘the present value of the 7 nonforfeitable accrued benefit of the employee 8 under the plan’’ for ‘‘one-half of the present 9 value of the nonforfeitable accrued benefit of 10 the employee under the plan’’. 11 DELAY OF REPAYMENT.—In the case of a 12 qualified individual with an outstanding loan (on or 13 after the date of the enactment of this Act) from a 14 qualified employer plan (as defined in section 15 72(p)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986)— 16 if the due date pursuant to subpara- 17 graph or of section 72(p)(2) of such 18 Code for any repayment with respect to such 19 loan occurs during the period beginning on the 20 date of the enactment of this Act and ending on 21 December 31, 2020, such due date shall be de- 22 layed for 1 year, 23 any subsequent repayments with re- 24 spect to any such loan shall be appropriately 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 165 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. adjusted to reflect the delay in the due date 1 under subparagraph and any interest accru- 2 ing during such delay, and 3 in determining the 5-year period and 4 the term of a loan under subparagraph or 5 of section 72(p)(2) of such Code, the period 6 described in subparagraph of this para- 7 graph shall be disregarded. 8 QUALIFIED INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of 9 this subsection, the term ‘‘qualified individual’’ 10 means any individual who is described in subsection 11 12 PROVISIONS RELATING TO PLAN AMEND- 13 MENTS.— 14 IN GENERAL.—If this subsection applies to 15 any amendment to any plan or annuity contract— 16 such plan or contract shall be treated 17 as being operated in accordance with the terms 18 of the plan during the period described in para- 19 graph and 20 except as provided by the Secretary of 21 the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate), such 22 plan or contract shall not fail to meet the re- 23 quirements of section 411(d)(6) of the Internal 24 Revenue Code of 1986 and section 204(g) of 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 166 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1 of 1974 by reason of such amendment. 2 AMENDMENTS TO WHICH SUBSECTION AP- 3 PLIES.— 4 IN GENERAL.—This subsection shall 5 apply to any amendment to any plan or annuity 6 contract which is made— 7 pursuant to any provision of this 8 section, or pursuant to any regulation 9 issued by the Secretary of the Treasury or 10 the Secretary of Labor (or the delegate of 11 either such Secretary) under any provision 12 of this section, and 13 (ii) on or before the last day of the 14 first plan year beginning on or after Janu- 15 ary 1, 2022, or such later date as the Sec- 16 retary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s 17 delegate) may prescribe. 18 In the case of a governmental plan (as defined 19 in section 414(d) of the Internal Revenue Code 20 of 1986), clause (ii) shall be applied by sub- 21 stituting the date which is 2 years after the 22 date otherwise applied under clause (ii). 23 CONDITIONS.—This subsection shall 24 not apply to any amendment unless— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 167 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. during the period— 1 beginning on the date that 2 this section or the regulation de- 3 scribed in subparagraph takes 4 effect (or in the case of a plan or con- 5 tract amendment not required by this 6 section or such regulation, the effec- 7 tive date specified by the plan), and 8 (II) ending on the date described 9 in subparagraph (A)(ii) (or, if earlier, 10 the date the plan or contract amend- 11 ment is adopted), 12 the plan or contract is operated as if such 13 plan or contract amendment were in effect, 14 and 15 (ii) such plan or contract amendment 16 applies retroactively for such period. 17 SEC. 2203. TEMPORARY WAIVER OF REQUIRED MINIMUM 18 DISTRIBUTION RULES FOR CERTAIN RETIRE- 19 MENT PLANS AND ACCOUNTS. 20 IN GENERAL.—Section 401(a)(9) of the Internal 21 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 22 the following new subparagraph: 23 TEMPORARY WAIVER OF MINIMUM RE- 24 QUIRED DISTRIBUTION.— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 168 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—The requirements 1 of this paragraph shall not apply for cal- 2 endar year 2020 to— 3 a defined contribution plan 4 which is described in this subsection 5 or in section 403(a) or 403(b), 6 a defined contribution plan 7 which is an eligible deferred com- 8 pensation plan described in section 9 457(b) but only if such plan is main- 10 tained by an employer described in 11 section 457(e)(1)(A), or 12 ‘‘(III) an individual retirement 13 plan. 14 SPECIAL RULE FOR REQUIRED 15 BEGINNING DATES IN 2020.—Clause 16 shall apply to any distribution which is re- 17 quired to be made in calendar year 2020 18 by reason of— 19 a required beginning date 20 occurring in such calendar year, and 21 such distribution not having 22 been made before January 1, 2020. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 169 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘(iii) SPECIAL RULES REGARDING 1 WAIVER PERIOD.—For purposes of this 2 paragraph— 3 the required beginning date 4 with respect to any individual shall be 5 determined without regard to this 6 subparagraph for purposes of applying 7 this paragraph for calendar years 8 after 2020, and 9 if clause (ii) of subpara- 10 graph applies, the 5-year period 11 described in such clause shall be de- 12 termined without regard to calendar 13 year 2020.’’. 14 ELIGIBLE ROLLOVER DISTRIBUTIONS.—Section 15 402(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend- 16 ed by striking ‘‘2009’’ each place it appears in the last 17 sentence and inserting ‘‘2020’’. 18 EFFECTIVE DATES.— 19 IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 20 this section shall apply for calendar years beginning 21 after December 31, 2019. 22 PROVISIONS RELATING TO PLAN OR CON- 23 TRACT AMENDMENTS.— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 170 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—If this paragraph ap- 1 plies to any plan or contract amendment— 2 such plan or contract shall not fail 3 to be treated as being operated in accord- 4 ance with the terms of the plan during the 5 period described in subparagraph (B)(ii) 6 solely because the plan operates in accord- 7 ance with this section, and 8 (ii) except as provided by the Sec- 9 retary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s 10 delegate), such plan or contract shall not 11 fail to meet the requirements of section 12 411(d)(6) of the Internal Revenue Code of 13 1986 and section 204(g) of the Employee 14 Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 15 by reason of such amendment. 16 AMENDMENTS TO WHICH PARAGRAPH 17 APPLIES.— 18 IN GENERAL.—This paragraph 19 shall apply to any amendment to any plan 20 or annuity contract which— 21 is made pursuant to the 22 amendments made by this section, 23 and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 171 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (II) is made on or before the last 1 day of the first plan year beginning 2 on or after January 1, 2022. 3 In the case of a governmental plan, sub- 4 clause (II) shall be applied by substituting 5 ‘‘2024’’ for ‘‘2022’’. 6 (ii) CONDITIONS.—This paragraph 7 shall not apply to any amendment unless 8 during the period beginning on the effec- 9 tive date of the amendment and ending on 10 December 31, 2020, the plan or contract is 11 operated as if such plan or contract 12 amendment were in effect. 13 SEC. 2204. ALLOWANCE OF PARTIAL ABOVE THE LINE DE- 14 DUCTION FOR CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS. 15 IN GENERAL.—Section 62(a) of the Internal Rev- 16 enue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after para- 17 graph (21) the following new paragraph: 18 CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.—In the 19 case of taxable years beginning in 2020, the amount 20 (not to exceed $300) of qualified charitable contribu- 21 tions made by an eligible individual during the tax- 22 able year.’’. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 172 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. DEFINITIONS.—Section 62 of such Code is 1 amended by adding at the end the following new sub- 2 section: 3 DEFINITIONS RELATING TO QUALIFIED CHARI- 4 TABLE CONTRIBUTIONS.—For purposes of subsection 5 6 ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘eligible 7 individual’ means any individual who does not elect 8 to itemize deductions. 9 QUALIFIED CHARITABLE CONTRIBU- 10 TIONS.—The term ‘qualified charitable contribution’ 11 means a charitable contribution (as defined in sec- 12 tion 170(c))— 13 which is made in cash, 14 for which a deduction is allowable 15 under section 170 (determined without regard 16 to subsection thereof), and 17 which is— 18 made to an organization de- 19 scribed in section 170(b)(1)(A), and 20 not— 21 to an organization described 22 in section 509(a)(3), or 23 for the establishment of a 24 new, or maintenance of an existing, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 173 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. donor advised fund (as defined in sec- 1 tion 4966(d)(2)). 2 Such term shall not include any amount 3 which is treated as a charitable contribu- 4 tion made in such taxable year by reason 5 of subsection or of sec- 6 tion 170.’’. 7 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 8 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 9 December 31, 2019. 10 SEC. 2205. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATIONS ON CHARI- 11 TABLE CONTRIBUTIONS DURING 2020. 12 TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF LIMITATIONS ON 13 CERTAIN CASH CONTRIBUTIONS.— 14 IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro- 15 vided in paragraph qualified contributions shall 16 be disregarded in applying subsections and of 17 section 170 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 18 TREATMENT OF EXCESS CONTRIBUTIONS.— 19 For purposes of section 170 of the Internal Revenue 20 Code of 1986— 21 INDIVIDUALS.—In the case of an indi- 22 vidual— 23 LIMITATION.—Any qualified con- 24 tribution shall be allowed as a deduction 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 174 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. only to the extent that the aggregate of 1 such contributions does not exceed the ex- 2 cess of the taxpayer’s contribution base (as 3 defined in subparagraph of section 4 170(b)(1) of such Code) over the amount 5 of all other charitable contributions allowed 6 under section 170(b)(1) of such Code. 7 (ii) CARRYOVER.—If the aggregate 8 amount of qualified contributions made in 9 the contribution year (within the meaning 10 of section 170(d)(1) of such Code) exceeds 11 the limitation of clause such excess 12 shall be added to the excess described in 13 section 170(b)(1)(G)(ii). 14 CORPORATIONS.—In the case of a cor- 15 poration— 16 LIMITATION.—Any qualified con- 17 tribution shall be allowed as a deduction 18 only to the extent that the aggregate of 19 such contributions does not exceed the ex- 20 cess of 25 percent of the taxpayer’s taxable 21 income (as determined under paragraph 22 of section 170(b) of such Code) over 23 the amount of all other charitable con- 24 tributions allowed under such paragraph. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 175 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (ii) CARRYOVER.—If the aggregate 1 amount of qualified contributions made in 2 the contribution year (within the meaning 3 of section 170(d)(2) of such Code) exceeds 4 the limitation of clause such excess 5 shall be appropriately taken into account 6 under section 170(d)(2) subject to the limi- 7 tations thereof. 8 QUALIFIED CONTRIBUTIONS.— 9 IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this 10 subsection, the term ‘‘qualified contribution’’ 11 means any charitable contribution (as defined 12 in section 170(c) of the Internal Revenue Code 13 of 1986) if— 14 such contribution is paid in cash 15 during calendar year 2020 to an organiza- 16 tion described in section 170(b)(1)(A) of 17 such Code, and 18 (ii) the taxpayer has elected the appli- 19 cation of this section with respect to such 20 contribution. 21 EXCEPTION.—Such term shall not in- 22 clude a contribution by a donor if the contribu- 23 tion is— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 176 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. to an organization described in sec- 1 tion 509(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue 2 Code of 1986, or 3 (ii) for the establishment of a new, or 4 maintenance of an existing, donor advised 5 fund (as defined in section 4966(d)(2) of 6 such Code). 7 APPLICATION OF ELECTION TO PART- 8 NERSHIPS AND S CORPORATIONS.—In the case 9 of a partnership or S corporation, the election 10 under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall be made sepa- 11 rately by each partner or shareholder. 12 INCREASE IN LIMITS ON CONTRIBUTIONS OF 13 FOOD INVENTORY.—In the case of any charitable con- 14 tribution of food during 2020 to which section 15 170(e)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 ap- 16 plies, subclauses and (II) of clause (ii) thereof shall 17 each be applied by substituting ‘‘25 percent’’ for ‘‘15 per- 18 cent.’’ 19 EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 20 taxable years ending after December 31, 2019. 21 SEC. 2206. EXCLUSION FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYER PAY- 22 MENTS OF STUDENT LOANS. 23 IN GENERAL.—Paragraph of section 127(c) 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by strik- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 177 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ing ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph by redesig- 1 nating subparagraph as subparagraph and by in- 2 serting after subparagraph the following new subpara- 3 graph: 4 in the case of payments made before 5 January 1, 2021, the payment by an employer, 6 whether paid to the employee or to a lender, of 7 principal or interest on any qualified education 8 loan (as defined in section 221(d)(1)) incurred 9 by the employee for education of the employee, 10 and’’. 11 CONFORMING AMENDMENT; DENIAL OF DOUBLE 12 BENEFIT.—The first sentence of paragraph of section 13 221(e) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 14 by inserting before the period the following: or for which 15 an exclusion is allowable under section 127 to the taxpayer 16 by reason of the payment by the taxpayer’s employer of 17 any indebtedness on a qualified education loan of the tax- 18 payer’’. 19 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 20 this section shall apply to payments made after the date 21 of the enactment of this Act. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 178 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Subtitle C—Business Provisions 1 SEC. 2301. EMPLOYEE RETENTION CREDIT FOR EMPLOY- 2 ERS SUBJECT TO CLOSURE DUE TO COVID-19. 3 IN GENERAL.—In the case of an eligible em- 4 ployer, there shall be allowed as a credit against applicable 5 employment taxes for each calendar quarter an amount 6 equal to 50 percent of the qualified wages with respect 7 to each employee of such employer for such calendar quar- 8 ter. 9 LIMITATIONS AND REFUNDABILITY.— 10 WAGES TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT.—The 11 amount of qualified wages with respect to any em- 12 ployee which may be taken into account under sub- 13 section by the eligible employer for all calendar 14 quarters shall not exceed $10,000. 15 CREDIT LIMITED TO EMPLOYMENT 16 TAXES.—The credit allowed by subsection with 17 respect to any calendar quarter shall not exceed the 18 applicable employment taxes (reduced by any credits 19 allowed under subsections and of section 20 3111 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and sec- 21 tions 7001 and 7003 of the Families First 22 Coronavirus Response Act) on the wages paid with 23 respect to the employment of all the employees of 24 the eligible employer for such calendar quarter. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 179 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. REFUNDABILITY OF EXCESS CREDIT.— 1 IN GENERAL.—If the amount of the 2 credit under subsection exceeds the limita- 3 tion of paragraph for any calendar quarter, 4 such excess shall be treated as an overpayment 5 that shall be refunded under sections 6402(a) 6 and 6413(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 7 1986. 8 TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS.—For pur- 9 poses of section 1324 of title 31, United States 10 Code, any amounts due to the employer under 11 this paragraph shall be treated in the same 12 manner as a refund due from a credit provision 13 referred to in subsection of such section. 14 DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 15 APPLICABLE EMPLOYMENT TAXES.—The 16 term ‘‘applicable employment taxes’’ means the fol- 17 lowing: 18 The taxes imposed under section 19 3111(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 20 So much of the taxes imposed under 21 section 3221(a) of such Code as are attrib- 22 utable to the rate in effect under section 23 3111(a) of such Code. 24 ELIGIBLE EMPLOYER.— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 180 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘eligible em- 1 ployer’’ means any employer— 2 which was carrying on a trade or 3 business during calendar year 2020, and 4 (ii) with respect to any calendar quar- 5 ter, for which— 6 the operation of the trade or 7 business described in clause is fully 8 or partially suspended during the cal- 9 endar quarter due to orders from an 10 appropriate governmental authority 11 limiting commerce, travel, or group 12 meetings (for commercial, social, reli- 13 gious, or other purposes) due to the 14 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID- 15 19), or 16 (II) such calendar quarter is 17 within the period described in sub- 18 paragraph 19 SIGNIFICANT DECLINE IN GROSS RE- 20 CEIPTS.—The period described in this subpara- 21 graph is the period— 22 beginning with the first calendar 23 quarter beginning after December 31, 24 2019, for which gross receipts (within the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 181 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. meaning of section 448(c) of the Internal 1 Revenue Code of 1986) for the calendar 2 quarter are less than 50 percent of gross 3 receipts for the same calendar quarter in 4 the prior year, and 5 (ii) ending with the calendar quarter 6 following the first calendar quarter begin- 7 ning after a calendar quarter described in 8 clause for which gross receipts of such 9 employer are greater than 80 percent of 10 gross receipts for the same calendar quar- 11 ter in the prior year. 12 TAX-EXEMPT ORGANIZATIONS.—In the 13 case of an organization which is described in 14 section 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 15 1986 and exempt from tax under section 501(a) 16 of such Code, clauses and (ii)(I) of subpara- 17 graph shall apply to all operations of such 18 organization. 19 QUALIFIED WAGES.— 20 IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified 21 wages’’ means— 22 in the case of an eligible employer 23 for which the average number of full-time 24 employees (within the meaning of section 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 182 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code of 1 1986) employed by such eligible employer 2 during 2019 was greater than 100, wages 3 paid by such eligible employer with respect 4 to which an employee is not providing serv- 5 ices due to circumstances described in sub- 6 clause or (II) of paragraph 7 or 8 (ii) in the case of an eligible employer 9 for which the average number of full-time 10 employees (within the meaning of section 11 4980H of the Internal Revenue Code of 12 1986) employed by such eligible employer 13 during 2019 was not greater than 100— 14 with respect to an eligible em- 15 ployer described in subclause of 16 paragraph wages paid by 17 such eligible employer with respect to 18 an employee during any period de- 19 scribed in such clause, or 20 (II) with respect to an eligible 21 employer described in subclause (II) 22 of such paragraph, wages paid by 23 such eligible employer with respect to 24 an employee during such quarter. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 183 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Such term shall not include any wages taken 1 into account under section 7001 or section 2 7003 of the Families First Coronavirus Re- 3 sponse Act. 4 LIMITATION.—Qualified wages paid or 5 incurred by an eligible employer described in 6 subparagraph with respect to an em- 7 ployee for any period described in such sub- 8 paragraph may not exceed the amount such em- 9 ployee would have been paid for working an 10 equivalent duration during the 30 days imme- 11 diately preceding such period. 12 ALLOWANCE FOR CERTAIN HEALTH 13 PLAN EXPENSES.— 14 IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘qualified 15 wages’’ shall include so much of the eligi- 16 ble employer’s qualified health plan ex- 17 penses as are properly allocable to such 18 wages. 19 (ii) QUALIFIED HEALTH PLAN EX- 20 PENSES.—For purposes of this paragraph, 21 the term ‘‘qualified health plan expenses’’ 22 means amounts paid or incurred by the eli- 23 gible employer to provide and maintain a 24 group health plan (as defined in section 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 184 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 5000(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code 1 of 1986), but only to the extent that such 2 amounts are excluded from the gross in- 3 come of employees by reason of section 4 106(a) of such Code. 5 (iii) ALLOCATION RULES.—For pur- 6 poses of this paragraph, qualified health 7 plan expenses shall be allocated to quali- 8 fied wages in such manner as the Sec- 9 retary may prescribe. Except as otherwise 10 provided by the Secretary, such allocation 11 shall be treated as properly made if made 12 on the basis of being pro rata among em- 13 ployees and pro rata on the basis of peri- 14 ods of coverage (relative to the periods to 15 which such wages relate). 16 SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 17 the Secretary of the Treasury or the Secretary’s del- 18 egate. 19 WAGES.—The term ‘‘wages’’ means wages 20 (as defined in section 3121(a) of the Internal Rev- 21 enue Code of 1986) and compensation (as defined in 22 section 3231(e) of such Code). 23 OTHER TERMS.—Any term used in this sec- 24 tion which is also used in chapter 21 or 22 of the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 185 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall have the same 1 meaning as when used in such chapter. 2 AGGREGATION RULE.—All persons treated as a 3 single employer under subsection or of section 52 4 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or subsection 5 or of section 414 of such Code, shall be treated as 6 one employer for purposes of this section. 7 CERTAIN RULES TO APPLY.—For purposes of 8 this section, rules similar to the rules of sections 51(i)(1) 9 and 280C(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall 10 apply. 11 CERTAIN GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYERS.—This 12 credit shall not apply to the Government of the United 13 States, the government of any State or political subdivi- 14 sion thereof, or any agency or instrumentality of any of 15 the foregoing. 16 ELECTION NOT TO HAVE SECTION APPLY.—This 17 section shall not apply with respect to any eligible em- 18 ployer for any calendar quarter if such employer elects (at 19 such time and in such manner as the Secretary may pre- 20 scribe) not to have this section apply. 21 SPECIAL RULES.— 22 EMPLOYEE NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT 23 MORE THAN ONCE.—An employee shall not be in- 24 cluded for purposes of this section for any period 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 186 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. with respect to any employer if such employer is al- 1 lowed a credit under section 51 of the Internal Rev- 2 enue Code of 1986 with respect to such employee for 3 such period. 4 DENIAL OF DOUBLE BENEFIT.—Any wages 5 taken into account in determining the credit allowed 6 under this section shall not be taken into account for 7 purposes of determining the credit allowed under 8 section 45S of such Code. 9 THIRD PARTY PAYORS.—Any credit allowed 10 under this section shall be treated as a credit de- 11 scribed in section 3511(d)(2) of such Code. 12 TRANSFERS TO FEDERAL OLD-AGE AND SUR- 13 VIVORS INSURANCE TRUST FUND.—There are hereby ap- 14 propriated to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insur- 15 ance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance 16 Trust Fund established under section 201 of the Social 17 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401) and the Social Security 18 Equivalent Benefit Account established under section 19 15A(a) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 20 14 231n–1(a)) amounts equal to the reduction in revenues 21 to the Treasury by reason of this section (without regard 22 to this subsection). Amounts appropriated by the pre- 23 ceding sentence shall be transferred from the general fund 24 at such times and in such manner as to replicate to the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 187 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. extent possible the transfers which would have occurred 1 to such Trust Fund or Account had this section not been 2 enacted. 3 RULE FOR EMPLOYERS TAKING SMALL BUSINESS 4 INTERRUPTION LOAN.—If an eligible employer receives a 5 covered loan under paragraph (36) of section 7(a) of the 6 Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), as added by sec- 7 tion 1102 of this Act, such employer shall not be eligible 8 for the credit under this section. 9 TREATMENT OF DEPOSITS.—The Secretary shall 10 waive any penalty under section 6656 of the Internal Rev- 11 enue Code of 1986 for any failure to make a deposit of 12 any applicable employment taxes if the Secretary deter- 13 mines that such failure was due to the reasonable anticipa- 14 tion of the credit allowed under this section. 15 REGULATIONS AND GUIDANCE.—The Secretary 16 shall issue such forms, instructions, regulations, and guid- 17 ance as are necessary— 18 to allow the advance payment of the credit 19 under subsection subject to the limitations pro- 20 vided in this section, based on such information as 21 the Secretary shall require, 22 to provide for the reconciliation of such ad- 23 vance payment with the amount advanced at the 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 188 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. time of filing the return of tax for the applicable cal- 1 endar quarter or taxable year, 2 to provide for the recapture of the credit 3 under this section if such credit is allowed to a tax- 4 payer which receives a loan described in subsection 5 during a subsequent quarter, 6 with respect to the application of the credit 7 under subsection to third party payors (including 8 professional employer organizations, certified profes- 9 sional employer organizations, or agents under sec- 10 tion 3504 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986), 11 including regulations or guidance allowing such 12 payors to submit documentation necessary to sub- 13 stantiate the eligible employer status of employers 14 that use such payors, and 15 for application of subparagraphs (A)(ii)(II) 16 and of subsection in the case of any em- 17 ployer which was not carrying on a trade or business 18 for all or part of the same calendar quarter in the 19 prior year. 20 APPLICATION.—This section shall only apply to 21 wages paid after March 12, 2020, and before January 1, 22 2021. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 189 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 2302. DELAY OF PAYMENT OF EMPLOYER PAYROLL 1 TAXES. 2 IN GENERAL.— 3 TAXES.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 4 sion of law, the payment for applicable employment 5 taxes for the payroll tax deferral period shall not be 6 due before the applicable date. 7 DEPOSITS.—Notwithstanding section 6302 8 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, an employer 9 shall be treated as having timely made all deposits 10 of applicable employment taxes that are required to 11 be made (without regard to this section) for such 12 taxes during the payroll tax deferral period if all 13 such deposits are made not later than the applicable 14 date. 15 EXCEPTION.—This subsection shall not 16 apply to any taxpayer if such taxpayer has had in- 17 debtedness forgiven under section 1106 of this Act 18 with respect to a loan under paragraph (36) of sec- 19 tion 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 20 636(a)), as added by section 1102 of this Act, or in- 21 debtedness forgiven under section 1109 of this Act. 22 SECA.— 23 IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 24 provision of law, the payment for 50 percent of the 25 taxes imposed under section 1401(a) of the Internal 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 190 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Revenue Code of 1986 for the payroll tax deferral 1 period shall not be due before the applicable date. 2 ESTIMATED TAXES.—For purposes of ap- 3 plying section 6654 of the Internal Revenue Code of 4 1986 to any taxable year which includes any part of 5 the payroll tax deferral period, 50 percent of the 6 taxes imposed under section 1401(a) of such Code 7 for the payroll tax deferral period shall not be treat- 8 ed as taxes to which such section 6654 applies. 9 LIABILITY OF THIRD PARTIES.— 10 ACTS TO BE PERFORMED BY AGENTS.—For 11 purposes of section 3504 of the Internal Revenue 12 Code of 1986, in the case of any person designated 13 pursuant to such section (and any regulations or 14 other guidance issued by the Secretary with respect 15 to such section) to perform acts otherwise required 16 to be performed by an employer under such Code, if 17 such employer directs such person to defer payment 18 of any applicable employment taxes during the pay- 19 roll tax deferral period under this section, such em- 20 ployer shall be solely liable for the payment of such 21 applicable employment taxes before the applicable 22 date for any wages paid by such person on behalf of 23 such employer during such period. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 191 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. CERTIFIED PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYER OR- 1 GANIZATIONS.—For purposes of section 3511, in the 2 case of a certified professional employer organization 3 (as defined in subsection of section 7705 of the 4 Internal Revenue Code of 1986) that has entered 5 into a service contract described in subsection 6 of such section with a customer, if such customer di- 7 rects such organization to defer payment of any ap- 8 plicable employment taxes during the payroll tax de- 9 ferral period under this section, such customer shall, 10 notwithstanding subsections and of section 11 3511, be solely liable for the payment of such appli- 12 cable employment taxes before the applicable date 13 for any wages paid by such organization to any work 14 site employee performing services for such customer 15 during such period. 16 DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 17 APPLICABLE EMPLOYMENT TAXES.—The 18 term ‘‘applicable employment taxes’’ means the fol- 19 lowing: 20 The taxes imposed under section 21 3111(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 22 So much of the taxes imposed under 23 section 3211(a) of such Code as are attrib- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 192 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. utable to the rate in effect under section 1 3111(a) of such Code. 2 So much of the taxes imposed under 3 section 3221(a) of such Code as are attrib- 4 utable to the rate in effect under section 5 3111(a) of such Code. 6 PAYROLL TAX DEFERRAL PERIOD.—The 7 term ‘‘payroll tax deferral period’’ means the period 8 beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 9 and ending before January 1, 2021. 10 APPLICABLE DATE.—The term ‘‘applicable 11 date’’ means— 12 December 31, 2021, with respect to 50 13 percent of the amounts to which subsection 14 or as the case may be, apply, and 15 December 31, 2022, with respect to 16 the remaining such amounts. 17 SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 18 the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s 19 delegate). 20 TRUST FUNDS HELD HARMLESS.—There are 21 hereby appropriated (out of any money in the Treasury 22 not otherwise appropriated) for each fiscal year to the 23 Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 24 the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund established 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 193 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. under section 201 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1 401) and the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account 2 established under section 15A(a) of the Railroad Retire- 3 ment Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231n–1(a)) an amount equal 4 to the reduction in the transfers to such fund for such 5 fiscal year by reason of this section. Amounts appropriated 6 by the preceding sentence shall be transferred from the 7 general fund at such times and in such manner as to rep- 8 licate to the extent possible the transfers which would have 9 occurred to such Trust Fund had such amendments not 10 been enacted. 11 REGULATORY AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall 12 issue such regulations or other guidance as necessary to 13 carry out the purposes of this section, including rules for 14 the administration and enforcement of subsection 15 SEC. 2303. MODIFICATIONS FOR NET OPERATING LOSSES. 16 TEMPORARY REPEAL OF TAXABLE INCOME LIMI- 17 TATION.— 18 IN GENERAL.—The first sentence of section 19 172(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 20 amended by striking ‘‘an amount equal to’’ and all 21 that follows and inserting ‘‘an amount equal to— 22 in the case of a taxable year beginning be- 23 fore January 1, 2021, the aggregate of the net oper- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 194 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ating loss carryovers to such year, plus the net oper- 1 ating loss carrybacks to such year, and 2 in the case of a taxable year beginning 3 after December 31, 2020, the sum of— 4 the aggregate amount of net oper- 5 ating losses arising in taxable years beginning 6 before January 1, 2018, carried to such taxable 7 year, plus 8 the lesser of— 9 the aggregate amount of net op- 10 erating losses arising in taxable years be- 11 ginning after December 31, 2017, carried 12 to such taxable year, or 13 80 percent of the excess (if any) 14 of— 15 taxable income computed 16 without regard to the deductions 17 under this section and sections 199A 18 and 250, over 19 the amount determined 20 under subparagraph 21 CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 22 Section 172(b)(2)(C) of such Code is 23 amended to read as follows: 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 195 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. for taxable years beginning after De- 1 cember 31, 2020, be reduced by 20 percent of 2 the excess (if any) described in subsection 3 for such taxable year.’’. 4 Section 172(d)(6)(C) of such Code is 5 amended by striking ‘‘subsection and 6 inserting ‘‘subsection 7 Section 860E(a)(3)(B) of such Code is 8 amended by striking all that follows ‘‘for pur- 9 poses of’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 10 and the second sentence of sub- 11 section of section 172.’’. 12 MODIFICATIONS OF RULES RELATING TO 13 CARRYBACKS.— 14 IN GENERAL.—Section 172(b)(1) of the In- 15 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding 16 at the end the following new subparagraph: 17 SPECIAL RULE FOR LOSSES ARISING 18 IN 2018, 2019, AND 2020.— 19 IN GENERAL.—In the case of any 20 net operating loss arising in a taxable year 21 beginning after December 31, 2017, and 22 before January 1, 2021— 23 such loss shall be a net oper- 24 ating loss carryback to each of the 5 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 196 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. taxable years preceding the taxable 1 year of such loss, and 2 subparagraphs and 3 shall not apply. 4 SPECIAL RULES FOR REITS.— 5 For purposes of this subparagraph— 6 IN GENERAL.—A net oper- 7 ating loss for a REIT year shall not 8 be a net operating loss carryback to 9 any taxable year preceding the taxable 10 year of such loss. 11 SPECIAL RULE.—In the 12 case of any net operating loss for a 13 taxable year which is not a REIT 14 year, such loss shall not be carried to 15 any preceding taxable year which is a 16 REIT year. 17 ‘‘(III) REIT YEAR.—For pur- 18 poses of this subparagraph, the term 19 ‘REIT year’ means any taxable year 20 for which the provisions of part II of 21 subchapter M (relating to real estate 22 investment trusts) apply to the tax- 23 payer. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 197 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘(iii) SPECIAL RULE FOR LIFE INSUR- 1 ANCE COMPANIES.— In the case of a life 2 insurance company, if a net operating loss 3 is carried pursuant to clause to a life 4 insurance company taxable year beginning 5 before January 1, 2018, such net oper- 6 ating loss carryback shall be treated in the 7 same manner as an operations loss 8 carryback (within the meaning of section 9 810 as in effect before its repeal) of such 10 company to such taxable year. 11 RULE RELATING TO 12 CARRYBACKS TO YEARS TO WHICH SEC- 13 TION 965 APPLIES.—If a net operating loss 14 of a taxpayer is carried pursuant to clause 15 to any taxable year in which an 16 amount is includible in gross income by 17 reason of section 965(a), the taxpayer shall 18 be treated as having made the election 19 under section 965(n) with respect to each 20 such taxable year. 21 SPECIAL RULES FOR ELECTIONS 22 UNDER PARAGRAPH 23 SPECIAL ELECTION TO EX- 24 CLUDE SECTION 965 YEARS.— If the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 198 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 5-year carryback period under clause 1 with respect to any net oper- 2 ating loss of a taxpayer includes 1 or 3 more taxable years in which an 4 amount is includible in gross income 5 by reason of section 965(a), the tax- 6 payer may, in lieu of the election oth- 7 erwise available under paragraph 8 elect under such paragraph to exclude 9 all such taxable years from such 10 carryback period. 11 TIME OF ELECTIONS.—An 12 election under paragraph (includ- 13 ing an election described in subclause 14 with respect to a net operating 15 loss arising in a taxable year begin- 16 ning in 2018 or 2019 shall be made 17 by the due date (including extensions 18 of time) for filing the taxpayer’s re- 19 turn for the first taxable year ending 20 after the date of the enactment of this 21 subparagraph.’’. 22 CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 23 172(b)(1)(A) of such Code, as amended by sub- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 199 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. section is amended by striking ‘‘and 1 and inserting and 2 TECHNICAL AMENDMENT RELATING TO SECTION 3 13302 OF PUBLIC LAW 115–97.— 4 Section 13302(e) of Public Law 115–97 is 5 amended to read as follows: 6 EFFECTIVE DATES.— 7 NET OPERATING LOSS LIMITATION.—The 8 amendments made by subsections and 9 shall apply to— 10 taxable years beginning after Decem- 11 ber 31, 2017, and 12 taxable years beginning on or before 13 such date to which net operating losses arising 14 in taxable years beginning after such date are 15 carried. 16 CARRYOVERS AND CARRYBACKS.—The 17 amendments made by subsections and 18 shall apply to net operating losses arising in 19 taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.’’. 20 Section 172(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Rev- 21 enue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 22 GENERAL RULE.—A net operating 23 loss for any taxable year— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 200 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. shall be a net operating loss 1 carryback to the extent provided in sub- 2 paragraphs and and 3 except as provided in subpara- 4 graph shall be a net operating loss 5 carryover— 6 in the case of a net oper- 7 ating loss arising in a taxable year be- 8 ginning before January 1, 2018, to 9 each of the 20 taxable years following 10 the taxable year of the loss, and 11 in the case of a net oper- 12 ating loss arising in a taxable year be- 13 ginning after December 31, 2017, to 14 each taxable year following the tax- 15 able year of the loss.’’. 16 EFFECTIVE DATES.— 17 NET OPERATING LOSS LIMITATION.—The 18 amendments made by subsection shall apply— 19 to taxable years beginning after De- 20 cember 31, 2017, and 21 to taxable years beginning on or before 22 December 31, 2017, to which net operating 23 losses arising in taxable years beginning after 24 December 31, 2017, are carried. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 201 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CARRYOVERS AND CARRYBACKS.—The 1 amendment made by subsection shall apply to— 2 net operating losses arising in taxable 3 years beginning after December 31, 2017, and 4 taxable years beginning before, on, or 5 after such date to which such net operating 6 losses are carried. 7 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The amend- 8 ments made by subsection shall take effect as if 9 included in the provisions of Public Law 115–97 to 10 which they relate. 11 SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of a net oper- 12 ating loss arising in a taxable year beginning before 13 January 1, 2018, and ending after December 31, 14 2017— 15 an application under section 6411(a) 16 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 with re- 17 spect to the carryback of such net operating 18 loss shall not fail to be treated as timely filed 19 if filed not later than the date which is 120 20 days after the date of the enactment of this 21 Act, and 22 an election to— 23 forgo any carryback of such net 24 operating loss, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 202 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (ii) reduce any period to which such 1 net operating loss may be carried back, or 2 (iii) revoke any election made under 3 section 172(b) to forgo any carryback of 4 such net operating loss, 5 shall not fail to be treated as timely made if 6 made not later than the date which is 120 days 7 after the date of the enactment of this Act. 8 SEC. 2304. MODIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON LOSSES FOR 9 TAXPAYERS OTHER THAN CORPORATIONS. 10 IN GENERAL.—Section 461(l)(1) of the Internal 11 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 12 LIMITATION.—In the case of a taxpayer 13 other than a corporation— 14 for any taxable year beginning after 15 December 31, 2017, and before January 1, 16 2026, subsection (relating to limitation on 17 excess farm losses of certain taxpayers) shall 18 not apply, and 19 for any taxable year beginning after 20 December 31, 2020, and before January 1, 21 2026, any excess business loss of the taxpayer 22 for the taxable year shall not be allowed.’’. 23 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SEC- 24 TION 11012 OF PUBLIC LAW 115–97.— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 203 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Section 461(l)(2) of the Internal Revenue 1 Code of 1986 is amended by striking net oper- 2 ating loss carryover to the following taxable year 3 under section 172’’ and inserting net operating 4 loss for the taxable year for purposes of determining 5 any net operating loss carryover under section 6 172(b) for subsequent taxable years’’. 7 Section 461(l)(3)(A) of such Code is 8 amended— 9 in clause by inserting ‘‘and without 10 regard to any deduction allowable under section 11 172 or 199A’’ after ‘‘under paragraph 12 and 13 by adding at the end the following 14 flush sentence: 15 ‘‘Such excess shall be determined without regard to 16 any deductions, gross income, or gains attributable 17 to any trade or business of performing services as an 18 employee.’’. 19 Section 461(l)(3) of such Code is amended 20 by redesignating subparagraph as subparagraph 21 and by inserting after subparagraph the fol- 22 lowing new subparagraph: 23 TREATMENT OF CAPITAL GAINS AND 24 LOSSES.— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 204 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. LOSSES.—Deductions for losses 1 from sales or exchanges of capital assets 2 shall not be taken into account under sub- 3 paragraph 4 GAINS.—The amount of gains 5 from sales or exchanges of capital assets 6 taken into account under subparagraph 7 (A)(ii) shall not exceed the lesser of— 8 the capital gain net income 9 determined by taking into account 10 only gains and losses attributable to a 11 trade or business, or 12 the capital gain net in- 13 come.’’. 14 EFFECTIVE DATES.— 15 IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 16 subsection shall apply to taxable years beginning 17 after December 31, 2017. 18 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The amend- 19 ments made by subsection shall take effect as if 20 included in the provisions of Public Law 115–97 to 21 which they relate. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 205 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 2305. MODIFICATION OF CREDIT FOR PRIOR YEAR 1 MINIMUM TAX LIABILITY OF CORPORATIONS. 2 IN GENERAL.—Section 53(e) of the Internal Rev- 3 enue Code of 1986 is amended— 4 by striking ‘‘2018, 2019, 2020, or 2021’’ in 5 paragraph and inserting ‘‘2018 or 2019’’, and 6 by striking ‘‘2021’’ in paragraph and in- 7 serting ‘‘2019’’. 8 ELECTION TO TAKE ENTIRE REFUNDABLE 9 CREDIT AMOUNT IN 2018.— 10 IN GENERAL.—Section 53(e) of such Code 11 is amended by adding at the end the following new 12 paragraph: 13 SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of a corpora- 14 tion making an election under this paragraph— 15 paragraph shall not apply, and 16 subsection shall not apply to the 17 first taxable year of such corporation beginning 18 in 2018.’’. 19 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 20 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 21 December 31, 2017. 22 SPECIAL RULE.— 23 IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the Internal 24 Revenue Code of 1986, a credit or refund for which 25 an application described in paragraph is filed 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 206 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. shall be treated as made under section 6411 of such 1 Code. 2 TENTATIVE REFUND.— 3 APPLICATION.—A taxpayer may file an 4 application for a tentative refund of any 5 amount for which a refund is due by reason of 6 an election under section 53(e)(5) of the Inter- 7 nal Revenue Code of 1986. Such application 8 shall be in such manner and form as the Sec- 9 retary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s dele- 10 gate) may prescribe and shall— 11 be verified in the same manner as 12 an application under section 6411(a) of 13 such Code, 14 (ii) be filed prior to December 31, 15 2020, and 16 (iii) set forth— 17 the amount of the refundable 18 credit claimed under section 53(e) of 19 such Code for such taxable year, 20 (II) the amount of the refundable 21 credit claimed under such section for 22 any previously filed return for such 23 taxable year, and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 207 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (III) the amount of the refund 1 claimed. 2 ALLOWANCE OF ADJUSTMENTS.— 3 Within a period of 90 days from the date on 4 which an application is filed under subpara- 5 graph the Secretary of the Treasury (or 6 the Secretary’s delegate) shall— 7 review the application, 8 (ii) determine the amount of the over- 9 payment, and 10 (iii) apply, credit, or refund such over- 11 payment, 12 in a manner similar to the manner provided in 13 section 6411(b) of the Internal Revenue Code 14 of 1986. 15 CONSOLIDATED RETURNS.—The provi- 16 sions of section 6411(c) of the Internal Revenue 17 Code of 1986 Code shall apply to an adjust- 18 ment under this paragraph to the same extent 19 and manner as the Secretary of the Treasury 20 (or the Secretary’s delegate) may provide. 21 SEC. 2306. MODIFICATIONS OF LIMITATION ON BUSINESS 22 INTEREST. 23 IN GENERAL.—Section 163(j) of the Internal 24 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating para- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 208 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. graph (10) as paragraph (11) and by inserting after para- 1 graph the following new paragraph: 2 SPECIAL RULE FOR TAXABLE YEARS BE- 3 GINNING IN 2019 AND 2020.— 4 IN GENERAL.— 5 IN GENERAL.—Except as pro- 6 vided in clause (ii) or (iii), in the case of 7 any taxable year beginning in 2019 or 8 2020, paragraph shall be applied by 9 substituting ‘50 percent’ for ‘30 percent’. 10 SPECIAL RULE FOR PARTNER- 11 SHIPS.—In the case of a partnership— 12 clause shall not apply to 13 any taxable year beginning in 2019, 14 but 15 unless a partner elects not 16 to have this subclause apply, in the 17 case of any excess business interest of 18 the partnership for any taxable year 19 beginning in 2019 which is allocated 20 to the partner under paragraph 21 22 50 percent of such ex- 23 cess business interest shall be 24 treated as business interest 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 209 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. which, notwithstanding para- 1 graph is paid or ac- 2 crued by the partner in the part- 3 ner’s first taxable year beginning 4 in 2020 and which is not subject 5 to the limits of paragraph 6 and 7 50 percent of such ex- 8 cess business interest shall be 9 subject to the limitations of para- 10 graph (4)(B)(ii) in the same 11 manner as any other excess busi- 12 ness interest so allocated. 13 ‘‘(iii) ELECTION OUT.—A taxpayer 14 may elect, at such time and in such man- 15 ner as the Secretary may prescribe, not to 16 have clause apply to any taxable year. 17 Such an election, once made, may be re- 18 voked only with the consent of the Sec- 19 retary. In the case of a partnership, any 20 such election shall be made by the partner- 21 ship and may be made only for taxable 22 years beginning in 2020. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 210 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ELECTION TO USE 2019 ADJUSTED 1 TAXABLE INCOME FOR TAXABLE YEARS BEGIN- 2 NING IN 2020.— 3 IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 4 (ii), in the case of any taxable year begin- 5 ning in 2020, the taxpayer may elect to 6 apply this subsection by substituting the 7 adjusted taxable income of the taxpayer for 8 the last taxable year beginning in 2019 for 9 the adjusted taxable income for such tax- 10 able year. In the case of a partnership, any 11 such election shall be made by the partner- 12 ship. 13 SPECIAL RULE FOR SHORT TAX- 14 ABLE YEARS.—If an election is made 15 under clause for a taxable year which is 16 a short taxable year, the adjusted taxable 17 income for the taxpayer’s last taxable year 18 beginning in 2019 which is substituted 19 under clause shall be equal to the 20 amount which bears the same ratio to such 21 adjusted taxable income determined with- 22 out regard to this clause as the number of 23 months in the short taxable year bears to 24 12’’. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 211 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 1 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 2 December 31, 2018. 3 SEC. 2307. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS REGARDING QUALI- 4 FIED IMPROVEMENT PROPERTY. 5 IN GENERAL.—Section 168 of the Internal Rev- 6 enue Code of 1986 is amended— 7 in subsection 8 in paragraph by striking ‘‘and’’ 9 at the end of clause by striking the period 10 at the end of clause (vi) and inserting and’’, 11 and by adding at the end the following new 12 clause: 13 ‘‘(vii) any qualified improvement prop- 14 erty.’’, and 15 in paragraph by inserting 16 ‘‘made by the taxpayer’’ after ‘‘any improve- 17 ment’’, and 18 in the table contained in subsection 19 20 by striking the item relating to sub- 21 paragraph and 22 by inserting after the item relating to 23 subparagraph (E)(vi) the following new item: 24 ‘‘(E)(vii) 20’’. ---PAGE BREAK--- 212 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 1 this section shall take effect as if included in section 2 13204 of Public Law 115–97. 3 SEC. 2308. TEMPORARY EXCEPTION FROM EXCISE TAX FOR 4 ALCOHOL USED TO PRODUCE HAND SANI- 5 TIZER. 6 IN GENERAL.—Section 5214(a) of the Internal 7 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 8 in paragraph (13), by striking the period at 9 the end and inserting or’’, and 10 by adding at the end the following new 11 paragraph: 12 with respect to distilled spirits removed 13 after December 31, 2019, and before January 1, 14 2021, free of tax for use in or contained in hand 15 sanitizer produced and distributed in a manner con- 16 sistent with any guidance issued by the Food and 17 Drug Administration that is related to the outbreak 18 of virus SARS-CoV-2 or coronavirus disease 2019 19 (COVID-19).’’. 20 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 21 this section shall apply to distilled spirits removed after 22 December 31, 2019. 23 APPLICATION OF OTHER LAWS.—Any distilled 24 spirits or product described in paragraph (14) of section 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 213 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 5214(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as added 1 by this section) shall not be subject to any requirements 2 related to labeling or bulk sales under— 3 section 105 or 106 of the Federal Alcohol 4 Administration Act (27 U.S.C. 205, 206); or 5 section 204 of the Alcoholic Beverage La- 6 beling Act of 1988 (27 U.S.C. 215). 7 TITLE III—SUPPORTING AMER- 8 ICA’S HEALTH CARE SYSTEM 9 IN THE FIGHT AGAINST THE 10 CORONAVIRUS 11 Subtitle A—Health Provisions 12 SEC. 3001. SHORT TITLE. 13 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Aid, 14 Relief, and Economic Security Act’’. 15 PART I—ADDRESSING SUPPLY SHORTAGES 16 Subpart A—Medical Product Supplies 17 SEC. 3101. NATIONAL ACADEMIES REPORT ON AMERICA’S 18 MEDICAL PRODUCT SUPPLY CHAIN SECU- 19 RITY. 20 IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days after the 21 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 22 Human Services shall enter into an agreement with the 23 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medi- 24 cine (referred to in this section as the ‘‘National Acad- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 214 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. emies’’) to examine, and, in a manner that does not com- 1 promise national security, report on, the security of the 2 United States medical product supply chain. 3 PURPOSES.—The report developed under this sec- 4 tion shall— 5 assess and evaluate the dependence of the 6 United States, including the private commercial sec- 7 tor, States, and the Federal Government, on critical 8 drugs and devices that are sourced or manufactured 9 outside of the United States, which may include an 10 analysis of— 11 the supply chain of critical drugs and 12 devices of greatest priority to providing health 13 care; 14 any potential public health security or 15 national security risks associated with reliance 16 on critical drugs and devices sourced or manu- 17 factured outside of the United States, which 18 may include responses to previous or existing 19 shortages or public health emergencies, such as 20 infectious disease outbreaks, bioterror attacks, 21 and other public health threats; 22 any existing supply chain information 23 gaps, as applicable; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 215 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. potential economic impact of increased 1 domestic manufacturing; and 2 provide recommendations, which may in- 3 clude a plan to improve the resiliency of the supply 4 chain for critical drugs and devices as described in 5 paragraph and to address any supply 6 vulnerabilities or potential disruptions of such prod- 7 ucts that would significantly affect or pose a threat 8 to public health security or national security, as ap- 9 propriate, which may include strategies to— 10 promote supply chain redundancy and 11 contingency planning; 12 encourage domestic manufacturing, in- 13 cluding consideration of economic impacts, if 14 any; 15 improve supply chain information 16 gaps; 17 improve planning considerations for 18 medical product supply chain capacity during 19 public health emergencies; and 20 promote the accessibility of such drugs 21 and devices. 22 INPUT.—In conducting the study and developing 23 the report under subsection the National Academies 24 shall— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 216 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. consider input from the Department of 1 Health and Human Services, the Department of 2 Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, the 3 Department of Commerce, the Department of State, 4 the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department 5 of Justice, and any other Federal agencies as appro- 6 priate; and 7 consult with relevant stakeholders, which 8 may include conducting public meetings and other 9 forms of engagement, as appropriate, with health 10 care providers, medical professional societies, State- 11 based societies, public health experts, State and local 12 public health departments, State medical boards, pa- 13 tient groups, medical product manufacturers, health 14 care distributors, wholesalers and group purchasing 15 organizations, pharmacists, and other entities with 16 experience in health care and public health, as ap- 17 propriate. 18 DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘de- 19 vice’’ and ‘‘drug’’ have the meanings given such terms in 20 section 201 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 21 (21 U.S.C. 321). 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 217 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3102. REQUIRING THE STRATEGIC NATIONAL STOCK- 1 PILE TO INCLUDE CERTAIN TYPES OF MED- 2 ICAL SUPPLIES. 3 Section 319F–2(a)(1) of the Public Health Service 4 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6b(a)(1)) is amended by inserting 5 ‘‘(including personal protective equipment, ancillary med- 6 ical supplies, and other applicable supplies required for the 7 administration of drugs, vaccines and other biological 8 products, medical devices, and diagnostic tests in the 9 stockpile)’’ after ‘‘other supplies’’. 10 SEC. 3103. TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE DE- 11 VICES AS COVERED COUNTERMEASURES. 12 Section 319F–3(i)(1)(D) of the Public Health Service 13 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–6d(i)(1)(D)) is amended to read as 14 follows: 15 a respiratory protective device that is 16 approved by the National Institute for Occupa- 17 tional Safety and Health under part 84 of title 18 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any suc- 19 cessor regulations), and that the Secretary de- 20 termines to be a priority for use during a public 21 health emergency declared under section 319.’’. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 218 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Subpart B—Mitigating Emergency Drug Shortages 1 SEC. 3111. PRIORITIZE REVIEWS OF DRUG APPLICATIONS; 2 INCENTIVES. 3 Section 506C(g) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos- 4 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 356c(g)) is amended— 5 in paragraph by striking ‘‘the Secretary 6 may’’ and inserting ‘‘the Secretary shall, as appro- 7 priate’’; 8 in paragraph by inserting ‘‘prioritize 9 and’’ before ‘‘expedite the review’’; and 10 in paragraph by inserting ‘‘prioritize 11 and’’ before ‘‘expedite an inspection’’. 12 SEC. 3112. ADDITIONAL MANUFACTURER REPORTING RE- 13 QUIREMENTS IN RESPONSE TO DRUG SHORT- 14 AGES. 15 EXPANSION TO INCLUDE ACTIVE PHARMA- 16 CEUTICAL INGREDIENTS.—Subsection of section 506C 17 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 18 356c) is amended— 19 in paragraph by inserting ‘‘or any 20 such drug that is critical to the public health during 21 a public health emergency declared by the Secretary 22 under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act’’ 23 after ‘‘during surgery’’; and 24 in the flush text at the end— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 219 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by inserting or a permanent dis- 1 continuance in the manufacture of an active 2 pharmaceutical ingredient or an interruption in 3 the manufacture of the active pharmaceutical 4 ingredient of such drug that is likely to lead to 5 a meaningful disruption in the supply of the ac- 6 tive pharmaceutical ingredient of such drug,’’ 7 before ‘‘and the reasons’’; and 8 by adding at the end the following: 9 ‘‘Notification under this subsection shall include 10 disclosure of reasons for the discontinuation or 11 interruption, and if applicable, an active phar- 12 maceutical ingredient is a reason for, or risk 13 factor in, such discontinuation or interruption, 14 the source of the active pharmaceutical ingre- 15 dient and any alternative sources for the active 16 pharmaceutical ingredient known by the manu- 17 facturer; whether any associated device used for 18 preparation or administration included in the 19 drug is a reason for, or a risk factor in, such 20 discontinuation or interruption; the expected 21 duration of the interruption; and such other in- 22 formation as the Secretary may require.’’. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 220 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. RISK MANAGEMENT.—Section 506C of the Fed- 1 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 356c) is 2 amended by adding at the end the following: 3 RISK MANAGEMENT PLANS.—Each manufac- 4 turer of a drug described in subsection or of any active 5 pharmaceutical ingredient or any associated medical de- 6 vice used for preparation or administration included in the 7 drug, shall develop, maintain, and implement, as appro- 8 priate, a redundancy risk management plan that identifies 9 and evaluates risks to the supply of the drug, as applica- 10 ble, for each establishment in which such drug or active 11 pharmaceutical ingredient of such drug is manufactured. 12 A risk management plan under this section shall be sub- 13 ject to inspection and copying by the Secretary pursuant 14 to an inspection or a request under section 15 ANNUAL NOTIFICATION.—Section 506E of the 16 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 356e) 17 is amended by adding at the end the following: 18 INTERAGENCY NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 19 180 days after the date of enactment of this subsection, 20 and every 90 days thereafter, the Secretary shall transmit 21 a report regarding the drugs of the current drug shortage 22 list under this section to the Administrator of the Centers 23 for Medicare & Medicaid Services.’’. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 221 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. REPORTING AFTER INSPECTIONS.—Section 1 704(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 2 U.S.C. 374(b)) is amended— 3 by redesignating paragraphs and 4 and subparagraphs and 5 by striking Upon completion’’ and in- 6 serting Upon completion’’; and 7 by adding at the end the following: 8 In carrying out this subsection with respect to 9 any establishment manufacturing a drug approved under 10 subsection or of section 505 for which a notification 11 has been submitted in accordance with section 506C is, 12 or has been in the last 5 years, listed on the drug shortage 13 list under section 506E, or that is described in section 14 505(j)(11)(A), a copy of the report shall be sent 15 to the appropriate offices of the Food and Drug Adminis- 16 tration with expertise regarding drug shortages.’’. 17 REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Section 510(j) of 18 the Federal Food, Drug, Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360(j)) 19 is amended— 20 by redesignating paragraphs and as 21 paragraphs and respectively; and 22 by inserting after paragraph the fol- 23 lowing: 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 222 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Each person who registers with the 1 Secretary under this section with regard to a drug 2 shall report annually to the Secretary on the amount 3 of each drug listed under paragraph that was 4 manufactured, prepared, propagated, compounded, 5 or processed by such person for commercial distribu- 6 tion. Such information may be required to be sub- 7 mitted in an electronic format as determined by the 8 Secretary. The Secretary may require that informa- 9 tion required to be reported under this paragraph be 10 submitted at the time a public health emergency is 11 declared by the Secretary under section 319 of the 12 Public Health Service Act. 13 By order of the Secretary, certain biologi- 14 cal products or categories of biological products reg- 15 ulated under section 351 of the Public Health Serv- 16 ice Act may be exempt from some or all of the re- 17 porting requirements under subparagraph if the 18 Secretary determines that applying such reporting 19 requirements to such biological products or cat- 20 egories of biological products is not necessary to pro- 21 tect the public health.’’. 22 CONFIDENTIALITY.—Nothing in the amendments 23 made by this section shall be construed as authorizing the 24 Secretary to disclose any information that is a trade secret 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 223 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. or confidential information subject to section 552(b)(4) of 1 title 5, United States Code, or section 1905 of title 18, 2 United States Code. 3 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 4 this section and section 3111 shall take effect on the date 5 that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act. 6 Subpart C—Preventing Medical Device Shortages 7 SEC. 3121. DISCONTINUANCE OR INTERRUPTION IN THE 8 PRODUCTION OF MEDICAL DEVICES. 9 Chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 10 Act (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 11 section 506I the following: 12 ‘‘SEC. 506J. DISCONTINUANCE OR INTERRUPTION IN THE 13 PRODUCTION OF MEDICAL DEVICES. 14 IN GENERAL.—A manufacturer of a device 15 that— 16 is critical to public health during a public 17 health emergency, including devices that are life-sup- 18 porting, life-sustaining, or intended for use in emer- 19 gency medical care or during surgery; or 20 for which the Secretary determines that in- 21 formation on potential meaningful supply disrup- 22 tions of such device is needed during, or in advance 23 of, a public health emergency; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 224 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. shall, during, or in advance of, a public health emergency 1 declared by the Secretary under section 319 of the Public 2 Health Service Act, notify the Secretary, in accordance 3 with subsection of a permanent discontinuance in the 4 manufacture of the device (except for discontinuances as 5 a result of an approved modification of the device) or an 6 interruption of the manufacture of the device that is likely 7 to lead to a meaningful disruption in the supply of that 8 device in the United States, and the reasons for such dis- 9 continuance or interruption. 10 TIMING.—A notice required under subsection 11 shall be submitted to the Secretary— 12 at least 6 months prior to the date of the 13 discontinuance or interruption; or 14 if compliance with paragraph is not 15 possible, as soon as practicable. 16 DISTRIBUTION.— 17 PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—To the maximum 18 extent practicable, subject to paragraph the Sec- 19 retary shall distribute, through such means as the 20 Secretary determines appropriate, information on 21 the discontinuance or interruption of the manufac- 22 ture of devices reported under subsection to ap- 23 propriate organizations, including physician, health 24 provider, patient organizations, and supply chain 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 225 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. partners, as appropriate and applicable, as described 1 in subsection 2 PUBLIC HEALTH EXCEPTION.—The Sec- 3 retary may choose not to make information collected 4 under this section publicly available pursuant to this 5 section if the Secretary determines that disclosure of 6 such information would adversely affect the public 7 health, such as by increasing the possibility of un- 8 necessary over purchase of product, component 9 parts, or other disruption of the availability of med- 10 ical products to patients. 11 CONFIDENTIALITY.—Nothing in this section 12 shall be construed as authorizing the Secretary to disclose 13 any information that is a trade secret or confidential infor- 14 mation subject to section 552(b)(4) of title 5, United 15 States Code, or section 1905 of title 18, United States 16 Code. 17 FAILURE TO MEET REQUIREMENTS.—If a per- 18 son fails to submit information required under subsection 19 in accordance with subsection 20 the Secretary shall issue a letter to such 21 person informing such person of such failure; 22 not later than 30 calendar days after the 23 issuance of a letter under paragraph the person 24 who receives such letter shall submit to the Sec- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 226 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. retary a written response to such letter setting forth 1 the basis for noncompliance and providing informa- 2 tion required under subsection and 3 not later than 45 calendar days after the 4 issuance of a letter under paragraph the Sec- 5 retary shall make such letter and any response to 6 such letter under paragraph available to the pub- 7 lic on the internet website of the Food and Drug Ad- 8 ministration, with appropriate redactions made to 9 protect information described in subsection ex- 10 cept that, if the Secretary determines that the letter 11 under paragraph was issued in error or, after re- 12 view of such response, the person had a reasonable 13 basis for not notifying as required under subsection 14 the requirements of this paragraph shall not 15 apply. 16 EXPEDITED INSPECTIONS AND REVIEWS.—If, 17 based on notifications described in subsection or any 18 other relevant information, the Secretary concludes that 19 there is, or is likely to be, a shortage of an device, the 20 Secretary shall, as appropriate— 21 prioritize and expedite the review of a sub- 22 mission under section 513(f)(2), 515, review of a no- 23 tification under section 510(k), or 520(m) for a de- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 227 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. vice that could help mitigate or prevent such short- 1 age; or 2 prioritize and expedite an inspection or re- 3 inspection of an establishment that could help miti- 4 gate or prevent such shortage. 5 DEVICE SHORTAGE LIST.— 6 ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall es- 7 tablish and maintain an up-to-date list of devices 8 that are determined by the Secretary to be in short- 9 age in the United States. 10 CONTENTS.—For each device included on 11 the list under paragraph the Secretary shall in- 12 clude the following information: 13 The category or name of the device in 14 shortage. 15 The name of each manufacturer of 16 such device. 17 The reason for the shortage, as deter- 18 mined by the Secretary, selecting from the fol- 19 lowing categories: 20 Requirements related to com- 21 plying with good manufacturing practices. 22 Regulatory delay. 23 ‘‘(iii) Shortage or discontinuance of a 24 component or part. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 228 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Discontinuance of the manufac- 1 ture of the device. 2 Delay in shipping of the device. 3 Delay in sterilization of the de- 4 vice. 5 ‘‘(vii) Demand increase for the device. 6 ‘‘(viii) Facility closure. 7 The estimated duration of the short- 8 age as determined by the Secretary. 9 PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 10 IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara- 11 graphs and the Secretary shall make 12 the information in the list under paragraph 13 publicly available. 14 TRADE SECRETS AND CONFIDENTIAL 15 INFORMATION.—Nothing in this subsection 16 shall be construed to alter or amend section 17 1905 of title 18, United States Code, or section 18 552(b)(4) of title 5 of such Code. 19 PUBLIC HEALTH EXCEPTION.—The 20 Secretary may elect not to make information 21 collected under this subsection publicly available 22 if the Secretary determines that disclosure of 23 such information would adversely affect the 24 public health (such as by increasing the possi- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 229 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. bility of hoarding or other disruption of the 1 availability of the device to patients). 2 RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec- 3 tion shall be construed to affect the authority of the Sec- 4 retary on the date of enactment of this section to expedite 5 the review of devices under section 515 of the Federal 6 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, section 515B of such Act 7 relating to the priority review program for devices, and 8 section 564 of such Act relating to the emergency use au- 9 thorization authorities. 10 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 11 MEANINGFUL DISRUPTION.—The term 12 ‘meaningful disruption’— 13 means a change in production that is 14 reasonably likely to lead to a reduction in the 15 supply of a device by a manufacturer that is 16 more than negligible and affects the ability of 17 the manufacturer to fill orders or meet expected 18 demand for its product; 19 does not include interruptions in 20 manufacturing due to matters such as routine 21 maintenance or insignificant changes in manu- 22 facturing so long as the manufacturer expects 23 to resume operations in a short period of time, 24 not to exceed 6 months; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 230 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. does not include interruptions in 1 manufacturing of components or raw materials 2 so long as such interruptions do not result in 3 a shortage of the device and the manufacturer 4 expects to resume operations in a reasonable 5 period of time; and 6 does not include interruptions in 7 manufacturing that do not lead to a reduction 8 in procedures or diagnostic tests associated with 9 a medical device designed to perform more than 10 one procedure or diagnostic test. 11 SHORTAGE.—The term ‘shortage’, with re- 12 spect to a device, means a period of time when the 13 demand or projected demand for the device within 14 the United States exceeds the supply of the device.’’. 15 PART II—ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE FOR COVID- 16 19 PATIENTS 17 Subpart A—Coverage of Testing and Preventive 18 Services 19 SEC. 3201. COVERAGE OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOR 20 COVID-19. 21 Paragraph of section 6001(a) of division F of the 22 Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 23 116–127) is amended to read as follows: 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 231 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. An in vitro diagnostic test defined in sec- 1 tion 809.3 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations 2 (or successor regulations) for the detection of 3 SARS–CoV–2 or the diagnosis of the virus that 4 causes COVID–19, and the administration of such a 5 test, that— 6 is approved, cleared, or authorized 7 under section 510(k), 513, 515, or 564 of the 8 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 9 U.S.C. 360(k), 360c, 360e, 360bbb–3); 10 the developer has requested, or in- 11 tends to request, emergency use authorization 12 under section 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, 13 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360bbb–3), unless 14 and until the emergency use authorization re- 15 quest under such section 564 has been denied 16 or the developer of such test does not submit a 17 request under such section within a reasonable 18 timeframe; 19 is developed in and authorized by a 20 State that has notified the Secretary of Health 21 and Human Services of its intention to review 22 tests intended to diagnose COVID-19; or 23 other test that the Secretary deter- 24 mines appropriate in guidance.’’. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 232 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3202. PRICING OF DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. 1 REIMBURSEMENT RATES.—A group health plan 2 or a health insurance issuer providing coverage of items 3 and services described in section 6001(a) of division F of 4 the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 5 116–127) with respect to an enrollee shall reimburse the 6 provider of the diagnostic testing as follows: 7 If the health plan or issuer has a negotiated 8 rate with such provider in effect before the public 9 health emergency declared under section 319 of the 10 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), such 11 negotiated rate shall apply throughout the period of 12 such declaration. 13 If the health plan or issuer does not have 14 a negotiated rate with such provider, such plan or 15 issuer shall reimburse the provider in an amount 16 that equals the cash price for such service as listed 17 by the provider on a public internet website, or such 18 plan or issuer may negotiate a rate with such pro- 19 vider for less than such cash price. 20 REQUIREMENT TO PUBLICIZE CASH PRICE FOR 21 DIAGNOSTIC TESTING FOR COVID-19.— 22 IN GENERAL.—During the emergency pe- 23 riod declared under section 319 of the Public Health 24 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), each provider of a di- 25 agnostic test for COVID-19 shall make public the 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 233 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. cash price for such test on a public internet website 1 of such provider. 2 CIVIL MONETARY PENALTIES.—The Sec- 3 retary of Health and Human Services may impose a 4 civil monetary penalty on any provider of a diag- 5 nostic test for COVID-19 that is not in compliance 6 with paragraph and has not completed a correc- 7 tive action plan to comply with the requirements of 8 such paragraph, in an amount not to exceed $300 9 per day that the violation is ongoing. 10 SEC. 3203. RAPID COVERAGE OF PREVENTIVE SERVICES 11 AND VACCINES FOR CORONAVIRUS. 12 IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding 2713(b) of the 13 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–13), the Sec- 14 retary of Health and Human Services, the Secretary of 15 Labor, and the Secretary of the Treasury shall require 16 group health plans and health insurance issuers offering 17 group or individual health insurance to cover (without 18 cost-sharing) any qualifying coronavirus preventive serv- 19 ice, pursuant to section 2713(a) of the Public Health Serv- 20 ice Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–13(a)) (including the regula- 21 tions under sections 2590.715-2713 of title 29, Code of 22 Federal Regulations, section 54.9815-2713 of title 26, 23 Code of Federal Regulations, and section 147.130 of title 24 45, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regula- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 234 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. tions)). The requirement described in this subsection shall 1 take effect with respect to a qualifying coronavirus preven- 2 tive service on the specified date described in subsection 3 4 DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 5 QUALIFYING CORONAVIRUS PREVENTIVE 6 SERVICE.—The term ‘‘qualifying coronavirus preven- 7 tive service’’ means an item, service, or immuniza- 8 tion that is intended to prevent or mitigate 9 coronavirus disease 2019 and that is— 10 an evidence-based item or service that 11 has in effect a rating of or in the cur- 12 rent recommendations of the United States Pre- 13 ventive Services Task Force; or 14 an immunization that has in effect a 15 recommendation from the Advisory Committee 16 on Immunization Practices of the Centers for 17 Disease Control and Prevention with respect to 18 the individual involved. 19 SPECIFIED DATE.—The term ‘‘specified 20 date’’ means the date that is 15 business days after 21 the date on which a recommendation is made relat- 22 ing to the qualifying coronavirus preventive service 23 as described in such paragraph. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 235 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ADDITIONAL TERMS.—In this section, the 1 terms ‘‘group health plan’’, ‘‘health insurance 2 issuer’’, ‘‘group health insurance coverage’’, and ‘‘in- 3 dividual health insurance coverage’’ have the mean- 4 ings given such terms in section 2791 of the Public 5 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–91), section 6 733 of the Employee Retirement Income Security 7 Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1191b), and section 9832 of 8 the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable. 9 Subpart B—Support for Health Care Providers 10 SEC. 3211. SUPPLEMENTAL AWARDS FOR HEALTH CEN- 11 TERS. 12 SUPPLEMENTAL AWARDS.—Section 330(r) of the 13 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b(r)) is amended 14 by adding at the end the following: 15 ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR SUPPLE- 16 MENTAL AWARDS.—In addition to any amounts 17 made available pursuant to this subsection, section 18 402A of this Act, or section 10503 of the Patient 19 Protection and Affordable Care Act, there is author- 20 ized to be appropriated, and there is appropriated, 21 out of any monies in the Treasury not otherwise ap- 22 propriated, $1,320,000,000 for fiscal year 2020 for 23 supplemental awards under subsection for the 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 236 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. detection of SARS-CoV-2 or the prevention, diag- 1 nosis, and treatment of COVID-19.’’. 2 APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—Amounts appro- 3 priated pursuant to the amendment made by subsection 4 for fiscal year 2020 shall be subject to the require- 5 ments contained in Public Law 116–94 for funds for pro- 6 grams authorized under sections 330 through 340 of the 7 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254 through 256). 8 SEC. 3212. TELEHEALTH NETWORK AND TELEHEALTH RE- 9 SOURCE CENTERS GRANT PROGRAMS. 10 Section 330I of the Public Health Service Act (42 11 U.S.C. 254c–14) is amended— 12 in subsection 13 in paragraph 14 in the matter preceding subpara- 15 graph by striking ‘‘projects to dem- 16 onstrate how telehealth technologies can be 17 used through telehealth networks’’ and in- 18 serting ‘‘evidence-based projects that uti- 19 lize telehealth technologies through tele- 20 health networks’’; 21 (ii) in subparagraph 22 by striking ‘‘the quality of’’ 23 and inserting ‘‘access to, and the 24 quality and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 237 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (II) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after the 1 semicolon; 2 (iii) by striking subparagraph 3 (iv) by redesignating subparagraph 4 as subparagraph and 5 in subparagraph as so redes- 6 ignated, by striking ‘‘and patients and 7 their families, for decisionmaking’’ and in- 8 serting patients, and their families’’; 9 and 10 in paragraph 11 by striking ‘‘demonstrate how tele- 12 health technologies can be used’’ and in- 13 serting ‘‘support initiatives that utilize 14 telehealth technologies’’; and 15 (ii) by striking to establish tele- 16 health resource centers’’; 17 in subsection by striking years’’ and 18 inserting years’’; 19 in subsection 20 by striking paragraph 21 in paragraph 22 by redesignating clauses 23 through (iii) as paragraphs through 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 238 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. respectively, and adjusting the mar- 1 gins accordingly; 2 (ii) in paragraph as so redesig- 3 nated by clause by redesignating sub- 4 clauses through (XII) as subparagraphs 5 through respectively, and adjust- 6 ing the margins accordingly; and 7 (iii) by striking TELEHEALTH 8 NETWORK GRANTS—’’ and all that follows 9 through TELEHEALTH NETWORKS— 10 and 11 in paragraph as so redesig- 12 nated, by inserting ‘‘and substance use dis- 13 order’’ after ‘‘mental health’’ each place such 14 term appears; 15 in subsection by striking ‘‘or im- 16 prove’’ and inserting ‘‘and improve’’; 17 by striking subsection 18 by redesignating subsections through 19 as subsection through respectively; 20 in subsection as so redesignated— 21 in paragraph 22 in subparagraph by striking 23 ‘‘mental health, public health, long-term 24 care, home care, preventive’’ and inserting 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 239 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘mental health care, public health services, 1 long-term care, home care, preventive 2 care’’; 3 (ii) in subparagraph by inserting 4 ‘‘and regional’’ after ‘‘local’’; and 5 (iii) by striking subparagraph 6 and 7 in paragraph by striking 8 ‘‘medically underserved areas or’’ and inserting 9 ‘‘rural areas, medically underserved areas, or’’; 10 in paragraph of subsection as so re- 11 designated, by striking ‘‘ensure that—’’ and all that 12 follows through the end of subparagraph and in- 13 serting ‘‘ensure that not less than 50 percent of the 14 funds awarded shall be awarded for projects in rural 15 areas.’’; 16 in subsection as so redesignated— 17 in paragraph by striking ‘‘com- 18 puter hardware and software, audio and video 19 equipment, computer network equipment, inter- 20 active equipment, data terminal equipment, and 21 other’’; and 22 in paragraph by striking 23 ‘‘health care providers and’’; 24 (10) in subsection as so redesignated— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 240 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in paragraph by striking ‘‘40 per- 1 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘20 percent’’; and 2 in paragraph by striking ‘‘(such as 3 laying cable or telephone lines, or purchasing or 4 installing microwave towers, satellite dishes, 5 amplifiers, or digital switching equipment)’’; 6 (11) by striking subsections and and in- 7 serting the following: 8 REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the date 9 of enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco- 10 nomic Security Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Sec- 11 retary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on 12 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 13 the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 14 of Representatives a report on the activities and outcomes 15 of the grant programs under subsection 16 (12) by redesignating subsection as sub- 17 section and 18 (13) in subsection as so redesignated, by 19 striking ‘‘this section—’’ and all that follows 20 through the end of paragraph and inserting 21 ‘‘this section $29,000,000 for each of fiscal years 22 2021 through 2025.’’. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 241 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3213. RURAL HEALTH CARE SERVICES OUTREACH, 1 RURAL HEALTH NETWORK DEVELOPMENT, 2 AND SMALL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER QUAL- 3 ITY IMPROVEMENT GRANT PROGRAMS. 4 Section 330A of the Public Health Service Act (42 5 U.S.C. 254c) is amended— 6 in subsection 7 in subparagraph by striking ‘‘es- 8 sential’’ and inserting ‘‘basic’’; and 9 in subparagraph 10 in the matter preceding clause 11 by inserting after ‘‘grants’’; and 12 (ii) in clauses (ii), and (iii), by 13 striking each place such term ap- 14 pears; 15 in subsection 16 in paragraph 17 by inserting ‘‘improving and’’ after 18 ‘‘outreach by’’; 19 (ii) by inserting through community 20 engagement and evidence-based or innova- 21 tive, evidence-informed models’’ before the 22 period of the first sentence; and 23 (iii) by striking years’’ and insert- 24 ing years’’; 25 in paragraph 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 242 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in the matter preceding subpara- 1 graph by inserting ‘‘shall’’ after ‘‘enti- 2 ty’’; 3 (ii) in subparagraph by striking 4 ‘‘shall be a rural public or rural nonprofit 5 private entity’’ and inserting ‘‘be an entity 6 with demonstrated experience serving, or 7 the capacity to serve, rural underserved 8 populations’’; 9 (iii) in subparagraphs and by 10 striking ‘‘shall’’ each place such term ap- 11 pears; and 12 (iv) in subparagraph 13 in the matter preceding clause 14 by inserting ‘‘that’’ after ‘‘mem- 15 bers’’; and 16 (II) in clauses and (ii), by 17 striking ‘‘that’’ each place such term 18 appears; and 19 in paragraph by striking ‘‘the 20 local community or region’’ and inserting ‘‘the 21 rural underserved populations in the local com- 22 munity or region’’; 23 in subsection 24 in paragraph 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 243 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in subparagraph 1 in the matter preceding clause 2 by striking ‘‘promote, through 3 planning and implementation, the de- 4 velopment of integrated health care 5 networks that have combined the 6 functions of the entities participating 7 in the networks’’ and inserting ‘‘plan, 8 develop, and implement integrated 9 health care networks that collabo- 10 rate’’; and 11 (II) in clause (ii), by striking 12 ‘‘essential health care services’’ and 13 inserting ‘‘basic health care services 14 and associated health outcomes’’; and 15 (ii) by amending subparagraph to 16 read as follows: 17 GRANT PERIODS.—The Director may 18 award grants under this subsection for periods 19 of not more than 5 years.’’; 20 in paragraph 21 in the matter preceding subpara- 22 graph by inserting ‘‘shall’’ after ‘‘enti- 23 ty’’; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 244 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (ii) in subparagraph by striking 1 ‘‘shall be a rural public or rural nonprofit 2 private entity’’ and inserting ‘‘be an entity 3 with demonstrated experience serving, or 4 the capacity to serve, rural underserved 5 populations’’; 6 (iii) in subparagraph 7 in the matter preceding clause 8 9 (aa) by striking ‘‘shall’’; and 10 (bb) by inserting ‘‘that’’ 11 after ‘‘participants’’; and 12 (II) in clauses and (ii), by 13 striking ‘‘that’’ each place such term 14 appears; and 15 (iv) in subparagraph by striking 16 ‘‘shall’’; and 17 in paragraph 18 by amending clause (iii) of sub- 19 paragraph to read as follows: 20 ‘‘(iii) how the rural underserved popu- 21 lations in the local community or region to 22 be served will benefit from and be involved 23 in the development and ongoing operations 24 of the network;’’; and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 245 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (ii) in subparagraph by striking 1 ‘‘the local community or region’’ and in- 2 serting ‘‘the rural underserved populations 3 in the local community or region’’; 4 in subsection 5 in paragraph 6 by inserting including activities 7 related to increasing care coordination, en- 8 hancing chronic disease management, and 9 improving patient health outcomes’’ before 10 the period of the first sentence; and 11 (ii) by striking years’’ and insert- 12 ing years’’; 13 in paragraph 14 in the matter preceding subpara- 15 graph by inserting ‘‘shall’’ after ‘‘enti- 16 ty’’; 17 (ii) in subparagraphs and by 18 striking ‘‘shall’’ each place such term ap- 19 pears; and 20 (iii) in subparagraph by in- 21 serting ‘‘or regional’’ after ‘‘local’’; and 22 in paragraph by striking ‘‘the 23 local community or region’’ and inserting ‘‘the 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 246 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. rural underserved populations in the local com- 1 munity or region’’; 2 in subsection in the matter pre- 3 ceding subparagraph by inserting as appro- 4 priate,’’ after ‘‘the Secretary’’; 5 by amending subsection to read as fol- 6 lows: 7 REPORT.—Not later than 4 years after the date 8 of enactment of the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco- 9 nomic Security Act, and every 5 years thereafter, the Sec- 10 retary shall prepare and submit to the Committee on 11 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 12 the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 13 of Representatives a report on the activities and outcomes 14 of the grant programs under subsections and 15 including the impact of projects funded under such pro- 16 grams on the health status of rural residents with chronic 17 conditions.’’; and 18 in subsection by striking ‘‘$45,000,000 19 for each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012’’ and in- 20 serting ‘‘$79,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 21 through 2025’’. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 247 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3214. UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE MOD- 1 ERNIZATION. 2 COMMISSIONED CORPS AND READY RESERVE 3 CORPS.—Section 203 of the Public Health Service Act (42 4 U.S.C. 204) is amended— 5 in subsection by striking Ready 6 Reserve Corps for service in time of national emer- 7 gency’’ and inserting for service in time of a pub- 8 lic health or national emergency, a Ready Reserve 9 Corps’’; and 10 in subsection 11 in the heading, by striking ‘‘RE- 12 SEARCH’’ and inserting ‘‘RESERVE CORPS’’; 13 in paragraph by inserting ‘‘during 14 public health or national emergencies’’ before 15 the period; 16 in paragraph 17 in the matter preceding subpara- 18 graph by inserting consistent with 19 paragraph after ‘‘shall’’; 20 (ii) in subparagraph by inserting 21 ‘‘during such emergencies’’ after ‘‘mem- 22 bers’’; and 23 (iii) in subparagraph by inserting 24 consistent with subparagraph be- 25 fore the period; and 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 248 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by adding at the end the following: 1 STATUTORY REFERENCES TO RESERVE.— 2 A reference in any Federal statute, except in the 3 case of subsection to the ‘Reserve Corps’ of the 4 Public Health Service or to the ‘reserve’ of the Pub- 5 lic Health Service shall be deemed to be a reference 6 to the Ready Reserve Corps.’’. 7 DEPLOYMENT READINESS.—Section 8 203A(a)(1)(B) of the Public Health Service Act (42 9 U.S.C. 204a(a)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘Active Re- 10 serves’’ and inserting ‘‘Ready Reserve Corps’’. 11 RETIREMENT OF COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.— 12 Section 211 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 13 212) is amended— 14 by striking ‘‘the Service’’ each place it ap- 15 pears and inserting ‘‘the Regular Corps’’; 16 in subsection by striking ‘‘(in the 17 case of an officer in the Reserve Corps)’’; 18 in subsection 19 in paragraph 20 by striking ‘‘or an officer of the 21 Reserve Corps’’; and 22 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or under section 23 221(a)(19)’’ after ‘‘subsection and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 249 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in paragraph by striking ‘‘Regular 1 or Reserve Corps’’ and inserting ‘‘Regular 2 Corps or Ready Reserve Corps’’; and 3 in subsection by striking ‘‘the Regular 4 or Reserve Corps of’’. 5 RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, ETC. OF OFFICERS AND 6 SURVIVING BENEFICIARIES.—Section 221 of the Public 7 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 213a) is amended— 8 in subsection by adding at the end the 9 following: 10 Chapter 1223, Retired Pay for Non-Reg- 11 ular Service. 12 Section 12601, Compensation: Reserve on 13 active duty accepting from any person. 14 Section 12684, Reserves: separation for 15 absence without authority or sentence to imprison- 16 ment.’’; and 17 in subsection 18 by striking ‘‘Secretary of Health, Edu- 19 cation, and Welfare or his designee’’ and insert- 20 ing ‘‘Secretary of Health and Human Services 21 or the designee of such secretary’’; 22 by striking The authority vested’’ 23 and inserting the following: 24 The authority vested’’; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 250 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by striking ‘‘For purposes of’’ and in- 1 serting the following: 2 For purposes of’’; and 3 by adding at the end the following: 4 For purposes of paragraph (19) of subsection 5 the terms ‘Military department’, ‘Secretary con- 6 cerned’, and ‘Armed forces’ in such title 10 shall be 7 deemed to include, respectively, the Department of Health 8 and Human Services, the Secretary of Health and Human 9 Services, and the Commissioned Corps.’’. 10 TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—Title II of the Pub- 11 lic Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 202 et seq.) is amend- 12 ed— 13 in sections 204 and 207(c), by striking 14 ‘‘Regular or Reserve Corps’’ each place it appears 15 and inserting ‘‘Regular Corps or Ready Reserve 16 Corps’’; 17 in section 208(a), by striking ‘‘Regular and 18 Reserve Corps’’ each place it appears and inserting 19 ‘‘Regular Corps and Ready Reserve Corps’’; and 20 in section 205(c), 206(c), 210, and 219, 21 and in subsections and of section 207, 22 by striking ‘‘Reserve Corps’’ each place it appears 23 and inserting ‘‘Ready Reserve Corps’’. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 251 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3215. LIMITATION ON LIABILITY FOR VOLUNTEER 1 HEALTH CARE PROFESSIONALS DURING 2 COVID-19 EMERGENCY RESPONSE. 3 LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—Except as provided 4 in subsection a health care professional shall not be 5 liable under Federal or State law for any harm caused 6 by an act or omission of the professional in the provision 7 of health care services during the public health emergency 8 with respect to COVID-19 declared by the Secretary of 9 Health and Human Services (referred to in this section 10 as the ‘‘Secretary’’) under section 319 of the Public 11 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 31, 12 2020, if— 13 the professional is providing health care 14 services in response to such public health emergency, 15 as a volunteer; and 16 the act or omission occurs— 17 in the course of providing health care 18 services; 19 in the health care professional’s capac- 20 ity as a volunteer; 21 in the course of providing health care 22 services that— 23 are within the scope of the license, 24 registration, or certification of the volun- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 252 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. teer, as defined by the State of licensure, 1 registration, or certification; and 2 (ii) do not exceed the scope of license, 3 registration, or certification of a substan- 4 tially similar health professional in the 5 State in which such act or omission occurs; 6 and 7 in a good faith belief that the indi- 8 vidual being treated is in need of health care 9 services. 10 EXCEPTIONS.—Subsection does not apply if— 11 the harm was caused by an act or omission 12 constituting willful or criminal misconduct, gross 13 negligence, reckless misconduct, or a conscious fla- 14 grant indifference to the rights or safety of the indi- 15 vidual harmed by the health care professional; or 16 the health care professional rendered the 17 health care services under the influence (as deter- 18 mined pursuant to applicable State law) of alcohol 19 or an intoxicating drug. 20 PREEMPTION.— 21 IN GENERAL.—This section preempts the 22 laws of a State or any political subdivision of a State 23 to the extent that such laws are inconsistent with 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 253 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. this section, unless such laws provide greater protec- 1 tion from liability. 2 VOLUNTEER PROTECTION ACT.—Protec- 3 tions afforded by this section are in addition to those 4 provided by the Volunteer Protection Act of 1997 5 (Public Law 105–19). 6 DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 7 the term ‘‘harm’’ includes physical, non- 8 physical, economic, and noneconomic losses; 9 the term ‘‘health care professional’’ means 10 an individual who is licensed, registered, or certified 11 under Federal or State law to provide health care 12 services; 13 the term ‘‘health care services’’ means any 14 services provided by a health care professional, or by 15 any individual working under the supervision of a 16 health care professional that relate to— 17 the diagnosis, prevention, or treatment 18 of COVID-19; or 19 the assessment or care of the health of 20 a human being related to an actual or sus- 21 pected case of COVID-19; and 22 the term ‘‘volunteer’’ means a health care 23 professional who, with respect to the health care 24 services rendered, does not receive compensation or 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 254 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. any other thing of value in lieu of compensation, 1 which compensation— 2 includes a payment under any insur- 3 ance policy or health plan, or under any Fed- 4 eral or State health benefits program; and 5 excludes— 6 receipt of items to be used exclu- 7 sively for rendering health care services in 8 the health care professional’s capacity as a 9 volunteer described in subsection 10 and 11 (ii) any reimbursement for travel to 12 the site where the volunteer services are 13 rendered and any payments in cash or kind 14 to cover room and board, if services are 15 being rendered more than 75 miles from 16 the volunteer’s principal place of residence. 17 EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 18 upon the date of enactment of this Act, and applies to 19 a claim for harm only if the act or omission that caused 20 such harm occurred on or after the date of enactment. 21 SUNSET.—This section shall be in effect only for 22 the length of the public health emergency declared by the 23 Secretary of Health and Human Services (referred to in 24 this section as the ‘‘Secretary’’) under section 319 of the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 255 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) on January 1 31, 2020 with respect to COVID-19. 2 SEC. 3216. FLEXIBILITY FOR MEMBERS OF NATIONAL 3 HEALTH SERVICE CORPS DURING EMER- 4 GENCY PERIOD. 5 During the public health emergency declared by the 6 Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 7 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 8 on January 31, 2020, with respect to COVID-19, the Sec- 9 retary may, notwithstanding section 333 of the Public 10 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254f), assign members of 11 the National Health Service Corps, with the voluntary 12 agreement of such corps members, to provide such health 13 services at such places, and for such number of hours, as 14 the Secretary determines necessary to respond to such 15 emergency, provided that such places are within a reason- 16 able distance of the site to which such members were origi- 17 nally assigned, and the total number of hours required are 18 the same as were required of such members prior to the 19 date of enactment of this Act. 20 ---PAGE BREAK--- 256 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Subpart C—Miscellaneous Provisions 1 SEC. 3221. CONFIDENTIALITY AND DISCLOSURE OF 2 RECORDS RELATING TO SUBSTANCE USE DIS- 3 ORDER. 4 CONFORMING CHANGES RELATING TO SUB- 5 STANCE USE DISORDER.—Subsections and of sec- 6 tion 543 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 7 290dd–2) are each amended by striking ‘‘substance 8 abuse’’ and inserting ‘‘substance use disorder’’. 9 DISCLOSURES TO COVERED ENTITIES CON- 10 SISTENT WITH HIPAA.—Paragraph of section 543(b) 11 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd–2(b)) 12 is amended to read as follows: 13 CONSENT.—The following shall apply with 14 respect to the contents of any record referred to in 15 subsection 16 Such contents may be used or dis- 17 closed in accordance with the prior written con- 18 sent of the patient with respect to whom such 19 record is maintained. 20 Once prior written consent of the pa- 21 tient has been obtained, such contents may be 22 used or disclosed by a covered entity, business 23 associate, or a program subject to this section 24 for purposes of treatment, payment, and health 25 care operations as permitted by the HIPAA 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 257 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. regulations. Any information so disclosed may 1 then be redisclosed in accordance with the 2 HIPAA regulations. Section 13405(c) of the 3 Health Information Technology and Clinical 4 Health Act (42 U.S.C. 17935(c)) shall apply to 5 all disclosures pursuant to subsection of 6 this section. 7 It shall be permissible for a patient’s 8 prior written consent to be given once for all 9 such future uses or disclosures for purposes of 10 treatment, payment, and health care operations, 11 until such time as the patient revokes such con- 12 sent in writing. 13 Section 13405(a) of the Health In- 14 formation Technology and Clinical Health Act 15 (42 U.S.C. 17935(a)) shall apply to all disclo- 16 sures pursuant to subsection of this sec- 17 tion.’’. 18 DISCLOSURES OF DE-IDENTIFIED HEALTH IN- 19 FORMATION TO PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITIES.—Para- 20 graph of section 543(b) of the Public Health Service 21 Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd–2(b)), is amended by adding at the 22 end the following: 23 To a public health authority, so long 24 as such content meets the standards established 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 258 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in section 164.514(b) of title 45, Code of Fed- 1 eral Regulations (or successor regulations) for 2 creating de-identified information.’’. 3 DEFINITIONS.—Section 543 of the Public Health 4 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd–2) is amended by adding 5 at the end the following: 6 DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section: 7 BREACH.—The term ‘breach’ has the 8 meaning given such term for purposes of the HIPAA 9 regulations. 10 BUSINESS ASSOCIATE.—The term ‘busi- 11 ness associate’ has the meaning given such term for 12 purposes of the HIPAA regulations. 13 COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘covered en- 14 tity’ has the meaning given such term for purposes 15 of the HIPAA regulations. 16 HEALTH CARE OPERATIONS.—The term 17 ‘health care operations’ has the meaning given such 18 term for purposes of the HIPAA regulations. 19 HIPAA REGULATIONS.—The term 20 ‘HIPAA regulations’ has the meaning given such 21 term for purposes of parts 160 and 164 of title 45, 22 Code of Federal Regulations. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 259 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. PAYMENT.—The term ‘payment’ has the 1 meaning given such term for purposes of the HIPAA 2 regulations. 3 PUBLIC HEALTH AUTHORITY.—The term 4 ‘public health authority’ has the meaning given such 5 term for purposes of the HIPAA regulations. 6 TREATMENT.—The term ‘treatment’ has 7 the meaning given such term for purposes of the 8 HIPAA regulations. 9 UNSECURED PROTECTED HEALTH INFOR- 10 MATION.—The term ‘unprotected health information’ 11 has the meaning given such term for purposes of the 12 HIPAA regulations.’’. 13 USE OF RECORDS IN CRIMINAL, CIVIL, OR AD- 14 MINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATIONS, ACTIONS, OR PRO- 15 CEEDINGS.—Subsection of section 543 of the Public 16 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd–2(c)) is amended 17 to read as follows: 18 USE OF RECORDS IN CRIMINAL, CIVIL, OR AD- 19 MINISTRATIVE CONTEXTS.—Except as otherwise author- 20 ized by a court order under subsection or by the 21 consent of the patient, a record referred to in subsection 22 or testimony relaying the information contained there- 23 in, may not be disclosed or used in any civil, criminal, ad- 24 ministrative, or legislative proceedings conducted by any 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 260 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Federal, State, or local authority, against a patient, in- 1 cluding with respect to the following activities: 2 Such record or testimony shall not be en- 3 tered into evidence in any criminal prosecution or 4 civil action before a Federal or State court. 5 Such record or testimony shall not form 6 part of the record for decision or otherwise be taken 7 into account in any proceeding before a Federal, 8 State, or local agency. 9 Such record or testimony shall not be used 10 by any Federal, State, or local agency for a law en- 11 forcement purpose or to conduct any law enforce- 12 ment investigation. 13 Such record or testimony shall not be used 14 in any application for a warrant.’’. 15 PENALTIES.—Subsection of section 543 of the 16 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd–2) is amend- 17 ed to read as follows: 18 PENALTIES.—The provisions of sections 1176 19 and 1177 of the Social Security Act shall apply to a viola- 20 tion of this section to the extent and in the same manner 21 as such provisions apply to a violation of part C of title 22 XI of such Act. In applying the previous sentence— 23 the reference to ‘this subsection’ in sub- 24 section of such section 1176 shall be treated 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 261 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. as a reference to ‘this subsection (including as ap- 1 plied pursuant to section 543(f) of the Public Health 2 Service Act)’; and 3 in subsection of such section 1176— 4 each reference to ‘a penalty imposed 5 under subsection shall be treated as a ref- 6 erence to ‘a penalty imposed under subsection 7 (including as applied pursuant to section 8 543(f) of the Public Health Service Act)’; and 9 each reference to ‘no damages ob- 10 tained under subsection shall be treated as 11 a reference to ‘no damages obtained under sub- 12 section (including as applied pursuant to 13 section 543(f) of the Public Health Service 14 15 ANTIDISCRIMINATION.—Section 543 of the Public 16 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd–2) is amended by 17 inserting after subsection the following: 18 ANTIDISCRIMINATION.— 19 IN GENERAL.—No entity shall discrimi- 20 nate against an individual on the basis of informa- 21 tion received by such entity pursuant to an inad- 22 vertent or intentional disclosure of records, or infor- 23 mation contained in records, described in subsection 24 in— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 262 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. admission, access to, or treatment for 1 health care; 2 hiring, firing, or terms of employ- 3 ment, or receipt of worker’s compensation; 4 the sale, rental, or continued rental of 5 housing; 6 access to Federal, State, or local 7 courts; or 8 access to, approval of, or mainte- 9 nance of social services and benefits provided or 10 funded by Federal, State, or local governments. 11 RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—No re- 12 cipient of Federal funds shall discriminate against 13 an individual on the basis of information received by 14 such recipient pursuant to an intentional or inad- 15 vertent disclosure of such records or information 16 contained in records described in subsection in 17 affording access to the services provided with such 18 funds.’’. 19 NOTIFICATION IN CASE OF BREACH.—Section 20 543 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd– 21 as amended by subsection is further amended by 22 inserting after subsection the following: 23 NOTIFICATION IN CASE OF BREACH.—The pro- 24 visions of section 13402 of the HITECH Act (42 U.S.C. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 263 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 17932) shall apply to a program or activity described in 1 subsection in case of a breach of records described 2 in subsection to the same extent and in the same man- 3 ner as such provisions apply to a covered entity in the 4 case of a breach of unsecured protected health informa- 5 tion.’’. 6 REGULATIONS.— 7 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 8 Human Services, in consultation with appropriate 9 Federal agencies, shall make such revisions to regu- 10 lations as may be necessary for implementing and 11 enforcing the amendments made by this section, 12 such that such amendments shall apply with respect 13 to uses and disclosures of information occurring on 14 or after the date that is 12 months after the date 15 of enactment of this Act. 16 EASILY UNDERSTANDABLE NOTICE OF PRI- 17 VACY PRACTICES.—Not later than 1 year after the 18 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 19 Health and Human Services, in consultation with 20 appropriate legal, clinical, privacy, and civil rights 21 experts, shall update section 164.520 of title 45, 22 Code of Federal Regulations, so that covered entities 23 and entities creating or maintaining the records de- 24 scribed in subsection provide notice, written in 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 264 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. plain language, of privacy practices regarding pa- 1 tient records referred to in section 543(a) of the 2 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd–2(a)), 3 including— 4 a statement of the patient’s rights, in- 5 cluding self-pay patients, with respect to pro- 6 tected health information and a brief descrip- 7 tion of how the individual may exercise these 8 rights (as required by subsection (b)(1)(iv) of 9 such section 164.520); and 10 a description of each purpose for 11 which the covered entity is permitted or re- 12 quired to use or disclose protected health infor- 13 mation without the patient’s written authoriza- 14 tion (as required by subsection of such 15 section 164.520). 16 RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this Act 17 or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed 18 to limit— 19 a patient’s right, as described in section 20 164.522 of title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, or 21 any successor regulation, to request a restriction on 22 the use or disclosure of a record referred to in sec- 23 tion 543(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 265 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. U.S.C. 290dd–2(a)) for purposes of treatment, pay- 1 ment, or health care operations; or 2 a covered entity’s choice, as described in 3 section 164.506 of title 45, Code of Federal Regula- 4 tions, or any successor regulation, to obtain the con- 5 sent of the individual to use or disclose a record re- 6 ferred to in such section 543(a) to carry out treat- 7 ment, payment, or health care operation. 8 SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the 9 Congress that— 10 any person treating a patient through a 11 program or activity with respect to which the con- 12 fidentiality requirements of section 543 of the Public 13 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290dd–2) apply is en- 14 couraged to access the applicable State-based pre- 15 scription drug monitoring program when clinically 16 appropriate; 17 patients have the right to request a restric- 18 tion on the use or disclosure of a record referred to 19 in section 543(a) of the Public Health Service Act 20 (42 U.S.C. 290dd–2(a)) for treatment, payment, or 21 health care operations; 22 covered entities should make every reason- 23 able effort to the extent feasible to comply with a 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 266 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. patient’s request for a restriction regarding such use 1 or disclosure; 2 for purposes of applying section 164.501 of 3 title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, the definition 4 of health care operations shall have the meaning 5 given such term in such section, except that clause 6 of paragraph shall not apply; and 7 programs creating records referred to in 8 section 543(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 9 U.S.C. 290dd–2(a)) should receive positive incen- 10 tives for discussing with their patients the benefits 11 to consenting to share such records. 12 SEC. 3222. NUTRITION SERVICES. 13 DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘As- 14 sistant Secretary’’, ‘‘Secretary’’, ‘‘State agency’’, and 15 ‘‘area agency on aging’’ have the meanings given the 16 terms in section 102 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 17 (42 U.S.C. 3002). 18 NUTRITION SERVICES TRANSFER CRITERIA.— 19 During any portion of the COVID–19 public health emer- 20 gency declared under section 319 of the Public Health 21 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), the Secretary shall allow 22 a State agency or an area agency on aging, without prior 23 approval, to transfer not more than 100 percent of the 24 funds received by the State agency or area agency on 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 267 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. aging, respectively, and attributable to funds appropriated 1 under paragraph or of section 303(b) of the Older 2 Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3023(b)), between sub- 3 part 1 and subpart 2 of part C (42 U.S.C. 3030d–2 et 4 seq.) for such use as the State agency or area agency on 5 aging, respectively, considers appropriate to meet the 6 needs of the State or area served. 7 HOME-DELIVERED NUTRITION SERVICES WAIV- 8 ER.—For purposes of State agencies’ determining the de- 9 livery of nutrition services under section 337 of the Older 10 Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030g), during the pe- 11 riod of the COVID–19 public health emergency declared 12 under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 13 U.S.C. 247d), the same meaning shall be given to an indi- 14 vidual who is unable to obtain nutrition because the indi- 15 vidual is practicing social distancing due to the emergency 16 as is given to an individual who is homebound by reason 17 of illness. 18 DIETARY GUIDELINES WAIVER.—To facilitate 19 implementation of subparts 1 and 2 of part C of title III 20 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030d– 21 2 et seq.) during any portion of the COVID–19 public 22 health emergency declared under section 319 of the Public 23 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), the Assistant Sec- 24 retary may waive the requirements for meals provided 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 268 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. under those subparts to comply with the requirements of 1 clauses and (ii) of section 339(2)(A) of such Act (42 2 U.S.C. 3030g–21(2)(A)). 3 SEC. 3223. CONTINUITY OF SERVICE AND OPPORTUNITIES 4 FOR PARTICIPANTS IN COMMUNITY SERVICE 5 ACTIVITIES UNDER TITLE V OF THE OLDER 6 AMERICANS ACT OF 1965. 7 To ensure continuity of service and opportunities for 8 participants in community service activities under title V 9 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056 et 10 seq.), the Secretary of Labor— 11 may allow individuals participating in 12 projects under such title as of March 1, 2020, to ex- 13 tend their participation for a period that exceeds the 14 period described in section 518(a)(3)(B)(i) of such 15 Act (42 U.S.C. 3056p(a)(3)(B)(i)) if the Secretary 16 determines such extension is appropriate due to the 17 effects of the COVID–19 public health emergency 18 declared under section 319 of the Public Health 19 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d); and 20 may increase the average participation cap 21 for eligible individuals applicable to grantees as de- 22 scribed in section 502(b)(1)(C) of the Older Ameri- 23 cans Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(b)(1)(C)) to a 24 cap the Secretary determines is appropriate due to 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 269 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the effects of the COVID–19 public health emer- 1 gency declared under section 319 of the Public 2 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d); and 3 may increase the amount available to pay 4 the authorized administrative costs for a project, de- 5 scribed in section 502(c)(3) of the Older Americans 6 Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3056(c)(3)) to an amount 7 not to exceed 20 percent of the grant amount if the 8 Secretary determines that such increase is necessary 9 to adequately respond to the additional administra- 10 tive needs to respond to the COVID–19 public 11 health emergency declared under section 319 of the 12 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d). 13 SEC. 3224. GUIDANCE ON PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMA- 14 TION. 15 Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 16 of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 17 shall issue guidance on the sharing of patients’ protected 18 health information pursuant to section 160.103 of title 45, 19 Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regula- 20 tions) during the public health emergency declared by the 21 Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 22 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 23 with respect to COVID-19, during the emergency involv- 24 ing Federal primary responsibility determined to exist by 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 270 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the President under section 501(b) of the Robert T. Staf- 1 ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 2 U.S.C. 5191(b)) with respect to COVID-19, and during 3 the national emergency declared by the President under 4 the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 5 with respect to COVID-19. Such guidance shall include 6 information on compliance with the regulations promul- 7 gated pursuant to section 264(c) of the Health Insurance 8 Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 9 1320d–2 note) and applicable policies, including such poli- 10 cies that may come into effect during such emergencies. 11 SEC. 3225. REAUTHORIZATION OF HEALTHY START PRO- 12 GRAM. 13 Section 330H of the Public Health Service Act (42 14 U.S.C. 254c–8) is amended— 15 in subsection 16 in paragraph by striking during 17 fiscal year 2001 and subsequent years,’’; and 18 in paragraph by inserting ‘‘or in- 19 creasing above the national average’’ after 20 ‘‘areas with high’’; 21 in subsection 22 in paragraph by striking ‘‘con- 23 sumers of project services, public health depart- 24 ments, hospitals, health centers under section 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 271 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 330’’ and inserting ‘‘participants and former 1 participants of project services, public health 2 departments, hospitals, health centers under 3 section 330, State substance abuse agencies’’; 4 and 5 in paragraph 6 in subparagraph by striking 7 ‘‘such as low birthweight’’ and inserting 8 ‘‘including poor birth outcomes (such as 9 low birthweight and preterm birth) and so- 10 cial determinants of health’’; 11 (ii) by redesignating subparagraph 12 as subparagraph 13 (iii) by inserting after subparagraph 14 the following: 15 Communities with— 16 high rates of infant mortality or 17 poor perinatal outcomes; or 18 high rates of infant mortality or 19 poor perinatal outcomes in specific sub- 20 populations within the community.’’; and 21 (iv) in subparagraph (as so redes- 22 ignated)— 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 272 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by redesignating clauses 1 and (ii) as clauses (ii) and (iii), re- 2 spectively; 3 (II) by inserting before clause (ii) 4 (as so redesignated) the following: 5 collaboration with the local com- 6 munity in the development of the project;’’; 7 (III) in clause (ii) (as so redesig- 8 nated), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 9 (IV) in clause (iii) (as so redesig- 10 nated), by striking the period and in- 11 serting and’’; and 12 by adding at the end the fol- 13 lowing: 14 the use and collection of data 15 demonstrating the effectiveness of such 16 program in decreasing infant mortality 17 rates and improving perinatal outcomes, as 18 applicable, or the process by which new ap- 19 plicants plan to collect this data.’’; 20 in subsection 21 by striking ‘‘Recipients of grants’’ and 22 inserting the following: 23 IN GENERAL.—Recipients of grants’’; and 24 by adding at the end the following: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 273 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. OTHER PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall 1 ensure coordination of the program carried out pur- 2 suant to this section with other programs and activi- 3 ties related to the reduction of the rate of infant 4 mortality and improved perinatal and infant health 5 outcomes supported by the Department.’’; 6 in subsection 7 in paragraph by striking ‘‘appro- 8 priated—’’ and all that follows through the end 9 and inserting ‘‘appropriated $125,500,000 for 10 each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.’’; and 11 in paragraph by adding at the 12 end the following: ‘‘Evaluations may also in- 13 clude, to the extent practicable, information re- 14 lated to— 15 progress toward achieving any 16 grant metrics or outcomes related to re- 17 ducing infant mortality rates, improving 18 perinatal outcomes, or reducing the dis- 19 parity in health status; 20 recommendations on potential 21 improvements that may assist with ad- 22 dressing gaps, as applicable and appro- 23 priate; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 274 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘(iii) the extent to which the grantee 1 coordinated with the community in which 2 the grantee is located in the development 3 of the project and delivery of services, in- 4 cluding with respect to technical assistance 5 and mentorship programs.’’; and 6 by adding at the end the following: 7 GAO REPORT.— 8 IN GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 9 after the date of the enactment of this subsection, 10 the Comptroller General of the United States shall 11 conduct an independent evaluation, and submit to 12 the appropriate Committees of Congress a report, 13 concerning the Healthy Start program under this 14 section. 15 EVALUATION.—In conducting the evalua- 16 tion under paragraph the Comptroller General 17 shall consider, as applicable and appropriate, infor- 18 mation from the evaluations under subsection 19 20 REPORT.—The report described in para- 21 graph shall review, assess, and provide rec- 22 ommendations, as appropriate, on the following: 23 The allocation of Healthy Start pro- 24 gram grants by the Health Resources and Serv- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 275 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ices Administration, including considerations 1 made by such Administration regarding dispari- 2 ties in infant mortality or perinatal outcomes 3 among urban and rural areas in making such 4 awards. 5 Trends in the progress made toward 6 meeting the evaluation criteria pursuant to sub- 7 section including programs which de- 8 crease infant mortality rates and improve 9 perinatal outcomes, programs that have not de- 10 creased infant mortality rates or improved 11 perinatal outcomes, and programs that have 12 made an impact on disparities in infant mor- 13 tality or perinatal outcomes. 14 The ability of grantees to improve 15 health outcomes for project participants, pro- 16 mote the awareness of the Healthy Start pro- 17 gram services, incorporate and promote family 18 participation, facilitate coordination with the 19 community in which the grantee is located, and 20 increase grantee accountability through quality 21 improvement, performance monitoring, evalua- 22 tion, and the effect such metrics may have to- 23 ward decreasing the rate of infant mortality 24 and improving perinatal outcomes. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 276 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. The extent to which such Federal 1 programs are coordinated across agencies and 2 the identification of opportunities for improved 3 coordination in such Federal programs and ac- 4 tivities.’’. 5 SEC. 3226. IMPORTANCE OF THE BLOOD SUPPLY. 6 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 7 Human Services (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec- 8 retary’’) shall carry out a national campaign to improve 9 awareness of, and support outreach to the public and 10 health care providers about the importance and safety of 11 blood donation and the need for donations for the blood 12 supply during the public health emergency declared by the 13 Secretary under section 319 of the Public Health Service 14 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) with respect to COVID-19. 15 AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.—In carrying out sub- 16 section the Secretary may enter into contracts with 17 one or more public or private nonprofit entities, to estab- 18 lish a national blood donation awareness campaign that 19 may include television, radio, internet, and newspaper 20 public service announcements, and other activities to pro- 21 vide for public and professional awareness and education. 22 CONSULTATION.—In carrying out subsection 23 the Secretary shall consult with the Commissioner of Food 24 and Drugs, the Assistant Secretary for Health, the Direc- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 277 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. tor of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the 1 Director of the National Institutes of Health, and the 2 heads of other relevant Federal agencies, and relevant ac- 3 crediting bodies and representative organizations. 4 REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 2 years 5 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 6 submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 7 and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 8 and Commerce of the House of Representatives, a report 9 that shall include— 10 a description of the activities carried out 11 under subsection 12 a description of trends in blood supply do- 13 nations; and 14 an evaluation of the impact of the public 15 awareness campaign, including any geographic or 16 population variations. 17 PART III—INNOVATION 18 SEC. 3301. REMOVING THE CAP ON OTA DURING PUBLIC 19 HEALTH EMERGENCIES. 20 Section 319L(c)(5)(A) of the Public Health Service 21 Act (42 U.S.C. 247d–7e(c)(5)(A)) is amended— 22 by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); 23 and 24 by inserting after clause (ii) the following: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 278 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘(iii) AUTHORITY DURING A PUBLIC 1 HEALTH EMERGENCY.— 2 IN GENERAL.—Notwith- 3 standing clause (ii), the Secretary, 4 shall, to the maximum extent prac- 5 ticable, use competitive procedures 6 when entering into transactions to 7 carry out projects under this sub- 8 section for purposes of a public health 9 emergency declared by the Secretary 10 under section 319. Any such trans- 11 actions entered into during such pub- 12 lic health emergency shall not be ter- 13 minated solely due to the expiration of 14 such public health emergency, if such 15 public health emergency ends before 16 the completion of the terms of such 17 agreement. 18 REPORT.—After the expira- 19 tion of the public health emergency 20 declared by the Secretary under sec- 21 tion 319, the Secretary shall provide a 22 report to the Committee on Health, 23 Education, Labor, and Pensions of 24 the Senate and the Committee on En- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 279 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ergy and Commerce of the House of 1 Representatives regarding the use of 2 any funds pursuant to the authority 3 under subclause including any 4 outcomes, benefits, and risks associ- 5 ated with the use of such funds, and 6 a description of the reasons for the 7 use of such authority for the project 8 or projects.’’. 9 SEC. 3302. PRIORITY ZOONOTIC ANIMAL DRUGS. 10 Chapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 11 Act (21 U.S.C. 351 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 12 section 512 the following: 13 ‘‘SEC. 512A. PRIORITY ZOONOTIC ANIMAL DRUGS. 14 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, at the re- 15 quest of the sponsor intending to submit an application 16 for approval of a new animal drug under section 512(b)(1) 17 or an application for conditional approval of a new animal 18 drug under section 571, expedite the development and re- 19 view of such new animal drug if preliminary clinical evi- 20 dence indicates that the new animal drug, alone or in com- 21 bination with 1 or more other animal drugs, has the poten- 22 tial to prevent or treat a zoonotic disease in animals, in- 23 cluding a vector borne-disease, that has the potential to 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 280 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. cause serious adverse health consequences for, or serious 1 or life-threatening diseases in, humans. 2 REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION.—The sponsor of 3 a new animal drug may request the Secretary to designate 4 a new animal drug described in subsection as a priority 5 zoonotic animal drug. A request for the designation may 6 be made concurrently with, or at any time after, the open- 7 ing of an investigational new animal drug file under sec- 8 tion 512(j) or the filing of an application under section 9 512(b)(1) or 571. 10 DESIGNATION.— 11 IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 calendar 12 days after the receipt of a request under subsection 13 the Secretary shall determine whether the new 14 animal drug that is the subject of the request meets 15 the criteria described in subsection If the Sec- 16 retary determines that the new animal drug meets 17 the criteria, the Secretary shall designate the new 18 animal drug as a priority zoonotic animal drug and 19 shall take such actions as are appropriate to expe- 20 dite the development and review of the application 21 for approval or conditional approval of such new ani- 22 mal drug. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 281 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ACTIONS.—The actions to expedite the de- 1 velopment and review of an application under para- 2 graph may include, as appropriate— 3 taking steps to ensure that the design 4 of clinical trials is as efficient as practicable, 5 when scientifically appropriate, such as by uti- 6 lizing novel trial designs or drug development 7 tools (including biomarkers) that may reduce 8 the number of animals needed for studies; 9 providing timely advice to, and inter- 10 active communication with, the sponsor (which 11 may include meetings with the sponsor and re- 12 view team) regarding the development of the 13 new animal drug to ensure that the develop- 14 ment program to gather the nonclinical and 15 clinical data necessary for approval is as effi- 16 cient as practicable; 17 involving senior managers and review 18 staff with experience in zoonotic or vector-borne 19 disease to facilitate collaborative, cross-discipli- 20 nary review, including, as appropriate, across 21 agency centers; and 22 implementing additional administra- 23 tive or process enhancements, as necessary, to 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 282 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. facilitate an efficient review and development 1 program.’’. 2 PART IV—HEALTH CARE WORKFORCE 3 SEC. 3401. REAUTHORIZATION OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS 4 WORKFORCE PROGRAMS. 5 Title VII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 6 292 et seq.) is amended— 7 in section 736 (42 U.S.C. 293), by striking 8 subsection and inserting the following: 9 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—To 10 carry out this section, there is authorized to be appro- 11 priated $23,711,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 12 2025.’’; 13 in section 740 (42 U.S.C. 293d)— 14 in subsection by striking 15 ‘‘$51,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such 16 sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 17 years 2011 through 2014’’ and inserting 18 ‘‘$51,470,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 19 through 2025’’; 20 in subsection by striking 21 ‘‘$5,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2010 22 through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,190,000 for 23 each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025’’; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 283 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in subsection by striking 1 ‘‘$60,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such 2 sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 3 years 2011 through 2014’’ and inserting 4 ‘‘$15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 5 through 2025’’; and 6 in subsection by striking ‘‘Not 7 Later than 6 months after the date of enact- 8 ment of this part, the Secretary shall prepare 9 and submit to the appropriate committees of 10 Congress’’ and inserting: ‘‘Not later than Sep- 11 tember 30, 2025, and every five years there- 12 after, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to 13 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 14 and Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee 15 on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep- 16 resentatives,’’; 17 in section 747 (42 U.S.C. 293k)— 18 in subsection 19 in paragraph by striking 20 ‘‘to plan, develop, and operate a dem- 21 onstration program that provides training’’ 22 and inserting: ‘‘to plan, develop, and oper- 23 ate a program that identifies or develops 24 innovative models of providing care, and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 284 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. trains primary care physicians on such 1 models and’’; and 2 (ii) by adding at the end the fol- 3 lowing: 4 PRIORITIES IN MAKING AWARDS.—In 5 awarding grants or contracts under paragraph 6 the Secretary may give priority to qualified appli- 7 cants that train residents in rural areas, including 8 for Tribes or Tribal Organizations in such areas.’’; 9 in subsection by striking 10 ‘‘substance-related disorders’’ and inserting 11 ‘‘substance use disorders’’; and 12 in subsection by striking 13 ‘‘$125,000,000 for fiscal year 2010, and such 14 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 15 years 2011 through 2014’’ and inserting 16 ‘‘$48,924,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 17 through 2025’’; 18 in section 748 (42 U.S.C. 293k–2)— 19 in subsection by striking ‘‘sub- 20 stance-related disorders’’ and inserting ‘‘sub- 21 stance use disorders’’; and 22 in subsection by striking 23 ‘‘$30,000,000 for fiscal year 2010 and such 24 sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 285 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. years 2011 through 2015’’ and inserting 1 ‘‘$28,531,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 2 through 2025’’; 3 in section 749(d)(2) (42 U.S.C. 293l(d)(2)), 4 by striking ‘‘Committee on Labor and Human Re- 5 sources of the Senate, and the Committee on Com- 6 merce of the House of Representatives’’ and insert- 7 ing ‘‘Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 8 Pensions of the Senate, and the Committee on En- 9 ergy and Commerce of the House of Representa- 10 tives’’; 11 in section 751(j)(1) (42 U.S.C. 294a(j)(1)), 12 by striking ‘‘$125,000,000 for each of the fiscal 13 years 2010 through 2014’’ and inserting 14 ‘‘$41,250,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 15 2025’’; 16 in section 754(b)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 17 294d(b)(1)(A)), by striking ‘‘new and innovative’’ 18 and inserting ‘‘innovative or evidence-based’’; 19 in section 755(b)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 20 294e(b)(1)(A)), by striking ‘‘the elderly’’ and insert- 21 ing ‘‘geriatric populations or for maternal and child 22 health’’; 23 in section 761(e) (42 U.S.C. 294n(e))— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 286 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in paragraph by striking 1 ‘‘$7,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2010 2 through 2014’’ and inserting ‘‘$5,663,000 for 3 each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025’’; and 4 in paragraph by striking ‘‘sub- 5 section and inserting ‘‘paragraph 6 (10) in section 762 (42 U.S.C. 294o)— 7 in subsection by striking ‘‘Com- 8 mittee on Labor and Human Resources’’ and 9 inserting ‘‘Committee on Health, Education, 10 Labor, and Pensions’’; 11 in subsection 12 in paragraph by striking 13 ‘‘Health Care Financing Administration’’ 14 and inserting ‘‘Centers for Medicare & 15 Medicaid Services’’; 16 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs 17 through as paragraphs through 18 respectively; and 19 (iii) by inserting after paragraph 20 the following: 21 the Administrator of the Health Resources 22 and Services Administration;’’; 23 by striking subsections and 24 and inserting the following: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 287 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. REPORTS.—Not later than September 30, 2023, 1 and not less than every 5 years thereafter, the Council 2 shall submit to the Secretary, and to the Committee on 3 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and 4 the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 5 of Representatives, a report on the recommendations de- 6 scribed in subsection and 7 by redesignating subsection as sub- 8 section 9 (11) in section 766(b)(1) (42 U.S.C. 10 295a(b)(1)), by striking ‘‘that plans’’ and all that 11 follows through the period and inserting ‘‘that plans, 12 develops, operates, and evaluates projects to improve 13 preventive medicine, health promotion and disease 14 prevention, or access to and quality of health care 15 services in rural or medically underserved commu- 16 nities.’’; 17 (12) in section 770(a) (42 U.S.C. 295e(a)), by 18 striking ‘‘$43,000,000 for fiscal year 2011, and such 19 sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal 20 years 2012 through 2015’’ and inserting 21 ‘‘$17,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2021 through 22 2025’’; and 23 (13) in section 775(e) (42 U.S.C. 295f(e)), by 24 striking ‘‘$30,000,000’’ and all that follows through 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 288 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the period and inserting ‘‘such sums as may be nec- 1 essary for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2025.’’. 2 SEC. 3402. HEALTH WORKFORCE COORDINATION. 3 STRATEGIC PLAN.— 4 IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 5 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 6 Health and Human Services (referred to in this Act 7 as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation with the Advi- 8 sory Committee on Training in Primary Care Medi- 9 cine and Dentistry and the Advisory Council on 10 Graduate Medical Education, shall develop a com- 11 prehensive and coordinated plan with respect to the 12 health care workforce development programs of the 13 Department of Health and Human Services, includ- 14 ing education and training programs. 15 REQUIREMENTS.—The plan under para- 16 graph shall— 17 include performance measures to de- 18 termine the extent to which the programs de- 19 scribed in paragraph are strengthening the 20 Nation’s health care system; 21 identify any gaps that exist between 22 the outcomes of programs described in para- 23 graph and projected health care workforce 24 needs identified in workforce projection reports 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 289 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. conducted by the Health Resources and Serv- 1 ices Administration; 2 identify actions to address the gaps de- 3 scribed in subparagraph and 4 identify barriers, if any, to imple- 5 menting the actions identified under subpara- 6 graph 7 COORDINATION WITH OTHER AGENCIES.—The 8 Secretary shall coordinate with the heads of other Federal 9 agencies and departments that fund or administer health 10 care workforce development programs, including education 11 and training programs, to— 12 evaluate the performance of such programs, 13 including the extent to which such programs are effi- 14 cient and effective and are meeting the nation’s 15 health workforce needs; and 16 identify opportunities to improve the quality 17 and consistency of the information collected to evalu- 18 ate within and across such programs, and to imple- 19 ment such improvements. 20 REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 21 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to 22 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pen- 23 sions of the Senate, and the Committee on Energy and 24 Commerce of the House of Representatives, a report de- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 290 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. scribing the plan developed under subsection and ac- 1 tions taken to implement such plan. 2 SEC. 3403. EDUCATION AND TRAINING RELATING TO GERI- 3 ATRICS. 4 Section 753 of the Public Health Service Act (42 5 U.S.C. 294c) is amended to read as follows: 6 ‘‘SEC. 753. EDUCATION AND TRAINING RELATING TO GERI- 7 ATRICS. 8 GERIATRICS WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT PRO- 9 GRAM.— 10 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award 11 grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements under 12 this subsection to entities described in paragraph 13 or of section 799B, section 801(2), or 14 section 865(d), or other health professions schools or 15 programs approved by the Secretary, for the estab- 16 lishment or operation of Geriatrics Workforce En- 17 hancement Programs that meet the requirements of 18 paragraph 19 REQUIREMENTS.— 20 IN GENERAL.—A Geriatrics Work- 21 force Enhancement Program receiving an 22 award under this section shall support the 23 training of health professionals in geriatrics, in- 24 cluding traineeships or fellowships. Such pro- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 291 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. grams shall emphasize, as appropriate, patient 1 and family engagement, integration of geriatrics 2 with primary care and other appropriate spe- 3 cialties, and collaboration with community part- 4 ners to address gaps in health care for older 5 adults. 6 ACTIVITIES.—Activities conducted by 7 a program under this section may include the 8 following: 9 Clinical training on providing in- 10 tegrated geriatrics and primary care deliv- 11 ery services. 12 Interprofessional training to 13 practitioners from multiple disciplines and 14 specialties, including training on the provi- 15 sion of care to older adults. 16 ‘‘(iii) Establishing or maintaining 17 training-related community-based pro- 18 grams for older adults and caregivers to 19 improve health outcomes for older adults. 20 Providing education on Alz- 21 heimer’s disease and related dementias to 22 families and caregivers of older adults, di- 23 rect care workers, and health professions 24 students, faculty, and providers. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 292 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. DURATION.—Each grant, contract, or co- 1 operative agreement or contract awarded under 2 paragraph shall be for a period not to exceed 5 3 years. 4 APPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to receive a 5 grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under 6 paragraph an entity described in such para- 7 graph shall submit to the Secretary an application at 8 such time, in such manner, and containing such in- 9 formation as the Secretary may require. 10 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.— 11 IN GENERAL.—In awarding grants, 12 contracts, and cooperative agreements under 13 paragraph the Secretary— 14 shall give priority to programs 15 that demonstrate coordination with an- 16 other Federal or State program or another 17 public or private entity; 18 shall give priority to applicants 19 with programs or activities that are ex- 20 pected to substantially benefit rural or 21 medically underserved populations of older 22 adults, or serve older adults in Indian 23 Tribes or Tribal organizations; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 293 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘(iii) may give priority to any pro- 1 gram that— 2 integrates geriatrics into pri- 3 mary care practice; 4 provides training to inte- 5 grate geriatric care into other special- 6 ties across care settings, including 7 practicing clinical specialists, health 8 care administrators, faculty without 9 backgrounds in geriatrics, and stu- 10 dents from all health professions; 11 ‘‘(III) emphasizes integration of 12 geriatric care into existing service de- 13 livery locations and care across set- 14 tings, including primary care clinics, 15 medical homes, Federally qualified 16 health centers, ambulatory care clin- 17 ics, critical access hospitals, emer- 18 gency care, assisted living and nursing 19 facilities, and home- and community- 20 based services, which may include 21 adult daycare; 22 supports the training and 23 retraining of faculty, primary care 24 providers, other direct care providers, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 294 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. and other appropriate professionals on 1 geriatrics; 2 emphasizes education and 3 engagement of family caregivers on 4 disease management and strategies to 5 meet the needs of caregivers of older 6 adults; or 7 proposes to conduct out- 8 reach to communities that have a 9 shortage of geriatric workforce profes- 10 sionals. 11 SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.—In 12 awarding grants, contracts, and cooperative 13 agreements under this section, the Secretary 14 shall give special consideration to entities that 15 provide services in areas with a shortage of 16 geriatric workforce professionals. 17 PRIORITY.—The Secretary may provide 18 awardees with additional support for activities in 19 areas of demonstrated need, which may include edu- 20 cation and training for home health workers, family 21 caregivers, and direct care workers on care for older 22 adults. 23 REPORTING.— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 295 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. REPORTS FROM ENTITIES.—Each en- 1 tity awarded a grant, contract, or cooperative 2 agreement under this section shall submit an 3 annual report to the Secretary on the activities 4 conducted under such grant, contract, or coop- 5 erative agreement, which may include informa- 6 tion on the number of trainees, the number of 7 professions and disciplines, the number of part- 8 nerships with health care delivery sites, the 9 number of faculty and practicing professionals 10 who participated in such programs, and other 11 information, as the Secretary may require. 12 REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later 13 than 4 years after the date of enactment of the 14 Title VII Health Care Workforce Reauthoriza- 15 tion Act of 2019 and every 5 years thereafter, 16 the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on 17 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the 18 Senate and the Committee on Energy and Com- 19 merce of the House of Representatives a report 20 that provides a summary of the activities and 21 outcomes associated with grants, contracts, and 22 cooperative agreements made under this sec- 23 tion. Such reports shall include— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 296 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. information on the number of 1 trainees, faculty, and professionals who 2 participated in programs under this sec- 3 tion; 4 information on the impact of the 5 program conducted under this section on 6 the health status of older adults, including 7 in areas with a shortage of health profes- 8 sionals; and 9 ‘‘(iii) information on outreach and 10 education provided under this section to 11 families and caregivers of older adults. 12 PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Sec- 13 retary shall make reports submitted under 14 paragraph publically available on the inter- 15 net website of the Department of Health and 16 Human Services. 17 GERIATRIC ACADEMIC CAREER AWARDS.— 18 ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Sec- 19 retary shall, as appropriate, establish or maintain a 20 program to provide geriatric academic career awards 21 to eligible entities applying on behalf of eligible indi- 22 viduals to promote the career development of such 23 individuals as academic geriatricians or other aca- 24 demic geriatrics health professionals. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 297 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ELIGIBILITY.— 1 ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For purposes of 2 this subsection, the term ‘eligible entity’ 3 means— 4 an entity described in paragraph 5 or of section 799B or section 6 801(2); or 7 another accredited health profes- 8 sions school or graduate program approved 9 by the Secretary. 10 ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For pur- 11 poses of this subsection, the term ‘eligible indi- 12 vidual’ means an individual who— 13 is board certified or board eli- 14 gible in internal medicine, family practice, 15 or licensed dentistry, or has 16 completed required training in a discipline 17 and is employed in an accredited health 18 professions school or graduate program 19 that is approved by the Secretary; or 20 has completed an approved fel- 21 lowship program in geriatrics, or has com- 22 pleted specialty training in geriatrics as re- 23 quired by the discipline and any additional 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 298 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. geriatrics training as required by the Sec- 1 retary; and 2 has a junior, nontenured, faculty 3 appointment at an accredited health pro- 4 fessions school or graduate program in 5 geriatrics or a geriatrics health profession. 6 CLARIFICATION.—If an eligible indi- 7 vidual is promoted during the period of an 8 award under this subsection and thereby no 9 longer meets the criteria of subparagraph 10 the individual shall continue to be treat- 11 ed as an eligible individual through the term of 12 the award. 13 APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—In order 14 to receive an award under paragraph an eligible 15 entity, on behalf of an eligible individual, shall— 16 submit to the Secretary an applica- 17 tion, at such time, in such manner, and con- 18 taining such information as the Secretary may 19 require; 20 provide, in such form and manner as 21 the Secretary may require, assurances that the 22 eligible individual will meet the service require- 23 ment described in paragraph and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 299 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. provide, in such form and manner as 1 the Secretary may require, assurances that the 2 individual has a full-time faculty appointment 3 in a health professions institution and docu- 4 mented commitment from such eligible entity 5 that the individual will spend 75 percent of the 6 individual’s time that is supported by the award 7 on teaching and developing skills in inter- 8 disciplinary education in geriatrics. 9 EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION.—In making 10 awards under this subsection, the Secretary shall 11 seek to ensure geographical distribution among 12 award recipients, including among rural or medically 13 underserved areas of the United States. 14 AMOUNT AND DURATION.— 15 AMOUNT.—The amount of an award 16 under this subsection shall be at least $75,000 17 for fiscal year 2021, adjusted for subsequent 18 years in accordance with the consumer price 19 index. The Secretary shall determine the 20 amount of an award under this subsection for 21 individuals who are not physicians. 22 DURATION.—The Secretary shall 23 make awards under paragraph for a period 24 not to exceed 5 years. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 300 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SERVICE REQUIREMENT.—An individual 1 who receives an award under this subsection shall 2 provide training in clinical geriatrics, including the 3 training of interprofessional teams of health care 4 professionals. The provision of such training shall 5 constitute at least 75 percent of the obligations of 6 such individual under the award. 7 NONAPPLICABILITY OF PROVISION.—Notwith- 8 standing any other provision of this title, section 791(a) 9 shall not apply to awards made under this section. 10 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 11 is authorized to be appropriated $40,737,000 for each of 12 fiscal years 2021 through 2025 for purposes of carrying 13 out this section.’’. 14 SEC. 3404. NURSING WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. 15 IN GENERAL.—Title VIII of the Public Health 16 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 296 et seq.) is amended— 17 in section 801 (42 U.S.C. 296), by adding 18 at the end the following: 19 NURSE MANAGED HEALTH CLINIC.—The 20 term ‘nurse managed health clinic’ means a nurse- 21 practice arrangement, managed by advanced practice 22 nurses, that provides primary care or wellness serv- 23 ices to underserved or vulnerable populations and 24 that is associated with a school, college, university or 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 301 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. department of nursing, federally qualified health 1 center, or independent nonprofit health or social 2 services agency.’’; 3 in section 802(c) (42 U.S.C. 296a(c)), by 4 inserting and how such project aligns with the 5 goals in section 806(a)’’ before the period in the sec- 6 ond sentence; 7 in section 803(b) (42 U.S.C. 296b(b)), by 8 adding at the end the following: ‘‘Such Federal 9 funds are intended to supplement, not supplant, ex- 10 isting non-Federal expenditures for such activities.’’; 11 in section 806 (42 U.S.C. 296e)— 12 in subsection by striking ‘‘as need- 13 ed to’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol- 14 lowing: ‘‘as needed to address national nursing 15 needs, including— 16 addressing challenges, including through 17 supporting training and education of nursing stu- 18 dents, related to the distribution of the nursing 19 workforce and existing or projected nursing work- 20 force shortages in geographic areas that have been 21 identified as having, or that are projected to have, 22 a nursing shortage; 23 increasing access to and the quality of 24 health care services, including by supporting the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 302 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. training of professional registered nurses, advanced 1 practice registered nurses, and advanced education 2 nurses within community based settings and in a va- 3 riety of health delivery system settings; or 4 addressing the strategic goals and prior- 5 ities identified by the Secretary and that are in ac- 6 cordance with this title. 7 Contracts may be entered into under this title with public 8 or private entities as determined necessary by the Sec- 9 retary.’’; 10 in subsection by striking 11 demonstration’’ and all that follows and insert- 12 ing the following: ‘‘the reporting of data and in- 13 formation demonstrating that satisfactory 14 progress has been made by the program or 15 project in meeting the performance outcome 16 standards (as described in section 802) of such 17 program or project.’’; 18 in subsection by inserting 19 and have relevant expertise and experience’’ be- 20 fore the period at the end of the first sentence; 21 and 22 by adding at the end the following: 23 BIENNIAL REPORT ON NURSING WORKFORCE 24 PROGRAM IMPROVEMENTS.—Not later than September 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 303 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 30, 2020, and biennially thereafter, the Secretary shall 1 submit to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 2 and Pensions of the Senate and the Committee on Energy 3 and Commerce of the House of Representatives, a report 4 that contains an assessment of the programs and activities 5 of the Department of Health and Human Services related 6 to enhancing the nursing workforce, including the extent 7 to which programs and activities under this title meet the 8 identified goals and performance measures developed for 9 the respective programs and activities, and the extent to 10 which the Department coordinates with other Federal de- 11 partments regarding programs designed to improve the 12 nursing workforce.’’; 13 in section 811 (42 U.S.C. 296j)— 14 in subsection 15 by striking ‘‘Master’s’’ and insert- 16 ing ‘‘graduate’’; and 17 (ii) by inserting ‘‘clinical nurse lead- 18 ers,’’ after ‘‘nurse administrators,’’; 19 by redesignating subsections and 20 as subsections and respectively; and 21 by inserting after subsection the 22 following: 23 AUTHORIZED CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST 24 PROGRAMS.—Clinical nurse specialist programs eligible 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 304 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. for support under this section are education programs 1 that— 2 provide registered nurses with full-time 3 clinical nurse specialist education; and 4 have as their objective the education of 5 clinical nurse specialists who will, upon completion 6 of such a program, be qualified to effectively provide 7 care through the wellness and illness continuum to 8 inpatients and outpatients experiencing acute and 9 chronic illness.’’; and 10 in section 831 (42 U.S.C. 296p)— 11 in the section heading, by striking 12 ‘‘AND QUALITY GRANTS’’ and inserting 13 ‘‘QUALITY, AND RETENTION GRANTS’’; 14 in subsection by striking ‘‘other 15 high-risk groups such as the elderly, individuals 16 with HIV/AIDS, substance abusers, the home- 17 less, and victims’’ and inserting ‘‘high risk 18 groups, such as the elderly, individuals with 19 HIV/AIDS, individuals with mental health or 20 substance use disorders, individuals who are 21 homeless, and survivors’’; 22 in subsection 23 in subparagraph 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 305 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by striking ‘‘advancement for 1 nursing personnel’’ and inserting the 2 following: ‘‘advancement for— 3 nursing’’; 4 (II) by striking ‘‘professional 5 nurses, advanced education nurses, li- 6 censed practical nurses, certified 7 nurse assistants, and home health 8 aides’’ and inserting ‘‘professional 9 registered nurses, advanced practice 10 registered nurses, and nurses with 11 graduate nursing education’’; and 12 (III) by adding at the end the 13 following: 14 individuals including licensed 15 practical nurses, licensed vocational nurses, 16 certified nurse assistants, home health 17 aides, diploma degree or associate degree 18 nurses, and other health professionals, 19 such as health aides or community health 20 practitioners certified under the Commu- 21 nity Health Aide Program of the Indian 22 Health Service, to become registered 23 nurses with baccalaureate degrees or 24 nurses with graduate nursing education;’’; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 306 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (ii) in subparagraph by striking 1 the period and inserting and’’; and 2 (iii) by adding at the end the fol- 3 lowing: 4 developing and implementing intern- 5 ships, accredited fellowships, and accredited 6 residency programs in collaboration with one or 7 more accredited schools of nursing, to encour- 8 age the mentoring and development of special- 9 ties.’’; 10 by striking subsections and 11 by redesignating subsections and 12 as subsections and respectively; 13 in subsection (as so redesignated), 14 by striking ‘‘The Secretary shall submit to the 15 Congress before the end of each fiscal year’’ 16 and inserting ‘‘As part of the report on nursing 17 workforce programs described in section 806(i), 18 the Secretary shall include’’; and 19 in subsection (as so redesignated), 20 by striking school of nursing, as defined in 21 section 801(2),,’’ and inserting ‘‘an accredited 22 school of nursing, as defined in section 801(2), 23 a health care facility, including federally quali- 24 fied health centers or nurse-managed health 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 307 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. clinics, or a partnership of such a school and 1 facility’’; 2 by striking section 831A (42 U.S.C. 296p– 3 4 in section 846 (42 U.S.C. 297n)— 5 by striking the last sentence of sub- 6 section 7 in subsection by striking ‘‘he 8 began such practice’’ and inserting ‘‘the indi- 9 vidual began such practice’’; and 10 in subsection by striking ‘‘FUND- 11 ING’’ in the subsection heading and all that fol- 12 lows through ‘‘paragraph in paragraph 13 and inserting the following: ‘‘ALLOCATIONS.— 14 Of the amounts appropriated under section 15 871(b),’’; 16 in section 846A (42 U.S.C. 247n–1), by 17 striking subsection 18 (10) in section 847 (42 U.S.C. 297o), by strik- 19 ing subsection 20 (11) in section 851 (42 U.S.C. 297t)— 21 in subsection by striking 22 ‘‘and nurse anesthetists’’ and inserting ‘‘nurse 23 anesthetists, and clinical nurse specialists’’; 24 in subsection 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 308 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by striking years after the date 1 of enactment of this section’’ and inserting 2 years after the date of enactment of the 3 Title VIII Nursing Reauthorization Act’’; 4 (ii) by striking ‘‘Labor and Human 5 Resources’’ and inserting ‘‘Health, Edu- 6 cation, Labor, and Pensions’’; and 7 (iii) by inserting ‘‘Energy and’’ before 8 ‘‘Commerce’’; and 9 in subsection by striking ‘‘under 10 this title’’ and inserting ‘‘for carrying out parts 11 B, C, and 12 (12) by striking sections 861 and 862 (42 13 U.S.C. 297w and 297x); and 14 (13) in section 871 (42 U.S.C. 298d)— 15 by striking ‘‘For the purpose of’’ and 16 inserting the following: 17 IN GENERAL.—For the purpose of’’; 18 by striking ‘‘$338,000,000 for fiscal 19 year 2010, and such sums as may be necessary 20 for each of the fiscal years 2011 through 2016’’ 21 and inserting ‘‘$137,837,000 for each of fiscal 22 years 2021 through 2025’’; and 23 by adding at the end the following: 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 309 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. PART E.—For the purpose of carrying out part 1 E, there are authorized to be appropriated $117,135,000 2 for each of the fiscal years 2021 through 2025.’’. 3 EVALUATION AND REPORT ON NURSE LOAN RE- 4 PAYMENT PROGRAMS.— 5 EVALUATION.—The Comptroller General 6 shall conduct an evaluation of the nurse loan repay- 7 ment programs administered by the Health Re- 8 sources and Services Administration. Such evalua- 9 tion shall include— 10 the manner in which payments are 11 made under such programs; 12 the existing oversight functions nec- 13 essary to ensure the proper use of such pro- 14 grams, including payments made as part of 15 such programs; 16 the identification of gaps, if any, in 17 oversight functions; and 18 information on the number of nurses 19 assigned to facilities pursuant to such pro- 20 grams, including the type of facility to which 21 nurses are assigned and the impact of modi- 22 fying the eligibility requirements for programs 23 under section 846 of the Public Health Service 24 Act (42 U.S.C. 297n), such as the impact on 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 310 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. entities to which nurses had previously been as- 1 signed prior to fiscal year 2019 (such as feder- 2 ally qualified health centers and facilities affili- 3 ated with the Indian Health Service). 4 REPORT.—Not later than 18 months after 5 the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 6 shall submit to the Committee on Health, Edu- 7 cation, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the 8 Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 9 of Representatives, a report on the evaluation under 10 paragraph which may include recommendations 11 to improve relevant nursing workforce loan repay- 12 ment programs. 13 Subtitle B—Education Provisions 14 SEC. 3501. SHORT TITLE. 15 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘COVID-19 Pan- 16 demic Education Relief Act of 2020’’. 17 SEC. 3502. DEFINITIONS. 18 DEFINITIONS.—In this subtitle: 19 CORONAVIRUS.—The term ‘‘coronavirus’’ 20 has the meaning given the term in section 506 of the 21 Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supple- 22 mental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 23 123). 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 311 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. FOREIGN INSTITUTION.—The term ‘‘foreign 1 institution’’ means an institution of higher education 2 located outside the United States that is described 3 in paragraphs and of section 102(a) of 4 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 5 1002(a)). 6 INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 7 term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 8 meaning of the term under section 102 of the High- 9 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 10 QUALIFYING EMERGENCY.—The term 11 ‘‘qualifying emergency’’ means— 12 a public health emergency related to 13 the coronavirus declared by the Secretary of 14 Health and Human Services pursuant to sec- 15 tion 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 16 U.S.C. 247d); 17 an event related to the coronavirus for 18 which the President declared a major disaster 19 or an emergency under section 401 or 501, re- 20 spectively, of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 21 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 22 U.S.C. 5170 and 5191); or 23 a national emergency related to the 24 coronavirus declared by the President under 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 312 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. section 201 of the National Emergencies Act 1 (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 2 SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 3 the Secretary of Education. 4 SEC. 3503. CAMPUS-BASED AID WAIVERS. 5 WAIVER OF NON-FEDERAL SHARE REQUIRE- 6 MENT.—Notwithstanding sections 413C(a)(2) and 7 443(b)(5) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 8 U.S.C. 1070b–2(a)(2) and 1087–53(b)(5)), with respect 9 to funds made available for award years 2019-2020 and 10 2020-2021, the Secretary shall waive the requirement that 11 a participating institution of higher education provide a 12 non-Federal share to match Federal funds provided to the 13 institution for the programs authorized pursuant to sub- 14 part 3 of part A and part C of title IV of the Higher 15 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070b et seq. and 16 1087–51 et seq.) for all awards made under such pro- 17 grams during such award years, except nothing in this 18 subsection shall affect the non-Federal share requirement 19 under section 443(c)(3) that applies to private for-profit 20 organizations. 21 AUTHORITY TO REALLOCATE.—Notwithstanding 22 sections 413D, 442, and 488 of the Higher Education Act 23 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070b–3, 1087–52, and 1095), during 24 a period of a qualifying emergency, an institution may 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 313 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. transfer up to 100 percent of the institution’s unexpended 1 allotment under section 442 of such Act to the institu- 2 tion’s allotment under section 413D of such Act, but may 3 not transfer any funds from the institution’s unexpended 4 allotment under section 413D of such Act to the institu- 5 tion’s allotment under section 442 of such Act. 6 SEC. 3504. USE OF SUPPLEMENTAL EDUCATIONAL OPPOR- 7 TUNITY GRANTS FOR EMERGENCY AID. 8 IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 413B of 9 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070b–1), 10 an institution of higher education may reserve any amount 11 of an institution’s allocation under subpart 3 of part A 12 of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 13 1070b et seq.) for a fiscal year to award, in such fiscal 14 year, emergency financial aid grants to assist under- 15 graduate or graduate students for unexpected expenses 16 and unmet financial need as the result of a qualifying 17 emergency. 18 DETERMINATIONS.—In determining eligibility for 19 and awarding emergency financial aid grants under this 20 section, an institution of higher education may— 21 waive the amount of need calculation under 22 section 471 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 23 (20 U.S.C. 1087kk); 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 314 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. allow for a student affected by a qualifying 1 emergency to receive funds in an amount that is not 2 more than the maximum Federal Pell Grant for the 3 applicable award year; and 4 utilize a contract with a scholarship-grant- 5 ing organization designated for the sole purpose of 6 accepting applications from or disbursing funds to 7 students enrolled in the institution of higher edu- 8 cation, if such scholarship-granting organization dis- 9 burses the full allocated amount provided to the in- 10 stitution of higher education to the recipients. 11 SPECIAL RULE.—Any emergency financial aid 12 grants to students under this section shall not be treated 13 as other financial assistance for the purposes of section 14 471 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 15 1087kk). 16 SEC. 3505. FEDERAL WORK-STUDY DURING A QUALIFYING 17 EMERGENCY. 18 IN GENERAL.—In the event of a qualifying emer- 19 gency, an institution of higher education participating in 20 the program under part C of title IV of the Higher Edu- 21 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087–51 et seq.) may make 22 payments under such part to affected work-study stu- 23 dents, for the period of time (not to exceed one academic 24 year) in which affected students were unable to fulfill the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 315 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. students’ work-study obligation for all or part of such aca- 1 demic year due to such qualifying emergency, as follows: 2 Payments may be made under such part to 3 affected work-study students in an amount equal to 4 or less than the amount of wages such students 5 would have been paid under such part had the stu- 6 dents been able to complete the work obligation nec- 7 essary to receive work study funds, as a one time 8 grant or as multiple payments. 9 Payments shall not be made to any student 10 who was not eligible for work study or was not com- 11 pleting the work obligation necessary to receive work 12 study funds under such part prior to the occurrence 13 of the qualifying emergency. 14 Any payments made to affected work-study 15 students under this subsection shall meet the match- 16 ing requirements of section 443 of the Higher Edu- 17 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087–53), unless 18 such matching requirements are waived by the Sec- 19 retary. 20 DEFINITION OF AFFECTED WORK-STUDY STU- 21 DENT.—In this section, the term ‘‘affected work-study 22 student’’ means a student enrolled at an eligible institu- 23 tion participating in the program under part C of title IV 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 316 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087– 1 51 et seq.) who— 2 received a work-study award under section 3 443 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 4 U.S.C. 1087–53) for the academic year during which 5 a qualifying emergency occurred; 6 earned Federal work-study wages from such 7 eligible institution for such academic year; and 8 was prevented from fulfilling the student’s 9 work-study obligation for all or part of such aca- 10 demic year due to such qualifying emergency. 11 SEC. 3506. ADJUSTMENT OF SUBSIDIZED LOAN USAGE LIM- 12 ITS. 13 Notwithstanding section 455(q)(3) of the Higher 14 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(q)(3)), the Sec- 15 retary shall exclude from a student’s period of enrollment 16 for purposes of loans made under part D of title IV of 17 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et 18 seq.) any semester (or the equivalent) that the student 19 does not complete due to a qualifying emergency, if the 20 Secretary is able to administer such policy in a manner 21 that limits complexity and the burden on the student. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 317 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3507. EXCLUSION FROM FEDERAL PELL GRANT DURA- 1 TION LIMIT. 2 The Secretary shall exclude from a student’s Federal 3 Pell Grant duration limit under section 401(c)(5) of the 4 Higher Education Act of 1965 (2 U.S.C. 1070a(c)(5)) any 5 semester (or the equivalent) that the student does not 6 complete due to a qualifying emergency if the Secretary 7 is able to administer such policy in a manner that limits 8 complexity and the burden on the student. 9 SEC. 3508. INSTITUTIONAL REFUNDS AND FEDERAL STU- 10 DENT LOAN FLEXIBILITY. 11 INSTITUTIONAL WAIVER.— 12 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall waive 13 the institutional requirement under section 484B of 14 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 15 1091b) with respect to the amount of grant or loan 16 assistance (other than assistance received under part 17 C of title IV of such Act) to be returned under such 18 section if a recipient of assistance under title IV of 19 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 20 et seq.) withdraws from the institution of higher 21 education during the payment period or period of 22 enrollment as a result of a qualifying emergency. 23 WAIVERS.—The Secretary shall require 24 each institution using a waiver relating to the with- 25 drawal of recipients under this subsection to report 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 318 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the number of such recipients, the amount of grant 1 or loan assistance (other than assistance received 2 under part C of title IV of such Act) associated with 3 each such recipient, and the total amount of grant 4 or loan assistance (other than assistance received 5 under part C of title IV of such Act) for which each 6 institution has not returned assistance under title IV 7 to the Secretary. 8 STUDENT WAIVER.—The Secretary shall waive 9 the amounts that students are required to return under 10 section 484B of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 11 U.S.C. 1091b) with respect to Federal Pell Grants or 12 other grant assistance if the withdrawals on which the re- 13 turns are based, are withdrawals by students who with- 14 drew from the institution of higher education as a result 15 of a qualifying emergency. 16 CANCELING LOAN OBLIGATION.—Notwith- 17 standing any other provision of the Higher Education Act 18 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), the Secretary shall can- 19 cel the borrower’s obligation to repay the entire portion 20 of a loan made under part D of title IV of such Act (20 21 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) associated with a payment period 22 for a recipient of such loan who withdraws from the insti- 23 tution of higher education during the payment period as 24 a result of a qualifying emergency. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 319 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. APPROVED LEAVE OF ABSENCE.—Notwith- 1 standing any other provision of the Higher Education Act 2 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), for purposes of receiving 3 assistance under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 4 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), an institution of higher 5 education may, as a result of a qualifying emergency, pro- 6 vide a student with an approved leave of absence that does 7 not require the student to return at the same point in the 8 academic program that the student began the leave of ab- 9 sence if the student returns within the same semester (or 10 the equivalent). 11 SEC. 3509. SATISFACTORY ACADEMIC PROGRESS. 12 Notwithstanding section 484 of the Higher Education 13 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091), in determining whether a 14 student is maintaining satisfactory academic progress for 15 purposes of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 16 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), an institution of higher edu- 17 cation may, as a result of a qualifying emergency, exclude 18 from the quantitative component of the calculation any at- 19 tempted credits that were not completed by such student 20 without requiring an appeal by such student. 21 SEC. 3510. CONTINUING EDUCATION AT AFFECTED FOR- 22 EIGN INSTITUTIONS. 23 IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 481(b) 24 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1088(b)), 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 320 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. with respect to a foreign institution, in the case of a public 1 health emergency, major disaster or emergency, or na- 2 tional emergency declared by the applicable government 3 authorities in the country in which the foreign institution 4 is located, the Secretary may permit any part of an other- 5 wise eligible program to be offered via distance education 6 for the duration of such emergency or disaster and the 7 following payment period for purposes of title IV of the 8 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.). 9 ELIGIBILITY.—An otherwise eligible program 10 that is offered in whole or in part through distance edu- 11 cation by a foreign institution between March 1, 2020, and 12 the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed eligible 13 for the purposes of part D of title IV of the Higher Edu- 14 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.) for the dura- 15 tion of the qualifying emergency and the following pay- 16 ment period for purposes of title IV of the Higher Edu- 17 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.). An institu- 18 tion of higher education that uses the authority provided 19 in the previous sentence shall report such use to the Sec- 20 retary— 21 for the 2019–2020 award year, not later 22 than June 30, 2020; and 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 321 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. for an award year subsequent to the 2019– 1 2020 award year, not later than 30 days after such 2 use. 3 REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 4 of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter 5 for the duration of the qualifying emergency and the fol- 6 lowing payment period, the Secretary shall submit to the 7 authorizing committees (as defined in section 103 of the 8 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)) a report 9 that identifies each foreign institution that carried out a 10 distance education program authorized under this section. 11 WRITTEN ARRANGEMENTS.— 12 IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 102 13 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 14 1002), for the duration of a qualifying emergency 15 and the following payment period, the Secretary may 16 allow a foreign institution to enter into a written ar- 17 rangement with an institution of higher education 18 located in the United States that participates in the 19 Federal Direct Loan Program under part D of title 20 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 21 1087a et seq.) for the purpose of allowing a student 22 of the foreign institution who is a borrower of a loan 23 made under such part to take courses from the insti- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 322 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. tution of higher education located in the United 1 States. 2 FORM OF ARRANGEMENTS.— 3 PUBLIC OR OTHER NONPROFIT INSTI- 4 TUTIONS.—A foreign institution that is a public 5 or other nonprofit institution may enter into a 6 written arrangement under subsection only 7 with an institution of higher education de- 8 scribed in section 101 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 9 1001). 10 OTHER INSTITUTIONS.—A foreign in- 11 stitution that is a graduate medical school, 12 nursing school, or a veterinary school and that 13 is not a public or other nonprofit institution 14 may enter into a written arrangement under 15 subsection with an institution of higher edu- 16 cation described in section 101 or section 102 17 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1001 and 1002). 18 REPORT ON USE.—An institution of higher 19 education that uses the authority described in para- 20 graph shall report such use to the Secretary— 21 for the 2019–2020 award year, not 22 later than June 30, 2020; and 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 323 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. for an award year subsequent to the 1 2019–2020 award year, not later than 30 days 2 after such use. 3 REPORT FROM THE SECRETARY.—Not later 4 than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 5 Act, and every 180 days thereafter for the duration 6 of the qualifying emergency and the following pay- 7 ment period, the Secretary shall submit to the au- 8 thorizing committees (as defined in section 103 of 9 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 10 1003)) a report that identifies each foreign institu- 11 tion that entered into a written arrangement author- 12 ized under subsection 13 SEC. 3511. NATIONAL EMERGENCY EDUCATIONAL WAIVERS. 14 IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 15 sion of law, the Secretary may, upon the request of a State 16 educational agency or Indian tribe, waive any statutory 17 or regulatory provision described under paragraphs 18 and of subsection and upon the request of a local 19 educational agency, waive any statutory or regulatory pro- 20 vision described under paragraph of subsection if 21 the Secretary determines that such a waiver is necessary 22 and appropriate due to the emergency involving Federal 23 primary responsibility determined to exist by the President 24 under the section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Dis- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 324 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 1 5191(b)) with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 2 (COVID-19). 3 APPLICABLE PROVISIONS OF LAW.— 4 STREAMLINED WAIVERS.—The Secretary 5 shall create an expedited application process to re- 6 quest a waiver and the Secretary may waive any 7 statutory or regulatory requirements for a State 8 educational agency (related to assessments, account- 9 ability, and reporting requirements related to assess- 10 ments and accountability), if the Secretary deter- 11 mines that such a waiver is necessary and appro- 12 priate as described in subsection under the fol- 13 lowing provisions of law: 14 The following provisions under section 15 1111 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- 16 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311): 17 Paragraphs and of sub- 18 section 19 (ii) Subsection 20 (iii) Subparagraphs and of 21 subsection 22 (iv) The following provisions under 23 subsection of such section 1111: 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 325 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Clauses (ii), (iii)(I), (iv), 1 (vi), (vii), and (xi) of paragraph 2 3 (II) Paragraph with re- 4 spect to the waived requirements 5 under subclause 6 (III) Clauses and (ii) of para- 7 graph 8 Section 421(b) of the General Edu- 9 cation Provisions Act (20 U.S.C. 1225(b)). 10 STATE AND LOCALLY-REQUESTED WAIV- 11 ERS.—For a State educational agency, local edu- 12 cational agency, or Indian tribe that receives funds 13 under a program authorized under the Elementary 14 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 15 6301 et seq.) that requests a waiver under sub- 16 section the Secretary may waive statutory and 17 regulatory requirements under any of the following 18 provisions of such Act: 19 Section 1114(a)(1). 20 Section 1118(a) and section 8521. 21 Section 1127. 22 Section 4106(d). 23 Subparagraphs and of 24 section 4106(e)(2). 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 326 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Section 4109(b). 1 The definition under section 8101(42) 2 for purposes of the Elementary and Secondary 3 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et 4 seq.). 5 APPLICABILITY TO CHARTER SCHOOLS.— 6 Any waivers issued by the Secretary under this sec- 7 tion shall be implemented, as applicable— 8 for all public schools, including public 9 charter schools within the boundaries of the re- 10 cipient of the waiver; 11 in accordance with State charter 12 school law; and 13 pursuant to section 1111(c)(5) of the 14 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 15 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311(c)(5)). 16 LIMITATION.—Nothing in this section shall 17 be construed to allow the Secretary to waive any 18 statutory or regulatory requirements under applica- 19 ble civil rights laws. 20 ACCOUNTABILITY AND IMPROVEMENT.— 21 Any school located in a State that receives a waiver 22 under paragraph and that is identified for com- 23 prehensive support and improvement, targeted sup- 24 port and improvement, or additional targeted sup- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 327 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. port in the 2019-2020 school year under section 1 1111(c)(4)(D) or section 1111(d)(2) of the Elemen- 2 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 3 U.S.C. 6311(c)(4)(D) or shall maintain that 4 identification status in the 2020-2021 school year 5 and continue to receive supports and interventions 6 consistent with the school’s support and improve- 7 ment plan in the 2020-2021 school year. 8 STATE AND LOCAL REQUESTS FOR WAIVERS.— 9 IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency, 10 local educational agency, or Indian tribe that desires 11 a waiver from any statutory or regulatory provision 12 described under subsection may submit a 13 waiver request to the Secretary in accordance with 14 this subsection. 15 REQUESTS SUBMITTED.—A request for a 16 waiver under this subsection shall— 17 identify the Federal programs affected 18 by the requested waiver; 19 describe which Federal statutory or 20 regulatory requirements are to be waived; 21 describe how the emergency involving 22 Federal primary responsibility determined to 23 exist by the President under the section 501(b) 24 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 328 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)) 1 with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 2 (COVID-19) prevents or otherwise restricts the 3 ability of the State, State educational agency, 4 local educational agency, Indian tribe, or school 5 to comply with such statutory or regulatory re- 6 quirements; and 7 provide an assurance that the State 8 educational agency, local educational agency, or 9 Indian tribe will work to mitigate any negative 10 effects, if any, that may occur as a result of the 11 requested waiver. 12 SECRETARY APPROVAL.— 13 IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 14 under subparagraph the Secretary shall 15 approve or disapprove a waiver request sub- 16 mitted under paragraph not more than 30 17 days after the date on which such request is 18 submitted. 19 EXCEPTIONS.—The Secretary may dis- 20 approve a waiver request submitted under para- 21 graph only if the Secretary determines 22 that— 23 the waiver request does not meet 24 the requirements of this section; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 329 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (ii) the waiver is not permitted pursu- 1 ant to subsection or 2 (iii) the description required under 3 paragraph provides insufficient in- 4 formation to demonstrate that the waiving 5 of such requirements is necessary or ap- 6 propriate consistent with subsection 7 DURATION.—A waiver approved by the Sec- 8 retary under this section may be for a period not to 9 exceed the 2019–2020 academic year, except to 10 carry out full implementation of any maintenance of 11 effort waivers granted during the 2019–2020 aca- 12 demic year. 13 REPORTING AND PUBLICATION.— 14 PUBLIC NOTICE.—A State educational 15 agency, Indian Tribe, or local educational agency re- 16 questing a waiver under subsection shall pro- 17 vide the public and all local educational agencies in 18 the State with notice of, and the opportunity to com- 19 ment on, the request by posting information regard- 20 ing the waiver request and the process for com- 21 menting on the State website. 22 NOTIFYING CONGRESS.—Not later than 7 23 days after granting a waiver under this section, the 24 Secretary shall notify the Committee on Health, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 330 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate, the 1 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the 2 Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 3 Representatives, and the Committee on Appropria- 4 tions of the House of Representatives of such waiv- 5 er. 6 PUBLICATION.—Not later than 30 days 7 after granting a waiver under this section, the Sec- 8 retary shall publish a notice of the Secretary’s deci- 9 sion (including which waiver was granted and the 10 reason for granting the waiver) in the Federal Reg- 11 ister and on the website of the Department of Edu- 12 cation. 13 REPORT.—Not later than 30 days after the 14 date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 15 prepare and submit a report to the Committee on 16 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and the 17 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the 18 Committee on Education and Labor and the Com- 19 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 20 atives, with recommendations on any additional 21 waivers under the Individuals with Disabilities Edu- 22 cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1401 et seq.), the Rehabilita- 23 tion Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), the Ele- 24 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 331 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), and the Carl D. Perkins Ca- 1 reer and Technical Education Act of 2006 (20 2 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) the Secretary believes are nec- 3 essary to be enacted into law to provide limited flexi- 4 bility to States and local educational agencies to 5 meet the needs of students during the emergency in- 6 volving Federal primary responsibility determined to 7 exist by the President under section 501(b) of the 8 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency 9 Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5191(b)) with respect to 10 the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). 11 TERMS.—In this section, the term ‘‘State edu- 12 cational agency’’ includes the Bureau of Indian Education, 13 and the term ‘‘local educational agency’’ includes Bureau 14 of Indian Education funded schools operated pursuant to 15 a grant under the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 16 (25 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), or a contract under the Indian 17 Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 18 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.). 19 SEC. 3512. HBCU CAPITAL FINANCING. 20 DEFERMENT PERIOD.— 21 IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provi- 22 sion of title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 23 (20 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.), or any regulation promul- 24 gated under such title, the Secretary may grant a 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 332 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. deferment, for the duration of a qualifying emer- 1 gency, to an institution that has received a loan 2 under part D of title III of such Act (20 U.S.C. 3 1066 et seq.). 4 TERMS.—During the deferment period 5 granted under this subsection— 6 the institution shall not be required to 7 pay any periodic installment of principal or in- 8 terest required under the loan agreement for 9 such loan; and 10 the Secretary shall make principal and 11 interest payments otherwise due under the loan 12 agreement. 13 CLOSING.—At the closing of a loan deferred 14 under this subsection, terms shall be set under 15 which the institution shall be required to repay the 16 Secretary for the payments of principal and interest 17 made by the Secretary during the deferment, on a 18 schedule that begins upon repayment to the lender 19 in full on the loan agreement, except in no case shall 20 repayment be required to begin before the date that 21 is 1 full fiscal year after the date that is the end of 22 the qualifying emergency. 23 TERMINATION DATE.— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 333 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—The authority provided 1 under this section to grant a loan deferment under 2 subsection shall terminate on the date on which 3 the qualifying emergency is no longer in effect. 4 DURATION.—Any provision of a loan agree- 5 ment or insurance agreement modified by the au- 6 thority under this section shall remain so modified 7 for the duration of the period covered by the loan 8 agreement or insurance agreement. 9 REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 10 of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter 11 during the period beginning on the first day of the quali- 12 fying emergency and ending on September 30 of the fiscal 13 year following the end of the qualifying emergency, the 14 Secretary shall submit to the authorizing committees (as 15 defined in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 16 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)) a report that identifies each insti- 17 tution that received assistance under this section. 18 FUNDING.—There is hereby appropriated, out of 19 any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 20 $62,000,000 to carry out this section. 21 SEC. 3513. TEMPORARY RELIEF FOR FEDERAL STUDENT 22 LOAN BORROWERS. 23 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall suspend all 24 payments due for loans made under part D and part B 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 334 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (that are held by the Department of Education) of title 1 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087a 2 et seq.; 1071 et seq.) through September 30, 2020. 3 NO ACCRUAL OF INTEREST.—Notwithstanding 4 any other provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 5 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), interest shall not accrue on a 6 loan described under subsection for which payment 7 was suspended for the period of the suspension. 8 CONSIDERATION OF PAYMENTS.—Notwith- 9 standing any other provision of the Higher Education Act 10 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), the Secretary shall deem 11 each month for which a loan payment was suspended 12 under this section as if the borrower of the loan had made 13 a payment for the purpose of any loan forgiveness pro- 14 gram or loan rehabilitation program authorized under part 15 D or B of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 16 (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.; 1071 et seq.) for which the bor- 17 rower would have otherwise qualified. 18 REPORTING TO CONSUMER REPORTING AGEN- 19 CIES.—During the period in which the Secretary suspends 20 payments on a loan under subsection the Secretary 21 shall ensure that, for the purpose of reporting information 22 about the loan to a consumer reporting agency, any pay- 23 ment that has been suspended is treated as if it were a 24 regularly scheduled payment made by a borrower. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 335 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SUSPENDING INVOLUNTARY COLLECTION.—Dur- 1 ing the period in which the Secretary suspends payments 2 on a loan under subsection the Secretary shall sus- 3 pend all involuntary collection related to the loan, includ- 4 ing— 5 a wage garnishment authorized under sec- 6 tion 488A of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 7 U.S.C. 1095a) or section 3720D of title 31, United 8 States Code; 9 a reduction of tax refund by amount of debt 10 authorized under section 3720A of title 31, United 11 States Code, or section 6402(d) of the Internal Rev- 12 enue Code of 1986; 13 a reduction of any other Federal benefit 14 payment by administrative offset authorized under 15 section 3716 of title 31, United States Code (includ- 16 ing a benefit payment due to an individual under the 17 Social Security Act or any other provision described 18 in subsection of such section); and 19 any other involuntary collection activity by 20 the Secretary. 21 WAIVERS.—In carrying out this section, the Sec- 22 retary may waive the application of— 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 336 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, 1 United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Pa- 2 perwork Reduction Act’’); 3 the master calendar requirements under 4 section 482 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 5 (20 U.S.C. 1089); 6 negotiated rulemaking under section 492 of 7 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8 1098a); and 9 the requirement to publish the notices re- 10 lated to the system of records of the agency before 11 implementation required under paragraphs and 12 (11) of section 552a(e) of title 5, United States 13 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Privacy Act of 14 1974’’), except that the notices shall be published 15 not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 16 of this Act. 17 NOTICE TO BORROWERS AND TRANSITION PE- 18 RIOD.—To inform borrowers of the actions taken in ac- 19 cordance with this section and ensure an effective transi- 20 tion, the Secretary shall— 21 not later than 15 days after the date of en- 22 actment of this Act, notify borrowers— 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 337 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. of the actions taken in accordance with 1 subsections and for whom payments 2 have been suspended and interest waived; 3 of the actions taken in accordance with 4 subsection for whom collections have been 5 suspended; 6 of the option to continue making pay- 7 ments toward principal; and 8 that the program under this section is 9 a temporary program. 10 beginning on August 1, 2020, carry out a 11 program to provide not less than 6 notices by postal 12 mail, telephone, or electronic communication to bor- 13 rowers indicating— 14 when the borrower’s normal payment 15 obligations will resume; and 16 that the borrower has the option to en- 17 roll in income-driven repayment, including a 18 brief description of such options. 19 SEC. 3514. PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE CORPORATION 20 FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE. 21 ACCRUAL OF SERVICE HOURS.— 22 ACCRUAL THROUGH OTHER SERVICE 23 HOURS.— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 338 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 1 other provision of the Domestic Volunteer Serv- 2 ice Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) or the 3 National and Community Service Act of 1990 4 (42 U.S.C. 12501 et seq.), the Corporation for 5 National and Community Service shall allow an 6 individual described in subparagraph to ac- 7 crue other service hours that will count toward 8 the number of hours needed for the individual’s 9 education award. 10 AFFECTED INDIVIDUALS.—Subpara- 11 graph shall apply to any individual serving 12 in a position eligible for an educational award 13 under subtitle D of title I of the National and 14 Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 15 12601 et seq.)— 16 who is performing limited service 17 due to COVID-19; or 18 (ii) whose position has been suspended 19 or placed on hold due to COVID-19. 20 PROVISIONS IN CASE OF EARLY EXIT.—In 21 any case where an individual serving in a position el- 22 igible for an educational award under subtitle D of 23 title I of the National and Community Service Act 24 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12601 et seq.) was required to 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 339 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. exit the position early at the direction of the Cor- 1 poration for National and Community Service, the 2 Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for Na- 3 tional and Community Service may— 4 deem such individual as having met 5 the requirements of the position; and 6 award the individual the full value of 7 the educational award under such subtitle for 8 which the individual would otherwise have been 9 eligible. 10 AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any 11 other provision of law, all funds made available to the Cor- 12 poration for National and Community Service under any 13 Act, including the amounts appropriated to the Corpora- 14 tion under the headings ‘‘OPERATING EXPENSES’’, ‘‘SALA- 15 RIES AND EXPENSES’’, and ‘‘OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR 16 GENERAL’’ under the heading ‘‘CORPORATION FOR NA- 17 TIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE’’ under title IV of Divi- 18 sion A of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 19 2020 (Public Law 116–94), shall remain available for the 20 fiscal year ending September 30, 2021. 21 NO REQUIRED RETURN OF GRANT FUNDS.— 22 Notwithstanding section 129(l)(3)(A)(i) of the National 23 and Community Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 24 12581(l)(3)(A)(i)), the Chief Executive Officer of the Cor- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 340 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. poration for National and Community Service may permit 1 fixed-amount grant recipients under such section 129(l) 2 to maintain a pro rata amount of grant funds, at the dis- 3 cretion of the Corporation for National and Community 4 Service, for participants who exited, were suspended, or 5 are serving in a limited capacity due to COVID-19, to en- 6 able the grant recipients to maintain operations and to 7 accept participants. 8 EXTENSION OF TERMS AND AGE LIMITS.—Not- 9 withstanding any other provision of law, the Corporation 10 for National and Community Service may extend the term 11 of service (for a period not to exceed the 1-year period 12 immediately following the end of the national emergency) 13 or waive any upper age limit (except in no case shall the 14 maximum age exceed 26 years of age) for national service 15 programs carried out by the National Civilian Community 16 Corps under subtitle E of title I of the National and Com- 17 munity Service Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12611 et seq.), 18 and the participants in such programs, for the purposes 19 of— 20 addressing disruptions due to COVID-19; 21 and 22 minimizing the difficulty in returning to full 23 operation due to COVID-19 on such programs and 24 participants. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 341 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3515. WORKFORCE RESPONSE ACTIVITIES. 1 ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—Notwithstanding sec- 2 tion 128(b)(4) of the Workforce Innovation Opportunity 3 Act (29 U.S.C. 3163(b)(4)), of the total amount allocated 4 to a local area (including the total amount allotted to a 5 single State local area) under subtitle B of title I of such 6 Act (29 U.S.C. 3151 et seq.) for program year 2019, not 7 more than 20 percent of the total amount may be used 8 for the administrative costs of carrying out local workforce 9 investment activities under chapter 2 or chapter 3 of sub- 10 title B of title I of such Act, if the portion of the total 11 amount that exceeds 10 percent of the total amount is 12 used to respond to a qualifying emergency. 13 RAPID RESPONSE ACTIVITIES.— 14 STATEWIDE RAPID RESPONSE.—Of the 15 funds reserved by a Governor for program year 2019 16 for statewide activities under section 128(a) of the 17 Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (29 18 U.S.C. 3163(a)) that remain unobligated, such 19 funds may be used for statewide rapid response ac- 20 tivities as described in section 134(a)(2)(A) of such 21 Act (29 U.S.C. 3174(a)(2)(A)) for responding to a 22 qualifying emergency. 23 LOCAL BOARDS.—Of the funds reserved by 24 a Governor for program year 2019 under section 25 133(a)(2) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 3173(a)(2)) that 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 342 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. remain unobligated, such funds may be released 1 within 30 days after the date of enactment of this 2 Act to the local boards most impacted by the 3 coronavirus at the determination of the Governor for 4 rapid response activities related to responding to a 5 qualifying emergency. 6 DEFINITIONS.—Except as otherwise provided, the 7 terms in this section have the meanings given the terms 8 in section 3 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 9 Act (29 U.S.C. 3102). 10 SEC. 3516. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS. 11 IN GENERAL.— 12 Section 6103(a)(3) of the Internal Revenue 13 Code of 1986, as amended by the FUTURE Act 14 (Public Law 116-91), is further amended by striking 15 and inserting 16 17 Section 6103(p)(3)(A) of such Code, as so 18 amended, is further amended by striking 19 and inserting 20 21 Section 6103(p)(4) of such Code, as so 22 amended, is further amended by striking or 23 each place it appears and inserting or 24 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 343 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Section 6103(p)(4) of such Code, as so 1 amended and as amended by paragraph is fur- 2 ther amended by striking each place it ap- 3 pears and inserting 4 5 Section 6103(l)(13)(C)(ii) of such Code, as 6 added by the FUTURE Act (Public Law 116-91), is 7 amended by striking ‘‘section 236A(e)(4)’’ and in- 8 serting ‘‘section 263A(e)(4)’’. 9 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 10 this section shall apply as if included in the enactment 11 of the FUTURE Act (Public Law 116-91). 12 SEC. 3517. WAIVER AUTHORITY AND REPORTING REQUIRE- 13 MENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL AID. 14 WAIVER AUTHORITY.—Notwithstanding any 15 other provision of the Higher Education Act of 1965 16 (U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), unless enacted with specific ref- 17 erence to this section, for any institution of higher edu- 18 cation that was receiving assistance under title III, title 19 V, or subpart 4 of part A of title VII of such Act (20 20 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.; 1101 et seq.; 1136a et seq.) at the 21 time of a qualifying emergency, the Secretary may, for the 22 period beginning on the first day of the qualifying emer- 23 gency and ending on September 30 of the fiscal year fol- 24 lowing the end of the qualifying emergency— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 344 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. waive— 1 the eligibility data requirements set 2 forth in section 391(d) and 521(e) of the High- 3 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1068(d); 4 1103(e)); 5 the wait-out period set forth in section 6 313(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 7 (20 U.S.C. 1059(d)); 8 the allotment requirements under 9 paragraphs and of subsection 318(e) of 10 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 11 1059e(e)), and the reference to ‘‘the academic 12 year preceding the beginning of that fiscal 13 year’’ under such section 318(e)(1); 14 the allotment requirements under sub- 15 sections and of section 324 of the 16 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 17 1063), the reference to ‘‘the end of the school 18 year preceding the beginning of that fiscal 19 year’’ under such section 324(a), and the ref- 20 erence to ‘‘the academic year preceding such 21 fiscal year’’ under such section 324(h); 22 subparagraphs and 23 of section 326(f)(3) of the Higher Education 24 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1063b(f)(3)), and ref- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 345 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. erences to ‘‘previous year’’ under such section 1 326(f)(3)(B); 2 subparagraphs and 3 of section 723(f)(3) and subparagraphs 4 and of section 724(f)(3) of the 5 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6 1136a(f)(3); 1136b(f)(3)), and references to 7 ‘‘previous academic year’’ under subparagraph 8 of such sections 723(f)(3) and 724(f)(3); 9 and 10 the allotment restriction set forth in 11 section 318(d)(4) and section 323(c)(2) of the 12 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 13 1059e(d)(4); 1062(c)(2)); and 14 waive or modify any statutory or regulatory 15 provision to ensure that institutions that were re- 16 ceiving assistance under title III, title V, or subpart 17 4 of part A of title VII of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1051 18 et seq.; 1101 et seq.; 1136a et seq.) at the time of 19 a qualifying emergency are not adversely affected by 20 any formula calculation for fiscal year 2020 and for 21 the period beginning on the first day of the quali- 22 fying emergency and ending on September 30 of the 23 fiscal year following the end of the qualifying emer- 24 gency, as necessary. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 346 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. USE OF UNEXPENDED FUNDS.—Any funds paid 1 to an institution under title III, title V, or subpart 4 of 2 part A of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 3 (20 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.; 1101 et seq.; 1136a et seq.) and 4 not expended or used for the purposes for which the funds 5 were paid to the institution during the 5-year period fol- 6 lowing the date on which the funds were first paid to the 7 institution, may be carried over and expended during the 8 succeeding 5-year period. 9 REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the date 10 of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter 11 for the period beginning on the first day of the qualifying 12 emergency and ending on September 30 of the fiscal year 13 following the end of the qualifying emergency, the Sec- 14 retary shall submit to the authorizing committees (as de- 15 fined in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 16 (20 U.S.C. 1003)) a report that identifies each institution 17 that received a waiver or modification under this section. 18 SEC. 3518. AUTHORIZED USES AND OTHER MODIFICATIONS 19 FOR GRANTS. 20 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary is authorized to 21 modify the required and allowable uses of funds for grants 22 awarded under part A or B of title III, chapter I or II 23 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV, title V, or subpart 4 24 of part A of title VII of the Higher Education Act of 1965 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 347 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (20 U.S.C. 1057 et seq.; 1060 et seq.; 1070a–11 et seq.; 1 1070a–21 et seq.; 1101 et seq.; 1136a et seq.) to an insti- 2 tution of higher education or other grant recipient (not 3 including individual recipients of Federal student financial 4 assistance), at the request of an institution of higher edu- 5 cation or other recipient of a grant (not including indi- 6 vidual recipients of Federal student financial assistance) 7 as a result of a qualifying emergency, for the period begin- 8 ning on the first day of the qualifying emergency and end- 9 ing on September 30 of the fiscal year following the end 10 of the qualifying emergency. 11 MATCHING REQUIREMENT MODIFICATIONS.— 12 Notwithstanding any other provision of the Higher Edu- 13 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.), the Secretary 14 is authorized to modify any Federal share or other finan- 15 cial matching requirement for a grant awarded on a com- 16 petitive basis or a grant awarded under part A or B of 17 title III or subpart 4 of part A of title VII of the Higher 18 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1057 et seq.; 1060 et 19 seq.; 1136a et seq.) at the request of an institution of 20 higher education or other grant recipient as a result of 21 a qualifying emergency, for the period beginning on the 22 first day of the qualifying emergency and ending on Sep- 23 tember 30 of the fiscal year following the end of the quali- 24 fying emergency. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 348 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. REPORTS.—Not later than 180 days after the 1 date of enactment of this Act, and every 180 days there- 2 after for the duration of the period beginning on the first 3 day of the qualifying emergency and ending on September 4 30 of the fiscal year following the end of the qualifying 5 emergency, the Secretary shall submit to the authorizing 6 committees (as defined in section 103 of the Higher Edu- 7 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)) a report that identi- 8 fies each institution of higher education or other grant re- 9 cipient that received a modification under this section. 10 SEC. 3519. SERVICE OBLIGATIONS FOR TEACHERS. 11 TEACH GRANTS.—For the purpose of section 12 420N of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 13 1070g–2), during a qualifying emergency, the Secretary— 14 may modify the categories of extenuating 15 circumstances under which a recipient of a grant 16 under subpart 9 of part A of title IV of the Higher 17 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070g et seq.) 18 who is unable to fulfill all or part of the recipient’s 19 service obligation may be excused from fulfilling that 20 portion of the service obligation; and 21 shall consider teaching service that, as a re- 22 sult of a qualifying emergency, is part-time or tem- 23 porarily interrupted, to be full-time service and to 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 349 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. fulfill the service obligations under such section 1 420N. 2 TEACHER LOAN FORGIVENESS.—Notwith- 3 standing section 428J or 460 of the Higher Education Act 4 of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–10; 1087j), the Secretary shall 5 waive the requirements under such sections that years of 6 teaching service shall be consecutive if— 7 the teaching service of a borrower is tempo- 8 rarily interrupted due to a qualifying emergency; 9 and 10 after the temporary interruption due to a 11 qualifying emergency, the borrower resumes teaching 12 service and completes a total of 5 years of qualifying 13 teaching service under such sections, including quali- 14 fying teaching service performed before, during, and 15 after such qualifying emergency. 16 Subtitle C—Labor Provisions 17 SEC. 3601. LIMITATION ON PAID LEAVE. 18 Section 110(b)(2)(B) of the Family and Medical 19 Leave Act of 1993 (as added by the Emergency Family 20 and Medical Leave Expansion Act) is amended by striking 21 clause (ii) and inserting the following: 22 LIMITATION.—An employer shall 23 not be required to pay more than $200 per 24 day and $10,000 in the aggregate for each 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 350 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. employee for paid leave under this sec- 1 tion.’’. 2 SEC. 3602. EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE ACT LIMITATION. 3 Section 5102 of the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act 4 (division E of the Families First Coronavirus Response 5 Act) is amended by adding at the end the following: 6 LIMITATIONS.—An employer shall not be re- 7 quired to pay more than either— 8 $511 per day and $5,110 in the aggregate 9 for each employee, when the employee is taking leave 10 for a reason described in paragraph or 11 of section 5102(a); or 12 $200 per day and $2,000 in the aggregate 13 for each employee, when the employee is taking leave 14 for a reason described in paragraph or 15 of section 5102(a).’’. 16 SEC. 3603. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE. 17 Section 903(h)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 18 U.S.C. 1103(h)(2)(B)), as added by section 4102 of the 19 Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and 20 Access Act of 2020, is amended to read as follows: 21 The State ensures that applications 22 for unemployment compensation, and assistance 23 with the application process, are accessible, to 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 351 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the extent practicable in at least two of the fol- 1 lowing: in person, by phone, or online.’’. 2 SEC. 3604. OMB WAIVER OF PAID FAMILY AND PAID SICK 3 LEAVE. 4 FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 1993.— 5 Section 110(a) of title I of the Family and Medical Leave 6 Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611 et seq.) (as added by division 7 C of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act) is 8 amended by adding at the end the following new para- 9 graph: 10 The Director of the Office of Management 11 and Budget shall have the authority to exclude for 12 good cause from the requirements under subsection 13 certain employers of the United States Govern- 14 ment with respect to certain categories of Executive 15 Branch employees.’’. 16 EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE ACT.—The 17 Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act (division E of the Fami- 18 lies First Coronavirus Response Act) is amended by add- 19 ing at the end the following new section: 20 ‘‘SEC. 5112. AUTHORITY TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN EMPLOYEES. 21 ‘‘The Director of the Office of Management and 22 Budget shall have the authority to exclude for good cause 23 from the definition of employee under section 5110(1) cer- 24 tain employees described in subparagraphs and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 352 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. of such section, including by exempting certain United 1 States Government employers covered by section 2 5110(2)(A)(i)(V) from the requirements of this title with 3 respect to certain categories of Executive Branch employ- 4 ees.’’. 5 SEC. 3605. PAID LEAVE FOR REHIRED EMPLOYEES. 6 Section 110(a)(1)(A) of the Family and Medical 7 Leave Act of 1993, as added by section 3102 of the Emer- 8 gency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act, is 9 amended to read as follows: 10 ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE.— 11 IN GENERAL.—In lieu of the defi- 12 nition in sections 101(2)(A) and 13 101(2)(B)(ii), the term ‘eligible employee’ 14 means an employee who has been employed 15 for at least 30 calendar days by the em- 16 ployer with respect to whom leave is re- 17 quested under section 102(a)(1)(F). 18 RULE REGARDING REHIRED EM- 19 PLOYEES.—For purposes of clause the 20 term ‘employed for at least 30 calendar 21 days’, used with respect to an employee 22 and an employer described in clause in- 23 cludes an employee who was laid off by 24 that employer not earlier than March 1, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 353 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 2020, had worked for the employer for not 1 less than 30 of the last 60 calendar days 2 prior to the employee’s layoff, and was re- 3 hired by the employer.’’. 4 SEC. 3606. ADVANCE REFUNDING OF CREDITS. 5 PAYROLL CREDIT FOR REQUIRED PAID SICK 6 LEAVE.—Section 7001 of division G of the Families First 7 Coronavirus Response Act is amended— 8 in subsection 9 by striking In general.—If the 10 amount’’ and inserting Credit is refund- 11 able.—If the amount’’; and 12 by adding at the end the following: 13 ADVANCING CREDIT.—In antici- 14 pation of the credit, including the refund- 15 able portion under clause the credit 16 may be advanced, according to forms and 17 instructions provided by the Secretary, up 18 to an amount calculated under subsection 19 subject to the limits under subsection 20 both calculated through the end of the 21 most recent payroll period in the quarter.’’; 22 in subsection 23 in paragraph by striking and’’ 24 and inserting a comma; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 354 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in paragraph by striking the pe- 1 riod at the end and inserting and’’; and 2 by adding at the end the following: 3 regulations or other guidance to permit the 4 advancement of the credit determined under sub- 5 section and 6 by inserting after subsection the fol- 7 lowing new subsection: 8 TREATMENT OF DEPOSITS.—The Secretary of 9 the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall waive any 10 penalty under section 6656 of the Internal Revenue Code 11 of 1986 for any failure to make a deposit of the tax im- 12 posed by section 3111(a) or 3221(a) of such Code if the 13 Secretary determines that such failure was due to the an- 14 ticipation of the credit allowed under this section.’’. 15 PAYROLL CREDIT FOR REQUIRED PAID FAMILY 16 LEAVE.—Section 7003 of division G of the Families First 17 Coronavirus Response Act is amended— 18 in subsection 19 by striking ‘‘If the amount’’ and in- 20 serting Credit is refundable.—If the 21 amount’’; and 22 by adding at the end the following: 23 ADVANCING CREDIT.—In anticipation 24 of the credit, including the refundable portion 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 355 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. under subparagraph the credit may be ad- 1 vanced, according to forms and instructions 2 provided by the Secretary, up to an amount cal- 3 culated under subsection subject to the lim- 4 its under subsection both calculated 5 through the end of the most recent payroll pe- 6 riod in the quarter.’’; 7 in subsection 8 in paragraph by striking and’’ 9 and inserting a comma; 10 in paragraph by striking the pe- 11 riod at the end and inserting and’’; and 12 by adding at the end the following: 13 regulations or other guidance to permit the 14 advancement of the credit determined under sub- 15 section and 16 by inserting after subsection the following new 17 subsection: 18 TREATMENT OF DEPOSITS.—The Secretary of 19 the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) shall waive any 20 penalty under section 6656 of the Internal Revenue Code 21 of 1986 for any failure to make a deposit of the tax im- 22 posed by section 3111(a) or 3221(a) of such Code if the 23 Secretary determines that such failure was due to the an- 24 ticipation of the credit allowed under this section.’’. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 356 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3607. EXPANSION OF DOL AUTHORITY TO POSTPONE 1 CERTAIN DEADLINES. 2 Section 518 of the Employee Retirement Income Se- 3 curity Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1148) is amended by strik- 4 ing ‘‘or a terroristic or military action (as defined in sec- 5 tion 692(c)(2) of such Code), the Secretary may’’ and in- 6 serting terroristic or military action (as defined in sec- 7 tion 692(c)(2) of such Code), or a public health emergency 8 declared by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 9 pursuant to section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, 10 the Secretary may’’. 11 SEC. 3608. SINGLE-EMPLOYER PLAN FUNDING RULES. 12 DELAY IN PAYMENT OF MINIMUM REQUIRED 13 CONTRIBUTIONS.—In the case of any minimum required 14 contribution (as determined under section 430(a) of the 15 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and section 303(a) of the 16 Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 17 U.S.C. 1083(a))) which (but for this section) would other- 18 wise be due under section 430(j) of such Code (including 19 quarterly contributions under paragraph thereof) and 20 section 303(j) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1083(j)) (including 21 quarterly contributions under paragraph thereof) dur- 22 ing calendar year 2020— 23 the due date for such contributions shall be 24 January 1, 2021, and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 357 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the amount of each such minimum required 1 contribution shall be increased by interest accruing 2 for the period between the original due date (without 3 regard to this section) for the contribution and the 4 payment date, at the effective rate of interest for the 5 plan for the plan year which includes such payment 6 date. 7 BENEFIT RESTRICTION STATUS.—For purposes 8 of section 436 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and 9 section 206(g) of the Employee Retirement Income Secu- 10 rity Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1056(g)), a plan sponsor may 11 elect to treat the plan’s adjusted funding target attain- 12 ment percentage for the last plan year ending before Janu- 13 ary 1, 2020, as the adjusted funding target attainment 14 percentage for plan years which include calendar year 15 2020. 16 SEC. 3609. APPLICATION OF COOPERATIVE AND SMALL EM- 17 PLOYER CHARITY PENSION PLAN RULES TO 18 CERTAIN CHARITABLE EMPLOYERS WHOSE 19 PRIMARY EXEMPT PURPOSE IS PROVIDING 20 SERVICES WITH RESPECT TO MOTHERS AND 21 CHILDREN. 22 EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT INCOME SECURITY ACT 23 OF 1974.—Section 210(f)(1) of the Employee Retirement 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 358 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1060(f)(1)) is 1 amended— 2 by striking at the end of subparagraph 3 4 by striking the period at the end of sub- 5 paragraph (C)(iv) and inserting or’’; and 6 by inserting after subparagraph the fol- 7 lowing new subparagraph: 8 that, as of January 1, 2000, was 9 maintained by an employer— 10 described in section 501(c)(3) of 11 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 12 who has been in existence since 13 at least 1938, 14 ‘‘(iii) who conducts medical research 15 directly or indirectly through grant mak- 16 ing, and 17 whose primary exempt purpose 18 is to provide services with respect to moth- 19 ers and children.’’. 20 INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986.—Section 21 414(y)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend- 22 ed— 23 by striking at the end of subparagraph 24 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 359 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by striking the period at the end of sub- 1 paragraph (C)(iv) and inserting or’’; and 2 by inserting after subparagraph the fol- 3 lowing new subparagraph: 4 that, as of January 1, 2000, was 5 maintained by an employer— 6 described in section 501(c)(3), 7 who has been in existence since 8 at least 1938, 9 ‘‘(iii) who conducts medical research 10 directly or indirectly through grant mak- 11 ing, and 12 whose primary exempt purpose 13 is to provide services with respect to moth- 14 ers and children.’’. 15 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 16 this section shall apply to plan years beginning after De- 17 cember 31, 2018. 18 SEC. 3610. FEDERAL CONTRACTOR AUTHORITY. 19 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and sub- 20 ject to the availability of appropriations, funds made avail- 21 able to an agency by this Act or any other Act may be 22 used by such agency to modify the terms and conditions 23 of a contract, or other agreement, without consideration, 24 to reimburse at the minimum applicable contract billing 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 360 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. rates not to exceed an average of 40 hours per week any 1 paid leave, including sick leave, a contractor provides to 2 keep its employees or subcontractors in a ready state, in- 3 cluding to protect the life and safety of Government and 4 contractor personnel, but in no event beyond September 5 30, 2020. Such authority shall apply only to a contractor 6 whose employees or subcontractors cannot perform work 7 on a site that has been approved by the Federal Govern- 8 ment, including a federally-owned or leased facility or site, 9 due to facility closures or other restrictions, and who can- 10 not telework because their job duties cannot be performed 11 remotely during the public health emergency declared on 12 January 31, 2020 for COVID–19: Provided, That the 13 maximum reimbursement authorized by this section shall 14 be reduced by the amount of credit a contractor is allowed 15 pursuant to division G of Public Law 116–127 and any 16 applicable credits a contractor is allowed under this Act. 17 SEC. 3611. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 18 Section 110(a)(3) of the Family and Med- 19 ical Leave Act of 1993 (as added by the Emergency 20 and Medical Leave Expansion Act) is amended by 21 striking and inserting 22 Section 5111 of the Emergency Paid Sick 23 Leave Act (division E of the Families First 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 361 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Coronavirus Response Act) is amended by striking 1 and inserting 2 Section 110(c) of the Family and Medical 3 Leave Act of 1993 (as added by the Emergency and 4 Medical Leave Expansion Act) is amended by strik- 5 ing ‘‘subsection and inserting ‘‘sub- 6 section 7 Section 3104 of the Emergency Family and 8 Medical Leave Expansion Act (division C of the 9 Families First Coronavirus Response Act) is amend- 10 ed— 11 by striking and inserting 12 ‘‘section 110(a)(1)(B) of the Family and Med- 13 ical Leave Act of 1993’’; and 14 by striking ‘‘section 107(a) for a viola- 15 tion of section 102(a)(1)(F) if the employer 16 does not meet the definition of employer set 17 forth in Section 101(4)(A)(i)’’ and inserting 18 ‘‘section 107(a) of such Act for a violation of 19 section 102(a)(1)(F) of such Act if the em- 20 ployer does not meet the definition of employer 21 set forth in section 101(4)(A)(i) of such Act’’. 22 Section 5110(1) of the Emergency Paid 23 Sick Leave Act (division E of the Families First 24 Coronavirus Response Act) is amended— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 362 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in the matter preceding subparagraph 1 by striking ‘‘terms’’ and inserting ‘‘term’’; 2 and 3 in subparagraph by striking 4 ‘‘paragraph and inserting ‘‘paragraph 5 6 Section 5110(2)(B)(ii) of the Emergency 7 Paid Sick Leave Act (division E of the Families 8 First Coronavirus Response Act) is amended by 9 striking ‘‘clause and inserting ‘‘clause 10 11 Section 110(a)(3) of the Family and Med- 12 ical Leave Act of 1993 (as added by the Emergency 13 and Medical Leave Expansion Act) is amended— 14 by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon 15 at the end of subparagraph 16 by striking the period at end of sub- 17 paragraph and inserting and’’; and 18 by adding at the end the following: 19 as necessary to carry out the pur- 20 poses of this Act, including to ensure consist- 21 ency between this Act and Division E and Divi- 22 sion G of the Families First Coronavirus Re- 23 sponse Act.’’. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 363 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Section 5104(1) of the Emergency Paid 1 Sick Leave Act (division E of the Families First 2 Coronavirus Response Act) is amended by striking 3 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon and inserting 4 Section 5105 of the Emergency Paid Sick 5 Leave Act (division E of the Families First 6 Coronavirus Response Act) is amended by adding at 7 the end the following: 8 INVESTIGATIONS AND COLLECTION OF DATA.— 9 The Secretary of Labor or his designee may investigate 10 and gather data to ensure compliance with this Act in the 11 same manner as authorized by sections 9 and 11 of the 12 Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 209; 13 14 Subtitle D—Finance Committee 15 SEC. 3701. EXEMPTION FOR TELEHEALTH SERVICES. 16 IN GENERAL.—Paragraph of section 223(c) 17 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by add- 18 ing at the end the following new subparagraph: 19 SAFE HARBOR FOR ABSENCE OF DE- 20 DUCTIBLE FOR TELEHEALTH.—In the case of 21 plan years beginning on or before December 31, 22 2021, a plan shall not fail to be treated as a 23 high deductible health plan by reason of failing 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 364 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. to have a deductible for telehealth and other re- 1 mote care services.’’. 2 CERTAIN COVERAGE DISREGARDED.—Clause (ii) 3 of section 223(c)(1)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code of 4 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘or long-term care’’ and in- 5 serting ‘‘long-term care, or (in the case of plan years be- 6 ginning on or before December 31, 2021) telehealth and 7 other remote care’’. 8 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 9 this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment 10 of this Act. 11 SEC. 3702. INCLUSION OF CERTAIN OVER-THE-COUNTER 12 MEDICAL PRODUCTS AS QUALIFIED MEDICAL 13 EXPENSES. 14 HSAS.—Section 223(d)(2) of the Internal Rev- 15 enue Code of 1986 is amended— 16 by striking the last sentence of subpara- 17 graph and inserting the following: ‘‘For pur- 18 poses of this subparagraph, amounts paid for men- 19 strual care products shall be treated as paid for 20 medical care.’’; and 21 by adding at the end the following new sub- 22 paragraph: 23 MENSTRUAL CARE PRODUCT.—For 24 purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘menstrual 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 365 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. care product’ means a tampon, pad, liner, cup, 1 sponge, or similar product used by individuals 2 with respect to menstruation or other genital- 3 tract secretions.’’. 4 ARCHER MSAS.—Section 220(d)(2)(A) of such 5 Code is amended by striking the last sentence and insert- 6 ing the following: ‘‘For purposes of this subparagraph, 7 amounts paid for menstrual care products (as defined in 8 section 223(d)(2)(D)) shall be treated as paid for medical 9 care.’’. 10 HEALTH FLEXIBLE SPENDING ARRANGEMENTS 11 AND HEALTH REIMBURSEMENT ARRANGEMENTS.—Sec- 12 tion 106 of such Code is amended by striking subsection 13 and inserting the following new subsection: 14 REIMBURSEMENTS FOR MENSTRUAL CARE 15 PRODUCTS.—For purposes of this section and section 16 105, expenses incurred for menstrual care products (as 17 defined in section 223(d)(2)(D)) shall be treated as in- 18 curred for medical care.’’. 19 EFFECTIVE DATES.— 20 DISTRIBUTIONS FROM SAVINGS AC- 21 COUNTS.—The amendment made by subsections 22 and shall apply to amounts paid after December 23 31, 2019. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 366 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. REIMBURSEMENTS.—The amendment made 1 by subsection shall apply to expenses incurred 2 after December 31, 2019. 3 SEC. 3703. INCREASING MEDICARE TELEHEALTH FLEXI- 4 BILITIES DURING EMERGENCY PERIOD. 5 Section 1135 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 6 1320b–5) is amended— 7 in subsection by striking ‘‘to an indi- 8 vidual by a qualified provider (as defined in sub- 9 section and all that follows through the pe- 10 riod and inserting the requirements of section 11 1834(m).’’; and 12 in subsection by striking paragraph 13 SEC. 3704. ENHANCING MEDICARE TELEHEALTH SERVICES 14 FOR FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CEN- 15 TERS AND RURAL HEALTH CLINICS DURING 16 EMERGENCY PERIOD. 17 Section 1834(m) of the Social Security Act (42 18 U.S.C. 1395m(m)) is amended— 19 in the first sentence of paragraph by 20 striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to 21 paragraph the Secretary’’; 22 in paragraph by striking ‘‘The Sec- 23 retary’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph the 24 Secretary’’; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 367 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in paragraph 1 in subparagraph by striking ‘‘The 2 term’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph 3 the term’’; and 4 in subparagraph by striking 5 ‘‘The term’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to para- 6 graph the term’’; and 7 by adding at the end the following new 8 paragraph: 9 ENHANCING TELEHEALTH SERVICES FOR 10 FEDERALLY QUALIFIED HEALTH CENTERS AND 11 RURAL HEALTH CLINICS DURING EMERGENCY PE- 12 RIOD.— 13 IN GENERAL.—During the emergency 14 period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B)— 15 the Secretary shall pay for tele- 16 health services that are furnished via a 17 telecommunications system by a Federally 18 qualified health center or a rural health 19 clinic to an eligible telehealth individual en- 20 rolled under this part notwithstanding that 21 the Federally qualified health center or 22 rural clinic providing the telehealth service 23 is not at the same location as the bene- 24 ficiary; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 368 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the amount of payment to a Fed- 1 erally qualified health center or rural 2 health clinic that serves as a distant site 3 for such a telehealth service shall be deter- 4 mined under subparagraph and 5 ‘‘(iii) for purposes of this subsection— 6 the term ‘distant site’ in- 7 cludes a Federally qualified health 8 center or rural health clinic that fur- 9 nishes a telehealth service to an eligi- 10 ble telehealth individual; and 11 the term ‘telehealth serv- 12 ices’ includes a rural health clinic 13 service or Federally qualified health 14 center service that is furnished using 15 telehealth to the extent that payment 16 codes corresponding to services identi- 17 fied by the Secretary under clause 18 or (ii) of paragraph are listed 19 on the corresponding claim for such 20 rural health clinic service or Federally 21 qualified health center service. 22 SPECIAL PAYMENT RULE.— 23 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 24 shall develop and implement payment 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 369 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. methods that apply under this subsection 1 to a Federally qualified health center or 2 rural health clinic that serves as a distant 3 site that furnishes a telehealth service to 4 an eligible telehealth individual during 5 such emergency period. Such payment 6 methods shall be based on payment rates 7 that are similar to the national average 8 payment rates for comparable telehealth 9 services under the physician fee schedule 10 under section 1848. Notwithstanding any 11 other provision of law, the Secretary may 12 implement such payment methods through 13 program instruction or otherwise. 14 EXCLUSION FROM FQHC PPS 15 CALCULATION AND RHC AIR CALCULA- 16 TION.—Costs associated with telehealth 17 services shall not be used to determine the 18 amount of payment for Federally qualified 19 health center services under the prospec- 20 tive payment system under section 1834(o) 21 or for rural health clinic services under the 22 methodology for all-inclusive rates (estab- 23 lished by the Secretary) under section 24 1833(a)(3).’’. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 370 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3705. TEMPORARY WAIVER OF REQUIREMENT FOR 1 FACE-TO-FACE VISITS BETWEEN HOME DI- 2 ALYSIS PATIENTS AND PHYSICIANS. 3 Section 1881(b)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 4 U.S.C. 1395rr(b)(3)(B)) is amended— 5 in clause by striking ‘‘clause and 6 inserting ‘‘clauses (ii) and 7 in clause (ii), in the matter preceding sub- 8 clause by striking ‘‘Clause and inserting 9 ‘‘Except as provided in clause (iii), clause and 10 by adding at the end the following new 11 clause: 12 ‘‘(iii) The Secretary may waive the 13 provisions of clause (ii) during the emer- 14 gency period described in section 15 1135(g)(1)(B).’’. 16 SEC. 3706. USE OF TELEHEALTH TO CONDUCT FACE-TO- 17 FACE ENCOUNTER PRIOR TO RECERTIFI- 18 CATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR HOSPICE CARE 19 DURING EMERGENCY PERIOD. 20 Section 1814(a)(7)(D)(i) of the Social Security Act 21 (42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)(7(D)(i)) is amended— 22 by striking hospice’’ and inserting 23 subject to subclause (II), a hospice’’; and 24 by inserting after subclause as added by 25 paragraph the following new subclause: 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 371 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. during the emergency period de- 1 scribed in section 1135(g)(1)(B), a hospice 2 physician or nurse practitioner may con- 3 duct a face-to-face encounter required 4 under this clause via telehealth, as deter- 5 mined appropriate by the Secretary; and’’. 6 SEC. 3707. ENCOURAGING USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS 7 SYSTEMS FOR HOME HEALTH SERVICES FUR- 8 NISHED DURING EMERGENCY PERIOD. 9 With respect to home health services (as defined in 10 section 1861(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 11 1395x(m)) that are furnished during the emergency period 12 described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 13 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of Health and Human 14 Services shall consider ways to encourage the use of tele- 15 communications systems, including for remote patient 16 monitoring as described in section 409.46(e) of title 42, 17 Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor regula- 18 tions) and other communications or monitoring services, 19 consistent with the plan of care for the individual, includ- 20 ing by clarifying guidance and conducting outreach, as ap- 21 propriate. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 372 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3708. IMPROVING CARE PLANNING FOR MEDICARE 1 HOME HEALTH SERVICES. 2 PART A PROVISIONS.—Section 1814(a) of the So- 3 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395f(a)) is amended— 4 in paragraph 5 in the matter preceding subparagraph 6 by inserting a nurse practitioner or clin- 7 ical nurse specialist (as such terms are defined 8 in section 1861(aa)(5)) who is working in ac- 9 cordance with State law, or a physician assist- 10 ant (as defined in section 1861(aa)(5)) who is 11 working in accordance with State law, who is’’ 12 after ‘‘in the case of services described in sub- 13 paragraph a physician’’; and 14 in subparagraph 15 by inserting a nurse practi- 16 tioner, a clinical nurse specialist, or a phy- 17 sician assistant (as the case may be)’’ after 18 ‘‘physician’’ the first 2 times it appears; 19 and 20 (ii) by striking and, in the case of 21 a certification made by a physician’’ and 22 all that follows through ‘‘face-to-face en- 23 counter’’ and inserting and, in the case 24 of a certification made by a physician after 25 January 1, 2010, or by a nurse practi- 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 373 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. tioner, clinical nurse specialist, or physi- 1 cian assistant (as the case may be) after a 2 date specified by the Secretary (but in no 3 case later than the date that is 6 months 4 after the date of the enactment of the 5 CARES Act), prior to making such certifi- 6 cation a physician, nurse practitioner, clin- 7 ical nurse specialist, or physician assistant 8 must document that a physician, nurse 9 practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, cer- 10 tified nurse-midwife (as defined in section 11 1861(gg)) as authorized by State law, or 12 physician assistant has had a face-to-face 13 encounter’’; 14 in the third sentence— 15 by striking ‘‘physician certification’’ 16 and inserting ‘‘certification’’; 17 by inserting ‘‘(or in the case of regula- 18 tions to implement the amendments made by 19 section 3708 of the CARES Act, the Secretary 20 shall prescribe regulations, which shall become 21 effective no later than 6 months after the date 22 of the enactment of such Act)’’ after ‘‘1981’’; 23 and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 374 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by striking physician who’’ and in- 1 serting physician, nurse practitioner, clinical 2 nurse specialist, or physician assistant who’’; 3 in the fourth sentence, by inserting nurse 4 practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, or physician as- 5 sistant’’ after ‘‘physician’’; and 6 in the fifth sentence— 7 by inserting ‘‘or no later than 6 8 months after the date of the enactment of the 9 CARES Act for purposes of documentation for 10 certification and recertification made under 11 paragraph by a nurse practitioner, clinical 12 nurse specialist, or physician assistant,’’ after 13 ‘‘January 1, 2019’’; and 14 by inserting nurse practitioner, clin- 15 ical nurse specialist, or physician assistant’’ 16 after ‘‘of the physician’’. 17 PART B PROVISIONS.—Section 1835(a) of the So- 18 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395n(a)) is amended— 19 in paragraph 20 in the matter preceding subparagraph 21 by inserting a nurse practitioner or clin- 22 ical nurse specialist (as those terms are defined 23 in section 1861(aa)(5)) who is working in ac- 24 cordance with State law, or a physician assist- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 375 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ant (as defined in section 1861(aa)(5)) who is 1 working in accordance with State law, who is’’ 2 after ‘‘in the case of services described in sub- 3 paragraph a physician’’; and 4 in subparagraph 5 in each of clauses (ii) and (iii) of 6 subparagraph by inserting a nurse 7 practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, or a 8 physician assistant (as the case may be)’’ 9 after ‘‘physician’’; and 10 (ii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘after 11 January 1, 2010’’ and all that follows 12 through ‘‘face-to-face encounter’’ and in- 13 serting ‘‘made by a physician after Janu- 14 ary 1, 2010, or by a nurse practitioner, 15 clinical nurse specialist, or physician as- 16 sistant (as the case may be) after a date 17 specified by the Secretary (but in no case 18 later than the date that is 6 months after 19 the date of the enactment of the CARES 20 Act), prior to making such certification a 21 physician, nurse practitioner, clinical nurse 22 specialist, or physician assistant must doc- 23 ument that a physician, nurse practitioner, 24 clinical nurse specialist, certified nurse- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 376 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. midwife (as defined in section 1861(gg)) as 1 authorized by State law, or physician as- 2 sistant has had a face-to-face encounter’’; 3 in the third sentence, by inserting nurse 4 practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, or physician as- 5 sistant (as the case may be)’’ after physician; 6 in the fourth sentence— 7 by striking ‘‘physician certification’’ 8 and inserting ‘‘certification’’; 9 by inserting ‘‘(or in the case of regula- 10 tions to implement the amendments made by 11 section 3708 of the CARES Act the Secretary 12 shall prescribe regulations which shall become 13 effective no later than 6 months after the enact- 14 ment of such Act)’’ after ‘‘1981’’; and 15 by striking physician who’’ and in- 16 serting physician, nurse practitioner, clinical 17 nurse specialist, or physician assistant who’’; 18 in the fifth sentence, by inserting nurse 19 practitioner, clinical nurse specialist, or physician as- 20 sistant’’ after ‘‘physician’’; and 21 in the sixth sentence— 22 by inserting ‘‘or no later than 6 23 months after the date of the enactment of the 24 CARES Act for purposes of documentation for 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 377 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. certification and recertification made under 1 paragraph by a nurse practitioner, clinical 2 nurse specialist, or physician assistant,’’ after 3 ‘‘January 1, 2019’’; and 4 by inserting nurse practitioner, clin- 5 ical nurse specialist, or physician assistant’’ 6 after ‘‘of the physician’’. 7 DEFINITION PROVISIONS.— 8 HOME HEALTH SERVICES.—Section 9 1861(m) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 10 1395x(m)) is amended— 11 in the matter preceding paragraph 12 13 by inserting a nurse practitioner 14 or a clinical nurse specialist (as those 15 terms are defined in subsection or 16 a physician assistant (as defined in sub- 17 section after ‘‘physician’’ the 18 first place it appears; and 19 (ii) by inserting a nurse practi- 20 tioner, a clinical nurse specialist, or a phy- 21 sician assistant’’ after ‘‘physician’’ the sec- 22 ond place it appears; and 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 378 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in paragraph by inserting a 1 nurse practitioner, a clinical nurse specialist, or 2 a physician assistant’’ after ‘‘physician’’. 3 HOME HEALTH AGENCY.—Section 4 1861(o)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 5 1395x(o)(2)) is amended— 6 by inserting nurse practitioners or 7 clinical nurse specialists (as those terms are de- 8 fined in subsection certified nurse-mid- 9 wives (as defined in subsection or physi- 10 cian assistants (as defined in subsection 11 after ‘‘physicians’’; and 12 by inserting nurse practitioner, clin- 13 ical nurse specialist, certified nurse-midwife, 14 physician assistant,’’ after ‘‘physician’’. 15 COVERED OSTEOPOROSIS DRUG.—Section 16 1861(kk)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 17 1395x(kk)(1)) is amended by inserting nurse 18 practitioner or clinical nurse specialist (as those 19 terms are defined in subsection certified 20 nurse-midwife (as defined in subsection or 21 physician assistant (as defined in subsection 22 after ‘‘attending physician’’. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 379 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. HOME HEALTH PROSPECTIVE PAYMENT SYSTEM 1 PROVISIONS.—Section 1895 of the Social Security Act (42 2 U.S.C. 1395fff) is amended— 3 in subsection 4 by striking ‘‘(provided under section 5 1842(r))’’; and 6 by inserting ‘‘the nurse practitioner or 7 clinical nurse specialist (as those terms are de- 8 fined in section 1861(aa)(5)), or the physician 9 assistant (as defined in section 1861(aa)(5))’’ 10 after ‘‘physician’’; and 11 in subsection 12 in paragraph by inserting 13 nurse practitioner or clinical nurse specialist, or 14 a physician assistant’’ after ‘‘physician’’; and 15 in paragraph 16 in the heading, by striking ‘‘PHY- 17 SICIAN CERTIFICATION’’ and inserting 18 ‘‘RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING RE- 19 QUIREMENT FOR CERTIFICATION’’; and 20 (ii) by striking ‘‘physician’’. 21 APPLICATION TO MEDICAID.—The amendments 22 made under this section shall apply under title XIX of the 23 Social Security Act in the same manner and to the same 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 380 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. extent as such requirements apply under title XVIII of 1 such Act or regulations promulgated thereunder. 2 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The Secretary of Health and 3 Human Services shall prescribe regulations to apply the 4 amendments made by this section to items and services 5 furnished, which shall become effective no later than 6 6 months after the date of the enactment of this legislation. 7 The Secretary shall promulgate an interim final rule if 8 necessary, to comply with the required effective date. 9 SEC. 3709. ADJUSTMENT OF SEQUESTRATION. 10 TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF MEDICARE SE- 11 QUESTRATION.—During the period beginning on May 1, 12 2020 and ending on December 31, 2020, the Medicare 13 programs under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (42 14 U.S.C. 1395 et seq.) shall be exempt from reduction under 15 any sequestration order issued before, on, or after the date 16 of enactment of this Act. 17 EXTENSION OF DIRECT SPENDING REDUCTIONS 18 THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2030.—Section 251A(6) of the 19 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 20 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901a(6)) is amended— 21 in subparagraph in the matter pre- 22 ceding clause by striking ‘‘through 2029’’ and 23 inserting ‘‘through 2030’’; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 381 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in subparagraph in the matter pre- 1 ceding clause by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2029’’ and 2 inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2030’’. 3 SEC. 3710. MEDICARE HOSPITAL INPATIENT PROSPECTIVE 4 PAYMENT SYSTEM ADD-ON PAYMENT FOR 5 COVID–19 PATIENTS DURING EMERGENCY PE- 6 RIOD. 7 IN GENERAL.—Section 1886(d)(4)(C) of the So- 8 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(d)(4)(C)) is amend- 9 ed by adding at the end the following new clause: 10 For discharges occurring during the emer- 11 gency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), in the 12 case of a discharge of an individual diagnosed with 13 COVID–19, the Secretary shall increase the weighting fac- 14 tor that would otherwise apply to the diagnosis-related 15 group to which the discharge is assigned by 20 percent. 16 The Secretary shall identify a discharge of such an indi- 17 vidual through the use of diagnosis codes, condition codes, 18 or other such means as may be necessary. 19 Any adjustment under subclause shall not 20 be taken into account in applying budget neutrality under 21 clause (iii) 22 ‘‘(III) In the case of a State for which the Secretary 23 has waived all or part of this section under the authority 24 of section 1115A, nothing in this section shall preclude 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 382 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. such State from implementing an adjustment similar to 1 the adjustment under subclause 2 IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwithstanding any other 3 provision of law, the Secretary may implement the amend- 4 ment made by subsection by program instruction or 5 otherwise. 6 SEC. 3711. INCREASING ACCESS TO POST-ACUTE CARE DUR- 7 ING EMERGENCY PERIOD. 8 WAIVER OF IRF 3-HOUR RULE.—With respect 9 to inpatient rehabilitation services furnished by a rehabili- 10 tation facility described in section 1886(j)(1) of the Social 11 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395ww(j)(1)) during the emer- 12 gency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the So- 13 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)), the Sec- 14 retary of Health and Human Services shall waive section 15 412.622(a)(3)(ii) of title 42, Code of Federal Regulations 16 (or any successor regulations), relating to the requirement 17 that patients of an inpatient rehabilitation facility receive 18 at least 15 hours of therapy per week. 19 WAIVER OF SITE-NEUTRAL PAYMENT RATE PRO- 20 VISIONS FOR LONG-TERM CARE HOSPITALS.—With re- 21 spect to inpatient hospital services furnished by a long- 22 term care hospital described in section 1886(d)(1)(B)(iv) 23 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 24 1395ww(d)(1)(B)(iv)) during the emergency period de- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 383 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. scribed in section 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act 1 (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)), the Secretary of Health 2 and Human Services shall waive the following provisions 3 of section 1886(m)(6) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 4 1395ww(m)(6)): 5 LTCH 50-PERCENT RULE.—Subparagraph 6 (C)(ii) of such section, relating to the payment ad- 7 justment for long-term care hospitals that do not 8 have a discharge payment percentage for the period 9 that is at least 50 percent. 10 SITE-NEUTRAL IPPS PAYMENT RATE.—Sub- 11 paragraph of such section, relating to the ap- 12 plication of the site-neutral payment rate (and pay- 13 ment shall be made to a long-term care hospital 14 without regard to such section) for a discharge if the 15 admission occurs during such emergency period and 16 is in response to the public health emergency de- 17 scribed in such section 1135(g)(1)(B). 18 SEC. 3712. REVISING PAYMENT RATES FOR DURABLE MED- 19 ICAL EQUIPMENT UNDER THE MEDICARE 20 PROGRAM THROUGH DURATION OF EMER- 21 GENCY PERIOD. 22 RURAL AND NONCONTIGUOUS AREAS.—The Sec- 23 retary of Health and Human Services shall implement sec- 24 tion 414.210(g)(9)(iii) of title 42, Code of Federal Regula- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 384 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. tions (or any successor regulation), to apply the transition 1 rule described in such section to all applicable items and 2 services furnished in rural areas and noncontiguous areas 3 (as such terms are defined for purposes of such section) 4 as planned through December 31, 2020, and through the 5 duration of the emergency period described in section 6 1135(g)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 7 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)), if longer. 8 AREAS OTHER THAN RURAL AND NONCONTIG- 9 UOUS AREAS.—With respect to items and services fur- 10 nished on or after the date that is 30 days after the date 11 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 12 Human Services shall apply section 414.210(g)(9)(iv) of 13 title 42, Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 14 regulation), as if the reference to ‘‘dates of service from 15 June 1, 2018 through December 31, 2020, based on the 16 fee schedule amount for the area is equal to 100 percent 17 of the adjusted payment amount established under this 18 section’’ were instead a reference to ‘‘dates of service from 19 March 6, 2020, through the remainder of the duration of 20 the emergency period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B) 21 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)(B)), 22 based on the fee schedule amount for the area is equal 23 to 75 percent of the adjusted payment amount established 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 385 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. under this section and 25 percent of the unadjusted fee 1 schedule amount’’. 2 SEC. 3713. COVERAGE OF THE COVID-19 VACCINE UNDER 3 PART B OF THE MEDICARE PROGRAM WITH- 4 OUT ANY COST-SHARING. 5 MEDICAL AND OTHER HEALTH SERVICES.—Sec- 6 tion 1861(s)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 7 1395x(s)(10)(A)) is amended by inserting and COVID- 8 19 vaccine and its administration’’ after ‘‘influenza vac- 9 cine and its administration’’. 10 PART B DEDUCTIBLE.—The first sentence of sec- 11 tion 1833(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 12 1395l(b)) is amended— 13 in paragraph (10), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 14 end; and 15 in paragraph (11), by striking the period at 16 the end and inserting and (12) such deductible 17 shall not apply with respect a COVID-19 vaccine 18 and its administration described in section 19 1861(s)(10)(A).’’. 20 MEDICARE ADVANTAGE.—Section 1852(a)(1)(B) 21 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–22(a)(1)(B)) 22 is amended— 23 in clause (iv)— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 386 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by redesignating subclause (VI) as 1 subclause (VII); and 2 by inserting after subclause the 3 following new subclause: 4 A COVID-19 vaccine and 5 its administration described in section 6 1861(s)(10)(A).’’; and 7 in clause by striking ‘‘subclauses (IV) 8 and inserting ‘‘subclauses (IV), and 9 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 10 this section shall take effect on the date of enactment of 11 this Act and shall apply with respect to a COVID-19 vac- 12 cine beginning on the date that such vaccine is licensed 13 under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act (42 14 U.S.C. 262). 15 IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwithstanding any other 16 provision of law, the Secretary may implement the provi- 17 sions of, and the amendments made by, this section by 18 program instruction or otherwise. 19 ---PAGE BREAK--- 387 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3714. REQUIRING MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG 1 PLANS AND MA–PD PLANS TO ALLOW DURING 2 THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY PERIOD FOR 3 FILLS AND REFILLS OF COVERED PART D 4 DRUGS FOR UP TO A 3-MONTH SUPPLY. 5 IN GENERAL.—Section 1860D–4(b) of the Social 6 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w–104(b)) is amended by 7 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 8 ENSURING ACCESS DURING COVID-19 PUB- 9 LIC HEALTH EMERGENCY PERIOD.— 10 IN GENERAL.—During the emergency 11 period described in section 1135(g)(1)(B), sub- 12 ject to subparagraph a prescription drug 13 plan or MA–PD plan shall, notwithstanding any 14 cost and utilization management, medication 15 therapy management, or other such programs 16 under this part, permit a part D eligible indi- 17 vidual enrolled in such plan to obtain in a sin- 18 gle fill or refill, at the option of such individual, 19 the total day supply (not to exceed a 90-day 20 supply) prescribed for such individual for a cov- 21 ered part D drug. 22 SAFETY EDIT EXCEPTION.—A pre- 23 scription drug plan or MA–PD plan may not 24 permit a part D eligible individual to obtain a 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 388 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. single fill or refill inconsistent with an applica- 1 ble safety edit.’’. 2 IMPLEMENTATION.—Notwithstanding any other 3 provision of law, the Secretary of Health and Human 4 Services may implement the amendment made by this sec- 5 tion by program instruction or otherwise. 6 SEC. 3715. PROVIDING HOME AND COMMUNITY-BASED 7 SERVICES IN ACUTE CARE HOSPITALS. 8 Section 1902(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 9 1396a(h)) is amended— 10 by inserting after 11 by inserting home and community-based 12 services provided under subsection or of 13 section 1915 or under a waiver or demonstration 14 project under section 1115, self-directed personal as- 15 sistance services provided pursuant to a written plan 16 of care under section 1915(j), and home and com- 17 munity-based attendant services and supports under 18 section 1915(k)’’ before the period; and 19 by adding at the end the following: 20 Nothing in this title, title XVIII, or title XI shall 21 be construed as prohibiting receipt of any care or services 22 specified in paragraph in an acute care hospital that 23 are— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 389 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. identified in an individual’s person-cen- 1 tered service plan (or comparable plan of care); 2 provided to meet needs of the individual 3 that are not met through the provision of hospital 4 services; 5 not a substitute for services that the hos- 6 pital is obligated to provide through its conditions of 7 participation or under Federal or State law, or 8 under another applicable requirement; and 9 designed to ensure smooth transitions be- 10 tween acute care settings and home and community- 11 based settings, and to preserve the individual’s func- 12 tional abilities.’’. 13 SEC. 3716. CLARIFICATION REGARDING UNINSURED INDI- 14 VIDUALS. 15 Subsection (ss) of section 1902 of the Social Security 16 Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a), as added by section 6004(a)(3)(C) 17 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, is amend- 18 ed— 19 in paragraph by inserting ‘‘(excluding 20 subclause (VIII) of such subsection if the individual 21 is a resident of a State which does not furnish med- 22 ical assistance to individuals described in such sub- 23 clause)’’ before the semicolon; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 390 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in paragraph by inserting except that 1 individuals who are eligible for medical assistance 2 under subsection (a)(10)(A)(ii)(XII), subsection 3 (a)(10)(A)(ii)(XVIII), subsection 4 (a)(10)(A)(ii)(XXI), or subsection (a)(10)(C) (but 5 only to the extent such an individual is considered 6 to not have minimum essential coverage under sec- 7 tion 5000A(f)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 8 1986), or who are described in subsection 9 and are eligible for medical assistance only because 10 of subsection (a)(10)(A)(i)(IV) or (a)(10)(A)(ii)(IX) 11 and whose eligibility for such assistance is limited by 12 the State under clause (VII) in the matter following 13 subsection shall not be treated as en- 14 rolled in a Federal health care program for purposes 15 of this paragraph’’ before the period at the end. 16 SEC. 3717. CLARIFICATION REGARDING COVERAGE OF 17 COVID-19 TESTING PRODUCTS. 18 Subparagraph of section 1905(a)(3) of the Social 19 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(3)), as added by section 20 6004(a)(1)(C) of the Families First Coronavirus Response 21 Act (Public Law 116–127), is amended by striking ‘‘that 22 are approved, cleared, or authorized under section 510(k), 23 513, 515 or 564 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 24 Act’’. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 391 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3718. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO REPORTING RE- 1 QUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO CLINICAL 2 DIAGNOSTIC LABORATORY TESTS. 3 REVISED REPORTING PERIOD FOR REPORTING 4 OF PRIVATE SECTOR PAYMENT RATES FOR ESTABLISH- 5 MENT OF MEDICARE PAYMENT RATES.—Section 6 1834A(a)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 7 1395m–1(a)(1)(B)) is amended— 8 in clause by striking ‘‘December 31, 9 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2021’’; and 10 in clause (ii)— 11 by striking ‘‘January 1, 2021’’ and in- 12 serting ‘‘January 1, 2022’’; and 13 by striking ‘‘March 31, 2021’’ and in- 14 serting ‘‘March 31, 2022’’. 15 REVISED PHASE-IN OF REDUCTIONS FROM PRI- 16 VATE PAYOR RATE IMPLEMENTATION.—Section 17 1834A(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 18 1395m–1(b)(3)) is amended— 19 in subparagraph by striking ‘‘through 20 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2024’’; and 21 in subparagraph 22 in clause by striking ‘‘and’’ at the 23 end; 24 by redesignating clause (ii) as clause 25 (iii); 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 392 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by inserting after clause the fol- 1 lowing new clause: 2 for 2021, 0 percent; and’’; and 3 in clause (iii), as redesignated by sub- 4 paragraph by striking ‘‘2021 through 5 2023’’ and inserting ‘‘2022 through 2024’’. 6 SEC. 3719. EXPANSION OF THE MEDICARE HOSPITAL AC- 7 CELERATED PAYMENT PROGRAM DURING 8 THE COVID-19 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY. 9 Section 1815 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 10 1395g) is amended— 11 in subsection by striking ‘‘In the 12 case’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subsection in the 13 case’’; and 14 by adding at the end the following new sub- 15 section: 16 During the emergency period described in sec- 17 tion 1135(g)(1)(B), the Secretary shall expand the pro- 18 gram under subsection pursuant to paragraph 19 In expanding the program under subsection 20 the following shall apply: 21 In addition to the hospitals described in 22 subsection the following hospitals shall be eli- 23 gible to participate in the program: 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 393 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Hospitals described in clause (iii) of 1 section 1886(d)(1)(B). 2 Hospitals described in clause of 3 such section. 4 ‘‘(III) Critical access hospitals (as defined 5 in section 1861(mm)(1)). 6 Subject to appropriate safeguards against 7 fraud, waste, and abuse, upon a request of a hos- 8 pital described in clause the Secretary shall pro- 9 vide accelerated payments under the program to 10 such hospital. 11 Upon the request of the hospital, the Sec- 12 retary may do any of the following: 13 Make accelerated payments on a peri- 14 odic or lump sum basis. 15 Increase the amount of payment that 16 would otherwise be made to hospitals under the 17 program up to 100 percent (or, in the case of 18 critical access hospitals, up to 125 percent). 19 ‘‘(iii) Extend the period that accelerated 20 payments cover so that it covers up to a 6- 21 month period. 22 Upon the request of the hospital, the Sec- 23 retary shall do the following: 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 394 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Provide up to 120 days before claims 1 are offset to recoup the accelerated payment. 2 Allow not less than 12 months from 3 the date of the first accelerated payment before 4 requiring that the outstanding balance be paid 5 in full. 6 Nothing in this subsection shall preclude the 7 Secretary from carrying out the provisions described in 8 clauses (ii), and (iii) of paragraph and clauses 9 and (ii) of paragraph under the program under 10 subsection after the period for which this subsection 11 applies. 12 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 13 Secretary may implement the provisions of this subsection 14 by program instruction or otherwise.’’. 15 SEC. 3720. DELAYING REQUIREMENTS FOR ENHANCED 16 FMAP TO ENABLE STATE LEGISLATION NEC- 17 ESSARY FOR COMPLIANCE. 18 Section 6008 of the Families First Coronavirus Re- 19 sponse Act is amended by adding at the end the following 20 new subsection: 21 DELAY IN APPLICATION OF PREMIUM REQUIRE- 22 MENT.—During the 30 day period beginning on the date 23 of enactment of this Act, a State shall not be ineligible 24 for the increase to the Federal medical assistance percent- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 395 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. age of the State described in subsection on the basis 1 that the State imposes a premium that violates the re- 2 quirement of subsection if such premium was in ef- 3 fect on the date of enactment of this Act.’’. 4 Subtitle E—Health and Human 5 Services Extenders 6 PART I—MEDICARE PROVISIONS 7 SEC. 3801. EXTENSION OF THE WORK GEOGRAPHIC INDEX 8 FLOOR UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM. 9 Section 1848(e)(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 10 U.S.C. 1395w–4(e)(1)(E)) is amended by striking ‘‘May 11 23, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘December 1, 2020’’. 12 SEC. 3802. EXTENSION OF FUNDING FOR QUALITY MEAS- 13 URE ENDORSEMENT, INPUT, AND SELECTION. 14 IN GENERAL.—Section 1890(d)(2) of the Social 15 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395aaa(d)(2)) is amended— 16 in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘and 17 $4,830,000 for the period beginning on October 1, 18 2019, and ending on May 22, 2020’’ and inserting 19 ‘‘$20,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, and for the pe- 20 riod beginning on October 1, 2020, and ending on 21 November 30, 2020, the amount equal to the pro 22 rata portion of the amount appropriated for such pe- 23 riod for fiscal year 2020’’; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 396 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘and 2019 1 and for the period beginning on October 1, 2019, 2 and ending on May 22, 2020’’ and inserting 3 2019, and 2020, and for the period beginning on 4 October 1, 2020, and ending on November 30, 5 2020,’’. 6 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 7 subsection shall take effect as if included in the enact- 8 ment of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 9 2020 (Public Law 116–94). 10 SEC. 3803. EXTENSION OF FUNDING OUTREACH AND AS- 11 SISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME PROGRAMS. 12 FUNDING EXTENSIONS.— 13 ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR STATE HEALTH 14 INSURANCE PROGRAMS.—Subsection of 15 section 119 of the Medicare Improvements for Pa- 16 tients and Providers Act of 2008 (42 U.S.C. 1395b– 17 3 note), as amended by section 3306 of the Patient 18 Protection and Affordable Care Act (Public Law 19 111–148), section 610 of the American Taxpayer 20 Relief Act of 2012 (Public Law 112–240), section 21 1110 of the Pathway for SGR Reform Act of 2013 22 (Public Law 113–67), section 110 of the Protecting 23 Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (Public Law 113– 24 93), section 208 of the Medicare Access and CHIP 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 397 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Reauthorization Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–10), 1 section 50207 of division E of the Bipartisan Budg- 2 et Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), section 1402 3 of division B of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 4 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public 5 Law 116–59), section 1402 of division B of the Fur- 6 ther Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Fur- 7 ther Health Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 8 116–69), and section 103 of division N of the Fur- 9 ther Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public 10 Law 116–94) is amended by striking clauses 11 through (xii) and inserting the following new 12 clauses: 13 for fiscal year 2020, of 14 $13,000,000; and 15 for the period beginning on Oc- 16 tober 1, 2020, and ending on November 17 30, 2020, the amount equal to the pro rata 18 portion of the amount appropriated for 19 such period for fiscal year 2020.’’. 20 ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR AREA AGENCIES 21 ON AGING.—Subsection of such section 22 119, as so amended, is amended by striking clauses 23 through (xii) and inserting the following new 24 clauses: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 398 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. for fiscal year 2020, of 1 $7,500,000; and 2 for the period beginning on Oc- 3 tober 1, 2020, and ending on November 4 30, 2020, the amount equal to the pro rata 5 portion of the amount appropriated for 6 such period for fiscal year 2020.’’. 7 ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR AGING AND DIS- 8 ABILITY RESOURCE CENTERS.—Subsection 9 of such section 119, as so amended, is amended by 10 striking clauses through (xii) and inserting the 11 following new clauses: 12 for fiscal year 2020, of 13 $5,000,000; and 14 for the period beginning on Oc- 15 tober 1, 2020, and ending on November 16 30, 2020, the amount equal to the pro rata 17 portion of the amount appropriated for 18 such period for fiscal year 2020.’’. 19 ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR CONTRACT 20 WITH THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR BENEFITS AND 21 OUTREACH ENROLLMENT.—Subsection of 22 such section 119, as so amended, is amended by 23 striking clauses through (xii) and inserting the 24 following new clauses: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 399 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. for fiscal year 2020, of 1 $12,000,000; and 2 for the period beginning on Oc- 3 tober 1, 2020, and ending on November 4 30, 2020, the amount equal to the pro rata 5 portion of the amount appropriated for 6 such period for fiscal year 2020.’’. 7 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 8 subsection shall take effect as if included in the enact- 9 ment of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 10 2020 (Public Law 116–94). 11 PART II—MEDICAID PROVISIONS 12 SEC. 3811. EXTENSION OF THE MONEY FOLLOWS THE PER- 13 SON REBALANCING DEMONSTRATION PRO- 14 GRAM. 15 Section 6071(h) of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 16 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) is amended— 17 in paragraph by striking subparagraph 18 and inserting the following: 19 subject to paragraph 20 $337,500,000 for the period beginning on Jan- 21 uary 1, 2020, and ending on September 30, 22 2020; and 23 subject to paragraph for the pe- 24 riod beginning on October 1, 2020, and ending 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 400 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. on November 30, 2020, the amount equal to 1 the pro rata portion of the amount appropriated 2 for such period for fiscal year 2020.’’; and 3 in paragraph by striking ‘‘and and 4 inserting and 5 SEC. 3812. EXTENSION OF SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT 6 PROTECTIONS. 7 IN GENERAL.—Section 2404 of Public Law 111– 8 148 (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 note) is amended by striking 9 ‘‘May 22, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘November 30, 2020’’. 10 RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in section 11 2404 of Public Law 111–148 (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5 note) 12 or section 1902(a)(17) or 1924 of the Social Security Act 13 (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(17), 1396r–5) shall be construed as 14 prohibiting a State from— 15 applying an income or resource disregard 16 under a methodology authorized under section 17 1902(r)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(r)(2))— 18 to the income or resources of an indi- 19 vidual described in section 20 1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 21 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VI)) (including a disregard 22 of the income or resources of such individual’s 23 spouse); or 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 401 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. on the basis of an individual’s need for 1 home and community-based services authorized 2 under subsection or of section 3 1915 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396n) or under 4 section 1115 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1315); or 5 disregarding an individual’s spousal income 6 and assets under a plan amendment to provide med- 7 ical assistance for home and community-based serv- 8 ices for individuals by reason of being determined el- 9 igible under section 1902(a)(10)(C) of such Act (42 10 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(C)) or by reason of section 11 1902(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(f)) or other- 12 wise on the basis of a reduction of income based on 13 costs incurred for medical or other remedial care 14 under which the State disregarded the income and 15 assets of the individual’s spouse in determining the 16 initial and ongoing financial eligibility of an indi- 17 vidual for such services in place of the spousal im- 18 poverishment provisions applied under section 1924 19 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r–5). 20 SEC. 3813. DELAY OF DSH REDUCTIONS. 21 Section 1923(f)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 22 U.S.C. 1396r–4(f)(7)(A)) is amended— 23 in clause in the matter preceding sub- 24 clause by striking ‘‘May 23, 2020, and ending 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 402 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. September 30, 2020, and for each of fiscal years 1 2021’’ and inserting ‘‘December 1, 2020, and ending 2 September 30, 2021, and for each of fiscal years 3 2022’’; and 4 in clause (ii)— 5 in subclause by striking ‘‘May 23, 6 2020, and ending September 30, 2020’’ and in- 7 serting ‘‘December 1, 2020, and ending Sep- 8 tember 30, 2021’’; and 9 in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘2021’’ 10 and inserting ‘‘2022’’. 11 SEC. 3814. EXTENSION AND EXPANSION OF COMMUNITY 12 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DEMONSTRA- 13 TION PROGRAM. 14 IN GENERAL.—Section 223(d) of the Protecting 15 Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a note) 16 is amended— 17 in paragraph 18 by striking ‘‘Not more than’’ and in- 19 serting ‘‘Subject to paragraph not more 20 than’’; and 21 by striking ‘‘May 22, 2020’’ and in- 22 serting ‘‘November 30, 2020’’; and 23 by adding at the end the following new 24 paragraph: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 403 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS.— 1 IN GENERAL.—Not later than 6 2 months after the date of enactment of this 3 paragraph, in addition to the 8 States selected 4 under paragraph the Secretary shall select 5 2 States to participate in 2-year demonstration 6 programs that meet the requirements of this 7 subsection. 8 SELECTION OF STATES.— 9 IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 10 (ii), in selecting States under this para- 11 graph, the Secretary— 12 shall select States that— 13 were awarded plan- 14 ning grants under subsection 15 and 16 applied to participate 17 in the demonstration programs 18 under this subsection under para- 19 graph but, as of the date of 20 enactment of this paragraph, 21 were not selected to participate 22 under paragraph and 23 shall use the results of the 24 Secretary’s evaluation of each State’s 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 404 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. application under paragraph to 1 determine which States to select, and 2 shall not require the submission of 3 any additional application. 4 REQUIREMENTS FOR SELECTED 5 STATES.—Prior to services being delivered 6 under the demonstration authority in a State 7 selected under this paragraph, the State shall— 8 submit a plan to monitor certified 9 community behavioral health clinics under 10 the demonstration program to ensure com- 11 pliance with certified community behavioral 12 health criteria during the demonstration 13 period; and 14 commit to collecting data, noti- 15 fying the Secretary of any planned changes 16 that would deviate from the prospective 17 payment system methodology outlined in 18 the State’s demonstration application, and 19 obtaining approval from the Secretary for 20 any such change before implementing the 21 change.’’. 22 LIMITATION.—Section 223(d)(5) of the Pro- 23 tecting Access to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a 24 note) is amended— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 405 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in subparagraph in the matter pre- 1 ceding clause by striking ‘‘The Federal match- 2 ing’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to subparagraph 3 (C)(iii), the Federal matching’’; and 4 in subparagraph by adding at the end 5 the following new clause: 6 ‘‘(iii) PAYMENTS FOR AMOUNTS EX- 7 PENDED AFTER 2019.—The Federal match- 8 ing percentage applicable under subpara- 9 graph to amounts expended by a State 10 participating in the demonstration pro- 11 gram under this subsection shall— 12 in the case of a State par- 13 ticipating in the demonstration pro- 14 gram as of January 1, 2020, apply to 15 amounts expended by the State dur- 16 ing the 8 fiscal quarter period (or any 17 portion of such period) that begins on 18 January 1, 2020; and 19 in the case of a State se- 20 lected to participate in the demonstra- 21 tion program under paragraph 22 during first 8 fiscal quarter period (or 23 any portion of such period) that the 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 406 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. State participates in a demonstration 1 program.’’. 2 GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON THE COMMUNITY 3 AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES DEMONSTRATION PRO- 4 GRAM.— 5 IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months 6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 7 Comptroller General of the United States shall sub- 8 mit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of 9 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 10 Finance of the Senate a report on the community 11 and mental health services demonstration program 12 conducted under section 223 of the Protecting Ac- 13 cess to Medicare Act of 2014 (42 U.S.C. 1396a 14 note) (referred to in this subsection as the ‘‘dem- 15 onstration program’’). 16 CONTENT OF REPORT.—The report re- 17 quired under paragraph shall include the fol- 18 lowing information: 19 Information on States’ experiences 20 participating in the demonstration program, in- 21 cluding the extent to which States— 22 measure the effects of access to 23 certified community behavioral health clin- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 407 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ics on patient health and cost of care, in- 1 cluding— 2 engagement in treatment for 3 behavioral health conditions; 4 (II) relevant clinical outcomes, to 5 the extent collected; 6 (III) screening and treatment for 7 comorbid medical conditions; and 8 (IV) use of crisis stabilization, 9 emergency department, and inpatient 10 care. 11 Information on Federal efforts to 12 evaluate the demonstration program, includ- 13 ing— 14 quality measures used to evaluate 15 the program; 16 (ii) assistance provided to States on 17 data collection and reporting; 18 (iii) assessments of the reliability and 19 usefulness of State-submitted data; and 20 (iv) the extent to which such efforts 21 provide information on the relative quality, 22 scope, and cost of services as compared 23 with services not provided under the dem- 24 onstration program, and in comparison to 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 408 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Medicaid beneficiaries with mental illness 1 and substance use disorders not served 2 under the demonstration program. 3 Recommendations for improvements to 4 the following: 5 The reporting, accuracy, and vali- 6 dation of encounter data. 7 (ii) Accuracy in payments to certified 8 community behavioral health clinics under 9 State plans or waivers under title XIX of 10 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et 11 seq.). 12 PART III—HUMAN SERVICES AND OTHER 13 HEALTH PROGRAMS 14 SEC. 3821. EXTENSION OF SEXUAL RISK AVOIDANCE EDU- 15 CATION PROGRAM. 16 Section 510 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 17 710) is amended— 18 in subsection 19 in paragraph in the matter pre- 20 ceding subparagraph 21 by striking ‘‘and 2019 and for the 22 period beginning October 1, 2019, and 23 ending May 22, 2020’’ and inserting 24 ‘‘through 2020 and for the period begin- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 409 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ning October 1, 2020, and ending Novem- 1 ber 30, 2020’’; and 2 (ii) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and 3 inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’ 4 in paragraph 5 by striking ‘‘and 2019 and for the 6 period beginning October 1, 2019, and 7 ending May 22, 2020’’ and inserting 8 ‘‘through 2020 and for the period begin- 9 ning October 1, 2020, and ending Novem- 10 ber 30, 2020’’; and 11 (ii) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2020’’ and 12 inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2021’’; and 13 in subsection by striking ‘‘and 2019 14 and $48,287,671 for the period beginning October 1, 15 2019, and ending May 22, 2020’’ and inserting 16 ‘‘through 2020, and for the period beginning on Oc- 17 tober 1, 2020, and ending on November 30, 2020, 18 the amount equal to the pro rata portion of the 19 amount appropriated for such period for fiscal year 20 2020’’. 21 SEC. 3822. EXTENSION OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY 22 EDUCATION PROGRAM. 23 Section 513 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 24 713) is amended— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 410 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. in subsection 1 in paragraph 2 in subparagraph in the matter 3 preceding clause by striking ‘‘2019 and 4 for the period beginning October 1, 2019, 5 and ending May 22, 2020’’ and inserting 6 ‘‘2020 and for the period beginning Octo- 7 ber 1, 2020, and ending November 30, 8 2020’’; and 9 (ii) in subparagraph by strik- 10 ing by striking ‘‘October 1, 2019, and end- 11 ing May 22, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘October 12 1, 2020, and ending November 30, 2020’’; 13 in paragraph by striking ‘‘2019’’ 14 each place it appears and inserting ‘‘2020’’; and 15 in subsection by striking ‘‘2019 and 16 $48,287,671 for the period beginning October 1, 17 2019, and ending May 22, 2020’’ and inserting 18 ‘‘2020, and for the period beginning on October 1, 19 2020, and ending on November 30, 2020, the 20 amount equal to the pro rata portion of the amount 21 appropriated for such period for fiscal year 2020’’. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 411 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3823. EXTENSION OF DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO 1 ADDRESS HEALTH PROFESSIONS WORK- 2 FORCE NEEDS. 3 Activities authorized by section 2008 of the Social Se- 4 curity Act shall continue through November 30, 2020, in 5 the manner authorized for fiscal year 2019, and out of 6 any money in the Treasury of the United States not other- 7 wise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such 8 sums as may be necessary for such purpose. Grants and 9 payments may be made pursuant to this authority through 10 the date so specified at the pro rata portion of the total 11 amount authorized for such activities in fiscal year 2019. 12 SEC. 3824. EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE 13 FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM AND RE- 14 LATED PROGRAMS. 15 Activities authorized by part A of title IV and section 16 1108(b) of the Social Security Act shall continue through 17 November 30, 2020, in the manner authorized for fiscal 18 year 2019, and out of any money in the Treasury of the 19 United States not otherwise appropriated, there are here- 20 by appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such 21 purpose. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 412 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. PART IV—PUBLIC HEALTH PROVISIONS 1 SEC. 3831. EXTENSION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS, 2 THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS, 3 AND TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OP- 4 ERATE GME PROGRAMS. 5 COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS.—Section 6 10503(b)(1)(F) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 7 Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(F)) is amended by 8 striking ‘‘and $2,575,342,466 for the period beginning on 9 October 1, 2019, and ending on May 22, 2020’’ and in- 10 serting ‘‘$4,000,000,000 for fiscal year 2020, and 11 $668,493,151 for the period beginning on October 1, 12 2020, and ending on November 30, 2020’’. 13 NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS.—Section 14 10503(b)(2) of the Patient Protection and Affordable 15 Care Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(2)) is amended— 16 in subparagraph by striking ‘‘and’’ at 17 the end; and 18 by striking subparagraph and inserting 19 the following: 20 $310,000,000 for fiscal year 2020; 21 and 22 $51,808,219 for the period beginning 23 on October 1, 2020, and ending on November 24 30, 2020.’’. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 413 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. TEACHING HEALTH CENTERS THAT OPERATE 1 GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.—Section 2 340H(g)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 3 256h(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 2019, and 4 $81,445,205 for the period beginning on October 1, 2019, 5 and ending on May 22, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘through fis- 6 cal year 2020, and $21,141,096 for the period beginning 7 on October 1, 2020, and ending on November 30, 2020’’. 8 APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—Amounts appro- 9 priated pursuant to the amendments made by this section 10 for fiscal year 2020 and for the period beginning on Octo- 11 ber 1, 2020, and ending on November 30, 2020, shall be 12 subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 116– 13 94 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 14 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 15 254 through 256). 16 CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph of 17 section 3014(h) of title 18, United States Code, as amend- 18 ed by section 401(e) of division N of Public Law 116– 19 94, is amended by striking ‘‘section 401(d) of division N 20 of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020’’ 21 and inserting ‘‘section 3831 of the CARES Act’’. 22 SEC. 3832. DIABETES PROGRAMS. 23 TYPE I.—Section 330B(b)(2)(D) of the Public 24 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–2(b)(2)(D)) is 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 414 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. amended by striking ‘‘and 2019, and $96,575,342 for the 1 period beginning on October 1, 2019, and ending on May 2 22, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2020, and $25,068,493 3 for the period beginning on October 1, 2020, and ending 4 on November 30, 2020’’. 5 INDIANS.—Section 330C(c)(2)(D) of the Public 6 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c–3(c)(2)(D)) is 7 amended by striking ‘‘and 2019, and $96,575,342 for the 8 period beginning on October 1, 2019, and ending on May 9 22, 2020’’ and inserting ‘‘through 2020, and $25,068,493 10 for the period beginning on October 1, 2020, and ending 11 on November 30, 2020’’. 12 PART V—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 13 SEC. 3841. PREVENTION OF DUPLICATE APPROPRIATIONS 14 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020. 15 Expenditures made under any provision of law 16 amended in this title pursuant to the amendments made 17 by the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health 18 Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116–59), the Further 19 Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health 20 Extenders Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-69), and the Fur- 21 ther Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 22 116–94) for fiscal year 2020 shall be charged to the appli- 23 cable appropriation or authorization provided by the 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 415 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. amendments made by this title to such provision of law 1 for such fiscal year. 2 Subtitle F—Over-the-Counter 3 Drugs 4 PART I—OTC DRUG REVIEW 5 SEC. 3851. REGULATION OF CERTAIN NONPRESCRIPTION 6 DRUGS THAT ARE MARKETED WITHOUT AN 7 APPROVED DRUG APPLICATION. 8 IN GENERAL.—Chapter V of the Federal Food, 9 Drug, and Cosmetic Act is amended by inserting after sec- 10 tion 505F of such Act (21 U.S.C. 355g) the following: 11 ‘‘SEC. 505G. REGULATION OF CERTAIN NONPRESCRIPTION 12 DRUGS THAT ARE MARKETED WITHOUT AN 13 APPROVED DRUG APPLICATION. 14 NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS MARKETED WITH- 15 OUT AN APPROVED APPLICATION.—Nonprescription 16 drugs marketed without an approved drug application 17 under section 505, as of the date of the enactment of this 18 section, shall be treated in accordance with this sub- 19 section. 20 DRUGS SUBJECT TO A FINAL MONOGRAPH; 21 CATEGORY I DRUGS SUBJECT TO A TENTATIVE 22 FINAL MONOGRAPH.—A drug is deemed to be gen- 23 erally recognized as safe and effective under section 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 416 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 201(p)(1), not a new drug under section 201(p), and 1 not subject to section 503(b)(1), if— 2 the drug is— 3 in conformity with the require- 4 ments for nonprescription use of a final 5 monograph issued under part 330 of title 6 21, Code of Federal Regulations (except as 7 provided in paragraph the general re- 8 quirements for nonprescription drugs, and 9 conditions or requirements under sub- 10 sections and and 11 except as permitted by an order 12 issued under subsection or, in the case 13 of a minor change in the drug, in con- 14 formity with an order issued under sub- 15 section in a dosage form that, imme- 16 diately prior to the date of the enactment 17 of this section, has been used to a material 18 extent and for a material time under sec- 19 tion 201(p)(2); or 20 the drug is— 21 classified in category I for safety 22 and effectiveness under a tentative final 23 monograph that is the most recently appli- 24 cable proposal or determination issued 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 417 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. under part 330 of title 21, Code of Federal 1 Regulations; 2 in conformity with the proposed 3 requirements for nonprescription use of 4 such tentative final monograph, any appli- 5 cable subsequent determination by the Sec- 6 retary, the general requirements for non- 7 prescription drugs, and conditions or re- 8 quirements under subsections and 9 and 10 ‘‘(iii) except as permitted by an order 11 issued under subsection or, in the case 12 of a minor change in the drug, in con- 13 formity with an order issued under sub- 14 section in a dosage form that, imme- 15 diately prior to the date of the enactment 16 of this section, has been used to a material 17 extent and for a material time under sec- 18 tion 201(p)(2). 19 TREATMENT OF SUNSCREEN DRUGS.— 20 With respect to sunscreen drugs subject to this sec- 21 tion, the applicable requirements in terms of con- 22 formity with a final monograph, for purposes of 23 paragraph shall be the requirements speci- 24 fied in part 352 of title 21, Code of Federal Regula- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 418 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. tions, as published on May 21, 1999, beginning on 1 page 27687 of volume 64 of the Federal Register, 2 except that the applicable requirements governing ef- 3 fectiveness and labeling shall be those specified in 4 section 201.327 of title 21, Code of Federal Regula- 5 tions. 6 CATEGORY III DRUGS SUBJECT TO A TEN- 7 TATIVE FINAL MONOGRAPH; CATEGORY I DRUGS 8 SUBJECT TO PROPOSED MONOGRAPH OR ADVANCE 9 NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULEMAKING.—A drug that 10 is not described in paragraph or is not 11 required to be the subject of an application approved 12 under section 505, and is not subject to section 13 503(b)(1), if— 14 the drug is— 15 classified in category III for safe- 16 ty or effectiveness in the preamble of a 17 proposed rule establishing a tentative final 18 monograph that is the most recently appli- 19 cable proposal or determination for such 20 drug issued under part 330 of title 21, 21 Code of Federal Regulations; 22 in conformity with— 23 the conditions of use, includ- 24 ing indication and dosage strength, if 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 419 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. any, described for such category III 1 drug in such preamble or in an appli- 2 cable subsequent proposed rule; 3 the proposed requirements 4 for drugs classified in such tentative 5 final monograph in category I in the 6 most recently proposed rule estab- 7 lishing requirements related to such 8 tentative final monograph and in any 9 final rule establishing requirements 10 that are applicable to the drug; and 11 ‘‘(III) the general requirements 12 for nonprescription drugs and condi- 13 tions or requirements under sub- 14 section or and 15 ‘‘(iii) in a dosage form that, imme- 16 diately prior to the date of the enactment 17 of this section, had been used to a material 18 extent and for a material time under sec- 19 tion 201(p)(2); or 20 the drug is— 21 classified in category I for safety 22 and effectiveness under a proposed mono- 23 graph or advance notice of proposed rule- 24 making that is the most recently applicable 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 420 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. proposal or determination for such drug 1 issued under part 330 of title 21, Code of 2 Federal Regulations; 3 in conformity with the require- 4 ments for nonprescription use of such pro- 5 posed monograph or advance notice of pro- 6 posed rulemaking, any applicable subse- 7 quent determination by the Secretary, the 8 general requirements for nonprescription 9 drugs, and conditions or requirements 10 under subsection or and 11 ‘‘(iii) in a dosage form that, imme- 12 diately prior to the date of the enactment 13 of this section, has been used to a material 14 extent and for a material time under sec- 15 tion 201(p)(2). 16 CATEGORY II DRUGS DEEMED NEW 17 DRUGS.—A drug that is classified in category II for 18 safety or effectiveness under a tentative final mono- 19 graph or that is subject to a determination to be not 20 generally recognized as safe and effective in a pro- 21 posed rule that is the most recently applicable pro- 22 posal issued under part 330 of title 21, Code of Fed- 23 eral Regulations, shall be deemed to be a new drug 24 under section 201(p), misbranded under section 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 421 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 502(ee), and subject to the requirement for an ap- 1 proved new drug application under section 505 be- 2 ginning on the day that is 180 calendar days after 3 the date of the enactment of this section, unless, be- 4 fore such day, the Secretary determines that it is in 5 the interest of public health to extend the period 6 during which the drug may be marketed without 7 such an approved new drug application. 8 DRUGS NOT GRASE DEEMED NEW 9 DRUGS.—A drug that the Secretary has determined 10 not to be generally recognized as safe and effective 11 under section 201(p)(1) under a final determination 12 issued under part 330 of title 21, Code of Federal 13 Regulations, shall be deemed to be a new drug under 14 section 201(p), misbranded under section 502(ee), 15 and subject to the requirement for an approved new 16 drug application under section 505. 17 OTHER DRUGS DEEMED NEW DRUGS.— 18 Except as provided in subsection a drug is 19 deemed to be a new drug under section 201(p) and 20 misbranded under section 502(ee) if the drug— 21 is not subject to section 503(b)(1); 22 and 23 is not described in paragraph 24 or or subsection 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 422 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS.— 1 IN GENERAL.— 2 DETERMINATION.—The Secretary 3 may, on the initiative of the Secretary or at the 4 request of one or more requestors, issue an ad- 5 ministrative order determining whether there 6 are conditions under which a specific drug, a 7 class of drugs, or a combination of drugs, is de- 8 termined to be— 9 not subject to section 503(b)(1); 10 and 11 generally recognized as safe and 12 effective under section 201(p)(1). 13 EFFECT.—A drug or combination of 14 drugs shall be deemed to not require approval 15 under section 505 if such drug or combination 16 of drugs— 17 is determined by the Secretary to 18 meet the conditions specified in clauses 19 and (ii) of subparagraph 20 is marketed in conformity with 21 an administrative order under this sub- 22 section; 23 ‘‘(iii) meets the general requirements 24 for nonprescription drugs; and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 423 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. meets the requirements under 1 subsections and 2 STANDARD.—The Secretary shall find 3 that a drug is not generally recognized as safe 4 and effective under section 201(p)(1) if— 5 the evidence shows that the drug 6 is not generally recognized as safe and ef- 7 fective under section 201(p)(1); or 8 the evidence is inadequate to 9 show that the drug is generally recognized 10 as safe and effective under section 11 201(p)(1). 12 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS INITIATED BY 13 THE SECRETARY.— 14 IN GENERAL.—In issuing an adminis- 15 trative order under paragraph upon the 16 Secretary’s initiative, the Secretary shall— 17 make reasonable efforts to notify 18 informally, not later than 2 business days 19 before the issuance of the proposed order, 20 the sponsors of drugs who have a listing in 21 effect under section 510(j) for the drugs or 22 combination of drugs that will be subject 23 to the administrative order; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 424 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. after any such reasonable efforts 1 of notification— 2 issue a proposed administra- 3 tive order by publishing it on the 4 website of the Food and Drug Admin- 5 istration and include in such order the 6 reasons for the issuance of such order; 7 and 8 publish a notice of avail- 9 ability of such proposed order in the 10 Federal Register; 11 ‘‘(iii) except as provided in subpara- 12 graph provide for a public comment 13 period with respect to such proposed order 14 of not less than 45 calendar days; and 15 if, after completion of the pro- 16 ceedings specified in clauses through 17 (iii), the Secretary determines that it is ap- 18 propriate to issue a final administrative 19 order— 20 issue the final administrative 21 order, together with a detailed state- 22 ment of reasons, which order shall not 23 take effect until the time for request- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 425 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ing judicial review under paragraph 1 (3)(D)(ii) has expired; 2 publish a notice of such 3 final administrative order in the Fed- 4 eral Register; 5 ‘‘(III) afford requestors of drugs 6 that will be subject to such order the 7 opportunity for formal dispute resolu- 8 tion up to the level of the Director of 9 the Center for Drug Evaluation and 10 Research, which initially must be re- 11 quested within 45 calendar days of 12 the issuance of the order, and, for 13 subsequent levels of appeal, within 30 14 calendar days of the prior decision; 15 and 16 except with respect to 17 drugs described in paragraph 18 upon completion of the formal dispute 19 resolution procedure, inform the per- 20 sons which sought such dispute reso- 21 lution of their right to request a hear- 22 ing. 23 EXCEPTIONS.—When issuing an ad- 24 ministrative order under paragraph on the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 426 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Secretary’s initiative proposing to determine 1 that a drug described in subsection is not 2 generally recognized as safe and effective under 3 section 201(p)(1), the Secretary shall follow the 4 procedures in subparagraph except that— 5 the proposed order shall include 6 notice of— 7 the general categories of 8 data the Secretary has determined 9 necessary to establish that the drug is 10 generally recognized as safe and effec- 11 tive under section 201(p)(1); and 12 the format for submissions 13 by interested persons; 14 the Secretary shall provide for a 15 public comment period of no less than 180 16 calendar days with respect to such pro- 17 posed order, except when the Secretary de- 18 termines, for good cause, that a shorter pe- 19 riod is in the interest of public health; and 20 ‘‘(iii) any person who submits data in 21 such comment period shall include a cer- 22 tification that the person has submitted all 23 evidence created, obtained, or received by 24 that person that is both within the cat- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 427 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. egories of data identified in the proposed 1 order and relevant to a determination as to 2 whether the drug is generally recognized as 3 safe and effective under section 201(p)(1). 4 HEARINGS; JUDICIAL REVIEW.— 5 IN GENERAL.—Only a person who 6 participated in each stage of formal dispute res- 7 olution under subclause (III) of paragraph 8 (2)(A)(iv) of an administrative order with re- 9 spect to a drug may request a hearing con- 10 cerning a final administrative order issued 11 under such paragraph with respect to such 12 drug. If a hearing is sought, such person must 13 submit a request for a hearing, which shall be 14 based solely on information in the administra- 15 tive record, to the Secretary not later than 30 16 calendar days after receiving notice of the final 17 decision of the formal dispute resolution proce- 18 dure. 19 NO HEARING REQUIRED WITH RE- 20 SPECT TO ORDERS RELATING TO CERTAIN 21 DRUGS.— 22 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary 23 shall not be required to provide notice and 24 an opportunity for a hearing pursuant to 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 428 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. paragraph (2)(A)(iv) if the final adminis- 1 trative order involved relates to a drug— 2 that is described in sub- 3 section and 4 with respect to which no 5 human or non-human data studies rel- 6 evant to the safety or effectiveness of 7 such drug have been submitted to the 8 administrative record since the 9 issuance of the most recent tentative 10 final monograph relating to such 11 drug. 12 HUMAN DATA STUDIES AND 13 NON-HUMAN DATA DEFINED.—In this sub- 14 paragraph: 15 The term ‘human data stud- 16 ies’ means clinical trials of safety or 17 effectiveness (including actual use 18 studies), pharmacokinetics studies, or 19 bioavailability studies. 20 The term ‘non-human data’ 21 means data from testing other than 22 with human subjects which provides 23 information concerning safety or ef- 24 fectiveness. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 429 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. HEARING PROCEDURES.— 1 DENIAL OF REQUEST FOR HEAR- 2 ING.—If the Secretary determines that in- 3 formation submitted in a request for a 4 hearing under subparagraph with re- 5 spect to a final administrative order issued 6 under paragraph (2)(A)(iv) does not iden- 7 tify the existence of a genuine and sub- 8 stantial question of material fact, the Sec- 9 retary may deny such request. In making 10 such a determination, the Secretary may 11 consider only information and data that 12 are based on relevant and reliable scientific 13 principles and methodologies. 14 SINGLE HEARING FOR MULTIPLE 15 RELATED REQUESTS.—If more than one 16 request for a hearing is submitted with re- 17 spect to the same administrative order 18 under subparagraph the Secretary 19 may direct that a single hearing be con- 20 ducted in which all persons whose hearing 21 requests were granted may participate. 22 ‘‘(iii) PRESIDING OFFICER.—The pre- 23 siding officer of a hearing requested under 24 subparagraph shall— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 430 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. be designated by the Sec- 1 retary; 2 not be an employee of the 3 Center for Drug Evaluation and Re- 4 search; and 5 ‘‘(III) not have been previously 6 involved in the development of the ad- 7 ministrative order involved or pro- 8 ceedings relating to that administra- 9 tive order. 10 RIGHTS OF PARTIES TO HEAR- 11 ING.—The parties to a hearing requested 12 under subparagraph shall have the 13 right to present testimony, including testi- 14 mony of expert witnesses, and to cross-ex- 15 amine witnesses presented by other parties. 16 Where appropriate, the presiding officer 17 may require that cross-examination by par- 18 ties representing substantially the same in- 19 terests be consolidated to promote effi- 20 ciency and avoid duplication. 21 FINAL DECISION.— 22 At the conclusion of a hear- 23 ing requested under subparagraph 24 the presiding officer of the hear- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 431 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ing shall issue a decision containing 1 findings of fact and conclusions of 2 law. The decision of the presiding offi- 3 cer shall be final. 4 The final decision may not 5 take effect until the period under sub- 6 paragraph (D)(ii) for submitting a re- 7 quest for judicial review of such deci- 8 sion expires. 9 JUDICIAL REVIEW OF FINAL ADMIN- 10 ISTRATIVE ORDER.— 11 IN GENERAL.—The procedures 12 described in section 505(h) shall apply 13 with respect to judicial review of final ad- 14 ministrative orders issued under this sub- 15 section in the same manner and to the 16 same extent as such section applies to an 17 order described in such section except that 18 the judicial review shall be taken by filing 19 in an appropriate district court of the 20 United States in lieu of the appellate 21 courts specified in such section. 22 PERIOD TO SUBMIT A REQUEST 23 FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A person eligible 24 to request a hearing under this paragraph 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 432 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. and seeking judicial review of a final ad- 1 ministrative order issued under this sub- 2 section shall file such request for judicial 3 review not later than 60 calendar days 4 after the latest of— 5 the date on which notice of 6 such order is published; 7 the date on which a hearing 8 with respect to such order is denied 9 under subparagraph or 10 ‘‘(III) the date on which a final 11 decision is made following a hearing 12 under subparagraph or 13 if no hearing is requested, 14 the date on which the time for re- 15 questing a hearing expires. 16 EXPEDITED PROCEDURE WITH RESPECT 17 TO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS INITIATED BY THE 18 SECRETARY.— 19 IMMINENT HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC 20 HEALTH.— 21 IN GENERAL.—In the case of a 22 determination by the Secretary that a 23 drug, class of drugs, or combination of 24 drugs subject to this section poses an im- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 433 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. minent hazard to the public health, the 1 Secretary, after first making reasonable ef- 2 forts to notify, not later than 48 hours be- 3 fore issuance of such order under this sub- 4 paragraph, sponsors who have a listing in 5 effect under section 510(j) for such drug 6 or combination of drugs— 7 may issue an interim final 8 administrative order for such drug, 9 class of drugs, or combination of 10 drugs under paragraph together 11 with a detailed statement of the rea- 12 sons for such order; 13 shall publish in the Federal 14 Register a notice of availability of any 15 such order; and 16 ‘‘(III) shall provide for a public 17 comment period of at least 45 cal- 18 endar days with respect to such in- 19 terim final order. 20 NONDELEGATION.—The Sec- 21 retary may not delegate the authority to 22 issue an interim final administrative order 23 under this subparagraph. 24 SAFETY LABELING CHANGES.— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 434 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—In the case of a 1 determination by the Secretary that a 2 change in the labeling of a drug, class of 3 drugs, or combination of drugs subject to 4 this section is reasonably expected to miti- 5 gate a significant or unreasonable risk of 6 a serious adverse event associated with use 7 of the drug, the Secretary may— 8 make reasonable efforts to 9 notify informally, not later than 48 10 hours before the issuance of the in- 11 terim final order, the sponsors of 12 drugs who have a listing in effect 13 under section 510(j) for such drug or 14 combination of drugs; 15 after reasonable efforts of 16 notification, issue an interim final ad- 17 ministrative order in accordance with 18 paragraph to require such change, 19 together with a detailed statement of 20 the reasons for such order; 21 ‘‘(III) publish in the Federal 22 Register a notice of availability of 23 such order; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 435 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. provide for a public com- 1 ment period of at least 45 calendar 2 days with respect to such interim final 3 order. 4 CONTENT OF ORDER.—An in- 5 terim final order issued under this sub- 6 paragraph with respect to the labeling of a 7 drug may provide for new warnings and 8 other information required for safe use of 9 the drug. 10 EFFECTIVE DATE.—An order under 11 subparagraph or shall take effect on a 12 date specified by the Secretary. 13 FINAL ORDER.—After the completion 14 of the proceedings in subparagraph or 15 the Secretary shall— 16 issue a final order in accordance 17 with paragraph 18 publish a notice of availability of 19 such final administrative order in the Fed- 20 eral Register; and 21 ‘‘(iii) afford sponsors of such drugs 22 that will be subject to such an order the 23 opportunity for formal dispute resolution 24 up to the level of the Director of the Cen- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 436 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ter for Drug Evaluation and Research, 1 which must initially be within 45 calendar 2 days of the issuance of the order, and for 3 subsequent levels of appeal, within 30 cal- 4 endar days of the prior decision. 5 HEARINGS.—A sponsor of a drug 6 subject to a final order issued under subpara- 7 graph and that participated in each stage 8 of formal dispute resolution under clause (iii) of 9 such subparagraph may request a hearing on 10 such order. The provisions of subparagraphs 11 and of paragraph other than 12 paragraph shall apply with re- 13 spect to a hearing on such order in the same 14 manner and to the same extent as such provi- 15 sions apply with respect to a hearing on an ad- 16 ministrative order issued under paragraph 17 18 TIMING.— 19 FINAL ORDER AND HEARING.— 20 The Secretary shall— 21 not later than 6 months 22 after the date on which the comment 23 period closes under subparagraph 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 437 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. or issue a final order in accord- 1 ance with paragraph and 2 not later than 12 months 3 after the date on which such final 4 order is issued, complete any hearing 5 under subparagraph 6 DISPUTE RESOLUTION RE- 7 QUEST.—The Secretary shall specify in an 8 interim final order issued under subpara- 9 graph or such shorter periods for 10 requesting dispute resolution under sub- 11 paragraph (D)(iii) as are necessary to 12 meet the requirements of this subpara- 13 graph. 14 JUDICIAL REVIEW.—A final order 15 issued pursuant to subparagraph shall be 16 subject to judicial review in accordance with 17 paragraph 18 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER INITIATED AT 19 THE REQUEST OF A REQUESTOR.— 20 IN GENERAL.—In issuing an adminis- 21 trative order under paragraph at the re- 22 quest of a requestor with respect to certain 23 drugs, classes of drugs, or combinations of 24 drugs— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 438 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the Secretary shall, after receiv- 1 ing a request under this subparagraph, de- 2 termine whether the request is sufficiently 3 complete and formatted to permit a sub- 4 stantive review; 5 if the Secretary determines that 6 the request is sufficiently complete and for- 7 matted to permit a substantive review, the 8 Secretary shall— 9 file the request; and 10 initiate proceedings with re- 11 spect to issuing an administrative 12 order in accordance with paragraphs 13 and and 14 ‘‘(iii) except as provided in paragraph 15 if the Secretary determines that a re- 16 quest does not meet the requirements for 17 filing or is not sufficiently complete and 18 formatted to permit a substantive review, 19 the requestor may demand that the request 20 be filed over protest, and the Secretary 21 shall initiate proceedings to review the re- 22 quest in accordance with paragraph 23 REQUEST TO INITIATE PRO- 24 CEEDINGS.— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 439 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—A requestor seek- 1 ing an administrative order under para- 2 graph with respect to certain drugs, 3 classes of drugs, or combinations of drugs, 4 shall submit to the Secretary a request to 5 initiate proceedings for such order in the 6 form and manner as specified by the Sec- 7 retary. Such requestor may submit a re- 8 quest under this subparagraph for the 9 issuance of an administrative order— 10 determining whether a drug 11 is generally recognized as safe and ef- 12 fective under section 201(p)(1), ex- 13 empt from section 503(b)(1), and not 14 required to be the subject of an ap- 15 proved application under section 505; 16 or 17 determining whether a 18 change to a condition of use of a drug 19 is generally recognized as safe and ef- 20 fective under section 201(p)(1), ex- 21 empt from section 503(b)(1), and not 22 required to be the subject of an ap- 23 proved application under section 505, 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 440 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. if, absent such a changed condition of 1 use, such drug is— 2 generally recognized 3 as safe and effective under sec- 4 tion 201(p)(1) in accordance with 5 subsection or an 6 order under this subsection; or 7 subject to subsection 8 but only if such requestor 9 initiates such request in conjunc- 10 tion with a request for the Sec- 11 retary to determine whether such 12 drug is generally recognized as 13 safe and effective under section 14 201(p)(1), which is filed by the 15 Secretary under subparagraph 16 17 EXCEPTION.—The Secretary is 18 not required to complete review of a re- 19 quest for a change described in clause 20 (i)(II) if the Secretary determines that 21 there is an inadequate basis to find the 22 drug is generally recognized as safe and ef- 23 fective under section 201(p)(1) under para- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 441 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. graph and issues a final order an- 1 nouncing that determination. 2 ‘‘(iii) WITHDRAWAL.—The requestor 3 may withdraw a request under this para- 4 graph, according to the procedures set 5 forth pursuant to subsection 6 Notwithstanding any other provision of 7 this section, if such request is withdrawn, 8 the Secretary may cease proceedings under 9 this subparagraph. 10 EXCLUSIVITY.— 11 IN GENERAL.—A final adminis- 12 trative order issued in response to a re- 13 quest under this section shall have the ef- 14 fect of authorizing solely the order re- 15 questor (or the licensees, assignees, or suc- 16 cessors in interest of such requestor with 17 respect to the subject of such order), for a 18 period of 18 months following the effective 19 date of such final order and beginning on 20 the date the requestor may lawfully market 21 such drugs pursuant to the order, to mar- 22 ket drugs— 23 incorporating changes de- 24 scribed in clause (ii); and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 442 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. subject to the limitations 1 under clause (iv). 2 CHANGES DESCRIBED.—A 3 change described in this clause is a change 4 subject to an order specified in clause 5 which— 6 provides for a drug to con- 7 tain an active ingredient (including 8 any ester or salt of the active ingre- 9 dient) not previously incorporated in a 10 drug described in clause (iii); or 11 provides for a change in the 12 conditions of use of a drug, for which 13 new human data studies conducted or 14 sponsored by the requestor (or for 15 which the requestor has an exclusive 16 right of reference) were essential to 17 the issuance of such order. 18 ‘‘(iii) DRUGS DESCRIBED.—The drugs 19 described in this clause are drugs— 20 specified in subsection 21 or 22 subject to a final order 23 issued under this section; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 443 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘(III) subject to a final sun- 1 screen order (as defined in section 2 586(2)(A)); or 3 described in subsection 4 other than drugs subject to an 5 active enforcement action under chap- 6 ter III of this Act. 7 LIMITATIONS ON EXCLU- 8 SIVITY.— 9 IN GENERAL.—Only one 18- 10 month period under this subpara- 11 graph shall be granted, under each 12 order described in clause with re- 13 spect to changes (to the drug subject 14 to such order) which are either— 15 changes described in 16 clause relating to active 17 ingredients; or 18 changes described in 19 clause (ii)(II), relating to condi- 20 tions of use. 21 NO EXCLUSIVITY AL- 22 LOWED.—No exclusivity shall apply to 23 changes to a drug which are— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 444 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the subject of a Tier 2 1 OTC monograph order request 2 (as defined in section 744L); 3 safety-related changes, 4 as defined by the Secretary, or 5 any other changes the Secretary 6 considers necessary to assure 7 safe use; or 8 changes related to 9 methods of testing safety or effi- 10 cacy. 11 NEW HUMAN DATA STUDIES DE- 12 FINED.—In this subparagraph, the term 13 ‘new human data studies’ means clinical 14 trials of safety or effectiveness (including 15 actual use studies), pharmacokinetics stud- 16 ies, or bioavailability studies, the results of 17 which— 18 have not been relied on by 19 the Secretary to support— 20 a proposed or final de- 21 termination that a drug described 22 in subclause (II), or (III) of 23 clause (iii) is generally recognized 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 445 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. as safe and effective under sec- 1 tion 201(p)(1); or 2 approval of a drug 3 that was approved under section 4 505; and 5 do not duplicate the results 6 of another study that was relied on by 7 the Secretary to support— 8 a proposed or final de- 9 termination that a drug described 10 in subclause (II), or (III) of 11 clause (iii) is generally recognized 12 as safe and effective under sec- 13 tion 201(p)(1); or 14 approval of a drug 15 that was approved under section 16 505. 17 NOTIFICATION OF DRUG NOT 18 AVAILABLE FOR SALE.—A requestor that 19 is granted exclusivity with respect to a 20 drug under this subparagraph shall notify 21 the Secretary in writing within 1 year of 22 the issuance of the final administrative 23 order if the drug that is the subject of 24 such order will not be available for sale 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 446 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. within 1 year of the date of issuance of 1 such order. The requestor shall include 2 with such notice the— 3 identity of the drug by es- 4 tablished name and by proprietary 5 name, if any; 6 strength of the drug; 7 ‘‘(III) date on which the drug 8 will be available for sale, if known; 9 and 10 reason for not marketing 11 the drug after issuance of the order. 12 INFORMATION REGARDING SAFE NON- 13 PRESCRIPTION MARKETING AND USE AS CONDITION 14 FOR FILING A GENERALLY RECOGNIZED AS SAFE 15 AND EFFECTIVE REQUEST.— 16 IN GENERAL.—In response to a re- 17 quest under this section that a drug described 18 in subparagraph be generally recognized as 19 safe and effective, the Secretary— 20 may file such request, if the re- 21 quest includes information specified under 22 subparagraph with respect to safe non- 23 prescription marketing and use of such 24 drug; or 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 447 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. if the request fails to include in- 1 formation specified under subparagraph 2 shall refuse to file such request and 3 require that nonprescription marketing of 4 the drug be pursuant to a new drug appli- 5 cation as described in subparagraph 6 DRUG DESCRIBED.—A drug de- 7 scribed in this subparagraph is a nonprescrip- 8 tion drug which contains an active ingredient 9 not previously incorporated in a drug— 10 specified in subsection 11 or 12 subject to a final order under 13 this section; or 14 ‘‘(iii) subject to a final sunscreen 15 order (as defined in section 586(2)(A)). 16 INFORMATION DEMONSTRATING 17 PRIMA FACIE SAFE NONPRESCRIPTION MAR- 18 KETING AND USE.—Information specified in 19 this subparagraph, with respect to a request de- 20 scribed in subparagraph is— 21 information sufficient for a prima 22 facie demonstration that the drug subject 23 to such request has a verifiable history of 24 being marketed and safely used by con- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 448 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. sumers in the United States as a non- 1 prescription drug under comparable condi- 2 tions of use; 3 if the drug has not been pre- 4 viously marketed in the United States as a 5 nonprescription drug, information suffi- 6 cient for a prima facie demonstration that 7 the drug was marketed and safely used 8 under comparable conditions of marketing 9 and use in a country listed in section 10 802(b)(1)(A) or designated by the Sec- 11 retary in accordance with section 12 802(b)(1)(B)— 13 for such period as needed to 14 provide reasonable assurances con- 15 cerning the safe nonprescription use 16 of the drug; and 17 during such time was sub- 18 ject to sufficient monitoring by a reg- 19 ulatory body considered acceptable by 20 the Secretary for such monitoring 21 purposes, including for adverse events 22 associated with nonprescription use of 23 the drug; or 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 449 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘(iii) if the Secretary determines that 1 information described in clause or (ii) is 2 not needed to provide a prima facie dem- 3 onstration that the drug can be safely mar- 4 keted and used as a nonprescription drug, 5 such other information the Secretary deter- 6 mines is sufficient for such purposes. 7 MARKETING PURSUANT TO NEW 8 DRUG APPLICATION.—In the case of a request 9 described in subparagraph the drug 10 subject to such request may be resubmitted for 11 filing only if— 12 the drug is marketed as a non- 13 prescription drug, under conditions of use 14 comparable to the conditions specified in 15 the request, for such period as the Sec- 16 retary determines appropriate (not to ex- 17 ceed 5 consecutive years) pursuant to an 18 application approved under section 505; 19 and 20 during such period, 1,000,000 21 retail packages of the drug, or an equiva- 22 lent quantity as determined by the Sec- 23 retary, were distributed for retail sale, as 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 450 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. determined in such manner as the Sec- 1 retary finds appropriate. 2 RULE OF APPLICATION.—Except in 3 the case of a request involving a drug described 4 in section 586(9), as in effect on January 1, 5 2017, if the Secretary refuses to file a request 6 under this paragraph, the requestor may not 7 file such request over protest under paragraph 8 (5)(A)(iii). 9 PACKAGING.—An administrative order 10 issued under paragraph or may in- 11 clude requirements for the packaging of a drug to 12 encourage use in accordance with labeling. Such re- 13 quirements may include unit dose packaging, re- 14 quirements for products intended for use by pedi- 15 atric populations, requirements to reduce risk of 16 harm from unsupervised ingestion, and other appro- 17 priate requirements. This paragraph does not au- 18 thorize the Food and Drug Administration to re- 19 quire standards or testing procedures as described in 20 part 1700 of title 16, Code of Federal Regulations. 21 FINAL AND TENTATIVE FINAL MONO- 22 GRAPHS FOR CATEGORY I DRUGS DEEMED FINAL 23 ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS.— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 451 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—A final monograph or 1 tentative final monograph described in subpara- 2 graph shall be deemed to be a final admin- 3 istrative order under this subsection and may 4 be amended, revoked, or otherwise modified in 5 accordance with the procedures of this sub- 6 section. 7 MONOGRAPHS DESCRIBED.—For pur- 8 poses of subparagraph a final monograph 9 or tentative final monograph is described in this 10 subparagraph if it— 11 establishes conditions of use for a 12 drug described in paragraph or of 13 subsection and 14 represents the most recently pro- 15 mulgated version of such conditions, in- 16 cluding as modified, in whole or in part, by 17 any proposed or final rule. 18 DEEMED ORDERS INCLUDE HARMO- 19 NIZING TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—The 20 deemed establishment of a final administrative 21 order under subparagraph shall be con- 22 strued to include any technical amendments to 23 such order as the Secretary determines nec- 24 essary to ensure that such order is appro- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 452 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. priately harmonized, in terms of terminology or 1 cross-references, with the applicable provisions 2 of this Act (and regulations thereunder) and 3 any other orders issued under this section. 4 PROCEDURE FOR MINOR CHANGES.— 5 IN GENERAL.—Minor changes in the dos- 6 age form of a drug that is described in paragraph 7 or of subsection or the subject of an 8 order issued under subsection may be made by 9 a requestor without the issuance of an order under 10 subsection if— 11 the requestor maintains such infor- 12 mation as is necessary to demonstrate that the 13 change— 14 will not affect the safety or effec- 15 tiveness of the drug; and 16 will not materially affect the ex- 17 tent of absorption or other exposure to the 18 active ingredient in comparison to a suit- 19 able reference product; and 20 the change is in conformity with the 21 requirements of an applicable administrative 22 order issued by the Secretary under paragraph 23 24 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 453 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ACCESS TO RECORDS.—A sponsor 1 shall submit records requested by the Secretary 2 relating to such a minor change under section 3 704(a)(4), within 15 business days of receiving 4 such a request, or such longer period as the 5 Secretary may provide. 6 INSUFFICIENT INFORMATION.—If the 7 Secretary determines that the information con- 8 tained in such records is not sufficient to dem- 9 onstrate that the change does not affect the 10 safety or effectiveness of the drug or materially 11 affect the extent of absorption or other expo- 12 sure to the active ingredient, the Secretary— 13 may so inform the sponsor of the 14 drug in writing; and 15 if the Secretary so informs the 16 sponsor, shall provide the sponsor of the 17 drug with a reasonable opportunity to pro- 18 vide additional information. 19 FAILURE TO SUBMIT SUFFICIENT IN- 20 FORMATION.—If the sponsor fails to provide 21 such additional information within a time pre- 22 scribed by the Secretary, or if the Secretary de- 23 termines that such additional information does 24 not demonstrate that the change does not— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 454 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. affect the safety or effectiveness 1 of the drug; or 2 materially affect the extent of 3 absorption or other exposure to the active 4 ingredient in comparison to a suitable ref- 5 erence product, 6 the drug as modified is a new drug under sec- 7 tion 201(p) and shall be deemed to be mis- 8 branded under section 502(ee). 9 DETERMINING WHETHER A CHANGE WILL 10 AFFECT SAFETY OR EFFECTIVENESS.— 11 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 12 issue one or more administrative orders speci- 13 fying requirements for determining whether a 14 minor change made by a sponsor pursuant to 15 this subsection will affect the safety or effective- 16 ness of a drug or materially affect the extent of 17 absorption or other exposure to an active ingre- 18 dient in the drug in comparison to a suitable 19 reference product, together with guidance for 20 applying those orders to specific dosage forms. 21 STANDARD PRACTICES.—The orders 22 and guidance issued by the Secretary under 23 subparagraph shall take into account rel- 24 evant public standards and standard practices 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 455 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. for evaluating the quality of drugs, and may 1 take into account the special needs of popu- 2 lations, including children. 3 CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION SUB- 4 MITTED TO THE SECRETARY.— 5 IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 6 any information, including reports of testing con- 7 ducted on the drug or drugs involved, that is sub- 8 mitted by a requestor in connection with proceedings 9 on an order under this section (including any minor 10 change under subsection and is a trade secret 11 or confidential information subject to section 12 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, or section 13 1905 of title 18, United States Code, shall not be 14 disclosed to the public unless the requestor consents 15 to that disclosure. 16 PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.— 17 IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 18 subparagraph the Secretary shall— 19 make any information submitted 20 by a requestor in support of a request 21 under subsection available to the 22 public not later than the date on which the 23 proposed order is issued; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 456 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. make any information submitted 1 by any other person with respect to an 2 order requested (or initiated by the Sec- 3 retary) under subsection available to 4 the public upon such submission. 5 LIMITATIONS ON PUBLIC AVAIL- 6 ABILITY.—Information described in subpara- 7 graph shall not be made public if— 8 the information pertains to phar- 9 maceutical quality information, unless such 10 information is necessary to establish stand- 11 ards under which a drug is generally rec- 12 ognized as safe and effective under section 13 201(p)(1); 14 the information is submitted in a 15 requestor-initiated request, but the re- 16 questor withdraws such request, in accord- 17 ance with withdrawal procedures estab- 18 lished by the Secretary, before the Sec- 19 retary issues the proposed order; 20 ‘‘(iii) the Secretary requests and ob- 21 tains the information under subsection 22 and such information is not submitted in 23 relation to an order under subsection 24 or 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 457 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the information is of the type 1 contained in raw datasets. 2 UPDATES TO DRUG LISTING INFORMATION.— 3 A sponsor who makes a change to a drug subject to this 4 section shall submit updated drug listing information for 5 the drug in accordance with section 510(j) within 30 cal- 6 endar days of the date when the drug is first commercially 7 marketed, except that a sponsor who was the order re- 8 questor with respect to an order subject to subsection 9 (or a licensee, assignee, or successor in interest 10 of such requestor) shall submit updated drug listing infor- 11 mation on or before the date when the drug is first com- 12 mercially marketed. 13 APPROVALS UNDER SECTION 505.—The provi- 14 sions of this section shall not be construed to preclude a 15 person from seeking or maintaining the approval of an ap- 16 plication for a drug under sections 505(b)(1), 505(b)(2), 17 and 505(j). A determination under this section that a drug 18 is not subject to section 503(b)(1), is generally recognized 19 as safe and effective under section 201(p)(1), and is not 20 a new drug under section 201(p) shall constitute a finding 21 that the drug is safe and effective that may be relied upon 22 for purposes of an application under section 505(b)(2), so 23 that the applicant shall be required to submit for purposes 24 of such application only information needed to support any 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 458 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. modification of the drug that is not covered by such deter- 1 mination under this section. 2 PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF ADMINISTRATIVE OR- 3 DERS.—The Secretary shall establish, maintain, update 4 (as determined necessary by the Secretary but no less fre- 5 quently than annually), and make publicly available, with 6 respect to orders issued under this section— 7 a repository of each final order and in- 8 terim final order in effect, including the complete 9 text of the order; and 10 a listing of all orders proposed and under 11 development under subsection including— 12 a brief description of each such order; 13 and 14 the Secretary’s expectations, if re- 15 sources permit, for issuance of proposed orders 16 over a 3-year period. 17 DEVELOPMENT ADVICE TO SPONSORS OR RE- 18 QUESTORS.—The Secretary shall establish procedures 19 under which sponsors or requestors may meet with appro- 20 priate officials of the Food and Drug Administration to 21 obtain advice on the studies and other information nec- 22 essary to support submissions under this section and other 23 matters relevant to the regulation of nonprescription 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 459 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. drugs and the development of new nonprescription drugs 1 under this section. 2 PARTICIPATION OF MULTIPLE SPONSORS OR RE- 3 QUESTORS.—The Secretary shall establish procedures to 4 facilitate efficient participation by multiple sponsors or re- 5 questors in proceedings under this section, including provi- 6 sion for joint meetings with multiple sponsors or reques- 7 tors or with organizations nominated by sponsors or re- 8 questors to represent their interests in a proceeding. 9 ELECTRONIC FORMAT.—All submissions under 10 this section shall be in electronic format. 11 EFFECT ON EXISTING REGULATIONS GOV- 12 ERNING NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS.— 13 REGULATIONS OF GENERAL APPLICA- 14 BILITY TO NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS.—Except as 15 provided in this subsection, nothing in this section 16 supersedes regulations establishing general require- 17 ments for nonprescription drugs, including regula- 18 tions of general applicability contained in parts 201, 19 250, and 330 of title 21, Code of Federal Regula- 20 tions, or any successor regulations. The Secretary 21 shall establish or modify such regulations by means 22 of rulemaking in accordance with section 553 of title 23 5, United States Code. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 460 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. REGULATIONS ESTABLISHING REQUIRE- 1 MENTS FOR SPECIFIC NONPRESCRIPTION DRUGS.— 2 The provisions of section 310.545 of 3 title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, as in ef- 4 fect on the day before the date of the enact- 5 ment of this section, shall be deemed to be a 6 final order under subsection 7 Regulations in effect on the day be- 8 fore the date of the enactment of this section, 9 establishing requirements for specific non- 10 prescription drugs marketed pursuant to this 11 section (including such requirements in parts 12 201 and 250 of title 21, Code of Federal Regu- 13 lations), shall be deemed to be final orders 14 under subsection only as they apply to 15 drugs— 16 subject to paragraph 17 or of subsection or 18 otherwise subject to an order 19 under this section. 20 WITHDRAWAL OF REGULATIONS.—The 21 Secretary shall withdraw regulations establishing 22 final monographs and the procedures governing the 23 over-the-counter drug review under part 330 and 24 other relevant parts of title 21, Code of Federal 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 461 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Regulations (as in effect on the day before the date 1 of the enactment of this section), or make technical 2 changes to such regulations to ensure conformity 3 with appropriate terminology and cross references. 4 Notwithstanding subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5 5, United States Code, any such withdrawal or tech- 6 nical changes shall be made without public notice 7 and comment and shall be effective upon publication 8 through notice in the Federal Register (or upon such 9 date as specified in such notice). 10 GUIDANCE.—The Secretary shall issue guidance 11 that specifies— 12 the procedures and principles for formal 13 meetings between the Secretary and sponsors or re- 14 questors for drugs subject to this section; 15 the format and content of data submis- 16 sions to the Secretary under this section; 17 the format of electronic submissions to the 18 Secretary under this section; 19 consolidated proceedings for appeal and 20 the procedures for such proceedings where appro- 21 priate; and 22 for minor changes in drugs, recommenda- 23 tions on how to comply with the requirements in or- 24 ders issued under subsection 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 462 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.— 1 IN GENERAL.—This section shall not af- 2 fect the treatment or status of a nonprescription 3 drug— 4 that is marketed without an applica- 5 tion approved under section 505 as of the date 6 of the enactment of this section; 7 that is not subject to an order issued 8 under this section; and 9 to which paragraph 10 or of subsection do not apply. 11 TREATMENT OF PRODUCTS PREVIOUSLY 12 FOUND TO BE SUBJECT TO TIME AND EXTENT RE- 13 QUIREMENTS.— 14 Notwithstanding subsection a 15 drug described in subparagraph may only 16 be lawfully marketed, without an application 17 approved under section 505, pursuant to an 18 order issued under this section. 19 A drug described in this subpara- 20 graph is a drug which, prior to the date of the 21 enactment of this section, the Secretary deter- 22 mined in a proposed or final rule to be ineligible 23 for review under the OTC drug review (as such 24 phrase ‘OTC drug review’ was used in section 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 463 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 330.14 of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations, 1 as in effect on the day before the date of the 2 enactment of this section). 3 PRESERVATION OF AUTHORITY.— 4 Nothing in paragraph shall be 5 construed to preclude or limit the applicability 6 of any provision of this Act other than this sec- 7 tion. 8 Nothing in subsection shall be 9 construed to prohibit the Secretary from issuing 10 an order under this section finding a drug to be 11 not generally recognized as safe and effective 12 under section 201(p)(1), as the Secretary deter- 13 mines appropriate. 14 INVESTIGATIONAL NEW DRUGS.—A drug is not 15 subject to this section if an exemption for investigational 16 use under section 505(i) is in effect for such drug. 17 INAPPLICABILITY OF PAPERWORK REDUCTION 18 ACT.—Chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, shall 19 not apply to collections of information made under this 20 section. 21 INAPPLICABILITY OF NOTICE AND COMMENT 22 RULEMAKING AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—The re- 23 quirements of subsection shall apply with respect to 24 orders issued under this section instead of the require- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 464 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ments of subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United 1 States Code. 2 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 3 The term ‘nonprescription drug’ refers to 4 a drug not subject to the requirements of section 5 503(b)(1). 6 The term ‘sponsor’ refers to any person 7 marketing, manufacturing, or processing a drug 8 that— 9 is listed pursuant to section 510(j); 10 and 11 is or will be subject to an administra- 12 tive order under this section of the Food and 13 Drug Administration. 14 The term ‘requestor’ refers to any person 15 or group of persons marketing, manufacturing, proc- 16 essing, or developing a drug.’’. 17 GAO STUDY.—Not later than 4 years after the 18 date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General 19 of the United States shall submit a study to the Com- 20 mittee on Energy and Commerce of the House of Rep- 21 resentatives and the Committee on Health, Education, 22 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate addressing the effec- 23 tiveness and overall impact of exclusivity under section 24 505G of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 465 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. added by subsection and section 586C of such Act 1 (21 U.S.C. 360fff–3), including the impact of such exclu- 2 sivity on consumer access. Such study shall include— 3 an analysis of the impact of exclusivity 4 under such section 505G for nonprescription drug 5 products, including— 6 the number of nonprescription drug 7 products that were granted exclusivity and the 8 indication for which the nonprescription drug 9 products were determined to be generally recog- 10 nized as safe and effective; 11 whether the exclusivity for such drug 12 products was granted for— 13 a new active ingredient (including 14 any ester or salt of the active ingredient); 15 or 16 (ii) changes in the conditions of use of 17 a drug, for which new human data studies 18 conducted or sponsored by the requestor 19 were essential; 20 whether, and to what extent, the exclu- 21 sivity impacted the requestor’s or sponsor’s de- 22 cision to develop the drug product; 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 466 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. an analysis of the implementation of 1 the exclusivity provision in such section 505G, 2 including— 3 the resources used by the Food 4 and Drug Administration; 5 (ii) the impact of such provision on 6 innovation, as well as research and devel- 7 opment in the nonprescription drug mar- 8 ket; 9 (iii) the impact of such provision on 10 competition in the nonprescription drug 11 market; 12 (iv) the impact of such provision on 13 consumer access to nonprescription drug 14 products; 15 the impact of such provision on 16 the prices of nonprescription drug prod- 17 ucts; and 18 (vi) whether the administrative orders 19 initiated by requestors under such section 20 505G have been sufficient to encourage the 21 development of nonprescription drug prod- 22 ucts that would likely not be otherwise de- 23 veloped, or developed in as timely a man- 24 ner; and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 467 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. whether the administrative orders ini- 1 tiated by requestors under such section 505G 2 have been sufficient incentive to encourage in- 3 novation in the nonprescription drug market; 4 and 5 an analysis of the impact of exclusivity 6 under such section 586C for sunscreen ingredients, 7 including— 8 the number of sunscreen ingredients 9 that were granted exclusivity and the specific 10 ingredient that was determined to be generally 11 recognized as safe and effective; 12 whether, and to what extent, the exclu- 13 sivity impacted the requestor’s or sponsor’s de- 14 cision to develop the sunscreen ingredient; 15 whether, and to what extent, the sun- 16 screen ingredient granted exclusivity had pre- 17 viously been available outside of the United 18 States; 19 an analysis of the implementation of 20 the exclusivity provision in such section 586C, 21 including— 22 the resources used by the Food 23 and Drug Administration; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 468 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (ii) the impact of such provision on 1 innovation, as well as research and devel- 2 opment in the sunscreen market; 3 (iii) the impact of such provision on 4 competition in the sunscreen market; 5 (iv) the impact of such provision on 6 consumer access to sunscreen products; 7 the impact of such provision on 8 the prices of sunscreen products; and 9 (vi) whether the administrative orders 10 initiated by requestors under such section 11 505G have been utilized by sunscreen in- 12 gredient sponsors and whether such proc- 13 ess has been sufficient to encourage the 14 development of sunscreen ingredients that 15 would likely not be otherwise developed, or 16 developed in as timely a manner; and 17 whether the administrative orders ini- 18 tiated by requestors under such section 586C 19 have been sufficient incentive to encourage in- 20 novation in the sunscreen market. 21 CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 751(d)(1) 22 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 23 379r(d)(1)) is amended— 24 in the matter preceding subparagraph 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 469 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by striking ‘‘final regulation promul- 1 gated’’ and inserting ‘‘final order under section 2 505G’’; and 3 by striking ‘‘and not misbranded’’; and 4 in subparagraph by striking ‘‘regula- 5 tion in effect’’ and inserting ‘‘regulation or order in 6 effect’’. 7 SEC. 3852. MISBRANDING. 8 Section 502 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 9 Act (21 U.S.C. 352) is amended by adding at the end the 10 following: 11 If it is a nonprescription drug that is subject 12 to section 505G, is not the subject of an application ap- 13 proved under section 505, and does not comply with the 14 requirements under section 505G. 15 If it is a drug and it was manufactured, pre- 16 pared, propagated, compounded, or processed in a facility 17 for which fees have not been paid as required by section 18 744M.’’. 19 SEC. 3853. DRUGS EXCLUDED FROM THE OVER-THE- 20 COUNTER DRUG REVIEW. 21 IN GENERAL.—Nothing in this Act (or the 22 amendments made by this Act) shall apply to any non- 23 prescription drug (as defined in section 505G(q) of the 24 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by sec- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 470 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. tion 3851 of this subtitle) which was excluded by the Food 1 and Drug Administration from the Over-the-Counter 2 Drug Review in accordance with the paragraph numbered 3 25 on page 9466 of volume 37 of the Federal Register, 4 published on May 11, 1972. 5 RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec- 6 tion shall be construed to preclude or limit the applica- 7 bility of any other provision of the Federal Food, Drug, 8 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.). 9 SEC. 3854. TREATMENT OF SUNSCREEN INNOVATION ACT. 10 REVIEW OF NONPRESCRIPTION SUNSCREEN AC- 11 TIVE INGREDIENTS.— 12 APPLICABILITY OF SECTION 505G FOR 13 PENDING SUBMISSIONS.— 14 IN GENERAL.—A sponsor of a non- 15 prescription sunscreen active ingredient or com- 16 bination of nonprescription sunscreen active in- 17 gredients that, as of the date of enactment of 18 this Act, is subject to a proposed sunscreen 19 order under section 586C of the Federal Food, 20 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360fff–3) 21 may elect, by means of giving written notifica- 22 tion to the Secretary of Health and Human 23 Services within 180 calendar days of the enact- 24 ment of this Act, to transition into the review 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 471 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. of such ingredient or combination of ingredients 1 pursuant to the process set out in section 505G 2 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 3 as added by section 3851 of this subtitle. 4 ELECTION EXERCISED.—Upon receipt 5 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 6 of a timely notification under subparagraph 7 8 the proposed sunscreen order in- 9 volved is deemed to be a request for an 10 order under subsection of section 505G 11 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 12 Act, as added by section 3851 of this sub- 13 title; and 14 (ii) such order is deemed to have been 15 accepted for filing under subsection 16 of such section 505G. 17 ELECTION NOT EXERCISED.—If a noti- 18 fication under subparagraph is not received 19 by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 20 within 180 calendar days of the date of enact- 21 ment of this Act, the review of the proposed 22 sunscreen order described in subparagraph 23 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 472 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. shall continue under section 586C 1 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 2 Act (21 U.S.C. 360fff–3); and 3 (ii) shall not be eligible for review 4 under section 505G, added by section 3851 5 of this subtitle. 6 DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 7 terms ‘‘sponsor’’, ‘‘nonprescription’’, ‘‘sunscreen ac- 8 tive ingredient’’, and ‘‘proposed sunscreen order’’ 9 have the meanings given to those terms in section 10 586 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 11 (21 U.S.C. 360fff). 12 AMENDMENTS TO SUNSCREEN PROVISIONS.— 13 FINAL SUNSCREEN ORDERS.—Paragraph 14 of section 586C(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, 15 and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 360fff–3(e)) is amend- 16 ed to read as follows: 17 RELATIONSHIP TO ORDERS UNDER SEC- 18 TION 505G.—A final sunscreen order shall be deemed 19 to be a final order under section 505G.’’. 20 MEETINGS.—Paragraph of section 21 586C(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 22 Act (21 U.S.C. 360fff–3(b)) is amended— 23 by striking sponsor may request’’ 24 and inserting the following: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 473 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—A sponsor may re- 1 quest’’; and 2 by adding at the end the following: 3 CONFIDENTIAL MEETINGS.—A spon- 4 sor may request one or more confidential meet- 5 ings with respect to a proposed sunscreen order, 6 including a letter deemed to be a proposed sun- 7 screen order under paragraph to discuss 8 matters relating to data requirements to sup- 9 port a general recognition of safety and effec- 10 tiveness involving confidential information and 11 public information related to such proposed 12 sunscreen order, as appropriate. The Secretary 13 shall convene a confidential meeting with such 14 sponsor in a reasonable time period. If a spon- 15 sor requests more than one confidential meeting 16 for the same proposed sunscreen order, the Sec- 17 retary may refuse to grant an additional con- 18 fidential meeting request if the Secretary deter- 19 mines that such additional confidential meeting 20 is not reasonably necessary for the sponsor to 21 advance its proposed sunscreen order, or if the 22 request for a confidential meeting fails to in- 23 clude sufficient information upon which to base 24 a substantive discussion. The Secretary shall 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 474 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. publish a post-meeting summary of each con- 1 fidential meeting under this subparagraph that 2 does not disclose confidential commercial infor- 3 mation or trade secrets. This subparagraph 4 does not authorize the disclosure of confidential 5 commercial information or trade secrets subject 6 to 552(b)(4) of title 5, United States Code, or 7 section 1905 of title 18, United States Code.’’. 8 EXCLUSIVITY.—Section 586C of the Fed- 9 eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 10 360fff–3) is amended by adding at the end the fol- 11 lowing: 12 EXCLUSIVITY.— 13 IN GENERAL.—A final sunscreen order 14 shall have the effect of authorizing solely the order 15 requestor (or the licensees, assignees, or successors 16 in interest of such requestor with respect to the sub- 17 ject of such request and listed under paragraph 18 for a period of 18 months, to market a sunscreen in- 19 gredient under this section incorporating changes 20 described in paragraph subject to the limitations 21 under paragraph beginning on the date the re- 22 questor (or any licensees, assignees, or successors in 23 interest of such requestor with respect to the subject 24 of such request and listed under paragraph may 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 475 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. lawfully market such sunscreen ingredient pursuant 1 to the order. 2 CHANGES DESCRIBED.—A change de- 3 scribed in this paragraph is a change subject to an 4 order specified in paragraph that permits a sun- 5 screen to contain an active sunscreen ingredient not 6 previously incorporated in a marketed sunscreen list- 7 ed in paragraph 8 MARKETED SUNSCREEN.—The marketed 9 sunscreen ingredients described in this paragraph 10 are sunscreen ingredients— 11 marketed in accordance with a final 12 monograph for sunscreen drug products set 13 forth at part 352 of title 21, Code of Federal 14 Regulations (as published at 64 Fed. Reg. 15 27687); or 16 marketed in accordance with a final 17 order issued under this section. 18 LIMITATIONS ON EXCLUSIVITY.—Only one 19 18-month period may be granted per ingredient 20 under paragraph 21 LISTING OF LICENSEES, ASSIGNEES, OR 22 SUCCESSORS IN INTEREST.—Requestors shall submit 23 to the Secretary at the time when a drug subject to 24 such request is introduced or delivered for introduc- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 476 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. tion into interstate commerce, a list of licensees, as- 1 signees, or successors in interest under paragraph 2 3 SUNSET PROVISION.—Subchapter I of chap- 4 ter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 5 (21 U.S.C. 360fff et seq.) is amended by adding at 6 the end the following: 7 ‘‘SEC. 586H. SUNSET. 8 ‘‘This subchapter shall cease to be effective at the end 9 of fiscal year 2022.’’. 10 TREATMENT OF FINAL SUNSCREEN 11 ORDER.—The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 12 Act is amended by striking section 586E of such Act 13 (21 U.S.C. 360fff–5). 14 TREATMENT OF AUTHORITY REGARDING FINAL- 15 IZATION OF SUNSCREEN MONOGRAPH.— 16 IN GENERAL.— 17 REVISION OF FINAL SUNSCREEN 18 ORDER.—The Secretary of Health and Human 19 Services (referred to in this subsection as the 20 ‘‘Secretary’’) shall amend and revise the final 21 administrative order concerning nonprescription 22 sunscreen (referred to in this subsection as the 23 ‘‘sunscreen order’’) for which the content, prior 24 to the date of enactment of this Act, was rep- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 477 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. resented by the final monograph for sunscreen 1 drug products set forth in part 352 of title 21, 2 Code of Federal Regulations (as in effect on 3 May 21, 1999). 4 ISSUANCE OF REVISED SUNSCREEN 5 ORDER; EFFECTIVE DATE.—A revised sunscreen 6 order described in subparagraph shall be— 7 issued in accordance with the pro- 8 cedures described in section 505G(b)(2) of 9 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 10 Act; 11 (ii) issued in proposed form not later 12 than 18 months after the date of enact- 13 ment of this Act; and 14 (iii) issued by the Secretary at least 1 15 year prior to the effective date of the re- 16 vised order. 17 REPORTS.—If a revised sunscreen order 18 issued under paragraph does not include provi- 19 sions related to the effectiveness of various sun pro- 20 tection factor levels, and does not address all dosage 21 forms known to the Secretary to be used in sun- 22 screens marketed in the United States without a 23 new drug application approved under section 505 of 24 the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 478 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. U.S.C. 355), the Secretary shall submit a report to 1 the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 2 House of Representatives and the Committee on 3 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Sen- 4 ate on the rationale for omission of such provisions 5 from such order, and a plan and timeline to compile 6 any information necessary to address such provisions 7 through such order. 8 TREATMENT OF NON-SUNSCREEN TIME AND EX- 9 TENT APPLICATIONS.— 10 IN GENERAL.—Any application described in 11 section 586F of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cos- 12 metic Act (21 U.S.C. 360fff–6) that was submitted 13 to the Secretary pursuant to section 330.14 of title 14 21, Code of Federal Regulations, as such provisions 15 were in effect immediately prior to the date of enact- 16 ment date of this Act, shall be extinguished as of 17 such date of enactment, subject to paragraph 18 ORDER REQUEST.—Nothing in paragraph 19 precludes the submission of an order request 20 under section 505G(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, 21 and Cosmetic Act, as added by section 3851 of this 22 subtitle, with respect to a drug that was the subject 23 of an application extinguished under paragraph 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 479 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 3855. ANNUAL UPDATE TO CONGRESS ON APPRO- 1 PRIATE PEDIATRIC INDICATION FOR CER- 2 TAIN OTC COUGH AND COLD DRUGS. 3 IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection the Sec- 4 retary of Health and Human Services shall, beginning not 5 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 6 annually submit to the Committee on Energy and Com- 7 merce of the House of Representatives and the Committee 8 on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 9 a letter describing the progress of the Food and Drug Ad- 10 ministration— 11 in evaluating the cough and cold monograph 12 described in subsection with respect to children 13 under age 6; and 14 as appropriate, revising such cough and cold 15 monograph to address such children through the 16 order process under section 505G(b) of the Federal 17 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by section 18 3851 of this subtitle. 19 COUGH AND COLD MONOGRAPH DESCRIBED.— 20 The cough and cold monograph described in this sub- 21 section consists of the conditions under which nonprescrip- 22 tion drugs containing antitussive, expectorant, nasal de- 23 congestant, or antihistamine active ingredients (or com- 24 binations thereof) are generally recognized as safe and ef- 25 fective, as specified in part 341 of title 21, Code of Federal 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 480 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Regulations (as in effect immediately prior to the date of 1 enactment of this Act), and included in an order deemed 2 to be established under section 505G(b) of the Federal 3 Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as added by section 3851 4 of this subtitle. 5 DURATION OF AUTHORITY.—The requirement 6 under subsection shall terminate as of the date of a 7 letter submitted by the Secretary of Health and Human 8 Services pursuant to such subsection in which the Sec- 9 retary indicates that the Food and Drug Administration 10 has completed its evaluation and revised, in a final order, 11 as applicable, the cough and cold monograph as described 12 in subsection 13 SEC. 3856. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 14 IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.—Section 15 801(e)(4)(E)(iii) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic 16 Act (21 U.S.C. 381(e)(4)(E)(iii)) is amended by striking 17 ‘‘subparagraph’’ each place such term appears and insert- 18 ing ‘‘paragraph’’. 19 FDA REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2017.— 20 IN GENERAL.—Section 905(b)(4) of the 21 FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 (Public Law 115– 22 52) is amended by striking ‘‘Section 744H(e)(2)(B)’’ 23 and inserting ‘‘Section 744H(f)(2)(B)’’. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 481 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 1 by paragraph shall take effect as of the enact- 2 ment of the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017 3 (Public Law 115–52). 4 PART II—USER FEES 5 SEC. 3861. FINDING. 6 The Congress finds that the fees authorized by the 7 amendments made in this part will be dedicated to OTC 8 monograph drug activities, as set forth in the goals identi- 9 fied for purposes of part 10 of subchapter C of chapter 10 VII of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, in the 11 letters from the Secretary of Health and Human Services 12 to the Chairman of the Committee on Health, Education, 13 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate and the Chairman of 14 the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the House 15 of Representatives, as set forth in the Congressional 16 Record. 17 SEC. 3862. FEES RELATING TO OVER-THE-COUNTER DRUGS. 18 Subchapter C of chapter VII of the Federal Food, 19 Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 379f et seq.) is 20 amended by inserting after part 9 the following: 21 ‘‘PART 10—FEES RELATING TO OVER-THE- 22 COUNTER DRUGS 23 ‘‘SEC. 744L. DEFINITIONS. 24 ‘‘In this part: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 482 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. The term ‘affiliate’ means a business enti- 1 ty that has a relationship with a second business en- 2 tity if, directly or indirectly— 3 one business entity controls, or has 4 the power to control, the other business entity; 5 or 6 a third party controls, or has power 7 to control, both of the business entities. 8 The term ‘contract manufacturing organi- 9 zation facility’ means an OTC monograph drug facil- 10 ity where neither the owner of such manufacturing 11 facility nor any affiliate of such owner or facility 12 sells the OTC monograph drug produced at such fa- 13 cility directly to wholesalers, retailers, or consumers 14 in the United States. 15 The term ‘costs of resources allocated for 16 OTC monograph drug activities’ means the expenses 17 in connection with OTC monograph drug activities 18 for— 19 officers and employees of the Food 20 and Drug Administration, contractors of the 21 Food and Drug Administration, advisory com- 22 mittees, and costs related to such officers, em- 23 ployees, and committees and costs related to 24 contracts with such contractors; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 483 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. management of information, and the 1 acquisition, maintenance, and repair of com- 2 puter resources; 3 leasing, maintenance, renovation, and 4 repair of facilities and acquisition, maintenance, 5 and repair of fixtures, furniture, scientific 6 equipment, and other necessary materials and 7 supplies; and 8 collecting fees under section 744M 9 and accounting for resources allocated for OTC 10 monograph drug activities. 11 The term ‘FDA establishment identifier’ is 12 the unique number automatically generated by Food 13 and Drug Administration’s Field Accomplishments 14 and Compliance Tracking System (FACTS) (or any 15 successor system). 16 The term ‘OTC monograph drug’ means a 17 nonprescription drug without an approved new drug 18 application which is governed by the provisions of 19 section 505G. 20 The term ‘OTC monograph drug activities’ 21 means activities of the Secretary associated with 22 OTC monograph drugs and inspection of facilities 23 associated with such products, including the fol- 24 lowing activities: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 484 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. The activities necessary for review 1 and evaluation of OTC monographs and OTC 2 monograph order requests, including— 3 orders proposing or finalizing ap- 4 plicable conditions of use for OTC mono- 5 graph drugs; 6 orders affecting status regarding 7 general recognition of safety and effective- 8 ness of an OTC monograph ingredient or 9 combination of ingredients under specified 10 conditions of use; 11 ‘‘(iii) all OTC monograph drug devel- 12 opment and review activities, including 13 intra-agency collaboration; 14 regulation and policy develop- 15 ment activities related to OTC monograph 16 drugs; 17 development of product standards 18 for products subject to review and evalua- 19 tion; 20 meetings referred to in section 21 505G(i); 22 ‘‘(vii) review of labeling prior to 23 issuance of orders related to OTC mono- 24 graph drugs or conditions of use; and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 485 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘(viii) regulatory science activities re- 1 lated to OTC monograph drugs. 2 Inspections related to OTC mono- 3 graph drugs. 4 Monitoring of clinical and other re- 5 search conducted in connection with OTC 6 monograph drugs. 7 Safety activities with respect to OTC 8 monograph drugs, including— 9 collecting, developing, and review- 10 ing safety information on OTC monograph 11 drugs, including adverse event reports; 12 developing and using improved 13 adverse event data-collection systems, in- 14 cluding information technology systems; 15 and 16 ‘‘(iii) developing and using improved 17 analytical tools to assess potential safety 18 risks, including access to external data- 19 bases. 20 Other activities necessary for imple- 21 mentation of section 505G. 22 The term ‘OTC monograph order request’ 23 means a request for an order submitted under sec- 24 tion 505G(b)(5). 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 486 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. The term ‘Tier 1 OTC monograph order 1 request’ means any OTC monograph order request 2 not determined to be a Tier 2 OTC monograph 3 order request. 4 The term ‘Tier 2 OTC monograph 5 order request’ means, subject to subparagraph 6 an OTC monograph order request for— 7 the reordering of existing information 8 in the drug facts label of an OTC monograph 9 drug; 10 the addition of information to the 11 other information section of the drug facts label 12 of an OTC monograph drug, as limited by sec- 13 tion 201.66(c)(7) of title 21, Code of Federal 14 Regulations (or any successor regulations); 15 ‘‘(iii) modification to the directions for use 16 section of the drug facts label of an OTC mono- 17 graph drug, if such changes conform to changes 18 made pursuant to section 505G(c)(3)(A); 19 the standardization of the concentra- 20 tion or dose of a specific finalized ingredient 21 within a particular finalized monograph; 22 a change to ingredient nomenclature 23 to align with nomenclature of a standards-set- 24 ting organization; or 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 487 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. addition of an interchangeable term 1 in accordance with section 330.1 of title 21, 2 Code of Federal Regulations (or any successor 3 regulations). 4 The Secretary may, based on program im- 5 plementation experience or other factors found ap- 6 propriate by the Secretary, characterize any OTC 7 monograph order request as a Tier 2 OTC mono- 8 graph order request (including recharacterizing a re- 9 quest from Tier 1 to Tier 2) and publish such deter- 10 mination in a proposed order issued pursuant to sec- 11 tion 505G. 12 The term ‘OTC monograph drug facil- 13 ity’ means a foreign or domestic business or other 14 entity that— 15 is— 16 under one management, either di- 17 rect or indirect; and 18 at one geographic location or ad- 19 dress engaged in manufacturing or proc- 20 essing the finished dosage form of an OTC 21 monograph drug; 22 includes a finished dosage form man- 23 ufacturer facility in a contractual relationship 24 with the sponsor of one or more OTC mono- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 488 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. graph drugs to manufacture or process such 1 drugs; and 2 ‘‘(iii) does not include a business or other 3 entity whose only manufacturing or processing 4 activities are one or more of the following: pro- 5 duction of clinical research supplies, testing, or 6 placement of outer packaging on packages con- 7 taining multiple products, for such purposes as 8 creating multipacks, when each monograph 9 drug product contained within the overpack- 10 aging is already in a final packaged form prior 11 to placement in the outer overpackaging. 12 For purposes of subparagraph 13 separate buildings or locations within close proximity 14 are considered to be at one geographic location or 15 address if the activities conducted in such buildings 16 or locations are— 17 closely related to the same business 18 enterprise; 19 under the supervision of the same 20 local management; and 21 ‘‘(iii) under a single FDA establishment 22 identifier and capable of being inspected by the 23 Food and Drug Administration during a single 24 inspection. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 489 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. If a business or other entity would meet 1 criteria specified in subparagraph but for being 2 under multiple management, the business or other 3 entity is deemed to constitute multiple facilities, one 4 per management entity, for purposes of this para- 5 graph. 6 The term ‘OTC monograph drug meet- 7 ing’ means any meeting regarding the content of a 8 proposed OTC monograph order request. 9 The term ‘person’ includes an affiliate of 10 a person. 11 The terms ‘requestor’ and ‘sponsor’ have 12 the meanings given such terms in section 505G. 13 ‘‘SEC. 744M. AUTHORITY TO ASSESS AND USE OTC MONO- 14 GRAPH FEES. 15 TYPES OF FEES.—Beginning with fiscal year 16 2021, the Secretary shall assess and collect fees in accord- 17 ance with this section as follows: 18 FACILITY FEE.— 19 IN GENERAL.—Each person that 20 owns a facility identified as an OTC monograph 21 drug facility on December 31 of the fiscal year 22 or at any time during the preceding 12-month 23 period shall be assessed an annual fee for each 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 490 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. such facility as determined under subsection 1 2 EXCEPTIONS.— 3 FACILITIES THAT CEASE ACTIVI- 4 TIES.—A fee shall not be assessed under 5 subparagraph if the identified OTC 6 monograph drug facility— 7 has ceased all activities re- 8 lated to OTC monograph drugs prior 9 to December 31 of the year imme- 10 diately preceding the applicable fiscal 11 year; and 12 has updated its registration 13 to reflect such change under the re- 14 quirements for drug establishment 15 registration set forth in section 510. 16 CONTRACT MANUFACTURING OR- 17 GANIZATIONS.—The amount of the fee for 18 a contract manufacturing organization fa- 19 cility shall be equal to two-thirds of the 20 amount of the fee for an OTC monograph 21 drug facility that is not a contract manu- 22 facturing organization facility. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 491 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. AMOUNT.—The amount of fees estab- 1 lished under subparagraph shall be estab- 2 lished under subsection 3 DUE DATE.— 4 FOR FIRST PROGRAM YEAR.—For 5 fiscal year 2021, the facility fees required 6 under subparagraph shall be due on 7 the later of— 8 the first business day of 9 July of 2020; or 10 45 calendar days after pub- 11 lication of the Federal Register notice 12 provided for under subsection 13 14 SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.— 15 For each fiscal year after fiscal year 2021, 16 the facility fees required under subpara- 17 graph shall be due on the later of— 18 the first business day of 19 June of such year; or 20 the first business day after 21 the enactment of an appropriations 22 Act providing for the collection and 23 obligation of fees under this section 24 for such year. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 492 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. OTC MONOGRAPH ORDER REQUEST 1 FEE.— 2 IN GENERAL.—Each person that sub- 3 mits an OTC monograph order request shall be 4 subject to a fee for an OTC monograph order 5 request. The amount of such fee shall be— 6 for a Tier 1 OTC monograph 7 order request, $500,000, adjusted for in- 8 flation for the fiscal year (as determined 9 under subsection and 10 for a Tier 2 OTC monograph 11 order request, $100,000, adjusted for in- 12 flation for the fiscal year (as determined 13 under subsection 14 DUE DATE.—The OTC monograph 15 order request fees required under subparagraph 16 shall be due on the date of submission of 17 the OTC monograph order request. 18 EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN SAFETY 19 CHANGES.—A person who is named as the re- 20 questor in an OTC monograph order shall not 21 be subject to a fee under subparagraph if 22 the Secretary finds that the OTC monograph 23 order request seeks to change the drug facts la- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 493 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. beling of an OTC monograph drug in a way 1 that would add to or strengthen— 2 a contraindication, warning, or 3 precaution; 4 a statement about risk associated 5 with misuse or abuse; or 6 ‘‘(iii) an instruction about dosage and 7 administration that is intended to increase 8 the safe use of the OTC monograph drug. 9 REFUND OF FEE IF ORDER REQUEST 10 IS RECATEGORIZED AS A TIER 2 OTC MONO- 11 GRAPH ORDER REQUEST.—If the Secretary de- 12 termines that an OTC monograph request ini- 13 tially characterized as Tier 1 shall be re-charac- 14 terized as a Tier 2 OTC monograph order re- 15 quest, and the requestor has paid a Tier 1 fee 16 in accordance with subparagraph the 17 Secretary shall refund the requestor the dif- 18 ference between the Tier 1 and Tier 2 fees de- 19 termined under subparagraphs and 20 respectively. 21 REFUND OF FEE IF ORDER REQUEST 22 REFUSED FOR FILING OR WITHDRAWN BEFORE 23 FILING.—The Secretary shall refund 75 percent 24 of the fee paid under subparagraph for any 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 494 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. order request which is refused for filing or was 1 withdrawn before being accepted or refused for 2 filing. 3 FEES FOR ORDER REQUESTS PRE- 4 VIOUSLY REFUSED FOR FILING OR WITHDRAWN 5 BEFORE FILING.—An OTC monograph order 6 request that was submitted but was refused for 7 filing, or was withdrawn before being accepted 8 or refused for filing, shall be subject to the full 9 fee under subparagraph upon being resub- 10 mitted or filed over protest. 11 REFUND OF FEE IF ORDER REQUEST 12 WITHDRAWN.—If an order request is withdrawn 13 after the order request was filed, the Secretary 14 may refund the fee or a portion of the fee if no 15 substantial work was performed on the order 16 request after the application was filed. The Sec- 17 retary shall have the sole discretion to refund a 18 fee or a portion of the fee under this subpara- 19 graph. A determination by the Secretary con- 20 cerning a refund under this subparagraph shall 21 not be reviewable. 22 REFUNDS.— 23 IN GENERAL.—Other than refunds 24 provided pursuant to any of subparagraphs 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 495 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. through of paragraph the Secretary 1 shall not refund any fee paid under paragraph 2 except as provided in subparagraph 3 DISPUTES CONCERNING FEES.—To 4 qualify for the return of a fee claimed to have 5 been paid in error under paragraph or 6 a person shall submit to the Secretary a written 7 request justifying such return within 180 cal- 8 endar days after such fee was paid. 9 NOTICE.—Within the timeframe specified 10 in subsection the Secretary shall publish in the 11 Federal Register the amount of the fees under para- 12 graph for such fiscal year. 13 FEE REVENUE AMOUNTS.— 14 FISCAL YEAR 2021.—For fiscal year 2021, 15 fees under subsection shall be established to 16 generate a total facility fee revenue amount equal to 17 the sum of— 18 the annual base revenue for fiscal 19 year 2021 (as determined under paragraph 20 21 the dollar amount equal to the oper- 22 ating reserve adjustment for the fiscal year, if 23 applicable (as determined under subsection 24 and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 496 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. additional direct cost adjustments (as 1 determined under subsection 2 SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—For each of 3 the fiscal years 2022 through 2025, fees under sub- 4 section shall be established to generate a total 5 facility fee revenue amount equal to the sum of— 6 the annual base revenue for the fiscal 7 year (as determined under paragraph 8 the dollar amount equal to the infla- 9 tion adjustment for the fiscal year (as deter- 10 mined under subsection 11 the dollar amount equal to the oper- 12 ating reserve adjustment for the fiscal year, if 13 applicable (as determined under subsection 14 15 additional direct cost adjustments (as 16 determined under subsection and 17 additional dollar amounts for each 18 fiscal year as follows: 19 $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2022. 20 $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2023. 21 ‘‘(iii) $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2024. 22 $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 23 ANNUAL BASE REVENUE.—For purposes 24 of paragraphs and the dollar amount 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 497 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. of the annual base revenue for a fiscal year shall 1 be— 2 for fiscal year 2021, $8,000,000; and 3 for fiscal years 2022 through 2025, 4 the dollar amount of the total revenue amount 5 established under this subsection for the pre- 6 vious fiscal year, not including any adjustments 7 made under subsection or 8 ADJUSTMENTS; ANNUAL FEE SETTING.— 9 INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.— 10 IN GENERAL.—For purposes of sub- 11 section the dollar amount of the in- 12 flation adjustment to the annual base revenue 13 for fiscal year 2022 and each subsequent fiscal 14 year shall be equal to the product of— 15 such annual base revenue for the 16 fiscal year under subsection and 17 the inflation adjustment percent- 18 age under subparagraph 19 OTC MONOGRAPH ORDER REQUEST 20 FEES.—For purposes of subsection the 21 dollar amount of the inflation adjustment to the 22 fee for OTC monograph order requests for fis- 23 cal year 2022 and each subsequent fiscal year 24 shall be equal to the product of— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 498 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the applicable fee under sub- 1 section for the preceding fiscal year; 2 and 3 the inflation adjustment percent- 4 age under subparagraph 5 INFLATION ADJUSTMENT PERCENT- 6 AGE.—The inflation adjustment percentage 7 under this subparagraph for a fiscal year is 8 equal to— 9 for each of fiscal years 2022 and 10 2023, the average annual percent change 11 that occurred in the Consumer Price Index 12 for urban consumers (Washington-Balti- 13 more, DC–MD–VA–WV; Not Seasonally 14 Adjusted; All items; Annual Index) for the 15 first 3 years of the preceding 4 years of 16 available data; and 17 for each of fiscal years 2024 and 18 2025, the sum of— 19 the average annual percent 20 change in the cost, per full-time equiv- 21 alent position of the Food and Drug 22 Administration, of all personnel com- 23 pensation and benefits paid with re- 24 spect to such positions for the first 3 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 499 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. years of the preceding 4 fiscal years, 1 multiplied by the proportion of per- 2 sonnel compensation and benefits 3 costs to total costs of OTC mono- 4 graph drug activities for the first 3 5 years of the preceding 4 fiscal years; 6 and 7 the average annual percent 8 change that occurred in the Consumer 9 Price Index for urban consumers 10 (Washington-Baltimore, DC–MD–VA– 11 WV; Not Seasonally Adjusted; All 12 items; Annual Index) for the first 3 13 years of the preceding 4 years of 14 available data multiplied by the pro- 15 portion of all costs other than per- 16 sonnel compensation and benefits 17 costs to total costs of OTC mono- 18 graph drug activities for the first 3 19 years of the preceding 4 fiscal years. 20 OPERATING RESERVE ADJUSTMENT.— 21 IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2021 22 and subsequent fiscal years, for purposes of 23 subsections and the Sec- 24 retary may, in addition to adjustments under 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 500 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. paragraph further increase the fee revenue 1 and fees if such an adjustment is necessary to 2 provide operating reserves of carryover user 3 fees for OTC monograph drug activities for not 4 more than the number of weeks specified in 5 subparagraph 6 NUMBER OF WEEKS.—The number of 7 weeks specified in this subparagraph is— 8 3 weeks for fiscal year 2021; 9 7 weeks for fiscal year 2022; 10 ‘‘(iii) 10 weeks for fiscal year 2023; 11 10 weeks for fiscal year 2024; 12 and 13 10 weeks for fiscal year 2025. 14 DECREASE.—If the Secretary has 15 carryover balances for such process in excess of 16 10 weeks of the operating reserves referred to 17 in subparagraph the Secretary shall de- 18 crease the fee revenue and fees referred to in 19 such subparagraph to provide for not more than 20 10 weeks of such operating reserves. 21 RATIONALE FOR ADJUSTMENT.—If 22 an adjustment under this paragraph is made, 23 the rationale for the amount of the increase or 24 decrease (as applicable) in fee revenue and fees 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 501 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. shall be contained in the annual Federal Reg- 1 ister notice under paragraph establishing 2 fee revenue and fees for the fiscal year involved. 3 ADDITIONAL DIRECT COST ADJUST- 4 MENT.—The Secretary shall, in addition to adjust- 5 ments under paragraphs and further in- 6 crease the fee revenue and fees for purposes of sub- 7 section by an amount equal to— 8 $14,000,000 for fiscal year 2021; 9 $7,000,000 for fiscal year 2022; 10 $4,000,000 for fiscal year 2023; 11 $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2024; and 12 $3,000,000 for fiscal year 2025. 13 ANNUAL FEE SETTING.— 14 FISCAL YEAR 2021.—The Secretary 15 shall, not later than the second Monday in May 16 of 2020— 17 establish OTC monograph drug 18 facility fees for fiscal year 2021 under sub- 19 section based on the revenue amount 20 for such year under subsection and the 21 adjustments provided under this sub- 22 section; and 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 502 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. publish fee revenue, facility fees, 1 and OTC monograph order requests in the 2 Federal Register. 3 SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEARS.—The 4 Secretary shall, for each fiscal year that begins 5 after September 30, 2021, not later than the 6 second Monday in March that precedes such fis- 7 cal year— 8 establish for such fiscal year, 9 based on the revenue amounts under sub- 10 section and the adjustments provided 11 under this subsection— 12 OTC monograph drug facil- 13 ity fees under subsection and 14 OTC monograph order re- 15 quest fees under subsection 16 and 17 publish such fee revenue 18 amounts, facility fees, and OTC mono- 19 graph order request fees in the Federal 20 Register. 21 IDENTIFICATION OF FACILITIES.—Each person 22 that owns an OTC monograph drug facility shall submit 23 to the Secretary the information required under this sub- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 503 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. section each year. Such information shall, for each fiscal 1 year— 2 be submitted as part of the requirements 3 for drug establishment registration set forth in sec- 4 tion 510; and 5 include for each such facility, at a min- 6 imum, identification of the facility’s business oper- 7 ation as that of an OTC monograph drug facility. 8 EFFECT OF FAILURE TO PAY FEES.— 9 OTC MONOGRAPH DRUG FACILITY FEE.— 10 IN GENERAL.—Failure to pay the fee 11 under subsection within 20 calendar days 12 of the due date as specified in subparagraph 13 of such subsection shall result in the fol- 14 lowing: 15 The Secretary shall place the fa- 16 cility on a publicly available arrears list. 17 All OTC monograph drugs man- 18 ufactured in such a facility or containing 19 an ingredient manufactured in such a facil- 20 ity shall be deemed misbranded under sec- 21 tion 502(ff). 22 APPLICATION OF PENALTIES.—The 23 penalties under this paragraph shall apply until 24 the fee established by subsection is paid. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 504 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ORDER REQUESTS.—An OTC monograph 1 order request submitted by a person subject to fees 2 under subsection shall be considered incomplete 3 and shall not be accepted for filing by the Secretary 4 until all fees owed by such person under this section 5 have been paid. 6 MEETINGS.—A person subject to fees 7 under this section shall be considered ineligible for 8 OTC monograph drug meetings until all such fees 9 owed by such person have been paid. 10 CREDITING AND AVAILABILITY OF FEES.— 11 IN GENERAL.—Fees authorized under sub- 12 section shall be collected and available for obliga- 13 tion only to the extent and in the amount provided 14 in advance in appropriations Acts. Such fees are au- 15 thorized to remain available until expended. Such 16 sums as may be necessary may be transferred from 17 the Food and Drug Administration salaries and ex- 18 penses appropriation account without fiscal year lim- 19 itation to such appropriation account for salaries 20 and expenses with such fiscal year limitation. The 21 sums transferred shall be available solely for OTC 22 monograph drug activities. 23 COLLECTIONS AND APPROPRIATION 24 ACTS.— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 505 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara- 1 graph the fees authorized by this section 2 shall be collected and available in each fiscal 3 year in an amount not to exceed the amount 4 specified in appropriation Acts, or otherwise 5 made available for obligation, for such fiscal 6 year. 7 USE OF FEES AND LIMITATION.— 8 The fees authorized by this section shall be 9 available to defray increases in the costs of the 10 resources allocated for OTC monograph drug 11 activities (including increases in such costs for 12 an additional number of full-time equivalent po- 13 sitions in the Department of Health and 14 Human Services to be engaged in such activi- 15 ties), only if the Secretary allocates for such 16 purpose an amount for such fiscal year (exclud- 17 ing amounts from fees collected under this sec- 18 tion) no less than $12,000,000, multiplied by 19 the adjustment factor applicable to the fiscal 20 year involved under subsection 21 COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary shall 22 be considered to have met the requirements of 23 subparagraph in any fiscal year if the costs 24 funded by appropriations and allocated for OTC 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 506 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. monograph drug activities are not more than 15 1 percent below the level specified in such sub- 2 paragraph. 3 PROVISION FOR EARLY PAYMENTS IN 4 SUBSEQUENT YEARS.—Payment of fees author- 5 ized under this section for a fiscal year (after 6 fiscal year 2021), prior to the due date for such 7 fees, may be accepted by the Secretary in ac- 8 cordance with authority provided in advance in 9 a prior year appropriations Act. 10 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 11 For each of the fiscal years 2021 through 2025, 12 there is authorized to be appropriated for fees under 13 this section an amount equal to the total amount of 14 fees assessed for such fiscal year under this section. 15 COLLECTION OF UNPAID FEES.—In any case 16 where the Secretary does not receive payment of a fee as- 17 sessed under subsection within 30 calendar days after 18 it is due, such fee shall be treated as a claim of the United 19 States Government subject to subchapter II of chapter 37 20 of title 31, United States Code. 21 CONSTRUCTION.—This section may not be con- 22 strued to require that the number of full-time equivalent 23 positions in the Department of Health and Human Serv- 24 ices, for officers, employers, and advisory committees not 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 507 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. engaged in OTC monograph drug activities, be reduced 1 to offset the number of officers, employees, and advisory 2 committees so engaged. 3 ‘‘SEC. 744N. REAUTHORIZATION; REPORTING REQUIRE- 4 MENTS. 5 PERFORMANCE REPORT.—Beginning with fiscal 6 year 2021, and not later than 120 calendar days after the 7 end of each fiscal year thereafter for which fees are col- 8 lected under this part, the Secretary shall prepare and 9 submit to the Committee on Energy and Commerce of the 10 House of Representatives and the Committee on Health, 11 Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate a report 12 concerning the progress of the Food and Drug Adminis- 13 tration in achieving the goals identified in the letters de- 14 scribed in section 3861(b) of the CARES Act during such 15 fiscal year and the future plans of the Food and Drug 16 Administration for meeting such goals. 17 FISCAL REPORT.—Not later than 120 calendar 18 days after the end of fiscal year 2021 and each subsequent 19 fiscal year for which fees are collected under this part, 20 the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the Committee 21 on Energy and Commerce of the House of Representatives 22 and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 23 Pensions of the Senate a report on the implementation 24 of the authority for such fees during such fiscal year and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 508 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the use, by the Food and Drug Administration, of the fees 1 collected for such fiscal year. 2 PUBLIC AVAILABILITY.—The Secretary shall 3 make the reports required under subsections and 4 available to the public on the internet website of the Food 5 and Drug Administration. 6 REAUTHORIZATION.— 7 CONSULTATION.—In developing rec- 8 ommendations to present to the Congress with re- 9 spect to the goals described in subsection and 10 plans for meeting the goals, for OTC monograph 11 drug activities for the first 5 fiscal years after fiscal 12 year 2025, and for the reauthorization of this part 13 for such fiscal years, the Secretary shall consult 14 with— 15 the Committee on Energy and Com- 16 merce of the House of Representatives; 17 the Committee on Health, Education, 18 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 19 scientific and academic experts; 20 health care professionals; 21 representatives of patient and con- 22 sumer advocacy groups; and 23 the regulated industry. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 509 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. PUBLIC REVIEW OF RECOMMENDA- 1 TIONS.—After negotiations with the regulated indus- 2 try, the Secretary shall— 3 present the recommendations devel- 4 oped under paragraph to the congressional 5 committees specified in such paragraph; 6 publish such recommendations in the 7 Federal Register; 8 provide for a period of 30 calendar 9 days for the public to provide written comments 10 on such recommendations; 11 hold a meeting at which the public 12 may present its views on such recommenda- 13 tions; and 14 after consideration of such public 15 views and comments, revise such recommenda- 16 tions as necessary. 17 TRANSMITTAL OF RECOMMENDATIONS.— 18 Not later than January 15, 2025, the Secretary 19 shall transmit to the Congress the revised rec- 20 ommendations under paragraph a summary of 21 the views and comments received under such para- 22 graph, and any changes made to the recommenda- 23 tions in response to such views and comments.’’. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 510 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE IV—ECONOMIC STA- 1 BILIZATION AND ASSISTANCE 2 TO SEVERELY DISTRESSED 3 SECTORS OF THE UNITED 4 STATES ECONOMY 5 Subtitle A—Coronavirus Economic 6 Stabilization Act of 2020 7 SEC. 4001. SHORT TITLE. 8 This subtitle may be cited as the ‘‘Coronavirus Eco- 9 nomic Stabilization Act of 2020’’. 10 SEC. 4002. DEFINITIONS. 11 In this subtitle: 12 AIR CARRIER.—The term ‘‘air carrier’’ has 13 the meaning such term has under section 40102 of 14 title 49, United States Code. 15 CORONAVIRUS.—The term ‘‘coronavirus’’ 16 means SARS-CoV-2 or another coronavirus with 17 pandemic potential. 18 COVERED LOSS.—The term ‘‘covered loss’’ 19 includes losses incurred directly or indirectly as a re- 20 sult of coronavirus, as determined by the Secretary. 21 ELIGIBLE BUSINESS.—The term ‘‘eligible 22 business’’ means— 23 an air carrier; or 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 511 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. a United States business that has not 1 otherwise received adequate economic relief in 2 the form of loans or loan guarantees provided 3 under this Act. 4 EMPLOYEE.—Except where the context oth- 5 erwise requires, the term ‘‘employee’’— 6 has the meaning given the term in sec- 7 tion 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 8 U.S.C. 152); and 9 includes any individual employed by an 10 employer subject to the Railway Labor Act (45 11 U.S.C. 151 et seq.). 12 EQUITY SECURITY; EXCHANGE.—The terms 13 ‘‘equity security’’ and ‘‘exchange’’ have the meanings 14 given the terms in section 3(a) of the Securities Ex- 15 change Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)). 16 MUNICIPALITY.—The term ‘‘municipality’’ 17 includes— 18 a political subdivision of a State, and 19 an instrumentality of a municipality, a 20 State, or a political subdivision of a State. 21 NATIONAL SECURITIES EXCHANGE.—The 22 term ‘‘national securities exchange’’ means an ex- 23 change registered as a national securities exchange 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 512 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. under section 6 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78f). 2 SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 3 the Secretary of the Treasury, or the designee of the 4 Secretary of the Treasury. 5 (10) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means— 6 any of the several States; 7 the District of Columbia; 8 any of the territories and possessions 9 of the United States; 10 any bi-State or multi-State entity; and 11 any Indian Tribe. 12 SEC. 4003. EMERGENCY RELIEF AND TAXPAYER PROTEC- 13 TIONS. 14 IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 15 sion of law, to provide liquidity to eligible businesses, 16 States, and municipalities related to losses incurred as a 17 result of coronavirus, the Secretary is authorized to make 18 loans, loan guarantees, and other investments in support 19 of eligible businesses, States, and municipalities that do 20 not, in the aggregate, exceed $500,000,000,000 and pro- 21 vide the subsidy amounts necessary for such loans, loan 22 guarantees, and other investments in accordance with the 23 provisions of the Federal Credit Reform Act of 1990 (2 24 U.S.C. 661 et seq.). 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 513 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. LOANS, LOAN GUARANTEES, AND OTHER IN- 1 VESTMENTS.—Loans, loan guarantees, and other invest- 2 ments made pursuant to subsection shall be made 3 available as follows: 4 Not more than $25,000,000,000 shall be 5 available to make loans and loan guarantees for pas- 6 senger air carriers, eligible businesses that are cer- 7 tified under part 145 of title 14, Code of Federal 8 Regulations, and approved to perform inspection, re- 9 pair, replace, or overhaul services, and ticket agents 10 (as defined in section 40102 of title 49, United 11 States Code). 12 Not more than $4,000,000,000 shall be 13 available to make loans and loan guarantees for 14 cargo air carriers. 15 Not more than $17,000,000,000 shall be 16 available to make loans and loan guarantees for 17 businesses critical to maintaining national security. 18 Not more than the sum of 19 $454,000,000,000 and any amounts available under 20 paragraphs and that are not used as 21 provided under those paragraphs shall be available 22 to make loans and loan guarantees to, and other in- 23 vestments in, programs or facilities established by 24 the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Sys- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 514 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. tem for the purpose of providing liquidity to the fi- 1 nancial system that supports lending to eligible busi- 2 nesses, States, or municipalities by— 3 purchasing obligations or other inter- 4 ests directly from issuers of such obligations or 5 other interests; 6 purchasing obligations or other inter- 7 ests in secondary markets or otherwise; or 8 making loans, including loans or other 9 advances secured by collateral. 10 TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 11 IN GENERAL.— 12 FORMS; TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—A 13 loan, loan guarantee, or other investment by the 14 Secretary shall be made under this section in 15 such form and on such terms and conditions 16 and contain such covenants, representations, 17 warranties, and requirements (including re- 18 quirements for audits) as the Secretary deter- 19 mines appropriate. Any loans made by the Sec- 20 retary under this section shall be at a rate de- 21 termined by the Secretary based on the risk 22 and the current average yield on outstanding 23 marketable obligations of the United States of 24 comparable maturity. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 515 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. PROCEDURES.—As soon as prac- 1 ticable, but in no case later than 10 days after 2 the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 3 shall publish procedures for application and 4 minimum requirements, which may be supple- 5 mented by the Secretary in the Secretary’s dis- 6 cretion, for making loans, loan guarantees, or 7 other investments under paragraphs 8 and of subsection . 9 LOANS AND LOAN GUARANTEES .—The Sec- 10 retary may enter into agreements to make loans or 11 loan guarantees to 1 or more eligible businesses 12 under paragraphs and of subsection 13 if the Secretary determines that, in the Secretary’s 14 discretion— 15 the applicant is an eligible business for 16 which credit is not reasonably available at the 17 time of the transaction; 18 the intended obligation by the appli- 19 cant is prudently incurred; 20 the loan or loan guarantee is suffi- 21 ciently secured or is made at a rate that— 22 reflects the risk of the loan or loan 23 guarantee; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 516 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (ii) is to the extent practicable, not 1 less than an interest rate based on market 2 conditions for comparable obligations prev- 3 alent prior to the outbreak of the 4 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19); 5 the duration of the loan or loan guar- 6 antee is as short as practicable and in any case 7 not longer than 5 years; 8 the agreement provides that, until the 9 date 12 months after the date the loan or loan 10 guarantee is no longer outstanding, neither the 11 eligible business nor any affiliate of the eligible 12 business may purchase an equity security that 13 is listed on a national securities exchange of the 14 eligible business or any parent company of the 15 eligible business, except to the extent required 16 under a contractual obligation in effect as of 17 the date of enactment of this Act; 18 the agreement provides that, until the 19 date 12 months after the date the loan or loan 20 guarantee is no longer outstanding, the eligible 21 business shall not pay dividends or make other 22 capital distributions with respect to the common 23 stock of the eligible business; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 517 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the agreement provides that, until Sep- 1 tember 30, 2020, the eligible business shall 2 maintain its employment levels as of March 24, 3 2020, to the extent practicable, and in any case 4 shall not reduce its employment levels by more 5 than 10 percent from the levels on such date; 6 the agreement includes a certification 7 by the eligible business that it is created or or- 8 ganized in the United States or under the laws 9 of the United States and has significant oper- 10 ations in and a majority of its employees based 11 in the United States; and 12 for purposes of a loan or loan guar- 13 antee under paragraphs and of 14 subsection the eligible business must have 15 incurred or is expected to incur covered losses 16 such that the continued operations of the busi- 17 ness are jeopardized, as determined by the Sec- 18 retary. 19 FEDERAL RESERVE PROGRAMS OR FACILI- 20 TIES.— 21 TERMS AND CONDITIONS.— 22 DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, 23 the term ‘‘direct loan’’ means a loan under 24 a bilateral loan agreement that is — 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 518 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. entered into directly with an 1 eligible business as borrower; and 2 (II) not part of a syndicated 3 loan, a loan originated by a financial 4 institution in the ordinary course of 5 business, or a securities or capital 6 markets transaction. 7 (ii) RESTRICTIONS.—The Secretary 8 may make a loan, loan guarantee, or other 9 investment under subsection as part 10 of a program or facility that provides di- 11 rect loans only if the applicable eligible 12 businesses agree— 13 until the date 12 months 14 after the date on which the direct loan 15 is no longer outstanding, not to repur- 16 chase an equity security that is listed 17 on a national securities exchange of 18 the eligible business or any parent 19 company of the eligible business while 20 the direct loan is outstanding, except 21 to the extent required under a con- 22 tractual obligation that is in effect as 23 of the date of enactment of this Act; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 519 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (II) until the date 12 months 1 after the date on which the direct loan 2 is no longer outstanding, not to pay 3 dividends or make other capital dis- 4 tributions with respect to the common 5 stock of the eligible business; and 6 (III) to comply with the limita- 7 tions on compensation set forth in 8 section 4004. 9 (iii) WAIVER.—The Secretary may 10 waive the requirement under clause (ii) 11 with respect to any program or facility 12 upon a determination that such waiver is 13 necessary to protect the interests of the 14 Federal Government. If the Secretary exer- 15 cises a waiver under this clause, the Sec- 16 retary shall make himself available to tes- 17 tify before the Committee on Banking, 18 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 19 and the Committee on Financial Services 20 of the House of Representatives regarding 21 the reasons for the waiver. 22 FEDERAL RESERVE ACT TAXPAYER 23 PROTECTIONS AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS 24 APPLY.—For the avoidance of doubt, any appli- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 520 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. cable requirements under section 13(3) of the 1 Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 343(3)), in- 2 cluding requirements relating to loan 3 collateralization, taxpayer protection, and bor- 4 rower solvency, shall apply with respect to any 5 program or facility described in subsection 6 7 UNITED STATES BUSINESSES.—A pro- 8 gram or facility in which the Secretary makes 9 a loan, loan guarantee, or other investment 10 under subsection shall only purchase ob- 11 ligations or other interests (other than securi- 12 ties that are based on an index or that are 13 based on a diversified pool of securities) from, 14 or make loans or other advances to, businesses 15 that are created or organized in the United 16 States or under the laws of the United States 17 and that have significant operations in and a 18 majority of its employees based in the United 19 States. 20 ASSISTANCE FOR MID-SIZED BUSI- 21 NESSES.— 22 IN GENERAL.—Without limiting 23 the terms and conditions of the programs 24 and facilities that the Secretary may other- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 521 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. wise provide financial assistance to under 1 subsection the Secretary shall en- 2 deavor to seek the implementation of a 3 program or facility described in subsection 4 that provides financing to banks and 5 other lenders that make direct loans to eli- 6 gible businesses including, to the extent 7 practicable, nonprofit organizations, with 8 between 500 and 10,000 employees, with 9 such direct loans being subject to an 10 annualized interest rate that is not higher 11 than 2 percent per annum. For the first 6 12 months after any such direct loan is made, 13 or for such longer period as the Secretary 14 may determine in his discretion, no prin- 15 cipal or interest shall be due and payable. 16 Any eligible borrower applying for a direct 17 loan under this program shall make a 18 good-faith certification that— 19 the uncertainty of economic 20 conditions as of the date of the appli- 21 cation makes necessary the loan re- 22 quest to support the ongoing oper- 23 ations of the recipient; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 522 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (II) the funds it receives will be 1 used to retain at least 90 percent of 2 the recipient’s workforce, at full com- 3 pensation and benefits, until Sep- 4 tember 30, 2020; 5 (III) the recipient intends to re- 6 store not less than 90 percent of the 7 workforce of the recipient that existed 8 as of February 1, 2020, and to re- 9 store all compensation and benefits to 10 the workers of the recipient no later 11 than 4 months after the termination 12 date of the public health emergency 13 declared by the Secretary of Health 14 and Human Services on January 31, 15 2020, under section 319 of the Public 16 Health Services Act (42 U.S.C. 247d) 17 in response to COVID–19; 18 (IV) the recipient is an entity or 19 business that is domiciled in the 20 United States with significant oper- 21 ations and employees located in the 22 United States; 23 the recipient is not a debtor 24 in a bankruptcy proceeding; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 523 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (VI) the recipient is created or 1 organized in the United States or 2 under the laws of the United States 3 and has significant operations in and 4 a majority of its employees based in 5 the United States; 6 (VII) the recipient will not pay 7 dividends with respect to the common 8 stock of the eligible business, or re- 9 purchase an equity security that is 10 listed on a national securities ex- 11 change of the recipient or any parent 12 company of the recipient while the di- 13 rect loan is outstanding, except to the 14 extent required under a contractual 15 obligation that is in effect as of the 16 date of enactment of this Act; 17 (VIII) the recipient will not 18 outsource or offshore jobs for the 19 term of the loan and 2 years after 20 completing repayment of the loan; 21 (IX) the recipient will not abro- 22 gate existing collective bargaining 23 agreements for the term of the loan 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 524 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. and 2 years after completing repay- 1 ment of the loan; and 2 that the recipient will remain 3 neutral in any union organizing effort 4 for the term of the loan. 5 (ii) MAIN STREET LENDING PRO- 6 GRAM.—Nothing in this subparagraph 7 shall limit the discretion of the Board of 8 Governors of the Federal Reserve System 9 to establish a Main Street Lending Pro- 10 gram or other similar program or facility 11 that supports lending to small and mid- 12 sized businesses on such terms and condi- 13 tions as the Board may set consistent with 14 section 13(3) of the Federal Reserve Act 15 (12 U.S.C. 343(3)), including any such 16 program in which the Secretary makes a 17 loan, loan guarantee, or other investment 18 under subsection 19 GOVERNMENT PARTICIPANTS.—The 20 Secretary shall endeavor to seek the implemen- 21 tation of a program or facility in accordance 22 with subsection that provides liquidity to 23 the financial system that supports lending to 24 States and municipalities. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 525 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. FINANCIAL PROTECTION OF GOVERNMENT.— 1 WARRANT OR SENIOR DEBT INSTRU- 2 MENT.—The Secretary may not issue a loan to, or 3 a loan guarantee for, an eligible business under 4 paragraph or of subsection unless— 5 the eligible business has issued secu- 6 rities that are traded on a national securities 7 exchange; and 8 (ii) the Secretary receives a warrant or eq- 9 uity interest in the eligible business; or 10 in the case of any eligible business 11 other than an eligible business described in sub- 12 paragraph the Secretary receives, in the 13 discretion of the Secretary— 14 a warrant or equity interest in the 15 eligible business; or 16 (ii) a senior debt instrument issued by 17 the eligible business. 18 TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The terms and 19 conditions of any warrant, equity interest, or senior 20 debt instrument received under paragraph shall 21 be set by the Secretary and shall meet the following 22 requirements: 23 PURPOSES.—Such terms and condi- 24 tions shall be designed to provide for a reason- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 526 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. able participation by the Secretary, for the ben- 1 efit of taxpayers, in equity appreciation in the 2 case of a warrant or other equity interest, or a 3 reasonable interest rate premium, in the case of 4 a debt instrument. 5 AUTHORITY TO SELL, EXERCISE, OR 6 SURRENDER.—For the primary benefit of tax- 7 payers, the Secretary may sell, exercise, or sur- 8 render a warrant or any senior debt instrument 9 received under this subsection. The Secretary 10 shall not exercise voting power with respect to 11 any shares of common stock acquired under 12 this section. 13 SUFFICIENCY.—If the Secretary deter- 14 mines that the eligible business cannot feasibly 15 issue warrants or other equity interests as re- 16 quired by this subsection, the Secretary may ac- 17 cept a senior debt instrument in an amount and 18 on such terms as the Secretary deems appro- 19 priate. 20 PROHIBITION ON LOAN FORGIVENESS.— 21 The principal amount of any obligation issued by an 22 eligible business, State, or municipality under a pro- 23 gram described in subsection shall not be re- 24 duced through loan forgiveness. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 527 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS.—Amounts collected 1 under subsection shall be deposited in the following 2 order of priority: 3 Into the financing accounts established 4 under section 505 of the Federal Credit Reform Act 5 of 1990 (2 U.S.C. 661d) to implement this subtitle, 6 up to an amount equal to the sum of— 7 the amount transferred from the ap- 8 propriation made under section 4027 to the fi- 9 nancing accounts; and 10 the amount necessary to repay any 11 amount lent from the Treasury to such financ- 12 ing accounts. 13 After the deposits specified in paragraph 14 of this subsection have been made, into the Fed- 15 eral Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 16 established under section 201(a) of the Social Secu- 17 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 401). 18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—Notwithstanding 19 any other provision of law, the Secretary may use not 20 greater than $100,000,000 of the funds made available 21 under section 4027 to pay costs and administrative ex- 22 penses associated with the loans, loan guarantees, and 23 other investments authorized under this section. The Sec- 24 retary is authorized to take such actions as the Secretary 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 528 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. deems necessary to carry out the authorities in this sub- 1 title, including, without limitation— 2 using direct hiring authority to hire employ- 3 ees to administer this subtitle; 4 entering into contracts, including contracts 5 for services authorized by this subtitle; 6 establishing vehicles that are authorized, 7 subject to supervision by the Secretary, to purchase, 8 hold, and sell assets and issue obligations; and 9 issuing such regulations and other guidance 10 as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the 11 authorities or purposes of this subtitle. 12 FINANCIAL AGENTS.—The Secretary is author- 13 ized to designate financial institutions, including but not 14 limited to, depositories, brokers, dealers, and other institu- 15 tions, as financial agents of the United States. Such insti- 16 tutions shall— 17 perform all reasonable duties the Secretary 18 determines necessary to respond to the coronavirus; 19 and 20 be paid for such duties using appropriations 21 available to the Secretary to reimburse financial in- 22 stitutions in their capacity as financial agents of the 23 United States. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 529 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. LOANS MADE BY OR GUARANTEED BY THE DE- 1 PARTMENT OF THE TREASURY TREATED AS INDEBTED- 2 NESS FOR TAX PURPOSES.— 3 IN GENERAL.—Any loan made by or guar- 4 anteed by the Department of the Treasury under 5 this section shall be treated as indebtedness for pur- 6 poses of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, shall be 7 treated as issued for its stated principal amount, 8 and stated interest on such loans shall be treated as 9 qualified stated interest. 10 REGULATIONS OR GUIDANCE.—The Sec- 11 retary of the Treasury (or the Secretary’s delegate) 12 shall prescribe such regulations or guidance as may 13 be necessary or appropriate to carry out the pur- 14 poses of this section, including guidance providing 15 that the acquisition of warrants, stock options, com- 16 mon or preferred stock or other equity under this 17 section does not result in an ownership change for 18 purposes of section 382 of the Internal Revenue 19 Code of 1986. 20 SEC. 4004. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EMPLOYEE COM- 21 PENSATION. 22 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may only enter into 23 an agreement with an eligible business to make a loan or 24 loan guarantee under paragraph or of section 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 530 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 4003(b) if such agreement provides that, during the pe- 1 riod beginning on the date on which the agreement is exe- 2 cuted and ending on the date that is 1 year after the date 3 on which the loan or loan guarantee is no longer out- 4 standing— 5 no officer or employee of the eligible busi- 6 ness whose total compensation exceeded $425,000 in 7 calendar year 2019 (other than an employee whose 8 compensation is determined through an existing col- 9 lective bargaining agreement entered into prior to 10 March 1, 2020)— 11 will receive from the eligible business 12 total compensation which exceeds, during any 13 12 consecutive months of such period, the total 14 compensation received by the officer or em- 15 ployee from the eligible business in calendar 16 year 2019; or 17 will receive from the eligible business 18 severance pay or other benefits upon termi- 19 nation of employment with the eligible business 20 which exceeds twice the maximum total com- 21 pensation received by the officer or employee 22 from the eligible business in calendar year 23 2019; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 531 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. no officer or employee of the eligible busi- 1 ness whose total compensation exceeded $3,000,000 2 in calendar year 2019 may receive during any 12 3 consecutive months of such period total compensa- 4 tion in excess of the sum of— 5 $3,000,000; and 6 50 percent of the excess over 7 $3,000,000 of the total compensation received 8 by the officer or employee from the eligible 9 business in calendar year 2019. 10 TOTAL COMPENSATION DEFINED.—In this sec- 11 tion, the term ‘‘total compensation’’ includes salary, bo- 12 nuses, awards of stock, and other financial benefits pro- 13 vided by an eligible business to an officer or employee of 14 the eligible business. 15 SEC. 4005. CONTINUATION OF CERTAIN AIR SERVICE. 16 The Secretary of Transportation is authorized to re- 17 quire, to the extent reasonable and practicable, an air car- 18 rier receiving loans and loan guarantees under section 19 4003 to maintain scheduled air transportation service as 20 the Secretary of Transportation deems necessary to ensure 21 services to any point served by that carrier before March 22 1, 2020. When considering whether to exercise the author- 23 ity granted by this section, the Secretary of Transpor- 24 tation shall take into consideration the air transportation 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 532 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. needs of small and remote communities and the need to 1 maintain well-functioning health care and pharmaceutical 2 supply chains, including for medical devices and supplies. 3 The authority under this section, including any require- 4 ment issued by the Secretary under this section, shall ter- 5 minate on March 1, 2022. 6 SEC. 4006. COORDINATION WITH SECRETARY OF TRANS- 7 PORTATION. 8 In implementing this subtitle with respect to air car- 9 riers, the Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary of 10 Transportation. 11 SEC. 4007. SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN AVIATION EXCISE 12 TAXES. 13 TRANSPORTATION BY AIR.—In the case of any 14 amount paid for transportation by air (including any 15 amount treated as paid for transportation by air by reason 16 of section 4261(e)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 17 1986) during the excise tax holiday period, no tax shall 18 be imposed under section 4261 or 4271 of such Code. The 19 preceding sentence shall not apply to amounts paid on or 20 before the date of the enactment of this Act. 21 USE OF KEROSENE IN COMMERCIAL AVIATION.— 22 In the case of kerosene used in commercial aviation (as 23 defined in section 4083 of the Internal Revenue Code of 24 1986) during the excise tax holiday period— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 533 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. no tax shall be imposed on such kerosene 1 under— 2 section 4041(c) of the Internal Rev- 3 enue Code of 1986, or 4 section 4081 of such Code (other than 5 at the rate provided in subsection 6 thereof), and 7 section 6427(l) of such Code shall be ap- 8 plied— 9 by treating such use as a nontaxable 10 use, and 11 without regard to paragraph (4)(A)(ii) 12 thereof. 13 EXCISE TAX HOLIDAY PERIOD.—For purposes of 14 this section, the term ‘‘excise tax holiday period’’ means 15 the period beginning after the date of the enactment of 16 this section and ending before January 1, 2021. 17 SEC. 4008. DEBT GUARANTEE AUTHORITY. 18 Section 1105 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Re- 19 form and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5612) is 20 amended— 21 in subsection 22 by inserting ‘‘in noninterest-bearing 23 transaction accounts’’ after ‘‘institutions’’; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 534 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. by striking ‘‘shall not’’ and inserting 1 and 2 by adding at the end the following: 3 APPROVAL OF GUARANTEE PROGRAM DURING 4 THE COVID–19 CRISIS.— 5 IN GENERAL.—For purposes of the con- 6 gressional joint resolution of approval provided for 7 in subsections and and notwith- 8 standing any other provision of this section, the 9 Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is approved 10 upon enactment of this Act to establish a program 11 provided for in subsection provided that any 12 such program and any such guarantee shall termi- 13 nate not later than December 31, 2020. 14 MAXIMUM AMOUNT.—Any debt guarantee 15 program authorized by this subsection shall include 16 a maximum amount of outstanding debt that is 17 guaranteed.’’. 18 FEDERAL CREDIT UNION TRANSACTION AC- 19 COUNT GUARANTEES.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 20 sion of law and in coordination with the Federal Deposit 21 Insurance Corporation, the National Credit Union Admin- 22 istration Board may by a vote of the Board increase to 23 unlimited, or such lower amount as the Board approves, 24 the share insurance coverage provided by the National 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 535 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Credit Union Share Insurance Fund on any noninterest- 1 bearing transaction account in any federally insured credit 2 union without exception, provided that any such increase 3 shall terminate not later than December 31, 2020. 4 SEC. 4009. TEMPORARY GOVERNMENT IN THE SUNSHINE 5 ACT RELIEF. 6 IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 7 notwithstanding any other provision of law, if the 8 Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Re- 9 serve System determines, in writing, that unusual and exi- 10 gent circumstances exist, the Board may conduct meetings 11 without regard to the requirements of section 552b of title 12 5, United States Code, during the period beginning on the 13 date of enactment of this Act and ending on the earlier 14 of— 15 the date on which the national emergency 16 concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID– 17 19) outbreak declared by the President on March 18 13, 2020 under the National Emergencies Act (50 19 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) terminates; or 20 December 31, 2020. 21 RECORDS.—The Board of Governors of the Fed- 22 eral Reserve System shall keep a record of all Board votes 23 and the reasons for such votes during the period described 24 in subsection 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 536 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 4010. TEMPORARY HIRING FLEXIBILITY. 1 DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘covered 2 period’’ means the period beginning on the date of enact- 3 ment of this Act and ending on the sooner of— 4 the termination date of the national emer- 5 gency concerning the novel coronavirus disease 6 (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the President on 7 March 13, 2020 under the National Emergencies 8 Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); or 9 December 31, 2020. 10 AUTHORITY.— During the covered period, the 11 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the Securi- 12 ties and Exchange Commission, and the Commodity Fu- 13 tures Trading Commission may, without regard to sections 14 3309 through 3318 of title 5, United States Code, recruit 15 and appoint candidates to fill temporary and term ap- 16 pointments within their respective agencies upon a deter- 17 mination that those expedited procedures are necessary 18 and appropriate to enable the respective agencies to pre- 19 vent, prepare for, or respond to COVID–19. 20 SEC. 4011. TEMPORARY LENDING LIMIT WAIVER. 21 IN GENERAL.—Section 5200 of the Revised Stat- 22 utes of the United States (12 U.S.C. 84) is amended— 23 in subsection 24 by inserting ‘‘any nonbank financial 25 company (as that term is defined in section 102 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 537 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. of the Financial Stability Act of 2010 (12 1 U.S.C. 5311)),’’ after ‘‘Loans or extensions of 2 credit to’’; and 3 by striking ‘‘financial institution or to’’ 4 and inserting ‘‘financial institution, or to’’; and 5 in subsection by adding at the end of 6 paragraph the following: ‘‘The Comptroller of 7 the Currency may, by order, exempt any transaction 8 or series of transactions from the requirements of 9 this section upon a finding by the Comptroller that 10 such exemption is in the public interest and con- 11 sistent with the purposes of this section.’’. 12 EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—This section, and the 13 amendments made by this section, shall be effective during 14 the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act 15 and ending on the sooner of— 16 the termination date of the national emer- 17 gency concerning the novel coronavirus disease 18 (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the President on 19 March 13, 2020 under the National Emergencies 20 Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.); or 21 December 31, 2020. 22 SEC. 4012. TEMPORARY RELIEF FOR COMMUNITY BANKS. 23 DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 538 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the term ‘‘appropriate Federal banking 1 agency’’ has the meaning given the term in section 2 2 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and 3 Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5365 note); 4 and 5 the terms ‘‘Community Bank Leverage 6 Ratio’’ and ‘‘qualifying community bank’’ have the 7 meanings given the terms in section 201(a) of the 8 Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer 9 Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5371 note). 10 INTERIM RULE.— 11 IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 12 provision of law or regulation, the appropriate Fed- 13 eral banking agencies shall issue an interim final 14 rule that provides that, for the purposes of section 15 201 of the Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and 16 Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 5371 note)— 17 the Community Bank Leverage Ratio 18 shall be 8 percent; and 19 a qualifying community bank that falls 20 below the Community Bank Leverage Ratio es- 21 tablished under subparagraph shall have a 22 reasonable grace period to satisfy the Commu- 23 nity Bank Leverage Ratio. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 539 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. EFFECTIVE PERIOD.—The interim rule 1 issued under paragraph shall be effective during 2 the period beginning on the date on which the ap- 3 propriate Federal banking agencies issue the rule 4 and ending on the sooner of— 5 the termination date of the national 6 emergency concerning the novel coronavirus dis- 7 ease (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the 8 President on March 13, 2020 under the Na- 9 tional Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et 10 seq.); or 11 December 31, 2020. 12 GRACE PERIOD.—During a grace period de- 13 scribed in subsection a qualifying community 14 bank to which the grace period applies may continue to 15 be treated as a qualifying community bank and shall be 16 presumed to satisfy the capital and leverage requirements 17 described in section 201(c) of the Economic Growth, Reg- 18 ulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (12 U.S.C. 19 5371 note). 20 SEC. 4013. TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM TROUBLED DEBT 21 RESTRUCTURINGS. 22 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 23 APPLICABLE PERIOD.—The term ‘‘applica- 24 ble period’’ means the period beginning on March 1, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 540 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 2020 and ending on the earlier of December 31, 1 2020, or the date that is 60 days after the date on 2 which the national emergency concerning the novel 3 coronavirus disease (COVID–19) outbreak declared 4 by the President on March 13, 2020 under the Na- 5 tional Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) ter- 6 minates. 7 APPROPRIATE FEDERAL BANKING AGEN- 8 CY.—The term ‘‘appropriate Federal banking agen- 9 cy’’— 10 has the meaning given the term in sec- 11 tion 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 12 U.S.C. 1813); and 13 includes the National Credit Union 14 Administration. 15 SUSPENSION.— 16 IN GENERAL.—During the applicable pe- 17 riod, a financial institution may elect to— 18 suspend the requirements under 19 United States generally accepted accounting 20 principles for loan modifications related to the 21 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) pan- 22 demic that would otherwise be categorized as a 23 troubled debt restructuring; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 541 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. suspend any determination of a loan 1 modified as a result of the effects of the 2 coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) pan- 3 demic as being a troubled debt restructuring, 4 including impairment for accounting purposes. 5 APPLICABILITY.—Any suspension under 6 paragraph 7 shall be applicable for the term of the 8 loan modification, but solely with respect to any 9 modification, including a forbearance arrange- 10 ment, an interest rate modification, a repay- 11 ment plan, and any other similar arrangement 12 that defers or delays the payment of principal 13 or interest, that occurs during the applicable 14 period for a loan that was not more than 30 15 days past due as of December 31, 2019; and 16 shall not apply to any adverse impact 17 on the credit of a borrower that is not related 18 to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID–19) 19 pandemic. 20 DEFERENCE.—The appropriate Federal banking 21 agency of the financial institution shall defer to the deter- 22 mination of the financial institution to make a suspension 23 under this section. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 542 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. RECORDS.—For modified loans for which suspen- 1 sions under subsection apply— 2 financial institutions should continue to 3 maintain records of the volume of loans involved; 4 and 5 the appropriate Federal banking agencies 6 may collect data about such loans for supervisory 7 purposes. 8 SEC. 4014. OPTIONAL TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM CURRENT 9 EXPECTED CREDIT LOSSES. 10 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 11 APPROPRIATE FEDERAL BANKING AGEN- 12 CY.—The term ‘‘appropriate Federal banking agen- 13 cy’’— 14 has the meaning given the term in sec- 15 tion 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 16 U.S.C. 1813); and 17 includes the National Credit Union 18 Administration. 19 INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTION.—The 20 term ‘‘insured depository institution’’— 21 has the meaning given the term in sec- 22 tion 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 23 U.S.C. 1813); and 24 includes a credit union. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 543 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. TEMPORARY RELIEF FROM CECL STAND- 1 ARDS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no in- 2 sured depository institution, bank holding company, or 3 any affiliate thereof shall be required to comply with the 4 Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Stand- 5 ards Update No. 2016–13 (‘‘Measurement of Credit 6 Losses on Financial Instruments’’), including the current 7 expected credit losses methodology for estimating allow- 8 ances for credit losses, during the period beginning on the 9 date of enactment of this Act and ending on the earlier 10 of— 11 the date on which the national emergency 12 concerning the novel coronavirus disease (COVID– 13 19) outbreak declared by the President on March 14 13, 2020 under the National Emergencies Act (50 15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) terminates; or 16 December 31, 2020. 17 SEC. 4015. NON-APPLICABILITY OF RESTRICTIONS ON ESF 18 DURING NATIONAL EMERGENCY. 19 IN GENERAL.—Section 131 of the Emergency 20 Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5236) 21 shall not apply during the period beginning on the date 22 of enactment of this Act and ending on December 31, 23 2020. Any guarantee established as a result of the applica- 24 tion of subsection shall— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 544 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. be limited to a guarantee of the total value 1 of a shareholder’s account in a participating fund as 2 of the close of business on the day before the an- 3 nouncement of the guarantee; and 4 terminate not later than December 31, 5 2020. 6 DIRECT APPROPRIATION.—Upon the expiration 7 of the period described in subsection there is appro- 8 priated, out of amounts in the Treasury not otherwise ap- 9 propriated, such sums as may be necessary to reimburse 10 the fund established under section 5302(a)(1) of title 31, 11 United States Code, for any funds that are used for the 12 Treasury Money Market Funds Guaranty Program for the 13 United States money market mutual fund industry to the 14 extent a claim payment made exceeds the balance of fees 15 collected by the fund. 16 SEC. 4016. TEMPORARY CREDIT UNION PROVISIONS. 17 IN GENERAL.— 18 DEFINITIONS.—Section 302(1) of the Fed- 19 eral Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1795a(1)) is 20 amended, in the matter preceding subparagraph 21 by striking ‘‘primarily serving natural persons’’. 22 MEMBERSHIP.—Section 304(b)(2) of the 23 Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1795c(b)(2)) 24 is amended by striking ‘‘all those credit unions’’ and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 545 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. inserting ‘‘such credit unions as the Board may in 1 its discretion determine’’. 2 EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT.—Section 3 306(a)(1) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 4 U.S.C. 1795e(a)(1)) is amended, in the second sen- 5 tence, by striking ‘‘the intent of which is to expand 6 credit union portfolios’’ and inserting ‘‘without first 7 having obtained evidence from the applicant that the 8 applicant has made reasonable efforts to first use 9 primary sources of liquidity of the applicant, includ- 10 ing balance sheet and market funding sources, to 11 address the liquidity needs of the applicant’’. 12 POWERS OF THE BOARD.—Section 13 307(a)(4)(A) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 14 U.S.C. 1795f(a)(4)(A)) is amended by inserting 15 provided that, the total face value of such obliga- 16 tions shall not exceed 16 times the subscribed cap- 17 ital stock and surplus of the Facility for the period 18 beginning on the date of enactment of the 19 Coronavirus Economic Stabilization Act of 2020 and 20 ending on December 31, 2020’’ after ‘‘Facility’’. 21 SUNSET.— 22 IN GENERAL.— 23 DEFINITIONS.—Section 302(1) of the 24 Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1795a(1)) 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 546 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. is amended, in the matter preceding subpara- 1 graph by inserting ‘‘primarily serving nat- 2 ural persons’’ after ‘‘credit unions’’. 3 MEMBERSHIP.—Section 304(b)(2) of 4 the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 5 1795c(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘such 6 credit unions as the Board may in its discretion 7 determine’’ and inserting ‘‘all those credit 8 unions’’. 9 EXTENSIONS OF CREDIT.—Section 10 306(a)(1) of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 11 U.S.C. 1795e(a)(1)) is amended, in the second 12 sentence, by striking ‘‘without first having ob- 13 tained evidence from the applicant that the ap- 14 plicant has made reasonable efforts to first use 15 primary sources of liquidity of the applicant, in- 16 cluding balance sheet and market funding 17 sources, to address the liquidity needs of the 18 applicant’’ and inserting ‘‘the intent of which is 19 to expand credit union portfolios’’. 20 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 21 by paragraph shall take effect on December 31, 22 2020. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 547 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 4017. INCREASING ACCESS TO MATERIALS NECESSARY 1 FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND PANDEMIC 2 RECOVERY. 3 Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 4 during the 2-year period beginning on the 5 date of enactment of this Act, the requirements de- 6 scribed in sections 303(a)(6)(C) and 304(e) of the 7 Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 8 4533(a)(6)(C), 4534(e)) shall not apply; and 9 during the 1-year period beginning on the 10 date of enactment of this Act, the requirements de- 11 scribed in sections 302(d)(1) and 303 of 12 the Defense Production Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 13 4532(d)(1), 4533(a)(6)(B)) shall not apply. 14 SEC. 4018. SPECIAL INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR PANDEMIC 15 RECOVERY. 16 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—There is 17 hereby established within the Department of the Treasury 18 the Office of the Special Inspector General for Pandemic 19 Recovery. 20 APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL; RE- 21 MOVAL.— 22 IN GENERAL.—The head of the Office of 23 the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recov- 24 ery shall be the Special Inspector General for Pan- 25 demic Recovery (referred to in this section as the 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 548 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘Special Inspector General’’), who shall be appointed 1 by the President, by and with the advice and consent 2 of the Senate. 3 NOMINATION.—The nomination of the Spe- 4 cial Inspector General shall be made on the basis of 5 integrity and demonstrated ability in accounting, au- 6 diting, financial analysis, law, management analysis, 7 public administration, or investigations. The nomina- 8 tion of an individual as Special Inspector General 9 shall be made as soon as practicable after any loan, 10 loan guarantee, or other investment is made under 11 section 4003. 12 REMOVAL.—The Special Inspector General 13 shall be removable from office in accordance with 14 the provisions of section 3(b) of the Inspector Gen- 15 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 16 POLITICAL ACTIVITY.—For purposes of sec- 17 tion 7324 of title 5, United States Code, the Special 18 Inspector General shall not be considered an em- 19 ployee who determines policies to be pursued by the 20 United States in the nationwide administration of 21 Federal law. 22 BASIC PAY.—The annual rate of basic pay 23 of the Special Inspector General shall be the annual 24 rate of basic pay for an Inspector General under sec- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 549 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. tion 3(e) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 1 U.S.C. App.). 2 DUTIES.— 3 IN GENERAL.—It shall be the duty of the 4 Special Inspector General to, in accordance with sec- 5 tion 4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 6 U.S.C. App.), conduct, supervise, and coordinate au- 7 dits and investigations of the making, purchase, 8 management, and sale of loans, loan guarantees, and 9 other investments made by the Secretary of the 10 Treasury under any program established by the Sec- 11 retary under this Act, and the management by the 12 Secretary of any program established under this Act, 13 including by collecting and summarizing the fol- 14 lowing information: 15 A description of the categories of the 16 loans, loan guarantees, and other investments 17 made by the Secretary. 18 A listing of the eligible businesses re- 19 ceiving loan, loan guarantees, and other invest- 20 ments made under each category described in 21 subparagraph 22 An explanation of the reasons the Sec- 23 retary determined it to be appropriate to make 24 each loan or loan guarantee under this Act, in- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 550 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. cluding a justification of the price paid for, and 1 other financial terms associated with, the appli- 2 cable transaction. 3 A listing of, and detailed biographical 4 information with respect to, each person hired 5 to manage or service each loan, loan guarantee, 6 or other investment made under section 4003. 7 A current, as of the date on which the 8 information is collected, estimate of the total 9 amount of each loan, loan guarantee, and other 10 investment made under this Act that is out- 11 standing, the amount of interest and fees ac- 12 crued and received with respect to each loan or 13 loan guarantee, the total amount of matured 14 loans, the type and amount of collateral, if any, 15 and any losses or gains, if any, recorded or ac- 16 crued for each loan, loan guarantee, or other in- 17 vestment. 18 MAINTENANCE OF SYSTEMS.—The Special 19 Inspector General shall establish, maintain, and 20 oversee such systems, procedures, and controls as 21 the Special Inspector General considers appropriate 22 to discharge the duties of the Special Inspector Gen- 23 eral under paragraph 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 551 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ADDITIONAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBIL- 1 ITIES.—In addition to the duties described in para- 2 graphs and the Special Inspector General 3 shall also have the duties and responsibilities of in- 4 spectors general under the Inspector General Act of 5 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 6 POWERS AND AUTHORITIES.— 7 IN GENERAL.—In carrying out the duties of 8 the Special Inspector General under subsection 9 the Special Inspector General shall have the authori- 10 ties provided in section 6 of the Inspector General 11 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 12 TREATMENT OF OFFICE.—The Office of the 13 Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery 14 shall be considered to be an office described in sec- 15 tion 6(f)(3) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 16 U.S.C. App.) and shall be exempt from an initial de- 17 termination by the Attorney General under section 18 6(f)(2) of that Act. 19 PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, AND OTHER RE- 20 SOURCES.— 21 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOY- 22 EES.—The Special Inspector General may select, ap- 23 point, and employ such officers and employees as 24 may be necessary for carrying out the duties of the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 552 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Special Inspector General, subject to the provisions 1 of title 5, United States Code, governing appoint- 2 ments in the competitive service, and the provisions 3 of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 4 that title, relating to classification and General 5 Schedule pay rates. 6 EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Special 7 Inspector General may obtain services as authorized 8 under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 9 at daily rates not to exceed the equivalent rate pre- 10 scribed for grade GS–15 of the General Schedule by 11 section 5332 of that title. 12 CONTRACTS.—The Special Inspector Gen- 13 eral may enter into contracts and other arrange- 14 ments for audits, studies, analyses, and other serv- 15 ices with public agencies and with private persons, 16 and make such payments as may be necessary to 17 carry out the duties of the Inspector General. 18 REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION.— 19 IN GENERAL.—Upon request of the 20 Special Inspector General for information or as- 21 sistance from any department, agency, or other 22 entity of the Federal Government, the head of 23 that department, agency, or entity shall, to the 24 extent practicable and not in contravention of 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 553 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. any existing law, furnish that information or 1 assistance to the Special Inspector General, or 2 an authorized designee. 3 REFUSAL TO PROVIDE REQUESTED IN- 4 FORMATION.—Whenever information or assist- 5 ance requested by the Special Inspector General 6 is, in the judgment of the Special Inspector 7 General, unreasonably refused or not provided, 8 the Special Inspector General shall report the 9 circumstances to the appropriate committees of 10 Congress without delay. 11 REPORTS.— 12 QUARTERLY REPORTS.— 13 IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 days 14 after the date on which the Special Inspector 15 General is confirmed, and once every calendar 16 quarter thereafter, the Special Inspector Gen- 17 eral shall submit to the appropriate committees 18 of Congress a report summarizing the activities 19 of the Special Inspector General during the 3- 20 month period ending on the date on which the 21 Special Inspector General submits the report. 22 CONTENTS.—Each report submitted 23 under subparagraph shall include, for the 24 period covered by the report, a detailed state- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 554 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ment of all loans, loan guarantees, other trans- 1 actions, obligations, expenditures, and revenues 2 associated with any program established by the 3 Secretary under section 4003, as well as the in- 4 formation collected under subsection 5 RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 6 subsection may be construed to authorize the public 7 disclosure of information that is— 8 specifically prohibited from disclosure 9 by any other provision of law; 10 specifically required by Executive order 11 to be protected from disclosure in the interest 12 of national defense or national security or in 13 the conduct of foreign affairs; or 14 a part of an ongoing criminal inves- 15 tigation. 16 FUNDING.— 17 IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made avail- 18 able to the Secretary under section 4027, 19 $25,000,000 shall be made available to the Special 20 Inspector General to carry out this section. 21 AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made avail- 22 able to the Special Inspector General under para- 23 graph shall remain available until expended. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 555 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. TERMINATION.—The Office of the Special Inspec- 1 tor General shall terminate on the date 5 years after the 2 enactment of this Act. 3 COUNCIL OF THE INSPECTORS GENERAL ON IN- 4 TEGRITY AND EFFICIENCY.—The Special Inspector Gen- 5 eral shall be a member of the Council of the Inspectors 6 General on Integrity and Efficiency established under sec- 7 tion 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 8 App.) until the date of termination of the Office of the 9 Special Inspector General. 10 CORRECTIVE RESPONSES TO AUDIT PROB- 11 LEMS.—The Secretary shall— 12 take action to address deficiencies identified 13 by a report or investigation of the Special Inspector 14 General; or 15 with respect to a deficiency identified under 16 paragraph certify to the Committee on Banking, 17 Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate, the Com- 18 mittee on Finance of the Senate, the Committee on 19 Financial Services of the House of Representatives, 20 and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 21 House of Representatives that no action is necessary 22 or appropriate. 23 SEC. 4019. CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. 24 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 556 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. CONTROLLING INTEREST.—The term ‘‘con- 1 trolling interest’’ means owning, controlling, or hold- 2 ing not less than 20 percent, by vote or value, of the 3 outstanding amount of any class of equity interest in 4 an entity. 5 COVERED ENTITY.—The term ‘‘covered en- 6 tity’’ means an entity in which a covered individual 7 directly or indirectly holds a controlling interest. For 8 the purpose of determining whether an entity is a 9 covered entity, the securities owned, controlled, or 10 held by 2 or more individuals who are related as de- 11 scribed in paragraph shall be aggregated. 12 COVERED INDIVIDUAL.—The term ‘‘covered 13 individual’’ means— 14 the President, the Vice President, the 15 head of an Executive department, or a Member 16 of Congress; and 17 the spouse, child, son-in-law, or daugh- 18 ter-in-law, as determined under applicable com- 19 mon law, of an individual described in subpara- 20 graph 21 EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Ex- 22 ecutive department’’ has the meaning given the term 23 in section 101 of title 5, United States Code. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 557 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. MEMBER OF CONGRESS.—The term ‘‘mem- 1 ber of Congress’’ means a member of the Senate or 2 House of Representatives, a Delegate to the House 3 of Representatives, and the Resident Commissioner 4 from Puerto Rico. 5 EQUITY INTEREST.—The term ‘‘equity in- 6 terest’’ means— 7 a share in an entity, without regard to 8 whether the share is— 9 transferable; or 10 (ii) classified as stock or anything 11 similar; 12 a capital or profit interest in a limited 13 liability company or partnership; or 14 a warrant or right, other than a right 15 to convert, to purchase, sell, or subscribe to a 16 share or interest described in subparagraph 17 or respectively. 18 PROHIBITION.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 19 sion of this subtitle, no covered entity may be eligible for 20 any transaction described in section 4003. 21 REQUIREMENT.—The principal executive officer 22 and the principal financial officer, or individuals per- 23 forming similar functions, of an entity seeking to enter 24 a transaction under section 4003 shall, before that trans- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 558 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. action is approved, certify to the Secretary and the Board 1 of Governors of the Federal Reserve System that the enti- 2 ty is eligible to engage in that transaction, including that 3 the entity is not a covered entity. 4 SEC. 4020. CONGRESSIONAL OVERSIGHT COMMISSION. 5 ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established 6 the Congressional Oversight Commission (hereafter in this 7 section referred to as the ‘‘Oversight Commission’’) as an 8 establishment in the legislative branch. 9 DUTIES.— 10 IN GENERAL.—The Oversight Commission 11 shall— 12 conduct oversight of the implementa- 13 tion of this subtitle by the Department of the 14 Treasury and the Board of Governors of the 15 Federal Reserve System, including efforts of 16 the Department and the Board to provide eco- 17 nomic stability as a result of the coronavirus 18 disease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic of 2020; 19 submit to Congress reports under 20 paragraph and 21 review the implementation of this sub- 22 title by the Federal Government. 23 REGULAR REPORTS.— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 559 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—Reports of the Over- 1 sight Commission shall include the following: 2 The use by the Secretary and the 3 Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 4 System of authority under this subtitle, in- 5 cluding with respect to the use of con- 6 tracting authority and administration of 7 the provisions of this subtitle. 8 (ii) The impact of loans, loan guaran- 9 tees, and investments made under this sub- 10 title on the financial well-being of the peo- 11 ple of the United States and the United 12 States economy, financial markets, and fi- 13 nancial institutions. 14 (iii) The extent to which the informa- 15 tion made available on transactions under 16 this subtitle has contributed to market 17 transparency. 18 (iv) The effectiveness of loans, loan 19 guarantees, and investments made under 20 this subtitle of minimizing long-term costs 21 to the taxpayers and maximizing the bene- 22 fits for taxpayers. 23 TIMING.—The reports required under 24 this paragraph shall be submitted not later 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 560 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. than 30 days after the first exercise by the Sec- 1 retary and the Board of Governors of the Fed- 2 eral Reserve System of the authority under this 3 subtitle and every 30 days thereafter. 4 MEMBERSHIP.— 5 IN GENERAL.—The Oversight Commission 6 shall consist of 5 members as follows: 7 1 member appointed by the Speaker of 8 the House of Representatives. 9 1 member appointed by the minority 10 leader of the House of Representatives. 11 1 member appointed by the majority 12 leader of the Senate. 13 1 member appointed by the minority 14 leader of the Senate. 15 1 member appointed as Chairperson by 16 the Speaker of the House of Representatives 17 and the majority leader of the Senate, after 18 consultation with the minority leader of the 19 Senate and the minority leader of the House of 20 Representatives 21 PAY.—Each member of the Oversight Com- 22 mission shall be paid at a rate equal to the daily 23 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level 24 I of the Executive Schedule for each day (including 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 561 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. travel time) during which such member is engaged 1 in the actual performance of duties vested in the 2 Oversight Commission. 3 PROHIBITION OF COMPENSATION OF FED- 4 ERAL EMPLOYEES.—Members of the Oversight Com- 5 mission who are full-time officers or employees of 6 the United States may not receive additional pay, al- 7 lowances, or benefits by reason of their service on 8 the Oversight Commission. 9 TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member shall 10 receive travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of 11 subsistence, in accordance with applicable provisions 12 under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United 13 States Code. 14 QUORUM.—Four members of the Oversight 15 Commission shall constitute a quorum but a lesser 16 number may hold hearings. 17 VACANCIES.—A vacancy on the Oversight 18 Commission shall be filled in the manner in which 19 the original appointment was made. 20 MEETINGS.—The Oversight Commission 21 shall meet at the call of the Chairperson or a major- 22 ity of its members. 23 STAFF.— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 562 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—The Oversight Commission 1 may appoint and fix the pay of any personnel as the 2 Oversight Commission considers appropriate. 3 EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The Over- 4 sight Commission may procure temporary and inter- 5 mittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 6 United States Code. 7 STAFF OF AGENCIES.—Upon request of the 8 Oversight Commission, the head of any Federal de- 9 partment or agency may detail, on a reimbursable 10 basis, any of the personnel of that department or 11 agency to the Oversight Commission to assist it in 12 carrying out its duties under the this subtitle. 13 POWERS.— 14 HEARINGS AND EVIDENCE.—The Oversight 15 Commission, or any subcommittee or member there- 16 of, may, for the purpose of carrying out this section 17 hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take 18 testimony, and receive evidence as the Oversight 19 Commission considers appropriate and may admin- 20 ister oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing 21 before it. 22 CONTRACTING.—The Oversight Commission 23 may, to such extent and in such amounts as are pro- 24 vided in appropriation Acts, enter into contracts to 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 563 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. enable the Oversight Commission to discharge its 1 duties under this section. 2 POWERS OF MEMBERS AND AGENTS.—Any 3 member or agent of the Oversight Commission may, 4 if authorized by the Oversight Commission, take any 5 action which the Oversight Commission is authorized 6 to take by this section. 7 OBTAINING OFFICIAL DATA.—The Over- 8 sight Commission may secure directly from any de- 9 partment or agency of the United States information 10 necessary to enable it to carry out this section. Upon 11 request of the Chairperson of the Oversight Commis- 12 sion, the head of that department or agency shall 13 furnish that information to the Oversight Commis- 14 sion. 15 REPORTS.—The Oversight Commission 16 shall receive and consider all reports required to be 17 submitted to the Oversight Commission under this 18 subtitle. 19 TERMINATION.—The Oversight Commission shall 20 terminate on September 30, 2025. 21 FUNDING FOR EXPENSES.— 22 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 23 There is authorized to be appropriated to the Over- 24 sight Commission such sums as may be necessary 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 564 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. for any fiscal year, half of which shall be derived 1 from the applicable account of the House of Rep- 2 resentatives, and half of which shall be derived from 3 the contingent fund of the Senate. 4 REIMBURSEMENT OF AMOUNTS.—An 5 amount equal to the expenses of the Oversight Com- 6 mission shall be transferred by the Sec- 7 retary and the Board of Governors of the Federal 8 Reserve System, from time to time upon the present- 9 ment of a statement of such expenses by the Chair- 10 person of the Oversight Commission, from funds 11 made available to the Secretary under this subtitle 12 to the applicable fund of the House of Representa- 13 tives and the contingent fund of the Senate, as ap- 14 propriate, as reimbursement for amounts expended 15 from such account and fund under paragraph 16 SEC. 4021. CREDIT PROTECTION DURING COVID–19. 17 Section 623(a)(1) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act 18 (15 U.S.C. 1681s–2(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the 19 end the following: 20 REPORTING INFORMATION DURING 21 COVID–19 PANDEMIC.— 22 DEFINITIONS.—In this sub- 23 section: 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 565 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ACCOMMODATION.—The 1 term ‘accommodation’ includes an 2 agreement to defer 1 or more pay- 3 ments, make a partial payment, for- 4 bear any delinquent amounts, modify 5 a loan or contract, or any other assist- 6 ance or relief granted to a consumer 7 who is affected by the coronavirus dis- 8 ease 2019 (COVID–19) pandemic 9 during the covered period. 10 COVERED PERIOD.—The 11 term ‘covered period’ means the pe- 12 riod beginning on January 31, 2020 13 and ending on the later of— 14 120 days after the 15 date of enactment of this sub- 16 paragraph; or 17 120 days after the 18 date on which the national emer- 19 gency concerning the novel 20 coronavirus disease (COVID–19) 21 outbreak declared by the Presi- 22 dent on March 13, 2020 under 23 the National Emergencies Act 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 566 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) termi- 1 nates. 2 REPORTING.—Except as pro- 3 vided in clause (iii), if a furnisher makes 4 an accommodation with respect to 1 or 5 more payments on a credit obligation or 6 account of a consumer, and the consumer 7 makes the payments or is not required to 8 make 1 or more payments pursuant to the 9 accommodation, the furnisher shall— 10 report the credit obligation 11 or account as current; or 12 if the credit obligation or 13 account was delinquent before the ac- 14 commodation— 15 maintain the delin- 16 quent status during the period in 17 which the accommodation is in 18 effect; and 19 if the consumer brings 20 the credit obligation or account 21 current during the period de- 22 scribed in item (aa), report the 23 credit obligation or account as 24 current. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 567 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘(iii) EXCEPTION.—Clause (ii) shall 1 not apply with respect to a credit obliga- 2 tion or account of a consumer that has 3 been charged-off.’’. 4 SEC. 4022. FORECLOSURE MORATORIUM AND CONSUMER 5 RIGHT TO REQUEST FORBEARANCE. 6 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 7 COVID–19 EMERGENCY.—The term 8 ‘‘COVID–19 emergency’’ means the national emer- 9 gency concerning the novel coronavirus disease 10 (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the President on 11 March 13, 2020 under the National Emergencies 12 Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 13 FEDERALLY BACKED MORTGAGE LOAN.— 14 The term ‘‘Federally backed mortgage loan’’ in- 15 cludes any loan which is secured by a first or subor- 16 dinate lien on residential real property (including in- 17 dividual units of condominiums and cooperatives) de- 18 signed principally for the occupancy of from 1- to 4- 19 families that is— 20 insured by the Federal Housing Ad- 21 ministration under title II of the National 22 Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1707 et seq.); 23 insured under section 255 of the Na- 24 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–20); 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 568 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. guaranteed under section 184 or 184A 1 of the Housing and Community Development 2 Act of 1992 (12 U.S.C. 1715z–13a, 1715z– 3 13b); 4 guaranteed or insured by the Depart- 5 ment of Veterans Affairs; 6 guaranteed or insured by the Depart- 7 ment of Agriculture; 8 made by the Department of Agri- 9 culture; or 10 purchased or securitized by the Fed- 11 eral Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or the 12 Federal National Mortgage Association. 13 FORBEARANCE.— 14 IN GENERAL.—During the covered period, a 15 borrower with a Federally backed mortgage loan ex- 16 periencing a financial hardship due, directly or indi- 17 rectly, to the COVID–19 emergency may request 18 forbearance on the Federally backed mortgage loan, 19 regardless of delinquency status, by— 20 submitting a request to the borrower’s 21 servicer; and 22 affirming that the borrower is experi- 23 encing a financial hardship during the COVID– 24 19 emergency. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 569 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. DURATION OF FORBEARANCE.—Upon a re- 1 quest by a borrower for forbearance under para- 2 graph such forbearance shall be granted for up 3 to 180 days, and shall be extended for an additional 4 period of up to 180 days at the request of the bor- 5 rower, provided that, at the borrower’s request, ei- 6 ther the initial or extended period of forbearance 7 may be shortened. 8 ACCRUAL OF INTEREST OR FEES.—During 9 a period of forbearance described in this subsection, 10 no fees, penalties, or interest beyond the amounts 11 scheduled or calculated as if the borrower made all 12 contractual payments on time and in full under the 13 terms of the mortgage contract, shall accrue on the 14 borrower’s account. 15 REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICERS.— 16 IN GENERAL.—Upon receiving a request for 17 forbearance from a borrower under subsection 18 the servicer shall with no additional documentation 19 required other than the borrower’s attestation to a 20 financial hardship caused by the COVID–19 emer- 21 gency and with no fees, penalties, or interest (be- 22 yond the amounts scheduled or calculated as if the 23 borrower made all contractual payments on time and 24 in full under the terms of the mortgage contract) 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 570 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. charged to the borrower in connection with the for- 1 bearance, provide the forbearance for up to 180 2 days, which may be extended for an additional pe- 3 riod of up to 180 days at the request of the bor- 4 rower, provided that, the borrower’s request for an 5 extension is made during the covered period, and, at 6 the borrower’s request, either the initial or extended 7 period of forbearance may be shortened. 8 FORECLOSURE MORATORIUM.—Except with 9 respect to a vacant or abandoned property, a 10 servicer of a Federally backed mortgage loan may 11 not initiate any judicial or non-judicial foreclosure 12 process, move for a foreclosure judgment or order of 13 sale, or execute a foreclosure-related eviction or fore- 14 closure sale for not less than the 60-day period be- 15 ginning on March 18, 2020. 16 SEC. 4023. FORBEARANCE OF RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE 17 LOAN PAYMENTS FOR MULTIFAMILY PROP- 18 ERTIES WITH FEDERALLY BACKED LOANS. 19 IN GENERAL.—During the covered period, a mul- 20 tifamily borrower with a Federally backed multifamily 21 mortgage loan experiencing a financial hardship due, di- 22 rectly or indirectly, to the COVID–19 emergency may re- 23 quest a forbearance under the terms set forth in this sec- 24 tion. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 571 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. REQUEST FOR RELIEF.—A multifamily borrower 1 with a Federally backed multifamily mortgage loan that 2 was current on its payments as of February 1, 2020, may 3 submit an oral or written request for forbearance under 4 subsection to the borrower’s servicer affirming that the 5 multifamily borrower is experiencing a financial hardship 6 during the COVID–19 emergency. 7 FORBEARANCE PERIOD.— 8 IN GENERAL.—Upon receipt of an oral or 9 written request for forbearance from a multifamily 10 borrower, a servicer shall— 11 document the financial hardship; 12 provide the forbearance for up to 30 13 days; and 14 extend the forbearance for up to 2 ad- 15 ditional 30 day periods upon the request of the 16 borrower provided that, the borrower’s request 17 for an extension is made during the covered pe- 18 riod, and, at least 15 days prior to the end of 19 the forbearance period described under sub- 20 paragraph 21 RIGHT TO DISCONTINUE.—A multifamily 22 borrower shall have the option to discontinue the 23 forbearance at any time. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 572 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. RENTER PROTECTIONS DURING FORBEARANCE 1 PERIOD.—A multifamily borrower that receives a forbear- 2 ance under this section may not, for the duration of the 3 forbearance— 4 evict or initiate the eviction of a tenant 5 from a dwelling unit located in or on the applicable 6 property solely for nonpayment of rent or other fees 7 or charges; or 8 charge any late fees, penalties, or other 9 charges to a tenant described in paragraph for 10 late payment of rent. 11 NOTICE.—A multifamily borrower that receives a 12 forbearance under this section— 13 may not require a tenant to vacate a dwell- 14 ing unit located in or on the applicable property be- 15 fore the date that is 30 days after the date on which 16 the borrower provides the tenant with a notice to va- 17 cate; and 18 may not issue a notice to vacate under 19 paragraph until after the expiration of the for- 20 bearance. 21 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 22 APPLICABLE PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘appli- 23 cable property’’, with respect to a Federally backed 24 multifamily mortgage loan, means the residential 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 573 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. multifamily property against which the mortgage 1 loan is secured by a lien. 2 FEDERALLY BACKED MULTIFAMILY MORT- 3 GAGE LOAN.—The term ‘‘Federally backed multi- 4 family mortgage loan’’ includes any loan (other than 5 temporary financing such as a construction loan) 6 that— 7 is secured by a first or subordinate lien 8 on residential multifamily real property de- 9 signed principally for the occupancy of 5 or 10 more families, including any such secured loan, 11 the proceeds of which are used to prepay or pay 12 off an existing loan secured by the same prop- 13 erty; and 14 is made in whole or in part, or in- 15 sured, guaranteed, supplemented, or assisted in 16 any way, by any officer or agency of the Fed- 17 eral Government or under or in connection with 18 a housing or urban development program ad- 19 ministered by the Secretary of Housing and 20 Urban Development or a housing or related 21 program administered by any other such officer 22 or agency, or is purchased or securitized by the 23 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or 24 the Federal National Mortgage Association. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 574 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. MULTIFAMILY BORROWER.—the term ‘‘mul- 1 tifamily borrower’’ means a borrower of a residential 2 mortgage loan that is secured by a lien against a 3 property comprising 5 or more dwelling units. 4 COVID–19 EMERGENCY.—The term 5 ‘‘COVID–19 emergency’’ means the national emer- 6 gency concerning the novel coronavirus disease 7 (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the President on 8 March 13, 2020 under the National Emergencies 9 Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.). 10 COVERED PERIOD.—The term ‘‘covered pe- 11 riod’’ means the period beginning on the date of en- 12 actment of this Act and ending on the sooner of— 13 the termination date of the national 14 emergency concerning the novel coronavirus dis- 15 ease (COVID–19) outbreak declared by the 16 President on March 13, 2020 under the Na- 17 tional Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et 18 seq.); or 19 December 31, 2020. 20 SEC. 4024. TEMPORARY MORATORIUM ON EVICTION FIL- 21 INGS. 22 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 23 COVERED DWELLING.—The term ‘‘covered 24 dwelling’’ means a dwelling that— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 575 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. is occupied by a tenant— 1 pursuant to a residential lease; or 2 (ii) without a lease or with a lease ter- 3 minable under State law; and 4 is on or in a covered property. 5 COVERED PROPERTY.—The term ‘‘covered 6 property’’ means any property that— 7 participates in— 8 a covered housing program (as de- 9 fined in section 41411(a) of the Violence 10 Against Women Act of 1994 (34 U.S.C. 11 12491(a))); or 12 (ii) the rural housing voucher pro- 13 gram under section 542 of the Housing 14 Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490r); or 15 has a— 16 Federally backed mortgage loan; or 17 (ii) Federally backed multifamily 18 mortgage loan. 19 DWELLING.—The term ‘‘dwelling’’— 20 has the meaning given the term in sec- 21 tion 802 of the Fair Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 22 3602); and 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 576 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. includes houses and dwellings de- 1 scribed in section 803(b) of such Act (42 2 U.S.C. 3603(b)). 3 FEDERALLY BACKED MORTGAGE LOAN.— 4 The term ‘‘Federally backed mortgage loan’’ in- 5 cludes any loan (other than temporary financing 6 such as a construction loan) that— 7 is secured by a first or subordinate lien 8 on residential real property (including indi- 9 vidual units of condominiums and cooperatives) 10 designed principally for the occupancy of from 11 1 to 4 families, including any such secured 12 loan, the proceeds of which are used to prepay 13 or pay off an existing loan secured by the same 14 property; and 15 is made in whole or in part, or in- 16 sured, guaranteed, supplemented, or assisted in 17 any way, by any officer or agency of the Fed- 18 eral Government or under or in connection with 19 a housing or urban development program ad- 20 ministered by the Secretary of Housing and 21 Urban Development or a housing or related 22 program administered by any other such officer 23 or agency, or is purchased or securitized by the 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 577 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or 1 the Federal National Mortgage Association. 2 FEDERALLY BACKED MULTIFAMILY MORT- 3 GAGE LOAN.—The term ‘‘Federally backed multi- 4 family mortgage loan’’ includes any loan (other than 5 temporary financing such as a construction loan) 6 that— 7 is secured by a first or subordinate lien 8 on residential multifamily real property de- 9 signed principally for the occupancy of 5 or 10 more families, including any such secured loan, 11 the proceeds of which are used to prepay or pay 12 off an existing loan secured by the same prop- 13 erty; and 14 is made in whole or in part, or in- 15 sured, guaranteed, supplemented, or assisted in 16 any way, by any officer or agency of the Fed- 17 eral Government or under or in connection with 18 a housing or urban development program ad- 19 ministered by the Secretary of Housing and 20 Urban Development or a housing or related 21 program administered by any other such officer 22 or agency, or is purchased or securitized by the 23 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation or 24 the Federal National Mortgage Association. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 578 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. MORATORIUM.—During the 120-day period be- 1 ginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the lessor 2 of a covered dwelling may not— 3 make, or cause to be made, any filing with 4 the court of jurisdiction to initiate a legal action to 5 recover possession of the covered dwelling from the 6 tenant for nonpayment of rent or other fees or 7 charges; or 8 charge fees, penalties, or other charges to 9 the tenant related to such nonpayment of rent. 10 NOTICE.—The lessor of a covered dwelling unit— 11 may not require the tenant to vacate the 12 covered dwelling unit before the date that is 30 days 13 after the date on which the lessor provides the ten- 14 ant with a notice to vacate; and 15 may not issue a notice to vacate under 16 paragraph until after the expiration of the period 17 described in subsection 18 SEC. 4025. PROTECTION OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 19 AGREEMENT. 20 IN GENERAL.—Neither the Secretary, nor any 21 other actor, department, or agency of the Federal Govern- 22 ment, shall condition the issuance of a loan or loan guar- 23 antee under paragraph or of section 4003(b) 24 of this subtitle on an air carrier’s or eligible business’s 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 579 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. implementation of measures to enter into negotiations 1 with the certified bargaining representative of a craft or 2 class of employees of the air carrier or eligible business 3 under the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) or 4 the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), 5 regarding pay or other terms and conditions of employ- 6 ment. 7 PERIOD OF EFFECT.—With respect to an air car- 8 rier or eligible business to which the loan or loan guar- 9 antee is provided under this subtitle, this section shall be 10 in effect with respect to the air carrier or eligible business 11 beginning on the date on which the air carrier or eligible 12 business is first issued such loan or loan guarantee and 13 ending on the date that is 1 year after the loan or loan 14 guarantee is no longer outstanding. 15 SEC. 4026. REPORTS. 16 DISCLOSURE OF TRANSACTIONS.—Not later than 17 72 hours after any transaction by the Secretary under 18 paragraph or of section 4003(b), the Sec- 19 retary shall publish on the website of the Department of 20 the Treasury— 21 a plain-language description of the trans- 22 action, including the date of application, date of ap- 23 plication approval, and identity of the counterparty; 24 the amount of the loan or loan guarantee; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 580 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the interest rate, conditions, and any other 1 material or financial terms associated with the 2 transaction, if applicable; and 3 a copy of the relevant and final term sheet, 4 if applicable, and contract or other relevant docu- 5 mentation regarding the transaction. 6 REPORTS.— 7 TO CONGRESS.— 8 IN GENERAL.—In addition to such re- 9 ports as are required under section 5302(c) of 10 title 31, United States Code, not later than 7 11 days after the Secretary makes any loan or loan 12 guarantee under paragraph or of 13 section 4003(b), the Secretary shall submit to 14 the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the 15 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 16 Affairs and the Committee on Finance of the 17 Senate and the Chairmen and Ranking Mem- 18 bers of the Committee on Financial Services 19 and the Committee on Ways and Means of the 20 House of Representatives a report summa- 21 rizing— 22 an overview of actions taken by the 23 Secretary under paragraph or 24 of section 4003(b) during such period; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 581 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. (ii) the actual obligation, expenditure, 1 and disbursements of the funds during 2 such period; and 3 (iii) a detailed financial statement 4 with respect to the exercise of authority 5 under paragraph or of section 6 4003(b) showing— 7 all loans and loan guarantees 8 made, renewed, or restructured; 9 (II) all transactions during such 10 period, including the types of parties 11 involved; 12 (III) the nature of the assets 13 purchased; 14 (IV) a description of the vehicles 15 established to exercise such authority; 16 and 17 any or all repayment activity, 18 delinquencies or defaults on loans and 19 loan guarantees issued under para- 20 graph or of section 21 4003(b). 22 PUBLICATION.—Not later than 7 days 23 after the date on which the Secretary submits 24 a report under subparagraph to the com- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 582 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. mittees of Congress described in such subpara- 1 graph, the Secretary shall publish such report 2 on the website of the Department of the Treas- 3 ury. 4 30-DAY REPORTS.—Every 30 days dur- 5 ing such time as a loan or loan guarantee under 6 paragraph or of section 4003(b) is 7 outstanding, the Secretary shall publish on the 8 website of the Department of the Treasury a 9 report summarizing the information set forth in 10 subparagraph 11 BOARD OF GOVERNORS.— 12 IN GENERAL.—With respect to any 13 program or facility described in paragraph 14 of section 4003(b), the Board of Governors of 15 the Federal Reserve System shall provide to the 16 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban 17 Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Fi- 18 nancial Services of the House of Representa- 19 tives such reports as are required to be pro- 20 vided under section 13(3) of the Federal Re- 21 serve Act (12 U.S.C. 343(3))— 22 not later than 7 days after the 23 Board authorizes a new facility or other fi- 24 nancial assistance in accordance with sec- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 583 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. tion 13(3)(C)(i) of the Federal Reserve Act 1 (12 U.S.C. 343(3)(C)(i)); and 2 (ii) once every 30 days with respect to 3 outstanding loans or financial assistance in 4 accordance with section 13(3)(C)(ii) of the 5 Federal Reserve Act (12 U.S.C. 6 343(3)(C)(ii)). 7 PUBLICATION.—Not later than 7 days 8 after the Board of Governors of the Federal Re- 9 serve System submits a report under subpara- 10 graph to the committees of Congress de- 11 scribed in subparagraph the Board shall 12 publish on its website such report. 13 TESTIMONY.—The Secretary and the Chairman 14 of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System 15 shall testify, on a quarterly basis, before the Committee 16 on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of the Senate 17 and the Committee on Financial Services of the House of 18 Representatives regarding the obligations of the Depart- 19 ment of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve System, 20 and transactions entered into, under this Act. 21 PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS.—The Secretary shall 22 post on the website of the Department of the Treasury 23 all criteria, guidelines, eligibility requirements, and appli- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 584 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. cation materials for the making of any loan or loan guar- 1 antee under paragraph or of section 4003(b). 2 ADMINISTRATIVE CONTRACTS.—Not later than 3 24 hours after the Secretary enters into a contract in con- 4 nection with the administration of any loan or loan guar- 5 antee authorized to be made under paragraph or 6 of section 4003(b), the Secretary shall post on the 7 website of the Department of the Treasury a copy of the 8 contract. 9 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.— 10 STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the 11 United States shall conduct a study on the loans, 12 loan guarantees, and other investments provided 13 under section 4003. 14 REPORT.—Not later than 9 months after 15 the date of enactment of this Act, and annually 16 thereafter through the year succeeding the last year 17 for which loans, loan guarantees, or other invest- 18 ments made under section 4003 are outstanding, the 19 Comptroller General shall submit to the Committee 20 on Financial Services, the Committee on Transpor- 21 tation and Infrastructure, the Committee on Appro- 22 priations, and the Committee on the Budget of the 23 House of Representatives and the Committee on 24 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, the Com- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 585 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, 1 the Committee on Appropriations, and the Com- 2 mittee on the Budget of the Senate a report on the 3 loans, loan guarantees, and other investments made 4 under section 4003. 5 SEC. 4027. DIRECT APPROPRIATION. 6 IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi- 7 sion of law, there is appropriated, out of amounts in the 8 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to the fund estab- 9 lished under section 5302(a)(1) of title 31, United States 10 Code, $500,000,000,000 to carry out this subtitle. 11 TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 12 Section 5302(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amend- 13 ed— 14 by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘section and 15 by inserting ‘‘and the Coronavirus Eco- 16 nomic Stabilization Act of 2020,’’ before ‘‘and for 17 investing’’. 18 CLARIFICATION.— 19 IN GENERAL.—On or after January 1, 20 2021, any remaining funds made available under 21 section 4003(b) may be used only for— 22 modifications, restructurings, or other 23 amendments of loans, loan guarantees, or other 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 586 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. investments in accordance with section 1 4029(b)(1); and 2 exercising any options, warrants, or 3 other investments made prior to January 1, 4 2021; and 5 paying costs and administrative ex- 6 penses as provided in section 4003(f). 7 DEFICIT REDUCTION.—On January 1, 8 2026, any funds described in paragraph that are 9 remaining shall be transferred to the general fund of 10 the Treasury to be used for deficit reduction. 11 SEC. 4028. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 12 Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to allow 13 the Secretary to provide relief to eligible businesses, 14 States, and municipalities except in the form of loans, loan 15 guarantees, and other investments as provided in this sub- 16 title and under terms and conditions that are in the inter- 17 est of the Federal Government. 18 SEC. 4029. TERMINATION OF AUTHORITY. 19 IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection 20 on December 31, 2020, the authority provided under 21 this subtitle to make new loans, loan guarantees, or other 22 investments shall terminate. 23 OUTSTANDING.— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 587 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para- 1 graph any loan, loan guarantee, or other invest- 2 ment outstanding on the date described in sub- 3 section 4 may be modified, restructured, or oth- 5 erwise amended; and 6 may not be forgiven. 7 DURATION.—The duration of any loan or 8 loan guarantee made under section 4003(b)(1) that 9 is modified, restructured, or otherwise amended 10 under paragraph shall not be extended beyond 5 11 years from the initial origination date of the loan or 12 loan guarantee. 13 Subtitle B—Air Carrier Worker 14 Support 15 SEC. 4111. DEFINITIONS. 16 Unless otherwise specified, the terms in section 17 40102(a) of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to 18 this subtitle, except that— 19 the term ‘‘airline catering employee’’ means 20 an employee who performs airline catering services; 21 the term ‘‘airline catering services’’ means 22 preparation, assembly, or both, of food, beverages, 23 provisions and related supplies for delivery, and the 24 delivery of such items, directly to aircraft or to a lo- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 588 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. cation on or near airport property for subsequent 1 delivery to aircraft; 2 the term ‘‘contractor’’ means— 3 a person that performs, under contract 4 with a passenger air carrier conducting oper- 5 ations under part 121 of title 14, Code of Fed- 6 eral Regulations— 7 catering functions; or 8 (ii) functions on the property of an 9 airport that are directly related to the air 10 transportation of persons, property, or 11 mail, including but not limited to the load- 12 ing and unloading of property on aircraft; 13 assistance to passengers under part 382 of 14 title 14, Code of Federal Regulations; se- 15 curity; airport ticketing and check-in func- 16 tions; ground-handling of aircraft; or air- 17 craft cleaning and sanitization functions 18 and waste removal; or 19 a subcontractor that performs such 20 functions; 21 the term ‘‘employee’’ means an individual, 22 other than a corporate officer, who is employed by 23 an air carrier or a contractor; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 589 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 1 of the Treasury. 2 SEC. 4112. PANDEMIC RELIEF FOR AVIATION WORKERS. 3 FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR EMPLOYEE WAGES, 4 SALARIES, AND BENEFITS.—Notwithstanding any other 5 provision of law, to preserve aviation jobs and compensate 6 air carrier industry workers, the Secretary shall provide 7 financial assistance that shall exclusively be used for the 8 continuation of payment of employee wages, salaries, and 9 benefits to— 10 passenger air carriers, in an aggregate 11 amount up to $25,000,000,000; 12 cargo air carriers, in the aggregate amount 13 up to $4,000,000,000; and 14 contractors, in an aggregate amount up to 15 $3,000,000,000. 16 ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—Notwithstanding 17 any other provision of law, the Secretary, may use 18 $100,000,000 of the funds made available under section 19 4120(a) for costs and administrative expenses associated 20 with providing financial assistance under this subtitle. 21 SEC. 4113. PROCEDURES FOR PROVIDING PAYROLL SUP- 22 PORT. 23 AWARDABLE AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall 24 provide financial assistance under this subtitle— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 590 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. to an air carrier in an amount equal to the 1 salaries and benefits reported by the air carrier to 2 the Department of Transportation pursuant to part 3 241 of title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, for the 4 period from April 1, 2019, through September 30, 5 2019; and 6 to an air carrier that does not transmit re- 7 ports under such part 241, in an amount that such 8 air carrier certifies, using sworn financial statements 9 or other appropriate data, as the amount of wages, 10 salaries, benefits, and other compensation that such 11 air carrier paid the employees of such air carrier 12 during the period from April 1, 2019, through Sep- 13 tember 30, 2019; and 14 to a contractor, in an amount that the con- 15 tractor certifies, using sworn financial statements or 16 other appropriate data, as the amount of wages, sal- 17 aries, benefits, and other compensation that such 18 contractor paid the employees of such contractor 19 during the period from April 1, 2019, through Sep- 20 tember 30, 2019. 21 DEADLINES AND PROCEDURES.— 22 IN GENERAL.— 23 FORMS; TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—Fi- 24 nancial assistance provided to an air carrier or 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 591 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. contractor under this subtitle shall be in such 1 form, on such terms and conditions (including 2 requirements for audits and the clawback of 3 any financial assistance provided upon failure 4 by a passenger air carrier, cargo air carrier, or 5 contractor to honor the assurances specified in 6 section 4114), as the Secretary determines ap- 7 propriate. 8 PROCEDURES.—The Secretary shall 9 publish streamlined and expedited procedures 10 not later than 5 days after the date of enact- 11 ment of this Act for air carriers and contractors 12 to submit requests for financial assistance 13 under this subtitle. 14 DEADLINE FOR IMMEDIATE PAYROLL AS- 15 SISTANCE.—Not later than 10 days after the date of 16 enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall make ini- 17 tial payments to air carriers and contractors that 18 submit requests for financial assistance approved by 19 to the Secretary. 20 SUBSEQUENT PAYMENTS.—The Secretary 21 shall determine an appropriate method for timely 22 distribution of payments to air carriers and contrac- 23 tors with approved requests for financial assistance 24 from any funds remaining available after providing 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 592 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. initial financial assistance payments under para- 1 graph 2 PRO RATA AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall 3 have the authority to reduce, on a pro rata basis, the 4 amounts due to air carriers and contractors under the ap- 5 plicable paragraph of section 4112 in order to address any 6 shortfall in assistance that would otherwise be provided 7 under such section. 8 AUDITS.—The Inspector General of the Depart- 9 ment of the Treasury shall audit certifications made under 10 subsection 11 SEC. 4114. REQUIRED ASSURANCES. 12 IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for financial assist- 13 ance under this subtitle, an air carrier or contractor shall 14 enter into an agreement with the Secretary, or otherwise 15 certify in such form and manner as the Secretary shall 16 prescribe, that the air carrier or contractor shall— 17 refrain from conducting involuntary fur- 18 loughs or reducing pay rates and benefits until Sep- 19 tember 30, 2020; 20 through September 30, 2021, ensure that 21 neither the air carrier or contractor nor any affiliate 22 of the air carrier or contractor may, in any trans- 23 action, purchase an equity security of the air carrier 24 or contractor or the parent company of the air car- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 593 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. rier or contractor that is listed on a national securi- 1 ties exchange; 2 through September 30, 2021, ensure that 3 the air carrier or contractor shall not pay dividends, 4 or make other capital distributions, with respect to 5 the common stock (or equivalent interest) of the air 6 carrier or contractor; and 7 meet the requirements of sections 4115 and 8 4116. 9 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 10 TO CONDITION ASSISTANCE ON CONTINUATION OF SERV- 11 ICE.— 12 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Transpor- 13 tation is authorized to require, to the extent reason- 14 able and practicable, an air carrier provided finan- 15 cial assistance under this subtitle to maintain sched- 16 uled air transportation service, as the Secretary of 17 Transportation deems necessary, to ensure services 18 to any point served by that carrier before March 1, 19 2020. 20 REQUIRED CONSIDERATIONS.—When con- 21 sidering whether to exercise the authority provided 22 by this section, the Secretary of Transportation shall 23 take into consideration the air transportation needs 24 of small and remote communities and the need to 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 594 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. maintain well-functioning health care supply chains, 1 including medical devices and supplies, and pharma- 2 ceutical supply chains. 3 SUNSET.—The authority provided under 4 this subsection shall terminate on March 1, 2022, 5 and any requirements issued by the Secretary of 6 Transportation under this subsection shall cease to 7 apply after that date. 8 SEC. 4115. PROTECTION OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING 9 AGREEMENT. 10 IN GENERAL.—Neither the Secretary, nor any 11 other actor, department, or agency of the Federal Govern- 12 ment, shall condition the issuance of financial assistance 13 under this subtitle on an air carrier’s or contractor’s im- 14 plementation of measures to enter into negotiations with 15 the certified bargaining representative of a craft or class 16 of employees of the air carrier or contractor under the 17 Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 151 et seq.) or the National 18 Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 151 et seq.), regarding 19 pay or other terms and conditions of employment. 20 PERIOD OF EFFECT.—With respect to an air car- 21 rier or contractor to which financial assistance is provided 22 under this subtitle, this section shall be in effect with re- 23 spect to the air carrier or contractor beginning on the date 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 595 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. on which the air carrier or contractor is first issued such 1 financial assistance and ending on September 30, 2020. 2 SEC. 4116. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN EMPLOYEE COM- 3 PENSATION. 4 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may only provide 5 financial assistance under this subtitle to an air carrier 6 or contractor after such carrier or contractor enters into 7 an agreement with the Secretary which provides that, dur- 8 ing the 2-year period beginning March 24, 2020, and end- 9 ing March 24, 2022, no officer or employee of the air car- 10 rier or contractor whose total compensation exceeded 11 $425,000 in calendar year 2019 (other than an employee 12 whose compensation is determined through an existing col- 13 lective bargaining agreement entered into prior to enact- 14 ment of this Act)— 15 will receive from the air carrier or con- 16 tractor total compensation which exceeds, during 17 any 12 consecutive months of such 2-year period, 18 the total compensation received by the officer or em- 19 ployee from the air carrier or contractor in calendar 20 year 2019; 21 will receive from the air carrier or con- 22 tractor severance pay or other benefits upon termi- 23 nation of employment with the air carrier or con- 24 tractor which exceeds twice the maximum total com- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 596 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. pensation received by the officer or employee from 1 the air carrier or contractor in calendar year 2019; 2 and 3 no officer or employee of the eligible busi- 4 ness whose total compensation exceeded $3,000,000 5 in calendar year 2019 may receive during any 12 6 consecutive months of such period total compensa- 7 tion in excess of the sum of— 8 $3,000,000; and 9 50 percent of the excess over 10 $3,000,000 of the total compensation received 11 by the officer or employee from the eligible 12 business in calendar year 2019. 13 TOTAL COMPENSATION DEFINED.—In this sec- 14 tion, the term ‘‘total compensation’’ includes salary, bo- 15 nuses, awards of stock, and other financial benefits pro- 16 vided by an air carrier or contractor to an officer or em- 17 ployee of the air carrier or contractor. 18 SEC. 4117. TAX PAYER PROTECTION. 19 The Secretary may receive warrants, options, pre- 20 ferred stock, debt securities, notes, or other financial in- 21 struments issued by recipients of financial assistance 22 under this subtitle which, in the sole determination of the 23 Secretary, provide appropriate compensation to the Fed- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 597 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. eral Government for the provision of the financial assist- 1 ance. 2 SEC. 4118. REPORTS. 3 REPORT.—Not later than November 1, 2020, the 4 Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Transpor- 5 tation and Infrastructure and the Committee on Financial 6 Services of the House of Representatives and the Com- 7 mittee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and the 8 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs of 9 the Senate a report on the financial assistance provided 10 to air carriers and contractors under this subtitle, includ- 11 ing a description of any financial assistance provided. 12 UPDATE.—Not later than the last day of the 1- 13 year period following the date of enactment of this Act, 14 the Secretary shall update and submit to the Committee 15 on Transportation and the Committee on Financial Serv- 16 ices and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives 17 and the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transpor- 18 tation and the Committee on Banking, Housing, and 19 Urban Affairs of the Senate the report described in sub- 20 section 21 SEC. 4119. COORDINATION. 22 In implementing this subtitle the Secretary shall co- 23 ordinate with the Secretary of Transportation. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 598 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 4120. DIRECT APPROPRIATION. 1 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, there is 2 appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not other- 3 wise appropriated, $32,000,000,000 to carry out this sub- 4 title. 5 TITLE V—CORONAVIRUS RELIEF 6 FUNDS 7 SEC. 5001. CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND. 8 IN GENERAL.—The Social Security Act (42 9 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after title V 10 the following: 11 ‘‘TITLE VI—CORONAVIRUS 12 RELIEF FUND 13 ‘‘SEC. 601. CORONAVIRUS RELIEF FUND. 14 APPROPRIATION.— 15 IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in the 16 Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro- 17 priated, there are appropriated for making payments 18 to States, Tribal governments, and units of local 19 government under this section, $150,000,000,000 20 for fiscal year 2020. 21 RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Of the amount 22 appropriated under paragraph the Secretary 23 shall reserve— 24 $3,000,000,000 of such amount for 25 making payments to the District of Columbia, 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 599 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 1 States Virgin Islands, Guam, the Common- 2 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and 3 American Samoa; and 4 $8,000,000,000 of such amount for 5 making payments to Tribal governments. 6 AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.— 7 IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 8 not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 9 of this section, the Secretary shall pay each State 10 and Tribal government, and each unit of local gov- 11 ernment that meets the condition described in para- 12 graph the amount determined for the State, 13 Tribal government, or unit of local government, for 14 fiscal year 2020 under subsection 15 DIRECT PAYMENTS TO UNITS OF LOCAL 16 GOVERNMENT.—If a unit of local government of a 17 State submits the certification required by sub- 18 section for purposes of receiving a direct pay- 19 ment from the Secretary under the authority of this 20 paragraph, the Secretary shall reduce the amount 21 determined for that State by the relative unit of 22 local government population proportion amount de- 23 scribed in subsection and pay such amount di- 24 rectly to such unit of local government. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 600 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. PAYMENT AMOUNTS.— 1 IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 2 the amount paid under this section for fiscal year 3 2020 to a State that is 1 of the 50 States shall be 4 the amount equal to the relative population propor- 5 tion amount determined for the State under para- 6 graph for such fiscal year. 7 MINIMUM PAYMENT.— 8 IN GENERAL.—No State that is 1 of 9 the 50 States shall receive a payment under 10 this section for fiscal year 2020 that is less 11 than $1,250,000,000. 12 PRO RATA ADJUSTMENTS.—The Sec- 13 retary shall adjust on a pro rata basis the 14 amount of the payments for each of the 50 15 States determined under this subsection without 16 regard to this subparagraph to the extent nec- 17 essary to comply with the requirements of sub- 18 paragraph 19 RELATIVE POPULATION PROPORTION 20 AMOUNT.—For purposes of paragraph the rel- 21 ative population proportion amount determined 22 under this paragraph for a State for fiscal year 23 2020 is the product of— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 601 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the amount appropriated under para- 1 graph of subsection for fiscal year 2020 2 that remains after the application of paragraph 3 of that subsection; and 4 the relative State population propor- 5 tion (as defined in paragraph 6 RELATIVE STATE POPULATION PROPOR- 7 TION DEFINED.—For purposes of paragraph 8 the term ‘relative State population proportion’ 9 means, with respect to a State, the quotient of— 10 the population of the State; and 11 the total population of all States (ex- 12 cluding the District of Columbia and territories 13 specified in subsection 14 RELATIVE UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT 15 POPULATION PROPORTION AMOUNT.—For purposes 16 of subsection the term ‘relative unit of local 17 government population proportion amount’ means, 18 with respect to a unit of local government and a 19 State, the amount equal to the product of— 20 45 percent of the amount of the pay- 21 ment determined for the State under this sub- 22 section (without regard to this paragraph); and 23 the amount equal to the quotient 24 of— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 602 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. the population of the unit of local 1 government; and 2 the total population of the State 3 in which the unit of local government is lo- 4 cated. 5 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AND TERRI- 6 TORIES.—The amount paid under this section for 7 fiscal year 2020 to a State that is the District of Co- 8 lumbia or a territory specified in subsection 9 shall be the amount equal to the product 10 of— 11 the amount set aside under sub- 12 section for such fiscal year; and 13 each such District’s and territory’s 14 share of the combined total population of the 15 District of Columbia and all such territories, as 16 determined by the Secretary. 17 TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS.—From the 18 amount set aside under subsection for fis- 19 cal year 2020, the amount paid under this section 20 for fiscal year 2020 to a Tribal government shall be 21 the amount the Secretary shall determine, in con- 22 sultation with the Secretary of the Interior and In- 23 dian Tribes, that is based on increased expenditures 24 of each such Tribal government (or a tribally-owned 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 603 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. entity of such Tribal government) relative to aggre- 1 gate expenditures in fiscal year 2019 by the Tribal 2 government (or tribally-owned entity) and deter- 3 mined in such manner as the Secretary determines 4 appropriate to ensure that all amounts available 5 under subsection for fiscal year 2020 are 6 distributed to Tribal governments. 7 DATA.—For purposes of this subsection, 8 the population of States and units of local govern- 9 ments shall be determined based on the most recent 10 year for which data are available from the Bureau 11 of the Census. 12 USE OF FUNDS.—A State, Tribal government, 13 and unit of local government shall use the funds provided 14 under a payment made under this section to cover only 15 those costs of the State, Tribal government, or unit of 16 local government that— 17 are necessary expenditures incurred due to 18 the public health emergency with respect to the 19 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); 20 were not accounted for in the budget most 21 recently approved as of the date of enactment of this 22 section for the State or government; and 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 604 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. were incurred during the period that be- 1 gins on March 1, 2020, and ends on December 30, 2 2020. 3 CERTIFICATION.—In order to receive a payment 4 under this section, a unit of local government shall provide 5 the Secretary with a certification signed by the Chief Ex- 6 ecutive for the unit of local government that the local gov- 7 ernment’s proposed uses of the funds are consistent with 8 subsection 9 INSPECTOR GENERAL OVERSIGHT; 10 RECOUPMENT.— 11 OVERSIGHT AUTHORITY.—The Inspector 12 General of the Department of the Treasury shall 13 conduct monitoring and oversight of the receipt, dis- 14 bursement, and use of funds made available under 15 this section. 16 RECOUPMENT.—If the Inspector General 17 of the Department of the Treasury determines that 18 a State, Tribal government, or unit of local govern- 19 ment has failed to comply with subsection the 20 amount equal to the amount of funds used in viola- 21 tion of such subsection shall be booked as a debt of 22 such entity owed to the Federal Government. 23 Amounts recovered under this subsection shall be de- 24 posited into the general fund of the Treasury. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 605 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in 1 the Treasury of the United States not otherwise ap- 2 propriated, there are appropriated to the Office of 3 the Inspector General of the Department of the 4 Treasury, $35,000,000 to carry out oversight and 5 recoupment activities under this subsection. 6 Amounts appropriated under the preceding sentence 7 shall remain available until expended. 8 AUTHORITY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 9 Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to di- 10 minish the authority of any Inspector General, in- 11 cluding such authority as provided in the Inspector 12 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 13 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 14 INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian Tribe’ 15 has the meaning given that term in section 4(e) of 16 the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist- 17 ance Act (25 U.S.C. 5304(e)). 18 LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘unit of 19 local government’ means a county, municipality, 20 town, township, village, parish, borough, or other 21 unit of general government below the State level 22 with a population that exceeds 500,000. 23 SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 24 the Secretary of the Treasury. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 606 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. STATE.—The term ‘State’ means the 50 1 States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth 2 of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, 3 Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 4 Islands, and American Samoa. 5 TRIBAL GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘Tribal 6 government’ means the recognized governing body of 7 an Indian Tribe.’’. 8 APPLICATION OF PROVISIONS.—Amounts appro- 9 priated for fiscal year 2020 under section 601(a)(1) of the 10 Social Security Act (as added by subsection shall be 11 subject to the requirements contained in Public Law 116– 12 94 for funds for programs authorized under sections 330 13 through 340 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 14 254 through 256). 15 TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS 16 PROVISIONS 17 SEC. 6001. COVID–19 BORROWING AUTHORITY FOR THE 18 UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE. 19 DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 20 the term ‘‘COVID–19 emergency’’ means 21 the emergency involving Federal primary responsi- 22 bility determined to exist by the President under 23 section 501(b) of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 24 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 607 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. 5191(b)) with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 1 2019 (COVID–19); and 2 the term ‘‘Postal Service’’ means the United 3 States Postal Service. 4 ADDITIONAL BORROWING AUTHORITY.—Not- 5 withstanding section 2005 of title 39, United States Code, 6 or any other provision of law, if the Postal Service deter- 7 mines that, due to the COVID–19 emergency, the Postal 8 Service will not be able to fund operating expenses without 9 borrowing money— 10 the Postal Service may borrow money from 11 the Treasury in an amount not to exceed 12 $10,000,000,000— 13 to be used for such operating expenses; 14 and 15 which may not be used to pay any out- 16 standing debt of the Postal Service; and 17 the Secretary of the Treasury may lend up 18 to the amount described in paragraph at the re- 19 quest of the Postal Service, upon terms and condi- 20 tions mutually agreed upon by the Secretary and the 21 Postal Service. 22 PRIORITIZATION OF DELIVERY FOR MEDICAL 23 PURPOSES DURING COVID–19 EMERGENCY.—Notwith- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 608 O:\HEN\HEN20312.xml [file 1 of 2] S.L.C. standing any other provision of law, during the COVID– 1 19 emergency, the Postal Service— 2 shall prioritize delivery of postal products 3 for medical purposes; and 4 may establish temporary delivery points, in 5 such form and manner as the Postal Service deter- 6 mines necessary, to protect employees of the Postal 7 Service and individuals receiving deliveries from the 8 Postal Service. 9 SEC. 6002. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION. 10 IN GENERAL.—The amounts provided under this 11 division are designated as an emergency requirement pur- 12 suant to section 4(g) of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act 13 of 2010 (2 U.S.C. 933(g)). 14 DESIGNATION IN SENATE.—In the Senate, this 15 division is designated as an emergency requirement pursu- 16 ant to section 4112(a) of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Con- 17 gress), the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal 18 year 2018. 19 ---PAGE BREAK--- 609 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. DIVISION B—EMERGENCY AP- 1 PROPRIATIONS FOR 2 CORONAVIRUS HEALTH RE- 3 SPONSE AND AGENCY OPER- 4 ATIONS 5 The following sums are hereby are appropriated, out 6 of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 7 for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for 8 other purposes, namely: 9 TITLE I 10 AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS 11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 12 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Office of the Sec- 13 retary’’, $9,500,000,000, to remain available until ex- 14 pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 15 coronavirus by providing support for agricultural pro- 16 ducers impacted by coronavirus, including producers of 17 specialty crops, producers that supply local food systems, 18 including farmers markets, restaurants, and schools, and 19 livestock producers, including dairy producers: Provided, 20 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 21 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 23 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 610 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 1 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 2 General’’, $750,000, to remain available until September 3 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 4 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 5 That the funding made available under this heading in 6 this Act shall be used for conducting audits and investiga- 7 tions of projects and activities carried out with funds made 8 available in this Act to the Department of Agriculture to 9 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domesti- 10 cally or internationally: Provided further, That such 11 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 12 emergency requirement pursuant to section 13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 15 ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE 16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 18 penses’’, $55,000,000, to remain available until September 19 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 20 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including for 21 necessary expenses for salary costs associated with the Ag- 22 riculture Quarantine and Inspection Program: Provided, 23 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 24 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 611 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 1 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE 3 MARKETING SERVICES 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Marketing Services’’, 5 $45,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 6 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 7 domestically or internationally, including necessary ex- 8 penses for salary costs associated with commodity grading, 9 inspection, and audit activities: Provided, That such 10 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 11 emergency requirement pursuant to section 12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14 FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE 15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Food Safety and In- 16 spection Service’’, $33,000,000, to remain available until 17 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 18 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including 19 for support of temporary and intermittent workers, reloca- 20 tion of inspectors, and, notwithstanding 21 U.S.C. 468, 21 695 and 1053 and 7 U.S.C. 2219a, costs of overtime in- 22 spectors under the Federal Meat Inspection Act, the Poul- 23 try Products Inspection Act, and the Egg Products In- 24 spection Act: Provided, That such amount is designated 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 612 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 1 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg- 2 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 FARM PRODUCTION AND CONSERVATION 4 PROGRAMS 5 FARM SERVICE AGENCY 6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 7 penses’’, $3,000,000, to remain available until September 8 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 9 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including nec- 10 essary expenses to hire temporary staff and overtime ex- 11 penses: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 12 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 13 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 14 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 15 RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 16 RURAL BUSINESS—COOPERATIVE SERVICE 17 RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Rural Business Pro- 19 gram Account’’, $20,500,000, to remain available until 20 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 21 to coronavirus, for the cost of loans for rural business de- 22 velopment programs authorized by section 310B and de- 23 scribed in subsection of section 310B of the Consoli- 24 dated Farm and Rural Development Act: Provided, That 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 613 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 1 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 2 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 4 RURAL UTILITIES SERVICE 5 DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND 6 PROGRAM 7 For an additional amount for ‘‘Distance Learning, 8 Telemedicine, and Broadband Program’’, $25,000,000, to 9 remain available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, 10 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation- 11 ally, for telemedicine and distance learning services in 12 rural areas, as authorized by 7 U.S.C. 950aaa et seq.: Pro- 13 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 14 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 15 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 16 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 17 DOMESTIC FOOD PROGRAMS 18 FOOD AND NUTRITION SERVICE 19 CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS 20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Child Nutrition Pro- 21 grams’’, $8,800,000,000 to remain available until Sep- 22 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 23 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 24 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 614 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Supplemental Nutri- 5 tion Assistance Program’’, $15,810,000,000, to remain 6 available until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare 7 for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter- 8 nationally: Provided, That of the amount provided under 9 this heading in this Act, $15,510,000,000 shall be placed 10 in a contingency reserve to be allocated as the Secretary 11 deems necessary to support participation should cost or 12 participation exceed budget estimates to prevent, prepare 13 for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That of 14 the amount provided under this heading in this Act, 15 $100,000,000 shall be for the food distribution program 16 on Indian reservations program as authorized by Section 17 4(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 18 2013) and Section 4(a) of the Agriculture and Consumer 19 Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 1431) to prevent, pre- 20 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, of which 21 $50,000,000 shall be for facility improvements and equip- 22 ment upgrades and of which $50,000,000 shall be for the 23 costs relating to additional food purchases: Provided fur- 24 ther, That of the amount provided under this heading in 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 615 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. this Act, $200,000,000 to remain available through Sep- 1 tember 30, 2021, shall be available for the Secretary of 2 Agriculture to provide grants to the Commonwealth of the 3 Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and American 4 Samoa for nutrition assistance to prevent, prepare for, 5 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation- 6 ally: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 7 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 8 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 9 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 10 COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Commodity Assistance 12 Program’’, $450,000,000, to remain available through 13 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 14 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for the 15 emergency food assistance program as authorized by sec- 16 tion 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 17 U.S.C. 2036(a)) and section 204(a)(1) of the Emergency 18 Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1)): Pro- 19 vided, That of the funds made available, the Secretary 20 may use up to $150,000,000 for costs associated with the 21 distribution of commodities: Provided further, That such 22 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 23 emergency requirement pursuant to section 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 616 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 1 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED 3 PROGRAMS 4 FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE 5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 7 penses’’, $4,000,000, to remain available until September 8 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 9 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including nec- 10 essary expenses to relocate employees and their depend- 11 ents back from overseas posts: Provided, That such 12 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 13 emergency requirement pursuant to section 14 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 16 RELATED AGENCIES AND FOOD AND DRUG 17 ADMINISTRATION 18 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES 19 FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION 20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 22 penses’’, $80,000,000, to remain available until expended, 23 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do- 24 mestically or internationally, including funds for the devel- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 617 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. opment of necessary medical countermeasures and vac- 1 cines, advanced manufacturing for medical products, the 2 monitoring of medical product supply chains, and related 3 administrative activities: Provided, That such amount is 4 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 5 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 6 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 9 SEC. 11001. Of the funds made available to the Rural 10 Development mission area in this title, and in addition to 11 funds otherwise made available for such purpose, not more 12 than 3 percent may be used for administrative costs to 13 carry out loan, loan guarantee and grant activities funded 14 in this title to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 15 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 16 That such funds shall be transferred to, and merged with, 17 the appropriation for ‘‘Rural Development, Salaries and 18 Expenses’’ and, once transferred, shall be used only to 19 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domesti- 20 cally or internationally: Provided further, that this transfer 21 authority is in addition to any other transfer authority 22 provided by law. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 618 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION 1 REIMBURSEMENT OF PRESENT NET REALIZED LOSSES 2 SEC. 11002. Of the amounts provided in the Further 3 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 4 94) under the heading ‘‘Commodity Credit Corporation 5 Fund—Reimbursement for Net Realized Losses’’, 6 $14,000,000,000, may be used, prior to the completion of 7 the report described in 15 U.S.C. 713a–11, to reimburse 8 the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses 9 sustained, but not previously reimbursed, as reflected in 10 the June 2020 report of its financial condition: Provided, 11 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 12 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 15 SEC. 11003. The Secretary may extend the term of 16 a marketing assistance loan authorized by section 1201 17 of the Agricultural Act of 2014 (7 U.S.C. 9033) for any 18 loan commodity to 12 months: Provided, That the author- 19 ity made available pursuant to this section shall expire on 20 September 30, 2020: Provided further, That the amount 21 provided by this section is designated by the Congress as 22 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 619 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 11004. For an additional amount for grants 1 under the pilot program established under section 779 of 2 Public Law 115–141, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 3 to coronavirus, $100,000,000, to remain available until 4 September 30, 2021: Provided, That at least 90 percent 5 of the households to be served by a project receiving a 6 grant shall be in a rural area without sufficient access to 7 broadband: Provided further, That for purposes of such 8 pilot program, a rural area without sufficient access to 9 broadband shall be defined as 10 Mbps and 10 1 Mbps upstream, and such definition shall be reevaluated 11 and redefined, as necessary, on an annual basis by the 12 Secretary of Agriculture: Provided further, That an entity 13 to which a grant is made under the pilot program shall 14 not use a grant to overbuild or duplicate broadband expan- 15 sion efforts made by any entity that has received a 16 broadband loan from the Rural Utilities Service: Provided 17 further, That priority consideration for grants shall be 18 given to previous applicants now eligible as a result of ad- 19 justed eligibility requirements: Provided further, That such 20 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 21 emergency requirement pursuant to section 22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 23 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 620 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE II 1 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 2 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION 3 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 5 Pursuant to section 703 of the Public Works and 6 Economic Development Act (42 U.S.C. 3233), for an addi- 7 tional amount for ‘‘Economic Development Assistance 8 Programs’’, $1,500,000,000, to remain available until 9 September 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 10 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including 11 for necessary expenses for responding to economic injury 12 as a result of coronavirus: Provided, That such amount 13 shall be for economic adjustment assistance as authorized 14 by section 209 of the Public Works and Economic Devel- 15 opment Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3149): Provided further, 16 That within the amount appropriated under this heading 17 in this Act, up to 2 percent of funds may be transferred 18 to the ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account for administration 19 and oversight activities related to preventing, preparing 20 for, and responding to coronavirus: Provided further, That 21 the Secretary of Commerce is authorized to appoint and 22 fix the compensation of such temporary personnel as may 23 be necessary to implement the requirements under this 24 heading in this Act to prevent, prepare for, and respond 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 621 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. to coronavirus, without regard to the provisions of title 1 5, United States Code, governing appointments in com- 2 petitive service: Provided further, That the Secretary of 3 Commerce is authorized to appoint such temporary per- 4 sonnel, after serving continuously for 2 years, to positions 5 in the Economic Development Administration in the same 6 manner that competitive service employees with competi- 7 tive status are considered for transfer, reassignment, or 8 promotion to such positions and an individual appointed 9 under this provision shall become a career-conditional em- 10 ployee, unless the employee has already completed the 11 service requirements for career tenure: Provided further, 12 That within the amount appropriated under this heading 13 in this Act, $3,000,000 shall be transferred to the ‘‘Office 14 of Inspector General’’ account for carrying out investiga- 15 tions and audits related to the funding provided to pre- 16 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus under this 17 heading in this Act: Provided further, That such amount 18 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 19 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 20 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 21 1985. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 622 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY 1 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH AND SERVICES 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Scientific and Tech- 3 nical Research and Services’’, $6,000,000, to remain avail- 4 able until September, 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, 5 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation- 6 ally, by supporting continuity of operations, including 7 measurement science to support viral testing and bio- 8 manufacturing: Provided, That such amount is designated 9 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 10 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg- 11 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY SERVICES 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Industrial Technology 14 Services’’, $60,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 15 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 16 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 17 That of the amount provided under this heading in this 18 Act, $50,000,000 shall be for the Hollings Manufacturing 19 Extension Partnership to assist manufacturers to prevent, 20 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and $10,000,000 21 shall be for the National Network for Manufacturing Inno- 22 vation (also known as ‘‘Manufacturing USA’’) to prevent, 23 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including to sup- 24 port development and manufacturing of medical counter- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 623 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. measures and biomedical equipment and supplies: Pro- 1 vided further, That none of the funds provided under this 2 heading in this Act shall be subject to cost share require- 3 ments under 15 U.S.C. 278k(e)(2) or 15 U.S.C. 4 278s(e)(7)(A): Provided further, That such amount is des- 5 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 6 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 7 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 8 NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC 9 ADMINISTRATION 10 OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES 11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations, Research, 12 and Facilities’’, $20,000,000, to remain available until 13 September, 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 14 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, by sup- 15 porting continuity of operations, including National 16 Weather Service life and property related operations: Pro- 17 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 18 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 19 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 20 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 ---PAGE BREAK--- 624 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 1 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 2 JUSTICE INFORMATION SHARING TECHNOLOGY 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Justice Information 4 Sharing Technology’’, $2,000,000, to remain available 5 until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 6 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including the 7 impact of coronavirus on the work of the Department of 8 Justice: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 9 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 10 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 11 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 14 General’’, $2,000,000, to remain available until expended 15 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do- 16 mestically or internationally, including the impact of 17 coronavirus on the work of the Department of Justice and 18 to carry out investigations and audits related to the fund- 19 ing made available for the Department of Justice in this 20 Act: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 21 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 22 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 23 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 625 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. LEGAL ACTIVITIES 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 3 penses, United States Attorneys’’, $3,000,000, to prevent, 4 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 5 internationally, including the impact of coronavirus on the 6 work of the Department of Justice: Provided, That such 7 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 8 emergency requirement pursuant to section 9 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 10 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 UNITED STATES MARSHALS SERVICE 12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘United States Mar- 14 shals Service, Salaries and Expenses’’, $15,000,000, to 15 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domesti- 16 cally or internationally, including the impact of 17 coronavirus on the work of the Department of Justice: 18 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 19 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 20 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 21 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 626 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Bureau of In- 3 vestigation, Salaries and Expenses’’, $20,000,000, to pre- 4 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically 5 or internationally, including the impact of coronavirus on 6 the work of the Department of Justice: Provided, That 7 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 8 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 9 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 10 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION 12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Drug Enforcement 14 Administration, Salaries and Expenses’’, $15,000,000, to 15 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domesti- 16 cally or internationally, including the impact of 17 coronavirus on the work of the Department of Justice: 18 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 19 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 20 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 21 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 627 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. FEDERAL PRISON SYSTEM 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Prison Sys- 3 tem, Salaries and Expenses’’, $100,000,000, to prevent, 4 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 5 internationally, including the impact of coronavirus on the 6 work of the Department of Justice: Provided, That such 7 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 8 emergency requirement pursuant to section 9 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 10 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ACTIVITIES 12 OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS 13 STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE 14 For an additional amount for ‘‘State and Local Law 15 Enforcement Assistance’’, $850,000,000, to remain avail- 16 able until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 17 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, to be 18 awarded pursuant to the formula allocation (adjusted in 19 proportion to the relative amounts statutorily designated 20 therefor) that was used in fiscal year 2019 for the Edward 21 Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program as au- 22 thorized by subpart 1 of part E of title I of the Omnibus 23 Crime Control and Safe Streets Acts of 1968 (‘‘1968 24 Act’’): Provided, That the allocation provisions under sec- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 628 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. tions 505(a) through and the special rules for Puerto 1 Rico under section 505(g), and section 1001(c), of the 2 1968 Act, shall not apply to the amount provided under 3 this heading in this Act: Provided further, That awards 4 hereunder, shall not be subject to restrictions or special 5 conditions that are the same as (or substantially similar 6 to) those, imposed on awards under such subpart in fiscal 7 year 2018, that forbid interference with Federal law en- 8 forcement: Provided further, That such amount is des- 9 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 10 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 11 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 SCIENCE 13 NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION 14 SAFETY, SECURITY AND MISSION SERVICES 15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Safety, Security and 16 Mission Services’’, $60,000,000, to remain available until 17 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 18 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 19 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 20 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 22 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 629 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION 1 RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Research and Related 3 Activities’’, $75,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 4 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 5 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including to 6 fund research grants and other necessary expenses: Pro- 7 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 8 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 9 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 AGENCY OPERATIONS AND AWARD MANAGEMENT 12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Agency Operations 13 and Award Management’’, $1,000,000, to prevent, pre- 14 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 15 internationally, including to administer research grants 16 and other necessary expenses: Provided, That such 17 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 18 emergency requirement pursuant to section 19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 ---PAGE BREAK--- 630 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. RELATED AGENCIES 1 LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 2 PAYMENT TO THE LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to the Legal 4 Services Corporation’’, $50,000,000, to prevent, prepare 5 for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter- 6 nationally: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 7 under this heading in this Act to the Legal Services Cor- 8 poration shall be expended for any purpose prohibited or 9 limited by, or contrary to any of the provisions of, sections 10 501, 502, 503, 504, 505, and 506 of Public Law 105– 11 119, and all funds appropriated in this Act to the Legal 12 Services Corporation shall be subject to the same terms 13 and conditions set forth in such sections, except that all 14 references in sections 502 and 503 to 1997 and 1998 shall 15 be deemed to refer instead to 2019 and 2020, respectively, 16 and except that sections 501 and 503 of Public Law 104– 17 134 (referenced by Public Law 105–119) shall not apply 18 to the amount made available under this heading: Pro- 19 vided further, That for the purposes of this Act, the Legal 20 Services Corporation shall be considered an agency of the 21 United States Government: Provided further, That such 22 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 23 emergency requirement pursuant to section 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 631 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 1 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 3 SEC. 12001. Amounts provided by the Consolidated 4 Appropriations Act, 2020, (Public Law 116–93) for the 5 Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership under the 6 heading ‘‘National Institute of Standards and Tech- 7 nology—Industrial Technology Services’’ shall not be sub- 8 ject to cost share requirements under 15 U.S.C. 9 278k(e)(2): Provided, That the authority made available 10 pursuant to this section shall be elective for any Manufac- 11 turing Extension Partnership Center that also receives 12 funding from a State that is conditioned upon the applica- 13 tion of a Federal cost sharing requirement. 14 SEC. 12002. Funds appropriated in this title for 15 the National Science Foundation may be made available 16 to restore amounts, either directly or through reimburse- 17 ment, for obligations incurred by the National Science 18 Foundation for research grants and other necessary ex- 19 penses to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 20 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, prior to the 21 date of enactment of this Act. 22 Grants or cooperative agreements made by the 23 National Science Foundation under this title, to carry out 24 research grants and other necessary expenses to prevent, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 632 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 1 internationally, shall include amounts to reimburse costs 2 for these purposes incurred between January 20, 2020, 3 and the date of issuance of such grants or agreements. 4 BUREAU OF PRISONS 5 SEC. 12003. DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 6 the term ‘‘Bureau’’ means the Bureau of 7 Prisons; 8 the term ‘‘covered emergency period’’ means 9 the period beginning on the date on which the Presi- 10 dent declared a national emergency under the Na- 11 tional Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) 12 with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 13 (COVID–19) and ending on the date that is 30 days 14 after the date on which the national emergency dec- 15 laration terminates; and 16 the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 17 of Health and Human Services. 18 SUPPLY OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT 19 AND TEST KITS TO BUREAU OF PRISONS; HOME CON- 20 FINEMENT AUTHORITY.— 21 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT AND 22 TEST KITS.— 23 FINDINGS.—Congress finds the fol- 24 lowing: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 633 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. There is an urgent need for per- 1 sonal protective equipment and test kits to 2 the Bureau based on the density of the in- 3 mate population, the high traffic, the high 4 volume of inmates, the high rate of turn- 5 over of inmates and personnel, and the 6 number of high-security areas, within the 7 facilities of the Bureau. 8 (ii) The inability of the Bureau to se- 9 cure the purchase of infectious disease per- 10 sonal protective equipment and related 11 supplies now and in the future is a vulner- 12 ability. 13 (iii) The Bureau is currently com- 14 peting in and engaging the same landscape 15 of vendors as all other Federal agencies 16 and private entities. 17 (iv) The ability of the Bureau to pur- 18 chase needed equipment and supplies is 19 currently subject to an individual manufac- 20 turer’s specific recognition of the Bureau 21 as a priority and subsequent allocation of 22 the inventory of the manufacturer to the 23 Bureau. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 634 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. CONSIDERATION.—The Secretary shall 1 appropriately consider, relative to other prior- 2 ities of the Department of Health and Human 3 Services for high-risk and high-need popu- 4 lations, the distribution of infectious disease 5 personal protective equipment and COVID–19 6 test kits to the Bureau for use by inmates and 7 personnel of the Bureau. 8 HOME CONFINEMENT AUTHORITY.—During 9 the covered emergency period, if the Attorney Gen- 10 eral finds that emergency conditions will materially 11 affect the functioning of the Bureau, the Director of 12 the Bureau may lengthen the maximum amount of 13 time for which the Director is authorized to place a 14 prisoner in home confinement under the first sen- 15 tence of section 3624(c)(2) of title 18, United States 16 Code, as the Director determines appropriate. 17 VIDEO VISITATION.— 18 IN GENERAL.—During the covered emer- 19 gency period, if the Attorney General finds that 20 emergency conditions will materially affect the func- 21 tioning of the Bureau, the Director of the Bureau 22 shall promulgate rules regarding the ability of in- 23 mates to conduct visitation through video teleconfer- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 635 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. encing and telephonically, free of charge to inmates, 1 during the covered emergency period. 2 EXEMPTION FROM NOTICE-AND-COMMENT 3 RULEMAKING REQUIREMENTS.—Section 553 of title 4 5, United States Code, shall not apply to the pro- 5 mulgation of rules under paragraph of this sub- 6 section. 7 EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—The amount pro- 8 vided by this section is designated by the Congress as 9 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 TEMPORARY AUTHORITY OF DIRECTOR OF THE USPTO 13 DURING THE COVID–19 EMERGENCY. 14 SEC. 12004. IN GENERAL.—During the emer- 15 gency period described in subsection the Director may 16 toll, waive, adjust, or modify, any timing deadline estab- 17 lished by title 35, United States Code, the Trademark Act, 18 section 18 of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act (35 19 U.S.C. 321 note), or regulations promulgated thereunder, 20 in effect during such period, if the Director determines 21 that the emergency related to such period— 22 materially affects the functioning of the 23 Patent and Trademark Office; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 636 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. prejudices the rights of applicants, reg- 1 istrants, patent owners, or others appearing before 2 the Office; or 3 prevents applicants, registrants, patent own- 4 ers, or others appearing before the Office from filing 5 a document or fee with the Office. 6 PUBLIC NOTICE.—If the Director determines 7 that tolling, waiving, adjusting, or modifying a timing 8 deadline under subsection is appropriate, the Director 9 shall publish publicly a notice to such effect. 10 STATEMENT REQUIRED.—Not later than 20 days 11 after the Director tolls, waives, adjusts, or modifies a tim- 12 ing deadline under subsection and such toll, waiver, 13 adjustment, or modification is in effect for a consecutive 14 or cumulative period exceeding 120 days, the Director 15 shall submit to Congress a statement describing the action 16 taken, relevant background, and rationale for the period 17 of tolling, waiver, adjustment, or modification. 18 OTHER LAWS.—Notwithstanding section 301 of 19 the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1631), the au- 20 thority of the Director under subsection is not contin- 21 gent on a specification made by the President under such 22 section or any other requirement under that Act (other 23 than the emergency declaration under section 201(a) of 24 such Act (50 U.S.C. 1621(a))). The authority described 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 637 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. in this section supersedes the authority of title II of the 1 National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.). 2 EMERGENCY PERIOD.—The emergency period de- 3 scribed in this subsection includes the duration of the por- 4 tion of the emergency declared by the President pursuant 5 to the National Emergencies Act on March 13, 2020, as 6 a result of the COVID–19 outbreak (and any renewal 7 thereof) beginning on or after the date of the enactment 8 of this section and the 60 day period following such dura- 9 tion. 10 RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec- 11 tion may be construed as limiting other statutory authori- 12 ties the Director may have to grant relief regarding filings 13 or deadlines. 14 SUNSET.—Notwithstanding subsection the 15 authorities provided under this section shall expire upon 16 the expiration of the 2-year period after the date of the 17 enactment of this section. 18 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 19 DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 20 the Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 21 Property and Director of the United States Patent 22 and Trademark Office. 23 TRADEMARK ACT.—The term ‘‘Trademark 24 Act’’ means the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide for 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 638 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. the registration and protection of trademarks used 1 in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain 2 international conventions, and for other purposes’’, 3 approved July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.). 4 EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—The amount pro- 5 vided by this section is designated by the Congress as 6 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 8 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 9 ASSISTANCE TO FISHERY PARTICIPANTS 10 SEC. 12005. IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 11 Commerce is authorized to provide assistance to Tribal, 12 subsistence, commercial, and charter fishery participants 13 affected by the novel coronavirus (COVID–19), which may 14 include direct relief payments. 15 FISHERY PARTICIPANTS.—For the purposes of 16 this section, ‘‘fishery participants’’ include Tribes, per- 17 sons, fishing communities, aquaculture businesses not oth- 18 erwise eligible for assistance under part 1416 of title 7 19 of the Code of Federal Regulations for losses related to 20 COVID–19, processors, or other fishery-related busi- 21 nesses, who have incurred, as a direct or indirect result 22 of the coronavirus pandemic— 23 economic revenue losses greater than 35 24 percent as compared to the prior 5-year average rev- 25 enue; or 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 639 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. any negative impacts to subsistence, cul- 1 tural, or ceremonial fisheries. 2 ROLLING BASIS.—Funds may be awarded under 3 this section on a rolling basis, and within a fishing season, 4 to ensure rapid delivery of funds during the COVID–19 5 pandemic. 6 APPROPRIATIONS.—In addition to funds that are 7 otherwise made available to assist fishery participants 8 under this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated, 9 and there are appropriated, $300,000,000, to remain 10 available until September 30, 2021, to carry out this sec- 11 tion, of which up to 2 percent may be used for administra- 12 tion and oversight activities. 13 EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—The amount pro- 14 vided by this section is designated by the Congress as 15 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 16 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 17 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 18 ---PAGE BREAK--- 640 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE III 1 DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 2 MILITARY PERSONNEL 3 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, ARMY 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per- 5 sonnel, Army’’, $746,591,000, to prevent, prepare for, and 6 respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: 7 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 8 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 9 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 10 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 NATIONAL GUARD PERSONNEL, AIR FORCE 12 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Guard Per- 13 sonnel, Air Force’’, $482,125,000, to prevent, prepare for, 14 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation- 15 ally: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 16 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 17 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 18 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 19 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 20 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main- 22 tenance, Army’’, $160,300,000, to prevent, prepare for, 23 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation- 24 ally: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 641 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 1 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main- 5 tenance, Navy’’, $360,308,000, to prevent, prepare for, 6 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation- 7 ally: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 8 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 9 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, MARINE CORPS 12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main- 13 tenance, Marine Corps’’, $90,000,000, to prevent, prepare 14 for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter- 15 nationally: Provided, That such amount is designated by 16 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 17 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 18 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 19 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR FORCE 20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main- 21 tenance, Air Force’’, $155,000,000, to prevent, prepare 22 for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter- 23 nationally: Provided, That such amount is designated by 24 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 642 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 1 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY RESERVE 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main- 4 tenance, Army Reserve’’, $48,000,000, to prevent, prepare 5 for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter- 6 nationally: Provided, That such amount is designated by 7 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 8 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 9 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 10 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY NATIONAL 11 GUARD 12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main- 13 tenance, Army National Guard’’, $186,696,000, to pre- 14 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically 15 or internationally: Provided, That such amount is des- 16 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 17 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 18 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 19 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main- 21 tenance, Air National Guard’’, $75,754,000, to prevent, 22 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 23 internationally: Provided, That such amount is designated 24 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 643 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg- 1 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, DEFENSE-WIDE 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main- 4 tenance, Defense-Wide’’, $827,800,000, to prevent, pre- 5 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 6 internationally: Provided, That such amount is designated 7 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 8 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg- 9 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 10 PROCUREMENT 11 DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT PURCHASES 12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Production 13 Act Purchases’’, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until 14 expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 15 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 16 That for the two-year period beginning with the date of 17 enactment of this Act, the requirements described in Sec- 18 tion 301(a)(3)(A) and 302(c)(1) of Public Law 81–774, 19 shall be waived: Provided further, That such amount is 20 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 21 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 22 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 644 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. REVOLVING AND MANAGEMENT FUNDS 1 DEFENSE WORKING CAPITAL FUNDS 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Working 3 Capital Funds’’, $1,450,000,000, to prevent, position, pre- 4 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 5 internationally: Provided, That of the amount provided 6 under this heading in this Act, $475,000,000 shall be for 7 the Navy Working Capital Fund, $475,000,000 shall be 8 for the Air Force Working Capital Fund, and 9 $500,000,000 shall be for the Defense-Wide Working Cap- 10 ital Fund: Provided further, That such amount is des- 11 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 12 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 13 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14 OTHER DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROGRAMS 15 DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM 16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense Health Pro- 17 gram’’, $3,805,600,000, of which $3,390,600,000 shall be 18 for operation and maintenance, and $415,000,000 shall 19 be for research, development, test and evaluation, to re- 20 main available until September 30, 2021, to prevent, pre- 21 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 22 internationally: Provided, That, notwithstanding that one 23 percent of funding for operation and maintenance under 24 this heading in Public Law 116–93 shall remain available 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 645 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. for obligation until September 30, 2021, funding for oper- 1 ation and maintenance made available under this heading 2 in this Act shall only be available through September 30, 3 2020: Provided further, That such amount is designated 4 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 5 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg- 6 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Inspector 9 General’’, $20,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re- 10 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro- 11 vided, That the funding made available under this heading 12 in this Act shall be used for conducting audits and inves- 13 tigations of projects and activities carried out with funds 14 made available in this Act to the Department of Defense 15 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do- 16 mestically or internationally: Provided further, That such 17 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 18 emergency requirement pursuant to section 19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 22 SEC. 13001. Funds appropriated by this title may be 23 transferred to, and merged with, other applicable appro- 24 priations of the Department of Defense, except for ‘‘Drug 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 646 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Defense’’, for 1 expenses incurred in preventing, preparing for, or re- 2 sponding to coronavirus, including expenses of the Depart- 3 ment of Defense incurred in support of other Federal De- 4 partments and agencies, and State, local, and Indian trib- 5 al governments, to be merged with and to be available for 6 the same purposes, and for the same time period, as the 7 appropriation or fund to which transferred: Provided, 8 That upon a determination that all or part of the funds 9 transferred pursuant to this section that are not necessary 10 for the purposes provided herein, such funds shall be 11 transferred back to the original appropriation: Provided 12 further, That the transfer authority provided by this sec- 13 tion is in addition to any other transfer authority provided 14 by law. 15 SEC. 13002. For an additional amount for ‘‘Defense 16 Health Program’’, $1,095,500,000, which shall be for op- 17 eration and maintenance, and of which $1,095,500,000 18 may be available for contracts entered into under the 19 TRICARE program: Provided, That, notwithstanding that 20 one percent of funding for operation and maintenance 21 under this heading in Public Law 116–93 shall remain 22 available for obligation until September 30, 2021, funding 23 for operation and maintenance made available under this 24 heading in this section shall only be available through Sep- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 647 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. tember 30, 2020: Provided further, That such amount is 1 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 2 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 3 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 4 SEC. 13003. Notwithstanding section 2208(l)(3) 5 of title 10, United States Code, during fiscal year 2020, 6 the total amount of the advance billings rendered or im- 7 posed for all working-capital funds of the Department of 8 Defense may exceed the amount otherwise specified in 9 such section. 10 In this section, the term ‘‘advance billing’’ has 11 the meaning given that term in section 2208(l)(4) of title 12 10, United States Code. 13 SEC. 13004. Section 2326(b)(3) of title 10, 14 United States Code, shall not apply to any undefinitized 15 contract action of the Department of Defense related to 16 the national emergency for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 17 (COVID–19). 18 In this section, the term ‘‘undefinitized contract 19 action’’ has the meaning given that term in section 20 2326(j)(6) of title 10, United States Code. 21 SEC. 13005. The head of an agency may waive 22 the provisions of section 2326(b) of title 10, United States 23 Code, with respect to a contract of such agency if the head 24 of the agency determines that the waiver is necessary due 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 648 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. to the national emergency for the Coronavirus Disease 1 2019 (COVID–19). 2 In this section, the term ‘‘head of an agency’’ has 3 the meaning given that term in section 2302(2) of title 4 10, United States Code. 5 SEC. 13006. Notwithstanding paragraph of 6 section 2371b(a) of title 10, United States Code, the au- 7 thority of a senior procurement executive or director of 8 the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency or Mis- 9 sile Defense Agency under paragraph of such sec- 10 tion, and the authority of the Under Secretaries of De- 11 fense under paragraph of such section, for any 12 transaction related to the national emergency for the 13 Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID–19) may be delegated 14 to such officials in the Department of Defense as the Sec- 15 retary of Defense shall specify for purposes of this section. 16 Notwithstanding clause (ii) of section 17 2371b(a)(2)(B) of title 10, United States Code, no ad- 18 vance notice to Congress is required under that clause for 19 transitions described in that section that are related to 20 the national emergency for the Coronavirus Disease 2019 21 (COVID–19). 22 In the event a transaction covered by paragraph 23 is carried out, the Under Secretary of Defense for Re- 24 search and Engineering or the Under Secretary of Defense 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 649 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. for Acquisition and Sustainment, as applicable, shall sub- 1 mit to the congressional defense committees a notice on 2 the carrying out of such transaction as soon as is prac- 3 ticable after the commencement of the carrying out of 4 such transaction. 5 In this subsection, the term ‘‘congressional de- 6 fense committees’’ has the meaning given such term in 7 section 101(a)(16) of title 10, United States Code. 8 SEC. 13007. The President may extend the ap- 9 pointment of the Chief of Army Reserve as prescribed in 10 section 7038(c) of title 10, United States Code, for the 11 incumbent in that position as of the date of the enactment 12 of this Act until the date of the appointment of the suc- 13 cessor to such incumbent, notwithstanding any limitation 14 otherwise imposed on such term by such section 7038(c). 15 The President may extend the appointment of the 16 Chief of Navy Reserve as prescribed in section 8083(c) 17 of title 10, United States Code, for the incumbent in that 18 position as of the date of the enactment of this Act until 19 the date of the appointment of the successor to such in- 20 cumbent, notwithstanding any limitation otherwise im- 21 posed on such term by such section 8083(c). 22 The President may extend the appointment of the 23 Chief of Staff of the Air Force prescribed in section 24 9033(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code, for the incum- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 650 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. bent in that position as of the date of the enactment of 1 this Act until the date of the appointment of the successor 2 to such incumbent, notwithstanding any limitation other- 3 wise imposed on such term by such section 9033(a)(1). 4 The President may extend the appointment of the 5 Chief of Space Operations, as prescribed in section 6 9082(a)(2) of title 10, United States Code, for the incum- 7 bent in that position as of the date of the enactment of 8 this Act until the date of the appointment of the successor 9 to such incumbent, notwithstanding any limitation other- 10 wise imposed on such term by such section 9082(a)(2). 11 The President may extend the appointment of the 12 Chief of the National Guard Bureau as prescribed in sec- 13 tion 10502(b) of title 10, United States Code, for the in- 14 cumbent in that position as of the date of the enactment 15 of this Act until the date of the appointment of the suc- 16 cessor to such incumbent, notwithstanding any limitation 17 otherwise imposed on such term by such section 10502(b). 18 The President may extend the appointment of Di- 19 rector, Army National Guard and Director, Air National 20 Guard as prescribed in section 10506(a)(3)(D) of title 10, 21 United States Code, for the incumbent in such position 22 as of the date of the enactment of this Act until the date 23 of the appointment of the successor to such incumbent, 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 651 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. notwithstanding any limitation otherwise imposed on such 1 term by such section 10506(a)(3)(D). 2 Notwithstanding paragraph of section 3 10505(a) of title 10, United States Code, the Secretary 4 of Defense may waive the limitations in paragraphs 5 and of that section for a period of not more than 270 6 days. 7 The President may delegate the exercise of the 8 authorities in subsections through to the Secretary 9 of Defense. 10 The Secretary of Defense may not redelegate the 11 exercise of any authority delegated to the Secretary pursu- 12 ant to paragraph and may not delegate the exercise 13 of the authority in subsection 14 ---PAGE BREAK--- 652 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE IV 1 CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL 2 DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY 3 OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation and Main- 5 tenance’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 6 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 7 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 8 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 9 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 EXPENSES 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Expenses’’, 14 $20,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 15 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 16 domestically or internationally: Provided, That such 17 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 18 emergency requirement pursuant to section 19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 ---PAGE BREAK--- 653 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 1 BUREAU OF RECLAMATION 2 WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES 3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Water and Related 5 Resources’’, $12,500,000, to remain available until Sep- 6 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 7 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 8 That $500,000 of the funds provided under this heading 9 in this Act shall be transferred to the ‘‘Central Utah 10 Project Completion Account’’ to prevent, prepare for, and 11 respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That such 12 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 13 emergency requirement pursuant to section 14 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 16 POLICY AND ADMINISTRATION 17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Policy and Adminis- 18 tration’’, $8,100,000, to remain available until September 19 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 20 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 21 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 22 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 654 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 1 ENERGY PROGRAMS 2 SCIENCE 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Science’’, 4 $99,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 5 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 6 domestically or internationally, for necessary expenses re- 7 lated to providing support and access to scientific user fa- 8 cilities in the Office of Science and National Nuclear Secu- 9 rity Administration, including equipment, enabling tech- 10 nologies, and personnel associated with the operations of 11 those scientific user facilities: Provided, That such amount 12 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 13 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 14 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 15 1985. 16 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Departmental Admin- 19 istration’’, $28,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 20 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 21 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including for 22 necessary expenses related to supporting remote access for 23 personnel: Provided, That funds appropriated under this 24 heading in this Act may be transferred to, and merged 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 655 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. with, other appropriation accounts of the Department of 1 Energy to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 2 coronavirus, including for necessary expenses related to 3 supporting remote access for personnel: Provided further, 4 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 5 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 6 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 7 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 8 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 9 NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 11 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 12 penses’’, $3,300,000, to remain available until September 13 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 14 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 15 That, notwithstanding 42 U.S.C. 2214, such amount shall 16 not be derived from fee revenue: Provided further, That 17 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 18 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 22 SEC. 14001. Funds appropriated in this title may be 23 made available to restore amounts, either directly or 24 through reimbursement, for obligations incurred to pre- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 656 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus prior to the 1 date of enactment of this Act. 2 SEC. 14002. Section 404 of the Bipartisan Budg- 3 et Act of 2015 (42 U.S.C. 6239 note) is amended— 4 in subsection by striking ‘‘2020’’ and 5 inserting ‘‘2022’’; and 6 in subsection by striking ‘‘2020’’ and 7 inserting ‘‘2022’’. 8 Title III of division C of the Further Consolidated 9 Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94) is amend- 10 ed in the matter under the heading ‘‘Department of En- 11 ergy—Energy Programs—Strategic Petroleum Reserve’’ 12 by striking the three provisos before the final period and 13 inserting the following: 14 Provided, That, as authorized by section 404 of the 15 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 (Public Law 114–74; 42 16 U.S.C. 6239 note), the Secretary of Energy shall draw 17 down and sell not to exceed a total of $450,000,000 of 18 crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in fiscal 19 year 2020, fiscal year 2021, or fiscal year 2022: Provided 20 further, That the proceeds from such drawdown and sale 21 shall be deposited into the ‘Energy Security and Infra- 22 structure Modernization Fund’ during the fiscal year in 23 which the sale occurs and shall be made available in such 24 fiscal year, to remain available until expended, for nec- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 657 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. essary expenses to carry out the Life Extension II project 1 for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve’’. 2 The amount provided by this section is designated 3 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 4 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg- 5 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 6 SEC. 14003. Any discretionary appropriation for the 7 Corps of Engineers derived from the Harbor Maintenance 8 Trust Fund (not to exceed the total amount deposited in 9 the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund in the prior fiscal 10 year) shall be subtracted from the estimate of discre- 11 tionary budget authority and outlays for any estimate of 12 an appropriations Act under the Congressional Budget 13 and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 or the Balanced 14 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985: Pro- 15 vided, That the modifications described in this section 16 shall not take effect until the earlier of January 1, 2021 17 or the date of enactment of legislation authorizing the de- 18 velopment of water resources and shall remain in effect 19 thereafter. 20 SEC. 14004. Section 14321(a)(2)(B)(ii) of title 40, 21 United States Code, is amended by inserting except that 22 a discretionary grant to respond to economic distress di- 23 rectly related to the impacts of the Coronavirus Disease 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 658 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 2019 (COVID–19) shall not be included in such aggregate 1 amount’’ before the period at the end. 2 ---PAGE BREAK--- 659 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE V 1 DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 2 INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE 3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—INTERNAL REVENUE 4 SERVICE 5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6 SEC. 15001. In addition to the amounts otherwise 7 available to the Internal Revenue Service in fiscal year 8 2020, $250,000,000, to remain available until September 9 30, 2021, shall be available to prevent, prepare for, and 10 respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, in- 11 cluding costs associated with the extended filing season 12 and implementation of the Families First Coronavirus Re- 13 sponse Act: Provided, That such funds may be transferred 14 by the Commissioner to the ‘‘Taxpayer Services,’’ ‘‘En- 15 forcement,’’ or ‘‘Operations Support’’ accounts of the In- 16 ternal Revenue Service for an additional amount to be 17 used solely to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 18 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided fur- 19 ther, That the Committees on Appropriations of the House 20 of Representatives and the Senate shall be notified in ad- 21 vance of any such transfer: Provided further, That such 22 transfer authority is in addition to any other transfer au- 23 thority provided by law: Provided further, That not later 24 than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 660 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Commissioner shall submit to the Committees on Appro- 1 priations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 2 a spending plan for such funds: Provided further, That 3 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 4 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 5 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 6 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7 THE JUDICIARY 8 SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES 9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 10 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 11 penses’’, $500,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 12 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 13 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 14 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 17 COURTS OF APPEALS, DISTRICT COURTS, AND OTHER 18 JUDICIAL SERVICES 19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 21 penses’’, $6,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 22 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 23 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 24 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 661 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 1 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 DEFENDER SERVICES 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Defender Services’’, 4 $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, to pre- 5 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically 6 or internationally: Provided, That such amount is des- 7 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 8 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 9 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—THE JUDICIARY 11 VIDEO TELECONFERENCING FOR CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS 12 SEC. 15002. DEFINITION.—In this section, the 13 term ‘‘covered emergency period’’ means the period begin- 14 ning on the date on which the President declared a na- 15 tional emergency under the National Emergencies Act (50 16 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to the Coronavirus Dis- 17 ease 2019 (COVID–19) and ending on the date that is 18 30 days after the date on which the national emergency 19 declaration terminates. 20 VIDEO TELECONFERENCING FOR CRIMINAL PRO- 21 CEEDINGS.— 22 IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs 23 and if the Judicial Conference of the United 24 States finds that emergency conditions due to the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 662 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. national emergency declared by the President under 1 the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et 2 seq.) with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 3 (COVID–19) will materially affect the functioning of 4 either the Federal courts generally or a particular 5 district court of the United States, the chief judge 6 of a district court covered by the finding (or, if the 7 chief judge is unavailable, the most senior available 8 active judge of the court or the chief judge or circuit 9 justice of the circuit that includes the district court), 10 upon application of the Attorney General or the des- 11 ignee of the Attorney General, or on motion of the 12 judge or justice, may authorize the use of video tele- 13 conferencing, or telephone conferencing if video tele- 14 conferencing is not reasonably available, for the fol- 15 lowing events: 16 Detention hearings under section 3142 17 of title 18, United States Code. 18 Initial appearances under Rule 5 of 19 the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 20 Preliminary hearings under Rule 5.1 of 21 the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 22 Waivers of indictment under Rule 7(b) 23 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 663 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Arraignments under Rule 10 of the 1 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 2 Probation and supervised release rev- 3 ocation proceedings under Rule 32.1 of the 4 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 5 Pretrial release revocation proceedings 6 under section 3148 of title 18, United States 7 Code. 8 Appearances under Rule 40 of the 9 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 10 Misdemeanor pleas and sentencings as 11 described in Rule 43(b)(2) of the Federal Rules 12 of Criminal Procedure. 13 Proceedings under chapter 403 of title 14 18, United States Code (commonly known as 15 the ‘‘Federal Juvenile Delinquency Act’’), ex- 16 cept for contested transfer hearings and juve- 17 nile delinquency adjudication or trial pro- 18 ceedings. 19 FELONY PLEAS AND SENTENCING.— 20 IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs 21 and if the Judicial Conference of 22 the United States finds that emergency condi- 23 tions due to the national emergency declared by 24 the President under the National Emergencies 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 664 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to 1 the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) will 2 materially affect the functioning of either the 3 Federal courts generally or a particular district 4 court of the United States, the chief judge of a 5 district court covered by the finding (or, if the 6 chief judge is unavailable, the most senior avail- 7 able active judge of the court or the chief judge 8 or circuit justice of the circuit that includes the 9 district court) specifically finds, upon applica- 10 tion of the Attorney General or the designee of 11 the Attorney General, or on motion of the judge 12 or justice, that felony pleas under Rule 11 of 13 the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and 14 felony sentencings under Rule 32 of the Federal 15 Rules of Criminal Procedure cannot be con- 16 ducted in person without seriously jeopardizing 17 public health and safety, and the district judge 18 in a particular case finds for specific reasons 19 that the plea or sentencing in that case cannot 20 be further delayed without serious harm to the 21 interests of justice, the plea or sentencing in 22 that case may be conducted by video teleconfer- 23 ence, or by telephone conference if video tele- 24 conferencing is not reasonably available. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 665 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. APPLICABILITY TO JUVENILES.—The 1 video teleconferencing and telephone confer- 2 encing authority described in subparagraph 3 shall apply with respect to equivalent plea and 4 sentencing, or disposition, proceedings under 5 chapter 403 of title 18, United States Code 6 (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Juvenile De- 7 linquency Act’’). 8 REVIEW.— 9 IN GENERAL.—On the date that is 90 10 days after the date on which an authorization 11 for the use of video teleconferencing or tele- 12 phone conferencing under paragraph or 13 is issued, if the emergency authority has not 14 been terminated under paragraph the chief 15 judge of the district court (or, if the chief judge 16 is unavailable, the most senior available active 17 judge of the court or the chief judge or circuit 18 justice of the circuit that includes the district 19 court) to which the authorization applies shall 20 review the authorization and determine whether 21 to extend the authorization. 22 ADDITIONAL REVIEW.—If an author- 23 ization is extended under subparagraph the 24 chief judge of the district court (or, if the chief 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 666 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. judge is unavailable, the most senior available 1 active judge of the court or the chief judge or 2 circuit justice of the circuit that includes the 3 district court) to which the authorization ap- 4 plies shall review the extension of authority not 5 less frequently than once every 90 days until 6 the earlier of— 7 the date on which the chief judge 8 (or other judge or justice) determines the 9 authorization is no longer warranted; or 10 (ii) the date on which the emergency 11 authority is terminated under paragraph 12 13 CONSENT.—Video teleconferencing or tele- 14 phone conferencing authorized under paragraph 15 or may only take place with the consent of the 16 defendant, or the juvenile, after consultation with 17 counsel. 18 TERMINATION OF EMERGENCY AUTHOR- 19 ITY.—The authority provided under paragraphs 20 and and any specific authorizations issued 21 under those paragraphs, shall terminate on the ear- 22 lier of— 23 the last day of the covered emergency 24 period; or 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 667 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. the date on which the Judicial Con- 1 ference of the United States finds that emer- 2 gency conditions due to the national emergency 3 declared by the President under the National 4 Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with 5 respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 6 (COVID-19) no longer materially affect the 7 functioning of either the Federal courts gen- 8 erally or the district court in question. 9 NATIONAL EMERGENCIES GENERALLY.— 10 The Judicial Conference of the United States and 11 the Supreme Court of the United States shall con- 12 sider rule amendments under chapter 131 of title 13 28, United States Code (commonly known as the 14 ‘‘Rules Enabling Act’’), that address emergency 15 measures that may be taken by the Federal courts 16 when the President declares a national emergency 17 under the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 18 1601 et seq.). 19 RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 20 subsection shall obviate a defendant’s right to coun- 21 sel under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution 22 of the United States, any Federal statute, or the 23 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 668 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. The amount provided by this section is designated 1 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 2 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg- 3 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 4 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 5 FEDERAL FUNDS 6 FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR EMERGENCY PLANNING AND 7 SECURITY COSTS IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Payment for 9 Emergency Planning and Security Costs in the District 10 of Columbia’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex- 11 pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 12 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 13 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 14 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 17 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 18 ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 19 ELECTION SECURITY GRANTS 20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Election Security 21 Grants’’, $400,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re- 22 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for 23 the 2020 Federal election cycle: Provided, That a State 24 receiving a payment with funds provided under this head- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 669 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. ing in this Act shall provide to the Election Assistance 1 Commission, within 20 days of each election in the 2020 2 Federal election cycle in that State, a report that includes 3 a full accounting of the State’s uses of the payment and 4 an explanation of how such uses allowed the State to pre- 5 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided 6 further, That, within 3 days of its receipt of a report re- 7 quired in the preceding proviso, the Election Assistance 8 Commission will transmit the report to the Committee on 9 Appropriations and the Committee on House Administra- 10 tion of the House of Representatives and the Committee 11 on Appropriations and the Committee on Rules and Ad- 12 ministration of the Senate: Provided further, That not 13 later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 14 the Election Assistance Commission shall make the pay- 15 ments to States under this heading: Provided further, That 16 any portion of a payment made to a State with funds pro- 17 vided under this heading in this Act which is unobligated 18 on December 31, 2020 shall be returned to the Treasury: 19 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 20 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 21 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 22 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 670 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 3 penses’’, $200,000,000, to remain available until ex- 4 pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 5 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including to 6 support efforts of health care providers to address 7 coronavirus by providing telecommunications services, in- 8 formation services, and devices necessary to enable the 9 provision of telehealth services during an emergency pe- 10 riod, as defined in section 1135(g)(1) of the Social Secu- 11 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–5(g)(1)): Provided, That the 12 Federal Communications Commission may rely on the 13 rules of the Commission under part 54 of title 47, Code 14 of Federal Regulations, in administering the amount pro- 15 vided under the heading in this Act if the Commission de- 16 termines that such administration is in the public interest: 17 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 18 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 19 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 ---PAGE BREAK--- 671 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION 1 REAL PROPERTY ACTIVITIES 2 FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND 3 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 4 For an additional amount to be deposited in the 5 ‘‘Federal Buildings Fund’’, $275,000,000, to remain 6 available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and re- 7 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro- 8 vided, That the amount provided under this heading in 9 this Act may be used to reimburse the Fund for obliga- 10 tions incurred for this purpose prior to the date of the 11 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such amount 12 may be transferred to, and merged with, accounts within 13 the Federal Buildings Fund in amounts necessary to cover 14 costs incurred to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 15 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided fur- 16 ther, That the Administrator of General Services shall no- 17 tify the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 18 Representatives and the Senate quarterly on the obliga- 19 tions and expenditures of the funds provided by this Act 20 by account of the Federal Buildings Fund: Provided fur- 21 ther, That funds made available to the Administrator in 22 this or any previous Act shall not be subject to section 23 3307 of title 40, United States Code, for the acquisition 24 of space necessary to prevent, prepare for, or respond to 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 672 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided fur- 1 ther, That no action taken by the Administrator to acquire 2 real property and interests in real property or to improve 3 real property in response to coronavirus shall be deemed 4 a Federal action or undertaking and subject to review 5 under the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 6 amended (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.), or the National His- 7 toric Preservation Act of 1966, as amended (54 U.S.C. 8 300101 et seq.), respectively: Provided further, That such 9 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 10 emergency requirement pursuant to section 11 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 13 GENERAL ACTIVITIES 14 FEDERAL CITIZEN SERVICES FUND 15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 16 For an additional amount to be deposited in the 17 ‘‘Federal Citizen Services Fund’’, $18,650,000, to remain 18 available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and re- 19 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro- 20 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 21 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 22 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 23 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 673 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. WORKING CAPITAL FUND 1 For an additional amount for ‘‘Working Capital 2 Fund’’, $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, 3 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do- 4 mestically or internationally: Provided, That such amount 5 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 6 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 7 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 8 1985. 9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—GENERAL SERVICES 10 ADMINISTRATION 11 SEC. 15003. Notwithstanding 41 U.S.C. 12 3304(a)(7)(B), the Administrator, when making a deter- 13 mination that use of noncompetitive procedures is nec- 14 essary for public interest in accordance with 41 U.S.C. 15 3304(a)(7)(A) in response to a public health emergency 16 declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv- 17 ices under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 18 (42 U.S.C. 247(d)), is required to notify Congress in writ- 19 ing of that determination not less than 3 days prior to 20 the award of the contract. 21 NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION 22 OPERATING EXPENSES 23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 24 $8,100,000, to remain available until September 30, 2021, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 674 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do- 1 mestically or internationally: Provided, That the amount 2 provided under this heading in this Act may be used to 3 provide expenses of the Federal Records Center Program 4 for preventing, preparing for, and responding to 5 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided fur- 6 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 7 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 8 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 9 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 10 OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT 11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 13 penses’’, $12,100,000, to remain available until September 14 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 15 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including 16 technologies for digital case management, short-term 17 methods to allow electronic submissions of retirement ap- 18 plication packages in support of paper-based business op- 19 erations, and increased telecommunications: Provided, 20 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 21 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 23 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 675 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. PANDEMIC RESPONSE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE 1 For an additional amount for ‘‘Pandemic Response 2 Accountability Committee’’, $80,000,000, to remain avail- 3 able until expended, to promote transparency and support 4 oversight of funds provided in this Act to prevent, prepare 5 for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter- 6 nationally: Provided, That such amount is designated by 7 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 8 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 9 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 10 SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION 11 DISASTER LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 12 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 13 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Disaster Loans 14 Program Account’’, $562,000,000, to remain available 15 until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 16 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for the cost 17 of direct loans authorized by section 7(b) of the Small 18 Business Act and for administrative expenses to carry out 19 the disaster loan program authorized by section 7(b) of 20 the Small Business Act: Provided, That the amounts pro- 21 vided under this heading in this Act may be transferred 22 to, and merged with, ‘‘Small Business Administration— 23 Salaries and Expenses’’ to prevent, prepare for, and re- 24 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 676 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con- 1 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 2 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 3 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 4 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 5 PANDEMIC RESPONSE ACCOUNTABILITY COMMITTEE 6 SEC. 15010. In this section— 7 the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 8 the term in section 551 of title 5, United States 9 Code; 10 the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com- 11 mittees’’ means— 12 the Committees on Appropriations of 13 the Senate and the House of Representatives; 14 the Committee on Homeland Security 15 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 16 the Committee on Oversight and Re- 17 form of the House of Representatives; and 18 any other relevant congressional com- 19 mittee of jurisdiction; 20 the term ‘‘Chairperson’’ means the Chair- 21 person of the Committee; 22 the term ‘‘Council’’ means the Council of 23 the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 677 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. established under section 11 of the Inspector Gen- 1 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App); 2 the term ‘‘Committee’’ means the Pandemic 3 Response Accountability Committee established 4 under subsection 5 the term ‘‘covered funds’’ means any funds, 6 including loans, that are made available in any form 7 to any non-Federal entity, not including an indi- 8 vidual, under— 9 this Act; 10 the Coronavirus Preparedness and Re- 11 sponse Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 12 (Public Law 116–123); 13 the Families First Coronavirus Re- 14 sponse Act (Public Law 116–127); or 15 any other Act primarily making appro- 16 priations for the Coronavirus response and re- 17 lated activities; and 18 the term ‘‘Coronavirus response’’ means the 19 Federal Government’s response to the nationwide 20 public health emergency declared by the Secretary of 21 Health and Human Services, retroactive to January 22 27, 2020, pursuant to section 319 of the Public 23 Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 247d), as a result of 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 678 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus (COVID– 1 19) in the United States. 2 There is established within the Council the Pan- 3 demic Response Accountability Committee to promote 4 transparency and conduct and support oversight of cov- 5 ered funds and the Coronavirus response to— 6 prevent and detect fraud, waste, abuse, and 7 mismanagement; and 8 mitigate major risks that cut across pro- 9 gram and agency boundaries. 10 The Chairperson of the Committee shall be se- 11 lected by the Chairperson of the Council from among In- 12 spectors General described in subparagraphs and 13 of paragraph with experience managing oversight 14 of large organizations and expenditures. 15 The members of the Committee shall include— 16 the Chairperson; 17 the Inspectors General of the Departments 18 of Defense, Education, Health and Human Services, 19 Homeland Security, Justice, Labor, and the Treas- 20 ury; 21 the Inspector General of the Small Business 22 Administration; 23 the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 24 Administration; and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 679 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. any other Inspector General, as designated 1 by the Chairperson from any agency that expends or 2 obligates covered funds or is involved in the 3 Coronavirus response. 4 There shall be an Executive Director and a 5 Deputy Executive Director of the Committee. 6 Not later than 30 days after the date of en- 7 actment of this Act, the Executive Director of the Com- 8 mittee shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the Coun- 9 cil, in consultation with the majority leader of the Senate, 10 the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the minority 11 leader of the Senate, and the minority leader of the House 12 of Representatives. 13 (II) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact- 14 ment of this Act, the Deputy Executive Director of the 15 Committee shall be appointed by the Chairperson of the 16 Council, in consultation with the majority leader of the 17 Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 18 minority leader of the Senate, the minority leader of the 19 House of Representatives, and the Executive Director of 20 the Committee. 21 (ii) The Executive Director and the Deputy Executive 22 Director of the Committee shall— 23 have demonstrated ability in accounting, au- 24 diting, and financial analysis; 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 680 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. (II) have experience managing oversight of 1 large organizations and expenditures; and 2 (III) be full-time employees of the Committee. 3 The Executive Director of the Committee shall— 4 report directly to the Chairperson; 5 (ii) appoint staff of the Committee, subject to 6 the approval of the Chairperson, consistent with sub- 7 section 8 (iii) supervise and coordinate Committee func- 9 tions and staff; and 10 (iv) perform any other duties assigned to the 11 Executive Director by the Committee. 12 Members of the Committee may not receive 13 additional compensation for services performed. 14 The Executive Director and Deputy Executive 15 Director of the Committee shall be compensated at the 16 rate of basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive 17 Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States 18 Code. 19 The Committee shall conduct and coordi- 20 nate oversight of covered funds and the Coronavirus re- 21 sponse and support Inspectors General in the oversight of 22 covered funds and the Coronavirus response in order to— 23 detect and prevent fraud, waste, abuse, and 24 mismanagement; and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 681 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. (ii) identify major risks that cut across pro- 1 grams and agency boundaries. 2 The functions of the Committee shall include— 3 developing a strategic plan to ensure coordi- 4 nated, efficient, and effective comprehensive over- 5 sight by the Committee and Inspectors General over 6 all aspects of covered funds and the Coronavirus re- 7 sponse; 8 (ii) auditing or reviewing covered funds, includ- 9 ing a comprehensive audit and review of charges 10 made to Federal contracts pursuant to authorities 11 provided in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Eco- 12 nomic Security Act, to determine whether wasteful 13 spending, poor contract or grant management, or 14 other abuses are occurring and referring matters the 15 Committee considers appropriate for investigation to 16 the Inspector General for the agency that disbursed 17 the covered funds, including conducting randomized 18 audits to identify fraud; 19 (iii) reviewing whether the reporting of con- 20 tracts and grants using covered funds meets applica- 21 ble standards and specifies the purpose of the con- 22 tract or grant and measures of performance; 23 (iv) reviewing the economy, efficiency, and ef- 24 fectiveness in the administration of, and the detec- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 682 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. tion of fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement in, 1 Coronavirus response programs and operations; 2 reviewing whether competition requirements 3 applicable to contracts and grants using covered 4 funds have been satisfied; 5 (vi) serving as a liaison to the Director of the 6 Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of 7 the Treasury, and other officials responsible for im- 8 plementing the Coronavirus response; 9 (vii) reviewing whether there are sufficient 10 qualified acquisition, grant, and other applicable per- 11 sonnel overseeing covered funds and the Coronavirus 12 response; 13 (viii) reviewing whether personnel whose duties 14 involve the Coronavirus response or acquisitions or 15 grants made with covered funds or are otherwise re- 16 lated to the Coronavirus response receive adequate 17 training, technology support, and other resources; 18 (ix) reviewing whether there are appropriate 19 mechanisms for interagency collaboration relating to 20 the oversight of covered funds and the Coronavirus 21 response, including coordinating and collaborating to 22 the extent practicable with State and local govern- 23 ment entities; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 683 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. expeditiously reporting to the Attorney Gen- 1 eral any instance in which the Committee has rea- 2 sonable grounds to believe there has been a violation 3 of Federal criminal law; and 4 (xi) coordinating and supporting Inspectors 5 General on matters related to oversight of covered 6 funds and the Coronavirus response. 7 The Committee shall submit to the Presi- 8 dent and Congress, including the appropriate congres- 9 sional committees, management alerts on potential man- 10 agement, risk, and funding problems that require imme- 11 diate attention. 12 (ii) The Committee shall submit to Congress such 13 other reports or provide such periodic updates on the work 14 of the Committee as the Committee considers appropriate 15 on the use of covered funds and the Coronavirus response. 16 The Committee shall submit biannual reports to 17 the President and Congress, including the appropriate 18 congressional committees, and may submit additional re- 19 ports as appropriate— 20 summarizing the findings of the Committee; 21 and 22 (ii) identifying and quantifying the impact of 23 any tax expenditures or credits authorized under 24 this Act to the extent practicable. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 684 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. All reports submitted under this paragraph 1 shall be made publicly available and posted on the website 2 established under subsection 3 (ii) Any portion of a report submitted under this 4 paragraph may be redacted when made publicly available, 5 if that portion would disclose information that is not sub- 6 ject to disclosure under sections 552 and 552a of title 5, 7 United States Code, or is otherwise prohibited from disclo- 8 sure by law. 9 The Committee shall make recommendations 10 to agencies on measures to prevent or address fraud, 11 waste, abuse and mismanagement, and to mitigate risks 12 that cut across programs and agency boundaries, relating 13 to covered funds and the Coronavirus response. 14 Not later than 30 days after receipt of a rec- 15 ommendation under subparagraph an agency shall 16 submit a report to the President and the appropriate con- 17 gressional committees on— 18 whether the agency agrees or disagrees with 19 the recommendations; and 20 (ii) any actions the agency will take to imple- 21 ment the recommendations, which shall also be in- 22 cluded in the report required under section 2(b) of 23 the GAO–IG Act (31 U.S.C. 1105 note). 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 685 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. The Committee shall conduct audits and re- 1 views of programs, operations, and expenditures relating 2 to covered funds and the Coronavirus response and coordi- 3 nate on such activities with the Inspector General of the 4 relevant agency to avoid unnecessary duplication and over- 5 lap of work. 6 The Committee may— 7 conduct its own independent investigations, 8 audits, and reviews relating to covered funds or the 9 Coronavirus response; 10 collaborate on audits and reviews relating 11 to covered funds with any Inspector General of an 12 agency; and 13 provide support to relevant agency Inspec- 14 tors General in conducting investigations, audits, 15 and reviews relating to the covered funds and 16 Coronavirus response. 17 In conducting and supporting investigations, 18 audits, and reviews under this subsection, the Com- 19 mittee— 20 shall have the authorities provided under 21 section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 22 U.S.C. App.); 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 686 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. (ii) may issue subpoenas to compel the testi- 1 mony of persons who are not Federal officers or em- 2 ployees; and 3 (iii) may enforce such subpoenas in the event of 4 a refusal to obey by order of any appropriate United 5 States district court as provided for under section 6 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 7 App). 8 The Committee shall carry out the powers under 9 paragraphs and in accordance with section 4(b)(1) 10 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). 11 Whenever information or assistance requested by 12 the Committee or an Inspector General is unreasonably 13 refused or not provided, the Committee shall immediately 14 report the circumstances to the appropriate congressional 15 committees. 16 The Committee shall leverage existing informa- 17 tion technology resources within the Council, such as over- 18 sight.gov, to carry out the duties of the Committee. 19 The Committee may hold public hearings and 20 Committee personnel may conduct necessary inquiries. 21 The head of each agency shall make all officers 22 and employees of that agency available to provide testi- 23 mony to the Committee and Committee personnel. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 687 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. The Committee may issue subpoenas to compel 1 the testimony of persons who are not Federal officers or 2 employees at such public hearings, which may be enforced 3 in the same manner as provided for subpoenas under sec- 4 tion 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 5 App.). 6 The Committee may enter into contracts to en- 7 able the Committee to discharge its duties, including con- 8 tracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, anal- 9 yses, and other services with public agencies and with pri- 10 vate persons, and make such payments as may be nec- 11 essary to carry out the duties of the Committee. 12 The Committee may establish subcommittees to 13 facilitate the ability of the Committee to discharge its du- 14 ties. 15 The Committee may transfer funds appropriated 16 to the Committee for expenses to support administrative 17 support services and audits, reviews, or other activities re- 18 lated to oversight by the Committee of covered funds or 19 the Coronavirus response to any Office of the Inspector 20 General or the General Services Administration. 21 Subject to subparagraph the Com- 22 mittee may exercise the authorities of subsections 23 through of section 3161 of title 5, United States Code 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 688 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. (without regard to subsection of that section) to carry 1 out the functions of the Committee under this section. 2 (ii) For purposes of exercising the authorities de- 3 scribed under clause the term ‘‘Chairperson’’ shall be 4 substituted for the term ‘‘head of a temporary organiza- 5 tion’’. 6 (iii) In exercising the authorities described in clause 7 the Chairperson shall consult with members of the 8 Committee. 9 (iv) In addition to the authority provided by section 10 3161(c) of title 5, United States Code, upon the request 11 of an Inspector General, the Committee may detail, on a 12 nonreimbursable basis, any personnel of the Council to 13 that Inspector General to assist in carrying out any audit, 14 review, or investigation pertaining to the oversight of cov- 15 ered funds or the Coronavirus response. 16 In exercising the employment authorities under 17 section 3161(b) of title 5, United States Code, as provided 18 under subparagraph of this paragraph— 19 section 3161(b)(2) of that title (relating to 20 periods of appointments) shall not apply; and 21 (ii) no period of appointment may exceed the 22 date on which the Committee terminates. 23 A person employed by the Committee shall ac- 24 quire competitive status for appointment to any position 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 689 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. in the competitive service for which the employee possesses 1 the required qualifications upon the completion of 2 years 2 of continuous service as an employee under this sub- 3 section. 4 (ii) No person who is first employed as described in 5 clause more than 2 years after the date of enactment 6 of this Act may acquire competitive status under clause 7 8 The Committee may employ annuitants cov- 9 ered by section 9902(g) of title 5, United States Code, 10 for purposes of the oversight of covered funds or the 11 Coronavirus response. 12 The employment of annuitants under this para- 13 graph shall be subject to the provisions of section 9902(g) 14 of title 5, United States Code, as if the Committee was 15 the Department of Defense. 16 Upon request of the Committee for information 17 or assistance from any agency or other entity of the Fed- 18 eral Government, the head of such entity shall, insofar as 19 is practicable and not in contravention of any existing law, 20 and consistent with section 6 of the Inspector General Act 21 of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), furnish such information or as- 22 sistance to the Committee, or an authorized designee, in- 23 cluding an Inspector General designated by the Chair- 24 person. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 690 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Any Inspector General responsible for conducting 1 oversight related to covered funds or the Coronavirus re- 2 sponse may, consistent with the duties, responsibilities, 3 policies, and procedures of the Inspector General, provide 4 information requested by the Committee or an Inspector 5 General on the Committee relating to the responsibilities 6 of the Committee. 7 Not later than 30 days after the date of 8 enactment of this Act, the Committee shall establish and 9 maintain a user-friendly, public-facing website to foster 10 greater accountability and transparency in the use of cov- 11 ered funds and the Coronavirus response, which shall have 12 a uniform resource locator that is descriptive and memo- 13 rable. 14 The Committee shall leverage existing informa- 15 tion technology and resources, such as oversight.gov, to 16 the greatest extent practicable to meet the requirements 17 under this section. 18 The website established and maintained under 19 paragraph shall be a portal or gateway to key informa- 20 tion relating to the oversight of covered funds and the 21 Coronavirus response and provide connections to other 22 Government websites with related information. 23 In establishing and maintaining the website under 24 paragraph the Committee shall ensure the following: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 691 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. The website shall provide materials and in- 1 formation explaining the Coronavirus response and 2 how covered funds are being used. The materials 3 shall be easy to understand and regularly updated. 4 The website shall provide accountability in- 5 formation, including findings from Inspectors Gen- 6 eral, including any progress reports, audits, inspec- 7 tions, or other reports, including reports from or 8 links to reports on the website of the Government 9 Accountability Office. 10 (ii) The website shall provide data on relevant 11 operational, economic, financial, grant, subgrant, 12 contract, and subcontract information in user-friend- 13 ly visual presentations to enhance public awareness 14 of the use of covered funds and the Coronavirus re- 15 sponse. 16 (iii) The website shall provide detailed data on 17 any Federal Government awards that expend cov- 18 ered funds, including a unique trackable identifica- 19 tion number for each project, information about the 20 process that was used to award the covered funds, 21 and for any covered funds over $150,000, a detailed 22 explanation of any associated agreement, where ap- 23 plicable. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 692 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. (iv) The website shall include downloadable, 1 machine-readable, open format reports on covered 2 funds obligated by month to each State and congres- 3 sional district, where applicable. 4 The website shall provide a means for the 5 public to give feedback on the performance of any 6 covered funds and of the Coronavirus response, in- 7 cluding confidential feedback. 8 (vi) The website shall include detailed informa- 9 tion on Federal Government awards that expend 10 covered funds, including data elements required 11 under the Federal Funding Accountability and 12 Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note), 13 allowing aggregate reporting on awards below 14 $50,000, as prescribed by the Director of the Office 15 of Management and Budget. 16 (vii) The website shall provide a link to esti- 17 mates of the jobs sustained or created by this Act 18 to the extent practicable. 19 (viii) The website shall include appropriate links 20 to other government websites with information con- 21 cerning covered funds and the Coronavirus response, 22 including Federal agency and State websites. 23 (ix) The website shall include a plan from each 24 Federal agency for using covered funds. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 693 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. The website shall provide information on 1 Federal allocations of mandatory and other entitle- 2 ment programs by State, county, or other geo- 3 graphical unit related to covered funds or the 4 Coronavirus response. 5 (xi) The website shall present the data such 6 that funds subawarded by recipients are not double 7 counted in search results, data visualizations, or 8 other reports. 9 (xii) The website shall include all recommenda- 10 tions made to agencies relating to covered funds and 11 the Coronavirus response, as well as the status of 12 each recommendation. 13 (xiii) The website shall be enhanced and up- 14 dated as necessary to carry out the purposes of this 15 section. 16 The Committee may exclude posting contractual 17 or other information on the website on a case-by-case basis 18 when necessary to protect national security or to protect 19 information that is not subject to disclosure under sections 20 552 and 552a of title 5, United States Code. 21 Nothing in this section shall affect the inde- 22 pendent authority of an Inspector General to determine 23 whether to conduct an audit or investigation of covered 24 funds or the Coronavirus response. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 694 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. If the Committee requests that an Inspector Gen- 1 eral of an agency conduct or refrain from conducting an 2 audit or investigation and the Inspector General rejects 3 the request in whole or in part, the Inspector General 4 shall, not later than 30 days after rejecting the request, 5 submit a report to the Committee, the head of the applica- 6 ble agency, and the appropriate congressional committees, 7 that states the reasons that the Inspector General has re- 8 jected the request in whole or in part. 9 The Committee shall coordinate its oversight ac- 10 tivities with the Comptroller General of the United States 11 and State auditors. 12 For the purposes of carrying out the mission of 13 the Committee under this section, there are authorized to 14 be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry 15 out the duties and functions of the Committee. 16 The Committee shall terminate on September 30, 17 2025. 18 REPORTING ON USE OF FUNDS 19 SEC. 15011. In this section— 20 the terms ‘‘agency’’, ‘‘appropriate congres- 21 sional committees’’, ‘‘Committee’’, ‘‘covered funds’’, 22 and ‘‘Coronavirus response’’ have the meanings 23 given those terms in section 15010; 24 the term ‘‘covered recipient’’— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 695 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. means any entity that receives large 1 covered funds; and 2 includes any State, the District of Co- 3 lumbia, and any territory or possession of the 4 United States; and 5 the term ‘‘large covered funds’’ means cov- 6 ered funds that amount to more than $150,000. 7 On a basis until September 30, 8 2021, each agency shall report to the Director of the Of- 9 fice of Management and Budget, the Bureau of Fiscal 10 Service in the Department of the Treasury, the Com- 11 mittee, and the appropriate congressional committees on 12 any obligation or expenditure of large covered funds, in- 13 cluding loans and awards. 14 Not later than 90 days after the date of enact- 15 ment of this Act, each agency shall submit to the Com- 16 mittee a plan describing how the agency will use covered 17 funds. 18 Not later than 10 days after the end of each cal- 19 endar quarter, each covered recipient shall submit to the 20 agency and the Committee a report that contains— 21 the total amount of large covered funds re- 22 ceived from the agency; 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 696 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. the amount of large covered funds received 1 that were expended or obligated for each project or 2 activity; 3 a detailed list of all projects or activities for 4 which large covered funds were expended or obli- 5 gated, including— 6 the name of the project or activity; 7 (ii) a description of the project or activity; 8 and 9 (iii) the estimated number of jobs created 10 or retained by the project or activity, where ap- 11 plicable; and 12 detailed information on any level of sub- 13 contracts or subgrants awarded by the covered re- 14 cipient or its subcontractors or subgrantees, to in- 15 clude the data elements required to comply with the 16 Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 17 Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) allowing aggre- 18 gate reporting on awards below $50,000 or to indi- 19 viduals, as prescribed by the Director of the Office 20 of Management and Budget. 21 Not later than 30 days after the end of each cal- 22 endar quarter, the Committee, in consultation with the 23 agency that made large covered funds available to any cov- 24 ered recipient shall make the information in reports sub- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 697 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. mitted under paragraph publicly available by posting 1 the information on the website established under section 2 15010(g). 3 Each agency, in coordination with the Com- 4 mittee and the Director of the Office of Management and 5 Budget shall provide user-friendly means for covered re- 6 cipients to meet requirements of this subsection. 7 Federal agencies may use existing mechanisms 8 to ensure that information under this subsection is re- 9 ported accurately. 10 The Director of the Office of Management and 11 Budget, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treas- 12 ury, the Administrator of the Small Business Administra- 13 tion, and the Chairperson of the Council of Economic Ad- 14 visors, shall submit to the appropriate congressional com- 15 mittees and publicly release on the website established 16 under section 15010(g) quarterly reports that detail the 17 impact of programs funded through large covered funds 18 on employment, estimated economic growth, and other key 19 economic indicators, including information about impacted 20 industries. 21 The first report submitted under paragraph 22 shall be submitted not later than 45 days after the 23 end of the first full quarter following the date of enact- 24 ment of this Act. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 698 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. The last report required to be submitted under 1 paragraph shall apply to the quarter in which the 2 Committee terminates. 3 ---PAGE BREAK--- 699 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE VI 1 DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY 2 MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE 3 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup- 5 port’’, $178,300,000, to remain available until September 6 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 7 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, which shall be 8 for the purchase of personal protective equipment and 9 sanitization materials: Provided, That funds provided 10 under this heading in this Act may be transferred by the 11 Secretary of Homeland Security between appropriations in 12 the Department only for the purchase of personal protec- 13 tive equipment and sanitization materials to prevent, pre- 14 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 15 internationally: Provided further, That none of the funds 16 made available under this heading may be transferred pur- 17 suant to the authority in section 503 of the Department 18 of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2020: Provided 19 further, That the Department shall provide notice of any 20 transfer to the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen- 21 ate and the House of Representatives not later than 5 22 days after executing such transfer: Provided further, That 23 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 24 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 700 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 1 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 3 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup- 5 port’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until September 6 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 7 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, which shall be 8 for cleaning and sanitization at checkpoints and other air- 9 port common areas; overtime and travel costs; and explo- 10 sive detection materials: Provided, That such amount is 11 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 12 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 13 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14 UNITED STATES COAST GUARD 15 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup- 17 port’’, $140,800,000, to remain available until September 18 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 19 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, which shall be 20 for mobilization of reservists and increasing the capability 21 and capacity of Coast Guard information technology sys- 22 tems and infrastructure: Provided, That such amount is 23 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 701 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 1 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 CYBERSECURITY AND INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY 3 AGENCY 4 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup- 6 port’’, $9,100,000, to remain available until September 7 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 8 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, which shall be 9 for support of interagency critical infrastructure coordina- 10 tion and related activities: Provided, That such amount 11 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 12 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 13 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 14 1985. 15 FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY 16 OPERATIONS AND SUPPORT 17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Sup- 18 port’’, $44,987,000, to remain available until September 19 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 20 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, which shall be 21 for enhancements to information technology and for facili- 22 ties support: Provided, That such amount is designated 23 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 702 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg- 1 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 DISASTER RELIEF FUND 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Disaster Relief 4 Fund’’, $45,000,000,000, to remain available until ex- 5 pended: Provided, That of the amount provided under this 6 heading in this Act, $25,000,000,000 shall be for major 7 disasters declared pursuant to the Robert T. Stafford Dis- 8 aster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 9 5121 et seq.): Provided further, That of the amount pro- 10 vided under this heading in this Act, $15,000,000,000 11 may be used for all purposes authorized under such Act 12 and may be used in addition to amounts designated by 13 the Congress as being for disaster relief pursuant to sec- 14 tion 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 15 Deficit Control Act of 1985: Provided further, That every 16 30 days the Administrator shall provide the Committees 17 on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Rep- 18 resentatives both projected and actual costs for funds pro- 19 vided under this heading for major disasters and any other 20 expenses: Provided further, That of the amounts provided 21 under this heading, $3,000,000 shall be transferred to 22 ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ and shall remain available 23 until expended for oversight of activities supported by 24 funds provided under this heading: Provided further, That 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 703 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 1 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 2 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 4 FEDERAL ASSISTANCE 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Federal Assistance’’, 6 $400,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 7 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 8 domestically or internationally: Provided, That of the 9 amount provided under this heading in this Act, 10 $100,000,000 shall be for Assistance to Firefighter 11 Grants for the purchase of personal protective equipment 12 and related supplies, including reimbursements; 13 $100,000,000 shall be for Emergency Management Per- 14 formance Grants; and $200,000,000 shall be for the 15 Emergency Food and Shelter Program: Provided further, 16 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 17 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 18 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 19 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 20 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 21 SEC. 16001. Notwithstanding any other provision of 22 law, funds made available under each heading in this title, 23 except for ‘‘Federal Emergency Management Agency— 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 704 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Disaster Relief Fund’’, shall only be used for the purposes 1 specifically described under that heading. 2 SEC. 16002. Notwithstanding any other provision of 3 law, any amounts appropriated for ‘‘Federal Emergency 4 Management Agency—Disaster Relief Fund’’ in this Act 5 are available only for the purposes for which they were 6 appropriated. 7 SEC. 16003. PREMIUM PAY AUTHORITY.—If 8 services performed during fiscal year 2020 are determined 9 by the head of the agency to be primarily related to prepa- 10 ration, prevention, or response to coronavirus, any pre- 11 mium pay that is funded, either directly or through reim- 12 bursement, by the Federal Emergency Management Agen- 13 cy shall be exempted from the aggregate of basic pay and 14 premium pay calculated under section 5547(a) of title 5, 15 United States Code, and any other provision of law lim- 16 iting the aggregate amount of premium pay payable on 17 a biweekly or calendar year basis. 18 OVERTIME AUTHORITY.—Any overtime that is 19 funded for such services described in subsection either 20 directly or through reimbursement, by the Federal Emer- 21 gency Management Agency shall be exempted from any 22 annual limit on the amount of overtime payable in a cal- 23 endar or fiscal year. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 705 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. APPLICABILITY OF AGGREGATE LIMITATION ON 1 PAY.—In determining whether an employee’s pay exceeds 2 the applicable annual rate of basic pay payable under sec- 3 tion 5307 of title 5, United States Code, the head of an 4 Executive agency shall not include pay exempted under 5 this section. 6 LIMITATION OF PAY AUTHORITY.—Pay exempted 7 from otherwise applicable limits under subsection shall 8 not cause the aggregate pay earned for the calendar year 9 in which the exempted pay is earned to exceed the rate 10 of basic pay payable for a position at level II of the Execu- 11 tive Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States 12 Code. 13 EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 14 as if enacted on January 1, 2020. 15 SEC. 16004. Amounts provided for ‘‘Coast 16 Guard—Operations and Support’’ in the Consolidated Ap- 17 propriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–93) may be avail- 18 able for pay and benefits of Coast Guard Yard and Vessel 19 Documentation personnel, Non-Appropriated Funds per- 20 sonnel, and for Morale, Welfare and Recreation Programs. 21 No amounts may be used under this section from 22 amounts that were designated by the Congress for Over- 23 seas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism 24 pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget or 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 706 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 1 of 1985. 2 SEC. 16005. Notwithstanding any other provision 3 of law regarding the licensure of health-care providers, a 4 health-care professional described in subsection may 5 practice the health profession or professions of the health- 6 care professional at any location in any State, the District 7 of Columbia, or Commonwealth, territory, or possession 8 of the United States, or any location designated by the 9 Secretary, regardless of where such health-care profes- 10 sional or the patient is located, so long as the practice 11 is within the scope of the authorized Federal duties of 12 such health-care professional. 13 DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 14 ‘‘health-care professional’’ means an individual (other 15 than a member of the Coast Guard, a civilian employee 16 of the Coast Guard, member of the Public Health Service 17 who is assigned to the Coast Guard, or an individual with 18 whom the Secretary, pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1091, has en- 19 tered into a personal services contract to carry out health 20 care responsibilities of the Secretary at a medical treat- 21 ment facility of the Coast Guard) who— 22 is— 23 an employee of the Department of 24 Homeland Security, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 707 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. a detailee to the Department from an- 1 other Federal agency, 2 a personal services contractor of the 3 Department, or 4 hired under a Contract for Services; 5 performs health care services as part of du- 6 ties of the individual in that capacity; 7 has a current, valid, and unrestricted equiv- 8 alent license certification that is— 9 issued by a State, the District of Co- 10 lumbia, or a Commonwealth, territory, or pos- 11 session of the United States; and 12 for the practice of medicine, osteo- 13 pathic medicine, dentistry, nursing, emergency 14 medical services, or another health profession; 15 and 16 is not affirmatively excluded from practice 17 in the licensing or certifying jurisdiction or in any 18 other jurisdiction. 19 Subsection shall apply during the incident pe- 20 riod of the emergency declared by the President on March 21 13, 2020, pursuant to section 501(b) of the Robert T. 22 Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 23 (42 U.S.C. 5121(b)), and to any subsequent major dec- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 708 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. laration under section 401 of such Act that supersedes 1 such emergency declaration. 2 SEC. 16006. The Secretary of Homeland Security, 3 under the authority granted under section 205(b) of the 4 REAL ID Act of 2005 (Public Law 109–13; 49 U.S.C. 5 30301 note) shall extend the deadline by which States are 6 required to meet the driver license and identification card 7 issuance requirements under section 202(a)(1) of such Act 8 until not earlier than September 30, 2021. 9 SEC. 16007. Section 5 of the Protecting and Securing 10 Chemical Facilities from Terrorist Attacks Act of 2014 11 (Public Law 113–254; 6 U.S.C. 621 note) is amended by 12 striking ‘‘the date that is 5 years and 3 months after the 13 effective date of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘July 23, 2020’’: 14 Provided, That the amount provided by this section is des- 15 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 16 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 17 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 18 ---PAGE BREAK--- 709 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE VII 1 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 2 INDIAN AFFAIRS 3 BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS 4 OPERATION OF INDIAN PROGRAMS 5 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian 7 Programs’’, $453,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 8 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 9 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including, but 10 not limited to, funds for public safety and justice pro- 11 grams, executive direction to carry out deep cleaning of 12 facilities, purchase of personal protective equipment, pur- 13 chase of information technology to improve teleworking ca- 14 pability, welfare assistance and social services programs 15 (including assistance to individuals), and assistance to 16 tribal governments, including tribal governments who par- 17 ticipate in the ‘‘Small and Needy’’ program: Provided, 18 That amounts received from funds provided under this 19 heading in this Act for welfare assistance programs shall 20 not be included in the statutory maximum for welfare as- 21 sistance funds included in Public Law 116–94, the Fur- 22 ther Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020: Provided fur- 23 ther, That assistance received from funds provided under 24 this heading in this Act shall not be included in the cal- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 710 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. culation of funds received by those tribal governments who 1 participate in the ‘‘Small and Needy’’ program: Provided 2 further, That of the amounts provided under this heading 3 in this Act, not less than $400,000,000 shall be made 4 available to meet the direct needs of tribes: Provided fur- 5 ther, That amounts provided under this heading in this 6 Act may be made available for distribution through tribal 7 priority allocations for tribal response and capacity build- 8 ing activities: Provided further, That funds provided under 9 this heading in this Act, if transferred to tribes and tribal 10 organizations under the Indian Self-Determination and 11 Education Assistance Act, will be transferred on a one- 12 time basis and that these non-recurring funds are not part 13 of the amount required by 25 U.S.C. § 5325: Provided 14 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 15 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 16 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 17 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 18 BUREAU OF INDIAN EDUCATION 19 OPERATION OF INDIAN EDUCATION PROGRAMS 20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operation of Indian 21 Education Programs’’, $69,000,000, to remain available 22 until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re- 23 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, in- 24 cluding, but not limited to, funding for tribal colleges and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 711 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. universities, salaries, transportation, and information 1 technology: Provided, That of the amounts provided in this 2 paragraph, not less than $20,000,000 shall be for tribal 3 colleges and universities: Provided further, That such 4 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 5 emergency requirement pursuant to section 6 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 7 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 8 DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES 9 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 10 DEPARTMENTAL OPERATIONS 11 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Departmental Oper- 13 ations’’, $158,400,000, to remain available until Sep- 14 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 15 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including, but 16 not limited to, funds for purchasing equipment and sup- 17 plies to disinfect and clean buildings and public areas, sup- 18 porting law enforcement and emergency management op- 19 erations, biosurveillance of wildlife and environmental per- 20 sistence studies, employee overtime and special pay ex- 21 penses, and other response, mitigation, or recovery activi- 22 ties: Provided, That funds appropriated under this head- 23 ing in this Act shall be used to absorb increased oper- 24 ational costs necessary to prevent, prepare for, and re- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 712 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro- 1 vided further, That the Secretary of the Interior may 2 transfer the funds provided under this heading in this Act 3 to any other account in the Department to prevent, pre- 4 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 5 internationally, and may expend such funds directly or 6 through cooperative agreements: Provided further, That 7 the Secretary shall provide a report to the Com- 8 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 9 and the Senate detailing the allocation and obligation of 10 these funds by account, beginning not later than 90 days 11 after enactment of this Act: Provided further, That as soon 12 as practicable after the date of enactment of this Act, the 13 Secretary shall transfer $1,000,000 to the Office of the 14 Inspector General, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account for 15 oversight activities related to the implementation of pro- 16 grams, activities or projects funded herein: Provided fur- 17 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 18 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 INSULAR AFFAIRS 22 ASSISTANCE TO TERRITORIES 23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Assistance to Terri- 24 tories’’, $55,000,000, to remain available until September 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 713 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 1 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for general 2 technical assistance: Provided, That such amount is des- 3 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 4 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 5 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 6 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY 7 SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 8 For an additional amount for ‘‘Science and Tech- 9 nology’’, $2,250,000, to remain available until September 10 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 11 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 12 That of the amount provided under this heading in this 13 Act, $750,000 shall be for necessary expenses for cleaning 14 and disinfecting equipment or facilities of, or for use by, 15 the Environmental Protection Agency, and $1,500,000 16 shall be for research on methods to reduce the risks from 17 environmental transmission of coronavirus via contami- 18 nated surfaces or materials: Provided further, That such 19 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 20 emergency requirement pursuant to section 21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 22 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 714 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS AND MANAGEMENT 1 For an additional amount for ‘‘Environmental Pro- 2 grams and Management’’, $3,910,000, to remain available 3 until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re- 4 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro- 5 vided, That of the amount provided under this heading 6 in this Act, $2,410,000 shall be for necessary expenses 7 for cleaning and disinfecting equipment or facilities of, or 8 for use by, the Environmental Protection Agency, and 9 operational continuity of Environmental Protection Agen- 10 cy programs and related activities, and $1,500,000 shall 11 be for expediting registration and other actions related to 12 pesticides to address coronavirus: Provided further, That 13 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 14 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 17 BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES 18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Buildings and Facili- 19 ties’’, $300,000, to remain available until September 30, 20 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 21 domestically or internationally: Provided, That the funds 22 provided under this heading in this Act shall be for nec- 23 essary expenses for cleaning and disinfecting equipment 24 or facilities of, or for use by, the Environmental Protection 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 715 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Agency: Provided further, That such amount is designated 1 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 2 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg- 3 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 4 HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCE SUPERFUND 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Hazardous Substance 6 Superfund’’, $770,000, to remain available until Sep- 7 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 8 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 9 That the funds provided under this heading in this Act 10 shall be for necessary expenses for cleaning and dis- 11 infecting equipment or facilities of, or for use by, the Envi- 12 ronmental Protection Agency: Provided further, That such 13 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 14 emergency requirement pursuant to section 15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 17 RELATED AGENCIES 18 DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 19 FOREST SERVICE 20 FOREST AND RANGELAND RESEARCH 21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Forest and Rangeland 22 Research’’, $3,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 23 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 24 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including for 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 716 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. the reestablishment of abandoned or failed experiments as- 1 sociated with employee restrictions due to the coronavirus 2 outbreak: Provided, That amounts provided under this 3 heading in this Act shall be allocated at the discretion of 4 the Chief of the Forest Service: Provided further, That 5 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 6 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 8 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 9 NATIONAL FOREST SYSTEM 10 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Forest Sys- 11 tem’’, $34,000,000, to remain available until September 12 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 13 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including for 14 cleaning and disinfecting of public recreation amenities 15 and for personal protective equipment and baseline health 16 testing for first responders: Provided, That amounts pro- 17 vided under this heading in this Act shall be allocated at 18 the discretion of the Chief of the Forest Service: Provided 19 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 20 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 21 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 22 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 717 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT AND MAINTENANCE 1 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Improvement 2 and Maintenance’’, $26,800,000, to remain available until 3 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 4 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including 5 for janitorial services: Provided, That amounts provided 6 under this heading in this Act shall be allocated at the 7 discretion of the Chief of the Forest Service: Provided fur- 8 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 9 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 WILDLAND FIRE MANAGEMENT 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Wildland Fire Man- 14 agement’’, $7,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 15 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 16 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including for 17 personal protective equipment and baseline health testing 18 for first responders: Provided, That amounts provided 19 under this heading in this Act shall be allocated at the 20 discretion of the Chief of the Forest Service: Provided fur- 21 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 22 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 718 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 1 SERVICES 2 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE 3 INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Indian Health Serv- 6 ices’’, $1,032,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 7 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 8 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including for 9 public health support, electronic health record moderniza- 10 tion, telehealth and other information technology up- 11 grades, Purchased/Referred Care, Catastrophic Health 12 Emergency Fund, Urban Indian Organizations, Tribal 13 Epidemiology Centers, Community Health Representa- 14 tives, and other activities to protect the safety of patients 15 and staff: Provided, That of the amount provided under 16 this heading in this Act, up to $65,000,000 is for elec- 17 tronic health record stabilization and support, including 18 for planning and tribal consultation: Provided further, 19 That of amounts provided under this heading in this Act, 20 not less than $450,000,000 shall be distributed through 21 IHS directly operated programs and to tribes and tribal 22 organizations under the Indian Self-Determination and 23 Education Assistance Act and through contracts or grants 24 with urban Indian organizations under title V of the In- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 719 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. dian Health Care Improvement Act: Provided further, 1 That any amounts provided in this paragraph not allo- 2 cated pursuant to the preceding proviso shall be allocated 3 at the discretion of the Director of the Indian Health Serv- 4 ice: Provided further, That of the funds provided herein, 5 up to $125,000,000 may be transferred to and merged 6 with the ‘‘Indian Health Service, Indian Health Facilities’’ 7 appropriation at the discretion of the Director for the pur- 8 poses specified in this Act: Provided further, That amounts 9 provided under this heading in this Act, if transferred to 10 tribes and tribal organizations under the Indian Self-De- 11 termination and Education Assistance Act, will be trans- 12 ferred on a one-time basis and that these non-recurring 13 funds are not part of the amount required by 25 U.S.C. 14 § 5325, and that such amounts may only be used for the 15 purposes identified under this heading notwithstanding 16 any other provision of law: Provided further, That such 17 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 18 emergency requirement pursuant to section 19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 ---PAGE BREAK--- 720 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE 1 REGISTRY 2 TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND ENVIRONMENTAL PUBLIC 3 HEALTH 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Toxic Substances and 5 Environmental Public Health’’, $12,500,000, to remain 6 available until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare 7 for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter- 8 nationally: Provided, That $7,500,000 of the funds pro- 9 vided under this heading in this Act shall be for necessary 10 expenses of the Geospatial Research, Analysis and Serv- 11 ices Program to support spatial analysis and Geographic 12 Information System mapping of infectious disease hot 13 spots, including cruise ships: Provided further, That 14 $5,000,000 of the funds provided under this heading in 15 this Act shall be for necessary expenses for awards to Pe- 16 diatric Environmental Health Specialty Units and state 17 health departments to provide guidance and outreach on 18 safe practices for disinfection for home, school, and 19 daycare facilities: Provided further, That such amount is 20 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 21 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 22 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 721 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. OTHER RELATED AGENCIES 1 INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 2 CULTURE AND ARTS DEVELOPMENT 3 PAYMENT TO THE INSTITUTE 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payment to the Insti- 5 tute’’, $78,000, to remain available until September 30, 6 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 7 domestically or internationally: Provided, That such 8 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 9 emergency requirement pursuant to section 10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 15 penses’’, $7,500,000, to remain available until September 16 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 17 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including 18 funding for deep cleaning, security, information tech- 19 nology, and staff overtime: Provided, That such amount 20 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 21 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 22 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 23 1985. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 722 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. JOHN F. KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING 1 ARTS 2 OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Main- 4 tenance’’, $25,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 5 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 6 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including 7 funding for deep cleaning and information technology to 8 improve telework capability and for operations and main- 9 tenance requirements related to the consequences of 10 coronavirus: Provided, That notwithstanding the provi- 11 sions of 20 U.S.C. 76h et seq., funds provided under this 12 heading in this Act shall be made available to cover oper- 13 ating expenses required to ensure the continuity of the 14 John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and its 15 affiliates, including for employee compensation and bene- 16 fits, grants, contracts, payments for rent or utilities, fees 17 for artists or performers, information technology, and 18 other administrative expenses: Provided further, That no 19 later than October 31, 2020, the Board of Trustees of the 20 Center shall submit a report to the Committees on Appro- 21 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate that 22 includes a detailed explanation of the distribution of the 23 funds provided herein: Provided further, That such 24 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 723 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. emergency requirement pursuant to section 1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE ARTS AND HUMANITIES 4 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS 5 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants and Adminis- 7 tration’’, $75,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 8 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 9 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, to be distrib- 10 uted in grants: Provided, That such funds are available 11 under the same terms and conditions as grant funding ap- 12 propriated to this heading in Public Law 116–94: Pro- 13 vided further, That 40 percent of such funds shall be dis- 14 tributed to State arts agencies and regional arts organiza- 15 tions and 60 percent of such funds shall be for direct 16 grants: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 17 provision of law, such funds may also be used by the re- 18 cipients of such grants for purposes of the general oper- 19 ations of such recipients: Provided further, That the 20 matching requirements under subsections 21 and of section 5 of the National Foundation on the 22 Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 954) may 23 be waived with respect to such grants: Provided further, 24 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 724 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 1 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 2 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES 4 GRANTS AND ADMINISTRATION 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants and Adminis- 6 tration’’, $75,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 7 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 8 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, to be distrib- 9 uted in grants: Provided, That such funds are available 10 under the same terms and conditions as grant funding ap- 11 propriated to this heading in Public Law 116–94: Pro- 12 vided further, That 40 percent of such funds shall be dis- 13 tributed to state humanities councils and 60 percent of 14 such funds shall be for direct grants: Provided further, 15 That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such 16 funds may also be used by the recipients of such grants 17 for purposes of the general operations of such recipients: 18 Provided further, That the matching requirements under 19 subsection of section 7 of the National Founda- 20 tion on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 may be 21 waived with respect to such grants: Provided further, That 22 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 23 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 725 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 1 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 ---PAGE BREAK--- 726 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE VIII 1 DEPARTMENT OF LABOR 2 EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ADMINISTRATION 3 TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT SERVICES 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Training and Employ- 5 ment Services’’, $345,000,000, to remain available 6 through September 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and 7 respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for 8 necessary expenses for the dislocated workers assistance 9 national reserve: Provided, That the funds provided under 10 this heading in this Act may be used to replace grant 11 funds previously obligated to the impacted areas: Provided 12 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 13 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 14 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 15 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 16 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 19 For an additional amount for ‘‘Departmental Man- 20 agement’’, $15,000,000, to remain available through Sep- 21 tember 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 22 coronavirus, including to enforce worker protection laws 23 and regulations, and to oversee and coordinate activities 24 related to division C, division D, division E, and division 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 727 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. F of Public Law 116–127: Provided, That the Secretary 1 of Labor may transfer the amounts provided under this 2 heading in this Act as necessary to ‘‘Employee Benefits 3 Security Administration’’, ‘‘Wage and Hour Division’’, 4 ‘‘Occupational Safety and Health Administration’’, and 5 ‘‘Employment and Training Administration—Program 6 Administration’’ to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 7 coronavirus, including for enforcement, oversight, and co- 8 ordination activities in those accounts: Provided further, 9 That of the amount provided under this heading in this 10 Act, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended, shall 11 be transferred to ‘‘Office of Inspector General’’ for over- 12 sight of activities related to Public Law 116–127 and for 13 oversight activities supported with funds appropriated to 14 the Department of Labor to prevent, prepare for, and re- 15 spond to coronavirus: Provided further, That 15 days prior 16 to transferring any funds pursuant to the previous pro- 17 visos under the heading in this Act, the Secretary shall 18 provide to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 19 of Representatives and the Senate an operating plan de- 20 scribing the planned uses of each amount proposed to be 21 transferred: Provided further, That such amount is des- 22 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 23 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 24 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 728 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 1 SERVICES 2 CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION 3 CDC-WIDE ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘CDC-Wide Activities 6 and Program Support’’, $4,300,000,000, to remain avail- 7 able until September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, 8 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation- 9 ally: Provided, That not less than $1,500,000,000 of the 10 amount provided under this heading in this Act shall be 11 for grants to or cooperative agreements with States, local- 12 ities, territories, tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian 13 health organizations, or health service providers to tribes, 14 including to carry out surveillance, epidemiology, labora- 15 tory capacity, infection control, mitigation, communica- 16 tions, and other preparedness and response activities: Pro- 17 vided further, That every grantee that received a Public 18 Health Emergency Preparedness grant for fiscal year 19 2019 shall receive not less than 100 percent of that grant 20 level from funds provided in the first proviso under this 21 heading in this Act: Provided further, That of the amount 22 in the first proviso, not less than $125,000,000 shall be 23 allocated to tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian 24 health organizations, or health service providers to tribes: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 729 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Provided further, That the Director of the Centers for Dis- 1 ease Control and Prevention may satisfy the 2 funding thresholds outlined in the preceding two provisos 3 by making awards through other grant or cooperative 4 agreement mechanisms: Provided further, That of the 5 amount provided under this heading in this Act, not less 6 than $500,000,000 shall be for global disease detection 7 and emergency response: Provided further, That of the 8 amount provided under this heading in this Act, not less 9 than $500,000,000 shall be for public health data surveil- 10 lance and analytics infrastructure modernization: Provided 11 further, That CDC shall report to the Committees on Ap- 12 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 13 ate on the development of a public health surveillance and 14 data collection system for coronavirus within 30 days of 15 enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of the 16 amount provided under this heading in this Act, 17 $300,000,000 shall be transferred to and merged with 18 amounts in the Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Re- 19 serve Fund (‘‘Reserve Fund’’), established by section 231 20 of division B of Public Law 115–245: Provided further, 21 That the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in con- 22 sultation with the Director of the CDC, shall provide a 23 report to the Committees on Appropriations of the House 24 of Representatives and the Senate every 14 days, for one 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 730 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. year from the date from any such declaration or deter- 1 mination described in the third proviso of section 231 of 2 division B of Public Law 115–245, that details commit- 3 ment and obligation information for the Reserve Fund 4 during the prior two weeks, as long as such report would 5 detail obligations in excess of $5,000,000, and upon the 6 request by such Committees: Provided further, That funds 7 appropriated under this heading in this Act may be used 8 for grants for the rent, lease, purchase, acquisition, con- 9 struction, alteration, or renovation of non-federally owned 10 facilities to improve preparedness and response capability 11 at the State and local level: Provided further, That funds 12 provided under this heading in this Act may be used for 13 purchase and insurance of official motor vehicles in for- 14 eign countries: Provided further, That such amount is des- 15 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 16 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 17 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 18 NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH 19 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE 20 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Heart, Lung, 21 and Blood Institute’’, $103,400,000, to remain available 22 until September 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and re- 23 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro- 24 vided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 731 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 1 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS 4 DISEASES 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of 6 Allergy and Infectious Diseases’’, $706,000,000, to re- 7 main available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, pre- 8 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 9 internationally: Provided, That not less than 10 $156,000,000 of the amounts provided under this heading 11 in this Act shall be provided for the study of, construction 12 of, demolition of, renovation of, and acquisition of equip- 13 ment for, vaccine and infectious diseases research facilities 14 of or used by NIH, including the acquisition of real prop- 15 erty: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 16 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 17 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 18 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 19 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND 20 BIOENGINEERING 21 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Institute of 22 Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering’’, $60,000,000, to 23 remain available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, 24 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 732 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. internationally: Provided, That such amount is designated 1 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 2 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg- 3 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 4 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Library of 6 Medicine’’, $10,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 7 tember 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 8 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 9 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 10 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 11 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 13 NATIONAL CENTER FOR ADVANCING TRANSLATIONAL 14 SCIENCES 15 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Center for 16 Advancing Translational Sciences’’, $36,000,000, to re- 17 main available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, pre- 18 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 19 internationally: Provided, That such amount is designated 20 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 21 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg- 22 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 733 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR 1 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Direc- 2 tor’’, $30,000,000, to remain available until September 3 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 4 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 5 That these funds shall be available for the Common Fund 6 established under section 402A(c)(1) of the PHS Act: Pro- 7 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con- 8 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 9 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 10 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES 12 ADMINISTRATION 13 HEALTH SURVEILLANCE AND PROGRAM SUPPORT 14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Heath Surveillance 15 and Program Support’’, $425,000,000, to remain avail- 16 able through September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, 17 and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internation- 18 ally: Provided, That of the amount appropriated under 19 this heading in this Act, not less than $250,000,000 is 20 available for Certified Community Behavioral Health Clin- 21 ic Expansion Grant program: Provided further, That of the 22 amount appropriated under this heading in this Act, not 23 less than $50,000,000 shall be available for suicide pre- 24 vention programs: Provided further, That of the amount 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 734 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. appropriated under this heading in this Act, not less than 1 $100,000,000 is available for activities authorized under 2 section 501(o) of the Public Health Service Act: Provided 3 further, That of the funding made available under this 4 heading in this Act, not less than $15,000,000 shall be 5 allocated to tribes, tribal organizations, urban Indian 6 health organizations, or health or behavioral health service 7 providers to tribes: Provided further, That such amount 8 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 9 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 10 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 11 1985. 12 CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES 13 PROGRAM MANAGEMENT 14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Manage- 15 ment’’, $200,000,000, to remain available through Sep- 16 tember 30, 2023, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 17 coronavirus, domestically and internationally: Provided, 18 That of the amount appropriated under this heading in 19 this Act, not less than $100,000,000 shall be available for 20 necessary expenses of the survey and certification pro- 21 gram, prioritizing nursing home facilities in localities with 22 community transmission of coronavirus: Provided further, 23 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 24 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 735 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 1 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 ADMINISTRATION FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES 3 LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Low Income Home 5 Energy Assistance’’, $900,000,000, to remain available 6 through September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, or 7 respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for 8 making payments under subsection of section 2602 of 9 the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 10 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.): Provided, That of the amount pro- 11 vided under this heading in this Act, $225,000,000 shall 12 be allocated as though the total appropriation for such 13 payments for fiscal year 2020 was less than 14 $1,975,000,000: Provided further, That section 15 2607(b)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 8626(b)(2)(B)) 16 shall not apply to funds made available under this heading 17 in this Act in fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That such 18 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 19 emergency requirement pursuant to section 20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 736 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND 1 DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Payments to States 3 for the Child Care and Development Block Grant’’, 4 $3,500,000,000, to remain available through September 5 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 6 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including for 7 federal administrative expenses, which shall be used to 8 supplement, not supplant State, Territory, and Tribal gen- 9 eral revenue funds for child care assistance for low-income 10 families within the United States (including territories) 11 without regard to requirements in sections 12 658E(c)(3)(D)–(E) or 658G of the Child Care and Devel- 13 opment Block Grant Act: Provided, That funds provided 14 under this heading in this Act may be used to provide con- 15 tinued payments and assistance to child care providers in 16 the case of decreased enrollment or closures related to 17 coronavirus, and to assure they are able to remain open 18 or reopen as appropriate and applicable: Provided further, 19 That States, Territories, and Tribes are encouraged to 20 place conditions on payments to child care providers that 21 ensure that child care providers use a portion of funds 22 received to continue to pay the salaries and wages of staff: 23 Provided further, That the Secretary shall remind States 24 that State plans do not need to be amended prior 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 737 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. to utilizing existing authorities in the Act for the 1 purposes provided herein: Provided further, That States, 2 Territories, and Tribes are authorized to use funds appro- 3 priated under this heading in this Act to provide child care 4 assistance to health care sector employees, emergency re- 5 sponders, sanitation workers, and other workers deemed 6 essential during the response to coronavirus by public offi- 7 cials, without regard to the income eligibility requirements 8 of section 658P(4) of such Act: Provided further, That 9 funds appropriated under this heading in this Act shall 10 be available to eligible child care providers under section 11 658P(6) of the Act, even if such providers were 12 not receiving assistance prior to the public health 13 emergency as a result of the coronavirus, for the purposes 14 of cleaning and sanitation, and other activities necessary 15 to maintain or resume the operation of programs: Pro- 16 vided further, That payments made under this heading in 17 this Act may be obligated in this fiscal year or the suc- 18 ceeding two fiscal years: Provided further, That funds ap- 19 propriated under this heading in this Act may be made 20 available to restore amounts, either directly or through re- 21 imbursement, for obligations incurred to prevent, prepare 22 for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter- 23 nationally, prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Pro- 24 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 738 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 1 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 2 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Children and Families 5 Services Programs’’, $1,874,000,000, to remain available 6 through September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and 7 respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, 8 which shall be used as follows: $1,000,000,000 for car- 9 rying out activities under sections 674 through 679 of the 10 Community Services Block Grant Act, including for fed- 11 eral administrative expenses, and of which no part shall 12 be subject to section 674(b)(3) of such Act: Provided, 13 That to the extent Community Services Block Grant funds 14 are distributed as grant funds by a State to an eligible 15 entity as provided under such Act, and have not been ex- 16 pended by such entity, they shall remain with such entity 17 for carryover into the next two fiscal years for expenditure 18 by such entity consistent with program purpose: Provided 19 further, That for services furnished under such Act during 20 fiscal years 2020 and 2021, States may apply the last sen- 21 tence of section 673(2) of such Act by substituting ‘‘200 22 percent’’ for ‘‘125 percent’’; $750,000,000 for making 23 payments under the Head Start Act, including for Federal 24 administrative expenses, and allocated in an amount that 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 739 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. bears the same ratio to such portion as the number of 1 enrolled children served by the agency involved bears to 2 the number of enrolled children by all Head Start agen- 3 cies: Provided further, That none of the funds appro- 4 priated in this paragraph shall be included in the calcula- 5 tion of the ‘‘base grant’’ in subsequent fiscal years, as 6 such term is defined in sections 640(a)(7)(A), 7 641A(h)(1)(B), or 645(d)(3) of the Head Start Act: Pro- 8 vided further, That funds appropriated in this paragraph 9 are not subject to the allocation requirements of section 10 640(a) of the Head Start Act: Provided further, That up 11 to $500,000,000 shall be available for the purpose of oper- 12 ating supplemental summer programs through non-com- 13 petitive grant supplements to existing grantees determined 14 to be most ready to operate those programs by the Office 15 of Head Start; $2,000,000 for the National Domestic 16 Violence Hotline as authorized by section 303(b) of the 17 Family Violence Prevention and Services Act: Provided 18 further, That the Secretary may make such funds available 19 for providing hotline services remotely; $45,000,000 20 for Family Violence Prevention and Services formula 21 grants as authorized by section 303(a) of the Family Vio- 22 lence and Prevention and Services Act with such funds 23 available to grantees without regard to matching require- 24 ments under section 306(c)(4) of such Act: Provided fur- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 740 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. ther, That the Secretary may make such funds available 1 for providing temporary housing and assistance to victims 2 of family, domestic, and dating violence; $25,000,000 3 for carrying out activities under the Runaway and Home- 4 less Youth Act: Provided further, That such amounts shall 5 be used to supplement, not supplant, existing funds and 6 shall be available without regard to matching require- 7 ments; $45,000,000 shall be used for child welfare 8 services as authorized by subpart 1 of part B of title IV 9 of the Social Security Act (other than sections 426, 427, 10 and 429 of such subpart), with such funds available to 11 grantees without regard to matching requirements under 12 section 424(a) of that Act or any applicable reductions in 13 federal financial participation under section 424(f) of that 14 Act; and $7,000,000 for Federal administrative ex- 15 penses: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 16 this heading in this Act may be made available to restore 17 amounts, either directly or through reimbursement, for ob- 18 ligations incurred to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 19 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, prior to the 20 date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such 21 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 22 emergency requirement pursuant to section 23 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 24 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 741 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 1 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Aging and Disability 3 Services Programs’’, $955,000,000, to remain available 4 until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re- 5 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Pro- 6 vided, That of the amount made available under this head- 7 ing in this Act to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 8 coronavirus, $820,000,000 shall be for activities author- 9 ized under the Older Americans Act of 1965 10 including $200,000,000 for supportive services under part 11 B of title III; $480,000,000 for nutrition services under 12 subparts 1 and 2 of part C of title III; $20,000,000 for 13 nutrition services under title VI; $100,000,000 for support 14 services for family caregivers under part E of title III; and 15 $20,000,000 for elder rights protection activities, includ- 16 ing the long-term ombudsman program under title VII of 17 such Act: Provided further, That of the amount made 18 available under this heading in this Act, $50,000,000 shall 19 be for aging and disability resource centers authorized in 20 sections 202(b) and 411 of the OAA to prevent, prepare 21 for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That of 22 the amount made available under this heading in this Act 23 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 24 $85,000,000 shall be available for centers for independent 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 742 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. living that have received grants funded under part C of 1 chapter I of title VII of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973: 2 Provided further, That to facilitate State use of funds pro- 3 vided under this heading in this Act, matching require- 4 ments under sections 304(d)(1)(D) and 373(g)(2) of the 5 OAA shall not apply to funds made available under this 6 heading in this Act: Provided further, That the transfer 7 authority under section 308(b)(4)(A) of the OAA shall 8 apply to funds made available under this heading in this 9 Act by substituting ‘‘100 percent’’ for ‘‘40 percent’’: Pro- 10 vided further, That the State Long-Term Care Ombuds- 11 man shall have continuing direct access (or other access 12 through the use of technology) to residents of long-term 13 care facilities during any portion of the public health 14 emergency relating to coronavirus beginning on the date 15 of enactment of this Act and ending on September 30, 16 2020, to provide services described in section 712(a)(3)(B) 17 of the OAA: Provided further, That such amount is des- 18 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 19 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 20 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 ---PAGE BREAK--- 743 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 1 PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY 2 FUND 3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So- 5 cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $27,014,500,000, to re- 6 main available until September 30, 2024, to prevent, pre- 7 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 8 internationally, including the development of necessary 9 countermeasures and vaccines, prioritizing platform-based 10 technologies with U.S.-based manufacturing capabilities, 11 the purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, diagnostics, nec- 12 essary medical supplies, as well as medical surge capacity, 13 addressing blood supply chain, workforce modernization, 14 telehealth access and infrastructure, initial advanced man- 15 ufacturing, novel dispensing, enhancements to the U.S. 16 Commissioned Corps, and other preparedness and re- 17 sponse activities: Provided, That funds appropriated under 18 this paragraph in this Act may be used to develop and 19 demonstrate innovations and enhancements to manufac- 20 turing platforms to support such capabilities: Provided 21 further, That the Secretary of Health and Human Services 22 shall purchase vaccines developed using funds made avail- 23 able under this paragraph in this Act to respond to an 24 outbreak or pandemic related to coronavirus in quantities 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 744 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. determined by the Secretary to be adequate to address the 1 public health need: Provided further, That products pur- 2 chased by the Federal government with funds made avail- 3 able under this paragraph in this Act, including vaccines, 4 therapeutics, and diagnostics, shall be purchased in ac- 5 cordance with Federal Acquisition Regulation guidance on 6 fair and reasonable pricing: Provided further, That the 7 Secretary may take such measures authorized under cur- 8 rent law to ensure that vaccines, therapeutics, and 9 diagnostics developed from funds provided in this Act will 10 be affordable in the commercial market: Provided further, 11 That in carrying out the previous proviso, the Secretary 12 shall not take actions that delay the development of such 13 products: Provided further, That products purchased with 14 funds appropriated under this paragraph in this Act may, 15 at the discretion of the Secretary of Health and Human 16 Services, be deposited in the Strategic National Stockpile 17 under section 319F–2 of the Public Health Service Act: 18 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 19 this paragraph in this Act, not more than 20 $16,000,000,000 shall be for the Strategic National 21 Stockpile under section 319F–2(a) of such Act: Provided 22 further, That funds appropriated under this paragraph in 23 this Act may be transferred to, and merged with, the fund 24 authorized by section 319F–4, the Covered Counter- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 745 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. measure Process Fund, of the Public Health Service Act: 1 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 2 this paragraph in this Act, not less than $250,000,000 3 shall be available for grants to or cooperative agreements 4 with entities that are either grantees or sub-grantees of 5 the Hospital Preparedness Program authorized in section 6 319C–2 of the Public Health Service Act or that meet 7 such other criteria as the Secretary may prescribe, with 8 such awards issued under such section or section 311 of 9 such Act: Provided further, That of the amount provided 10 under this paragraph in this Act, not less than 11 $3,500,000,000 shall be available to the Biomedical Ad- 12 vanced Research and Development Authority for necessary 13 expenses of manufacturing, production, and purchase, at 14 the discretion of the Secretary, of vaccines, therapeutics, 15 diagnostics, and small molecule active pharmaceutical in- 16 gredients, including the development, translation, and 17 demonstration at scale of innovations in manufacturing 18 platforms: Provided further, That funds in the previous 19 proviso may be used for the construction or renovation of 20 U.S.-based next generation manufacturing facilities, other 21 than facilities owned by the United States Government: 22 Provided further, That of the amount appropriated under 23 this paragraph in this Act, funds may be used to reim- 24 burse the Department of Veterans Affairs for expenses in- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 746 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. curred by the Veterans Health Administration to prevent, 1 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, and to provide 2 medical care for such purposes to individuals not otherwise 3 eligible for care: Provided further, That funds used for the 4 preceding proviso shall be made available to reimburse the 5 Department of Veterans Affairs only if the Secretary of 6 Health and Human Services certifies to the Committees 7 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 8 Senate that funds available for assignments under Public 9 Law 93–288, as amended, are insufficient and such funds 10 are necessary to reimburse the Department of Veterans 11 Affairs for expenses incurred to provide health care to ci- 12 vilians: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify 13 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 14 resentatives and the Senate not less than 3 days prior to 15 such certification: Provided further, That of the amounts 16 appropriated under this paragraph in this Act, not more 17 than $289,000,000 may be transferred as necessary to 18 other federal agencies for necessary expenses related to 19 medical care that are incurred to prevent, prepare for, and 20 respond to coronavirus for persons eligible for treatment 21 pursuant to section 322 of the Public Health Service Act, 22 as amended, as determined by the Secretary of the recipi- 23 ent agency: Provided further, That of the amount appro- 24 priated under this paragraph in this Act, $1,500,000 shall 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 747 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. be available for the Secretary to enter into an agreement 1 with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, 2 and Medicine not later than 60 days after the date of en- 3 actment of this Act to examine, and, in a manner that 4 does not compromise national security, report on, the se- 5 curity of the United States medical product supply chain: 6 Provided further, That funds appropriated under this 7 paragraph in this Act may be used for grants for the con- 8 struction, alteration, or renovation of non-federally owned 9 facilities to improve preparedness and response capability 10 at the State and local level: Provided further, That funds 11 appropriated under this paragraph in this Act may be 12 used for the construction, alteration, or renovation of non- 13 federally owned facilities for the production of vaccines, 14 therapeutics, and diagnostics where the Secretary deter- 15 mines that such a contract is necessary to secure sufficient 16 amounts of such supplies: Provided further, That such 17 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 18 emergency requirement pursuant to section 19 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 20 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Public Health and 22 Social Services Emergency Fund’’, $275,000,000, to re- 23 main available until September 30, 2022, to prevent, pre- 24 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 748 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. internationally: Provided, That $90,000,000 of the funds 1 appropriated under this paragraph shall be transferred to 2 ‘‘Health Resources and Services Administration—Ryan 3 White HIV/AIDS Program’’ to remain available until Sep- 4 tember 30, 2022 for modifications to existing contracts, 5 and supplements to existing grants and cooperative agree- 6 ments under parts A, B, C, D, and section 2692(a) of 7 title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act (referred to 8 as ‘‘PHS’’ Act) to respond to coronavirus, domestically or 9 internationally: Provided further, That supplements made 10 in the preceding proviso shall be awarded using a data- 11 driven methodology determined by the Secretary: Provided 12 further, That sections 2604(c), 2612(b), and 2651(c) of 13 the PHS Act shall not apply to funds under this para- 14 graph: Provided further, That $5,000,000 of the funds ap- 15 propriated under this paragraph shall be transferred to 16 ‘‘Health Resources and Services Administration—Health 17 Care Systems’’ to remain available until September 30, 18 2022, for activities under sections 1271 and 1273 of the 19 PHS Act to improve the capacity of poison control centers 20 to respond to increased calls: Provided further, That 21 $180,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this para- 22 graph shall be transferred to ‘‘Health Resources and Serv- 23 ices Administration—Rural Health’’ to remain available 24 until September 30, 2022, to carry out telehealth and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 749 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. rural health activities under sections 330A and 330I of 1 the PHS Act and sections 711 and 1820 of the Social 2 Security Act to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 3 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided fur- 4 ther, That of the funding in the previous proviso, no less 5 than $15,000,000 shall be allocated to tribes, tribal orga- 6 nizations, urban Indian health organizations, or health 7 service providers to tribes: Provided further, That section 8 1820(g)(3)(A), section 1820(g)(3)(D) and section 9 1820(g)(3)(E) of such Act shall not apply to funds in the 10 preceding two provisos: Provided further, That funds ap- 11 propriated under this heading in this Act may be made 12 available to restore amounts, either directly or through re- 13 imbursement, for obligations incurred to prevent, prepare 14 for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or inter- 15 nationally, prior to the date of enactment of this Act: Pro- 16 vided further, That for the purposes of any funding pro- 17 vided for fiscal year 2020 for the Health Centers Program 18 pursuant to section 330 of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. 254b), 19 maintaining or increasing health center capacity and staff- 20 ing levels during a public health emergency related to 21 coronavirus shall be deemed a cost of prevention, diag- 22 nosis, and treatment of coronavirus: Provided further, 23 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 24 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 750 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 1 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Health and So- 3 cial Services Emergency Fund’’, $100,000,000,000, to re- 4 main available until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and 5 respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for 6 necessary expenses to reimburse, through grants or other 7 mechanisms, eligible health care providers for health care 8 related expenses or lost revenues that are attributable to 9 coronavirus: Provided, That these funds may not be used 10 to reimburse expenses or losses that have been reimbursed 11 from other sources or that other sources are obligated to 12 reimburse: Provided further, That recipients of payments 13 under this paragraph shall submit reports and maintain 14 documentation as the Secretary determines are needed to 15 ensure compliance with conditions that are imposed by 16 this paragraph for such payments, and such reports and 17 documentation shall be in such form, with such content, 18 and in such time as the Secretary may prescribe for such 19 purpose: Provided further, That ‘‘eligible health care pro- 20 viders’’ means public entities, Medicare or Medicaid en- 21 rolled suppliers and providers, and such for-profit entities 22 and not-for-profit entities not otherwise described in this 23 proviso as the Secretary may specify, within the United 24 States (including territories), that provide diagnoses, test- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 751 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. ing, or care for individuals with possible or actual cases 1 of COVID–19: Provided further, That the Secretary of 2 Health and Human Services shall, on a rolling basis, re- 3 view applications and make payments under this para- 4 graph in this Act: Provided further, That funds appro- 5 priated under this paragraph in this Act shall be available 6 for building or construction of temporary structures, leas- 7 ing of properties, medical supplies and equipment includ- 8 ing personal protective equipment and testing supplies, in- 9 creased workforce and trainings, emergency operation cen- 10 ters, retrofitting facilities, and surge capacity: Provided 11 further, That, in this paragraph, the term ‘‘payment’’ 12 means a pre-payment, prospective payment, or retrospec- 13 tive payment, as determined appropriate by the Secretary: 14 Provided further, That payments under this paragraph 15 shall be made in consideration of the most efficient pay- 16 ment systems practicable to provide emergency payment: 17 Provided further, That to be eligible for a payment under 18 this paragraph, an eligible health care provider shall sub- 19 mit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services an 20 application that includes a statement justifying the need 21 of the provider for the payment and the eligible health 22 care provider shall have a valid tax identification number: 23 Provided further, That, not later than 3 years after final 24 payments are made under this paragraph, the Office of 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 752 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Inspector General of the Department of Health and 1 Human Services shall transmit a final report on audit 2 findings with respect to this program to the Committees 3 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 4 Senate: Provided further, That nothing in this section lim- 5 its the authority of the Inspector General or the Comp- 6 troller General to conduct audits of interim payments at 7 an earlier date: Provided further, That not later than 60 8 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 9 of Health and Human Services shall provide a report to 10 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep- 11 resentatives and the Senate on obligation of funds, includ- 12 ing obligations to such eligible health care providers sum- 13 marized by State of the payment receipt: Provided further, 14 That such reports shall be updated and submitted to such 15 Committees every 60 days until funds are expended: Pro- 16 vided further, That such amount is designated by the Con- 17 gress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 18 section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 20 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 21 EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND 22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Education Stabiliza- 23 tion Fund’’, $30,750,000,000, to remain available through 24 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 753 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 1 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 2 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 3 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 4 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 5 GENERAL PROVISIONS 6 EDUCATION STABILIZATION FUND 7 SEC. 18001. ALLOCATIONS.—From the amount 8 made available under this heading in this Act to carry out 9 the Education Stabilization Fund, the Secretary shall first 10 allocate— 11 not more than 1/2 of 1 percent to the out- 12 lying areas on the basis of their respective needs, as 13 determined by the Secretary, in consultation with 14 the Secretary of the Interior; 15 one-half of 1 percent for the Secretary of 16 Interior, in consultation with the Secretary of Edu- 17 cation, for programs operated or funded by the Bu- 18 reau of Indian Education; and 19 1 percent for grants to States with the 20 highest coronavirus burden to support activities 21 under this heading in this Act, for which the Sec- 22 retary shall issue a notice inviting applications not 23 later than 30 days of enactment of this Act and ap- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 754 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. prove or deny applications not later than 30 days 1 after receipt. 2 RESERVATIONS.—After carrying out subsection 3 the Secretary shall reserve the remaining funds made 4 available as follows: 5 9.8 percent to carry out section 18002 of 6 this title. 7 43.9 percent to carry out section 18003 of 8 this title. 9 46.3 percent to carry out section 18004 of 10 this title. 11 GOVERNOR’S EMERGENCY EDUCATION RELIEF FUND 12 SEC. 18002. GRANTS.—From funds reserved 13 under section 18001(b)(1) of this title, the Secretary shall 14 make Emergency Education Relief grants to the Governor 15 of each State with an approved application. The Secretary 16 shall issue a notice inviting applications not later than 30 17 days of enactment of this Act and shall approve or deny 18 applications not later than 30 days after receipt. 19 ALLOCATIONS.—The amount of each grant under 20 subsection shall be allocated by the Secretary to each 21 State as follows: 22 60 percent on the basis of their relative 23 population of individuals aged 5 through 24. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 755 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 40 percent on the basis of their relative 1 number of children counted under section 1124(c) of 2 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 3 1965 (referred to under this heading as ‘‘ESEA’’). 4 USES OF FUNDS.—Grant funds awarded under 5 subsection may be used to— 6 provide emergency support through grants 7 to local educational agencies that the State edu- 8 cational agency deems have been most significantly 9 impacted by coronavirus to support the ability of 10 such local educational agencies to continue to pro- 11 vide educational services to their students and to 12 support the on-going functionality of the local edu- 13 cational agency; 14 provide emergency support through grants 15 to institutions of higher education serving students 16 within the State that the Governor determines have 17 been most significantly impacted by coronavirus to 18 support the ability of such institutions to continue to 19 provide educational services and support the on- 20 going functionality of the institution; and 21 provide support to any other institution of 22 higher education, local educational agency, or edu- 23 cation related entity within the State that the Gov- 24 ernor deems essential for carrying out emergency 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 756 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. educational services to students for authorized ac- 1 tivities described in section 18003(d)(1) of this title 2 or the Higher Education Act, the provision of child 3 care and early childhood education, social and emo- 4 tional support, and the protection of education-re- 5 lated jobs. 6 REALLOCATION.—Each Governor shall return to 7 the Secretary any funds received under this section that 8 the Governor does not award within one year of receiving 9 such funds and the Secretary shall reallocate such funds 10 to the remaining States in accordance with subsection 11 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL EMERGENCY 12 RELIEF FUND 13 SEC. 18003. GRANTS.—From funds reserved 14 under section 18001(b)(2) of this title, the Secretary shall 15 make elementary and secondary school emergency relief 16 grants to each State educational agency with an approved 17 application. The Secretary shall issue a notice inviting ap- 18 plications not later than 30 days of enactment of this Act 19 and approve or deny applications not later than 30 days 20 after receipt. 21 ALLOCATIONS TO STATES.—The amount of each 22 grant under subsection shall be allocated by the Sec- 23 retary to each State in the same proportion as each State 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 757 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. received under part A of title I of the ESEA of 1965 in 1 the most recent fiscal year. 2 SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN- 3 CIES.—Each State shall allocate not less than 90 percent 4 of the grant funds awarded to the State under this section 5 as subgrants to local educational agencies (including char- 6 ter schools that are local educational agencies) in the State 7 in proportion to the amount of funds such local edu- 8 cational agencies and charter schools that are local edu- 9 cational agencies received under part A of title I of the 10 ESEA of 1965 in the most recent fiscal year. 11 USES OF FUNDS.—A local educational agency 12 that receives funds under this title may use the funds for 13 any of the following: 14 Any activity authorized by the ESEA of 15 1965, including the Native Hawaiian Education Act 16 and the Alaska Native Educational Equity, Support, 17 and Assistance Act (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.), the In- 18 dividuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 19 1400 et seq.) the Adult Education and 20 Family Literacy Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.), the 21 Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education 22 Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) (‘‘the Perkins 23 Act’’), or subtitle B of title VII of the McKinney- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 758 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11431 et 1 seq.). 2 Coordination of preparedness and response 3 efforts of local educational agencies with State, local, 4 Tribal, and territorial public health departments, 5 and other relevant agencies, to improve coordinated 6 responses among such entities to prevent, prepare 7 for, and respond to coronavirus. 8 Providing principals and others school lead- 9 ers with the resources necessary to address the 10 needs of their individual schools. 11 Activities to address the unique needs of 12 low-income children or students, children with dis- 13 abilities, English learners, racial and ethnic minori- 14 ties, students experiencing homelessness, and foster 15 care youth, including how outreach and service deliv- 16 ery will meet the needs of each population. 17 Developing and implementing procedures 18 and systems to improve the preparedness and re- 19 sponse efforts of local educational agencies. 20 Training and professional development for 21 staff of the local educational agency on sanitation 22 and minimizing the spread of infectious diseases. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 759 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Purchasing supplies to sanitize and clean 1 the facilities of a local educational agency, including 2 buildings operated by such agency. 3 Planning for and coordinating during long- 4 term closures, including for how to provide meals to 5 eligible students, how to provide technology for on- 6 line learning to all students, how to provide guidance 7 for carrying out requirements under the Individuals 8 with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1401 et 9 seq.) and how to ensure other educational services 10 can continue to be provided consistent with all Fed- 11 eral, State, and local requirements. 12 Purchasing educational technology (includ- 13 ing hardware, software, and connectivity) for stu- 14 dents who are served by the local educational agency 15 that aids in regular and substantive educational 16 interaction between students and their classroom in- 17 structors, including low-income students and stu- 18 dents with disabilities, which may include assistive 19 technology or adaptive equipment. 20 (10) Providing mental health services and sup- 21 ports. 22 (11) Planning and implementing activities re- 23 lated to summer learning and supplemental after- 24 school programs, including providing classroom in- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 760 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. struction or online learning during the summer 1 months and addressing the needs of low-income stu- 2 dents, students with disabilities, English learners, 3 migrant students, students experiencing homeless- 4 ness, and children in foster care. 5 (12) Other activities that are necessary to 6 maintain the operation of and continuity of services 7 in local educational agencies and continuing to em- 8 ploy existing staff of the local educational agency. 9 STATE FUNDING.—With funds not otherwise allo- 10 cated under subsection a State may reserve not more 11 than 1/2 of 1 percent for administrative costs and the re- 12 mainder for emergency needs as determined by the state 13 educational agency to address issues responding to 14 coronavirus, which may be addressed through the use of 15 grants or contracts. 16 REALLOCATION.—A State shall return to the Sec- 17 retary any funds received under this section that the State 18 does not award within 1 year of receiving such funds and 19 the Secretary shall reallocate such funds to the remaining 20 States in accordance with subsection 21 HIGHER EDUCATION EMERGENCY RELIEF FUND 22 SEC. 18004. IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 23 allocate funding under this section as follows: 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 761 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 90 percent to each institution of higher edu- 1 cation to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 2 coronavirus, by apportioning it— 3 75 percent according to the relative 4 share of full-time equivalent enrollment of Fed- 5 eral Pell Grant recipients who are not exclu- 6 sively enrolled in distance education courses 7 prior to the coronavirus emergency; and 8 25 percent according to the relative 9 share of full-time equivalent enrollment of stu- 10 dents who were not Federal Pell Grant recipi- 11 ents who are not exclusively enrolled in distance 12 education courses prior to the coronavirus 13 emergency. 14 7.5 percent for additional awards under 15 parts A and B of title III, parts A and B of title 16 V, and subpart 4 of part A of title VII of the Higher 17 Education Act to address needs directly related to 18 coronavirus, that shall be in addition to awards 19 made in section 18004(a)(1) of this title, and allo- 20 cated by the Secretary proportionally to such pro- 21 grams based on the relative share of funding appro- 22 priated to such programs in the Further Consoli- 23 dated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116– 24 94) and which may be used to defray expenses (in- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 762 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. cluding lost revenue, reimbursement for expenses al- 1 ready incurred, technology costs associated with a 2 transition to distance education, faculty and staff 3 trainings, payroll) incurred by institutions of higher 4 education and for grants to students for any compo- 5 nent of the student’s cost of attendance (as defined 6 under section 472 of the Higher Education Act), in- 7 cluding food, housing, course materials, technology, 8 health care, and child care. 9 2.5 percent for part B of title VII of the 10 Higher Education Act for institutions of higher edu- 11 cation that the Secretary determines have the great- 12 est unmet needs related to coronavirus, which may 13 be used to defray expenses (including lost revenue, 14 reimbursement for expenses already incurred, tech- 15 nology costs associated with a transition to distance 16 education, faculty and staff trainings, payroll) in- 17 curred by institutions of higher education and for 18 grants to students for any component of the stu- 19 dent’s cost of attendance (as defined under section 20 472 of the Higher Education Act), including food, 21 housing, course materials, technology, health care, 22 and child care. 23 DISTRIBUTION.—The funds made available to 24 each institution under subsection shall be distrib- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 763 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. uted by the Secretary using the same systems as the Sec- 1 retary otherwise distributes funding to each institution 2 under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 3 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.). 4 USES OF FUNDS.—Except as otherwise specified 5 in subsection an institution of higher education receiv- 6 ing funds under this section may use the funds received 7 to cover any costs associated with significant changes to 8 the delivery of instruction due to the coronavirus, so long 9 as such costs do not include payment to contractors for 10 the provision of pre-enrollment recruitment activities; en- 11 dowments; or capital outlays associated with facilities re- 12 lated to athletics, sectarian instruction, or religious wor- 13 ship. Institutions of higher education shall use no less 14 than 50 percent of such funds to provide emergency finan- 15 cial aid grants to students for expenses related to the dis- 16 ruption of campus operations due to coronavirus (includ- 17 ing eligible expenses under a student’s cost of attendance, 18 such as food, housing, course materials, technology, health 19 care, and child care). 20 SPECIAL PROVISIONS.—(1) In awarding grants 21 under section 18004(a)(3) of this title, the Secretary shall 22 give priority to any institution of higher education that 23 is not otherwise eligible for funding under paragraphs 24 and of section 18004(a) of this title of at least 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 764 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. $500,000 and demonstrates significant unmet needs re- 1 lated to expenses associated with coronavirus. 2 A Historically Black College and University or a 3 Minority Serving Institution may use prior awards pro- 4 vided under titles III, V, and VII of the Higher Education 5 Act to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. 6 REPORT.—An institution receiving funds under 7 this section shall submit a report to the Secretary, at such 8 time and in such manner as the Secretary may require, 9 that describes the use of funds provided under this section. 10 ASSISTANCE TO NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS 11 SEC. 18005. IN GENERAL.—A local educational 12 agency receiving funds under sections 18002 or 18003 of 13 this title shall provide equitable services in the same man- 14 ner as provided under section 1117 of the ESEA of 1965 15 to students and teachers in non-public schools, as deter- 16 mined in consultation with representatives of non-public 17 schools. 18 PUBLIC CONTROL OF FUNDS.—The control of 19 funds for the services and assistance provided to a non- 20 public school under subsection and title to materials, 21 equipment, and property purchased with such funds, shall 22 be in a public agency, and a public agency shall administer 23 such funds, materials, equipment, and property and shall 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 765 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. provide such services (or may contract for the provision 1 of such services with a public or private entity). 2 CONTINUED PAYMENT TO EMPLOYEES 3 SEC. 18006. A local educational agency, State, insti- 4 tution of higher education, or other entity that receives 5 funds under ‘‘Education Stabilization Fund’’, shall to the 6 greatest extent practicable, continue to pay its employees 7 and contractors during the period of any disruptions or 8 closures related to coronavirus. 9 DEFINITIONS 10 SEC. 18007. Except as otherwise provided in sections 11 18001–18006 of this title, as used in such sections— 12 the terms ‘‘elementary education’’ and ‘‘sec- 13 ondary education’’ have the meaning given such 14 terms under State law; 15 the term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ 16 has the meaning given such term in title I of the 17 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et 18 seq.); 19 the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 20 of Education; 21 the term ‘‘State’’ means each of the 50 22 States, the District of Columbia, and the Common- 23 wealth of Puerto Rico; 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 766 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. the term ‘‘cost of attendance’’ has the 1 meaning given such term in section 472 of the High- 2 er Education Act of 1965. 3 the term ‘‘Non-public school’’ means a non- 4 public elementary and secondary school that is 5 accredited, licensed, or otherwise operates in accord- 6 ance with State law; and was in existence prior 7 to the date of the qualifying emergency for which 8 grants are awarded under this section; 9 the term ‘‘public school’’ means a public ele- 10 mentary or secondary school; and 11 any other term used that is defined in sec- 12 tion 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu- 13 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801) shall have the 14 meaning given the term in such section. 15 MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT 16 SEC. 18008. A State’s application for funds to 17 carry out sections 18002 or 18003 of this title shall in- 18 clude assurances that the State will maintain support for 19 elementary and secondary education, and State support 20 for higher education (which shall include State funding to 21 institutions of higher education and state need-based fi- 22 nancial aid, and shall not include support for capital 23 projects or for research and development or tuition and 24 fees paid by students) in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 at 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 767 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. least at the levels of such support that is the average of 1 such State’s support for elementary and secondary edu- 2 cation and for higher education provided in the 3 fiscal 3 years preceding the date of enactment of this Act. 4 The secretary may waive the requirement in sub- 5 section for the purpose of relieving fiscal burdens on 6 States that have experienced a precipitous decline in fi- 7 nancial resources. 8 SAFE SCHOOLS AND CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION 9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Safe Schools and Citi- 10 zenship Education’’, $100,000,000, to remain available 11 through September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and 12 respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, to 13 supplement funds otherwise available for ‘‘Project 14 SERV’’, including to help elementary, secondary and post- 15 secondary schools clean and disinfect affected schools, and 16 assist in counseling and distance learning and associated 17 costs: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 18 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 19 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 20 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 GALLAUDET UNIVERSITY 22 For an additional amount for ‘‘Gallaudet University’’, 23 $7,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 24 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 768 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. domestically or internationally, including to help defray 1 the expenses directly caused by coronavirus and to enable 2 grants to students for expenses directly related to 3 coronavirus and the disruption of university operations: 4 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 5 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 6 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 7 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 8 STUDENT AID ADMINISTRATION 9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Student Aid Adminis- 10 tration’’, $40,000,000, to remain available through Sep- 11 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 12 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for carrying 13 out part D of title I, and subparts 1, 3, 9 and 10 of part 14 A, and parts B, C, D, and E of title IV of the HEA, and 15 subpart 1 of part A of title VII of the Public Health Serv- 16 ice Act: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 17 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 18 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 19 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 20 HOWARD UNIVERSITY 21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Howard University’’, 22 $13,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 23 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 24 domestically or internationally, including to help defray 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 769 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. the expenses directly caused by coronavirus and to enable 1 grants to students for expenses directly related to 2 coronavirus and the disruption of university operations: 3 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 4 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 5 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 6 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7 DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT 8 PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION 9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Administra- 10 tion’’, $8,000,000, to remain available through September 11 30, 2021 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 12 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 13 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 14 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 17 OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Inspector 19 General’’, $7,000,000, to remain available through Sep- 20 tember 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 21 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including for 22 salaries and expenses necessary for oversight and audit 23 of programs, grants, and projects funded in this Act to 24 respond to coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 770 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 1 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 2 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Corporation for Public 5 Broadcasting’’, $75,000,000, to remain available through 6 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 7 to coronavirus, including for fiscal stabilization grants to 8 public telecommunications entities, as defined by 47 9 U.S.C. 397(12), with no deduction for administrative or 10 other costs of the Corporation, to maintain programming 11 and services and preserve small and rural stations threat- 12 ened by declines in non-Federal revenues: Provided, That 13 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 14 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 17 INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES 18 OFFICE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES: GRANTS 19 AND ADMINISTRATION 20 For an additional amount for ‘‘Institute of Museum 21 and Library Services’’, $50,000,000, to remain available 22 until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re- 23 spond to coronavirus, including grants to States, terri- 24 tories and tribes to expand digital network access, pur- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 771 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. chase internet accessible devices, and provide technical 1 support services: Provided, That any matching funds re- 2 quirements for States, tribes, libraries, and museums are 3 waived for grants provided with funds made available 4 under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That such 5 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 6 emergency requirement pursuant to section 7 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 8 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 9 RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD 10 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION 11 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Railroad Retire- 12 ment Board’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 13 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 14 coronavirus, including the purchase of information tech- 15 nology equipment to improve the mobility of the workforce 16 and provide for additional hiring or overtime hours as 17 needed to administer the Railroad Unemployment Insur- 18 ance Act: Provided, That such amount is designated by 19 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 20 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 21 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 772 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION 1 LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Limitation on Admin- 3 istrative Expenses’’, $300,000,000, to remain available 4 through September 30, 2021 to prevent, prepare for, and 5 respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, in- 6 cluding paying the salaries and benefits of all employees 7 affected as a result of office closures, telework, phone and 8 communication services for employees, overtime costs, and 9 supplies, and for resources necessary for processing dis- 10 ability and retirement workloads and backlogs: Provided, 11 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 12 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 13 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 14 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 15 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 17 SEC. 18108. Funds appropriated by this title may be 18 used by the Secretary of the Department of Health and 19 Human Services to appoint, without regard to the provi- 20 sions of sections 3309 through 3319 of title 5 of the 21 United States Code, candidates needed for positions to 22 perform critical work relating to coronavirus for which— 23 public notice has been given; and 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 773 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. the Secretary of Health and Human Serv- 1 ices has determined that such a public health threat 2 exists. 3 SEC. 18109. Funds made available by this title may 4 be used to enter into contracts with individuals for the 5 provision of personal services (as described in section 104 6 of part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations (48 7 CFR 37.104)) to support the prevention of, preparation 8 for, or response to coronavirus, domestically and inter- 9 nationally, subject to prior notification to the Committees 10 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 11 Senate: Provided, That such individuals may not be 12 deemed employees of the United States for the purpose 13 of any law administered by the Office of Personnel Man- 14 agement: Provided further, That the authority made avail- 15 able pursuant to this section shall expire on September 16 30, 2024. 17 SEC. 18110. If services performed by an employee 18 during fiscal year 2020 are determined by the head of the 19 agency to be primarily related to preparation, prevention, 20 or response to coronavirus, any premium pay for such 21 services shall be disregarded in calculating the aggregate 22 of such employee’s basic pay and premium pay for pur- 23 poses of a limitation under section 5547(a) of title 5, 24 United States Code, or under any other provision of law, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 774 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. whether such employee’s pay is paid on a biweekly or cal- 1 endar year basis. 2 Any overtime pay for such services shall be dis- 3 regarded in calculating any annual limit on the amount 4 of overtime pay payable in a calendar or fiscal year. 5 With regard to such services, any pay that is dis- 6 regarded under either subsection or shall be dis- 7 regarded in calculating such employee’s aggregate pay for 8 purposes of the limitation in section 5307 of such title 5. 9 Pay that is disregarded under subsection 10 or shall not cause the aggregate of the employee’s basic 11 pay and premium pay for the applicable calendar year to 12 exceed the rate of basic pay payable for a position at level 13 II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of title 14 5, United States Code, as in effect at the end of such cal- 15 endar year. 16 For purposes of applying this subsection to an 17 employee who would otherwise be subject to the premium 18 pay limits established under section 5547 of title 5, United 19 States Code, ‘‘premium pay’’ means the premium pay paid 20 under the provisions of law cited in section 5547(a). 21 For purposes of applying this subsection to an 22 employee under a premium pay limit established under an 23 authority other than section 5547 of title 5, United States 24 Code, the agency responsible for administering such limit 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 775 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. shall determine what payments are considered premium 1 pay. 2 This section shall take effect as if enacted on Feb- 3 ruary 2, 2020. 4 If application of this section results in the pay- 5 ment of additional premium pay to a covered employee of 6 a type that is normally creditable as basic pay for retire- 7 ment or any other purpose, that additional pay shall not— 8 be considered to be basic pay of the covered 9 employee for any purpose; or 10 be used in computing a lump-sum payment 11 to the covered employee for accumulated and ac- 12 crued annual leave under section 5551 or section 13 5552 of title 5, United States Code. 14 SEC. 18111. Funds appropriated by this title to the 15 heading ‘‘Department of Health and Human Services’’ 16 may be transferred to, and merged with, other appropria- 17 tion accounts under the headings ‘‘Centers for Disease 18 Control and Prevention’’, ‘‘Public Health and Social Serv- 19 ices Emergency Fund’’, ‘‘Administration for Children and 20 Families’’, ‘‘Administration for Community Living’’, and 21 ‘‘National Institutes of Health’’ to prevent, prepare for, 22 and respond to coronavirus following consultation with the 23 Office of Management and Budget: Provided, That the 24 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 776 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. atives and the Senate shall be notified 10 days in advance 1 of any such transfer: Provided further, That, upon a deter- 2 mination that all or part of the funds transferred from 3 an appropriation by this title are not necessary, such 4 amounts may be transferred back to that appropriation: 5 Provided further, That none of the funds made available 6 by this title may be transferred pursuant to the authority 7 in section 205 of division A of Public Law 116–94 or sec- 8 tion 241(a) of the PHS Act. 9 SEC. 18112. Not later than 30 days after the date 10 of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 11 Human Services shall provide a detailed spend plan of an- 12 ticipated uses of funds made available to the Department 13 of Health and Human Services in this Act, including esti- 14 mated personnel and administrative costs, to the Commit- 15 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 16 and the Senate: Provided, That such plans shall be up- 17 dated and submitted to such Committees every 60 days 18 until September 30, 2024: Provided further, That the 19 spend plans shall be accompanied by a listing of each con- 20 tract obligation incurred that exceeds $5,000,000 which 21 has not previously been reported, including the amount of 22 each such obligation. 23 SEC. 18113. Of the funds appropriated by this title 24 under the heading ‘‘Public Health and Social Services 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 777 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Emergency Fund’’, up to $4,000,000 shall be transferred 1 to, and merged with, funds made available under the head- 2 ing ‘‘Office of the Secretary, Office of Inspector General’’, 3 and shall remain available until expended, for oversight 4 of activities supported with funds appropriated to the De- 5 partment of Health and Human Services to prevent, pre- 6 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 7 internationally: Provided, That the Inspector General of 8 the Department of Health and Human Services shall con- 9 sult with the Committees on Appropriations of the House 10 of Representatives and the Senate prior to obligating such 11 funds: Provided further, That the transfer authority pro- 12 vided by this section is in addition to any other transfer 13 authority provided by law. 14 SEC. 18114. Funds appropriated in title III of 15 the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supple- 16 mental Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–123) 17 shall be paid to the ‘‘Department of Homeland Security— 18 Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office—Federal 19 Assistance’’account for costs incurred, including to reim- 20 burse costs incurred prior to the enactment of this Act, 21 under other transaction authority and related to screening 22 for coronavirus, domestically or internationally. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 778 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. The term coronavirus has the meaning given the 1 term in section 506 of the Coronavirus Preparedness and 2 Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020. 3 The amounts repurposed in this section that were 4 previously designated by the Congress as an emergency 5 requirement pursuant to the Balanced Budget and Emer- 6 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 are designated by the 7 Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 8 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 9 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 10 SEC. 18115. IN GENERAL.—Every laboratory 11 that performs or analyzes a test that is intended to detect 12 SARS–CoV–2 or to diagnose a possible case of COVID– 13 19 shall report the results from each such test, to the Sec- 14 retary of Health and Human Services in such form and 15 manner, and at such timing and frequency, as the Sec- 16 retary may prescribe until the end of the Secretary’s Pub- 17 lic Health Emergency declaration with respect to COVID– 18 19 or any extension of such declaration. 19 LABORATORIES COVERED.—The Secretary may 20 prescribe which laboratories must submit reports pursuant 21 to this section. 22 IMPLEMENTATION.—The Secretary may make 23 prescriptions under this section by regulation, including 24 by interim final rule, or by guidance, and may issue such 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 779 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. regulations or guidance without regard to the procedures 1 otherwise required by section 553 of title 5, United States 2 Code. 3 REPEALER.—Section 1702 of division A of the 4 Families First Coronavirus Response Act is repealed. 5 ---PAGE BREAK--- 780 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE IX 1 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 2 SENATE 3 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 4 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Sergeant at Arms and 6 Doorkeeper of the Senate’’, $1,000,000, to remain avail- 7 able until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 8 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 9 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 10 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 11 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 13 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 14 For an additional amount for ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’, 15 $9,000,000, to remain available until expended, to pre- 16 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically 17 or internationally, subject to approval by the Committee 18 on Appropriations of the Senate and the Senate Com- 19 mittee on Rules and Administration: Provided, That such 20 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 21 emergency requirement pursuant to section 22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 23 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 781 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 3 penses’’, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 4 30, 2021, except that $5,000,000 shall remain available 5 until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 6 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, to be allo- 7 cated in accordance with a spend plan submitted to the 8 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa- 9 tives by the Chief Administrative Officer and approved by 10 such Committee: Provided, That such amount is des- 11 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 12 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 13 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14 JOINT ITEMS 15 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of the Attend- 17 ing Physician’’, $400,000, to remain available until ex- 18 pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 19 coronavirus, domestically or internationally: Provided, 20 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 21 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 23 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 782 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. CAPITOL POLICE 1 SALARIES 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries’’, 3 $12,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 4 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 5 domestically or internationally: Provided, That the Capitol 6 Police may transfer amounts appropriated under this 7 heading in this Act to ‘‘General Expenses’’ without the 8 approval requirement of 2 U.S.C. 1907(a): Provided fur- 9 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 10 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 11 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 12 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 13 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 14 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Capital Construction 16 and Operations’’, $25,000,000, to remain available until 17 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 18 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including 19 to purchase and distribute cleaning and sanitation prod- 20 ucts throughout all facilities and grounds under the care 21 of the Architect of the Capitol, wherever located, and any 22 related services and operational costs: Provided, That the 23 Architect of the Capitol shall provide a report within 30 24 days enactment of this Act, and every 30 days thereafter, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 783 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 1 House of Representatives, the Senate Committee on Rules 2 and Administration, and the Committee on House Admin- 3 istration on expenditure of funds from amounts appro- 4 priated under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 5 That this amount shall be in addition to any other funds 6 available for such purposes in appropriations Acts for the 7 legislative branch: Provided further, That such amount is 8 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 9 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 10 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 14 penses’’, $700,000, to remain available until September 15 30, 2020, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 16 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, to be made 17 available to the Little Scholars Child Development Center, 18 subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations 19 of the Senate and House of Representatives, the Senate 20 Committee on Rules and Administration, and the Com- 21 mittee on House Administration: Provided, That such 22 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 23 emergency requirement pursuant to section 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 784 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 1 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 5 penses’’, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended, 6 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, do- 7 mestically or internationally, for audits and investigations 8 and for reimbursement of the Tiny Findings Child Devel- 9 opment Center for salaries for employees, as authorized 10 by this Act: Provided, That not later than 90 days after 11 the date of enactment of this Act, the Government Ac- 12 countability Office shall submit to the Committees on Ap- 13 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Sen- 14 ate a spend plan specifying funding estimates and a 15 timeline for such audits and investigations: Provided fur- 16 ther, That $600,000 shall be made available to the Tiny 17 Findings Child Development Center, subject to approval 18 by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 19 House of Representatives, the Senate Committee on Rules 20 and Administration, and the Committee on House Admin- 21 istration: Provided further, That such amount is des- 22 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 23 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 24 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 785 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 1 SOURCE OF FUNDS USED FOR PAYMENT OF SALARIES 2 AND EXPENSES OF SENATE EMPLOYEE CHILD CARE 3 CENTER 4 SEC. 19001. The Secretary of the Senate shall reim- 5 burse the Senate Employee Child Care Center for per- 6 sonnel costs incurred starting on April 1, 2020, for em- 7 ployees of such Center who have been ordered to cease 8 working due to measures taken in the Capitol complex to 9 combat coronavirus, not to exceed $84,000 per month, 10 from amounts in the appropriations account ‘‘Miscella- 11 neous Items’’ within the contingent fund of the Senate. 12 SOURCE OF FUNDS USED FOR PAYMENT OF SALARIES 13 AND EXPENSES OF HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 14 CHILD CARE CENTER 15 SEC. 19002. AUTHORIZING USE OF REVOLVING 16 FUND OR APPROPRIATED FUNDS.—Section 312(d)(3)(A) 17 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 18 U.S.C. 2062(d)(3)(A)) is amended— 19 in subparagraph by striking the period 20 at the end and inserting the following: and, at the 21 option of the Chief Administrative Officer during an 22 emergency situation, the payment of the salary of 23 other employees of the Center.’’; and 24 by adding at the end the following new sub- 25 paragraph: 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 786 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. During an emergency situation, the 1 payment of such other expenses for activities 2 carried out under this section as the Chief Ad- 3 ministrative Officer determines appropriate.’’. 4 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 5 subsection shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2020 6 and each succeeding fiscal year. 7 PAYMENTS TO ENSURE CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF 8 GOODS AND SERVICES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS 9 EMERGENCY 10 SEC. 19003. AUTHORIZATION TO MAKE PAY- 11 MENTS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law and 12 subject to subsection during an emergency situation, 13 the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep- 14 resentatives may make payments under contracts with 15 vendors providing goods and services to the House in 16 amounts and under terms and conditions other than those 17 provided under the contract in order to ensure that those 18 goods and services remain available to the House through- 19 out the duration of the emergency. 20 CONDITIONS.— 21 APPROVAL REQUIRED.—The Chief Adminis- 22 trative Officer may not make payments under the 23 authority of subsection without the approval of 24 the Committee on House Administration of the 25 House of Representatives. 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 787 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The 1 authority of the Chief Administrative Officer to 2 make payments under the authority of subsection 3 is subject to the availability of appropriations to 4 make such payments. 5 APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply with re- 6 spect to fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year. 7 SOURCE OF FUNDS USED FOR PAYMENT OF SALARIES 8 AND EXPENSES OF LITTLE SCHOLARS CHILD DEVEL- 9 OPMENT CENTER 10 SEC. 19004. The Library of Congress shall reimburse 11 Little Scholars Child Development Center for salaries for 12 employees incurred from April 1, 2020, to September 30, 13 2020, for employees of such Center who have been ordered 14 to cease working due to measures taken in the Capitol 15 complex to combat coronavirus, not to exceed $113,000 16 per month, from amounts in the appropriations account 17 ‘‘Library of Congress—Salaries and Expenses’’. 18 AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS UNDER SERVICE CONTRACTS 19 DURING THE CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY 20 SEC. 19005. AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS.—Not- 21 withstanding section 3324(a) of title 31, United States 22 Code, or any other provision of law and subject to sub- 23 section if the employees of a contractor with a service 24 contract with the Architect of the Capitol are furloughed 25 or otherwise unable to work during closures, stop work 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 788 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. orders, or reductions in service arising from or related to 1 the impacts of coronavirus, the Architect of the Capitol 2 may continue to make the payments provided for under 3 the contract for the weekly salaries and benefits of such 4 employees for not more than 16 weeks. 5 AVAILABILITY OF APPROPRIATIONS.—The au- 6 thority of the Architect of the Capitol to make payments 7 under the authority of subsection is subject to the 8 availability of appropriations to make such payments. 9 REGULATIONS.—The Architect of the Capitol 10 shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to 11 carry out this section. 12 MASS MAILINGS AS FRANKED MAIL 13 SEC. 19006. WAIVER.—Section 3210(a)(6)(D) of 14 title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking the 15 period at the end of the first sentence and inserting the 16 following: and in the case of the Commission, to waive 17 this paragraph in the case of mailings sent in response 18 to or to address threats to life safety.’’. 19 EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 20 this subsection shall apply with respect to mailings sent 21 on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. 22 TECHNICAL CORRECTION 23 SEC. 19007. In the matter preceding the first proviso 24 under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress—Salaries and 25 Expenses’’ in division E of the Further Consolidated Ap- 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 789 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. propriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 116–94), strike 1 $504,164,000’’ and insert $510,164,000’’. 2 CONFORMING AMENDMENT 3 SEC. 19008. Section 110(a)(1)(A) of the Family and 4 Medical Leave Act of 1993 (as added by section 3102 of 5 the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (Public Law 6 116–127)) is amended— 7 by inserting before ‘‘In lieu of’’ the fol- 8 lowing: 9 IN GENERAL.—’’; and 10 by adding at the end the following: 11 SPECIAL RULE.—For purposes of 12 applying section 102(a)(1)(F) and this sec- 13 tion under the Congressional Account- 14 ability Act of 1995, in lieu of the definition 15 in section 202(a)(2)(B) of that Act (2 16 U.S.C. 1312(a)(2)(B)), the term ‘eligible 17 employee’ means a covered employee (as 18 defined in section 101 of that Act (2 19 U.S.C. 1301)) who has been employed for 20 at least 30 calendar days by the employing 21 office (as so defined) with respect to whom 22 leave is requested under section 23 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 790 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. SOURCE OF FUNDS USED FOR PAYMENT OF SALARIES 1 AND EXPENSES OF TINY FINDINGS CHILD DEVELOP- 2 MENT CENTER 3 SEC. 19009. The Government Accountability Office 4 may reimburse the Tiny Findings Child Development Cen- 5 ter for salaries for employees incurred from April 1, 2020, 6 to September 30, 2020, for employees of such Center who 7 have been ordered to cease working due to measures taken 8 in the Capitol complex to combat coronavirus, not to ex- 9 ceed $100,000 per month, from amounts in the appropria- 10 tions account ‘‘Government Accountability Office—Sala- 11 ries and Expenses’’. 12 OVERSIGHT AND AUDIT AUTHORITY 13 SEC. 19010. DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 14 the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com- 15 mittees’’ means— 16 the Committee on Appropriations of 17 the Senate; 18 the Committee on Homeland Security 19 and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; 20 the Committee on Health, Education, 21 Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; 22 the Committee on Appropriations of 23 the House of Representatives; 24 the Committee on Homeland Security 25 of the House of Representatives; 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 791 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. the Committee on Oversight and Re- 1 form of the House of Representatives; and 2 the Committee on Energy and Com- 3 merce of the House of Representatives; and 4 the term ‘‘Comptroller General’’ means the 5 Comptroller General of the United States. 6 AUTHORITY.—The Comptroller General shall con- 7 duct monitoring and oversight of the exercise of authori- 8 ties, or the receipt, disbursement, and use of funds made 9 available, under this Act or any other Act to prepare for, 10 respond to, and recover from the Coronavirus 2019 pan- 11 demic and the effect of the pandemic on the health, econ- 12 omy, and public and private institutions of the United 13 States, including public health and homeland security ef- 14 forts by the Federal Government and the use of selected 15 funds under this or any other Act related to the 16 Coronavirus 2019 pandemic and a comprehensive audit 17 and review of charges made to Federal contracts pursuant 18 to authorities provided in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 19 Economic Security Act. 20 BRIEFINGS AND REPORTS.—In conducting moni- 21 toring and oversight under subsection the Comptroller 22 General shall— 23 during the period beginning on the date of 24 enactment of this Act and ending on the date on 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 792 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. which the national emergency declared by the Presi- 1 dent under the National Emergencies Act (50 2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) with respect to the Coronavirus 3 Disease 2019 (COVID–19) expires, offer regular 4 briefings on not less frequently than a basis 5 to the appropriate congressional committees regard- 6 ing Federal public health and homeland security ef- 7 forts; 8 publish reports regarding the ongoing moni- 9 toring and oversight efforts, which, along with any 10 audits and investigations conducted by the Comp- 11 troller General, shall be submitted to the appropriate 12 congressional committees and posted on the website 13 of the Government Accountability Office— 14 not later than 90 days after the date 15 of enactment of this Act, and every other 16 month thereafter until the date that is 1 year 17 after the date of enactment of this Act; and 18 after the period described in subpara- 19 graph on a periodic basis; and 20 submit to the appropriate congressional 21 committees additional reports as warranted by the 22 findings of the monitoring and oversight activities of 23 the Comptroller General. 24 ACCESS TO INFORMATION.— 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 793 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. RIGHT OF ACCESS.—In conducting moni- 1 toring and oversight activities under this section, the 2 Comptroller General shall have access to records, 3 upon request, of any Federal, State, or local agency, 4 contractor, grantee, recipient, or subrecipient per- 5 taining to any Federal effort or assistance of any 6 type related to the Coronavirus 2019 pandemic 7 under this Act or any other Act, including private 8 entities receiving such assistance. 9 COPIES.—The Comptroller General may 10 make and retain copies of any records accessed 11 under paragraph as the Comptroller General de- 12 termines appropriate. 13 INTERVIEWS.—In addition to such other au- 14 thorities as are available, the Comptroller General or 15 a designee of the Comptroller General may interview 16 Federal, State, or local officials, contractor staff, 17 grantee staff, recipients, or subrecipients pertaining 18 to any Federal effort or assistance of any type re- 19 lated to the Coronavirus 2019 pandemic under this 20 or any other Act, including private entities receiving 21 such assistance. 22 INSPECTION OF FACILITIES.—As deter- 23 mined necessary by the Comptroller General, the 24 Government Accountability Office may inspect facili- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 794 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. ties at which Federal, State, or local officials, con- 1 tractor staff, grantee staff, or recipients or sub- 2 recipients carry out their responsibilities related to 3 the Coronavirus 2019 pandemic. 4 ENFORCEMENT.—Access rights under this 5 subsection shall be subject to enforcement consistent 6 with section 716 of title 31, United States Code. 7 RELATIONSHIP TO EXISTING AUTHORITY.— 8 Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit, amend, 9 supersede, or restrict in any manner any existing author- 10 ity of the Comptroller General. 11 NATIONAL EMERGENCY RELIEF AUTHORITY FOR THE 12 REGISTER OF COPYRIGHTS 13 SEC. 19011. AMENDMENT.—Chapter 7 of title 14 17, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 15 the following: 16 710. Emergency relief authority 17 EMERGENCY ACTION.—If, on or before Decem- 18 ber 31, 2021, the Register of Copyrights determines that 19 a national emergency declared by the President under the 20 National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) gen- 21 erally disrupts or suspends the ordinary functioning of the 22 copyright system under this title, or any component there- 23 of, including on a regional basis, the Register may, on a 24 temporary basis, toll, waive, adjust, or modify any timing 25 provision (including any deadline or effective period, ex- 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 795 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. cept as provided in subsection or procedural provision 1 contained in this title or chapters II or III of title 37, 2 Code of Federal Regulations, for no longer than the Reg- 3 ister reasonably determines to be appropriate to mitigate 4 the impact of the disruption caused by the national emer- 5 gency. In taking such action, the Register shall consider 6 the scope and severity of the particular national emer- 7 gency, and its specific effect with respect to the particular 8 provision, and shall tailor any remedy accordingly. 9 NOTICE AND EFFECT.—Any action taken by the 10 Register in response to a national emergency pursuant to 11 subsection shall not be subject to section 701(e) or 12 subchapter II of chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code, 13 and chapter 7 of title 5, United States Code. The provision 14 of general public notice detailing the action being taken 15 by the Register in response to the national emergency 16 under subsection is sufficient to effectuate such action. 17 The Register may make such action effective both prospec- 18 tively and retroactively in relation to a particular provision 19 as the Register determines to be appropriate based on the 20 timing, scope, and nature of the public emergency, but any 21 action by the Register may only be retroactive with respect 22 to a deadline that has not already passed before the dec- 23 laration described in subsection 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 796 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. STATEMENT REQUIRED.—Except as provided in 1 subsection not later than 20 days after taking any 2 action that results in a provision being modified for a cu- 3 mulative total of longer than 120 days, the Register shall 4 submit to Congress a statement detailing the action taken, 5 the relevant background, and rationale for the action. 6 EXCEPTIONS.—The authority of the Register to 7 act under subsection does not extend provisions under 8 this title requiring the commencement of an action or pro- 9 ceeding in Federal court within a specified period of time, 10 except that if the Register adjusts the license availability 11 date defined in section 115(e)(15), such adjustment shall 12 not affect the ability to commence actions for any claim 13 of infringement of exclusive rights provided by paragraphs 14 and of section 106 against a digital music provider 15 arising from the unauthorized reproduction or distribution 16 of a musical work by such digital music provider in the 17 course of engaging in covered activities that accrued after 18 January 1, 2018, provided that such action is commenced 19 within the time periods prescribed under section 20 115(d)(10)(C)(i) or 115(d)(10)(C)(ii) as calculated from 21 the adjusted license availability date. If the Register ad- 22 justs the license availability date, the Register must pro- 23 vide the statement to Congress under subsection at the 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 797 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. same time as the public notice of such adjustment with 1 a detailed explanation of why such adjustment is needed. 2 COPYRIGHT TERM EXCEPTION.—The authority 3 of the Register to act under subsection does not extend 4 to provisions under chapter 3, except section 304(c), or 5 section 1401(a)(2). 6 OTHER LAWS.—Notwithstanding section 301 of 7 the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1631), the au- 8 thority of the Register under subsection is not contin- 9 gent on a specification made by the President under such 10 section or any other requirement under that Act (other 11 than the emergency declaration under section 201(a) of 12 such Act (50 U.S.C. 1621(a))). The authority described 13 in this section supersedes the authority of title II of the 14 National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1621 et 15 TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 16 The table of sections for chapter 7 of title 17, United 17 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol- 18 lowing: 19 ‘‘710. Emergency relief authority.’’. EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—The amount pro- 20 vided by this section is designated by the Congress as 21 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 23 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 798 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE X 1 DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 2 VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 3 GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 4 ADMINISTRATION 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘General Operating 6 Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, 7 $13,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 8 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 9 domestically or internationally: Provided, That such 10 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 11 emergency requirement pursuant to section 12 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 13 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14 VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 15 MEDICAL SERVICES 16 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Services’’, 17 $14,432,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 18 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 19 domestically or internationally, including related impacts 20 on health care delivery, and for support to veterans who 21 are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless: Provided, 22 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 23 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 799 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 1 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Community 4 Care’’, $2,100,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 5 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 6 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including re- 7 lated impacts on health care delivery: Provided, That such 8 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 9 emergency requirement pursuant to section 10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Support and 14 Compliance’’, $100,000,000, to remain available until 15 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 16 to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, including 17 related impacts on health care delivery: Provided, That 18 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 19 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 22 MEDICAL FACILITIES 23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Medical Facilities’’, 24 $606,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 800 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 1 domestically or internationally, including related impacts 2 on health care delivery: Provided, That such amount is 3 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 4 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 5 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 6 DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 7 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 8 For an additional amount for ‘‘General Administra- 9 tion’’, $6,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 10 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 11 domestically or internationally: Provided, That such 12 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 13 emergency requirement pursuant to section 14 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 15 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 16 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 17 For an additional amount for ‘‘Information Tech- 18 nology Systems’’, $2,150,000,000, to remain available 19 until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and re- 20 spond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally, in- 21 cluding related impacts on health care delivery: Provided, 22 That the Secretary shall transmit to the Committees on 23 Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a spend plan 24 detailing the allocation of such funds between pay and as- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 801 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. sociated costs, operations and maintenance, and informa- 1 tion technology systems development: Provided further, 2 That after such transmittal is provided, funds may only 3 be reprogrammed among the three subaccounts referenced 4 in the previous proviso after the Secretary of Veterans Af- 5 fairs submits notice to the Committees on Appropriations 6 of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That such 7 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 8 emergency requirement pursuant to section 9 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 10 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 11 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 13 General’’, $12,500,000, to remain available until Sep- 14 tember 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 15 coronavirus, domestically or internationally, for oversight 16 and audit of programs, activities, grants and projects 17 funded under this title: Provided, That such amount is 18 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 19 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 20 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 21 GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE 22 FACILITIES 23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants for Construc- 24 tion of State Extended Care Facilities’’, $150,000,000, to 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 802 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. remain available until September 30, 2021, to prevent, 1 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or 2 internationally, including to modify or alter existing hos- 3 pital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in State 4 homes: Provided, That such amount is designated by the 5 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 6 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 7 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 8 RELATED AGENCIES 9 ARMED FORCES RETIREMENT HOME TRUST FUND 10 For an additional amount for the ‘‘Armed Forces Re- 11 tirement Home Trust Fund’’, $2,800,000, to remain avail- 12 able until September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, 13 and respond to coronavirus, to be paid from funds avail- 14 able in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund: 15 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 16 heading from funds available in the Armed Forces Retire- 17 ment Home Trust Fund, $2,800,000 shall be paid from 18 the general fund of the Treasury to the Trust Fund: Pro- 19 vided further, That the Chief Executive Officer of the 20 Armed Forces Retirement Home shall submit to the Com- 21 mittees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 22 reports detailing obligations, expenditures, and 23 planned activities: Provided further, That such amount is 24 designated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 803 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 1 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 4 SEC. 20001. Amounts made available for the Depart- 5 ment of Veterans Affairs in this title, under the ‘‘Medical 6 Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 7 and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may 8 be transferred among the accounts to prevent, prepare for, 9 and respond to coronavirus, domestically and internation- 10 ally: Provided, That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical 11 Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support 12 and Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts of 2 13 percent or less of the total amount appropriated to an ac- 14 count in this title may take place subject to notification 15 from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to the Committees 16 on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the 17 amount and purpose of the transfer: Provided further, 18 That any transfers among the ‘‘Medical Services’’, ‘‘Med- 19 ical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and Compli- 20 ance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts in excess of 2 21 percent of the total amount appropriated to an account 22 in this title, or exceeding a cumulative 2 percent for all 23 of the funds provided in this title, may take place only 24 after the Secretary requests from the Committees on Ap- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 804 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. propriations of both Houses of Congress the authority to 1 make the transfer and an approval is issued. 2 SEC. 20002. For all of the funds appropriated in this 3 title the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the 4 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 5 reports detailing obligations, expenditures, and 6 planned activities. 7 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY 8 SEC. 20003. In this title, the term ‘‘public health 9 emergency’’ means an emergency with respect to COVID– 10 19 declared by a Federal, State, or local authority. 11 SHORT-TERM AGREEMENTS OR CONTRACTS WITH TELE- 12 COMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS TO EXPAND TELE- 13 MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES FOR ISOLATED VET- 14 ERANS DURING A PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY 15 SEC. 20004. IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 16 other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 17 may enter into short-term agreements or contracts with 18 telecommunications companies to provide temporary, com- 19 plimentary or subsidized, fixed and mobile broadband 20 services for the purposes of providing expanded mental 21 health services to isolated veterans through telehealth or 22 VA Video Connect during a public health emergency. 23 ELIGIBILITY.— 24 IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may expand 25 eligibility for services described in subsection 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 805 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. from the Department of Veterans Affairs to include 1 veterans already receiving care from the Department 2 who may not be eligible for mental health services or 3 other health care services delivered through tele- 4 health or VA Video Connect. 5 PRIORITY.—For purposes of expanding eli- 6 gibility under paragraph the Secretary shall 7 prioritize— 8 veterans who are in unserved and un- 9 derserved areas; 10 veterans who reside in rural and highly 11 rural areas, as defined in the Rural-Urban 12 Commuting Areas coding system of the Depart- 13 ment of Agriculture; 14 low-income veterans; and 15 any other veterans that the Secretary 16 considers to be at a higher risk for suicide and 17 mental health concerns during isolation periods 18 due to a public health emergency. 19 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 20 TELEHEALTH.— 21 IN GENERAL.—The term ‘‘telehealth’’ 22 means the use of electronic information and 23 telecommunications technologies to support and 24 promote long-distance clinical health care, pa- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 806 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. tient and professional health-related education, 1 public health, and health administration. 2 TECHNOLOGIES.—For purposes of 3 subparagraph telecommunications tech- 4 nologies include videoconferencing, the internet, 5 streaming media, and terrestrial and wireless 6 communications. 7 VA VIDEO CONNECT.—The term ‘‘VA Video 8 Connect’’ means the program of the Department of 9 Veterans Affairs to connect veterans with their 10 health care team from anywhere, using to 11 ensure a secure and private session. 12 TREATMENT OF STATE HOMES DURING PUBLIC HEALTH 13 EMERGENCY 14 SEC. 20005. WAIVER OF OCCUPANCY RATE RE- 15 QUIREMENTS.—During a public health emergency, occu- 16 pancy rate requirements for State homes for purposes of 17 receiving per diem payments set forth in section 51.40(c) 18 of title 38, Code of Federal Regulations, or successor regu- 19 lations, shall not apply. 20 WAIVER OF VETERAN PERCENTAGE REQUIRE- 21 MENTS.—During a public health emergency, the veteran 22 percentage requirements for State homes set forth in sec- 23 tion 51.210(d) of title 38, Code of Regulations, or suc- 24 cessor regulations, and in agreements for grants to con- 25 struct State homes, shall not apply. 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 807 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. PROVISION OF MEDICINE, EQUIPMENT, AND SUP- 1 PLIES.— 2 IN GENERAL.—During a public health 3 emergency, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may 4 provide to State homes medicines, personal protec- 5 tive equipment, medical supplies, and any other 6 equipment, supplies, and assistance available to the 7 Department of Veterans Affairs. 8 PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT.—Personal pro- 9 tective equipment may be provided under paragraph 10 through the All Hazards Emergency Cache of 11 the Department of Veterans Affairs or any other 12 source available to the Department. 13 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 14 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.—The 15 term ‘‘personal protective equipment’’ means any 16 protective equipment required to prevent the wearer 17 from contracting COVID–19, including gloves, N–95 18 respirator masks, gowns, goggles, face shields, or 19 other equipment required for safety. 20 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY.—The term 21 ‘‘public health emergency’’ means an emergency with 22 respect to COVID–19 declared by a Federal, State, 23 or local authority. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 808 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. STATE HOME.—The term ‘‘State home’’ has 1 the meaning given that term in section 101(19) of 2 title 38, United States Code. 3 MODIFICATIONS TO VETERAN DIRECTED CARE PROGRAM 4 OF DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 5 SEC. 20006. TELEPHONE OR TELEHEALTH RE- 6 NEWALS.—For the Veteran Directed Care program of the 7 Department of Veterans Affairs (in this section referred 8 to as the ‘‘Program’’), during a public health emergency, 9 the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall— 10 waive the requirement that an area agency 11 on aging process new enrollments and six-month re- 12 newals for the Program via an in-person or home 13 visit; and 14 allow new enrollments and sixth-month re- 15 newals for the Program to be conducted via tele- 16 phone or telehealth modality. 17 NO SUSPENSION OR DISENROLLMENT.—During 18 a public health emergency, the Secretary shall not suspend 19 or dis-enroll a veteran or caregiver of a veteran from the 20 Program unless— 21 requested to do so by the veteran or a rep- 22 resentative of the veteran; or 23 a mutual decision is made between the vet- 24 eran and a health care provider of the veteran to 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 809 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. suspend or dis-enroll the veteran or caregiver from 1 the Program. 2 WAIVER OF PAPERWORK REQUIREMENT.—Dur- 3 ing a public health emergency, the Secretary may waive 4 the requirement for signed, mailed paperwork to confirm 5 the enrollment or renewal of a veteran in the Program 6 and may allow verbal consent of the veteran via telephone 7 or telehealth modality to suffice for purposes of such en- 8 rollment or renewal. 9 WAIVER OF OTHER REQUIREMENTS.—During a 10 public health emergency, the Secretary shall waive— 11 any penalty for late paperwork relating to 12 the Program; and 13 any requirement to stop payments for vet- 14 erans or caregivers of veterans under the Program 15 if they are out of State for more than 14 days. 16 AREA AGENCY ON AGING DEFINED.—In this sec- 17 tion, the term ‘‘area agency on aging’’ has the meaning 18 given that term in section 102 of the Older Americans Act 19 of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3002). 20 PROVISION BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF 21 PROSTHETIC APPLIANCES THROUGH NON-DEPART- 22 MENT PROVIDERS DURING PUBLIC HEALTH EMER- 23 GENCY 24 SEC. 20007. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 25 ensure that, to the extent practicable, veterans who are 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 810 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. receiving or are eligible to receive a prosthetic appliance 1 under section 1714 or 1719 of title 38, United States 2 Code, are able to receive such an appliance that the Sec- 3 retary determines is needed from a non-Department of 4 Veterans Affairs provider under a contract with the De- 5 partment during a public health emergency. 6 WAIVER OF PAY CAPS FOR EMPLOYEES OF DEPARTMENT 7 OF VETERANS AFFAIRS DURING PUBLIC HEALTH 8 EMERGENCIES 9 SEC. 20008. IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 10 other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs 11 may waive any limitation on pay for an employee of the 12 Department of Veterans Affairs during a public health 13 emergency for work done in support of response to the 14 emergency. 15 REPORTING.— 16 IN GENERAL.—For each month that the 17 Secretary waives a limitation under subsection 18 the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Vet- 19 erans’ Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 20 Veterans’ Affairs of the House of Representatives a 21 report on the waiver. 22 CONTENTS.—Each report submitted under 23 paragraph for a waiver or waivers in a month 24 shall include the following: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 811 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Where the waiver or waivers were 1 used, including in which component of the De- 2 partment and, as the case may be, which med- 3 ical center of the Department. 4 For how many employees the waiver or 5 waivers were used, disaggregated by component 6 of the Department and, if applicable, medical 7 center of the Department. 8 The average amount by which each 9 payment exceeded the waived pay limitation 10 that was waived, disaggregated by component of 11 the Department and, if applicable, medical cen- 12 ter of the Department. 13 EMPLOYEE OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 14 AFFAIRS DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘employee 15 of the Department of Veterans Affairs’’ includes any em- 16 ployee of the Department of Veterans Affairs, regardless 17 of the authority under which the employee was hired. 18 PROVISION BY DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS OF 19 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT FOR HOME 20 HEALTH WORKERS 21 SEC. 20009. PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT.— 22 IN GENERAL.—During a public health 23 emergency, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 24 provide to employees and contractors of the Depart- 25 ment of Veterans Affairs personal protective equip- 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 812 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. ment necessary to provide home care to veterans 1 under the laws administered by the Secretary. 2 SOURCE OF EQUIPMENT.—Personal protec- 3 tive equipment may be provided under paragraph 4 through the All Hazards Emergency Cache of the 5 Department or any other source available to the De- 6 partment. 7 DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 8 HOME CARE.—The term ‘‘home care’’ has 9 the meaning given that term in section 1803(c) of 10 title 38, United States Code. 11 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.—The 12 term ‘‘personal protective equipment’’ means any 13 protective equipment required to prevent the wearer 14 from contracting COVID–19, including gloves, N–95 15 respirator masks, gowns, goggles, face shields, or 16 other equipment required for safety. 17 CLARIFICATION OF TREATMENT OF PAYMENTS FOR PUR- 18 POSES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR VETERANS PENSION AND 19 OTHER VETERANS BENEFITS 20 SEC. 20010. Amounts paid to a person under the 21 2020 Recovery Rebate in the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and 22 Economic Security Act shall not be treated as income or 23 resources for purposes of determining eligibility for pen- 24 sion under chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, or 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 813 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. any other benefit under a law administered by the Sec- 1 retary of Veterans Affairs. 2 AVAILABILITY OF TELEHEALTH FOR CASE MANAGERS 3 AND HOMELESS VETERANS 4 SEC. 20011. The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 5 ensure that telehealth capabilities are available during a 6 public health emergency for case managers of, and home- 7 less veterans participating in, the Department of Housing 8 and Urban Development–Department of Veterans Affairs 9 Supportive Housing program (commonly referred to as 10 ‘‘HUD–VASH’’). 11 FUNDING LIMITS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SUP- 12 PORTIVE SERVICES FOR VERY LOW-INCOME VET- 13 ERAN FAMILIES IN PERMANENT HOUSING DURING A 14 PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY 15 SEC. 20012. In the case of a public health emergency, 16 nothing in subsection of section 2044 of title 38, 17 United States Code, may be construed as limiting amounts 18 that may be made available for carrying out subsections 19 and of such section. 20 MODIFICATIONS TO COMPREHENSIVE SERVICE PROGRAMS 21 FOR HOMELESS VETERANS DURING A PUBLIC 22 HEALTH EMERGENCY 23 SEC. 20013. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—In the 24 case of a public health emergency, no authorization of ap- 25 propriations in section 2014 of title 38, United States 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 814 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Code, may be construed as limiting amounts that may be 1 appropriated for carrying out subchapter II of chapter 20 2 of such title. 3 GRANTS AND PER DIEM PAYMENTS.—In the case 4 of a public health emergency, the Secretary of Veterans 5 Affairs may waive any limits on— 6 grant amounts under sections 2011 and 7 2061 of title 38, United States Code; and 8 rates for per diem payments under sections 9 2012 and 2061 of such title. 10 PARTICIPANT ABSENCE.—Notwithstanding Vet- 11 erans Health Administration Handbook 1162.01(1), dated 12 July 12, 2013, and amended June 30, 2014, and titled 13 ‘‘Grant and Per Diem (GPD) Program’’, or any other pro- 14 vision of law, for the duration of a public health emer- 15 gency, the Secretary— 16 shall waive any requirement to discharge a 17 veteran from the grant and per diem program of the 18 Veterans Health Administration after the veteran is 19 absent for 14 days; and 20 may continue to pay per diem to grant re- 21 cipients and eligible entities under the program for 22 any additional days of absence when a veteran has 23 already been absent for more than 72 hours. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 815 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 20014. The amounts provided by sections 1 20003 through 20013 of this title in this Act are des- 2 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 3 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 4 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 5 ---PAGE BREAK--- 816 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE XI 1 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 2 ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 3 DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Diplomatic Pro- 5 grams’’, $324,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 6 tember 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 7 coronavirus, including for necessary expenses to maintain 8 consular operations and to provide for evacuation expenses 9 and emergency preparedness: Provided, That such amount 10 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 11 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 12 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 13 1985. 14 UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL 15 DEVELOPMENT 16 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 17 OPERATING EXPENSES 18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operating Expenses’’, 19 $95,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 20 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: 21 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 22 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 23 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 24 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 817 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 1 FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 2 INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘International Disaster 4 Assistance’’, $258,000,000, to remain available until ex- 5 pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 6 coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by 7 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 8 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 9 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 10 DEPARTMENT OF STATE 11 MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 12 For an additional amount for ‘‘Migration and Ref- 13 ugee Assistance’’, $350,000,000, to remain available until 14 expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 15 coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by 16 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 17 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 18 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 19 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 20 PEACE CORPS 21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Peace Corps’’, 22 $88,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 23 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: 24 Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 818 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 1 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 2 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 5 SEC. 21001. The authorities and limitations of sec- 6 tion 402 of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response 7 Supplemental Appropriations Act (division A of Public 8 Law 116–123) shall apply to funds appropriated by this 9 title as follows: 10 Subsections and shall apply 11 to funds under the heading ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’; 12 and 13 Subsections and shall apply 14 to funds under the heading ‘‘International Disaster 15 Assistance’’. 16 SEC. 21002. Funds appropriated by this title under 17 the headings ‘‘Diplomatic Programs’’, ‘‘Operating Ex- 18 penses’’, and ‘‘Peace Corps’’ may be used to reimburse 19 such accounts administered by the Department of State, 20 the United States Agency for International Development, 21 and the Peace Corps, as appropriate, for obligations in- 22 curred to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus 23 prior to the date of enactment of this Act. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 819 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 21003. The reporting requirement of section 1 406(b) of the Coronavirus Preparedness and Response 2 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 (division A of 3 Public Law 116–123) shall apply to funds appropriated 4 by this title: Provided, That the requirement to jointly 5 submit such report shall not apply to the Director of the 6 Peace Corps: Provided further, That reports required by 7 such section may be consolidated and shall include infor- 8 mation on all funds made available to such Federal agen- 9 cies to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. 10 SEC. 21004. Section 7064(a) of the Department of 11 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appro- 12 priations Act, 2020 (division G of Public Law 116–94) 13 is amended by striking $100,000,000’’ and inserting in 14 lieu thereof $110,000,000’’, and by adding the following 15 before the period at the end: Provided, That no amounts 16 may be used that were designated by the Congress for 17 Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Ter- 18 rorism pursuant to the Concurrent Resolution on the 19 Budget or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 20 Control Act of 1985’’. 21 SEC. 21005. The Department of State, Foreign Oper- 22 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 23 (division G of Public Law 116–94) is amended under the 24 heading ‘‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 820 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Service’’ in title I by striking $1,000,000’’ and inserting 1 in lieu thereof $5,000,000’’. 2 SEC. 21006. The Department of State, Foreign Oper- 3 ations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2020 4 (division G of Public Law 116–94) is amended under the 5 heading ‘‘Millennium Challenge Corporation’’ in title III 6 by striking $105,000,000’’ in the first proviso and in- 7 serting in lieu thereof $107,000,000’’. 8 SEC. 21007. Notwithstanding any other provision of 9 law, and in addition to leave authorized under any other 10 provision of law, the Secretary of State and the Adminis- 11 trator of the United States Agency for International De- 12 velopment may, in order to prevent, prepare for, and re- 13 spond to coronavirus, provide additional paid leave to ad- 14 dress employee hardships resulting from coronavirus: Pro- 15 vided, That this authority shall apply to leave taken since 16 January 29, 2020, and may be provided abroad and do- 17 mestically: Provided further, That the Secretary and the 18 Administrator shall consult with the Committee on Appro- 19 priations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 20 Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the 21 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa- 22 tives prior to implementation of such authority: Provided 23 further, That the authority made available pursuant to 24 this section shall expire on September 30, 2022. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 821 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 21008. The Secretary of State, to prevent, pre- 1 pare for, and respond to coronavirus, may exercise the au- 2 thorities of section 3(j) of the State Department Basic Au- 3 thorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2670(j)) to provide med- 4 ical services or related support for private United States 5 citizens, nationals, and permanent resident aliens abroad, 6 or third country nationals connected to such persons or 7 to the diplomatic or development missions of the United 8 States abroad, who are unable to obtain such services or 9 support otherwise: Provided, That such assistance shall be 10 provided on a reimbursable basis to the extent feasible: 11 Provided further, That such reimbursements may be cred- 12 ited to the applicable Department of State appropriation 13 and shall remain available until expended: Provided fur- 14 ther, That the Secretary shall prioritize providing medical 15 services or related support to individuals eligible for the 16 health program under section 904 of the Foreign Service 17 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4084): Provided further, That the 18 authority made available pursuant to this section shall ex- 19 pire on September 30, 2022. 20 SEC. 21009. Notwithstanding section 6(b) of the De- 21 partment of State Authorities Act of 2006 (Public Law 22 109–472; 120 Stat. 3556), during fiscal year 2020, pass- 23 port and immigrant visa surcharges collected in any fiscal 24 year pursuant to the fourth paragraph under the heading 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 822 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’’ in the Department 1 of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2005 2 (title IV of division B of Public Law 108–447; 8 U.S.C. 3 1714) may be obligated and expended for the costs of pro- 4 viding consular services: Provided, That such funds should 5 be prioritized for United States citizen services: Provided 6 further, That not later than 90 days after the expiration 7 of this authority, the Secretary of State shall provide a 8 report to the Committee on Appropriations and the Com- 9 mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Com- 10 mittee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign 11 Affairs of the House of Representatives detailing the spe- 12 cific expenditures made pursuant to this authority: Pro- 13 vided further, That the amount provided by this section 14 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 15 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 16 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 17 1985. 18 SEC. 21010. The Department of State and the 19 United States Agency for International Development are 20 authorized to enter into contracts with individuals for the 21 provision of personal services (as described in section 104 22 of part 37 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations and 23 including pursuant to section 904 of the Foreign Service 24 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4084)) to prevent, prepare for, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 823 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. and respond to coronavirus, within the United States and 1 abroad, subject to prior consultation with, and the notifi- 2 cation procedures of, the Committee on Appropriations 3 and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 4 and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee 5 on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives: Pro- 6 vided, That such individuals may not be deemed employees 7 of the United States for the purpose of any law adminis- 8 tered by the Office of Personnel Management: Provided 9 further, That not later than 15 days after utilizing this 10 authority, the Secretary of State shall provide a report to 11 the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 12 Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 13 Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of 14 the House of Representatives on the overall staffing needs 15 for the Office of Medical Services: Provided further, That 16 the authority made available pursuant to this section shall 17 expire on September 30, 2022. 18 SEC. 21011. Notwithstanding any other provision of 19 law, the Secretary of State and the Administrator of the 20 United States Agency for International Development may 21 authorize any oath of office required by law to, in par- 22 ticular circumstances that could otherwise pose health 23 risks, be administered remotely, subject to appropriate 24 verification: Provided, That prior to initially exercising the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 824 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. authority of this section, the Secretary and the Adminis- 1 trator shall each submit a report to the Committee on Ap- 2 propriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 3 the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the 4 Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representa- 5 tives describing the process and procedures for admin- 6 istering such oaths, including appropriate verification: 7 Provided further, That the authority made available pursu- 8 ant to this section shall expire on September 30, 2021. 9 SEC. 21012. PURPOSES.—For purposes of 10 strengthening the ability of foreign countries to prevent, 11 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus and to the adverse 12 economic impacts of coronavirus, in a manner that would 13 protect the United States from the spread of coronavirus 14 and mitigate an international economic crisis resulting 15 from coronavirus that may pose a significant risk to the 16 economy of the United States, each paragraph of sub- 17 section shall take effect upon enactment of this Act. 18 CORONAVIRUS RESPONSES.— 19 INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIA- 20 TION REPLENISHMENT.—The International Develop- 21 ment Association Act (22 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is 22 amended by adding at the end the following new sec- 23 tion: 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 825 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘SEC. 31. NINETEENTH REPLENISHMENT. 1 IN GENERAL.—The United States Governor of 2 the International Development Association is authorized 3 to contribute on behalf of the United States 4 $3,004,200,000 to the nineteenth replenishment of the re- 5 sources of the Association, subject to obtaining the nec- 6 essary appropriations. 7 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 8 order to pay for the United States contribution provided 9 for in subsection there are authorized to be appro- 10 priated, without fiscal year limitation, $3,004,200,000 for 11 payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.’’. 12 INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORPORATION 13 AUTHORIZATION.—The International Finance Cor- 14 poration Act (22 U.S.C. 282 et seq.) is amended by 15 adding at the end the following new section: 16 ‘‘SEC. 18. CAPITAL INCREASES AND AMENDMENT TO THE 17 ARTICLES OF AGREEMENT. 18 VOTES AUTHORIZED.—The United States Gov- 19 ernor of the Corporation is authorized to vote in favor of— 20 a resolution to increase the authorized cap- 21 ital stock of the Corporation by 16,999,998 shares, 22 to implement the conversion of a portion of the re- 23 tained earnings of the Corporation into paid-in cap- 24 ital, which will result in the United States being 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 826 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. issued an additional 3,771,899 shares of capital 1 stock, without any cash contribution; 2 a resolution to increase the authorized cap- 3 ital stock of the Corporation on a general basis by 4 4,579,995 shares; and 5 a resolution to increase the authorized cap- 6 ital stock of the Corporation on a selective basis by 7 919,998 shares. 8 AMENDMENT OF THE ARTICLES OF AGREE- 9 MENT.—The United States Governor of the Corporation 10 is authorized to agree to and accept an amendment to arti- 11 cle II, section 2(c)(ii) of the Articles of Agreement of the 12 Corporation that would increase the vote by which the 13 Board of Governors of the Corporation may increase the 14 capital stock of the Corporation from a four-fifths major- 15 ity to an eighty-five percent majority.’’. 16 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK.—The Afri- 17 can Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 290i et seq.) 18 is amended by adding at the end the following new 19 section: 20 ‘‘SEC. 1345. SEVENTH CAPITAL INCREASE. 21 SUBSCRIPTION AUTHORIZED.— 22 IN GENERAL.—The United States Gov- 23 ernor of the Bank may subscribe on behalf of the 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 827 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. United States to 532,023 additional shares of the 1 capital stock of the Bank. 2 LIMITATION.—Any subscription by the 3 United States to the capital stock of the Bank shall 4 be effective only to such extent and in such amounts 5 as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts. 6 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 7 IN GENERAL.—In order to pay for the in- 8 crease in the United States subscription to the Bank 9 under subsection there are authorized to be ap- 10 propriated, without fiscal year limitation, 11 $7,286,587,008 for payment by the Secretary of the 12 Treasury. 13 SHARE TYPES.—Of the amount authorized 14 to be appropriated under paragraph 15 $437,190,016 shall be for paid in 16 shares of the Bank; and 17 $6,849,396,992 shall be for callable 18 shares of the Bank.’’. 19 AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FUND.—The Afri- 20 can Development Fund Act (22 U.S.C. 290g et seq.) 21 is amended by adding at the end the following new 22 section: 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 828 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. ‘‘SEC. 226. FIFTEENTH REPLENISHMENT. 1 IN GENERAL.—The United States Governor of 2 the Fund is authorized to contribute on behalf of the 3 United States $513,900,000 to the fifteenth replenish- 4 ment of the resources of the Fund, subject to obtaining 5 the necessary appropriations. 6 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—In 7 order to pay for the United States contribution provided 8 for in subsection there are authorized to be appro- 9 priated, without fiscal year limitation, $513,900,000 for 10 payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.’’. 11 INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AUTHOR- 12 IZATION FOR NEW ARRANGEMENTS TO BORROW.— 13 IN GENERAL.—Section 17 of the 14 Bretton Woods Agreements Act (22 U.S.C. 15 286e–2) is amended— 16 in subsection 17 by redesignating paragraphs 18 and as paragraphs 19 and respectively; 20 (II) by inserting after paragraph 21 the following new paragraph: 22 In order to carry out the purposes of a 23 one-time decision of the Executive Directors of the 24 International Monetary Fund (the Fund) to expand 25 the resources of the New Arrangements to Borrow, 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 829 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. established pursuant to the decision of January 27, 1 1997, referred to in paragraph the Secretary of 2 the Treasury is authorized to make loans, in an 3 amount not to exceed the dollar equivalent of 4 28,202,470,000 of Special Drawing Rights, in addi- 5 tion to any amounts previously authorized under this 6 section, except that prior to activation of the New 7 Arrangements to Borrow, the Secretary of the 8 Treasury shall report to Congress whether supple- 9 mentary resources are needed to forestall or cope 10 with an impairment of the international monetary 11 system and whether the Fund has fully explored 12 other means of funding to the Fund.’’; 13 (III) in paragraph as so re- 14 designated, by striking ‘‘paragraph 15 and inserting ‘‘paragraph 16 and 17 (IV) in paragraph as so re- 18 designated, by striking ‘‘December 16, 19 2022’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 20 2025’’; and 21 (ii) in subsection by striking 22 each place such term appears 23 and inserting 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 830 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION.—The 1 amount provided by this paragraph is des- 2 ignated by the Congress as being for an emer- 3 gency requirement pursuant to section 4 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 5 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 6 ---PAGE BREAK--- 831 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE XII 1 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 2 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Salaries and Ex- 5 penses’’, $1,753,000, to remain available until expended, 6 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, in- 7 cluding necessary expenses for operating costs and capital 8 outlays: Provided, That such amounts are in addition to 9 any other amounts made available for this purpose: Pro- 10 vided further, That obligations of amounts under this 11 heading in this Act shall not be subject to the limitation 12 on obligations under the heading ‘‘Office of the Sec- 13 retary—Working Capital Fund’’ in division H of the Fur- 14 ther Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Public Law 15 116–94): Provided further, That such amount is des- 16 ignated by the Congress as being for an emergency re- 17 quirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Bal- 18 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 19 ESSENTIAL AIR SERVICE 20 In addition to funds provided to the ‘‘Payments to 21 Air Carriers’’ program in Public Law 116–94 to carry out 22 the essential air service program under section 41731 23 through 41742 of title 49, United States Code, 24 $56,000,000, to be derived from the general fund of the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 832 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Treasury, and to be made available to the Essential Air 1 Service and Rural Improvement Fund, to remain available 2 until expended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 3 coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by 4 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 5 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 6 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7 FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION 8 GRANTS-IN-AID FOR AIRPORTS 9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Grants-In-Aid for Air- 10 ports’’, $10,000,000,000, to prevent, prepare for, and re- 11 spond to coronavirus, to remain available until expended: 12 Provided, That amounts made available under this head- 13 ing in this Act shall be derived from the general fund of 14 the Treasury: Provided further, That funds provided under 15 this heading in this Act shall only be available to sponsors 16 of airports defined in section 47102 of title 49, United 17 States Code: Provided further, That funds provided under 18 this heading in this Act shall not otherwise be subject to 19 the requirements of chapter 471 of such title: Provided 20 further, That notwithstanding the previous proviso, section 21 47112(b) of such title shall apply to funds provided for 22 any contract awarded (after the date of enactment) for 23 airport development and funded under this heading: Pro- 24 vided further, That funds provided under this heading in 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 833 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. this Act may not be used for any purpose not directly re- 1 lated to the airport: Provided further, That of the amounts 2 appropriated under this heading in this Act— 3 Not less than $500,000,000 shall be avail- 4 able to pay a Federal share of 100 percent of the 5 costs for which a grant is made under Public Law 6 116–94: Provided, That any remaining funds after 7 the apportionment under this paragraph shall be 8 distributed as described in paragraph under this 9 heading in this Act; 10 Not less than $7,400,000,000 shall be avail- 11 able for any purpose for which airport revenues may 12 lawfully be used: Provided, That 50 percent of such 13 funds shall be allocated among all commercial serv- 14 ice airports based on each sponsor’s calendar year 15 2018 enplanements as a percentage of total 2018 16 enplanements for all commercial service airports: 17 Provided further, That the remaining 50 percent of 18 such funds shall be allocated among all commercial 19 service airports based on an equal combination of 20 each sponsor’s fiscal year 2018 debt service as a 21 percentage of the combined debt service for all com- 22 mercial service airports and each sponsor’s ratio of 23 unrestricted reserves to their respective debt service: 24 Provided further, That the Federal share payable of 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 834 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. the costs for which a grant is made under this para- 1 graph shall be 100 percent: 2 Up to $2,000,000,000 shall be available for 3 any purpose for which airport revenues may lawfully 4 be used, and: be apportioned as set forth in sec- 5 tion 47114(c)(1)(C)(i), 47114(c)(1)(C)(ii), or 6 47114(c)(1)(H) of title 49, United States Code; 7 not be subject to the reduced apportionments of 49 8 U.S.C. 47114(f); and have no maximum appor- 9 tionment limit, notwithstanding 47114(c)(1)(C)(iii) 10 of title 49, United States Code: Provided, That any 11 remaining funds after the apportionment under this 12 paragraph shall be distributed as described in 13 paragraph under this heading in this Act: Pro- 14 vided further, That the Federal share payable of the 15 costs for which a grant is made under this para- 16 graph shall be 100 percent; and 17 Not less than $100,000,000 shall be for 18 general aviation airports for any purpose for which 19 airport revenues may lawfully be used, and, which 20 the Secretary shall apportion directly to each eligible 21 airport, as defined in section 47102(8) of title 49, 22 United States Code, based on the categories pub- 23 lished in the most current National Plan of Inte- 24 grated Airport Systems, reflecting the percentage of 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 835 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. the aggregate published eligible development costs 1 for each such category, and then dividing the allo- 2 cated funds evenly among the eligible airports in 3 each category, rounding up to the nearest thousand 4 dollars: Provided, That the Federal share payable of 5 the costs for which a grant is made under this para- 6 graph shall be 100 percent: 7 Provided further, That the Administrator of the Federal 8 Aviation Administration may retain up to 0.1 percent of 9 the funds provided under this heading in this Act to fund 10 the award and oversight by the Administrator of grants 11 made under this heading in this Act: Provided further, 12 That obligations of funds under this heading in this Act 13 shall not be subject to any limitations on obligations pro- 14 vided in Public Law 116–94: Provided further, That all 15 airports receiving funds under this heading in this Act 16 shall continue to employ, through December 31, 2020, at 17 least 90 percent of the number of individuals employed 18 (after making adjustments for retirements or voluntary 19 employee separations) by the airport as of the date of en- 20 actment of this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary 21 may waive the workforce retention requirement in the pre- 22 vious proviso, if the Secretary determines the airport is 23 experiencing economic hardship as a direct result of the 24 requirement, or the requirement reduces aviation safety 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 836 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. or security: Provided further, That the workforce retention 1 requirement shall not apply to nonhub airports or nonpri- 2 mary airports receiving funds under this heading in this 3 Act: Provided further, That such amount is designated by 4 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 5 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 6 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 7 FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION 8 MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY OPERATIONS AND PROGRAMS 9 Of prior year unobligated contract authority and liq- 10 uidating cash provided for Motor Carrier Safety in the 11 Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (Public 12 Law 105–178), SAFETEA–LU (Public Law 109–59), or 13 other appropriations or authorization acts, in addition to 14 amounts already appropriated in fiscal year 2020 for 15 ‘‘Motor Carrier Safety Operations and Programs’’, 16 $150,000 in additional obligation limitation is provided 17 and repurposed for obligations incurred to support activi- 18 ties to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus. 19 FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION 20 SAFETY AND OPERATIONS 21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Safety and Oper- 22 ations’’, $250,000, to remain available until September 23 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 24 coronavirus: Provided, That such amount is designated by 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 837 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 1 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 2 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 3 NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 4 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Northeast Corridor 7 Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’, 8 $492,000,000, to remain available until expended, to pre- 9 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including 10 to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make or 11 amend existing grants to the National Railroad Passenger 12 Corporation for activities associated with the Northeast 13 Corridor, as authorized by section 11101(a) of the Fixing 14 America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A of Pub- 15 lic Law 114–94): Provided, That amounts made available 16 under this heading in this Act may be transferred to and 17 merged with ‘‘National Network Grants to the National 18 Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ to prevent, prepare for, 19 and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That such 20 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 21 emergency requirement pursuant to section 22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 23 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 838 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL 1 RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION 2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘National Network 4 Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation’’, 5 $526,000,000, to remain available until expended, to pre- 6 vent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, including 7 to enable the Secretary of Transportation to make or 8 amend existing grants to the National Railroad Passenger 9 Corporation for activities associated with the National 10 Network as authorized by section 11101(b) of the Fixing 11 America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A of Pub- 12 lic Law 114–94): Provided, That a State shall not be re- 13 quired to pay the National Railroad Passenger Corpora- 14 tion more than 80 percent of the amount paid in fiscal 15 year 2019 under section 209 of the Passenger Rail Invest- 16 ment and Improvement Act of 2008 (Public Law 110– 17 432) and that not less than $239,000,000 of the amounts 18 made available under this heading in this Act shall be 19 made available for use in lieu of any increase in a State’s 20 payment: Provided further, That amounts made available 21 under this heading in this Act may be transferred to and 22 merged with ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the National 23 Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ to prevent, prepare for, 24 and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That such 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 839 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 1 emergency requirement pursuant to section 2 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 4 FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION 5 TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS 6 For an additional amount for ‘‘Transit Infrastructure 7 Grants’’, $25,000,000,000, to remain available until ex- 8 pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 9 coronavirus: Provided, That the Secretary of Transpor- 10 tation shall provide funds appropriated under this heading 11 in this Act as if such funds were provided under section 12 5307 of title 49, United States Code, and section 5311 13 of title 49, United States Code and apportion such funds 14 in accordance with section 5336 of such title (other than 15 subsections and section 5311 (other than 16 subsection and section 5337 and section 17 5340 of title 49, United States Code, and apportion such 18 funds in accordance with such sections except that funds 19 apportioned under section 5337 shall be added to funds 20 apportioned under 5307 for administration under 5307: 21 Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate the 22 amounts provided in the preceding proviso under sections 23 5307, 5311, 5337, and 5340 of title 49, United States 24 Code, among such sections in the same ratio as funds were 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 840 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. provided in the fiscal year 2020 appropriations: Provided 1 further, That funds apportioned under this heading in this 2 Act shall be apportioned not later than 7 days after the 3 date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 4 funds shall be apportioned using the fiscal year 2020 ap- 5 portionment formulas: Provided further, That not more 6 than three-quarters of 1 percent, but not to exceed 7 $75,000,000, of the funds for transit infrastructure grants 8 provided under this heading in this Act shall be available 9 for administrative expenses and ongoing program manage- 10 ment oversight as authorized under sections 5334 and 11 5338(f)(2) of title 49, United States Code, and shall be 12 in addition to any other appropriations for such purpose: 13 Provided further, That notwithstanding subsection 14 or of section 5307 of title 49, United States Code, 15 funds provided under this heading are available for the 16 operating expenses of transit agencies related to the re- 17 sponse to a coronavirus public health emergency as de- 18 scribed in section 319 of the Public Health Service Act, 19 including, beginning on January 20, 2020, reimbursement 20 for operating costs to maintain service and lost revenue 21 due to the coronavirus public health emergency, including 22 the purchase of personal protective equipment, and paying 23 the administrative leave of operations personnel due to re- 24 ductions in service: Provided further, That such operating 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 841 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. expenses are not required to be included in a transpor- 1 tation improvement program, long-range transportation, 2 statewide transportation plan, or a statewide transpor- 3 tation improvement program: Provided further, That the 4 Secretary shall not waive the requirements of section 5333 5 of title 49, United States Code, for funds appropriated 6 under this heading in this Act or for funds previously 7 made available under section 5307 of title 49, United 8 States Code, or sections 5311, 5337, or 5340 of such title 9 as a result of the coronavirus: Provided further, That un- 10 less otherwise specified, applicable requirements under 11 chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code, shall apply to 12 funding made available under this heading in this Act, ex- 13 cept that the Federal share of the costs for which any 14 grant is made under this heading in this Act shall be, at 15 the option of the recipient, up to 100 percent: Provided 16 further, That the amount made available under this head- 17 ing in this Act shall be derived from the general fund and 18 shall not be subject to any limitation on obligations for 19 transit programs set forth in any Act: Provided further, 20 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 21 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 22 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 23 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 842 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. MARITIME ADMINISTRATION 1 OPERATIONS AND TRAINING 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Operations and Train- 3 ing’’, $3,134,000, to remain available until September 30, 4 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: 5 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 6 heading in this Act, $1,000,000 shall be for the operations 7 of the United States Merchant Marine Academy: Provided 8 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 9 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 10 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 11 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 STATE MARITIME ACADEMY OPERATIONS 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘State Maritime Acad- 14 emy Operations’’, $1,000,000, to remain available until 15 September 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 16 to coronavirus: Provided, That amounts made available 17 under this heading in this Act shall be for direct payments 18 for State Maritime Academies: Provided further, That 19 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 20 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 21 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 22 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 23 ---PAGE BREAK--- 843 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 1 SALARIES AND EXPENSES 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 3 General’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, 4 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro- 5 vided, That the funding made available under this heading 6 in this Act shall be used for conducting audits and inves- 7 tigations of projects and activities carried out with funds 8 made available in this Act to the Department of Transpor- 9 tation to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: 10 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 11 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 12 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 13 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN 15 DEVELOPMENT 16 MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION 17 ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT OFFICES 18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Administrative Sup- 19 port Offices’’, $35,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 20 tember 30, 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 21 coronavirus, for the Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 22 including for Department-wide salaries and expenses, In- 23 formation Technology purposes, and to support the De- 24 partment’s workforce in a telework environment: Provided, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 844 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. That the amounts provided under this heading in this Act 1 shall be in addition to amounts otherwise available for 2 such purposes, including amounts made available under 3 the heading ‘‘Program Offices’’ in this Act: Provided fur- 4 ther, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 5 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 6 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 7 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 8 PROGRAM OFFICES 9 For an additional amount for ‘‘Program Offices’’, 10 $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 11 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: 12 Provided, That of the sums appropriated under this head- 13 ing in this Act— 14 $5,000,000 shall be available for the Office 15 of Public and Indian Housing; and 16 $10,000,000 shall be available for the Office 17 of Community Planning and Development: 18 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 19 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 20 to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 21 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 22 ---PAGE BREAK--- 845 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. PUBLIC AND INDIAN HOUSING 1 TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 2 For an additional amount for ‘‘Tenant-Based Rental 3 Assistance’’, $1,250,000,000, to remain available until ex- 4 pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 5 coronavirus, including to provide additional funds for pub- 6 lic housing agencies to maintain normal operations and 7 take other necessary actions during the period that the 8 program is impacted by coronavirus: Provided, That of the 9 amounts made available under this heading in this Act, 10 $850,000,000 shall be available for both administrative 11 expenses and other expenses of public housing agencies for 12 their section 8 programs, including Mainstream vouchers: 13 Provided further, That such other expenses shall be new 14 eligible activities to be defined by the Secretary and shall 15 include activities to support or maintain the health and 16 safety of assisted individuals and families, and costs re- 17 lated to retention and support of participating owners: 18 Provided further, That amounts made available under 19 paragraph under this heading in Public Law 116–94 20 may be used for such other expenses, as described in the 21 previous proviso, in addition to their other available uses: 22 Provided further, That of the amounts made available 23 under this heading in this Act, $400,000,000 shall be 24 available for adjustments in the calendar year 2020 sec- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 846 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. tion 8 renewal funding allocations, in addition to any other 1 appropriations available for such purpose, including Main- 2 stream vouchers, for public housing agencies that experi- 3 ence a significant increase in voucher per-unit costs due 4 to extraordinary circumstances or that, despite taking rea- 5 sonable cost savings measures, as determined by the Sec- 6 retary, would otherwise be required to terminate rental as- 7 sistance for families as a result of insufficient funding: 8 Provided further, That the Secretary shall allocate 9 amounts provided in the previous proviso based on need, 10 as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, That the 11 Secretary may waive, or specify alternative requirements 12 for, any provision of any statute or regulation that the 13 Secretary administers in connection with the use of the 14 amounts made available under this heading and the same 15 heading of Public Law 116–94 (except for requirements 16 related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor stand- 17 ards, and the environment), upon a finding by the Sec- 18 retary that any such waivers or alternative requirements 19 are necessary for the safe and effective administration of 20 these funds, consistent with the purposes described under 21 this heading in this Act, to prevent, prepare for, and re- 22 spond to coronavirus: Provided further, That the Secretary 23 shall notify the public through the Federal Register or 24 other appropriate means of any such waiver or alternative 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 847 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. requirement to ensure the most expeditious allocation of 1 this funding, and in order for such waiver or alternative 2 requirement to take effect, and that such public notice 3 may be provided, at a minimum, on the Internet at the 4 appropriate Government web site or through other elec- 5 tronic media, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 6 further, That any such waivers or alternative requirements 7 shall remain in effect for the time and duration specified 8 by the Secretary in such public notice and may be ex- 9 tended if necessary upon additional notice by the Sec- 10 retary: Provided further, That to prevent, prepare for, and 11 respond to coronavirus, the notification required by sec- 12 tion 223 of Public Law 116–6 and section 221 of Public 13 Law 116–94 shall not apply to the award of amounts pro- 14 vided under paragraph of this heading in Public Law 15 116–6 or under paragraph of this heading in Pub- 16 lic Law 116–94 in support of the family unification pro- 17 gram under section 8(x) of such Act: Provided further, 18 That the Secretary may award any remaining unobligated 19 balances appropriated under this heading in prior Acts for 20 incremental tenant-based assistance contracts under sec- 21 tion 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 22 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), to prevent, prepare for, 23 and respond to coronavirus, without competition, includ- 24 ing for extraordinary administrative fees: Provided further, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 848 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. That no less than 25 percent of such amounts shall be 1 allocated proportionally to public housing agencies who re- 2 ceived awards in the 2017 and 2019 competitions for such 3 purposes within 60 days of enactment of this Act: Pro- 4 vided further, That the waiver and alternative require- 5 ments authority provided under this heading in this Act 6 shall also apply to such incremental tenant-based assist- 7 ance contract amounts: Provided further, That such 8 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 9 emergency requirement pursuant to section 10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 PUBLIC HOUSING OPERATING FUND 13 For an additional amount for ‘‘Public Housing Oper- 14 ating Fund’’, as authorized by section 9(e) of the United 15 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437g(e)), 16 $685,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 17 2021, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, 18 including to provide additional funds for public housing 19 agencies to maintain normal operations and take other 20 necessary actions during the period that the program is 21 impacted by coronavirus: Provided, That the amount pro- 22 vided under this heading in this Act shall be combined 23 with the amount appropriated for the same purpose under 24 the same heading of Public Law 116–94, and distributed 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 849 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. to all public housing agencies pursuant to the Operating 1 Fund formula at part 990 of title 24, Code of Federal 2 Regulations: Provided further, That for the period from 3 the enactment of this Act through December 31, 2020, 4 such combined total amount may be used for eligible ac- 5 tivities under subsections and of such section 6 9 and for other expenses related to preventing, preparing 7 for, and responding to coronavirus, including activities to 8 support or maintain the health and safety of assisted indi- 9 viduals and families, and activities to support education 10 and child care for impacted families: Provided further, 11 That amounts made available under the headings ‘‘Public 12 Housing Operating Fund’’ and ‘‘Public Housing Capital 13 Fund’’ in prior Acts, except for any set-asides listed under 14 such headings, may be used for all of the purposes de- 15 scribed in the previous proviso: Provided further, That the 16 expanded uses and funding flexibilities described in the 17 previous two provisos shall be available to all public hous- 18 ing agencies through December 31, 2020, except that the 19 Secretary may extend the period under which such flexi- 20 bilities shall be available in additional 12 month incre- 21 ments upon a finding that individuals and families as- 22 sisted by the public housing program continue to require 23 expanded services due to coronavirus: Provided further, 24 That the Secretary may waive, or specify alternative re- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 850 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. quirements for, any provision of any statute or regulation 1 that the Secretary administers in connection with the use 2 of such combined total amount or funds made available 3 under the headings ‘‘Public Housing Operating Fund’’ 4 and ‘‘Public Housing Capital Fund’’ in prior Acts (except 5 for requirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina- 6 tion, labor standards, and the environment), upon a find- 7 ing by the Secretary that any such waivers or alternative 8 requirements are necessary for the safe and effective ad- 9 ministration of these funds to prevent, prepare for, and 10 respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That the Sec- 11 retary shall notify the public through the Federal Register 12 or other appropriate means of any such waiver or alter- 13 native requirement, to ensure the most expeditious alloca- 14 tion of this funding, in order for such waiver or alternative 15 requirement to take effect, and that such public notice 16 may be provided, at a minimum, on the Internet at the 17 appropriate Government web site or through other elec- 18 tronic media, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 19 further, That any such waivers or alternative requirements 20 shall remain in effect for the time and duration specified 21 by the Secretary in such public notice and may be ex- 22 tended if necessary upon additional notice by the Sec- 23 retary: Provided further, That such amount is designated 24 by the Congress as being for an emergency requirement 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 851 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg- 1 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAMS 3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Native American Pro- 4 grams’’, $300,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 5 tember 30, 2024, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 6 coronavirus, for activities and assistance authorized under 7 title I of the Native American Housing Assistance and 8 Self-Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) (25 U.S.C. 9 4111 et seq.), and under title I of the Housing and Com- 10 munity Development Act of 1974 with respect to Indian 11 tribes (42 U.S.C. 5306(a)(1)): Provided, That the 12 amounts made available under this heading in this Act are 13 as follows: 14 No less than $200,000,000 shall be avail- 15 able for the Native American Housing Block Grants 16 program, as authorized under title I of NAHASDA: 17 Provided, That amounts made available under this 18 paragraph shall be distributed according to the same 19 funding formula used in fiscal year 2020: Provided 20 further, That such amounts shall be used by recipi- 21 ents to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 22 coronavirus, including to maintain normal operations 23 and fund eligible affordable housing activities under 24 NAHASDA during the period that the program is 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 852 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. impacted by coronavirus: Provided further, That 1 amounts provided under this heading in this Act 2 may be used to cover or reimburse allowable costs to 3 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus 4 that are incurred by a recipient, including for costs 5 incurred prior to the date of enactment of this Act: 6 Provided further, That the Secretary may waive, or 7 specify alternative requirements for, any provision of 8 any statute or regulation that the Secretary admin- 9 isters in connection with the use of amounts made 10 available under this paragraph or under the same 11 paragraph in Public Law 116–94 (except for re- 12 quirements related to fair housing, nondiscrimina- 13 tion, labor standards, and the environment), upon a 14 finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or al- 15 ternative requirements are necessary to expedite or 16 facilitate the use of such amounts to prevent, pre- 17 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided fur- 18 ther, That any such waivers shall be deemed to be 19 effective as of the date an Indian tribe or tribally 20 designated housing entity began preparing for 21 coronavirus and shall apply to the amounts made 22 available under this paragraph and to the previously 23 appropriated amounts described in the previous pro- 24 viso; and 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 853 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Up to $100,000,000 shall be available for 1 grants to Indian tribes under the Indian Community 2 Development Block Grant program under title I of 3 the Housing and Community Development Act of 4 1974, notwithstanding section 106(a)(1) of such 5 Act, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 6 coronavirus, for emergencies that constitute immi- 7 nent threats to health and safety: Provided, That the 8 Secretary shall prioritize, without competition, allo- 9 cations of these amounts for activities and projects 10 designed to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 11 coronavirus: Provided further, That not to exceed 20 12 percent of any grant made with funds appropriated 13 under this paragraph shall be expended for planning 14 and management development and administration: 15 Provided further, That amounts provided under this 16 heading in this Act may be used to cover or reim- 17 burse allowable costs to prevent, prepare for, and re- 18 spond to coronavirus incurred by a recipient, includ- 19 ing for costs incurred prior to the date of enactment 20 of this Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 21 section 105(a)(8) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 22 5305(a)(8)), there shall be no per centum limitation 23 for the use of funds for public services activities to 24 prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 854 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Provided further, That the previous proviso shall 1 apply to all such activities for grants of funds made 2 available under this paragraph or under paragraph 3 of this heading in Public Law 116–94: Provided 4 further, That the Secretary may waive, or specify al- 5 ternative requirements for, any provision of any stat- 6 ute or regulation that the Secretary administers in 7 connection with the use of amounts made available 8 under this paragraph or under paragraph in 9 Public Law 116–94 (except for requirements related 10 to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, 11 and the environment), upon a finding by the Sec- 12 retary that any such waivers or alternative require- 13 ments are necessary to expedite or facilitate the use 14 of such amounts to prevent, prepare for, and re- 15 spond to coronavirus: Provided further, That any 16 such waivers shall be deemed to be effective as of 17 the date an Indian tribe began preparing for 18 coronavirus and shall apply to the amounts made 19 available under this paragraph and to the previously 20 appropriated amounts described in the previous pro- 21 viso: 22 Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 23 Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 855 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and 1 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT 3 HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS 4 For an additional amount for carrying out the 5 ‘‘Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS’’ pro- 6 gram, as authorized by the AIDS Housing Opportunity 7 Act (42 U.S.C. 12901 et seq.), $65,000,000, to remain 8 available until September 30, 2021, except that amounts 9 allocated pursuant to section 854(c)(5) of such Act shall 10 remain available until September 30, 2022, to provide ad- 11 ditional funds to maintain operations and for rental assist- 12 ance, supportive services, and other necessary actions, in 13 order to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: 14 Provided, That not less than $50,000,000 of the amount 15 provided under this heading in this Act shall be allocated 16 pursuant to the formula in section 854 of such Act using 17 the same data elements as utilized pursuant to that same 18 formula in fiscal year 2020: Provided further, That up to 19 $10,000,000 of the amount provided under this heading 20 in this Act shall be to provide an additional one-time, non- 21 renewable award to grantees currently administering exist- 22 ing contracts for permanent supportive housing that ini- 23 tially were funded under section 854(c)(5) of such Act 24 from funds made available under this heading in fiscal 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 856 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. year 2010 and prior years: Provided further, That such 1 awards shall be made proportionally to their existing 2 grants: Provided further, That such awards are not re- 3 quired to be spent on permanent supportive housing: Pro- 4 vided further, That, notwithstanding section 859(b)(3)(B) 5 of such Act, housing payment assistance for rent, mort- 6 gage, or utilities payments may be provided for a period 7 of up to 24 months: Provided further, That, to protect per- 8 sons who are living with HIV/AIDS, such amounts pro- 9 vided under this heading in this Act may be used to self- 10 isolate, quarantine, or to provide other coronavirus infec- 11 tion control services as recommended by the Centers for 12 Disease Control and Prevention for household members 13 not living with HIV/AIDS: Provided further, That such 14 amounts may be used to provide relocation services, in- 15 cluding to provide lodging at hotels, motels, or other loca- 16 tions, for persons living with HIV/AIDS and household 17 members not living with HIV/AIDS: Provided further, 18 That, notwithstanding section 856(g) of such Act (42 19 U.S.C. 12905(g)), a grantee may use up to 6 percent of 20 its award under this Act for administrative purposes, and 21 a project sponsor may use up to 10 percent of its sub- 22 award under this Act for administrative purposes: Pro- 23 vided further, That such amounts provided under this 24 heading in this Act may be used to cover or reimburse 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 857 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. allowable costs consistent with the purposes of this head- 1 ing incurred by a grantee or project sponsor regardless 2 of the date on which such costs were incurred: Provided 3 further, That any regulatory waivers the Secretary may 4 issue may be deemed to be effective as of the date a grant- 5 ee began preparing for coronavirus: Provided further, That 6 any additional activities or authorities authorized pursu- 7 ant to this Act may also apply at the discretion and upon 8 notice of the Secretary to all amounts made available 9 under this same heading in Public Law 116–94 if such 10 amounts are used by grantees for the purposes described 11 under this heading: Provided further, That up to 2 percent 12 of amounts made available under this heading in this Act 13 may be used, without competition, to increase prior 14 awards made to existing technical assistance providers to 15 provide an immediate increase in capacity building and 16 technical assistance available to grantees under this head- 17 ing and under the same heading in prior Acts: Provided 18 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 19 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 20 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 21 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 22 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND 23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Community Develop- 24 ment Fund’’, $5,000,000,000, to remain available until 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 858 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. September 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 1 to coronavirus: Provided, That up to $2,000,000,000 of 2 the amount made available under this heading in this Act 3 shall be distributed pursuant to section 106 of the Hous- 4 ing and Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5 5306) to grantees that received allocations pursuant to 6 that same formula in fiscal year 2020, and that such allo- 7 cations shall be made within 30 days of enactment of this 8 Act: Provided further, That, in addition to amounts allo- 9 cated pursuant to the preceding proviso, an additional 10 $1,000,000,000 shall be allocated directly to States and 11 insular areas, as defined by 42 U.S.C. 5302(a), to prevent, 12 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus within the State 13 or insular area, including activities within entitlement and 14 nonentitlement communities, based on public health needs, 15 risk of transmission of coronavirus, number of coronavirus 16 cases compared to the national average, and economic and 17 housing market disruptions, and other factors, as deter- 18 mined by the Secretary, using best available data and that 19 such allocations shall be made within 45 days of enact- 20 ment of this Act: Provided further, That remaining 21 amounts shall be distributed directly to the State or unit 22 of general local government, at the discretion of the Sec- 23 retary, according to a formula based on factors to be de- 24 termined by the Secretary, prioritizing risk of trans- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 859 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. mission of coronavirus, number of coronavirus cases com- 1 pared to the national average, and economic and housing 2 market disruptions resulting from coronavirus: Provided 3 further, That such allocations may be made on a rolling 4 basis based on the best available data at the time of alloca- 5 tion: Provided further, That amounts made available in the 6 preceding provisos may be used to cover or reimburse al- 7 lowable costs consistent with the purposes of this heading 8 in this Act incurred by a State or locality regardless of 9 the date on which such costs were incurred: Provided fur- 10 ther, That section 116(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5316(b)) 11 and any implementing regulations, which requires grant- 12 ees to submit their final statements of activities no later 13 than August 16 of a given fiscal year, shall not apply to 14 final statements submitted in accordance with sections 15 104(a)(2) and of such Act (42 U.S.C. 5304(a)(2) 16 and and comprehensive housing affordability strat- 17 egies submitted in accordance with section 105 of the 18 Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 19 U.S.C. 12705) for fiscal years 2019 and 2020: Provided 20 further, That such final statements and comprehensive 21 housing affordability strategies shall instead be submitted 22 no later than August 16, 2021: Provided further, That the 23 Secretary may waive, or specify alternative requirements 24 for, any provision of any statute or regulation that the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 860 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. Secretary administers in connection with the use of 1 amounts made available under this heading in this Act and 2 under the same heading in Public Law 116–94 and Public 3 Law 116–6 (except for requirements related to fair hous- 4 ing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and the environ- 5 ment), upon a finding by the Secretary that any such 6 waivers or alternative requirements are necessary to expe- 7 dite or facilitate the use of such amounts to prevent, pre- 8 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, 9 That up to $10,000,000 of amounts made available under 10 this heading in this Act may be used to make new awards 11 or increase prior awards to existing technical assistance 12 providers, without competition, to provide an immediate 13 increase in capacity building and technical assistance to 14 support the use of amounts made available under this 15 heading in this Act and under the same heading in prior 16 Acts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: 17 Provided further, That, notwithstanding sections 18 104(a)(2), and of the Housing and Community 19 Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5304(a)(2), 20 and and section 105 of the Cranston-Gonzalez Na- 21 tional Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12705), a 22 grantee may adopt and utilize expedited procedures to pre- 23 pare, propose, modify, or amend its statement of activities 24 for grants from amounts made available under this head- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 861 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. ing in this Act and under the same heading in Public Law 1 116–94 and Public Law 116–6: Provided further, That 2 under such expedited procedures, the grantee need not 3 hold in-person public hearings, but shall provide citizens 4 with notice and a reasonable opportunity to comment of 5 no less than 5 days: Provided further, That, for as long 6 as national or local health authorities recommend social 7 distancing and limiting public gatherings for public health 8 reasons, a grantee may create virtual public hearings to 9 fulfill applicable public hearing requirements for all grants 10 from funds made available under this heading in this Act 11 and under the same heading in Public Law 116–94 and 12 Public Law 116–6: Provided further, That any such virtual 13 hearings shall provide reasonable notification and access 14 for citizens in accordance with the grantee’s certifications, 15 timely responses from local officials to all citizen questions 16 and issues, and public access to all questions and re- 17 sponses: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 18 105(a)(8) of the Housing and Community Development 19 Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5305(a)(8)), there shall be no per 20 centum limitation for the use of funds for public services 21 activities to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 22 coronavirus: Provided further, That the previous proviso 23 shall apply to all such activities for grants of funds made 24 available under this heading in this Act and under the 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 862 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. same heading in Public Law 116–94 and Public Law 116– 1 6: Provided further, That the Secretary shall ensure there 2 are adequate procedures in place to prevent any duplica- 3 tion of benefits as required by section 312 of the Robert 4 T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 5 (42 U.S.C. 5155) and in accordance with section 1210 of 6 the Disaster Recovery Reform Act of 2018 (division D of 7 Public Law 115–254; 132 Stat. 3442), which amended 8 section 312 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 9 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5155): Provided 10 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 11 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 12 tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 13 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 14 HOMELESS ASSISTANCE GRANTS 15 For an additional amount for ‘‘Homeless Assistance 16 Grants’’, $4,000,000,000, to remain available until Sep- 17 tember 30, 2022, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 18 coronavirus, among individuals and families who are 19 homeless or receiving homeless assistance and to support 20 additional homeless assistance and homelessness preven- 21 tion activities to mitigate the impacts created by 22 coronavirus under the Emergency Solutions Grants pro- 23 gram as authorized under subtitle B of title IV of the 24 McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 863 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. 11371 et seq.), as amended: Provided, That up to 1 $2,000,000,000 of the amount appropriated under this 2 heading in this Act shall be distributed pursuant to 24 3 CFR 576.3 to grantees that received allocations pursuant 4 to that same formula in fiscal year 2020, and that such 5 allocations shall be made within 30 days of enactment of 6 this Act: Provided further, That, remaining amounts shall 7 be allocated directly to a State or unit of general local 8 government by a formula to be developed by the Secretary 9 and that such allocations shall be made within 90 days 10 of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That such for- 11 mula shall allocate such amounts for the benefit of 12 unsheltered homeless, sheltered homeless, and those at 13 risk of homelessness, to geographical areas with the great- 14 est need based on factors to be determined by the Sec- 15 retary, such as risk of transmission of coronavirus, high 16 numbers or rates of sheltered and unsheltered homeless, 17 and economic and housing market conditions as deter- 18 mined by the Secretary: Provided further, That individuals 19 and families whose income does not exceed the Very Low- 20 Income Limit of the area, as determined by the Secretary, 21 shall be considered ‘‘at risk of homelessness’’ and shall 22 be eligible for homelessness prevention if they meet the 23 criteria in section 401(1)(B) and of such Act (42 24 U.S.C. 11360(1)(B) and Provided further, That 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 864 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. amounts provided under this heading in this Act may be 1 used to cover or reimburse allowable costs to prevent, pre- 2 pare for, and respond to coronavirus that are incurred by 3 a State or locality, including for costs incurred prior to 4 the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That 5 recipients may deviate from applicable procurement stand- 6 ards when procuring goods and services to prevent, pre- 7 pare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, 8 That a recipient may use up to 10 percent of its allocation 9 for administrative purposes: Provided further, That the 10 use of amounts provided under this heading in this Act 11 shall not be subject to the consultation, citizen participa- 12 tion, or match requirements that otherwise apply to the 13 Emergency Solutions Grants program, except that a re- 14 cipient must publish how it has and will utilize its alloca- 15 tion, at a minimum, on the Internet at the appropriate 16 Government web site or through other electronic media: 17 Provided further, That the spending cap established pursu- 18 ant to section 415(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 11374) shall 19 not apply to amounts provided under this heading in this 20 Act: Provided further, That amounts provided under this 21 heading in this Act may be used to provide temporary 22 emergency shelters (through leasing of existing property, 23 temporary structures, or other means) to prevent, prepare 24 for, and respond to coronavirus, and that such temporary 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 865 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. emergency shelters shall not be subject to the minimum 1 periods of use required by section 416(c)(1) of such Act 2 (42 U.S.C. 11375(c)(1)): Provided further, That Federal 3 habitability and environmental review standards and re- 4 quirements shall not apply to the use of such amounts for 5 those temporary emergency shelters that have been deter- 6 mined by State or local health officials to be necessary 7 to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro- 8 vided further, That amounts provided under this heading 9 in this Act may be used for training on infectious disease 10 prevention and mitigation and to provide hazard pay, in- 11 cluding for time worked prior to the date of enactment 12 of this Act, for staff working directly to prevent, prepare 13 for, and respond to coronavirus among persons who are 14 homeless or at risk of homelessness, and that such activi- 15 ties shall not be considered administrative costs for pur- 16 poses of the 10 percent cap: Provided further, That in ad- 17 ministering the amounts made available under this head- 18 ing in this Act, the Secretary may waive, or specify alter- 19 native requirements for, any provision of any statute or 20 regulation that the Secretary administers in connection 21 with the obligation by the Secretary or the use by the re- 22 cipient of these amounts (except for requirements related 23 to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor standards, and 24 the environment unless otherwise provided under this 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 866 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. paragraph), if the Secretary finds that good cause exists 1 for the waiver or alternative requirement and such waiver 2 or alternative requirement is necessary to prevent, prepare 3 for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That 4 any such waivers shall be deemed to be effective as of the 5 date a State or unit of local government began preparing 6 for coronavirus and shall apply to the use of amounts pro- 7 vided under this heading in this Act and amounts provided 8 under the same heading for the Emergency Solutions 9 Grant program in prior Acts used by recipients to prevent, 10 prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, 11 That the Secretary shall notify the public through the 12 Federal Register or other appropriate means of any such 13 waiver or alternative requirement, and that such public 14 notice may be provided, at a minimum, on the Internet 15 at the appropriate Government web site or through other 16 electronic media, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 17 further, That any additional activities or authorities au- 18 thorized pursuant to this Act, including any waivers and 19 alternative requirements established by the Secretary pur- 20 suant to this Act, may also apply at the discretion and 21 upon notice of the Secretary with respect to all amounts 22 made available for the Emergency Solutions Grants pro- 23 gram under the heading ‘‘Homeless Assistance Grants’’ 24 in any prior Act and used by recipients to prevent, prepare 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 867 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. for, and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That up 1 to 1 percent of amounts made available under this heading 2 in this Act may be used to make new awards or increase 3 prior awards made to existing technical assistance pro- 4 viders with experience in providing health care services to 5 homeless populations, without competition, to provide an 6 immediate increase in capacity building and technical as- 7 sistance available to recipients of amounts for the Emer- 8 gency Solutions Grants program under this heading in this 9 Act and under the same heading in prior Acts: Provided 10 further, That none of the funds provided under this head- 11 ing in this Act may be used to require people experiencing 12 homelessness to receive treatment or perform any other 13 prerequisite activities as a condition for receiving shelter, 14 housing, or other services: Provided further, That such 15 amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 16 emergency requirement pursuant to section 17 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 18 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 19 HOUSING PROGRAMS 20 PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE 21 For an additional amount for ‘‘Project-Based Rental 22 Assistance’’, $1,000,000,000, to remain available until ex- 23 pended, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 24 coronavirus, including to provide additional funds to main- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 868 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. tain normal operations and take other necessary actions 1 during the period that the program is impacted by 2 coronavirus, for assistance to owners or sponsors of prop- 3 erties receiving project-based assistance pursuant to sec- 4 tion 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 5 U.S.C. 1437f et seq.): Provided, That the Secretary may 6 waive, or specify alternative requirements for, any provi- 7 sion of any statute or regulation that the Secretary admin- 8 isters in connection with the use of amounts made avail- 9 able under this heading in this Act (except for require- 10 ments related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor 11 standards, and the environment), upon a finding by the 12 Secretary that any such waivers or alternative require- 13 ments are necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of 14 such amounts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 15 coronavirus, and such waiver or alternative requirement 16 is consistent with the purposes described under this head- 17 ing in this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 18 notify the public through the Federal Register or other 19 appropriate means of any such waiver or alternative re- 20 quirement in order for such waiver or alternative require- 21 ment to take effect, and that such public notice may be 22 provided, at a minimum, on the Internet at the appro- 23 priate Government web site or through other electronic 24 media, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 869 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 1 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 2 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 3 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 4 HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY 5 For an additional amount for ‘‘Housing for the El- 6 derly’’, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 7 30, 2023, to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 8 coronavirus, including to provide additional funds to main- 9 tain normal operations and take other necessary actions 10 during the period that the program is impacted by 11 coronavirus, for assistance to owners or sponsors of prop- 12 erties receiving project-based assistance pursuant to sec- 13 tion 202 of the Housing Act of 1959 (12 U.S.C. 1701q), 14 as amended: Provided, That of the amount provided under 15 this heading in this Act, up to $10,000,000 shall be for 16 service coordinators and the continuation of existing con- 17 gregate service grants for residents of assisted housing 18 projects: Provided further, That the Secretary may waive, 19 or specify alternative requirements for, any provision of 20 any statute or regulation that the Secretary administers 21 in connection with the use of amounts made available 22 under this heading in this Act (except for requirements 23 related to fair housing, nondiscrimination, labor stand- 24 ards, and the environment), upon a finding by the Sec- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 870 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. retary that any such waivers or alternative requirements 1 are necessary to expedite or facilitate the use of such 2 amounts to prevent, prepare for, and respond to 3 coronavirus, and such waiver or alternative requirement 4 is consistent with the purposes described under this head- 5 ing in this Act: Provided further, That the Secretary shall 6 notify the public through the Federal Register or other 7 appropriate means of any such waiver or alternative re- 8 quirement in order for such waiver or alternative require- 9 ment to take effect, and that such public notice may be 10 provided, at a minimum, on the Internet at the appro- 11 priate Government web site or through other electronic 12 media, as determined by the Secretary: Provided further, 13 That such amount is designated by the Congress as being 14 for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 15 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 16 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 17 HOUSING FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 18 For an additional amount for ‘‘Housing for Persons 19 with Disabilities’’, $15,000,000, to remain available until 20 September 30, 2023, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 21 to coronavirus, including to provide additional funds to 22 maintain normal operations and take other necessary ac- 23 tions during the period that the program is impacted by 24 coronavirus, for assistance to owners or sponsors of prop- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 871 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. erties receiving project-based assistance pursuant to sec- 1 tion 811 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable 2 Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 8013), as amended: Provided, 3 That the Secretary may waive, or specify alternative re- 4 quirements for, any provision of any statute or regulation 5 that the Secretary administers in connection with the use 6 of amounts made available under this heading in this Act 7 (except for requirements related to fair housing, non- 8 discrimination, labor standards, and the environment), 9 upon a finding by the Secretary that any such waivers or 10 alternative requirements are necessary to expedite or fa- 11 cilitate the use of such amounts to prevent, prepare for, 12 and respond to coronavirus, and such waiver or alternative 13 requirement is consistent with the purposes described 14 under this heading in this Act: Provided further, That the 15 Secretary shall notify the public through the Federal Reg- 16 ister or other appropriate means of any such waiver or 17 alternative requirement in order for such waiver or alter- 18 native requirement to take effect, and that such public no- 19 tice may be provided, at a minimum, on the Internet at 20 the appropriate Government web site or through other 21 electronic media, as determined by the Secretary: Provided 22 further, That such amount is designated by the Congress 23 as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to sec- 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 872 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. tion 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emer- 1 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 2 FAIR HOUSING AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY 3 FAIR HOUSING ACTIVITIES 4 For an additional amount for ‘‘Fair Housing Activi- 5 ties’’, $2,500,000, to remain available until September 30, 6 2021, for contracts, grants, and other assistance, as au- 7 thorized by title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968, as 8 amended by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988, 9 and section 561 of the Housing and Community Develop- 10 ment Act of 1987, to prevent, prepare for, and respond 11 to coronavirus, of which $1,500,000 shall be for the Fair 12 Housing Assistance Program Partnership for Special En- 13 forcement grants to address fair housing issues relating 14 to coronavirus, and $1,000,000 shall be for the Fair Hous- 15 ing Initiatives Program for education and outreach activi- 16 ties under such section 561 to educate the public about 17 fair housing issues related to coronavirus: Provided, That 18 such amount is designated by the Congress as being for 19 an emergency requirement pursuant to section 20 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 21 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 22 OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 23 For an additional amount for ‘‘Office of Inspector 24 General’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 873 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. to prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus: Pro- 1 vided, That the funding made available under this heading 2 in this Act shall be used for conducting audits and inves- 3 tigations of projects and activities carried out with funds 4 made available in this Act to the Department of Housing 5 and Urban Development to prevent, prepare for, and re- 6 spond to coronavirus: Provided further, That such amount 7 is designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 8 requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 9 Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 10 1985. 11 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS TITLE 12 SEC. 22001. Of the amounts made available from the 13 Airport and Airway Trust Fund for ‘‘Federal Aviation Ad- 14 ministration—Operations’’ in title XI of division B of the 15 Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (Public Law 115–123), 16 up to $25,000,000 may be used to prevent, prepare for, 17 and respond to coronavirus: Provided, That amounts 18 repurposed in this section that were previously designated 19 by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant 20 to the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control 21 Act of 1985 are designated by the Congress as an emer- 22 gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 23 the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act 24 of 1985. 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 874 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. SEC. 22002. For amounts made available by this Act 1 under the headings ‘‘Northeast Corridor Grants to the Na- 2 tional Railroad Passenger Corporation’’ and ‘‘National 3 Network Grants to the National Railroad Passenger Cor- 4 poration’’, the Secretary of Transportation may not waive 5 the requirements under section 24312 of title 49, United 6 States Code, and section 24305(f) of title 49, United 7 States Code: Provided, That for amounts made available 8 by this Act under such headings the Secretary shall re- 9 quire the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to 10 comply with the Railway Retirement Act of 1974 (45 11 U.S.C. 231 et seq.), the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. 12 151 et seq.), and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance 13 Act (45 U.S.C. 351 et seq.): Provided further, That not 14 later than 7 days after the date of enactment of this Act 15 and each subsequent 7 days thereafter, the Secretary shall 16 notify the House and Senate Committees on Appropria- 17 tions, the Committee on Transportation and Infrastruc- 18 ture of the House of Representatives, and the Committee 19 on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate 20 of any National Railroad Passenger Corporation employee 21 furloughs as a result of efforts to prevent, prepare for, 22 and respond to coronavirus: Provided further, That in the 23 event of any National Railroad Passenger Corporation em- 24 ployee furloughs as a result of efforts to prevent, prepare 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 875 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. for, and respond to coronavirus, the Secretary shall re- 1 quire the National Railroad Passenger Corporation to pro- 2 vide such employees the opportunity to be recalled to their 3 previously held positions as intercity passenger rail service 4 is restored to March 1, 2020 levels and not later than the 5 date on which intercity passenger rail service has been 6 fully restored to March 1, 2020 levels. 7 SEC. 22003. For the duration of fiscal year 2020, 8 section 127(i)(1)(A) of title 23, United States Code, shall 9 read as if and apply to situations in which: the President 10 has declared an emergency or a major disaster under the 11 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist- 12 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.). 13 SEC. 22004. No later than September 30, 2020, the 14 remaining unobligated balances of funds made available 15 for the youth homelessness demonstration under the head- 16 ing ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Development— 17 Community Planning and Development—Homeless As- 18 sistance Grants’’ in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 19 2018 (Public Law 115–141) are hereby permanently re- 20 scinded, and an amount of additional new budget author- 21 ity equivalent to the amount rescinded is hereby appro- 22 priated, to remain available until September 30, 2021, in 23 addition to other funds as may be available for such pur- 24 poses, and shall be available, without additional competi- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 876 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. tion, for completing the funding of awards made pursuant 1 to the fiscal year 2018 youth homelessness demonstration. 2 HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANTS EMERGENCY AUTHORITY 3 SEC. 22005. IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of 4 Transportation (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Sec- 5 retary’’) may waive or postpone any requirement under 6 section 402, 404, 405, or 412 of title 23, United States 7 Code, section 4001 of the FAST Act (Public Law 114– 8 94; 129 Stat. 1497), or part 1300 of title 23, Code of 9 Federal Regulations (or successor regulations), if the Sec- 10 retary determines that— 11 the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) 12 is having a substantial impact on— 13 the ability of States to implement or 14 carry out any grant, campaign, or program 15 under those provisions; or 16 the ability of the Secretary to carry 17 out any responsibility of the Secretary with re- 18 spect to a grant, campaign, or program under 19 those provisions; or 20 the requirements of those provisions are 21 having a substantial impact on the ability of States 22 or the Secretary to address the Coronavirus Disease 23 2019 (COVID–19). 24 ---PAGE BREAK--- 877 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. REPORT.—The Secretary shall periodically sub- 1 mit to the relevant committees of Congress a report de- 2 scribing— 3 each determination made by the Secretary 4 under subsection and 5 each waiver or postponement of a require- 6 ment under that subsection. 7 EMERGENCY REQUIREMENT.—The amount pro- 8 vided by this section is designated by the Congress as 9 being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 10 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 11 Deficit Control Act of 1985. 12 ---PAGE BREAK--- 878 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. TITLE XIII 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS—THIS ACT 2 SEC. 23001. Each amount appropriated or made 3 available by this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise 4 appropriated for the fiscal year involved. 5 SEC. 23002. No part of any appropriation contained 6 in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 7 the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 8 SEC. 23003. Unless otherwise provided for by this 9 Act, the additional amounts appropriated by this Act to 10 appropriations accounts shall be available under the au- 11 thorities and conditions applicable to such appropriations 12 accounts for fiscal year 2020. 13 SEC. 23004. Subject to subsection and not- 14 withstanding any other provision of law, funds made avail- 15 able in this Act, or transferred pursuant to authorization 16 granted in this Act, may only be used to prevent, prepare 17 for, and respond to coronavirus. 18 Subsection shall not apply to sections 11002, 19 13002, and 18114 of this Act, reimbursements made pur- 20 suant to authority in this Act, or to funds made available 21 in this Act for the Emergency Reserve Fund, established 22 pursuant to section 7058(c)(1) of division J of Public Law 23 115–31, or to funds made available in this Act for the 24 Infectious Diseases Rapid Response Reserve Fund, estab- 25 ---PAGE BREAK--- 879 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. lished pursuant to section 231 of division B of Public Law 1 115–245. 2 This section shall not apply to title VI of this Act. 3 SEC. 23005. In this Act, the term ‘‘coronavirus’’ 4 means SARS–CoV–2 or another coronavirus with pan- 5 demic potential. 6 SEC. 23006. Each amount designated in this Act by 7 the Congress as being for an emergency requirement pur- 8 suant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget 9 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be avail- 10 able (or rescinded or transferred, if applicable) only if the 11 President subsequently so designates all such amounts 12 and transmits such designations to the Congress. 13 SEC. 23007. Any amount appropriated by this Act, 14 designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement 15 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budg- 16 et and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and subse- 17 quently so designated by the President, and transferred 18 pursuant to transfer authorities provided by this Act shall 19 retain such designation. 20 BUDGETARY EFFECTS 21 SEC. 23008. STATUTORY PAYGO SCORE- 22 CARDS.—The budgetary effects of this division shall not 23 be entered on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursu- 24 ant to section 4(d) of the Statutory Pay As-You-Go Act 25 of 2010. 26 ---PAGE BREAK--- 880 O:\HEN\HEN20313.xml [file 2 of 2] S.L.C. SENATE PAYGO SCORECARDS.—The budgetary 1 effects of this division shall not be entered on any PAYGO 2 scorecard maintained for purposes of section 4106 of H. 3 Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress). 4 CLASSIFICATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.— 5 Notwithstanding Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping 6 Guidelines set forth in the joint explanatory statement of 7 the committee of conference accompanying Conference Re- 8 port 105–217 and section 250(c)(7) and of the Bal- 9 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 10 the budgetary effects of this division shall be estimated 11 for purposes of section 251 of such Act. 12 ENSURING NO WITHIN-SESSION SEQUESTRA- 13 TION.—Solely for the purpose of calculating a breach with- 14 in a category for fiscal year 2020 pursuant to section 15 251(a)(6) or section 254(g) of the Balanced Budget and 16 Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, and notwith- 17 standing any other provision of this division, the budg- 18 etary effects from this division shall be counted as 19 amounts designated as being for an emergency require- 20 ment pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of such Act. 21 This division may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Appro- 22 priations for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency 23 Operations’’. 24