[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 49 (Friday, March 13, 2020)]
[House]
[Pages H1675-H1691]
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                FAMILIES FIRST CORONAVIRUS RESPONSE ACT

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 6201) making emergency supplemental appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes, as 
amended.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                               H.R. 6201

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

     SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Families First Coronavirus 
     Response Act''.

     SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

       The table of contents is as follows:

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 DIVISION A--SECOND CORONAVIRUS PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE SUPPLEMENTAL 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020

                     DIVISION B--NUTRITION WAIVERS

      DIVISION C--EMERGENCY FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE EXPANSION ACT

 DIVISION D--EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE STABILIZATION AND ACCESS 
                              ACT OF 2020

               DIVISION E--EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE ACT

                     DIVISION F--HEALTH PROVISIONS

DIVISION G--TAX CREDITS FOR PAID SICK AND PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE

                     DIVISION H--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

     SEC. 3. REFERENCES.

       Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference to 
     ``this Act'' contained in any division of this Act shall be 
     treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.

 DIVISION A--SECOND CORONAVIRUS PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE SUPPLEMENTAL 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2020

       The following sums are hereby appropriated, out of any 
     money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
     fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other 
     purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                       Food and Nutrition Service


SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN 
                                 (WIC)

       For an additional amount for the ``Special Supplemental 
     Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children'', 
     $500,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021: 
     Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
     being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.


                      COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM

       For an additional amount for the ``Commodity Assistance 
     Program'' for the emergency food assistance program as 
     authorized by section 27(a) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
     2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(a)) and section 204(a)(1) of the 
     Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 7508(a)(1)), 
     $400,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021: 
     Provided, That of the funds made available, the Secretary may 
     use up to $100,000,000 for costs associated with the 
     distribution of commodities: Provided further, That such 
     amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.

                     GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE

       Sec. 1101. (a) Public Health Emergency.--During fiscal year 
     2020, in any case in which a school is closed for at least 5 
     consecutive days during a public health emergency designation 
     during which the school would otherwise be in session, each 
     household containing at least 1 member who is an eligible 
     child attending the school shall be eligible to receive 
     assistance pursuant to a state agency plan approved under 
     subsection (b).
       (b) Assistance.--To carry out this section, the Secretary 
     of Agriculture may approve State agency plans for temporary 
     emergency standards of eligibility and levels of benefits 
     under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
     seq.) for households with eligible children. Plans approved 
     by the Secretary shall provide for supplemental allotments to 
     households receiving benefits under such Act, and issuances 
     to households not already receiving benefits. Such level of 
     benefits shall be determined by the Secretary in an amount 
     not less than the value of meals at the free rate over the 
     course of 5 school days for each eligible child in the 
     household.
       (c) Minimum Closure Requirement.--The Secretary of 
     Agriculture shall not provide assistance under this section 
     in the case of a school that is closed for less than 5 
     consecutive days.
       (d) Use of Ebt System.--A State agency may provide 
     assistance under this section through the EBT card system 
     established under section 7 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
     2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016).
       (e) Release of Information.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the Secretary of Agriculture may authorize 
     State educational agencies and school food authorities 
     administering a school lunch program under the Richard B. 
     Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) to 
     release to appropriate officials administering the 
     supplemental nutrition assistance program such information as 
     may be necessary to carry out this section.
       (f) Waivers.--To facilitate implementation of this section, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture may approve waivers of the 
     limits on certification periods otherwise applicable under 
     section 3(f) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
     2012(f)), reporting requirements otherwise applicable under 
     section 6(c) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2015(c)), and other 
     administrative requirements otherwise applicable to State 
     agencies under such Act.
       (g) Availability of Commodities.--During fiscal year 2020, 
     the Secretary of Agriculture may purchase commodities for 
     emergency distribution in any area of the United States 
     during a public health emergency designation.
       (h) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``eligible child'' means a child (as defined 
     in section 12(d) or served under section 11(a)(1) of the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1760(d), 1759(a)(1)) who, if not for the closure of the 
     school attended by the child during a public health emergency 
     designation and due to concerns about a COVID-19 outbreak, 
     would receive free or reduced price school meals under the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 175l 
     et seq.) at the school.
       (2) The term ``public health emergency designation'' means 
     the declaration of a public health emergency, based on an 
     outbreak of SARS-CoV-2 or another coronavirus with pandemic 
     potential, by the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
     247d).
       (3) The term ``school'' has the meaning given the term in 
     section 12(d) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(d)).
       (i) Funding.--There are hereby appropriated to the 
     Secretary of Agriculture such amounts as are necessary to 
     carry out this section: Provided, That such amount is 
     designated by the Congress as being for an emergency 
     requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the 
     Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
       Sec. 1102. In addition to amounts otherwise made available, 
     $100,000,000, to remain available through September 30, 2021, 
     shall be available for the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     provide grants to the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands, Puerto Rico, and American Samoa for nutrition 
     assistance in response to a COVID-19 public health emergency: 
      Provided, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
     being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                                TITLE II

                         DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE


                         DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAM

       For an additional amount for ``Defense Health Program'', 
     $82,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
     for health services consisting of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 
     related items and services as described in section 6006(a) of 
     division F of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (or 
     the administration of such products): Provided, That such 
     amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.

                               TITLE III

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                        Internal Revenue Service


                           TAXPAYER SERVICES

       For an additional amount for ``Taxpayer Services'', 
     $15,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
     for the purposes of carrying out the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act: Provided, That amounts provided 
     under this heading in this Act may be transferred to and 
     merged with ``Operations Support'': Provided further, That 
     such amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.

                                TITLE IV

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                         Indian Health Service


                         Indian Health Services

       For an additional amount for ``Indian Health Services'', 
     $64,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
     for health services consisting of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 
     related items and services as described in section 6007 of 
     division F of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (or 
     the administration of such products): Provided, That such 
     amounts shall be allocated at the discretion of the Director 
     of the Indian Health Service: Provided further, That such 
     amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.

                                TITLE V

                DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

                  Administration for Community Living


                 AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS

       For an additional amount for ``Aging and Disability 
     Services Programs'', $250,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2021, for activities authorized under subparts 
     1 and 2 of part C, of title III, and under title VI, of the 
     Older Americans Act of 1965 (``OAA''), of which $160,000,000 
     shall be for Home-Delivered Nutrition Services, $80,000,000 
     shall be for Congregate Nutrition Services, and $10,000,000 
     shall be for Nutrition Services for Native Americans: 
     Provided, That State matching requirements under sections 
     304(d)(1)(D) and 309(b)(2) of the OAA shall not apply to 
     funds made available under this heading in this Act: Provided 
     further, That such amount is designated by the Congress as 
     being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 
     251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit 
     Control Act of 1985.

                        Office of the Secretary


            PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES EMERGENCY FUND

       For an additional amount for ``Public Health and Social 
     Services Emergency

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     Fund'', $1,000,000,000, to remain available until expended, 
     for activities authorized under section 2812 of the Public 
     Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300hh-11), in coordination with 
     the Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid 
     Services, to pay the claims of providers for reimbursement, 
     as described in subsection (a)(3)(D) of such section 2812, 
     for health services consisting of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 
     related items and services as described in paragraph (1) of 
     section 6001(a) of division F of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act (or the administration of such 
     products) or visits described in paragraph (2) of such 
     section for uninsured individuals: Provided, That the term 
     ``uninsured individual'' in this paragraph means an 
     individual who is not enrolled in--
       (1) a Federal health care program (as defined under section 
     1128B(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a-7b(f)), 
     including an individual who is eligible for medical 
     assistance only because of subsection (a)(10)(A)(ii)(XXIII) 
     of Section 1902 of the Social Security Act; or
       (2) a group health plan or health insurance coverage 
     offered by a health insurance issuer in the group or 
     individual market (as such terms are defined in section 2791 
     of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-91)), or a 
     health plan offered under chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code:

     Provided further, That such amount is designated by the 
     Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985.

                                TITLE VI

                     DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

                     Veterans Health Administration


                            MEDICAL SERVICES

       For an additional amount for ``Medical Services'', 
     $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
     for health services consisting of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 
     related items and services as described in section 6006(b) of 
     division F of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (or 
     the administration of such products): Provided, That such 
     amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.


                         MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE

       For an additional amount for ``Medical Community Care'', 
     $30,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2022, 
     for health services consisting of SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 
     related items and services as described in section 6006(b) of 
     division F of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act (or 
     the administration of such products): Provided, That such 
     amount is designated by the Congress as being for an 
     emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of 
     the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985.

                               TITLE VII

                      GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT

       Sec. 1701. Not later than 30 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the head of each executive agency that 
     receives funding in this Act shall provide a report detailing 
     the anticipated uses of all such funding to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate: Provided, That each report shall include estimated 
     personnel and administrative costs, as well as the total 
     amount of funding apportioned, allotted, obligated, and 
     expended, to date: Provided further, That each such plan 
     shall be updated and submitted to such Committees every 60 
     days until all funds are expended or expire.
       Sec. 1702. States and local governments receiving funds or 
     assistance pursuant to this division shall ensure the 
     respective State Emergency Operations Center receives regular 
     and real-time reporting on aggregated data on testing and 
     results from State and local public health departments, as 
     determined by the Director of the Centers for Disease 
     Control, and that such data is transmitted to the Centers for 
     Disease Control.
       Sec. 1703. Each amount appropriated or made available by 
     this Act is in addition to amounts otherwise appropriated for 
     the fiscal year involved.
       Sec. 1704. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
     fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
       Sec. 1705. Unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the 
     additional amounts appropriated by this Act to appropriations 
     accounts shall be available under the authorities and 
     conditions applicable to such appropriations accounts for 
     fiscal year 2020.
       Sec. 1706. Each amount designated in this Act by the 
     Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 shall be available (or rescinded 
     or transferred, if applicable) only if the President 
     subsequently so designates all such amounts and transmits 
     such designations to the Congress.
       Sec. 1707. Any amount appropriated by this Act, designated 
     by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985 and subsequently so designated by 
     the President, and transferred pursuant to transfer 
     authorities provided by this Act shall retain such 
     designation.
       This division may be cited as the ``Second Coronavirus 
     Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
     2020''.

                     DIVISION B--NUTRITION WAIVERS

    TITLE I--MAINTAINING ESSENTIAL ACCESS TO LUNCH FOR STUDENTS ACT

     SEC. 2101. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Maintaining Essential 
     Access to Lunch for Students Act'' or the ``MEALS Act''.

     SEC. 2102. WAIVER EXCEPTION FOR SCHOOL CLOSURES DUE TO COVID-
                   19.

       (a) In general.--The requirements under section 
     12(l)(1)(A)(iii) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(l)(1)(A)(iii)) shall not apply to a 
     qualified COVID-19 waiver.
       (b) Allowable Increase in Federal Costs.--Notwithstanding 
     paragraph (4) of section 12(l) of the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.18 1760(l)), the 
     Secretary of Agriculture may grant a qualified COVID-19 
     waiver that increases Federal costs.
       (c) Termination After Periodic Review.--The requirements 
     under section 12(l)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(l)(5)) shall not apply to a 
     qualified COVID-19 waiver.
       (d) Qualified COVID-19 Waiver.--In this section, the term 
     ``qualified COVID-19 waiver'' means a waiver--
       (1) requested by a State (as defined in section 12(d)(8) of 
     the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1760(d)(8))) or eligible service provider under section 
     121(l) of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1760(l)); and
       (2) to waive any requirement under such Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 
     et seq.) or the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 
     et seq.), or any regulation issued under either such Act, for 
     purposes of providing meals and meal supplements under such 
     Acts during a school closure due to COVID-19.
            TITLE II--COVID-19 CHILD NUTRITION RESPONSE ACT

     SEC. 2201. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``COVID-19 Child Nutrition 
     Response Act''.

     SEC. 2202. NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM REQUIREMENT WAIVERS 
                   ADDRESSING COVID-19.

       (a) Nationwide waiver.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary may establish a waiver for all States 
     under section 12(l) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(l)), for purposes of--
       (A) providing meals and meal supplements under a qualified 
     program; and
       (B) carrying out subparagraph (A) with appropriate safety 
     measures with respect to COVID-19, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (2) State election.--A waiver established under paragraph 
     (1) shall--
       (A) notwithstanding paragraph (2) of section 12(l) of the 
     Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1760(l)), apply automatically to any State that elects to be 
     subject to the waiver without further application; and
       (B) not be subject to the requirements under paragraph (3) 
     of such section.
       (b) Child and Adult Care Food Program Waiver.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may 
     grant a waiver under section 12(l) of the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 23 1760(l)) to allow 
     non-congregate feeding under a child and adult care food 
     program under section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) if such waiver is for the 
     purposes of--
       (1) providing meals and meal supplements under such child 
     and adult care food program; and
       (2) carrying out paragraph (1) with appropriate safety 
     measures with respect to COVID-19, as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       (c) Meal Pattern Waiver.--Notwithstanding paragraph (4)(A) 
     of section 12(l) of the Richard B. Russell National School 
     Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(l)) the Secretary may grant a 
     waiver under such section that relates to the nutritional 
     content of meals served if the Secretary determines that--
       (1) such waiver is necessary to provide meals and meal 
     supplements under a qualified program; and
       (2) there is a supply chain disruption with respect to 
     foods served under such a qualified program and such 
     disruption is due to COVID-19.
       (d) Reports.--Each State that receives a waiver under 
     subsection (a), (b), or (c), shall, not later than 1 year 
     after the date such State received such waiver, submit a 
     report to the Secretary that includes the following:
       (1) A summary of the use of such waiver by the State and 
     eligible service providers.
       (2) A description of whether such waiver resulted in 
     improved services to children.
       (e) Sunset.--The authority of the Secretary to establish or 
     grant a waiver under this section shall expire on September 
     30, 2020.
       (f) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Qualified program.--The term ``qualified program'' 
     means the following:
       (A) The school lunch program under the Richard B. Russell 
     National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.).
       (B) The school breakfast program under section 4 of the 
     Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).
       (C) The child and adult care food program under section 17 
     of the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1766).
       (D) The summer food service program for children under 
     section 13 of the Richard B.

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     Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761).
       (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture.
       (3) State.--The term ``State'' has the meaning given such 
     term in section 12(d)(8) of the Richard B. Russell National 
     School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1760(d)(8)).

     SEC. 2203. PHYSICAL PRESENCE WAIVER UNDER WIC DURING CERTAIN 
                   PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCIES.

       (a) Waiver Authority.----
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary may grant a request described in paragraph 
     (2) to--
       (A) waive the requirement under section 17(d)(3)(C)(i) of 
     the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(d)(3)(C)(i)); 
     and
       (B) defer anthropometric and bloodwork requirements 
     necessary to determine nutritional risk.
       (2) Request.--A request described in this paragraph is a 
     request made to the Secretary by a State agency to waive, on 
     behalf of the local agencies served by such State agency, the 
     requirements described in paragraph (1) during any portion of 
     the emergency period (as defined in paragraph (1)(B) of 
     section 1135(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-
     5(g)) (beginning on or after the date of the enactment of 
     this section).
       (b) Reports.--
       (1) Local Agency Reports.--Each local agency that uses a 
     waiver pursuant to subsection (a) shall, not later than 1 
     year after the date such local agency uses such waiver, 
     submit a report to the State agency serving such local agency 
     that includes the following:
       (A) A summary of the use of such waiver by the local 
     agency.
       (B) A description of whether such waiver resulted in 
     improved services to women, infants, and children.
       (2) State agency reports.--Each State agency that receives 
     a waiver under subsection (a) shall, not later than 18 months 
     after the date such State agency received such waiver, submit 
     a report to the Secretary that includes the following:
       (A) A summary of the reports received by the State agency 
     under paragraph (1).
       (B) A description of whether such waiver resulted in 
     improved services to women, infants, and children.
       (c) Sunset.--The authority under this section shall expire 
     on September 30, 2020.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Local agency.--The term ``local agency'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 17(b) of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)).
       (2) Nutritional risk.--The term ``nutritional risk'' has 
     the meaning given the term in section 17(b) of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)).
       (3) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
     of Agriculture.
       (4) State agency.-- The term ``State agency'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 17(b) of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)).

     SEC. 2204. ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS WAIVER UNDER WIC.

       (a) Waiver Authority.--
       (1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of Agriculture may, if requested by a 
     State agency (as defined in section 17(b) of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)), modify or waive 
     any qualified administrative requirement with respect to such 
     State agency.
       (2) Qualified administrative requirement.--In this section, 
     the term ``qualified administrative requirement'' means a 
     regulatory requirement issued under section 17 of the Child 
     Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786) that the Secretary of 
     Agriculture determines--
       (A) cannot be met by a State agency due to COVID-19; and
       (B) the modification or waiver of which is necessary to 
     provide assistance under such section.
       (b) State Agency Reports.--Each State agency that receives 
     a waiver under subsection (a)(1) shall, not later than 1 year 
     after the date such State agency received such waiver, submit 
     a report to the Secretary of Agriculture that includes the 
     following:
       (1) A summary of the use of such waiver by the State 
     agency.
       (2) A description of whether such waiver resulted in 
     improved services to women, infants, and children.
       (c) Sunset.--The authority under this section shall expire 
     on September 30, 2020.
                        TITLE III--SNAP WAIVERS

     SEC. 2301. SNAP FLEXIBILITY FOR LOW-INCOME JOBLESS WORKERS.

       (a) Beginning with the first month that begins after the 
     enactment of this Act and for each subsequent month through 
     the end of the month subsequent to the month a public health 
     emergency declaration by the Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act 
     based on an outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 
     is lifted, eligibility for supplemental nutrition assistance 
     program benefits shall not be limited under section 6(o)(2) 
     of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 unless an individual 
     does not comply with the requirements of a program offered by 
     the State agency (as defined in section 3 of the Food and 
     Nutrition Act of 2008) that meets the standards of 
     subparagraphs (B) or (C) of such section 6(o)(2).
       (b) Beginning on the month subsequent to the month the 
     public health emergency declaration by the Secretary of 
     Health and Human Services under section 319 of the Public 
     Health Service Act based on an outbreak of COVID-19 is lifted 
     for purposes of section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 
     2008, such State agency shall disregard any period during 
     which an individual received benefits under the supplemental 
     nutrition assistance program prior to such month.

     SEC. 2302. ADDITIONAL SNAP FLEXIBILITIES IN A PUBLIC HEALTH 
                   EMERGENCY.

       (a) In the event of a public health emergency declaration 
     by the Secretary of Health and Human Services under section 
     319 of the Public Health Service Act based on an outbreak of 
     coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and the issuance of an 
     emergency or disaster declaration by a State based on an 
     outbreak of COVID-19, the Secretary of Agriculture--
       (1) shall provide, at the request of a State agency (as 
     defined in section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008) 
     that provides sufficient data (as determined by the Secretary 
     through guidance) supporting such request, for emergency 
     allotments to households participating in the supplemental 
     nutrition assistance program under the Food and Nutrition Act 
     of 2008 to address temporary food needs not greater than the 
     applicable maximum monthly allotment for the household size; 
     and
       (2) may adjust, at the request of State agencies or by 
     guidance in consultation with one or more State agencies, 
     issuance methods and application and reporting requirements 
     under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to be consistent 
     with what is practicable under actual conditions in affected 
     areas. (In making this adjustment, the Secretary shall 
     consider the availability of offices and personnel in State 
     agencies, any conditions that make reliance on electronic 
     benefit transfer systems described in section 7(h) of the 
     Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 impracticable, any disruptions 
     of transportation and communication facilities, and any 
     health considerations that warrant alternative approaches.)
       (b) Not later than 10 days after the date of the receipt or 
     issuance of each document listed in paragraphs (1), (2), or 
     (3) of this subsection, the Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     make publicly available on the website of the Department the 
     following documents:
       (1) Any request submitted by State agencies under 
     subsection (a).
       (2) The Secretary's approval or denial of each such 
     request.
       (3) Any guidance issued under subsection (a)(2).
       (c) The Secretary of Agriculture shall, within 18 months 
     after the public health emergency declaration described in 
     subsection (a) is lifted, submit a report to the House and 
     Senate Agriculture Committees with a description of the 
     measures taken to address the food security needs of affected 
     populations during the emergency, any information or data 
     supporting State agency requests, any additional measures 
     that States requested that were not approved, and 
     recommendations for changes to the Secretary's authority 
     under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to assist the 
     Secretary and States and localities in preparations for any 
     future health emergencies.
      DIVISION C--EMERGENCY FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE EXPANSION ACT

     SEC. 3101. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as ``Emergency Family and Medical 
     Leave Expansion Act''.

     SEC. 3102. AMENDMENTS TO THE FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT OF 
                   1993.

       (a) Public Health Emergency Leave.--
       (1) In general.--Section 102(a)(1) of the Family and 
     Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(a)(1)) is amended 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(F) During the period beginning on the date the Emergency 
     Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act takes effect, and 
     ending on December 31, 2020, because of a qualifying need 
     related to a public health emergency in accordance with 
     section 110.''.
       (2) Paid leave requirement.--Section 102(c) of the Family 
     and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2612(c)) is amended 
     by striking ``under subsection (a)'' and inserting ``under 
     subsection (a) (other than certain periods of leave under 
     subsection 8 (a)(1)(F))''.
       (b) Requirements.--Title I of the Family and Medical Leave 
     Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611 et seq.) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following:

     ``SEC. 110. PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY LEAVE.

       ``(a) Definitions.--The following shall apply with respect 
     to leave under section 102(a)(1)(F):
       ``(1) Application of certain terms.--The definitions in 
     section 101 shall apply, except as follows:
       ``(A) Eligible employee.--In lieu of the definition in 
     sections 101(2)(A) and 101(2)(B)(ii), the term eligible 
     employee' means an employee who has been employed for at 
     least 30 calendar days by the employer with respect to whom 
     leave is requested under section 102(a)(1)(F).
       ``(B) Employer threshold.--Section 101(4)(A)(i) shall be 
     applied by substituting `fewer than 500 employees' for `50 or 
     more employees for each working day during each of 20 or more 
     calendar workweeks in the current or preceding calendar 
     year'.
       ``(C) Parent.--In lieu of the definition in section 101(7), 
     the term `parent', with respect to an employee, means any of 
     the following:
       ``(i) A biological, foster, or adoptive parent of the 
     employee.
       ``(ii) A stepparent of the employee.

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       ``(iii) A parent-in-law of the employee.
       ``(iv) A parent of a domestic partner of the employee.
       ``(v) A legal guardian or other person who stood in loco 
     parentis to an employee when the employee was a child.
       ``(2) Additional definitions.--In addition to the 
     definitions described in paragraph (1), the following 
     definitions shall apply with respect to leave under section 
     102(a)(1)(F):
       ``(A) Qualifying need related to a public health 
     emergency.--The term `qualifying need related to a public 
     health emergency', with respect to leave, means the employee 
     has a need for leave for one of the following:
       ``(i) To comply with a recommendation or order by a public 
     official having jurisdiction or a health care provider on the 
     basis that--
       ``(I) the physical presence of the employee on the job 
     would jeopardize the health of others because of--
       ``(aa) the exposure of the employee to coronavirus; or
       ``(bb) exhibition of symptoms of coronavirus by the 
     employee; and
       ``(II) the employee is unable to both perform the functions 
     of the position of such employee and comply with such 
     recommendation or order.
       ``(ii) To care for a family member of an eligible employee 
     with respect to whom a public official having jurisdiction or 
     a health care provider makes a determination that the 
     presence of the family member in the community would 
     jeopardize the health of other individuals in the community 
     because of--
       ``(I) the exposure of such family member to coronavirus; or
       ``(II) exhibition of symptoms of coronavirus by such family 
     member.
       ``(iii) To care for the son or daughter under 18 years of 
     age of such employee if the school or place of care has been 
     closed, or the child care provider of such son or daughter is 
     unavailable, due to a public health emergency.
       ``(B) Public health emergency.--The term `public health 
     emergency' means an emergency with respect to coronavirus 
     declared by a Federal, State, or local authority.
       ``(C) Child care provider.--The term `child care provider' 
     means a provider who receives compensation for providing 
     child care services on a regular basis, including an 
     `eligible child care provider' (as defined in section 658P of 
     the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 
     U.S.C. 9858n)).
       ``(D) Coronavirus.--The term `coronavirus' has the meaning 
     given the term in section 506 of the Coronavirus Preparedness 
     and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020.
       ``(E) School.--The term `school' means an `elementary 
     school' or `secondary school' as such terms are defined in 
     section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
       ``(F) Family.--The term `family member', with respect to an 
     employee, means any of the following:
       ``(i) A parent of the employee.
       ``(ii) A spouse of the employee.
       ``(iii) A son or daughter, who is under 18 years of age, of 
     the employee.
       ``(iv) An individual who is a pregnant woman, senior 
     citizen, individual with a disability, or has access or 
     functional needs and who is--
       ``(I) a son or daughter of the employee;
       ``(II) a next of kin of the employee or a person for whom 
     the employee is next of kin; or
       ``(III) a grandparent or grandchild of the employee.
       ``(3) Regulatory authorities.--The Secretary of Labor shall 
     have the authority to issue regulations for good cause under 
     sections 553(b)(B) and 553(d)(A) of title 5, United States 
     Code--
       ``(A) to exclude certain health care providers and 
     emergency responders from the definition of eligible employee 
     under section 110(a)(1)(A); and
       ``(B) to exempt small businesses with fewer than 50 
     employees from the requirements of section 102(a)(1)(F) when 
     the imposition of such requirements would jeopardize the 
     viability of the business as a going concern.
       ``(b) Relationship to Paid Leave.--
       ``(1) Unpaid leave for initial 14 days.--
       ``(A) In general.--The first 14 days for which an employee 
     takes leave under section 102(a)(1)(F) may consist of unpaid 
     leave.
       ``(B) Employee election.--An employee may elect to 
     substitute any accrued vacation leave, personal leave, or 
     medical or sick leave for unpaid leave under section 
     102(a)(1)(F) in accordance with section 102(d)(2)(B).
       ``(C) Employer requirement.--An employer may not require an 
     employee to substitute any leave as described in subparagraph 
     (B) for leave under section 102(a)(1)(F).
       (2) Paid leave for subsequent days.--
       (A) In general.--An employer shall provide paid leave for 
     each day of leave under section 102(a)(1)(F) that an employee 
     takes after taking leave under such section for 14 days.
       ``(B) Calculation.--Paid leave under subparagraph (A) for 
     an employee shall be calculated based on--
       ``(i) an amount that is not less than two-thirds of an 
     employee's regular rate of pay (as determined under section 
     7(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
     207(e)); and
       ``(ii) the number of hours the employee would otherwise be 
     normally scheduled to work (or the number of hours calculated 
     under subparagraph (C)).
       ``(C) Varying schedule hours calculation.--In the case of 
     an employee whose schedule varies from week to week to such 
     an extent that an employer is unable to determine with 
     certainty the number of hours the employee would have worked 
     if such employee had not taken leave under section 
     102(a)(1)(F), the employer shall use the following in place 
     of such number:
       ``(i) Subject to clause (ii), a number equal to the average 
     number of hours that the employee was scheduled per day over 
     the 6-month period ending on the date on which the employee 
     takes such leave, including hours for which the employee took 
     leave of any type.
       ``(ii) If the employee did not work over such period, the 
     reasonable expectation of the employee at the time of hiring 
     of the average number of hours per day that the employee 
     would normally be scheduled to work.
       ``(c) Notice.--In any case where the necessity for leave 
     under section 102(a)(1)(F) for the purpose described in 
     subsection (a)(2)(A)(iii) is foreseeable, an employee shall 
     provide the employer with such notice of leave as is 
     practicable.
       ``(d) Restoration to Position.--
       ``(1) In general.--Section 104(a)(1) shall not apply with 
     respect to an employee of an employer who employs fewer than 
     25 employees if the conditions described in paragraph (2) are 
     met.
       ``(2) Conditions.--The conditions described in this 
     paragraph are the following:
       ``(A) The employee takes leave under section 102(a)(1)(F).
       ``(B) The position held by the employee when the leave 
     commenced does not exist due to economic conditions or other 
     changes in operating conditions of the employer--
       ``(i) that affect employment; and
       ``(ii) are caused by a public health emergency during the 
     period of leave.
       ``(C) The employer makes reasonable efforts to restore the 
     employee to a position equivalent to the position the 
     employee held when the leave commenced, with equivalent 
     employment benefits, pay, and other terms and conditions of 
     employment.
       ``(D) If the reasonable efforts of the employer under 
     subparagraph (C) fail, the employer makes reasonable efforts 
     during the period described in paragraph (3) to contact the 
     employee if an equivalent position described in subparagraph 
     (C) becomes available.
       ``(3) Contact period.--The period described under this 
     paragraph is the 1-year period beginning on the earlier of--
       ``(A) the date on which the qualifying need related to a 
     public health emergency concludes; or
       ``(B) the date that is 12 weeks after the date on which the 
     employee's leave under section 102(a)(1)(F) commences.''.

     SEC. 3103. EMPLOYMENT UNDER MULTI-EMPLOYER BARGAINING 
                   AGREEMENTS.

       (a) Employers.--An employer signatory to a multiemployer 
     collective bargaining agreement may, consistent with its 
     bargaining obligations and its collective bargaining 
     agreement, fulfill its obligations under section 110(b)(2) of 
     title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as added 
     by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act, by making 
     contributions to a multiemployer fund, plan, or program based 
     on the paid leave each of its employees is entitled to under 
     such section while working under the multiemployer collective 
     bargaining agreement, provided that the fund, plan, or 
     program enables employees to secure pay from such fund, plan, 
     or program based on hours they have worked under the 
     multiemployer collective bargaining agreement for paid leave 
     taken under section 102(a)(1)(F) of title I of the Family and 
     Medical Leave Act of 1993, as added by the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act.
       (b) Employees.--Employees who work under a multiemployer 
     collective bargaining agreement into which their employers 
     make contributions as provided in subsection (a) may secure 
     pay from such fund, plan, or program based on hours they have 
     worked under the multiemployer collective bargaining 
     agreement for paid leave taken under section 102(a)(1)(F) of 
     title I of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993, as added 
     by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

     SEC. 3104. SPECIAL RULE FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYERS.

       An employer under 110(a)(B) shall not be subject to section 
     107(a) for a violation of section 102(a)(1)(F) if the 
     employer does not meet the definition of employer set forth 
     at Section 101(4)(A)(i).

     SEC. 3105. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This Act shall take effect not later than 15 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act.
 DIVISION D--EMERGENCY UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE STABILIZATION AND ACCESS 
                              ACT OF 2020

     SEC. 4101. SHORT TITLE.

       This division may be cited as the ``Emergency Unemployment 
     Insurance Stabilization and Access Act of 2020''.

     SEC. 4102. EMERGENCY TRANSFERS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 
                   ADMINISTRATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 903 of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1103) is amended by adding at the end the following:

      ``Emergency Transfers in Fiscal Year 2020 for Administration

       ``(h)(1)(A) In addition to any other amounts, the Secretary 
     of Labor shall provide for the making of emergency 
     administration grants in fiscal year 2020 to the accounts of 
     the States in the Unemployment Trust Fund, in accordance with 
     succeeding provisions of this subsection.

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       ``(B) The amount of an emergency administration grant with 
     respect to a State shall, as determined by the Secretary of 
     Labor, be equal to the amount obtained by multiplying 
     $1,000,000,000 by the same ratio as would apply under 
     subsection (a)(2)(B) for purposes of determining such State's 
     share of any excess amount (as described in subsection 
     (a)(1)) that would have been subject to transfer to State 
     accounts, as of October 1, 2019, under the provisions of 
     subsection (a).
       ``(C) Of the emergency administration grant determined 
     under subparagraph (B) with respect to a State--
       ``(i) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of 
     this subsection, 50 percent shall be transferred to the 
     account of such State upon a certification by the Secretary 
     of Labor to the Secretary of the Treasury that the State 
     meets the requirements of paragraph (2); and
       ``(ii) only with respect to a State in which the number of 
     unemployment compensation claims has increased by at least 10 
     percent over the same quarter in the previous calendar year, 
     the remainder shall be transferred to the account of such 
     State upon a certification by the Secretary of Labor to the 
     Secretary of the Treasury that the State meets the 
     requirements of paragraph (3).
       ``(2) The requirements of this paragraph with respect to a 
     State are the following:
       ``(A) The State requires employers to provide notification 
     of the availability of unemployment compensation to employees 
     at the time of separation from employment. Such notification 
     may be based on model notification language issued by the 
     Secretary of Labor.
       ``(B) The State ensures that applications for unemployment 
     compensation, and assistance with the application process, 
     are accessible in at least two of the following: in-person, 
     by phone, or online.
       ``(C) The State notifies applicants when an application is 
     received and is being processed, and in any case in which an 
     application is unable to be processed, provides information 
     about steps the applicant can take to ensure the successful 
     processing of the application.
       ``(3) The requirements of this paragraph with respect to a 
     State are the following:
       ``(A) The State has expressed its commitment to maintain 
     and strengthen access to the unemployment compensation 
     system, including through initial and continued claims.
       ``(B) The State has demonstrated steps it has taken or will 
     take to ease eligibility requirements and access to 
     unemployment compensation for claimants, including waiving 
     work search requirements and the waiting week, and non-
     charging employers directly impacted by COVID-19 due to an 
     illness in the workplace or direction from a public health 
     official to isolate or quarantine workers.
       ``(4) Any amount transferred to the account of a State 
     under this subsection may be used by such State only for the 
     administration of its unemployment compensation law, 
     including by taking such steps as may be necessary to ensure 
     adequate resources in periods of high demand.
       ``(5) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
     the Emergency Unemployment Insurance Stabilization and Access 
     Act of 2020, each State receiving emergency administration 
     grant funding under paragraph (1)(C)(i) shall submit to the 
     Secretary of Labor, the Committee on Ways and Means of the 
     House of Representatives, and the Committee on Finance of the 
     Senate, a report that includes--
       ``(A) an analysis of the recipiency rate for unemployment 
     compensation in the State as such rate has changed over time;
       ``(B) a description of steps the State intends to take to 
     increase such recipiency rate.
       ``(6)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer from the general 
     fund of the Treasury (from funds not otherwise appropriated) 
     to the employment security administration account (as 
     established by section 901 of the Social Security Act) such 
     sums as the Secretary of Labor estimates to be necessary for 
     purposes of making the transfers described in paragraph 
     (1)(C).
       ``(B) There are appropriated from the general fund of the 
     Treasury, without fiscal year limitation, the sums referred 
     to in the preceding sentence and such sums shall not be 
     required to be repaid.''.
       (b) Emergency Flexibility.--Notwithstanding any other law, 
     if a State modifies its unemployment compensation law and 
     policies with respect to work search, waiting week, good 
     cause, or employer experience rating on an emergency 
     temporary basis as needed to respond to the spread of COVID-
     19, such modifications shall be disregarded for the purposes 
     of applying section 303 of the Social Security Act and 
     section 3304 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to such 
     State law.
       (c) Regulations.--The Secretary of Labor may prescribe any 
     regulations, operating instructions, or other guidance 
     necessary to carry out the amendment made by subsection (a).

     SEC. 4103. TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR STATES WITH ADVANCES.

       Section 1202(b)(10)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1322(b)(10)(A)) is amended by striking ``beginning on 
     the date of enactment of this paragraph and ending on 
     December 31, 2010'' and inserting ``beginning on the date of 
     enactment of the Emergency Unemployment Insurance 
     Stabilization and Access Act of 2020 and ending on December 
     31, 2020''.

     SEC. 4104. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND GUIDANCE FOR SHORT-TIME 
                   COMPENSATION PROGRAMS.

       The Secretary of Labor shall assist States in establishing, 
     implementing, and improving the employer awareness of short-
     time compensation programs (as defined in section 3306(v) of 
     the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) to help avert layoffs, 
     including by providing technical assistance and guidance.

     SEC. 4105. FULL FEDERAL FUNDING OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT 
                   COMPENSATION FOR A LIMITED PERIOD.

       (a) In General.--In the case of sharable extended 
     compensation and sharable regular compensation paid for weeks 
     of unemployment beginning after the date of the enactment of 
     this section and before December 31, 2020 (and only with 
     respect to States that receive emergency administration grant 
     funding under clauses (i) and (ii) of section 903(h)(1)(C) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1102(h)(1)(C))), section 
     204(a)(1) of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment 
     Compensation Act of 1970 (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) shall be 
     applied by substituting ``100 percent of'' for ``one-half 
     of''.
       (b) Temporary Federal Matching for the First Week of 
     Extended Benefits for States With No Waiting Week.--With 
     respect to weeks of unemployment beginning after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act and ending on or before December 
     31, 2020, subparagraph (B) of section 204(a)(2) of the 
     Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 
     (26 U.S.C. 3304 note) shall not apply.
       (c) Definitions.--For purposes of this section--
       (1) the terms ``sharable extended compensation'' and 
     ``sharable regular compensation'' have the respective 
     meanings given such terms under section 204 of the Federal-
     State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970; and
       (2) the term ``week'' has the meaning given such term under 
     section 205 of the Federal-State Extended Unemployment 
     Compensation Act of 1970.
       (d) Regulations.--The Secretary of Labor may prescribe any 
     operating instructions or regulations necessary to carry out 
     this section.

               DIVISION E--EMERGENCY PAID SICK LEAVE ACT

     SEC. 5101. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Emergency Paid Sick Leave 
     Act''.

     SEC. 5102. PAID SICK TIME REQUIREMENT.

       (a) In General.--An employer shall provide to each employee 
     employed by the employer paid sick time for any of the 
     following uses:
       (1) To self-isolate because the employee is diagnosed with 
     coronavirus.
       (2) To obtain a medical diagnosis or care if such employee 
     is experiencing the symptoms of coronavirus.
       (3) To comply with a recommendation or order by a public 
     official with jurisdiction or a health care provider on the 
     basis that the physical presence of the employee on the job 
     would jeopardize the health of others because of--
       (A) the exposure of the employee to coronavirus; or
       (B) exhibition of symptoms of coronavirus by the employee.
       (4) To care for or assist a family member of the employee--
       (A) who--
       (i) is self-isolating because such family member has been 
     diagnosed with coronavirus; or
       (ii) is experiencing symptoms of coronavirus and needs to 
     obtain medical diagnosis or care.
       (B) with respect to whom a public official with 
     jurisdiction or a health care provider makes a determination 
     that the presence of the family member in the community would 
     jeopardize the health of other individuals in the community 
     because of--
       (i) the exposure of such family member to the coronavirus; 
     or
       (ii) exhibition of symptoms of coronavirus by such family 
     member.
       (5) To care for the child of such employee if the school or 
     place of care has been closed, or the child care provider of 
     such child is unavailable, due to coronavirus.
       (b) Duration of Paid Sick Time.--
       (1) In general.--An employee shall be entitled to paid sick 
     time for an amount of hours determined under paragraph (2).
       (2) Amount of Hours.--The amount of hours of paid sick time 
     to which an employee is entitled shall be as follows:
       (A) For full-time employees, 80 hours.
       (B) For part-time employees, a number of hours equal to the 
     number of hours that such employee works, on average, over a 
     2-week period.
       (3) Carryover.--Paid sick time under this section shall not 
     carry over from 1 year to the next.
       (c) Employer's Termination of Paid Sick Time.--Paid sick 
     time provided to an employee under this Act shall cease 
     beginning with the employee's next scheduled workshift 
     immediately following the termination of the need for paid 
     sick time under subsection (a).
       (d) Employers With Existing Policies.--With respect to an 
     employer that provides paid leave on the day before the date 
     of enactment of this Act--
       (1) the paid sick time under this Act shall be made 
     available to employees of the employer in addition to such 
     paid leave; and

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       (2) the employer may not change such paid leave on or after 
     such date of enactment to avoid being subject to paragraph 
     (1).
       (e) Prohibition.--An employer may not require, as a 
     condition of providing paid sick time under this Act, that 
     the employee involved search for or find a replacement 
     employee to cover the hours during which the employee is 
     using paid sick time.
       (f) Use of Paid Sick Time.--
       (1) In general.--The paid sick time under subsection (a) 
     shall be available for immediate use by the employee for the 
     purposes described in such subsection, regardless of how long 
     the employee has been employed by an employer.
       (2) Sequencing.--
       (A) In general.--An employee may first use the paid sick 
     time under subsection (a) for the purposes described in such 
     subsection.
       (B) Prohibition.--An employer may not require an employee 
     to use other paid leave provided by the employer to the 
     employee before the employee uses the paid sick time under 
     subsection (a).

     SEC. 5103. NOTICE.

       (a) In General.--Each employer shall post and keep posted, 
     in conspicuous places on the premises of the employer where 
     notices to employees are customarily posted, a notice, to be 
     prepared or approved by the Secretary of Labor, of the 
     requirements described in this Act.
       (b) Model Notice.--Not later than 7 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall make 
     publicly available a model of a notice that meets the 
     requirements of subsection (a).

     SEC. 5104. PROHIBITED ACTS.

       It shall be unlawful for any employer to discharge, 
     discipline, or in any other manner discriminate against any 
     employee who--
       (1) takes leave in accordance with this Act; and
       (2) has filed any complaint or instituted or caused to be 
     instituted any proceeding under or related to this Act 
     (including a proceeding that seeks enforcement of this Act), 
     or has testified or is about to testify in any such 
     proceeding.

     SEC. 5105. ENFORCEMENT.

       (a) Unpaid Sick Leave.--An employer who violates section 2 
     shall--
       (1) be considered to have failed to pay minimum wages in 
     violation of section 6 of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 
     1938 (29 U.S.C. 206); and
       (2) be subject to the penalties described in sections 16 
     and 17 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 216; 217) with respect to such 
     violation.
       (b) Unlawful Termination.--An employer who willfully 
     violates section 4 shall--
       (1) be considered to be in violation of section 15(a)(3) of 
     the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 215(a)(3)); 
     and
       (2) be subject to the penalties described in sections 16 
     and 17 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 216; 217) with respect to such 
     violation.

     SEC. 5106. EMPLOYMENT UNDER MULTI-EMPLOYER BARGAINING 
                   AGREEMENTS.

       (a) Employers.--An employer signatory to a multiemployer 
     collective bargaining agreement may, consistent with its 
     bargaining obligations and its collective bargaining 
     agreement, fulfill its obligations under this Act by making 
     contributions to a multiemployer fund, plan, or program based 
     on the hours of paid sick time each of its employees is 
     entitled to under this Act while working under the 
     multiemployer collective bargaining agreement, provided that 
     the fund, plan, or program enables employees to secure pay 
     from such fund, plan, or program based on hours they have 
     worked under the multiemployer collective bargaining 
     agreement and for the uses specified under section 2(a).
       (b) Employees.--Employees who work under a multiemployer 
     collective bargaining agreement into which their employers 
     make contributions as provided in subsection (a) may secure 
     pay from such fund, plan, or program based on hours they have 
     worked under the multiemployer collective bargaining 
     agreement for the uses specified in section 2(a).

     SEC. 5107. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

       Nothing in this Act shall be construed--
       (1) to in any way diminish the rights or benefits that an 
     employee is entitled to under any--
       (A) other Federal, State, or local law;
       (B) collective bargaining agreement; or
       (C) existing employer policy; or
       (2) to require financial or other reimbursement to an 
     employee from an employer upon the employee's termination, 
     resignation, retirement, or other separation from employment 
     for paid sick time under this Act that has not been used by 
     such employee.

     SEC. 5108. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This Act, and the requirements under this Act, shall take 
     effect not later than 15 days after the date of enactment of 
     this Act.

     SEC. 5109. SUNSET.

       This Act, and the requirements under this Act, shall expire 
     on December 31, 2020.

     SEC. 5110. DEFINITIONS.

       For purposes of the Act:
       (1) Child.--The term ``child'' means a biological, foster, 
     or adopted child, a stepchild, a child of a domestic partner, 
     a legal ward, or a child of a person standing in loco 
     parentis under 18 years of age.
       (2) Coronavirus.--The term ``coronavirus'' has the meaning 
     given the term in section 506 of the Coronavirus Preparedness 
     and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020.
       (3) Domestic Partner.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``domestic partner'', with 
     respect to an individual, means another individual with whom 
     the individual is in a committed relationship.
       (B) Committed Relationship Defined.--The term ``committed 
     relationship'' means a relationship between 2 individuals, 
     each at least 18 years of age, in which each individual is 
     the other individual's sole domestic partner and both 
     individuals share responsibility for a significant measure of 
     each other's common welfare. The term includes any such 
     relationship between 2 individuals that is granted legal 
     recognition by a State or political subdivision of a State as 
     a marriage or analogous relationship, including a civil union 
     or domestic partnership.
       (4) Employee.--The terms ``employee'' means an individual 
     who is--
       (A)(i) an employee, as defined in section 3(e) of the Fair 
     Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(e)), who is not 
     covered under subparagraph (E) or (F), including such an 
     employee of the Library of Congress, except that a reference 
     in such section to an employer shall be considered to be a 
     reference to an employer described in clauses (i)(I) and (ii) 
     of paragraph (5)(A); or
       (ii) an employee of the Government Accountability Office;
       (B) a State employee described in section 304(a) of the 
     Government Employee Rights Act of 1991 (42 U.S.C. 2000e-
     16c(a));
       (C) a covered employee, as defined in section 101 of the 
     Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301), 
     other than an applicant for employment;
       (D) a covered employee, as defined in section 411(c) of 
     title 3, United States Code;
       (E) a Federal officer or employee covered under subchapter 
     V of chapter 63 of title 5, United States Code; or
       (F) any other individual occupying a position in the civil 
     service (as that term is defined in section 2101(1) of title 
     5, United States Code).
       (5) Employer.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``employer'' means a person who 
     is--
       (i)(I) a covered employer, as defined in subparagraph (B), 
     who is not covered under subclause (V);
       (II) an entity employing a State employee described in 
     section 304(a) of the Government Employee Rights Act of 1991;
       (III) an employing office, as defined in section 101 of the 
     Congressional Accountability Act of 1995;
       (IV) an employing office, as defined in section 411(c) of 
     title 3, United States Code; or
       (V) an Executive Agency as defined in section 105 of title 
     5, United States Code, and including the U.S. Postal Service 
     and the Postal Regulatory Commission; and
       (ii) engaged in commerce (including government), or an 
     industry or activity affecting commerce (including 
     government), as defined in subparagraph (B)(iii).
       (B) Covered employer.--
       (i) In general.--In subparagraph (A)(i)(I), the term 
     ``covered employer''--
       (I) means any person engaged in commerce or in any industry 
     or activity affecting commerce that--
       (aa) in the case of a private entity or individual, employs 
     fewer than 500 employees; and
       (bb) in the case of a public agency or any other entity 
     that is not a private entity or individual, employs 1 or more 
     employees;
       (II) includes--
       (aa) includes any person acting directly or indirectly in 
     the interest of an employer in relation to an employee 
     (within the meaning of such phrase in section 3(d) of the 
     Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(d)); and
       (bb) any successor in interest of an employer;
       (III) includes any ``public agency'', as defined in section 
     3(x) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
     203(x)); and
       (IV) includes the Government Accountability Office and the 
     Library of Congress.
       (ii) Public agency.--For purposes of clause (i)(IV), a 
     public agency shall be considered to be a person engaged in 
     commerce or in an industry or activity affecting commerce.
       (iii) Definitions.--For purposes of this subparagraph:
       (I) Commerce.--The terms ``commerce'' and ``industry or 
     activity affecting commerce'' means any activity, business, 
     or industry in commerce or in which a labor dispute would 
     hinder or obstruct commerce or the free flow of commerce, and 
     include ``commerce'' and any ``industry affecting commerce'', 
     as defined in paragraphs (1) and (3) of section 501 of the 
     Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (29 U.S.C. 142 (1) and 
     (3)).
       (II) Employee.--The term ``employee'' has the same meaning 
     given such term in section 3(e) of the Fair Labor Standards 
     Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(e)).
       (III) Person.--The term ``person'' has the same meaning 
     given such term in section 3(a) of the Fair Labor Standards 
     Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203(a)).
       (6) Family member.--The term ``family member'', with 
     respect to an employee, means any of the following:
       (A) A parent of the employee.
       (B) A spouse of the employee.
       (C) A child of the employee.
       (D) An individual who is a pregnant woman, senior citizen, 
     individual with a disability, or has access or functional 
     needs and who is--
       (i) a sibling of the employee;
       (ii) a next of kin of the employee or a person for whom the 
     employee is next of kin; or

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       (iii) a grandparent or grandchild of the employee.
       (7) FLSA terms.--The terms ``employ'' and ``State'' have 
     the meanings given such terms in section 3 of the Fair Labor 
     Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 203).
       (8) FMLA terms.--The terms ``health care provider'' and 
     ``next of kin'' have the meanings given such terms in section 
     101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 
     2611).
       (9) Paid sick time.--
       (A) In general.--The term ``paid sick time'' means an 
     increment of compensated leave that--
       (i) is provided by an employer for use during an absence 
     from employment for a reason described in any paragraph of 
     section 2(a); and
       (ii) is calculated based on the employee's required 
     compensation under subparagraph (B) and the number of hours 
     the employee would otherwise be normally scheduled to work 
     (or the number of hours calculated under subparagraph (C)).
       (B) Required compensation.--
       (i) In general.--The employee's required compensation under 
     this subparagraph (B) shall be not less than the greater of 
     the following:
       (I) The employee's regular rate of pay (as determined under 
     section 7(e) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 
     U.S.C. 207(e)).
       (II) The minimum wage rate in effect under section 6(a)(1) 
     of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 
     206(a)(1)).
       (III) The minimum wage rate in effect for such employee in 
     the applicable State or locality, whichever is greater, in 
     which the employee is employed.
       (ii) Special rule for care of family members.--With respect 
     to any paid sick time provided for any use described in 
     paragraph (a)(4) or (a)(5), the employee's required 
     compensation under this subparagraph (B) shall be two-thirds 
     of the amount described in clause (B)(i).
       (C) Varying schedule hours calculation.--In the case of a 
     part-time employee described in section 2(b)(2)(B) whose 
     schedule varies from week to week to such an extent that an 
     employer is unable to determine with certainty the number of 
     hours the employee would have worked if such employee had not 
     taken paid sick time under section 2(a), the employer shall 
     use the following in place of such number:
       (i) Subject to clause (ii), a number equal to the average 
     number of hours that the employee was scheduled per day over 
     the 6-month period ending on the date on which the employee 
     takes the paid sick time, including hours for which the 
     employee took leave of any type.
       (ii) If the employee did not work over such period, the 
     reasonable expectation of the employee at the time of hiring 
     of the average number of hours per day that the employee 
     would normally be scheduled to work.
       (D) Guidelines.--Not later than 15 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Labor shall issue 
     guidelines to assist employers in calculating the amount of 
     paid sick time under subparagraph (A).
       (E) Reasonable notice.--After the first workday (or portion 
     thereof) an employee receives paid sick time under this Act, 
     an employer may require the employee to follow reasonable 
     notice procedures in order to continue receiving such paid 
     sick time.
       (10) Parent.--The term ``parent'', with respect to an 
     employee, means any of the following:
       (A) A biological, foster, or adoptive parent of the 
     employee.
       (B) A stepparent of the employee.
       (C) A parent-in-law of the employee.
       (D) A parent of a domestic partner of the employee.
       (E) A legal guardian or other person who stood in loco 
     parentis to an employee when the employee was a child.
       (11) Public health emergency.--The term ``public health 
     emergency'' means an emergency with respect to coronavirus 
     declared by a Federal, State, or local authority.
       (12) Spouse.--The term ``spouse'' has the meaning given 
     such term in section 101 of the Family and Medical Leave Act 
     of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2611), except that such term also includes 
     a ``domestic partner''.
                     DIVISION F--HEALTH PROVISIONS

     SEC. 6001. COVERAGE OF TESTING FOR COVID-19.

       (a) In General.--A group health plan and a health insurance 
     issuer offering group or individual health insurance coverage 
     (including a grandfathered health plan (as defined in section 
     1251(e) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)) 
     shall provide coverage, and shall not impose any cost sharing 
     (including deductibles, copayments, and coinsurance) 
     requirements or prior authorization or other medical 
     management requirements, for the following items and services 
     furnished during any portion of the emergency period defined 
     in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)) beginning on or after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act:
       (1) In vitro diagnostic products (as defined in section 
     809.3(a) of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations) for the 
     detection of SARS-CoV-2 or the diagnosis of the virus that 
     causes COVID-19 that are approved, cleared, or authorized 
     under section 510(k), 513, 515 or 564 of the Federal Food, 
     Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the administration of such in 
     vitro diagnostic products.
       (2) Items and services furnished to an individual during 
     health care provider office visits, urgent care center 
     visits, and emergency room visits that result in an order for 
     or administration of an in vitro diagnostic product described 
     in paragraph (1), but only to the extent such items and 
     services relate to the furnishing or administration of such 
     product or to the evaluation of such individual for purposes 
     of determining the need of such individual for such product.
       (b) Enforcement.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall be 
     applied by the Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
     Secretary of Labor, and Secretary of the Treasury to group 
     health plans and health insurance issuers offering group or 
     individual health insurance coverage as if included in the 
     provisions of part A of title XXVII of the Public Health 
     Service Act, part 7 of the Employee Retirement Income 
     Security Act of 1974, and subchapter B of chapter 100 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as applicable.
       (c) Implementation.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services, Secretary of Labor, and Secretary of the Treasury 
     may implement the provisions of this section through sub-
     regulatory guidance, program instruction or otherwise.
       (d) Terms.--The terms ``group health plan''; ``health 
     insurance issuer''; ``group health insurance coverage'', and 
     ``individual health insurance coverage'' have the meanings 
     given such terms in section 2791 of the Public Health Service 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-91), section 733 of the Employee 
     Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1191b), and 
     section 9832 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as 
     applicable.

     SEC. 6002. WAIVING COST SHARING UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM 
                   FOR CERTAIN VISITS RELATING TO TESTING FOR 
                   COVID-19.

       (a) In General.--Section 1833 of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1395l) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a)(1)--
       (A) by striking ``and'' before ``(CC)''; and
       (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``, and (DD) with respect to a specified COVID-19 
     testing-related service described in paragraph (1) of 
     subsection (cc) for which payment may be made under a 
     specified outpatient payment provision described in paragraph 
     (2) of such subsection, the amounts paid shall be 100 percent 
     of the payment amount otherwise recognized under such 
     respective specified outpatient payment provision for such 
     service,'';
       (2) in subsection (b), in the first sentence--
       (A) by striking ``and'' before ``(10)''; and
       (B) by inserting before the period at the end the 
     following: ``, and (11) such deductible shall not apply with 
     respect to any specified COVID-19 testing-related service 
     described in paragraph (1) of subsection (cc) for which 
     payment may be made under a specified outpatient payment 
     provision described in paragraph (2) of such subsection''; 
     and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(cc) Specified COVID-19 Testing-related Services.--For 
     purposes of subsection (a)(1)(DD):
       ``(1) Description.--
       ``(A) In general.--A specified COVID-19 testing-related 
     service described in this paragraph is a medical visit that--
       ``(i) is in any of the categories of HCPCS evaluation and 
     management service codes described in subparagraph (B);
       ``(ii) is furnished during any portion of the emergency 
     period (as defined in section 1135(g)(1)(B)) (beginning on or 
     after the date of enactment of this subsection);
       ``(iii) results in an order for or administration of a 
     clinical diagnostic laboratory test described in section 
     1852(a)(1)(B)(iv)(IV); and
       ``(iv) relates to the furnishing or administration of such 
     test or to the evaluation of such individual for purposes of 
     determining the need of such individual for such test.
       ``(B) Categories of hcpcs codes.--For purposes of 
     subparagraph (A), the categories of HCPCS evaluation and 
     management services codes are the following:
       ``(i) Office and other outpatient services.
       ``(ii) Hospital observation services.
       ``(iii) Emergency department services.
       ``(iv) Nursing facility services.
       ``(v) Domiciliary, rest home, or custodial care services.
       ``(vi) Home services.
       ``(2) Specified outpatient payment provision.--A specified 
     outpatient payment provision described in this paragraph is 
     any of the following:
       ``(A) The hospital outpatient prospective payment system 
     under subsection (t).
       ``(B) The physician fee schedule under section 1848.
       ``(C) The prospective payment system developed under 
     section 1834(o).
       ``(D) Section 1834(g), with respect to an outpatient 
     critical access hospital service.
       ``(E) The payment basis determined in regulations pursuant 
     to section 1833(a)(3) for rural health clinic services.''.
       (b) Claims Modifier.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services shall provide for an appropriate modifier (or other 
     identifier) to include on claims to identify, for purposes of 
     subparagraph (DD) of section 1833(a)(1), as added by 
     subsection (a), specified COVID-19 testing-related services 
     described in paragraph (1) of section 1833(cc) of the Social 
     Security Act, as added by subsection (a), for which payment 
     may be made under a specified outpatient payment provision 
     described in paragraph (2) of such subsection.
       (c) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement 
     the provisions of, including amendments made by, this section 
     through program instruction or otherwise.

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     SECTION 6003. COVERAGE OF TESTING FOR COVID-19 AT NO COST 
                   SHARING UNDER THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Section 1852(a)(1)(B) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395w-22(a)(1)(B)) is amended--
       (1) in clause (iv)--
       (A) by redesignating subclause (IV) as subclause (VI); and
       (B) by inserting after subclause (III) the following new 
     subclauses:
       ``(IV) Clinical diagnostic laboratory test administered 
     during any portion of the emergency period defined in 
     paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) beginning on or after the 
     date of the enactment of the Families First Coronavirus 
     Response Act for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 or the diagnosis 
     of the virus that causes COVID-19 and the administration of 
     such test.
       ``(V) Specified COVID-19 testing-related services (as 
     described in section 1833(cc)(1)) for which payment would be 
     payable under a specified outpatient payment provision 
     described in section 1833(cc)(2).'';
       (2) in clause (v), by inserting ``, other than subclauses 
     (IV) and (V) of such clause,'' after ``clause (iv)''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(vi) Prohibition of application of certain requirements 
     for covid-19 testing.--In the case of a product or service 
     described in subclause (IV) or (V), respectively, of clause 
     (iv) that is administered or furnished during any portion of 
     the emergency period described in such subclause beginning on 
     or after the date of the enactment of this clause, an MA plan 
     may not impose any prior authorization or other utilization 
     management requirements with respect to the coverage of such 
     a product or service under such plan.''.
       (b) Implementation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, the Secretary of Health and Human Services may implement 
     the amendments made by this section by program instruction or 
     otherwise.

     SECTION 6004. COVERAGE AT NO COST SHARING OF COVID-19 TESTING 
                   UNDER MEDICAID AND CHIP.

       (a) Medicaid.--
       (1) In general.--Section 1905(a)(3) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(a)(3)) is amended--
       (A) by striking ``other laboratory'' and inserting ``(A) 
     other laboratory'';
       (B) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(B) in vitro diagnostic products (as defined in section 
     809.3(a) of title 21, Code of Federal Regulations) 
     administered during any portion of the emergency period 
     defined in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) beginning on 
     or after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph for 
     the detection of SARS-CoV-2 or the diagnosis of the virus 
     that causes COVID-19 that are approved, cleared, or 
     authorized under section 510(k), 513, 515 or 564 of the 
     Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and the administration 
     of such in vitro diagnostic products;''.
       (2) No cost sharing.--
       (A) In general.--Subsections (a)(2) and (b)(2) of section 
     1916 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396o) are each 
     amended--
       (i) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (ii) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``; and'' and 
     inserting a comma; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
       ``(F) any in vitro diagnostic product described in section 
     1905(a)(3)(B) that is administered during any portion of the 
     emergency period described in such section beginning on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this subparagraph (and the 
     administration of such product), or
       ``(G) COVID-19 testing-related services for which payment 
     may be made under the State plan; and''.
       (B) Application to alternative cost sharing.--Section 
     1916A(b)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396o-
     1(b)(3)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     clause:
       ``(xi) Any in vitro diagnostic product described in section 
     1905(a)(3)(B) that is administered during any portion of the 
     emergency period described in such section beginning on or 
     after the date of the enactment of this clause (and the 
     administration of such product) and any visit described in 
     section 1916(a)(2)(G) that is furnished during any such 
     portion.''.
       (C) Clarification.--The amendments made this paragraph 
     shall apply with respect to a State plan of a territory in 
     the same manner as a State plan of one of the 50 States.
       (3) State option to provide coverage for uninsured 
     individuals.--
       (A) In general.--Section 1902(a)(10) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)) is amended--
       (i) in subparagraph (A)(ii)--
       (I) in subclause (XXI), by striking ``or'' at the end;
       (II) in subclause (XXII), by adding ``or'' at the end; and
       (III) by adding at the end the following new subclause:
       ``(XXIII) during any portion of the emergency period 
     defined in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) beginning on 
     or after the date of the enactment of this subclause, who are 
     uninsured individuals (as defined in subsection (ss));''; and
       (ii) in the matter following subparagraph (G)--
       (I) by striking ``and (XVII)'' and inserting ``, (XVII)''; 
     and
       (II) by inserting after ``instead of through subclause 
     (VIII)'' the following: ``, and (XVIII) the medical 
     assistance made available to an uninsured individual (as 
     defined in subsection (ss)) who is eligible for medical 
     assistance only because of subparagraph (A)(ii)(XXIII) shall 
     be limited to medical assistance for any in vitro diagnostic 
     product described in section 1905(a)(3)(B) that is 
     administered during any portion of the emergency period 
     described in such section beginning on or after the date of 
     the enactment of this subclause (and the administration of 
     such product) and any visit described in section 
     1916(a)(2)(G) that is furnished during any such portion''.
       (B) Receipt and initial processing of applications at 
     certain locations.--Section 1902(a)(55) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(55)) is amended, in the 
     matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking ``or 
     (a)(10)(A)(ii)(IX)'' and inserting ``(a)(10)(A)(ii)(IX), or 
     (a)(10)(A)(ii)(XXIII)''.
       (C) Uninsured individual defined.--
       Section 1902 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
       ``(ss) Uninsured individual defined.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term `uninsured individual' means, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of this title, any 
     individual who is--
       ``(1) not described in subsection (a)(10)(A)(i); and
       ``(2) not enrolled in a Federal health care program (as 
     defined in section 1128B(f)), a group health plan, group or 
     individual health insurance coverage offered by a health 
     insurance issuer (as such terms are defined in section 2791 
     of the Public Health Service Act), or a health plan offered 
     under chapter 89 of title 5, United States Code.''.
       (D) Federal medical assistance percentage.--Section 1905(b) 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(b)) is amended by 
     adding at the end the following new sentence: 
     ``Notwithstanding the first sentence of this subsection, the 
     Federal medical assistance percentage shall be 100 per centum 
     with respect to(and, notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this title, available for) medical assistance provided to 
     uninsured individuals (as defined in section 1902(ss)) who 
     are eligible for such assistance only on the basis of section 
     1902(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XXIII) and with respect to expenditures 
     described in section 1903(a)(7) that a State demonstrates to 
     the satisfaction of the Secretary are attributable to 
     administrative costs related to providing for such medical 
     assistance to such individuals under the State plan.''.
       (b) Chip.--
       (1) In general.--Section 2103(c) of the Social Security Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 1397cc(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following paragraph:
       ``(9) Certain in vitro diagnostic products for covid-19 
     testing.--The child health assistance provided to a targeted 
     low-income child shall include coverage of any in vitro 
     diagnostic product described in section 1905(a)(3)(B) that is 
     administered during any portion of the emergency period 
     described in such section beginning on or after the date of 
     the enactment of this subparagraph (and the administration of 
     such product).''.
       (2) Coverage for targeted low-income pregnant women.--
     Section 2112(b)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1397ll(b)(4)) is amended by inserting ``under section 
     2103(c)'' after ``same requirements''.
       (3) Prohibition of cost sharing.--Section 2103(e)(2) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397cc(e)(2)) is amended--
       (A) in the paragraph header, by inserting ``, covid-19 
     testing,'' before ``or pregnancy-related assistance''; and
       (B) by striking ``category of services described in 
     subsection (c)(1)(D) or'' and inserting ``categories of 
     services described in subsection (c)(1)(D), in vitro 
     diagnostic products described in subsection (c)(9) (and 
     administration of such products), visits described in section 
     1916(a)(2)(G), or''.

     SEC. 6005. TREATMENT OF PERSONAL RESPIRATORY PROTECTIVE 
                   DEVICES AS COVERED COUNTER-MEASURES.

       Section 319F-3(i)(1) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
     U.S.C. 247d-6d(i)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``or'' at the end; and
       (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(D) a personal respiratory protective device that is--
       ``(i) approved by the National Institute for Occupational 
     Safety and Health under part 84 of title 42, Code of Federal 
     Regulations (or successor regulations);
       ``(ii) subject to the emergency use authorization issued by 
     the Secretary on March 2, 2020, or subsequent emergency use 
     authorizations, pursuant to section 564 of the Federal Food, 
     Drug, and Cosmetic Act (authorizing emergency use of personal 
     respiratory protective devices during the COVID-19 outbreak); 
     and
       ``(iii) used during the period beginning on January 27, 
     2020, and ending on October 1, 2024, in response to the 
     public health emergency declared on January 31, 2020, 
     pursuant to section 319 as a result of confirmed cases of 
     2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV).''.

     SEC. 6006. APPLICATION WITH RESPECT TO TRICARE, COVERAGE FOR 
                   VETERANS, AND COVERAGE FOR FEDERAL CIVILIANS.

       (a) Tricare.--The Secretary of Defense may not require any 
     copayment or other

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     cost sharing under chapter 55 of title 10, United States 
     Code, for in vitro diagnostic products described in paragraph 
     (1) of section 6001(a) (or the administration of such 
     products) or visits described in paragraph (2) of such 
     section furnished during any portion of the emergency period 
     defined in paragraph (1)(B) of section 1135(g) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)) beginning on or after the 
     date of the enactment of this Act.
       (b) Veterans.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs may not 
     require any copayment or other cost sharing under chapter 17 
     of title 38, United States Code, for in vitro diagnostic 
     products described in paragraph (1) of section 6001(a) (or 
     the administration of such products) or visits described in 
     paragraph (2) of such section furnished during any portion of 
     the emergency period defined in paragraph (1)(B) of section 
     1135(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)) 
     beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (c) Federal Civilians.--No copayment or other cost sharing 
     may be required for any individual occupying a position in 
     the civil service (as that term is defined in section 2101(1) 
     of title 5, United States Code) enrolled in a health benefits 
     plan, including any plan under chapter 89 of title 5, United 
     States Code, or for any other individual currently enrolled 
     in any plan under chapter 89 of title 5 for in vitro 
     diagnostic products described in paragraph (1) of section 
     6001(a) (or the administration of such products) or visits 
     described in paragraph (2) of such section furnished during 
     any portion of the emergency period defined in paragraph 
     (1)(B) of section 1135(g) of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)) beginning on or after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act.

     SEC. 6007. COVERAGE OF TESTING FOR COVID-19 AT NO COST 
                   SHARING FOR INDIANS RECEIVING PURCHASED/
                   REFERRED CARE.

       The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall cover, 
     without the imposition of any cost sharing requirements, the 
     cost of providing any COVID-19 related items and services as 
     described in paragraph (1) of section 6001(a) (or the 
     administration of such products) or visits described in 
     paragraph (2) of such section furnished during any portion of 
     the emergency period defined in paragraph (1)(B) of section 
     1135(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 320b-5(g)) 
     beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act 
     to Indians (as defined in section 4 of the Indian Health Care 
     Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1603)) receiving health services 
     through the Indian Health Service, including through an Urban 
     Indian Organization, regardless of whether such items or 
     services have been authorized under the purchased/referred 
     care system funded by the Indian Health Service or is covered 
     as a health service of the Indian Health Service.

     SEC. 6008. TEMPORARY INCREASE OF MEDICAID FMAP.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), for each 
     calendar quarter occurring during the period beginning on the 
     first day of the emergency period defined in paragraph (1)(B) 
     of section 1135(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1320b-5(g)) and ending on the last day of the calendar 
     quarter in which the last day of such emergency period 
     occurs, the Federal medical assistance percentage determined 
     for each State, including the District of Columbia, American 
     Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
     Islands, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands, 
     under section 1905(b) of theSocial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1396d(b)) shall be increased by 6.2 percentage points.
       (b) Requirement for All States.--A State described in 
     subsection (a) may not receive the increase described in such 
     subsection in the Federal medical assistance percentage for 
     such State, with respect to a quarter, if--
       (1) eligibility standards, methodologies, or procedures 
     under the State plan of such State under title XIX of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) (including any 
     waiver under such title or section 1115 of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1315)) are more restrictive during such quarter than 
     the eligibility standards methodologies, or procedures, 
     respectively, under such plan (or waiver) as in effect on 
     January 1, 2020;
       (2) the amount of any premium imposed by the State pursuant 
     to section 1916 or 1916A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396o, 1396o-
     1) during such quarter, with respect to an individual 
     enrolled under such plan (or waiver), exceeds the amount of 
     such premium as of January 1, 2020;
       (3) the State terminates or denies the enrollment of any 
     individual under such plan (or waiver) during such quarter 
     for a reason other than a failure to satisfy financial, 
     categorical, and State residency requirements (as applicable) 
     under such plan (or waiver);
       (4) the State does not provide coverage under such plan (or 
     waiver), without the imposition of cost sharing, during such 
     quarter for any testing services and treatments for COVID-19, 
     including vaccines, specialized equipment, and therapies; or
       (5) the State conducts during such quarter periodic income 
     checks, including automated income checks, or eligibility 
     redeterminations under such plan (or waiver) at a rate more 
     frequent than once every 12 months.
       (c) Requirement for Certain States.--Section 1905(cc) of 
     the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d(cc)) is amended by 
     striking ``American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.'' 
     and inserting ``and section 6008 of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act, except that in applying such 
     treatments to the increases in the Federal medical assistance 
     percentage under section 6008 of the Families First 
     Coronavirus Response Act, the reference to `December 31, 
     2009' shall be deemed to be a reference to `March 11, 
     2020'.''.

     SEC. 6009. INCREASE IN MEDICAID ALLOTMENTS FOR TERRITORIES.

       Section 1108(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1308(g)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (B)--
       (i) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``for each of fiscal years 
     2020 through 2021, $126,000,000;'' and inserting ``for fiscal 
     year 2020, $128,712,500; and''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(iii) for fiscal year 2021, $127,937,500;'';
       (B) in subparagraph (C)--
       (i) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``for each of fiscal years 
     2020 through 2021, $127,000,000;'' and inserting ``for fiscal 
     year 2020, $130,875,000; and''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(iii) for fiscal year 2021, $129,712,500;'';
       (C) in subparagraph (D)--
       (i) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``for each of fiscal years 
     2020 through 2021, $60,000,000; and'' and inserting ``for 
     fiscal year 2020, $63,100,000; and''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(iii) for fiscal year 2021, $62,325,000; and''; and
       (D) in subparagraph (E)--
       (i) in clause (i), by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (ii) in clause (ii), by striking ``for each of fiscal years 
     2020 through 2021, $84,000,000.'' and inserting ``for fiscal 
     year 2020, $86,325,000; and''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(iii) for fiscal year 2021, $85,550,000.''; and
       (2) in paragraph (6)(A)--
       (A) in clause (i), by striking ``$2,623,188,000'' and 
     inserting ``$2,716,188,000''; and
       (B) in clause (ii), by striking ``$2,719,072,000'' and 
     inserting ``$2,809,063,000''.

     SEC. 6010. CLARIFICATION RELATING TO SECRETARIAL AUTHORITY 
                   REGARDING MEDICARE TELEHEALTH SERVICES 
                   FURNISHED DURING COVID-19 EMERGENCY PERIOD.

       Paragraph (3)(A) of section 1135(g) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b-5(g)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(A) furnished to such individual, during the 3-year 
     period ending on the date such telehealth service was 
     furnished, an item or service that would be considered 
     covered under title XVIII if furnished to an individual 
     entitled to benefits or enrolled under such title; or''.
DIVISION G--TAX CREDITS FOR PAID SICK AND PAID FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE

     SEC. 7001. PAYROLL CREDIT FOR REQUIRED PAID SICK LEAVE.

       (a) In General.--In the case of an employer, there shall be 
     allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by section 
     3111(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for each 
     calendar quarter an amount equal to 100 percent of the 
     qualified sick leave wages paid by such employer with respect 
     to such calendar quarter.
       (b) Limitations and Refundability.--
       (1) Wages taken into account.--The amount of qualified sick 
     leave wages taken into account under subsection (a) with 
     respect to any individual shall not exceed $200 ($511 in the 
     case of any day any portion of which is paid sick time 
     described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 5102(a) of 
     the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act) for any day (or portion 
     thereof) for which the individual is paid qualified sick 
     leave wages.
       (2) Overall limitation on number of days taken into 
     account.--The aggregate number of days taken into account 
     under paragraph (1) for any calendar quarter shall not exceed 
     the excess (if any) of--
       (A) 10, over
       (B) the aggregate number of days so taken into account for 
     all preceding calendar quarters.
       (3) Credit limited to certain employment taxes.--The credit 
     allowed by subsection (a) with respect to any calendar 
     quarter shall not exceed the tax imposed by section 3111(a) 
     of such Code for such calendar quarter (reduced by any 
     credits allowed under subsections (e) and (f) of section 3111 
     of such Code for such quarter) on the wages paid with respect 
     to the employment of all employees of the employer.
       (4) Refundability of excess credit.--
       (A) In general.--If the amount of the credit under 
     subsection (a) exceeds the limitation of paragraph (3) for 
     any calendar quarter, such excess shall be treated as an 
     overpayment that shall be refunded under sections 6402(a) and 
     6413(b) of such Code.
       (B) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of 
     title 31, United States Code, any amounts due to an employer 
     under this paragraph shall be treated in the same manner as a 
     refund due from a credit provision referred to in subsection 
     (b)(2) of such section.
       (c) Qualified Sick Leave Wages.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term ``qualified sick leave wages'' means wages 
     (as defined in section 3121(a) of the Internal Revenue Code

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     of 1986) paid by an employer which are required to be paid by 
     reason of the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act.
       (d) Special Rules.--
       (1) Denial of double benefit.--For purposes of chapter 1 of 
     such Code, the gross income of the employer, for the taxable 
     year which includes the last day of any calendar quarter with 
     respect to which a credit is allowed under this section, 
     shall be increased by the amount of such credit. No credit 
     shall be allowed under this section with respect to wages for 
     which a credit is allowed under section 45S of such Code.
       (2) Election not to have section apply.--This section shall 
     not apply with respect to any employer for any calendar 
     quarter if such employer elects (at such time and in such 
     manner as the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's 
     delegate) may prescribe) not to have this section apply.
       (3) Certain terms.--Any term used in this section which is 
     also used in chapter 21 of such Code shall have the same 
     meaning as when used in such chapter.
       (4) State and local governments.--This credit shall not 
     apply to the Government of the United States, the government 
     of any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency 
     or instrumentality of any of the foregoing.
       (e) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury (or the 
     Secretary's delegate) shall prescribe such regulations or 
     other guidance as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
     of this section, including--
       (1) regulations or other guidance to prevent the avoidance 
     of the purposes of the limitations and aggregation rules 
     under this section through the use of successor companies or 
     other means,
       (2) regulations or other guidance to minimize compliance 
     and record-keeping burdens under this section,
       (3) regulations or other guidance providing for waiver of 
     penalties for failure to deposit amounts in anticipation of 
     the allowance of the credit allowed under this section, and
       (4) regulations or other guidance for recapturing the 
     benefit of credits determined under this section in cases 
     where there is a subsequent adjustment to the credit 
     determined under subsection (a).
       (f) Application of Section.--This section shall apply only 
     to wages paid with respect to the period beginning on a date 
     selected by the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's 
     delegate) which is during the 15-day period beginning on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, and ending on December 31, 
     2020.
       (g) Transfers to Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
     Trust Fund.--There are hereby appropriated to the Federal 
     Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Fund established under section 201 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401) amounts equal to 
     the reduction in revenues to the Treasury by reason of this 
     section (without regard to this subsection). Amounts 
     appropriated by the preceding sentence shall be transferred 
     from the general fund at such times and in such manner as to 
     replicate to the extent possible the transfers which would 
     have occurred to such Trust Fund had this section not been 
     enacted.

     SEC. 7002. CREDIT FOR SICK LEAVE FOR CERTAIN SELF-EMPLOYED 
                   INDIVIDUALS.

       (a) Credit Against Self-employment Tax.--In the case of an 
     eligible self-employed individual, there shall be allowed as 
     a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for any taxable year an amount 
     equal to 100 percent (or, with respect to any use described 
     in section 5102(a)(4) or 5102(a)(5) of the Emergency Paid 
     Sick Leave Act, 67 percent) of the qualified sick leave 
     equivalent amount with respect to the individual.
       (b) Eligible Self-employed Individual.--For purposes of 
     this section, the term ``eligible self-employed individual'' 
     means an individual who--
       (1) regularly carries on a trade or business within the 
     meaning of section 1402 of such Code, and
       (2) would be entitled to receive paid leave during the 
     taxable year pursuant to the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act if 
     the individual were an employee of an employer (other than 
     himself or herself).
       (c) Qualified Sick Leave Equivalent Amount.--For purposes 
     of this section--
       (1) In general.--The term ``qualified sick leave equivalent 
     amount'' means, with respect to any eligible self-employed 
     individual, an amount equal to--
       (A) the number of days during the taxable year (but not 
     more than the applicable number of days) that the individual 
     is unable to perform services in the trade or business 
     referred to in section 1402 of such Code for a reason with 
     respect to which such individual would be entitled to receive 
     sick leave as described in subsection (b), multiplied by
       (B) the lesser of--
       (i) $200 ($511 in the case of any day of paid sick time 
     described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of section 5102(a) of 
     the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act), or
       (ii) the average daily self-employment income of the 
     individual for the taxable year.
       (2) Average daily self-employment income.--For purposes of 
     this subsection, the term ``average daily self-employment 
     income'' means an amount equal to--
       (A) the net earnings from self-employment of the individual 
     for the taxable year, divided by
       (B) 260.
       (3) Applicable number of days.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, the term ``applicable number of days'' means, 
     with respect to any taxable year, the excess (if any) of 10 
     days over the number of days taken into account under 
     paragraph (1)(A) in all preceding taxable years.
       (d) Special Rules.--
       (1) Credit refundable.--
       (A) In general.--The credit determined under this section 
     shall be treated as a credit allowed to the taxpayer under 
     subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such 
     Code.
       (B) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of 
     title 31, United States Code, any refund due from the credit 
     determined under this section shall be treated in the same 
     manner as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in 
     subsection (b)(2) of such section.
       (2) Documentation.--No credit shall be allowed under this 
     section unless the individual maintains such documentation as 
     the Secretary may prescribe to establish such individual as 
     an eligible self-employed individual.
       (3) Denial of double benefit.--In the case of an individual 
     who receives wages (as defined in section 3121(a) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986) paid by an employer which are 
     required to be paid by reason of the Emergency Paid Sick 
     Leave Act, the qualified sick leave equivalent amount 
     otherwise determined under subsection (c) shall be reduced 
     (but not below zero) in the same proportion that the number 
     of days for which such wages are received bears to the number 
     of days described in subsection (c)(1)(A).
       (4) Certain terms.--Any term used in this section which is 
     also used in chapter 2 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     shall have the same meaning as when used in such chapter.
       (e) Application of Section.--Only days occurring during the 
     period beginning on a date selected by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) which is during the 
     15-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, and ending on December 31, 2020, may be taken into 
     account under subsection (c)(1)(A).
       (f) Application of Credit in Certain Possessions.--
       (1) Payments to possessions with mirror code tax systems.--
     The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of 
     the United States which has a mirror code tax system amounts 
     equal to the loss (if any) to that possession by reason of 
     the application of the provisions of this section. Such 
     amounts shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury 
     based on information provided by the government of the 
     respective possession.
       (2) Payments to other possessions.--The Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States 
     which does not have a mirror code tax system amounts 
     estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to 
     the aggregate benefits (if any) that would have been provided 
     to residents of such possession by reason of the provisions 
     of this section if a mirror code tax system had been in 
     effect in such possession. The preceding sentence shall not 
     apply unless the respective possession has a plan, which has 
     been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, under which 
     such possession will promptly distribute such payments to its 
     residents.
       (3) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this section, 
     the term ``mirror code tax system'' means, with respect to 
     any possession of the United States, the income tax system of 
     such possession if the income tax liability of the residents 
     of such possession under such system is determined by 
     reference to the income tax laws of the United States as if 
     such possession were the United States.
       (4) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of 
     title 31, United States Code, the payments under this section 
     shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a 
     credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such 
     section.
       (g) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury (or the 
     Secretary's delegate) shall prescribe such regulations or 
     other guidance as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
     of this section, including--
       (1) regulations or other guidance to prevent the avoidance 
     of the purposes of this section, and
       (2) regulations or other guidance to minimize compliance 
     and record-keeping burdens under this section.

     SEC. 7003. PAYROLL CREDIT FOR REQUIRED PAID FAMILY LEAVE.

       (a) In General.--In the case of an employer, there shall be 
     allowed as a credit against the tax imposed by section 
     3111(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for each 
     calendar quarter an amount equal to 100 percent of the 
     qualified family leave wages paid by such employer with 
     respect to such calendar quarter.
       (b) Limitations and Refundability.--
       (1) Wages taken into account.--The amount of qualified 
     family leave wages taken into account under subsection (a) 
     with respect to any individual shall not exceed--
       (A) for any day (or portion thereof) for which the 
     individual is paid qualified family leave wages, $200, and
       (B) in the aggregate with respect to all calendar quarters, 
     $10,000.
       (2) Credit limited to certain employment taxes.--The credit 
     allowed by subsection (a) with respect to any calendar 
     quarter shall not exceed the tax imposed by section 3111(a) 
     of such Code for such calendar quarter (reduced by any 
     credits allowed under subsections (e) and (f) of section 3111 
     of such

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     Code, and section 9001 of this Act, for such quarter) on the 
     wages paid with respect to the employment of all employees of 
     the employer.
       (3) Refundability of excess credit.--If the amount of the 
     credit under subsection (a) exceeds the limitation of 
     paragraph (2) for any calendar quarter, such excess shall be 
     treated as an overpayment that shall be refunded under 
     sections 6402(a) and 6413(b) of such Code.
       (c) Qualified Family Leave Wages.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term ``qualified family leave wages'' means 
     wages (as defined in section 3121(a) of such Code) paid by an 
     employer which are required to be paid by reason of the 
     Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act (including 
     the amendments made by such Act).
       (d) Special Rules.--
       (1) Denial of double benefit.--For purposes of chapter 1 of 
     such Code, the gross income of the employer, for the taxable 
     year which includes the last day of any calendar quarter with 
     respect to which a credit is allowed under this section, 
     shall be increased by the amount of such credit. No credit 
     shall be allowed under this section with respect to wages for 
     which a credit is allowed under section 45S of such Code.
       (2) Election not to have section apply.-- This section 
     shall not apply with respect to any employer for any calendar 
     quarter if such employer elects (at such time and in such 
     manner as the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's 
     delegate) may prescribe) not to have this section apply.
       (3) Certain terms.--Any term used in this section which is 
     also used in chapter 21 of such Code shall have the same 
     meaning as when used in such chapter.
       (4) State and local governments.--This credit shall not 
     apply to the Government of the United States, the government 
     of any State or political subdivision thereof, or any agency 
     or instrumentality of any of the foregoing.
       (e) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury (or the 
     Secretary's delegate) shall prescribe such regulations or 
     other guidance as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
     of this section, including--
       (1) regulations or other guidance to prevent the avoidance 
     of the purposes of the limitations and aggregation rules 
     under this section through the use of successor companies or 
     other means,
       (2) regulations or other guidance to minimize compliance 
     and record-keeping burdens under this section,
       (3) regulations or other guidance providing for waiver of 
     penalties for failure to deposit amounts in anticipation of 
     the allowance of the credit allowed under this section, and
       (4) regulations or other guidance for recapturing the 
     benefit of credits determined under this section in cases 
     where there is a subsequent adjustment to the credit 
     determined under subsection (a).
       (f) Application of Section.--This section shall apply only 
     to wages paid with respect to the period beginning on a date 
     selected by the Secretary of the Treasury (or the Secretary's 
     delegate) which is during the 15-day period beginning on the 
     date of the enactment of this Act, and ending on December 31, 
     2020.
       (g) Transfers to Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
     Trust Fund.--There are hereby appropriated to the Federal 
     Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Fund established under section 201 
     of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401) amounts equal to 
     the reduction in revenues to the Treasury by reason of this 
     section (without regard to this subsection). Amounts 
     appropriated by the preceding sentence shall be transferred 
     from the general fund at such times and in such manner as to 
     replicate to the extent possible the transfers which would 
     have occurred to such Trust Fund had this section not been 
     enacted.

     SEC. 7004. CREDIT FOR FAMILY LEAVE FOR CERTAIN SELF-EMPLOYED 
                   INDIVIDUALS.

       (a) Credit Against Self-employment Tax.--In the case of an 
     eligible self-employed individual, there shall be allowed as 
     a credit against the tax imposed by subtitle A of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for any taxable year an amount 
     equal to 100 percent of the qualified family leave equivalent 
     amount with respect to the individual.
       (b) Eligible Self-employed Individual.--For purposes of 
     this section, the term ``eligible self-employed individual'' 
     means an individual who--
       (1) regularly carries on a trade or business within the 
     meaning of section 1402 of such Code, and
       (2) would be entitled to receive paid leave during the 
     taxable year pursuant to the Emergency Family and Medical 
     Leave Expansion Act if the individual were an employee of an 
     employer (other than himself or herself).
       (c) Qualified Family Leave Equivalent Amount.--For purposes 
     of this section--
       (1) In general.--The term ``qualified family leave 
     equivalent amount'' means, with respect to any eligible self-
     employed individual, an amount equal to the product of--
       (A) the number of days (not to exceed 50) during the 
     taxable year that the individual is unable to perform 
     services in the trade or business referred to in section 1402 
     of such Code for a reason with respect to which such 
     individual would be entitled to receive paid leave as 
     described in subsection (b), multiplied by
       (B) the lesser of--
       (i) the average daily self-employment income of the 
     individual for the taxable year, or
       (ii) $200.
       (2) Average daily self-employment income.--For purposes of 
     this subsection, the term ``average daily self-employment 
     income'' means an amount equal to--
       (A) the net earnings from self-employment income of the 
     individual for the taxable year, divided by
       (B) 260.
       (d) Special Rules.--
       (1) Credit refundable.--
       (A) In general.--The credit determined under this section 
     shall be treated as a credit allowed to the taxpayer under 
     subpart C of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such 
     Code.
       (B) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of 
     title 31, United States Code, any refund due from the credit 
     determined under this section shall be treated in the same 
     manner as a refund due from a credit provision referred to in 
     subsection (b)(2) of such section.
       (2) Documentation.--No credit shall be allowed under this 
     section unless the individual maintains such documentation as 
     the Secretary may prescribe to establish such individual as 
     an eligible self-employed individual.
       (3) Denial of double benefit.--In the case of an individual 
     who receives wages (as defined in section 3121(a) of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986) paid by an employer which are 
     required to be paid by reason of the Emergency Family and 
     Medical Leave Expansion Act, the qualified family leave 
     equivalent amount otherwise determined under subsection (c) 
     shall be reduced (but not below zero) in the same proportion 
     that the number of days for which such wages are received 
     bears to the number of days described in subsection 
     (c)(1)(A).
       (4) Certain terms.--Any term used in this section which is 
     also used in chapter 2 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     shall have the same meaning as when used in such chapter.
       (5) References to emergency family and medical leave 
     expansion act.--Any reference in this section to the 
     Emergency Family and Medical Leave Expansion Act shall be 
     treated as including a reference to the amendments made by 
     such Act.
       (e) Application of Section.--Only days occurring during the 
     period beginning on a date selected by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury (or the Secretary's delegate) which is during the 
     15-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this 
     Act, and ending on December 31, 2020, may be taken into 
     account under subsection (c)(1)(A).
       (f) Application of Credit in Certain Possessions.--
       (1) Payments to possessions with mirror code tax systems.--
     The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each possession of 
     the United States which has a mirror code tax system amounts 
     equal to the loss (if any) to that possession by reason of 
     the application of the provisions of this section. Such 
     amounts shall be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury 
     based on information provided by the government of the 
     respective possession.
       (2) Payments to other possessions.--The Secretary of the 
     Treasury shall pay to each possession of the United States 
     which does not have a mirror code tax system amounts 
     estimated by the Secretary of the Treasury as being equal to 
     the aggregate benefits (if any) that would have been provided 
     to residents of such possession by reason of the provisions 
     of this section if a mirror code tax system had been in 
     effect in such possession. The preceding sentence shall not 
     apply unless the respective possession has a plan, which has 
     been approved by the Secretary of the Treasury, under which 
     such possession will promptly distribute such payments to its 
     residents.
       (3) Mirror code tax system.--For purposes of this section, 
     the term ``mirror code tax system'' means, with respect to 
     any possession of the United States, the income tax system of 
     such possession if the income tax liability of the residents 
     of such possession under such system is determined by 
     reference to the income tax laws of the United States as if 
     such possession were the United States.
       (4) Treatment of payments.--For purposes of section 1324 of 
     title 31, United States Code, the payments under this section 
     shall be treated in the same manner as a refund due from a 
     credit provision referred to in subsection (b)(2) of such 
     section.
       (e) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury (or the 
     Secretary's delegate) shall prescribe such regulations or 
     other guidance as may be necessary to carry out the purposes 
     of this section, including--
       (1) regulations or other guidance to prevent the avoidance 
     of the purposes of this section, and
       (2) regulations or other guidance to minimize compliance 
     and record-keeping burdens under this section.

     SEC. 7005. SPECIAL RULE RELATED TO TAX ON EMPLOYERS.

       (a) In General.--Any wages required to be paid by reason of 
     the Emergency Paid Sick Leave Act and the Emergency Family 
     and Medical Leave Expansion Act shall not be considered wages 
     for purposes of section 3111(a) of the Internal Revenue Code 
     of 1986.
       (b) Transfers to Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance 
     Trust Fund.--There are hereby appropriated to the Federal 
     Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal 
     Disability Insurance Trust Fund established under section 201 
     of the Social

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     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401) amounts equal to the reduction 
     in revenues to the Treasury by reason of this section 
     (without regard to this subsection). Amounts appropriated by 
     the preceding sentence shall be transferred from the general 
     fund at such times and in such manner as to replicate to the 
     extent possible the transfers which would have occurred to 
     such Trust Fund had this section not been enacted.
                     DIVISION H--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

     SEC. 8001. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

       (a) Statutory PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of 
     division B and each succeeding division shall not be entered 
     on either PAYGO scorecard maintained pursuant to section 4(d) 
     of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010.
       (b) Senate PAYGO Scorecards.--The budgetary effects of 
     division B and each succeeding division shall not be entered 
     on any PAYGO scorecard maintained for purposes of section 
     4106 of H. Con. Res. 71 (115th Congress).
       (c) Classification of Budgetary Effects.--Notwithstanding 
     Rule 3 of the Budget Scorekeeping Guidelines set forth in the 
     joint explanatory statement of the committee of conference 
     accompanying Conference Report 105-217 and section 250(c)(8) 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985, the budgetary effects of division B and each succeeding 
     division shall not be estimated--
       (1) for purposes of section 251 of such Act; and
       (2) for purposes of paragraph (4)(C) of section 3 of the 
     Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 as being included in an 
     appropriation Act.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentlewoman from 
New York (Mrs. Lowey) and the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Granger) each 
will control 20 minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentlewoman from New York.


                             General Leave

  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members 
have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and 
include extraneous material on H.R. 6201, currently under 
consideration.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentlewoman from New York?
  There was no objection.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act builds on 
the $8.3 billion supplemental enacted last week to meet the needs of 
the American people, by:
  Guaranteeing free coronavirus testing;
  Providing paid leave; and
  Strengthening food security initiatives through additional 
investments in WIC, food banks, and senior nutrition.
  The bill also makes sure that children who depend on free and 
reduced-price meals have access to food during school and childcare 
closures.
  Mr. Speaker, we must help ensure the physical safety and financial 
security of our Nation's working families during this time of crisis.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in support of this 
legislation, and I reserve the balance of my time.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6201, the second 
coronavirus relief bill.
  Fiscal year 2020 appropriations bills were enacted less than 3 months 
ago, which included record levels of spending on our public health 
infrastructure. This allowed the administration to respond immediately 
to the coronavirus when the threat became clear.
  Last week, the House and Senate voted almost unanimously on an $8 
billion emergency supplemental, giving the administration new resources 
to respond to the virus. Unfortunately, the threat we face has grown 
more complex and costly in only a week's time.
  The bill before us will provide a second installment of supplemental 
funds and combat the negative economic effects of this disease that has 
now been called a pandemic.
  This legislation builds off of last week's bill, where we expanded 
the availability of tests for the coronavirus to ensure that everyone 
who needs to be tested, gets tested.
  Mr. Speaker, in his remarks today, the President reaffirmed his 
commitment to distribute millions of tests and speed up how they are 
processed. This bill takes the next step to include more than $1 
billion to cover the cost of taking these tests, including for 
servicemembers and veterans. We must ensure tests are administrated so 
that people know if they are infected. This is the only way we can stop 
the spread of this virus.
  Emergency food assistance is provided in the bill for seniors, women, 
children, and low-income families. That includes additional help for 
children whose schools are being closed as a precautionary measure to 
keep them safe.
  Tax incentives are included to encourage American businesses to allow 
employees to take emergency leave to limit the spread of the virus. No 
one should have to choose between getting a paycheck or infecting other 
people.
  Mr. Speaker, we have heard many concerns about the needs of small 
businesses. In addition to the tax incentives in the bill, more than 
$37 billion is already available from prior appropriations for the 
Small Business Administration to make loans. As we watch the impact of 
this virus on our Nation's job creators, I will continue working with 
the administration and my colleagues to ensure they get the help they 
need.
  While bringing this bill to the floor has taken much longer than I 
had hoped, it is time for Congress to pass it. This bill will give the 
President and our public health officials the tools that are needed 
right now to respond to this quickly changing threat.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to join me in voting for this 
measure. We must pass this bill today to help lessen the devastating 
impact of this global pandemic on the American people.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

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  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the 
gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Neal), the chair of the Committee on 
Ways and Means.
  Mr. NEAL. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of this important legislative 
package to protect Americans' health and financial security as our 
Nation confronts the coronavirus crisis.
  I want to highlight quickly three policies that the Ways and Means 
Committee contributed to the measure before us this evening.
  First, we are ensuring that the coronavirus testing is provided free 
of charge. It is imperative that anyone who needs to be tested for 
coronavirus is able to afford that testing. If individuals worry that 
they can't afford the cost of the test, they will forgo it and risk 
endangering themselves and their community.
  To provide Americans with the necessary confidence they need to seek 
testing, we have included a provision that ensures free coronavirus 
testing in Medicare, Medicaid, and CHIP, as well as for people enrolled 
in private insurance, the uninsured, Tribal communities receiving care 
outside of Indian health facilities, and our military families.
  Second, we are making a historic emergency commitment to paid leave 
for the American family members affected by coronavirus. One of our top 
priorities was to get Americans affected by coronavirus emergency paid 
leave so that they can pay their bills. After intense negotiation with 
Treasury, we have agreed that this is an emergency.
  We will require employers to provide the leave and reimburse them for 
the full cost via tax credits. Affected self-employed workers would be 
eligible for refundable tax credits.
  In the long run, we need a comprehensive paid leave program like the 
one in the FAMILY Act. If we had that now, we would be in a far better 
place with options available to us as workers confront these 
challenges.
  Finally, we are implementing measures to stabilize the unemployment 
insurance system and make sure that workers can access their earned 
benefits. These provisions will immediately help States deal with 
spikes in unemployment and prepare them for any future local or 
national recessions.
  These provisions give States necessary flexibility to provide 
unemployment insurance to coronavirus-affected individuals without 
delays caused by waiting periods and work search requirements.
  I want to acknowledge, in closing, that despite the urgency with 
which we have worked, this legislation had the benefit of extensive 
bipartisan negotiations and thoughtful consideration. My

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staff has worked around the clock, as always, working with Ranking 
Member Brady's staff to get bipartisan input into these provisions.
  The Speaker and I have spent much time on the phone with the 
Secretary of the Treasury to ensure, along with Mr. Mnuchin, that this 
bill is a solution that the administration and both parties in this 
institution can support.
  As a result, we have a very good product here. I am confident this 
measure will pass Congress with full bipartisan support and reach the 
President's desk without issue.
  As we face this challenge, Americans are looking to their government 
leaders to come together and present real solutions. Today, we are 
doing that. We are taking decisive action to help limit the spread of 
coronavirus, allow Americans critical access to testing, and provide 
families financial security in the near and the long term.
  Lastly, let me acknowledge the committee staff at the Ways and Means 
Committee for the work that they have put into this legislative 
achievement. Legislative counsel truly put in a Herculean effort to 
assemble this bill, along with leadership staff. They worked around the 
clock, all hours of the day and night, to create the immediacy of this 
legislation that will slow the spread of this virus, support American 
workers and families, and save lives.
  In particular, I want to acknowledge the teams on our Health, Worker 
and Family Support, Select Revenue Measures, and Social Security 
Subcommittees for their excellent contributions. The American people 
will be better equipped to weather this crisis thanks to their 
important bipartisan work.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge full support of this legislation.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I yield to 4 minutes to the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Brady).
  Mr. BRADY. Mr. Speaker, President Trump's declaration of a national 
emergency is a call to action to protect American's health and well-
being and protect the economy.
  This bill, thanks to the leadership of Secretary Mnuchin and Leader 
McCarthy, and working with both sides of the aisle, meets many of these 
goals.
  The President has succeeded in working with the private sector to 
achieve free testing, and now our bill builds on that. Americans in 
need of lab tests for the coronavirus will get them free.
  We are making good on President Trump's promise to provide financial 
assistance for working Americans who are ``ill, quarantined, or caring 
for others due to coronavirus,'' and it does so using our Tax Code 
rather than by creating a new entitlement.
  The original bill contained provisions that would create undue 
burdens on America's small businesses. I have spoken directly with 
President Trump, the champion of small business, who agrees that 
America's small businesses need flexibility and cash flow when 
providing emergency leave for workers so that they can operate and 
survive during this economic challenge.
  In order to help small businesses and their workers, language has 
been added to this bill, and President Trump is directing the 
Secretaries of the Treasury and Labor to write rules to ensure that 
small businesses do have the flexibility to provide paid leave for 
their employees.
  They shouldn't have to be concerned about cash flow when they work to 
retain the workers they need to operate and keep serving their 
customers and our communities. This is vital to America's economic 
rebound.
  This bill also protects seniors and those with severe medical 
conditions by ensuring that the Social Security Administration is not 
running a new permanent mandate.
  We were also able to stop some misguided demands. In this bill, the 
health provisions are now limited to COVID-19 without including 
unrelated treatments, ensuring that pro-life Hyde amendment protections 
remain intact to prevent taxpayer funds being used for abortions.
  Republicans were able to block efforts to add new burdens on 
hospitals that would have overruled the CDC's science-based guidelines 
and prevented critical flexibility for our local healthcare providers.
  These are temporary, targeted measures. They are temporary because we 
have seen what happens when a bill that is supposed to be ``timely, 
targeted, and temporary'' drags on for years. It prolongs economic 
hardship.
  We will rebound, and we will rebound strongly. Good policies--ones 
that strengthen our local communities--result in speedy recoveries.
  In America, we know we are blessed, even when faced with great 
adversity. We are blessed by an abundance not only of resources but of 
spirit. It is that very spirit that will get us through the coronavirus 
and the other challenges we face in the future.
  While today's bill is not perfect, it is another step in the right 
direction toward safety and security and a revitalized economy.
  I encourage my colleagues to vote for this bill and then come back to 
the table so we can continue our work to keep American workers and 
families prepared, safe, and healthy.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, I urge a ``yes'' vote on this bill, and I 
yield back the balance of my time.
  Mrs. LOWEY. Mr. Speaker, the hour is late, vote ``yes,'' and I yield 
back the balance of my time.
  Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, we have once again been called to respond 
to a crisis.
  In the past, we have faced national security threats and natural 
disasters. But today, it is something radically different: A pandemic.
  What started half a world away has now spread to more than 100 
countries, including the United States. Layoffs have begun, schools 
have cancelled classes, and large gatherings have been banned.
  The impacts of this virus are cascading across society. People's 
health is at risk. And for many their economic reality has changed 
overnight.
  People need to get tested. Quarantined workers are wondering how they 
will pay their bills. Healthcare workers are putting their own health 
at risk. And children are missing their school lunches.
  They need help.
  They need help now.
  The coronavirus knows no border. It knows no political party. And Mr. 
Speaker, our response shouldn't either.
  Ms. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, today, I rise in support of the 
Families First Coronavirus Response Act, which will provide the crucial 
support for our workforce and economy amid the current public health 
emergency associated with COVID-19. It is our duty to care for all 
members of our society, and this stimulus package will do so. We will 
ensure that hourly workers and families have access to emergency paid 
sick leave, food security, and--most importantly--free testing for 
corona virus regardless of insurance status.
  For families' economic security, we have secured paid emergency 
leave, with two weeks of paid sick leave and up to three months of paid 
family and medical leave. We have also secured enhanced Unemployment 
Insurance, a step that will extend protections to furloughed workers.
  For families' food security, we have strengthened nutrition security 
initiatives, including SNAP, student meals, seniors' nutrition and food 
banks. For the twenty-two million children who rely on free or reduced-
price school meals for their food security, we must ensure that they 
have food to eat.
  For families' health security, we have increased federal funds for 
Medicaid to support our local, state, tribal and territorial 
governments and health systems, so that they have the resources 
necessary to combat the coronavirus.
  As representatives of Americans from all corners of our country, we 
have a responsibility to protect the health and well-being of our 
communities in times of crisis. I urge my colleagues to support the 
Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
  Mr. BISHOP of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I strongly support this bill.
  As Chairman of the Agriculture, Rural Development, and FDA 
Subcommittee of Appropriations, I want to acknowledge the tremendous 
cooperation between the Appropriations and authorizing committees in 
producing this bill so quickly.
  It takes a truly multi-jurisdictional approach to addressing the 
urgent needs, many families will have, as we face this pandemic.
  [The fight against this scourge will be tough and we must be 
prepared.]
  Last week we provided $61 million to FDA for the development and 
review of medical countermeasures, devices, therapies, and vaccines to 
combat the coronavirus.
  Today, we work to protect our families.
  Cancellation of conferences, sporting events and other gatherings is 
having a major impact on the hospitality, transportation, and related 
industries, resulting in layoffs that will likely cause families to 
turn to WIC and food banks for help.
  Schools are closing, leaving children without free and reduced-price 
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  But I am pleased this bill would allow households with eligible 
children to receive emergency SNAP assistance to put food on the table.
  Three programs get additional funds in this bill.
  First, we provide $500 million for WIC to provide nutritious foods 
for low-income pregnant women or mothers with young children who lose 
their jobs or are laid off due to the coronavirus emergency.
  Second, we provide $400 million for The Emergency Food Assistance 
Program--TEFAP--to help local food banks meet increased demand during 
the emergency.
  Third, we provide $100 million for Nutrition Assistance for the U.S. 
Territories. Puerto Rico, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana 
Islands rely on Congress to block grant their SNAP funds in an 
emergency and these funds will support their pandemic response.
  Thanks to the Chairs and staffs of the Appropriations and authorizing 
committees who worked so hard over the last 72 hours on this bill. It 
will bring relief, consolation, and hopefully food security to our 
constituents.
  Mr. SCOTT of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, the spread of COVID-19 will 
present increasingly severe challenges for students, workers, and 
families. Communities across the country are counting on this Congress 
to deliver a bold, immediate, and targeted response.
  The Families First Coronavirus Response Act--which is the result of 
careful bipartisan negotiations--is an important step toward providing 
the American people the support they need to confront this national 
emergency.
  This bill ensures that all Americans can access cost-free COVID-19 
testing.
  It provides states and schools the flexibility they need to ensure 
that students do not go hungry during school closures. It also provides 
child and adult care providers additional support to make sure people 
are getting the nutrition they need.
  It provides women, infants, and children with the flexibility to 
access WIC food benefits and infant formula without the need to make 
unsafe visits to clinics.
  It provides workers 14 days of emergency paid sick leave, so they are 
not forced to choose between their paycheck and their health.
  And it also provides enhanced unemployment compensation and paid 
family and medical leave so that workers can take time off to care for 
themselves and their loved ones without losing their jobs.
  By passing this legislation, we protect the health and financial 
security of millions of students, workers, and families.
  But we must recognize that this package alone is not sufficient. In 
the coming weeks, we must be willing to take further action to address 
the consequences of this epidemic.
  For example, I am particularly concerned that this bill does not 
include important safety protections for our front-line health care 
workers, who will be called upon to perform heroic work in the months 
ahead. I will continue to work with my colleagues to pass necessary 
legislation to protect their safety.
  Additionally, at the last minute, provisions were inserted into the 
bill that regrettably denied some workers paid leave benefits. But 
millions of workers will have access to paid leave that is not 
available to them today.
  So, I urge all Members to support the Families First Coronavirus 
Response Act.
  Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support 
of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act which is designed to put 
families first, protect and stabilize our economy, and provide 
Americans with assurance that this House has their needs and interests 
at the top of our priority concerns.
  I support this measure because--during this period of uncertainty--it 
helps provide critical paid sick and family leave for workers affected 
by this public health crisis.
  Approximately 80 million workers aged 16 and older are paid hourly, 
which means they typically lack paid sick and family leave.
  Around 75 percent of workers live paycheck to paycheck.
  These benefits will help cover employees who are sick, quarantined, 
or caring for loved ones who must remain at home.
  If a worker is furloughed, laid off, or exhausts their paid leave, it 
provides enhanced unemployment benefits and flexibility in eligibility 
requirements to help.
  The bill provides free testing to determine who is affected.
  It provides substantial dollars to nutrition for low-income 
individuals--including pregnant women, mothers with young children, 
food banks, students receiving free and reduced lunch whose schools 
have closed, and seniors.
  It safeguards Medicare benefits and payments, protects frontline 
health care workers, and directs special attention to the hardest hit 
communities.
  I am pleased to support this bill because it is an important step by 
our country's leaders to say to the American people that we've got your 
back. We are not done. This House will take further action when needed 
to help our residents weather this crisis.
  Mr. WALDEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the bill. The 
American people are rightly concerned about coronavirus, and as a 
Congress, we have a responsibility to help them deal with this crisis. 
Many Americans--sick or not--will need to stay home from work. Many 
will need access to testing and care. Our state and local health care 
providers and first responders are on the front lines of this fight. 
We're all in this together. That's how I'm thinking about it as a 
citizen--for my family--and as United States Congressman working for 
you, for Oregon, and for our nation.
  Last week, we approved over $8 billion to get more tests out into our 
communities, reimburse local entities for the work they are doing, and 
to find a vaccine and treatments. We need to do more, and that's what 
we will do today.
  By working together, our efforts will leave our country better 
prepared to address this crisis. But I must note that more could have 
been done.
  First, we all know hospitals across the nation are preparing to treat 
a surge of patients and health care providers are already running low 
on crucial respirator masks. We need to make more of these masks 
available to protect our health workers who are on the front lines of 
this pandemic. By making commonsense changes to the PREP Act, we could 
boost the availability and supply of critically needed respirators. 
This is a missed opportunity, but I'm going to keep pushing. We need to 
get these crucial pieces of protective equipment out to communities who 
need them most.
  Second, our front-line needs reinforcements. We currently have 
provider shortages; to win this next stage of the fight we must 
maintain sufficient hospital staffing. Dr. Burgess and Representative 
Eshoo have a bipartisan bill that would improve the ``Ready Reserve'' 
of the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps. The 
``Ready Reserve's'' purpose is to fulfill the need for additional 
personnel on short notice for public health and emergency response. We 
must improve the surge capacity of our health care workforce. Why this 
was left out is maddening; it makes no sense.
  Of course, we all know there will be more work to do in the coming 
weeks. We must get ready. We need to turn our attention to our medical 
product supply chain--both for this pandemic and future ones.
  For me, this is not a new concern, prior to the coronavirus outbreak, 
I've raised concern about our country's overreliance on foreign 
pharmaceutical manufacturing. If a country monopolizes the production 
of a drug and wishes to retaliate against the U.S., they could 
substantially increase drug prices or reduce supply in an attempt to 
cause shortages, limiting access to critical medications. This could 
put American lives at risk in a time of crisis.
  Finally, I still believe the Medicaid policies in the bill could have 
been designed more effectively and better-targeted to the immediate 
challenge presented by COVID-19. With that said, states and localities 
are on the front lines and this enhanced funding will help states 
immediately address public health needs as well as handle an expected 
surge in new patients.
  Even with these concerns, I do rise in support of the bill because we 
need to make sure people can get tested, help those who have to stay 
home from work and their families, and ensure our health professionals 
have the support they need from the federal government.
  I urge my colleagues to support this bill. To the American people, 
our country is strong. Our economy is resilient. Do not panic but be 
smart and vigilant and we can overcome this challenge.
  Ms. LEE of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of the 
Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
  I want to thank our Speaker for her remarkable and steady leadership, 
our entire leadership team, the committee chairs, and our 
Appropriations Chair, Nita Lowey who helped to craft this package.
  We must boldly fight this pandemic with all the science-based tools 
and resources we have. And we must put families first.
  The bill before us does exactly that by:
  Providing free coronavirus testing for everyone who needs it,
  Establishing an emergency paid leave program,
  Enhancing state unemployment benefits,
  Strengthening food assistance programs for seniors and school kids.
  I urge all members to support this critical legislation to help 
address the needs of families across this nation facing the impact of 
this pandemic.
  Lastly, I want to thank the Governor, State Officials, our Mayor, 
Local Officials, Port of Oakland, our workers, Federal Partners, and 
our residents who have pulled together so that public health protocols 
were put in place to ensure the health and safety of everyone including 
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  The West Oakland community has been significant challenged by 
environmental racism and injustice in the past. I am proud of the 
community their compassion and competence and for stepping up during 
these challenging times.
  Ms. OMAR. Mr. Speaker, as we respond to the Coronavirus pandemic, 
it's crucial that we don't forget the 22 million children who rely on 
free or reduced-priced school lunches.
  For many kids, it is the only meal they get each day. It is our 
responsibility to ensure that kids continue to get the meals they need.
  I'm proud that the package the House is passing today includes my 
legislation--the Maintaining Essential Access to Lunch for Students 
Act.
  My bill gives schools that are forced to close during a public health 
emergency the flexibility to implement alternate options--like home 
delivery of meals--in order to ensure their students are fed.
  I urge my colleagues to vote yes on this bill and ensure that no 
child goes hungry due to school closures in times of crisis.
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak in strong support of 
H.R. 6201, the Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020, which 
provides much needed protections for American families from the worst 
conditions that might arise as the nation fights the spread of COVID-
19.
  My thoughts and prayers are with the families who have lost loved 
ones and the thousand who are sick, and the many others who will 
struggle with the effects of COVID-19 over the coming days, weeks, and 
months.
  We owe a special debt to First Responders who will be the lifeline 
for those who will need medical care to overcome this coronavirus 
designated as COVID-19.
  The legislation includes:
  Health Care Worker Protections;
  Emergency Paid Leave;
  Emergency Unemployment Insurance; and
  Paid Sick Days for Public Health Emergencies and Personal and Family 
Care.
  This bill provides immediate help to American families that are now 
on the frontline of this fight to defeat COVID-19.
  Yesterday, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a 
pandemic, which has reached at least 114 countries, sickening over 
139,000 people, and killing more than 5,116 worldwide.
  The first presumptive COVID-19 positive case was reported in the 
Houston area occurred in Montgomery County, Texas, which borders Harris 
County, the location of Houston, Texas.
  Montgomery County, Texas officials confirmed that the man has not 
traveled out of the state or country recently.
  Currently, the 20 people he had been in close contact with are in 
self-quarantine.
  If the case is confirmed by the CDC, this could be the first 
community-spread case in the Houston area.
  Community-spread occurring is the reason why we need tests in enough 
supply that everyone can be tested so that we know the state of COVID-
19 in each community.
  While the Houston area has other cases that are linked to travel 
outside of the state, this is the first case not linked to travel 
outside of the state.
  The Montgomery County, Texas Public Health officials took steps to 
protect children by closing schools two days before spring break to do 
a deep clean, and they are expecting to resume classes after the break.
  The person is being treated at an undisclosed hospital and is 
reported to be under observation and doing well.
  COVID-19 is more contagious than the flu.
  The contagious score is 1.5 and COVID-19 is 2.3.
  Although symptoms are compared to the flu, COVID-19 is not the flu.
  Because there is no immunity, vaccine, or widely agreed upon 
treatment there are only a few options for protecting the public and 
limiting its spread.
  This is a time in our nation that historians will write about and 
anthropologists will study, but for us--living today--we are in a fight 
against a foe that we have never faced before, but we must defeat.
  The army before us are our medical researchers, doctors, nurses, 
first responders, and sanitation workers, but they cannot defeat this 
enemy alone.
  Each of us, not just in the United States but around the world must 
join the fight by paying attention to facts and not spread rumors.
  The weapons for slowing the spread of COVID-19 are simple and they 
work:
  Washing hands;
  Sanitizing surfaces;
  Social Distance;
  Isolation; and
  Quarantines.
  These tools for controlling the spread of infectious diseases are as 
old as civilization and are still used today because they work.
  Some of the first records of the use of cleaning, washing, and 
isolation of the sick and those thought to be ill is found in the Bible 
in the Book of Leviticus Chapter 13.
  It provides detailed instructions to the community about leprosy, a 
dreaded contagious disease.
  To defeat COVID-19, we must practice hand washing, social distance, 
isolation, and quarantine.
  Hand washing sounds simple but it involves much more attention and 
time to do it right--and remove germs.
  To get accurate instructions on what is needed to know visit https://
coronavirus.gov, where information can be found on cleaning and 
personal care.
  Social distance means limiting physical contact and having at least 
six feet separating persons while in public spaces.
  Social distance practices can include not shaking hands, or touching 
surfaces where the virus can be picked up.
  Social distance can also involve limiting the number of people who 
may be in an enclosed space.
  Isolation for at least 14 days is for persons who may have been in 
contact with a person who tests positive for COVID-19.
  Quarantine is for persons who are suspected of having COVID-19 or 
tested positive for having COVID-19.
  Given the fluid nature of the events unfolding each person should be 
informed and ready to support efforts to prevent or slow the spread of 
the illness.
  The National Institutes of Health, the CDC, university researchers, 
and private companies are working on a vaccine, which will take a year 
to produce in enough quantities to inoculate people from becoming 
infected with COVID-19.
  In the meantime, we must do all that we can to protect the elderly; 
those with serious pre-existing health conditions, and our health care 
workers from contracting COVID-19.
  I believe that we must do more to prepare the public for what may be 
localized, household, or individual quarantines to address the spread 
of COVID-19.
  We must vastly increase the number of tests and make sure that 
everyone presenting with mild cold or flu like symptoms is tested to 
accurately gauge the spread of COVID-19 in communities.
  I saw news reports in early January on the novel Coronavirus's rapid 
spread and the numbers of infected expanding so quickly, I knew this 
was not something to be taken lightly and that time was not on our side 
to mount an effective defense.
  On February 10, 2020, I held the first press conference on the issue 
of the novel coronavirus at Houston Intercontinental Airport.
  I was joined by public health officials, local unions, and advocates 
to raise awareness regarding the virus and the implications it might 
have for travel to the United States from China and to combat early 
signs of discrimination targeting Asian businesses in the United 
States.
  On February 24, 2020, I held a second press conference on the 
International Health Regulations Emergency Committee of the World 
Health Organization declaration of a ``public health emergency from the 
outbreak of the Coronavirus.''
  At that time, I formally requested the President of the United States 
by letter to immediately suspend any health-related cuts that impact 
efforts to contain and treat the coronavirus, including the $3.3 
billion in cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the 
discretionary budget cuts for the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) of nearly 19 percent at $678 million, severely 
threatening the CDC's ability to respond to this and other epidemics in 
the future.
  Additionally, I requested the President to suspend cuts in both the 
Medicare and Medicaid programs.
  On February 26, 2020, I sent a letter to the Chair and Ranking Member 
of the Committee on Homeland Security seeking a meeting with Acting 
Secretary of Homeland Security Chad Wolf to gain insight into the 
Preparedness of the Agency to address a possible pandemic.
  On February 28, 2020, I spoke on the Floor of the House and announced 
plans to form a Congressional Coronavirus Task Force.
  I thank Congressmen Brian Fitzpatrick and Dr. Raul Ruiz for joining 
me as co-chairs of the Congressional Coronavirus Task Force.
  Today, March 13, 2020, the House of Representatives is offering 
additional tools to help the American public during this crisis, the 
second relief package in less than a week.
  I want to impress upon the American people that if they have not been 
paying attention to the issue of the virus, they need to stop and learn 
all that they can.
  First, do not panic--get informed with facts by visiting https://
coronavirus.gov, this website is maintained by the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (https://cdc.gov).
  They must prepare for what is coming--if it has not officially 
arrived in their community--do not assume that it will not make its 
presence known.

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  The earlier bill provided $8.3 billion in funding in emergency 
supplemental appropriations, which included:
  More than $3 billion for research and development of vaccines, 
therapeutics, and diagnostics;
  $2.2 billion in public health funding for prevention, preparedness, 
and response, $950 million of which is to support state and local 
health agencies;
  Nearly $1 billion for procurement of pharmaceuticals and medical 
supplies, to support healthcare preparedness and Community Health 
Centers, and to improve medical surge capacity;
  $435 million to support health systems overseas to prevent, prepare, 
and respond to the coronavirus;
  $300 million to respond to humanitarian needs;
  $61 million to facilitate the development and review of medical 
countermeasures, devices, therapies, and vaccines, and to help mitigate 
potential supply chain interruptions; and
  Allows for an estimated $7 billion in low-interest loans to affected 
small businesses.
  On, Thursday, March 12, the Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention (CDC) reported the coronavirus outbreak has now infected 
more than 1,000 people in nearly 40 U.S. states--and the country's top 
authority on infectious diseases reports that things will only get 
worse.
  The World Health Organization reports a 3.4 percent mortality rate 
for COVID-19.
  The challenge with this new coronavirus is that it is highly 
contagious, and of those infected, 15-20 percent contract pneumonia
  And 5 percent of these cases may develop Acute Respiratory Distress 
Syndrome (ARDS), which is a rapidly progressive disease occurring in 
critically ill patients.
  The main complication in ARDS is that fluid leaks into the lungs 
making breathing difficult or impossible.
  This virus is a serious public health threat, but this does not mean 
that we should have a public health panic.
  There are knowledgeable and trained virologists, public health 
experts, and physicians who need the funding provided by this bill.
  I ask that my colleagues join me in voting in support of H.R. 6201.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the 
gentlewoman from New York (Mrs. Lowey) that the House suspend the rules 
and pass the bill, H.R. 6201, as amended.
  The question was taken.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. In the opinion of the Chair, two-thirds 
being in the affirmative, the ayes have it.
  Ms. GRANGER. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 363, 
nays 40, answered ``present'' 1, not voting 26, as follows:

                             [Roll No. 102]

                               YEAS--363

     Adams
     Aderholt
     Aguilar
     Allen
     Allred
     Amodei
     Armstrong
     Arrington
     Axne
     Bacon
     Baird
     Balderson
     Barr
     Barragan
     Bass
     Beatty
     Bera
     Bergman
     Bilirakis
     Bishop (GA)
     Blumenauer
     Blunt Rochester
     Bonamici
     Bost
     Boyle, Brendan F.
     Brady
     Brindisi
     Brooks (AL)
     Brooks (IN)
     Brown (MD)
     Buchanan
     Bucshon
     Burgess
     Bustos
     Butterfield
     Calvert
     Carbajal
     Cardenas
     Carson (IN)
     Carter (GA)
     Carter (TX)
     Cartwright
     Case
     Casten (IL)
     Castor (FL)
     Castro (TX)
     Chabot
     Cheney
     Chu, Judy
     Cicilline
     Cisneros
     Clark (MA)
     Clarke (NY)
     Clay
     Cleaver
     Clyburn
     Cohen
     Cole
     Collins (GA)
     Comer
     Conaway
     Connolly
     Cook
     Cooper
     Correa
     Costa
     Courtney
     Cox (CA)
     Craig
     Crawford
     Crenshaw
     Crist
     Crow
     Cuellar
     Cunningham
     Curtis
     Davids (KS)
     Davis (CA)
     Davis, Danny K.
     Davis, Rodney
     Dean
     DeFazio
     DeGette
     DeLauro
     DelBene
     Delgado
     Demings
     Deutch
     Diaz-Balart
     Dingell
     Doggett
     Doyle, Michael F.
     Dunn
     Engel
     Escobar
     Eshoo
     Espaillat
     Estes
     Evans
     Ferguson
     Finkenauer
     Fitzpatrick
     Fleischmann
     Fletcher
     Flores
     Fortenberry
     Foster
     Foxx (NC)
     Frankel
     Fudge
     Gabbard
     Gallego
     Garamendi
     Garcia (IL)
     Garcia (TX)
     Gianforte
     Gibbs
     Golden
     Gomez
     Gonzalez (OH)
     Gonzalez (TX)
     Gottheimer
     Granger
     Graves (LA)
     Graves (MO)
     Green, Al (TX)
     Griffith
     Guest
     Guthrie
     Haaland
     Hagedorn
     Harder (CA)
     Harris
     Hartzler
     Hastings
     Hayes
     Heck
     Herrera Beutler
     Higgins (LA)
     Higgins (NY)
     Hill (AR)
     Himes
     Holding
     Hollingsworth
     Horn, Kendra S.
     Horsford
     Houlahan
     Hoyer
     Hudson
     Huffman
     Huizenga
     Hurd (TX)
     Jackson Lee
     Jayapal
     Jeffries
     Johnson (GA)
     Johnson (LA)
     Johnson (OH)
     Johnson (SD)
     Johnson (TX)
     Joyce (OH)
     Joyce (PA)
     Kaptur
     Katko
     Keating
     Keller
     Kelly (IL)
     Kelly (PA)
     Kennedy
     Khanna
     Kildee
     Kilmer
     Kim
     Kind
     King (NY)
     Kinzinger
     Krishnamoorthi
     Kuster (NH)
     Kustoff (TN)
     LaHood
     LaMalfa
     Lamb
     Lamborn
     Langevin
     Larsen (WA)
     Larson (CT)
     Latta
     Lawrence
     Lawson (FL)
     Lee (CA)
     Lee (NV)
     Levin (CA)
     Levin (MI)
     Lieu, Ted
     Loebsack
     Lofgren
     Lowenthal
     Lowey
     Lucas
     Luetkemeyer
     Lujan
     Luria
     Lynch
     Malinowski
     Maloney, Carolyn B.
     Maloney, Sean
     Marshall
     Mast
     Matsui
     McAdams
     McBath
     McCarthy
     McCaul
     McCollum
     McEachin
     McGovern
     McHenry
     McKinley
     McNerney
     Meeks
     Meng
     Meuser
     Miller
     Mitchell
     Moolenaar
     Moore
     Morelle
     Moulton
     Mucarsel-Powell
     Murphy (FL)
     Murphy (NC)
     Nadler
     Napolitano
     Neal
     Neguse
     Newhouse
     Norcross
     Nunes
     O'Halleran
     Ocasio-Cortez
     Omar
     Pallone
     Palmer
     Panetta
     Pappas
     Pascrell
     Payne
     Pelosi
     Pence
     Perlmutter
     Perry
     Peters
     Peterson
     Phillips
     Pocan
     Porter
     Posey
     Pressley
     Price (NC)
     Quigley
     Raskin
     Reed
     Reschenthaler
     Rice (NY)
     Rice (SC)
     Richmond
     Riggleman
     Roby
     Rodgers (WA)
     Roe, David P.
     Rogers (KY)
     Rose (NY)
     Rouda
     Rouzer
     Roybal-Allard
     Ruiz
     Ruppersberger
     Rush
     Rutherford
     Ryan
     Sanchez
     Sarbanes
     Scalise
     Scanlon
     Schakowsky
     Schiff
     Schneider
     Schrader
     Schrier
     Schweikert
     Scott (VA)
     Scott, Austin
     Scott, David
     Serrano
     Sewell (AL)
     Shalala
     Sherman
     Sherrill
     Shimkus
     Simpson
     Sires
     Slotkin
     Smith (NE)
     Smith (NJ)
     Smith (WA)
     Smucker
     Soto
     Spanberger
     Spano
     Stanton
     Stauber
     Stefanik
     Stevens
     Stewart
     Stivers
     Suozzi
     Swalwell (CA)
     Takano
     Taylor
     Thompson (CA)
     Thompson (MS)
     Thompson (PA)
     Thornberry
     Tipton
     Titus
     Tlaib
     Tonko
     Torres (CA)
     Torres Small (NM)
     Trahan
     Trone
     Turner
     Underwood
     Upton
     Van Drew
     Vargas
     Veasey
     Vela
     Velazquez
     Visclosky
     Wagner
     Walberg
     Walden
     Walker
     Walorski
     Wasserman Schultz
     Waters
     Watkins
     Watson Coleman
     Webster (FL)
     Welch
     Wenstrup
     Westerman
     Wexton
     Wild
     Williams
     Wilson (FL)
     Wittman
     Womack
     Woodall
     Wright
     Yarmuth
     Zeldin

                                NAYS--40

     Babin
     Banks
     Biggs
     Bishop (NC)
     Buck
     Budd
     Burchett
     Byrne
     Cline
     Cloud
     Davidson (OH)
     DesJarlais
     Duncan
     Emmer
     Fulcher
     Gallagher
     Gohmert
     Gooden
     Green (TN)
     Grothman
     Hern, Kevin
     Hice (GA)
     Jordan
     King (IA)
     Lesko
     Long
     Loudermilk
     McClintock
     Mooney (WV)
     Norman
     Rose, John W.
     Roy
     Sensenbrenner
     Smith (MO)
     Steil
     Steube
     Timmons
     Waltz
     Weber (TX)
     Wilson (SC)

                        ANSWERED ``PRESENT''--1

       
     Amash
       

                             NOT VOTING--26

     Abraham
     Beyer
     Bishop (UT)
     Brownley (CA)
     DeSaulnier
     Gaetz
     Gosar
     Graves (GA)
     Grijalva
     Kelly (MS)
     Kirkpatrick
     Lewis
     Lipinski
     Marchant
     Massie
     Meadows
     Mullin
     Olson
     Palazzo
     Pingree
     Ratcliffe
     Rogers (AL)
     Rooney (FL)
     Speier
     Yoho
     Young

                              {time}  0051

  Mr. RICHMOND changed his vote from ``nay'' to ``yea.''
  So (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and 
the bill, as amended, was passed.
  The result of the vote was announced as above recorded.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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